A Halloween Challenge

[JDMeans@xxxxxxx]

Well, what with Halloween coming up soon, and the local Target store selling 
Green Goblin and fireman costumes (two of this years favorites, I 
understand), I decided to put down a Halloween themed challenge, a month 
before the event to give you enough time to do it justice. The theme is;

Dio Di Los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

Main story; set it anytime, although present day would be preferable. On 
Halloween, a supernatural force allows the spirits of the departed to 
converse with the living, revealing secret truths and changing the lives of 
our heroes and heroines.

The following criteria must be observed;

--Buffy must be at home, passing candy out to trick-or-treaters. 

--Buffy, Willow, Xander, Giles and Dawn must each be visited by a benevolent 
ghost, preferably an established character. You may also use a malevolent 
spirit, but that ghost must be chased away from the good ghost. Each of them 
must be visited by a different ghost.

--Buffy may not be visited by Joyce, Willow may not be visited by Tara, and 
Giles may not be visited by Jenny. Go for less than obvious matches.

--A vintage comic book must be mentioned, preferably one with some serious 
resale value(Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man, for 
example).

--The experience must somehow help to further reestablish a relationship 
between Buffy and Willow, repairing the damage wrought by the end of Season 
Six. Either restore their best-friend status or have them confess their 
love, which ever works best for the story.

--Spike is not required for this story. If you MUST use Spike, have him do 
something incredibly stupid that causes him to become dust-buster chow. Yes, 
still feeling a little hostile toward William the Cheek-boned.

And in the spirit of the general who wouldn't send his men into battle if he 
weren't there to lead them personally, I plan on writing a story to answer 
this challenge myself sometime over the next week or so.

Kirayoshi
(anyone else notice that Jack Skellington from 'A Nightmare Before Christmas' 
looks a lot like one of the Gentlemen from 'Hush'?)