How am I celebrating Christmas on FanFiction? With yet another spooky story! Yeah I know this is more for Halloween but I already wrote a DuckTales Christmas story that's meant to take place during season 3 (In the morning after the events of "How Santa Stole Christmas" [And I'm making that take place before F.O.W.L.'s reveal considering Gandra's acting like a good friend {or actually wants to spend Christmas with them considering she may be one of the more sensible agents as she didn't want to hurt Dewey and Webby in "The Split Sword of Swanstine!}]).

Plus, YouTuber TrackMFan 'HarwickRyanStudios' uploaded an extended remake of the Thomas and Friends episode "Haunted Henry" around Christmas time.

And I got this story in my head again and just wanted to get it out there.

Like my last story, this story is based of the Loud House's spin-off TV show The Casagrandes of the same episode. And it takes place three days after the events of "Quack Pack!"

Enjoy!


It was a bright and sunny morning in Duckburg. Scrooge was looking through his wardrobe of what to wear.

"Ah what to wear?" the trillionaire muttered as he looked at his clothes. "Oh here's something I haven't worn for a while."

Scrooge then dressed himself in an attire similar to his usual one: a blue jacket with a folded-down, red collar, red cuffs, and a yellow button near the neck, the jacket shut with a red belt. He also wore black top hat with a red band near the brim and red spats on his feet.

"I know I wore this on that TV show Gene put us on, but really, I haven't worn this for quite some time." Scrooge mused as he adjusted his hat.

Then, he spotted something else in his wardrobe. He pulled out a gold necklace with a gold dollar sign on it.

"Huh, forgot about this." Scrooge mused as he put it on. He looked at himself in the mirror. "Ah Scrooge you ol' rapscallion, you're looking nice and rich today." he said with a sly smirk.

Grabbing his cane, Scrooge walked out of his room. But outside his window, a dark green shape flew past.


Downstairs in the living room, everyone was watching TV. Donald, Daisy, Della, Gladstone, and Fethry sat on the couch, Beakley and Launchpad on the chairs, and Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, and June sitting on the floor, spread out in front of everyone.

Megavolt, Bushroot, Quackerjack, and Liquidator burst out of the jewelry store, holding sacks of various jewels, gems, and other priceless artifacts.

"Child's play!" Quackerjack cackled.

"These gems sure are shiny." Bushroot commented.

"And they're gonna make us all rich!" Megavolt cackled.

Suddenly, purple clouds of smoke exploded all around them.

"I am the terror that flaps in the night…"

"Uh oh…" Bushroot muttered.

"I am the sun ray that burns the skin of evil…"

"Where is he?!" asked Megavolt.

"Up there!" said Quackerjack, pointing up to the store's roof.

"I am Darkwing Duck!" Darkwing shouted as he jumped down, swung off a lamppost, and landed in front of the criminals. "Let's get dangerous!"

Tossing their bags aside, the four villains sprang into action.

"Try the latest in washing away pests!" said Liquidator as he send waves of water at Darkwing.

The purple-clad superhero swam hard through the water and then kicked Liquidator in the jaw, sending him stumbling back.

"Now for the electric slide!" shouted Megavolt as he created a slide of electricity towards Darkwing as he slid down it.

"And now the leap of surprise!" Dakrwing smirked as he jumped up and pushed himself against Megavolt's head, forcing the rat onto his own electricity, electrocuting him.

"It's playtime Darkwing Doofus!" Quackerjack cackled. "As a unit soldiers!"

Toy soldiers about the two ducks' height marched forwards and aimed their rifles at Darkwing. The superhero quickly called for his motorcycle, pressing a button on his keys. The motorcycle came out from behind the corner and Dakriwng leapt over it and it collided into Quackerjack and his soldiers.

"Playtime's over QuackerjAAAAACK!" Darkwing began before being held up in the air by vines suspended by Bushroot.

"No escape now from my leafy minions." Bushroot laughed.

"Suck gas you prefeleious plant!" Darkwing smirked as he fired his gas gun at Bushroot, making him cough and splutter as the vines let Dakrwing go.

"Man no matter what kind of trouble he's in, Darkwing always has a plan to get out of it." Dewey beamed.

"Just like Drake in real life." Huey added.

"Well it's like what Darking always does," Launchpad pointed out. "Whenever he falls down, he always gets back up again.

"Ain't that the truth." said Donald.

"Thanks again for turning us on to this TV show." said Fethry.

"Yeah, it's one way to take your mind off luck when ya need a break from it." Gladstone said in agreement.

"No problem at all you two." smiled Dewey.

"I myself never thought I'd like it until Launchpad made us do a marathon." said Beakley.

"And now we're all fans," said Lena.

"I wish Drake could teach us some of his moves so we can use them against our enemies." Webby said with a longing smile.

"Aw you guys are good fighters already." Della assured them.

"Yeah, no matter what we know in self-defence, we manage to kick bad guy butt all the time." Lena said in agreement.

Just then, Scrooge came downstairs.

"Top of the morning family." he greeted.

"Morning Uncle /Mr. McD." everyone greeted.

"Going for a different look I see." mused Daisy, taking notice of Scrooge's blue attire.

"Going for the whole 'Quack Pack' look, huh?" June mused.

"Not really." Scrooge replied. "Just haven't worn it for a while."

May then noticed the necklace.

"Hey, that's a nice necklace." she commented.

Everyone took notice.

"Hey yeah, cool necklace." said Lena.

"Can I have a gold necklace too?" Louie asked, eagerness plastered on his face.

"Maybe." Scrooge smirked.

"Where did you even get that?" asked April.

Scrooge shrugged. "Not sure. It's odd, but I don't really remember where I got it from in the first place." he replied. "Anyway, what are we watching."

"The first ever Darkwing Duck movie!" Launchpad replied.

"They finally released it on DVD, so now we can watch it without burning Launchpad's videotape and the player." added May.

"Sounds nice." said Scrooge.

"Look! Darkwing's surrounded by his four biggest enemies!" Dewey said excitedly.

Darkwing was now surrounded by the Fearsome Four.

"There's no escape now!" said Liquidator.

Megavolt crackled electricity between his hands. "Now prepare to feel the wrath of-"

Suddenly, the TV was cut off by static.

"Noooooooooo!" Dewey wailed dramatically.

Everyone else groaned in dismay.

"Not again!" groaned Donald.

"How can this happen? It's not even storming outside." Della said as she glanced out the window.

"Maybe the WiFi's out." suggested April.

Lena checked her phone. "I don't think it is." she said. "I got four bars."

"Perhaps the TV's in the fritz." Violet suggested.

Gladstone got up. "Relax fam, I got this." he said as he cracked his knuckles, adjusted his jacket… and started pounding the side of the TV with his fist. "Lousy TV! Work already! Come on!" he grunted.

"How is that supposed to help?" June asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Apparently Gladstone thinks that by pounding the TV, his luck will make it reconnect." Donald deadpanned.

Louie, Lena, and June slow clapped.

Suddenly, several toy cars appeared from behind the couch and started to drive around in a circle in the center of the living room, much to everyone's surprise.

"Uh… who's controlling those toys?" Fethry asked nervously.

"It's not us!" Huey said quickly. "We don't even have any remote controls with us!"

"Either way, would you mind taking out the batteries? They're kinda creeping me out." said Daisy.

Webby scooped up the toy cars and opened the battery compartment on one of them. But to her surprise and confusion…

"That's odd. There's no battery in here." she said, surprising everyone.

"No batteries?" asked May.

"That doesn't make any sense." said April.

"What's wrong?!" Gladstone grunted as he continued to hit the TV. He ran off and got a chair from the dining room and was just about to hit it again until the Darkwing Duck movie came back on.

"Wait Uncle Gladstone, you fixed it!" said Huey as he quickly stopped the gander.

"Huh. That actually worked?" Della asked in surprise.

"I have no idea how." said Donald, perplexed.

Suddenly, Dewey let out a yelp.

"Dewey, you ok?" Webby asked, concerned.

Dewey moved from the spot he was sitting and that was when the nine kids saw… a small brown egg. They took a closer look.

"Ew! Dewey laid an egg!" Louie exclaimed in disgust.

"No I didn't!" Dewey exclaimed.

Violet picked up the egg and studied it.

"Fascinating." she mused. "I never thought male pekin ducks could lay eggs."

"Because they can't!" Huey pointed. "Unless they find a method like in that movie with Anrold Schwarzenegger, it's impossible!" (1)

"Yeah, only females can do that. I should know." Della said in agreement.

"As do I." nodded Beakley.

"But if it's impossible, then how-" Launchpad began before he felt an uncomfortable sensation. He then pulled out yet another brown egg. "Whoa!" he exclaimed.

"What's going on here?!" Scrooge asked in confusion.

Suddenly, the egg Launchpad was holding glowed green and began to float. Launchpad jumped with a yelp into Beakley's arms.

The egg Violet was holding did the same, much to her surprise.

"Floating eggs?" Daisy asked in surprise.

Suddenly, three more appeared from the hallway.

"Did someone leave the fridge open?" asked Fethry.

Then, Della, Donald, and Lena burped one egg up each, making them cover their beaks in surprise.

All eight eggs floated in a rotating circle, glowing green. Everyone gathered around together nervously.

"I don't like the looks of this." mumbled June.

Suddenly, the lights began to flicker on and off. And the green aura took the shape of a large anthropomorphic chicken with red eyes.

"Lena, please tell me this is just your magic." Violet said nervously.

"Vi, you know my magic is purple thanks to Magica's amulet." Lena replied. "This is green."

"I know what this is!" Della gasped. "We're being haunted!"

Huey seemed skeptical. "We are not being haunted." he said as an egg floated next to him. "If this isn't Lena's magic, then someone is obviously pranking us. There's gotta be strings somewhere."

Huey moved his hand over and around the egg. "Ok no strings… Louie how are you doing this?" he asked.

Louie suddenly looked scared. "Don't look at me! Look at THAT!" he shouted, pointing ahead.

Huey turned around and saw the chicken shape.

"Bawk bawk bawk BAAAAAAAWWWWWWWK!" it clucked with a sinister look.

Huey screamed in alarm.

"Chicken ghost!" Dewey, Webby, April, Donald, Daisy, Gladstone, and Fethry exclaimed together.

"Chicken ghost? That's a new one." Violet commented.

Donald summoned Mage's Staff. "I'll deal with this big palooka!" he said as he stepped forward. "Eat some mage magic!"

Donald casted Thundaga against the ghost, but it dodged it. Donald leapt at it and tried firing Blizzaga at it. But the ghost seemed unaffected. Glaring, Donald casted Firaga, but it only went through the ghost and struck the chair.

"Oh come on!" Donald quacked in annoyance.

Suddenly, Mage's Staff glowed in a green aura and the chicken ghost made it bash Donald in the head multiple times, making him have funny faces as his family winced.

"How ironic." April muttered.

Suddenly, the ghost bashed Donald with his staff, sending him hurling into Della, making them fall to the ground.

"Ooh, sorry sis." Donald winced as they helped each other up.

"No worries bro." Della said dismissively.

"My turn." Lena said with a glare as she summoned magic around her fists. "Try avoiding sorcerer magic feather-nut!" she said as she threw several waves of magic at the ghost.

The ghost chicken swirled all around, dodging Lena's magic attacks.

"Alright wiseguy, dodge this!" Lena said as she snapped her fingers.

Multiple arrows appeared and Lena sent them hurting at the chicken. But the ghost suddenly made them stop, turn around and hurl back towards the family, who all yelepd and ducked as the arrows flew post them.

"Donald and Lena's magic has no effect on the ghost!" cried Fethry.

"Which means Keyblades won't work either." said Daisy.

"What do we do?!" cried Launchpad.

"Everyone scatter!" Beakley shouted.

Everyone ran in different directions around the mansion's first floor.

Della opened up the couch cousins and lept in, followed by April, May, and June, just as some eggs splattered around them.

Dewey & Webby and Huey & Violet hid behind the curtains together. Lena pulled the shade down and let herself get wrapped in it before more eggs splattered around them.

Donald and Daisy were already covered in eggs as they ran for the kitchen, the ghost chasing them. Fethry peaked out from the fireplace, covered in soot.

Gladstone's shocked face gets splattered… only to reveal a smirking Gladstone holding up a picture of himself he's hiding behind, only to get splattered as well, his expression matching the photo.

In the kitchen, Launchpad attempted to hid behind the fridge door, only for Louie to stop him.

"Giant shield!" he claimed.

Launchpad screamed as he pelted by dozens of eggs.

Louie came out from behind and winced. "Ooh, sorry LP." he muttered.

"No worries." Launchpad said dismissively. "Not the first time I was used as a shield."

Suddenly, Beakley came out from the pantry. "Come on you two!" she said as she dragged Louie and Launchpad into it.

Scrooge popped his head out and called, "Everyone, in the pantry now!"

Quickly, Donald, Daisy, Della, Gladstone, Fethry, Huey, Dewey, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, and June ran inside as Scrooge shut the door.


Everyone stood together in silence.

"I think we lost him." Webby beamed.

Suddenly, numerous canned and boxed foods began floating, surrounded by a green aura, making them gasp.

"Think again!" cried June.

"Everyone out quick!" cried Daisy.

The family quickly ran out from the pantry just as a bunch of silverware, dishes, and kitchen supplies started floating everywhere. Then, the sink sprayer turned on soaking all of them. Then it turned on full blasted and created a flood of water that swept them all off their feet.

"WHOOOOAAAAA!" they all exclaimed as the current swept them through the halls, bursting through the front door, over the fountain and then splashing down outside the gates, leaving them all on the ground.

"Whoa, what a ride." Launchpad commented as they all got up, soaked.

"Best waterslide ever!" Dewey laughed as Scrooge, Donald, Huey, Launchpad, and Fethry squeezed the water out of their hats.

"Even though our home's being invaded by a ghost, I can agree to that!" said Webby.

"Well at least the water got the egg out of our feathers." Daisy pointed out as they started squeezing the water out of their clothes.

"Still, what was that ghost haunting us for?" asked Della as she tried to dry the goggles on her pilot helmet.

"You got me Dells." said Gladstone

"You don't think it was Duckowrth playing a prank on us do you?" Violet asked as she squeezed the water out of her tailfeathers.

"Impossible. He's at the comedy club in the afterlife." said Scrooge.


Afterlife:

Duckworth sat amongst other ghosts in a dinner theatre as he looked through a playbill.

"Let's see here, we've had some material from Chris Farley, John Belushi, Robin Williams, Gene Wilder, and George Carlin." he mused. "Now who's next?"

The announcer took the stage.

"And now, the comedian and actor who played Buck Russell, Barf the Mog, and the parole officer from the Blues Brothers movie… John Candy!" the announcer shouted. (2)

Said comedian took the stage. He was wearing a familiar snow hat.

"A lotta people hate this hat. The sight of it angers people" said John.

Everyone laughed.

"I'm on the five year plan." John continued. "I'm on cigars, then I go to pipes, then I go to chewing tobacco, then I'm on to that nicotine gum."

Everyone laughed some more.

"Ah yes, this comedian was always a spark in life during his time." Duckworth chuckled.


McDuck Manor:

"Either way, we gotta find a way to get rid of that ghost." said Huey.

Just then, Fenton came eup. "Knock knock." he greeted

"AHH!" everyone yelped.

"AHH!" Fenton yelped back. "It's just me! I hear there's a ghost in town."

"Is it haunting you too?!" Daisy asked in surprise.

"No, Donald texted me." said Fenton, showing a text message from Donald.

The messages read:

Donald: ???

Fenton: WHAT?!

Donald: *Skull and crossbones emoji*

Daisy gave Donald a look. Donald chuckled sheepishly as he ducked out of sight.

"I think I can help." said Fenton. "Is it a good ghost like Duckworth, or a bad ghost like that Captain Peghook you told us about?"

"It's a chicken ghost." said May.

"And it's definitely bad." said Louie.

"Yeah it messed up the TV." said Dewey.

"Caused a bunch of our toys to move on their own." added Huey.

"Made Dewey and Launchpad lay eggs." added Webby.

"Made me, Donald, and Della burp out an egg each." added Lena.

"Messed with the lights." added Donald.

"Whacked Donald with his own mage staff." added Della.

"Used Lena's magic against us." added Daisy.

"Egged all of us!" added Launchpad.

"And just now it sent us out of the mansion in a flood." finished Beakley.

"Yikes." Fenton commented with a wince.

"So how do you suggest we deal with this ghost Fenton?" asked Scrooge.

"Well in Europe, there's this ancient carnival celebration where we march around in special clothes and play cowbells so we can ward off evil spirits and celebrate future harvests to come." said Fenton as he held up a cowbell. (3)

"That's actually a thing?" asked May.

"A lot of cultures have different ways to ward off spirits." said Violet. "For example, the native people of Japan throw beans to chase off evil spirits during the festival Setsubun." (4)

"And I heard that the Chinese use snap pops to scare off ghosts during New Years." added Donald.

"Well it's worth a try." said Beakley.


Soon, everyone was dressed up in sheepskins, lace petticoats and conical caps, and sling cowbells across their backs. They stood outside the kitchen as the silverware, dishes, and other kitchen utensils continued to float around.

"Everyone ready?" asked Fenton.

"I think we are." said Donald.

"Now start marching and play those cowbells!" Fenton said as he started marching.

Everyone followed Fenton and marched around the first floor, playing their cowbells.

"Let's see if that chicken can handle these bells." smirked Dewey. "GHOST BE GONE!"

Suddenly, the cowbells began to glow and then were drawn into the kitchen before being flung back out at the family, who yelped and ducked as the cowbells, along with food flew out from the kitchen.

"Now that ghost is wasting all our food!" Scrooge growled.

Louie then caught a Pep! can.

"Aw sweet!" he said as he opened it up and drank it. Everyone gave him a look. "Hey, there's nothing wrong with putting a little Pep in your step. Ghost or no ghost." he pointed out.

"Guess this ghosts hates cowbells more than ghosts who hate the high-pitched piano keys!" said Donald. (5)

"If you'll excuse me, now I must be gone." said Fenton. He then bolted out the front door, screaming in fear.

No sooner did Fenton leave, Drake's spooky sorceress girlfriend Morgana Macawber appeared.

"Greetings McDuck family." she greeted as she came in. "Drake told me that Donald texted him saying you have a ghost problem. Could it be an ancestor?"

"Not unless we're related to a chicken." Lena deadpanned.

"That would be on Daisy's side." Donald laughed before seeing Daisy give him a dirty look. Donald chuckled sheepishly as ducked out of sight once again.

"Well I think I can help." said Morgana. "As a sorceress I've dealt with the supernatural before I ever met Darkwing."

"So whaddya got?" asked Scrooge.

Morgana pulled out a spellbook and opened it up to a page that had a picture of a circle with numerous drawings around it.

"It's a special trapping circle that can trap the ghost." said Morgana. "Once it's trapped, I can send it back to the afterlife."

"Sounds like a plan, fellow sorceress." said Lena.


Soon, everyone sat in the living room in a circle, the McDuck family out of their costumes Fenton gave them. A white circle with a start was drawn in the center of the circle, sprawn with lit candles

"Alright, is everyone ready?" asked Morgana.

"We're ready." said Della.

Morgana closes her eyes and began to say a chant.

"Ghost of the dead, haunting in your name, leave this family alone, and return whence you came."

Everyone began to repeat the chant.

"Ghost of the dead, haunting in your name, leave this family alone, and return whence you came!"

Suddenly, there was a bright flash and the heard the ghost chicken cluck like mad.

"He's trapped!" Donald exclaimed.

"Ha! Take that ghost chicken!" cheered Webby.

But as the brightness disappeared, it revealed the ghost chicken… now made of fireworks… and really mad. The ghost chicken then flew into the air and began to fire.

The Duck/McDuck family screamed as they bolted in numerous directions of the mansion. Morgana however, was amazed.

"I didn't expect the ghost to have a counter attack to a trapping circle. Impressive." she mused. She got up and adjusted her dress. "Well I'd best be off. Sorry I couldn't help McDuck family."

Della popped her head out from behind the couch.

"Hey no worries at all Morg!" she said with a grin. "Say hi to Drake and Gosalyn for us!" Della then ducked from an oncoming firework.

"I shall." said Morgana before she yelped and ran out the front door, being chased by several fireworks.


Later, Matilda arrived holding a small green bottle.

"Hello family!" she greeted.

"Matilda?" Scrooge asked as he shut the front door. "What are you doing here?"

"I brought some ají verde salsa." said Matilda as she held up the small green bottle. "I got it from Peru during my business traveling. So bring on the chicken!"

Daisy turned to Donald.

"Donald did you text everyone?" she asked incredulously.

Donald chuckled sheepishly as he ducked out of sight again.

"Does that salsa help with chicken ghosts Aunt Matilda?" asked Dewey.

Matilda was scaredy taken aback. "Chicken ghost?! I thought you were eating chicken!" she exclaimed.

"Actually, we're dealing with that." said Violet, pointing ahead.

Matilda turned around and saw the chicken ghost with a sinister look. She screamed in alarm and bolted out the door.

"See you next surprise visit!" Scrooge called.

Suddenly, a couch cushion hit Scrooge in the face.

"Oy! Watch it!" Scrooge shouted as another one knocked him into the living room.

Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, Apil, May, June, Domnald, Daisy, Della, Bakley, Launchpad, Fethry, and Gladstone catered behind the couch as they watched the ghost chicken whack Scrooge again with all the couch cushions. Scrooge was sent flying into one of the chairs.

"Ha! Is that all you got?!" Scrooge taunted before he was suddenly propelled into the walls. "So no then." he muttered.

The ghost chicken swirled around the family.

"We're good people!" Daisy cried out in horror. "Why are you haunting us?!"

Some of the feathers from the couch cushions formed and arrow and then pointed at Scrooge as he got up.

"Wait a minute." said Louie. "That arrow's pointing at Uncle Scrooge."

"It is?" Scrooge asked as he looked at the arrow.

"SCROOOOOOOOOGE!" the chicken roared.

"Of course." everyone else deadpanned.

"Uncle Scrooge, do you know this chicken?" asked April.

Scrooge thought for a minute. "Well I knew one chicken in particular decades ago. He was a business associate of mine. Never heard from him for quite some time." he replied. Then, realization dawned upon him as he looked at the ghost chicken. "Marcel? Marcel Deveraux, is that you?" he asked.

His response was the feathers turning into a racket, bashing him towards his family. "Yup. That's him." he said.

"Alright, to the internet." said Louie as he pulled out his phone and started typing. "Ah here we go. Marcel Deveraux. Owned a chain of auto car dealerships. Resided in St. Canard where he also passed away from natural causes about 50 years ago, left his inheritance to his family."

"He was also pretty rich." said Lena as she glanced at what Louie didn't read.

"From what I know about ghosts, they don't stick around unless they have unfinished business." said Violet.

"Except Duckworth." said May.

"Right. Uncle Scrooge, did you wrong this chicken?" Violet asked.

"Of course not!" Scrooge scoffed. "We were good friends!" He was then hit with a couch cushion. "Well, ok maybe not good friends, but we did respect each other."

"But did you do anything to make him mad?" asked Violet.

Scrooge thought for a minute.


Flashback, 50 years ago:

In St. Canard, a brown-feathered chicken was in his garage checking out a shiny sky-blue mustang car. This was Marcel Deveraux, one of Scrooge's business associates. He wore a purple jacket, a dark blue collared button-up shirt, a red tie, black pants, black hard sole shoes, a gold watch, and wore an American flag pin on the right bottom flap of his jacket.

Marcel admired his reflection when he heard a noise.

"Hmm? What's that?" he asked out loud.

Suddenly, crashing into the garage was Scrooge. He knocked into Marcel, both of them flying through the walls while also knocking over a shelf stacked with paint cans that fell and splattered all over the car.

Scrooge got up and looked to the sky as he used the Von Drake spy cane PPK what looked like a giant demon bat, scaring it away with its gas.

"That'll teach ya to mess with Scrooge McDuck ya beastly bat!" Scrooge laughed as he stood on top of the unconscious Marcel.


Present:

"You wrecked his car?!" Doanld exclaimed.

"Well I wouldn't say 'wrecked'." Scrooge replied. "More like, 'accidentally gave it a new paint job.' But it was an accident!"

"Either way you have to make it up to him Mr. McDuck." Beakley said firmly. "It's the only way to get rid of this ghost."

"You're right Beakley." said Scrooge. "I will."

"That's great in all, but where are we gonna find Marcel's car?" asked June.

"What kind of car did he drive?" asked Gladstone.

"A sky-blue Mustang." said Scrooge.

Gladstone then perked up. "Well it looks like my luck saved us again!"

"Whaddya mean?" asked Fethry.


At a storage locker building, Gladstone opened one up, revealing an old sky-blue 60's Mustang car.

"You've had Marcel's car this whole time?!" exclaimed Scrooge.

"Won it at an auction years ago." Gladstone replied. "After I got my blimp from Doofus Drake, I put in my storage locker amongst any other stuff I didn't need at the time but was lucky to have gotten."

"Well at least now we can start cleaning it up." said Scrooge.

"Whaddya mean 'we'?" Louie asked incredulously.

"Yeah, we didn't botch up it's paint job." added Lena, folding her arms.

"Even though your uncle messed up the paint work, it'll take more than one person alone to clean it." said Beakley.

Della held up a paint bucket.

"Then let's get to work!" she said.

Montage:

At the plane hanger, the entire family scraped off the old paint, giving it a pink undercoat, and then painted the car sky blue once again, while also giving it a good wash and polish.

Soon, Marcel's car was cleaned up.

"Alright. Nice and shiny like it used to be." said Scrooge. "I called ahead and arranged for it to be taken to the family that now lives in his home."

"How come it was never cleaned before?" asked Webby.

"Perhaps the family just never had the time." Violet shrugged.

"So, are we good now?" asked Scrooge.

His response was a water bucket floating up in the air and dumping water all over him.

"Guess not." Scrooge deadpanned.

"What else did you do to him?" asked Daisy.

Scrooge thought back.


Flashback:

As soon as the demon bat flew away, Scrooge observed his surroundings. The crash through Marcel's garage had spread a lot of debris everywhere… including some of it breaking a table with a cake and snacks and a banner that read "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"


Present:

"You ruined his birthday party?!" exclaimed Huey. "No wonder he's mad!"

"You'd better make it up to him!" said Dewey, pointing at his rich uncle.

"Alright alright, I'll do it!" Scrooge replied quickly.


McDuck Manor, dining room:

Everyone sat around the table with a birthday cake at the edge near a picture of Marcel. Balloons were also put up. They began to sing.

"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday Marcel! Happy Birthday to you!"

"Are you satisfied now?" asked Scrooge.

Suddenly, all the balloons began to pop.

"Guess not." said Launchpad.

"Anything else you'd like to tell us Uncle Scrooge?" asked Della, glaring at her uncle.

Scrooge thought back again.


Flashback:

Scrooge surmised the damage.

"Oh boy this is gonna cost a lot to get his garage fixed." said Scrooge. "That and his hospital bill."

Scrooge then noticed a bundle of dollar bills near the unconscious Marcel's pants pocket.

"Oh would you look at that! I'll save hundreds!" said Scrooge as he picked it up.


Present:

Everyone glared at Scrooge.

"So let me get this straight." said Lena as she counted off her fingers. "You botched his car's paint job, ruined his birthday party, and stole his money without even realizing it was his?"

"I wouldn't really say steal…" Scrooge said, trailing off nervously.

"Uncle Scrooge!" Donald, Daisy, Della, Gladstone, Fethry, and the kids said angrily.

"Don't worry! I'll make it up to him!" Scrooge hastily said.


Later, everyone was in the front living room with Marcel's ghost as Scrooge burst in through the door.

"Alright Marcel, I stopped by the Bin and got the same amount of money I took from you, plus interest, in gold coins." Scrooge said, holding hands out with the coins.

Marcel only frowned as he knocked the coins out of Scrooge's grasp.

"Curse me kilts, what's with you man?!" Scrooge exclaimed in annoyance. "I had your car fixed, I had a proper birthday party thrown for ya, and gave you back the money I took! I made amends! What more do ya want ya stubborn spirit?!"

Suddenly, the ghost flew past Scrooge and then went up Donald's nostrils, possessing the sailor duck.

"WHOA! Bawk bawk!" Marcel said in Donald's voice as he walked forward like a zombie and grabbed Scrooge with his arms, much to the oldest duck's surprise and shock.

"Bawk bawk!" said Marcel as he pecked Scrooge. "That's not the end of the story, bawk bawk!"

Everyone gasped.

"My brother/Our cousin/Our uncle's a chicken?!" Della, Gladstone, Fethry, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, and June gasped in unison.

"AH! DONALD!" Daisy screamed in horror. "I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!" she cried as she held Donald, tears storming out of her eyes.

"Oh no Donald!" cried Launchpad.

"Mr. McDuck! What else did you do to that chicken?!" Beakley exclaimed.

Scrooge thought back again.


Flashback, St. Canard hospital:

Marcel laid on a hospital bed with several bandages around his arms, stomach, legs, and head. He was unconscious since he crashed head first through their garage wall when Scrooge crashed into him. And because he was in a hospital gown, it showed that he was wearing a gold necklace with a dollar sign on it.

Scrooge came in with some flowers.

"Sorry about the accident Marcel." he said as he set the flowers down on the end table.

Then, Scrooge saw the necklace. He eyed it with interest.

"Say that's a nice necklace you go there Marcel." Scrooge said as he took it off. "I'll hang onto it for you in case they have to do any operations on you. You won't need it here."

As Scrooge put the necklace around his neck, his old phone rang. He took it out of his toonspace and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Mr. McDuck, we're calling a meeting at your office to discuss your latest 'adventure.'" came Bradford's voice.

Scrooge groaned in annoyance as he left the hospital.


Later, at the Money Bin:

Scrooge exited his office as Bradford, Bentley, and Buford watched him go.

"Thanks for your concern gentlemen but the adventure with the demon bat is nothing to be concerned about in a major way." Scrooge said as he walked away. "I'll be at home getting ready to head to the castle with my niece and nephew if you need me. Please don't need me."

Scrooge entered the elevator as he pressed the floor for the garage.

"Hmm… was I forgetting something?" he asked out loud. He then shrugged it off. "Eh, it's probably nothing." he said as the necklace shone off the elevator lights.


Present:

"Oh! That's where I got this necklace!" Scrooge said in realization as he looked at it.

"Give it back! Bawk bawk!" Marcel said in Donald's body.

"Uh, are you sure you want it?" Scrooge asked as he adjusted it. "I mean, it looks nice on me and I don't think you can take it with you to the afterlife."

Marcel angrily bawked again. Suddenly, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, June, Della, Daisy, Bakley, Launchpad, Gladstone, and Fethry glowed green and then floated high into the air, making them shout in alarm.

"Ok we're flying now!" exclaimed Huey.

"I don't like this!" cried May.

"I always wanted to fly, but not like this!" exclaimed Webby.

"Uncle Scrooge, give him the necklace!" cried Della.

Scrooge broke free from Marcel's grasp. "Marcel, let my family go!" he demanded.

"Necklace! Bawk bawk!" Marcel shouted.

"Uncle Scrooge, don't be like me before the Timephoon! Give him that necklace! Right now!" cried Louie.

"Alright! Alright!" said Scrooge as he quickly took it off. "Just let my family go and leave us alone!"

Scrooge tossed the necklace towards Donald's body. Marcel's ghostly hand emerged from Donald's mouth, grabbing it as he left the mage's body, making him a bit dizzy.

Marcel put the necklace on and did a pose as his ghost disappeared.

As soon as he did, the rest of the family stopped floating and landed on the ground.

"Newton's apple, it worked!" Violet gasped.

"He's gone!" Fethry exclaimed happily.

"Alright we're free!" Launchpad cheered.

"Thank goodness." Beakley said with a relieved smile.

Then, Daisy, Della, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, and June ran up to Donald and hugged him.

"Oh Donald! You're not a chicken anymore!" Daisy exclaimed happily.

"We're glad to have you back bro." Della smiled as the kids snuggled up against their uncle.

Donald smiled back. "Glad to be back." he said before suddenly coughing up a brown feather.

Scrooge, Beakley, Launchpad, Gladstone, and Fethry smiled at the scene.

"Well Mr. McDuck, I hope there aren't any other ghost chickens out there that you wronged." said Beakley.

"Or any other ghosts." said Gladstone. "I think one was enough for today."

"Agreed." Fethry and Launchpad said in agreement.

"Not at all." said Scrooge with a smile. "But if there are, I promise I'll make things right before things turn more chaotic than we're used too."

As the rest of the family joined them, Scrooge added, "Besides, if there are any other ghosts out there that try to haunt us or cause terror in Duckburg, it won't be a problem for us."

"Yeah!" everyone said in agreement.

As they chatted amongst each other, none of them saw a red light turn on next to a camera hidden within the top of the TV.


F.O.W.L. HQ:

Bradford, Bentley, Buford, Gandra, Black Heron, Steelbeak, an old John D. Rockerduck, and Franken-Jeeves around the table, watching the Duck/McDuck family.

"But it will be a problem for us." Bradford snarled.

"Why would it be a problem for us?" asked Steelbeak.

"Yeah, especially since any other ghost will be trying to haunt them, not us." added Gandra.

The Buzzards faced their agents.

"Because the McDuck family, mainly Scrooge, are basically walking targets for vengeful ghosts." Bradford explained. "He's been adventuring for over a century, making numerous enemies along the way, as well as managing to outlive all of them."

"Or they're dead already, unlike me and Jeeves." said Rockerduck. "Speaking of which, Jeeves?"

Jeeves injected a small serum into Rockerduck's arm, making him young again.

"There we go, that oughta keep me young for another week or three." Rockerduck said in satisfaction.

"And if these ghosts target that family, they'll end up returning from the afterlife and start wrecking Duckburg out of anger and vengeance just to teach him or all of them a lesson." Bradford continued.

"And they could also end up wrecking the entire world just to get at him." Heron realized.

"Exactly." said Bradford. "And without the world, who would we larceny against?"

"So that entire family is walking targets." mused Steelbeak. "Just as they were for that fowl chicken ghost."

"Should we kill them now? That'll solve everything." Heron said eagerly.

"No." said Bradford. "We have to be smarter about how we do things. Killing them all right away will cause too much suspicion. And I don't want another incident like the Papyrus of Binding." (6)

Heron rolled her eyes.

"And we still need them to find those lost treasures since they have the journal./" added Gandra.

"Exactly Agent Dee." said Bradford turned to face the screen again. "In time, we will eliminate now, we continue taking it in the smartest way possible."

Bradford then smirked as he watched the Duck/McDuck family continue to talk.

"Just you lot wait. Soon the worst fowl foe you'll face will be us… and it'll be your last adventure ever." he said with a dark grin.


(Haunted Henry theme from TARDSTunnel's "Sodor Halloween" plays)

(CAST)

David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck

Danny Pudi as Huey Duck

Ben Schwartz as Dewey Duck

Bobby Moynihan as Louie Duck

Kate Micucci as Webby Vanderquack

Kimiko Glenn as Lena

Libe Barer as Violet Sabrewing

Jessica DiCicco as April, May, and June Duck

Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck

Paget Brewster as Della Duck

Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck

Toks Olagundoye as Bentina Beakley

Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack

Paul F. Tompkins as Gladstone Gander

Tom Kenny as Fethry Duck

David Kaye as Duckworth

Lin-Manuel Miranda as Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera

Kath Soucie as Morgana Macawber

Michelle Gomez as Matilda McDuck

Marc Evan Jackson as Bradford Buzzard

April Winchell as Black Heron

Jameela Jamil as Gandra Dee

Jason Mantzoukas as Steelbeak

John Hodgman as John D. Rockerduck

Jim Cummings as Jim Starling/TV Darkwing Duck

Dan Castellaneta as Megavolt

Corey Burton as Bushroot

Michael Bell as Quackerjack

Jack Angel as Liquidator

Dee Bradley Baker as Marcel Deveraux/Ghost Chicken and Demon Bat

James Belushi as Announcer

John Candy as Himself
(archive audio)


In Loving Memory of

David L. Lander

June 22, 1947 – December 4, 2020

(Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Laverne and Shirley, A Bug's Life, The Simpsons, Tom and Jerry: The Movie)


Thank you all so much for reading! Rate, review, have a Merry Christmas and I'll see you all soon!

Also, for some reason the skull and crossbones emoji wouldn't work and yet the ghost ones will. Weird.

(1) Arnold Schwarzenegger's movie, "Junior"

(2) John Candy's roles in Uncle Buck, Spaceballs, and The Blues Brothers

(3) This is an actual thing from what I looked up. In one of the most ancient carnival celebrations in Europe, dozens of people don sheepskins, lace petticoats and conical caps, sling cowbells across their backs and parade through two Spanish towns. The groups, named "Joaldunak," after the Basque-language word for cowbells, march through the northern towns of Ituren and Zubieta to herald the advent of spring. The annual procession stems from ceremonies held to ward off evil spirits and bless the harvests to come.

(4) In the original episode this is based off of, they reference how the Japanese use beans to ward off evil spirits during Setsubun (the festival that happens every February 3rd in Japan, which is the day before spring in the country) so future years won't be tainted by said evils.

(5) Ghostbusters (1984)

(6) DuckTales episode "The First Adventure!"