Halloween night had finally arrived and Gloria was especially excited because her parents were going to allow her to have a Halloween party and invite her friends over.
"We might get back late, we're not entirely sure." Lisa said to Gloria as she finished getting ready and Jason joined her at the door.
"Don't worry mom, everything will be fine. I'll make sure things go smoothly." Gloria told her parents confidently.
"Also remember when we're gone to be careful with that ring of yours. I don't want to come home to find you a middle age woman." Jason said to Gloria.
"Been there, done that." Gloria said under her breath.
"What?" Jason asked.
"Nothing! Just nothing to worry about. But really, I'll be sure to be extra careful with the ring." Gloria promised as her parents left.
Not too long after her parents left, Gloria's friends arrived in their costumes. Diane and Naomi were dressed up as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. Jackie was dressed up as a vampire, Sasha was dressed up as a biker girl, and Jackie was dressed up as a pirate. The girls were all having a good time until they had a couple of trick-or-treaters at the door.
"Trick or Treat!" Three kids said to Gloria at the door. The three kids were all accompanied by one of their parents. There was a boy dressed up as a vampire, his mother looked a little bit overweight with brunette hair. A black girl in a mummy costume, she was accompanied by her father who already had grey hair, and the last a boy in a superhero outfit with his mother who looked at her watch as if in a hurry to leave.
"Hey kids, I bet you all are going to have a fun time tonight." Gloria said to the kids.
"They are, I gotta get home in an hour because my mom says so." The boy in the superhero outfit said.
"It's really too bad. I want us all to enjoy a nice Halloween together." The mom with the vampire son said to the other woman.
"Well sorry, but I have other things to do tonight." The mom with the son in the superhero outfit said.
"I'm sorry to hear that. I wish you all could spend the rest Halloween night together." Gloria commented but then realized that she was wearing the ring and had absentmindedly made a wish. Now she just wondered how the ring would interpret it.