| The Tale of the Fire Ghost | |
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| Season 4 , Episode 10 | |
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| Air date | December 10, 1994 |
| Written by | Scott Peters |
| Directed by | Jean-Marie Comeau |
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The Tale of the Fire Ghost, is the Tenth episode of the Fourth Season of Are You Afraid of the Dark ? As well as the Forty-Ninth episode in total.
Intro
The night begin wiith Sam and Kiki fighting about Sam being responisble because she borrowed something from Kiki and it got stolen. They are angrily yelling into each others faces. Kiki is furious saying to her that she said she would be careful with it and she wasn't. Sam snaps back she was careful, she just had no idea someone would break into her locker. Gary passing by asks Sam if she is sure her locker was locker. Sam frustrated that yes she was sure she locked her locker.
Frank, sitting next to Betty Ann asks her what the deal with them is ? Betty Ann says that Kiki lent Sam her favorite sweater. Then someone broke into Sam's locker and stole it. Sam tries to tell Kiki she is sorry, Kiki tells her that saying she's sorry doesn't get her sweater back.
Tucker comes out hearing the commotion of the fighting and calls out what is going on ? Just as he enters the circle, carrying the water bucket he trips and falls down and spills the water. Betty Ann and Frank laugh at him when this happened. Gary is mad and tells him "nice work graceful" He tries to tell him it was an accident. Gary tells him that he should have looked.
Then Sam and Kiki along with Gary and Tucker all begin lougly fighting and arguing and it's getting really out of hand. Betty Ann whistles for them to stop. They calm down and she asks them all to just settle down, so they can start the meeting. Gary madly tells Tucker "Okay bucket boy you're up".
Tucker sits down on the Storyteller's Chair. He tells them all that it might hard to cool down because his story has to do with fire. He tells them all Look at our fire, it's got a life of it's own. It gives off light and heat and makes a nice warm, crackling sound. However, given the chance it can cause horrible destruction. He doesn't mean the damage it can do when it's burning, he means the damage it can do after it's been put out.
Tucker, throws in the campfire dust to make the fire more intense while he submits his story for approval for The Midnight Society. He calls his story "The Tale of the Fire Ghost", and begins.
Story
Tucker, tells the story. The story takes place inside a fire station. Late one night, someone downstairs on the dark first floor of the fire station lights a match. This sets off the fire alarm, fire fighter Dan Preston, who was relaxing upstairs immediately reacts and slides down the firepole. Suddenly the lights all go on and his co-workers and his his wife and kids Roxy and Jimmy all shout to him surprise happy birthday.
Dan Preston and his wife Linda had split up but they were still close friends. This was still hard to deal with especially for their son Jimmy who had a lot of anger inside of him, and blamed his dad for their parents breaking up, because of him spending too much time fire fighting. The surprise birthday party went really well, except Jimmy didn't want to sit near his dad and kept away and sat at the wall. Then Linda had to get back to the hospital to take care of patients and left them with their dad.
Suddenly the lights inside the station begin to all flicker off and on. Captain Bill says it's because of the fire ghost haunting the station. Dan tells Jimmy there is no such thing and not to worry about it. Then suddenly, the window near where Jimmy was sitting near the wall inexplicably smashes in. Then he screams and cuts his hand, his father then tries to help him put on a bandage, but Jimmy won't let him help him.
Dan apologizes for not seeing him the week before, because he had to fill in for someone at work. Jimmy snaps at his dad, saying that he could have had someone else fill in and he always had excuses for not being there. Even when he still lived at home with them. He apologizes to Jimmy and promises soon things will change. Then he asks Jimmy to get some cake and go to the recreational room with him and check out the new video game, Jimmy smiles and looks forward to it.
Then just on their way, the fire alarm goes off and Captain Bill says it's a fire at a warehouse. Dan tells Roxy to call their mom and let her know that he has to go fire fighting. Jimmy looks mad and let down once again, as he sees his down heading out to fiight he fire. Then after the fire engine leaves, Roxy tries to call their mother on the telephone but the phone is dead and won't work. Also the lights once again begin to blink off and on until it's dark inside.
Their both wondering what is going on ? Then suddenly they see a fireman sliding down the pole, strange because Roxy thought that they had all left by now. The fireman approaches them and lights a match to show his face. He tells them that wind must have knocked out the phone line. He introduces himself as Jake Griffin and tells Jimmy and Roxy that he watches the station when the others are gone. He helps them set up some candles and keeps them company until the power goes back on.
Roxy, asks Jake if he's ever heard of a Fire Ghost ? He tells them that's he been a fire fighter for a long time, and if there's one thing he's learnt is that a fire is like a wild animal. The fire lives, it dies, and it thinks, because fire will do anything to survive and grow. It's the firefighter's job to stop it, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's dead. The spirit of the fire remains, the Fire Ghost follows firefighters back to the station looking for revenge. Jake next tells them don't get caught by a Fire Ghost, or it will pull you into it's world of eternal flames.
Hearing this Roxy seems a bit nervous then shakes it off. She says she's never heard of it happening to anyone before. Jake says, because the only way a fire ghost can cross into our world, is if someone looks right into the flame. The Fire Ghost, dances and jumps to lure people to watch, and before you know it, it's too late and it's already here. Roxy asks why it's never happened before ? Jake says it's because firefighters face flames everyday and they know enough not to let it happen. Jimmy says that his dad says there is no such thing. Jake smiles and says that his dad does believe and he knows that there is a Fire Ghost haunting this very station. They just don't like to talk about it. Jake tells them that Fire Ghost's hate firefighters and they're the children of one of the very best and to be very careful while they're in the station. After he leaves them Roxy thinks that Jake is just old and crazy.
Later that night when they're both trying to rest on the beds upstairs, Jimmy sees a glowing light aura flickering from the firepole opening. Jimmy is curious what it is so he grabs a lit candle and slides down the pole to check it out. When arrriving downstairs he hears a slight growling and flicking sound. Also from the equipment room closet is a flickering bright yellow light that keeps flashes off and on. Then it goes it and his candle blows itself out. Then his candle relights itself and then flares into a poweful full blast flame. Almost like a blast from a flamethrower. Jimmy stares right at it. Then it instantly goes out, then inside the equipment room closet the flickering light slowly goes out.
Then someone taps him on the shoulder he screams ah and turns around and it's only Roxy. Roxy smiles saying to him that the ghost stories have really gotten to him now. Jimmy tries to explain what he saw, then the phone rings and Roxy is happy to hear it working again. Jimmy answers the phone and there is no sound at first. Then a sinister voice answers saying, listen to me you are the son or a murderer! and your time has come hahaha. Jimmy scared hangs the phone back up, Roxy hears it saying they're not alone.
Then suddenly a thick firefighter hose wraps itself around Jimmy's legs and pulls him into the equipment room and slams the door. Roxy is banging frantically on the door asking for help. Then suddenly a suit of firefighting equipment comes to life by itself and raises it's axe. The door opens and the firefighting suit chops half the hose off and enables Jimmy to break free. They run upstairs frantically calling for Jake to help them.
Then, the firefighting suit follows them upstairs, as they hide in the barrack quarters. The firefighting suit, lifts up it's visor and reveals itself to be Jake, and he knows that the Fire Ghost is here and he wants them to get out of the station as fast as they can, without stopping or looking back and to be careful because it's full tricks. Roxy asks him how he knows so much about ghosts ? Jakes says because it takes one to know one, meaning he is a ghost too. After saying that he vanishes.
When they return to the ground floor, they can't exit out the door because there are flames burning behind it. Therefore they quickly escape through the window that broke earlier and make a run for it. When they get out, they run into a police officer and he tells them he heard them smash that window. They tell him they didn't mean to cause trouble. They were just running away from the Fire Ghost. The Officer doesn't know what they mean and what they're talking about. They true to explan that a Fire Ghost is after them, and their dad is a firefighter who works at the station. The Officer wants to see things for himself so he goes inside with them.
When they returns inside the station, to their very surprise all the lights and power work again. The Officer calls out loud if anyone is there and no one answers. They lead him to the equipment room where the Fire Ghost is and nothing is in there. Thinking it's a prank or a joke the officer asks them to wait for him inside the equipment room while he looks around the station. They keep refusing to go in, until the officer suddenly transforms into the Fire Ghost itself. The Fire Ghost tells them welcome to my parlour and a scorching flame burns like a flamethrower inside the equipment room then it vanishes in a puff of smoke while laughing.
They run off terrified and stops in some other room. There the see Jake sitting down, he warns them, that he told them it was full of tricks. Roxy begs him not to hurt them. He tells them he wouldn't hurt them and he's been watching them since the firefighters all left. He instantly moves from one side of the room to the other. He tells Jake that he is disappointed because he told him not to look at the flame. Hearing this Roxy is furious, but Jake says it was only for a second.
Jakes informs them that only a second is all that it takes, and since Jimmy is the one who released it, then he's gonna have to be the one to stop it; but it won't easy. Jimmy asks Jake who he really is ? Jake tells them that he used to be a member of the engine company. Then a few years back, him and another firefighter were rescuing an old woman from a burning house. The other firefighter got the old woman out, but he went back in to help more people. The last thing he remembers, was hearing that roof was about to cave in. The roof did cave in and he didn't make it out. That building's fire was the very fire that the Fire Ghost came from. The other firefighter he was with was their father, he never told them because he was very sad about Jake's death and took it very hard.
They plan to stop the Fire Ghost before it can come after them and the other firefighters. So Jimmy approaches the door to the equipment room and calls out to it. He asks it will it come and get him or is it too afraid ? Hearing this, the window on the door glows brightly with fire light and opens. Then in a puff of smoke the Fire Ghost comes out and slowly approaches Jimmy. He tells him that he is the son of a murderer, and his time has come. Jimmy tells him his father isn't a murderer. The Fire Ghost tells him that his dad and his kind destroy the fires. First he will pay and when they return they will join the flames and burn forever. Jimmy tells it. that's what you think, and Roxy walks up to it from behind and sprays it with a fire extinguisher and it disappears.
They high five and rejoice and Jake tells her that firefighting is in her blood and he's never seen anyone work a fire extinguisher so well. Suddenly, in a thick puff of soke the Fire Ghost is back with a vengeance. Then It closes on them sinisterly laughing, Jake begs it to leave them alone. It says that he did leave it alone. Jimmy notices the sprinkler system on the ceiling. Then he tells it that he hates fire, and to do anything just don't use fire. It says "I AM FIRE!" Jimmy says that it's too horrible, and to please don't anything just don't turn into fire.
The Fire Ghost, thinks it's better than he could ever imagine. Then is uses it's full power engulfs itself it blazing, scorching flames. From it's head and both hands, then eventually its whole body is on fire. The flames burn so high, that they touch the ceiling, and this sets off the emergency sprinklers. Instantly the Fire Ghost is doused and drenched and it vaporizes into a pile of ash.
Roxy and Jimmy rejoice and hug in victory, Jake tells them that his job here is now done, and then he vanishes. The fire engine comes back and their dad comes in wondering what the deal with the big mess is. They both run into his arms giving him a big hug, nearby on the wall is a memorial plague in memory of Jake Griffin.
Ending
As the story ends, Tucker says that the Fire Ghost was never seen at the station again, and Jimmy and Roxy started spending a lot more time with their dad. Then Tucker says the ends and ends his story. Frank tells him nice job bucket boy, Tucker just smiles. Everyone begins to look guilty and feel bad. Sam goes over to Kiki and apologizes again.
Then she gives her some money to replace her sweater. Kiki, nicely accepts her apology and tells her it wasn't entirely her fault so she gives her half the money back and they happily make up and become friends again. With Frank teasing them saying oh that's so cute andf then Kiki tells him to get bent.
Then Frank, Sam, Kiki and Betty Ann leave. Gary is still a little mad at Tucker for spilling the water bucket earlier and asks now what ? Tucker says throw dirt on it. So they successfully put the fire out by throwing handfuls of dirt onto it. Tucker says see it's out already, Gary tells him not a bad idea and they leave for home too.
Gallery
Cast
- Myles Ferguson as Jimmy Preston.
- Vanessa King as Roxy Preston.
- Larry Day as Dan Preston.
- Liz MaCrae as Linda Preston.
- Serge Houde as Captain Bill.
- Michael Copeman as Jake Griffin.
- Tim Post as The Police Officer/ Fire Ghost.
Midnight Society Cast
- Daniel DeSanto as Tucker.
- Ross Hull as Gary.
- Jason Alisharan as Frank.
- Jodie Resther as Kiki.
- Raine Pare-Coull as Betty Ann.
- Joanna Garcia asSam.
Triva
- Myles Ferguson, who portrayed Jimmy Preston sadly passed away in a car accident. The accident happened on September 29, 2000.
- Vanessa King who portrayed Roxy Preston, previously appeared in the series before. She appeared before in the episode "The Tale of the Guardian's Curse" as Cleo Dugan.
- Larry Day, who portrayed Dan Preston, later reappeared in the series again. His next appearance was in the episode "The Tale of the Hunted", as Grant.
- Liz MaCrae, who portrayed Linda Preston, previously appeared in the series before. Her first appearance was in the episode "The Tale of the Hatching", as Mrs. Wilson. Then she later made a third appearance, in the episode "The Tale of Bigfoot Ridge" as Marie.
- Tim Post, who portrayed the Police Officer/ Fire Ghost, previously appeared in the series before. He portrayed the Black Robed Figure.