The Tale of the Night Nurse

The Tale of the Night Nurse
Season 7 , Episode 13
Air date	June 11, 2000
Written by	Michael Koegel
Directed by	Mark Soulard
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The Tale of the Night Nurse, is the Thirteenth episode of the Seventh Season of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and the Ninety-First episode in total. Also this episode was the Season Seven Finale, as well as the Series Finale.

Intro

That night, happens to be a very cold night. Megan enters the clearing requesting for a big campfire to be made because it's freezing. Tucker comes in next rubbing his cold hands together and remarks that it's really cold. While preparing the campfire, Andy accidentally sneezes at Quinn. Quinn is mad and snaps at him to sneeze somewhere else. Andy apologizes and Vange sitting next to him tell him: "Gesundheit".

The five of them are now sitting very close to the campfire, to keep themselves warm. Andy sneezes again, and a concerned Megan asks him if he has a cold. Andy says it's just allergies, but sneezes again. Tucker asks him if he's sure about it and Vange asks him if he got his flu shot yet. Feeling frighened at the mention of it, Andy says no way. Quinn questions her about it, and she says that she gets a flu shot every year and asks them if they ever do. The boys all says no and Megan says no, because she has a fear of needles. Vange says it's just a little shot, and it's much better than getting sick. Quinn says there is nothing worse than getting a shot and Andy agrees with him, Vange tells that that she can think of something worse.

Heading over to the storyteller's chair, she says it's what he story is about. Because if you get really sick, somebody has to take care of you, someone who knows how to make you better and you have to trust that person. Because they know what is best for you right? But what would happen, if the person who was taking care of you, was the one person in the world you should fear the most!? and nobody believed you? and nobody else knew or could help. Hearing this, Vange's friends are now intrigued and shocked.

Vange throws in the campfire dust to make the fire more intense while she submits her story for approval of The Midnight Society. She calls her story "The Tale of the Night Nurse" and begins her story.

Story

Vange tells the story. The story takes place during wintertime. One afternoon sisters A.J. and Nicki were just dropped off by their parents, to stay with their grandpa for a month (possibly their parents are on a business trip). The girls think it's wonderful, because for a month they'll be able to whatever they want and their grandpa is a soft touch.

Shortly after arriving, A.J. is shoveling the driveway and steps. When suddenly Nicki starts a snowball fight, they're having a great time, throwing snowballs at each other. Then suddenly out of nowhere a Woman and her child appear. They're heading into the house carrying birthday presents. Nicki ducks just as A.J. tries to pelt her with a fastball snowball, it misses and hits the woman. What they didn't know is that the woman and her child have suddenly disappeared.

A.J. and Nicki run inside the house. They ask their grandpa where the woman is so A.J. can apologize for accidentally hitting her. Grandpa has no idea what they're talking about. They try to confirm that they saw a woman and her child coming inside. When Grandpa realizes they mean with birthday presents, he denies it, and strongly says that nobody else has been invited into the house.

That night, A.J. wakes up hearing music, noise and laughter coming from downstairs. A.J. calls asking who is there, but she gets no answer. Still hearing it, she slowly walks downstairs into the pitch black dining room. She finds a lit white birthday cake that reads "Happy Birthday Emily"'. When she turns on the lights, the cake has vanished. Suddenly she looks into the mirror nearby and in the reflection, a group of people have appeared holding the cake screaming: "Surprise!" She is terrified and screams, she nearly bumps right into Nicki, who came downstairs hearing all the commotion and screaming. Nicki asks her what her problem is, and she just runs back upstairs scared straight.

The next morning, Grandpa asks them what all the noise and screaming from last night was all about. A.J. tries to explain that she heard sounds and saw visions of people in the dining room. Nicki just laughs saying she's twelve years old and already going crazy. Grandpa just ignores it, and makes them a breakfast of dried cereal and strawberries. Nicki lectures A.J. because she can't eat strawberries because she is allergic to them, Grandpa says he forgot and apologizes.

A little later that day, A.J. suddenly sees a ghost of a girl. The girl is getting ready to head down the stairs carrying a big pile of birthday presents. realizing she going to trip and fall, she calls out to her to be careful. The girl tries to be careful, picking up her bracelet. But afterwards she trips and the presents go tumbling. Then suddenly the girl and the presents vanish, leaving A.J. scared out of he skin and screaming.

Hearing her scream,. Grandpa and Nicki come in concerned asking her what the problem is. A.J. tells them what she saw. Nicki doesn't believe it, but Grandpa says she must have seen "The birthday girl". Grandpa takes them to his attic, explaining that during their visit he was hoping they wouldn't be bothered by the ghost. Because he didn't want them to be scared.

Grandpa, explains that 40 years ago (from when this aired) a girl just about A.J.'s age fell down the stairs during her birthday party. She injured her leg and had to stay in bed. The girl's mother hired a night nurse to look after her. However, they say that the Night Nurse was a little crazy. One night when the girl was sleeping, she filled a hypodermic needle with poison and gave it to her and she never woke up. The Night Nurse claimed that she was innocent, until the day she died in prison.

Grandpa tells him he found out everything, because when he moved into his house, The girls family forget an old trunk. Which contained old newspapers and family memorabilia and even the girl's old birthday dress. From reading the article, they learn the poor girls name was Emily. Nicki figures that her ghost haunts the house because of unfinished business. A.J. figures that Emily wants their help and she's trying to tell them something (also what they don't realize is the house is trapped in a time loop of the day of Emily's birthday). Grandpa then tells them that since they know, not to mess around with ghosts and let them rest in peace.

The girls, try to contact Emily's ghost. So they buy a chocolate cake, light the candles and call out to her telling her happy birthday and to come and have some cake. When that doesn't work, they realize they can at least enjoy the cake themselves. Nicki blows out the candles, making a wish for the ghost appear. However they get more than they bargained for! Tampering with birthday magic, has caused the ghost of the murderous Night Nurse to appear! The Nurse is armed with her needle, and says it's time to give them a shot! They both scream terrified, drop the cake and run.

They tell their grandpa and he is furious, and regrets telling them the story, because he knew it would scare them. Grandpa doesn't believe that he ghost of The Night Nurse has appeared. Because all the years he's lived in the house, the only ghost he's ever since is Emily's and she is harmless. He tells them to clean up the mess and to once again stop fooling around with ghosts. Nicki runs up to the attic, searching for clues in the trunk to see if they can help Emily. A.J. soon joins her. and decides to try on Emily's birthday dress and it's a perfect fit.

Suddenly, the attic is tidy and Nicki is not there. A.J. is now dressed just like Emily, and confused she walks around looking for answers. She sees the big pile of birthday presents. Then a woman at the bottom of the stairs, refers to her as Emily; it's Emily's mother. She tells her to bring her presents downstairs so she can open them. A.J is shocked to realize that putting on the dress, she's been transported through time, and she's now Emily. She quickly takes off the dress and returns to the present.

She explains what just happened to Nicki, but she doesn't believe her and she scoffs asking if the Nurse was there too. When opening the door to head back down, The Nurse is there and she says she's been waiting for them! Nicki locks the door, and realizing their doomed, A.J. suggests she'll go back in time as Emily, and not fall down the stairs. By not falling down the stairs, Emily will never get injured, and not meet the cruel fate of the Night Nurse's poison needle. Therefore they will no longer be victims of the Night Nurses' ghost who is now after them.

Nicki, is worried A.J. might mess it up, so she wants to be the one to do it. However the dress won't fit her. Reluctantly lets her sister do it, just before A.J. puts on the dress, the Nurse says to open the door because she's losing her patience. Nicki replies saying she is about to lose both patients. A.J. puts on the dress and travels to the past again. However The Nurse has found a key and has let herself into the attic!

A.J. (as Emily) maps out everything very carefully, as she saw her mother again she is warned to because coming down the stairs. The Nurse tauntingly tells Nicki that she knows she's hiding somewhere and will find her. The Nurse finds a terrified Nicki hiding a chest.

Then suddenly in the past, A.J. (as Emily) carefully puts the presents down to pick up the bracelet. She realizes that bending over suddenly to grab it must have made Emily trip in the first place. She cheers and feeling overconfident. therefore she quickly climbs down the rest of the stairs. Then suddenly she trips and comes tumbling down and passes out. Her mother comes running to her and cries out for a doctor.

Nicki is huddling and terrified, as The Nurse and is about to give her the poison shot. She says it will only hurt a bit. Then sensing Emily's needs a nurse, she says that she is needed somewhere, and will deal with her later. The Nurse suddenly vanishes, leaving her screaming, closing the trunk hiding.

A little later, A.J. (as Emily) wakes up thinking it was a dream. Only to realize she's in Emily's room and in the clutches of The Night Nurse! The Nurse thinks she has some memory lose when hearing her say she isn't Emily. She tries to seem nice, saying that she understands she's had quite an accident and wants her to help her and give her some "Medicine".

A.J. (as Emily), is just about to be given the shot, when she throws it away into a teddy bear. The Nurse tells her not to do it again, retrieving the needle. A.J. (as Emily) panics running around looking for a place to hide. However everywhere she hides, The Nurse just instantly appears saying she can't hide. A.J. (as Emily) screams running off and tries to take off the dress, but it's stuck this time.

She encounters The Nurse over and over again, who is now getting very exasperated and grabs by the head. She bites her and gets free. The Nurse is now impatient saying that with one little prick the penicillin will make her feel all better. A.J. (as Emily) remembers that Emily dropped her bracelet, which happened to be her medical alert bracelet. She quickly tells The Nurse that she's allergic to it, The Nurse (probably heard this many times from people who hate needles) doesn't believe her at first. Then A.J. (as Emily) says that she is and shows her the medical alert bracelet that reads "Penicillin".

The Nurse, looks at it very seriously. She gets very serious and tells her to never take it off again! The Nurse now gets very emotional almost like she's going to cry. The Nurse tells her that without that bracelet on, she didn't know. Therefore, if she gave her the shot she might have been killed from an allergic reaction! She tells The Nurse well yeah! The Nurse promises to give her no more shots and nicely helps her out of the dress.

A.J. is sent back to the present, and explains that The Night Nurse only made a mistake and didn't mean to kill her and the whole thing was a misunderstanding. Looking through the trunk, they now discover that Emily's history was altered. Emily didn't die and she graduated from high school in 1965, and went on living, Nicki applauds for not screwing this up. Their Grandpa asks them if their done hunting ghosts now, and they happily say yes.

Ending

Vange ends her story saying the end. Quinn is impressed and tells her it was great. Andy says that The Nurse didn't mean to hurt Emily, she just made a mistake. Vange says exactly, Megan says "And that's supposed to make want to go get a flu shot?.. I don't think so".. Suddenly Andy sneezes again and Quinn is mad telling him keep his nasty germs to himself. Then suddenly Tucker sneezes too, and says now he hopes he's not getting sick and Megan expresses concern and suddenly she now sneezes too.

They all get up, with Qunn saying that he hopes the clearing isn't becoming like a nest of germs and suddenly he sneezes as well. Tucker suggests for them not to breathe on anyone. Megan has a better suggestion for everyone to take different routes home and the four of them all agree and the four of them each hurry home on a different route.

Then afterwards, Vange puts out the campfire, and laughing and smirking she is about to say "If they had just gotten their flu shots"  when suddenly she now sneezes too. She is annoyed and screams out loud :"Aww man now you guys got me sick!", she then hurries to get home for the night.

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Cast

• Shadia Simmons as A.J.
• Kerry Duff as Nicki
• Charles Biddle, Sr. as Grampa
• Keenan MacWilliam as Emily Jerome
• Amanda Strawn as Emily's Mother/Mrs. Jerome
• Danette Mackay as The Night Nurse

Midnight Society Cast

• Vanessa Lengies as Vange
• Elisha Cuthbert as Megan
• David Deveau as Andy
• Daniel DeSanto as Tucker
• Kareem Blackwell as Quinn

Trivia

• Vange's last story.
• Amanda Strawn, who portrayed Emily's Mother, had made two previous appearances in the show during the original series. She first appeared in "The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle" as Nurse. Her second appearance was in the episode "The Tale of the Chameleons" as Mrs. Robinson.
• Danette Mackay, who portrayed The Nurse, previously in the show before. She first appeared in the episode "The Tale of the Wisdom Glass" as The Keeper.