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Candy's turning 13, and there's gonna be a party! Will the girls' crushes turn up? Will their hated rivals ruin everything? And why is everyone so fascinated by the new game in the arcade?

Regulars:

• Candy
• Cynth
• CC
• Zak
• John

Other Characters:

• Meryll Stevens-Knight - Candy's mother
• Brian Stevens - Zak's father
• Phil - Zak's best friend
• Christian - the cutest hottest boy in school
• Andrew - Cynth's neighbour, Christian's best friend
• Billy - boy with an obvious crush on CC
• Lolly - Queen Bee mean girl of Exeter Junior High
• Stephie - Lolly's sidekick and sycophant
• Hettie - Bottom of the Lolly-Stephie pecking order
• Stuart - Zak's rival for arcade supremacy
• Mr Winslow - arcade proprietor and occult enthusiast

Episode Synopsis:

In the arcade, Mr Winslow introduces Zak and Stuart to a new game, 'Scare Street', but Zak doesn't get a chance to play. Candy runs into Christian while collecting him, and they have an awkward moment together. The arcade's back room is full of occult paraphenalia.

Candy, CC and Cynth talk about Candy's vampire-slaying role, and about Candy's birthday party set for Friday. They go around inviting people, and face off against their arch-rivals, Lolly, Stephie and Hettie.

Stuart is excited by the new game, but Zak is suspicious - he hasn't found anything about it on the net but inexplicable occult stuff. At the arcade, Zak finds a growing crowd playing Scare Street on several of the machines. Stuart is acting quite strange, as he completes the game...

Candy's party is a disaster - the only people who come are CC, Cynth, and a bewildered Billy, who is clearly in love with CC but too terrified to do anything about it. Billy reveals that everyone else has gone to the arcade. There, everyone except for Zak has fallen under the spell of a demon named Horagoth, and this army of mind-controlled boys sets about performing a ritual that will summon Horagoth into the real world.

The group uncover Mr Winslow's interest in the occult, and he helps them work out how to stop Horagoth - by smashing the arcade machine that channels his power. Once this is done, everything reverts to normal. Candy's birthday party, however, has been completely ruined.

Trivia and Notes:

• This episode establishs Candy's age as 12 at the beginning of the series. She turns 13 in this episode. She will turn 14 off-screen between Seasons Two and Three.
• Zak's father Brian appears on-screen for the first time in this episode, albeit briefly.
• This episode introduces Christian and Andrew. Christian is the focus of Candy's romantic interests throughout this season.
• Other important secondary characters introduced in this episode are Zak's friend Phil, and the rival girl trio Lolly, Stephie and Hettie.
• Billy's only appearance in season one is in this episode - CC doesn't return his interest. He returns in season two episode four, 'The Folding Crown'