The four kids arrive at Creepschool for the first time. Victoria is kidnapped by a shadow and ends up all alone in a bizarre white, featureless dimension with only her own echo for company. It turns out that her echo has a mind of its own and confronts Victoria with her deepest insecurity, namely that no one, least of all her parents, really cares about her. The others go looking for her, and with the help of some of their new Creepschool friends and particularly Demon Dog they rescue Victoria. The whole experience brings the kids closer together and helps them decide to stay.

On the way to class, Josh takes a shortcut with Elliot and they end up in a strange room they've never seen before. Despite a warning sign, Josh pulls out a plug in the floor letting loose an army of mischievous imps who immediately rush off and start causing major problems for Creepschool. What's more, only the person who released the imps can plug them back in. Josh blames the whole thing on a monster he makes up. Being Creepschool, however, the monster Josh imagined comes to life and kidnaps him and Elliot before they have a chance to tell Malcolm what really happened.

Janice is in a bad mood people keep disturbing her. While reading an enchanted book of the Garbo that grants your innermost desires, Janice screams out, ""leave me alone,"" and suddenly finds herself truly on her own she has all of Creepschool to herself. First she enjoys doing exactly as she pleases without anyone interfering. After a while, however, she begins to feel lonely. To her surprise she discovers that she isn't actually alone. She meets a very bad-tempered old lady, who's been alone for so long she doesn't remember her name.

It's almost Halloween. Assuming that Principal Malcolm doesn't know what Halloween is, they offer to teach Creepschool what Halloween is all about by throwing a party for all the monsters. In their search for costumes, the kids come across an armoire full of great costumes they can use for the party. Just after the party starts, a terrible storm breaks out and the lights go out. The guests cry out and when the lights come back on, everyone has vanished except for the four kids.

Elliot is depressed; everyone else seems to know exactly what they want out of life, but he has no idea. Master suggests he go to the Chamber of Goals and try out a few dreams to see if anything takes his fancy. Elliot does so and finds a room full of empty picture frames. Whenever he hangs one on the wall, a specific goal appears that Elliot then gets to experience once he leaves the room. He has a great time trying them all out, but then notices that everyone at Creepschool is slowly fading.