Creepella von Cacklefur: Characters and Castle

Overview of Creepella von Cacklefur

• Creepella von Cacklefur is a spooky and mysterious mouse friend of Geronimo Stilton.
• Her pet bat is named Bitewing.
• She lives in a cemetery, sleeps in a sarcophagus, and drives a hearse.
• Creepella works as a special effects and set designer for scary films by night.
• Creepella studies journalism.

Creepella's Family

• Boris von Cacklefur: Creepella's father, and director of Fabumouse Funerals.
• Grandpa Frankenstein: An extremely mad scientist and an expert in Egyptian mummies.
• Grandma Crypt: her hobbies include spiders, and her pet is a gigantic tarantula named Dolores.
• Shivereen: Creepella's favorite niece.
• Madame La Tomb: The family housekeeper whose hair serves as a nest for were-canaries.

Cacklefur Castle

• Cacklefur Castle sits on top of a skull-shaped mountain in Mysterious Valley.
• Booey the Poltergeist haunts Cacklefur Castle.
• Chef Stewrat cooks at Cacklefur Castle, and dreams of creating the ultimate stew.
• Boneham is the butler to the Cacklefur family.
• Chompers is the family's meat-eating guard plant.
• Kafka is the von Cacklefur family's pet cockroach.

Geronimo Stilton's Role

• The story is introduced as a "fa-mouse-ly funny and SPECTACULARLY SPOOKY tale!".
• Geronimo runs "The Rodent's Gazette".

Initial Incident

• A package arrives at Geronimo's office via Bitewing.
• The package contains a notebook, and a moldy piece of cheese.

Contents of the Notebook

• The notebook contains a story.
• Everyone who reads it says "It has a dreadful smell, but it's a beautiful story!".

Publication Decision

• Geronimo decides to publish Creepella's book due to its reception.
• The book's title is "Ghost Pirate Treasure".

Billy Squeakspare's Difficult Night

• Billy has a restless night due to the thirteen ghosts of Squeakspeare burst into his room.
• Dreamella Airhead is a ghost maid.
• Ted Trimmertail is a ghost gardner.
• Arf is his ghost dog.

A Disturbance in the Morning

• Holes appear in Billy's Yard.
• Uncle William suggests they were digging for treasure.
• The treasure mentioned came from Morgan Blackwhiskers.

Uncle William's Explanation

• William Squeakspeare is Billy's great-great-great-uncle.
• Morgan Blackwhiskers knew Lady Squeakspeare.
• Blackwhiskers gave Lady Squeakspeare a gift from his pirate raids.

Creepella enters the scene

• Creepella makes a promise to help.
• Creepellas tells Billy she has costumes for the Melancholy festival.
• she intends for him to dress up as a garbage can.

Mystery unfolds at Cacklefur Castle

• The food situation at Cacklefur is dire.
• Stewrat had no ingredients to make the special food for the Melancholy Grand Ball.

Hunt for the special ingredient

• Creepella attempts to discover the new ingredient required for stew.

The Investigation at Squeakspeare mansion

• It is discovered Kafka, the cockroach, had digestion problems.
• It is then discovered that strange holes were dug in Billy's yard.

The Discoveries

• They visit Prof.Dubloon
• The group learn of Capt.Morgan Blackwhiskers.
• It is discovered that the map to the treasure is long lost.

Cleverpaws Joins

• Cleverpaws suggests they need to determine who dug the holes.
• Billy has received an invitation to the Meancholy Grand Ball.

The Investigation at Billy's Yard

• A group of triplets are spotted leaving the yard.
• Kafka is then discovered to have found a shoe at the dig site.
• It is discovered that Ziggy the Millipede led the trio.

Ziggy Admits the Goal

• Ziggy admits he did it to increase his rations.
• it is then stated they were seeking pirate loot.
• Finally, the treasure chest is found buried in a fountain in Billy's yard.

Reading the Inscription

• The inscription states it was for Squeakspeare for her kindness.
• It is then discovered the coins were stolen, and now belong to Billy.

What should Billy do?

• Shivereen suggests setting up a statue for Blackwhiskers.
• The group decide to donate the treasure.
• A piece of cheese is discoverred that is 400 years old, containing an old worm.

The cheese is found

• The cheese is found to be the missing ingredient for the stew.

Arrivial at Melancholy Grand Ball

• The attendees prepare for a night of spooky fun.
• At the Grand Ball, the ghost of Capt.Blackwhiskers appears.
• His only wish is for his treasure to be delivered into good hands.