[Shock's POV:] (AN: I do not own any of the NBC's characters. Only my own OC's)
"Target approaching. Ready back there?" I whispered to my friends through my walkie-talkie.
"Almost. Can you stall them?" My best friend, Lock, whispered back through his walkie-talkie.
"Fine. You guys are so lucky to have me. Three of a kind." I smirked.
"Birds of a feather." He replied.
I looked for a different object to hide behind. We were pranking a new target. The mayor. I just love making his head spin. Litterally. Very carefully, I crept behind Jack. He turned around but I never moved from his shadow. He never saw me.
"Shock! Abort the mission! I repeat. Abort the mission." Barrel whispered through the walkie-talkie.
"What are you, eggheads, talking about?" I replied. I felt someone yank my arm. It was the doctor.
"Getting into trouble alittle too early today, are we?" He asked.
"Let go of me, old man!" I barked, trying to shake him off my arm. Lock was running to me but he was too far away.
"Come along, young lady. I'm going to tell Jack of your mishaps." The doctor said, dragging me along the ground. I quickly used all of my strength to shake him off. The doctor fell head first into the ground.
"I'm going to tell Jack!" He yelled.
"Oh, what? Are you gonna report me on your can't walkie-talkie?" I laughed. I picked up my stuff and shoved it in bag. Barrel and Lock were leaving in the tub. I tried to catch up to them. Lock reached his hand out for mine.
"Just. Alittle. Farther." He groaned, trying to reach for my hand. He grabbed my hand but it was too late.
"Aha! Gotcha!" Jack exclaimed, lifting me up like a doll.
"Jack," I gasped, turning my sentence into a like chuckle. "What are you doing here?"
"Have you forgotten, my dear Shock? I LIVE HERE! I'M THE PUMKIN KING!" He yelled, revealing a horrifying face and letting out a roar. I gasped. Sally came with a basket, picking flowers.
"Ah, Sally." Jack sighed in relief.
"Yes, Jack." She asked, looking up at him.
"You're a sweet girl." He grinned.
"Why, thank you, Jack." Sally blushed.
"Can you teach Shock how to be a girl?" Jack pleaded, ruining Sally's moment.
"How dare you!" I growled, struggling to squirm out of his grip. I looked behind Jack. The boys were miles away.
They left me, I thought to myself.
"Oh. Sure, Jack. Anything for the pumkin king," Sally sighed. "Come along, Shock."
I was too sad to argue. Sally was always nice to me, anyways.
"I believe all you need is a friend. Or friends." She smiled, leading me into a big building.
"What is this?" I asked.
"Shock. Welcome to Halloween Town's Scare High School." Sally explained. "Jack and I met here when we were little."
I looked around the halls. Lockers lined against the walls. In the end of the hallway was a big mirror. There were gaps between a pack of lockers. In the gaps were doors. Doors that led to classrooms. Only one little problem with the hallway, was completely empty!
"Uh...Sally, no offense but this might've been fun when you were in middle school but not for me. So, yeah. Thanks but... No, Thanks." I said, backing away.
"Don't think of it as an order. It's more like...an operation. A mission." She suggested.
"Hm, I don't know, Sally." I sighed.
"Wait, for it." Sally replied, counting to three. After she said three, the whole hallway burst open with kids. Not a lot of kids in Halloween Town, though. Everyone stopped when they saw me.
"NEW GIRL!" They all exclaimed.
"See 'ya, Shock. I'll pick you up after school." Sally said quickly, running out the door then slamming it shut.
"BUT -" I tried.
The boys ran up to me. Everyone seemed to be talking at once. The girls pushed them aside. Out of all the kids in the room, some boy caught my eye. He was at the back of the crowd and he didn't seem to care about the new girl. I pushed through the crowd until I finally got to him.
"Hey, I-" I was cut off.
"Don't care. I don't need your help." He growled.
"Don't make me be mean because I don't like bringing out my bad side to new friends." I warned.
"Woah, woah, woah. Friends? Bad side? I don't need your help and I don't need you!" He snapped. I grabbed his T-shirt.
"Listen here, buddy-boy. I'm running an operation and I don't need you ruining it with your bad attitude. So, get your head out of you ass and listen up. Stop being so moody! Your gonna shut up, smile, and help out. Do you hear me?" I snapped back. His eyes widened with surprise. I finally realized what I said and slowly released his shirt.
"No one has ever talked to me that way before." He gasped.
"I usually talk that way to my friends. Look, I'm sorr-" I was cut off again.
"Woah, woah, easy. I kinda liked it. I'm Drake Cula." The boy greeted.
"Shock." I replied. I waited for Lock and Barrel to say their names.
"What is it?" Drake asked.
"Nothing. My friends usually say their names after me." I sighed.
"Well, I don't know who your friends are but they must be idiots to abanded you." He smiled, revealing his impressive fangs. I don't know if it was his black leather jacket that layed over his orange and black striped shirt but he made me feel better. He had one hand in his jean's pocket.
"Let me show you around." Drake placed his arm over my shoulder.
"Aw! So not fair!" Everyone sighed as we walked away. I don't think there that much girls in Halloween Town. First time I ever smiled without watching one of my cohorts get hurt or one of my pranks playing perfectly. Sally peeked through the window.
"Yes!" She cheered in a whisper. Drake still had his arm over my shoulder as we walked in the gym.
"Hey, if I let you show me around, will you let me show you something?" I asked.
"Hah! Hah! I like you moxy, kid. Sure." Drake answered.
"Pumkin Promise?"
"Pumkin Promise."
"I don't know what it is but I think I'm going to like it here." I simply said.
