Yes, here it is, as mentioned Red Dragonfly readers. Bride of the Ice King! And no, this has NOTHING to do with Adventure Time! Yup, before Adventure Time, the word "Ice King" would have sounded pretty cool. Don't worry though, you don't have to read Red Dragonfly before you read this story, however, my OC (Torako) that appeared in Red Dragonfly is also in this story. Anyways, sit back and enjoy the story!

I don't own the characters from TNBC, I only own the plot line of this story and my OC'S.

Bride of the Ice King

Chapter 1: The Silhouette in the City

It was quiet that night, as usual. Not a sound could be heard on the lone ice glacier, or in the mansion sitting upon it. The only sounds that could be heard were the splashing of waves, hitting against the ever-drifting ice glacier. Although, if you listened very closely, you could hear the repetitive foot tapping of an impatient ice king, named Jack Skellington, waiting at the bottom of a small flight of stairs for his cohort to get dressed and go downstairs.

Jack, a tall thin skeleton, was very strange. He used to believe that magic was the answers to all his problems, but there was no liable proof. The only way he could find out for himself was to actually dabble in the arts of magic, and he specialized in a certain type of magic: ice magic.

He soon began to create experiments that he tried in his best ability to have a human-like structure, and then adding his personal touches to them. However, he quickly learned that magic wasn't the only solution to creating life, for all of his experiments were unstable in many ways.

But accepting cruel reality was never an easy task, especially when there was someone there to rub it in, and that someone's name was never mentioned in the Skellington household.

And he made sure, that that name wouldn't become known to his latest creation: Sally. The first of four other experiments to be created from the mixture of science and magic. Of course, Jack wasn't the only one who created her. He was assisted by the same person whose name was forbidden, and for Jack to ask for his help, was incredibly hard and humiliating, but soon that humiliation was more than he could bear.

So he built a mansion of ice atop an invincible and massive glacier, so he could escape the humiliation. And once he had drifted far enough, he continued to work on creating Sally. Her purpose? To marry Jack. Yes, his fifth creation Sally was created to be his wife, once she learned the basic fundamentals of life… and remembered something very important.

"Torako!" Jack shouted, "Hurry up; I just had an entire life flashback waiting for you!"

"Wow that must have been one long flashback, considering how old you are!" Torako shouted back, as she emerged from her room.

"I'm not that old! And speed it up; we need to extract Sally from the ice chambers!"

Of course, after a while, Torako began to ignore him as she sleepily strolled down the stairs, wearing a long, blood-red, tattered coat and a pair of black jeans. The whole thing was kept together by two rows of black buttons which were open at the top, showing a small bit of her collar bone. Sprouting out of the top of her head were black cat ears and a cat tail swished about behind her. Flowing behind her was long black hair that ended at the lower half of her back. And on her left eye was a spider web patterned eye-patch that had a thin scar creeping out from behind it.

"You slept in your clothes?" Jack asked.

Torako looked at Jack and gave him a smug look; her voice was filled with sarcasm.

"So did you…Girly-man…"

'Girly-man,' that was a nickname that had stuck with Jack for years. He thought that since Torako was his first creation, she'd have more respect, but she didn't. But neither science, nor magic can alter someone's personality.

But Jack didn't think he was girly, he did admit that he was more hygienic than most men, and he also understood women a bit more than them, but that didn't make him girly, did it?

Then Jack looked down at his midnight black suit and red scarf, as well as his matching top hat with a red band. It made him reconsider the slightest bit, but his thoughts were quickly interrupted by a loud obnoxious yawn from Torako.

"Let's go already," she said, still yawning. "It's 3:00A.M. and I want to go bed soon."

The two of them walked around the staircase and came to the door hidden behind it. On the other side of the door was a long stairwell that was surrounded by darkness. The only light came from the bottom, and that was a long way down. The two of them walked in silence.

Once they were about 1/3 of the way down, Torako broke the silence. "You know, Sally hasn't met you yet. Are you sure things are going to work out the way you wanted, because honestly, I have my doubts."

Jack didn't look at her; her previous remark wasn't at all comforting. Especially since, deep inside Jack was nerve-wracked. He had no idea how Sally would turn out, and he hadn't come down to meet her because he wanted to keep it a surprise. Even when he had sent Torako down to see her, and she said that Sally was doing fine; Jack still couldn't help but worry.

He took a deep sigh, and finally responded with a cold tone in his voice. "If she has any problems we can fix them, and don't you dare say we can't."

Torako flashed him a wicked smile. "Nice choice of words, Girly-man. I respect that, but there will be problems, there always are. And it's not about whether you can fix or if you can't, it's about whether you can handle it. Because if you can't, she may end up like you-know-who-"

"Don't talk about her!"

As Jack said this, his voice echoed throughout the narrow passage, and it caused Torako to jump a little bit.

"…Knock it off, you're gonna scare Sally." Torako said.

…

The lab was dark and cold. Chords of various machines were strewn all over the floor and the sounds of bubbling cauldrons filled the room. The only light source was from a large tank filled with icy water and a hologram of a city inside it.

Jack peered into the tank. "Why is there a hologram of a city inside?"

Torako smiled and walked up to the tank. "Sally likes it."

"Then where is Sally?"

Just as Jack asked, a silhouette of woman swam out from the bottom of the tank, happily admiring the hologram and occasionally trying to enter one of the hologram buildings. Then, she noticed Torako and swam to the edge of the tank and pressed her hands against the glass. Once closer, she was more easily seen. She had long red hair, light blue skin and numerous stitches along her body.

"Hi, Sally!" Torako gestured towards Jack. "This is the guy I was telling you about. His name is Jack. You know, the one who created you."

Jack smiled warmly until he got a better look at her and then he quickly averted his eyes.

He scooted close to Torako and elbowed her ribs, causing her to make some sort of gagging grunt.

"What was that for!" She whispered making sure Sally couldn't hear them.

"You could have told me she was n-n-na-"

"Yeah, well it helps her adjust to the cold. But why are you so shocked? You created her!"

"It's still weird, okay!"

"Yeah, yeah. Well come on, let's get Sally out of there. She's been in there for three months, and I doubt she's gonna want to be in there for a fourth."

Torako and Jack began to make their way to another door placed beside the tank; Jack grabbed a blanket placed on a table as they made their way towards the door.

The door led to a long tube that stretched out into the tank and then bent downward. From the bend down, there was water.

Curiously, Sally watched the two enter the tube and noticed Torako beckoned her to swim up into the tube. She followed the command, uncertain of what would happen to her.

Jack peered into the water, watching with much anticipation. Soon, he began to see a small patch of red in the water, and soon Sally's head bobbed out of the water.

Torako stretched her hands down to Sally and said, "Give me your hands; I'll pull you out of the water."

Sally obeyed and was swiftly lifted upward by Torako as Jack wrapped her up in a blanket.

"I'll get her clothes," Torako said, "Jack, you stay here with Sally." And upon saying so, Torako dashed out of the room.

Jack took Sally by the hand and helped her out of the room. Of course, it wasn't as easy he thought. Along the way Sally took awkward steps and nearly fell over numerous times. A simple action of walking from point A to point B would normally take one minute; however, for Jack and Sally, it took them five.

Exhausted, the two of them sat on an operating table, with their backs leaning against each other.

Sally looked up at Jack and gave him a slightly wicked smile, much like Torako's.

Jack laughed lightly. "Now who taught you how to smile like that?"