I have been inspired to write a lock x shock fan fic. I found my nightmare before Christmas video in the back of my VCR cabinet and I decide to watch it and then I fell in love with the idea of a lock and shock fic. They make such a cute couple.

Declaimer- I will never own the nightmare before Christmas through out this story. But I will tell you if I ever do. And besides I have no intention of ever trying to own it.

I am going to shut up and start the story now!

Lock- 16

Shock- 16

Barrel- 14

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Shocks POV…

I opened my eyes and tried get but stopped when I felt my whole body wrack in pain. I had a magic spurt the night before. I lifted my sore body out of my bed and left my bed room.

In every witch's life, usually after puberty they go through a whole another stage of puberty where their bodies slowly adjust to the uneven flow of magic in their body. Resulting in hours of terrible pain.

And to make madders worse I have been ridiculed by all the witches in Halloween town. And also during puberty. For witches instead of getting prettier, they get uglier and I didn't become ugly, I became beautiful. Instead of my skin going scum green it became a fine powder green but more white than green.

I shuffled down the rickety old hallway of the tree house. (Yes we still live in the crappy tree house.) I grumbled as I tripped over an open hole in the termite eaten floor boards. As I continued I ran my fingers through one of the massive head holes left by one of Lock and Barrels various wrestling matches.

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Flash back starts…

Three years ago.

"I can't believe you!" Barrel screamed as he tackled Lock off the couch. "What did I do?" Lock screamed under the young the young skeleton boy. Barrel punched him under the jaw.

"You ate my last bunch of Halloween candy!" he screamed, it is a death penalty to Barrel if you touch his secret stash of sweets. Lock pushed Barrel off of him and jumped up and started kicking him. Barrel grabbed his foot and brought Lock down beside him.

Lock pulled him up and shoved his head through the wall.

Flash back over…

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"Yea, those were good times." I smiled at the memory of the violence. At the end of the hall approached a pole. With one hand I grasped it firmly and slid down onto the first floor landing. I stepped down two stairs and entered the kitchen. The smell of bacon filled the room, and the radio on the table played heartless by kanye west.

Lock stood over at the outdated stove cooking up some breakfast for him me and Barrel.

Over the years Lock changed. He stopped gelling his hair so much when his real horns started to grow. They're not that long, just an inch long. His tail grew longer and sharper, and more flexible. He grew out of the old death traps and grew into explosives. He now wears red or gray jeans and a red zip up hoodie, and red converse. It was summer right now so he and barrel don't wear shirts a lot. I have to admit it but he is… built, he has a fricken six pack!

I walked up beside him and he handed me a plate with some eggs and bacon on it. "Sleep well?" I nodded "Ya, and thanks again for last night." Lock smiled while he filled his plate. "Any time."

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Another flash back starts.

I set the towel down and pulled on my pjs'. I stepped out of the bathroom only to find my body go completely numb. I watched in slow motion as my body hit the floor like a rag doll. I winced as waves of pain pulsed through my body. I curled up in a little ball on my side and whimpered like a sad kicked puppy.

"Shock!"

I strained through the pain and opened my eyes. Lock ran towards me from down the hall way. (I will also mention that he wore nothing but some grey jeans.) He skidded to a halt and knelt beside me. "Another spurt?" I shakily nodded. "Ya, and it is really bad this time." I gasped in pain as he lifted me into his arms.

"What are you doing?" I said through clenched teeth.

He picked me up and carried me to my bed room. I could tell it was mine because his room smelled like sulfur and spices. He sat down on the bed and cradled me in his arms while I shook and cried.

Half an hour later…

"Shhhhh… it's ok." Lock said as he rocked us back and forth.

"I-It hurts." I cried as I hugged myself so tightly it added to the pain.

But after a while the pain started to dull, until to a point where it was bearable. My cries dulled into a small whimper accompanied by the hiccups. I looked up at lock and his yellow orbs looked back down at me. "All better now?" I nodded. "Y-Ya, I can handle it now." He set me down and got up.

He nodded and left my room and went to bed. (And for all of you who are asking, no we aren't dating let alone in love…: sigh :)

Flash back over…

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I sat down beside Barrel and turned the radio to the morning news. I looked over at Lock; he frowned as he carried over our Halloween candy jar. Our eyes went wide as me and Barrel saw that the jar was almost empty. Barrel lifted a shaky hand and pointed to the jar.

"Is that the last of last year's Halloween candy?" he asked.

"Yep…"

I took a bite of toast and suggested. "How about we take the last of our candy and go out into the woods and eat it, and talk about this month's upcoming pranks, and we could also go and mess with the other holiday worlds." I said with a grin. Lock nodded while barrel smirked.

"Tomorrow it is then."

Later that night…

Locks POV…

I walked past locks room on my way to my room;

she was lying on her bed looking through a marble. I leaned in the door way and looked at her. "Looking at those won't help you remember anything about your human life." She looked at me and shrugged. "Doesn't mean I can't try." She said as she looked through the scratched glass sphere.

Another flash back starts. And don't worry, this is the last one for this chapter.

Lock- 4

Shock- 4

I have lived in this Halloween town since my untimely death in the mortal world. I died in a fire for your information.

I left the safety of my tree. (I am too scared to go in the town again.) And went for a walk in the woods. I came to the trees with the doors and heard a girl crying. I looked around one of the trees. There sat a little girl dressed like a witch. She looked up and screamed.

"AHH! IT IS THE DEVIL!" I couldn't blame her, I am dressed like the devil, and I have a real devil tail. I stayed where I was while she ran around to the other side of the tree and peeked around but continued to cry.

I tried negotiating with her so she would stop crying. "Girl, what is your name?" she sniffled and replied. "I don't know, I can't remember anything." My face softened as I looked at her. "If it will make you feel any better, my name is Lock."

The little girl sniffled and then blinked, and she started to inch around the tree to me. "This place is scary. Where am I anyway?" I felt my tail twitch. "You are in the forest outside Halloween town." The girl inched a tiny bit closer. "What is Halloween town?"

I smiled and held out my hand. "I will show you then." She blinked again and took my hand.

"Okay"

Our hands stayed connected the whole way out of the forest and stayed that way. I looked at her, her eyes were still puffy and she was rubbing them. "If you're going to live here you have to give yourself a new name."

"How about Shock?"

"Sure, Shock is fine." She looked at me and smiled. I pointed to a little green draw string bag tied to her belt. "What's that?" Shock reached down and dug her hand into it and pulled out a handful of colored marbles. "They were there as long as I can remember."

"Oh"

We were now standing in front of the gates of Halloween town. "I better go tell jack about you." She stiffened and looked at me. "Jack?" I smiled at her. "Don't worry, he is harmless."

Two years later we found Barrel wondering around in the forest by holiday trees. As I turns out he was killed on Halloween during a road by shooting.

Flash back over.

Shock stretched like a cat and put all the little marbles back into that very same green draw string pouch. She looked at me and smiled. "Don't stay up to late." She reached over and closed the door and continued down the hall and off to bed.

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I made this first chapter as long as I could. And I know that three c flash backs was a little to much. But this chapter gets every thing up to base.

Bye bye~