Hi it's me Moonliterider! I don't really care if you don't like me storys, but I'd appriciate it if you would review them PLEASE! now on to the story! Disclaimer: I do not own the Nightmare Before Christmas characters, I only own Katie.

The girl bent down to pick up her books for the second time that day. Her unusually large glasses slipped down her nose. She was sick and tired of the other kids in school pushing her down and refusing to help her. It wasn't that she didn't want friends, she was usually very social. The others kids in school hated her. She was different from them. She didn't beleive in the rumors about the woods by her town. In fact, the woods was her favorite place to sit and read her books. She was a big reader and that made the kids make fun of her even more. It just so happened that it was halloween night, and she was in for the greatest experince of her life.

"Katie? Are you going out?" The girl's mom asked as she walked out the door. Katie was on her way to the woods again to read her book.

"Yeah mom. I'll be back in time for handing out candy." Katie answered, pushing her glasses back up her nose. She didn't go trick or treating anymore since the year when some kids from school stole her candy bag and beat the living daylights out of her. She used to be a very social person, and used to have many friends. But one day, after starting middle school all of her friends turned on her and made fun of her just like the other kids. Since then, she remained quiet and kept to herself. She had black hair and pale skin. She wore black clothes very often and looked like what people would call her. Gothic, was the lable they put on her. She wasn't gothic, black was just her favorite color. Her hair was naturally black and skin naturally pale. She couldn't help it. Katie walked out the door and headed towards the woods. There was a rumor that there was an area in the woods where terrible beings would come out of and scare the daylights out of people. Katie didn't beleive any of it though. She beleived that the woods was just like her. Misunderstood. Katie walked in and sat on a big rock and began to read. A couple hours had passed and it got dark outside. Katie looked up from her book and decided to start back home when she heard a few branches off trees crack. Katie whirled around, dropping her book. She thought she saw a figure deeper in the woods, moving around.

"Whos there?" Katie called nervously. A few more twigs broke and she heard a sickening thump as someones body hit the ground. She cautionously walked towards the sound and heard someone say

"Ow." She walked over to the person. Katie bent down to help them up when she jumped back with a yelp. The persins hand was covered in stitches. Katie looked down and saw that the persons whole leg had come off! Suddenly the person moved. They sat up and looked at Katie. Even though it was dark, Katie could she the persons face. There were stitches at the corners of her mouth ( while looking at the person Katie saw that it was a girl) and a long stitch going over her eye. The girl stared at Katie for a bit, then looked down at her newly decapitated leg.

"Dang it. I hate it when I do that." the girl said under her breath. Katie stared at her for a while. The girl looked up.

" Please don't stare at me. It's distracting." she said. Katie finally found her voice and asked "who are you?" The girl looked up from staring at her leg.

" Do you happen to have a needle? I forgot mine at home." Katie handed her a long needle that she kept in her pocket for emergencys.

"Who are you?" Katie repeated. The girl was sewing her own leg back onto her body.

" My name is Ashlin Skellington."