Our Heart's the Dice
Chapter 1: Introduction
Several theories surround the complicated subject of afterlife. In fact, there are too many to name. Some haven't even been discussed yet. Others are just too unusual.
But one idea—one that almost nobody has ever considered—consists of simply letting your soul and corpse fall, slowly, farther into the grave and under.
No, not the Underworld.
Not even hell.
Halloween Town.
Silly? Maybe.
Once you fall into the darkness
Your life does not end there.
Go on, I say, into this black mess
The fun is everywhere!
A figure plummets downwards.
When it finally hits the ground, it does not move.
It does not stir.
No sound comes out.
A rare case.
Stand, my good friend, and join me
We are sure to have a ball.
That is, if you and your body
Is complete with a little soul.
A carcass.
Usually, a dead body would join the Halloween world, but there would also be some sort of spirit still inside. That way, they could still walk over to join the Town's residents and be fully accepted into the undead community.
In the rarest of situations, only the body falls and the soul is left somewhere else.
Now is one of those times.
Come now, the graveyard seems closer
The town near it is farther away.
Be careful, you don't want to bother
The one who almost stole Christmas Day.
So the body is still.
It waits for something—or someone—to find it.
Luckily, it does not have to wait for very long.
At last, we have reached the steel gate,
It won't open unless you are ready
To leave your past and swallow your fate.
Be gone, you have time aplenty!
Crawling with only half of its cut-up legs, a small green bug enters the mouth.
The body now has a soul.
A/N: I don't know, I just felt like writing something...
Disclaimer: I do NOT own The Nightmare Before Christmas.