Hello people! Yes, I actually broke down and wrote Nightmare Before
Christmas fan fiction. I told myself I wasn't going to, but I got together
with a friend of mine that didn't want to be named (*coughcough* Cat!
*coughcough*) and we came up with this really cool idea while in World
History. I know my teacher would kill me if she found out that we were
writing stories in class . . . oh well! Everyone's dead in Halloween town
anyway! So let's get crackin! Shall we . . . ?
Disclaimer: Okay, so we don't own NBC (hahhaah!!!) or Jack . . . we own Kate though! She is of our own design!!! Mwahaahahahhhaha!! *cough* continue . . .
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Chapter 1
A teenage girl sat atop a grassy, spiral hill. She gazed at the clouds, enjoying the cool air. The wind blew through and rustled her waist- length red hair, causing it to brush gently over her skeletal face. She absently held it back from her face with a long, pale hand, running the other through the grass.
'Tonight's the big night . . .' she thought in anticipation. There came a barking sound from behind her and a warm nose touched her cheek. The girl turned to see a little see-through ghost dog. Smiling, she patted him gently on the head. (A/N don't ask me how, but she did! It is Halloween Town, right?)
"Kate!" called a deep voice. Kate turned to see a skeleton man standing at the foot of the hill. She stood up, took a deep breath and walked quickly down to him. He put a long, lanky arm around her slim shoulders.
"Don't worry, you'll be great!"
Kate took in a shaky breath and smiled up at her father.
"Besides, you can't mess up that badly." he continued.
A skeleton grin lit up his face.
"You're the Pumpkin Princess!"
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They walked back into town, where a tall, stitch-work woman came up to her and embraced her.
"Don't worry sweetheart, you'll do just fine," she said, adjusting the lapels of Kate's pinstriped wraparound jacket. But despite her own words; tears swelled in her big eyes. She was worried about her daughter, though she wouldn't admit it to her.
"Relax Sally," the father said, holding his wife to his side as Kate walked over to her friends. "It's her first time flying solo, and I have every confidence in her."
Sally nodded and leaned against him.
"I know Jack, I just have a weird feeling about this . . ."
Jack looked down at her concernedly.
"Premonition?"
She shook her head and then smiled, "No, just motherly jitters . . . I guess."
Kate walked over to a young witch, a young batboy, and she-mummy.
"Hey guys!" she said, waving to them.
They waved back enthusiastically.
"How are you doing, Kate? Nervous?" asked Aimum, the mummy. Kate shrugged and tried to act like she wasn't. But truth be told, she was shaking in her shoes.
"Why should I? All teens get to go spooking; I'm no different. You guys will be able to go next year," she replied nonchalantly, fiddling with her jacket ties.
"Yes, thatz true." Lanny, the batboy, pointed out. "But you getz to go thiz year!"
Nagret, the witch, bounced up and down happily.
"Not only that! But you get to have one town, all to yourself!"
"And the rest of Halloween town will be watching you!"
"And you'll be all alone in that part of the Human World!"
Somehow, this didn't make her feel _any_ better.
"Thanks guys, uh, I think they're calling me up to . . .uh . . . get ready!" she stammered, getting away from her "oh-so-gracious" friends.
She walked up to the Town Hall and leaned up against a pillar.
"Kate! Come on down!" announced the Mayor with his megaphone.
The crowd burst into applause as she walked up to the Mayor and her parents.
"Okay! Now, it's your time! Kate Skellington, The Pumpkin Princess, will go on her first Solo Halloween Trip!"
Another round of applause broke out and Kate gulped.
'Here we go . . .'
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"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!"
Kate grinned and dropped out of the tree she was hanging upside down from. Waiting in the shadows for a moment, she watched contentedly as the group of teenagers ran away from her, screaming. She brushed off her clothes and combed her hand through her hair with her long fingers, smiling to herself. She knew that everyone in Halloween town was watching her through the well.
'Dad is probably beaming right now.' She thought, moving through the shadows to another dark alley. 'Let's see . . . five groups of teens, two men, three women, twelve little kids, and one person in a really lame skeleton suit. I think that's probably enough.'
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Obviously the people at home thought so too . . .
"See that! That's Jack's daughter all right!"
"True heir to the Pumpkin throne!"
"We should start planning the reception party!" The Mayor exclaimed, throwing a rock into the well to cut the connection with the human world.
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Kate crept through a bunch of bushes, heading back to the graveyard.
"I can't believe that! What a great night! I feel so alive!"
She pumped her arms up, to show the world her mighty strength.
"I didn't know that it would feel this good to go solo!"
She cried out in simple glee and ran through the trees to the top of a small hill. Once there, she looked around at her surroundings.
"I am invincible! I am unbeatable! I am unsurpassable! I- . . ." she paused, taking in her whereabouts, " . . . -am lost."
Kate bit her lip, where was she? And more importantly, where was the cemetery?
"Oh frizzle-frat!" she exclaimed, crossing her arms and rubbing them harshly, as a cold wind had swept through rather suddenly.
Composing herself, she walked back down the hill and further into the town.
'More than likely, The Cemetery is on the other side of town.' She thought while walking down the back-ways. Everyone had gone inside for the night, so she was safe from being seen by any of the humans. After about a half an hour of reading signs, she found her way down to the Cemetery. The front gates never seemed so inviting before in her life.
"Finally . . ."
She walked up to the gate and walked on through. Looking around for a moment, she saw someone standing by the tall oak in the middle of the yard. Immediately, she crouched down behind a tombstone and made her way soundlessly toward the dark figure and the tree. She climbed into the limbs of the oak to get a better picture of who she was about to scare. After making the trip up, over, and through the branches, she finally found herself close enough to pounce on her unsuspecting victim. Coiling her springs, she reached down to grab onto the person, and heard a sickening _CRACK!_
The branch she had been using as leverage had snapped under her weight, sending her falling to land in a heap on the ground at the base of the tree.
"Oh, yeah, _that_ was dignified!" she whispered harshly to herself as she painfully pushed up off the ground, adjusting the angle of her head. She happened to glance up and found herself face to . . . face with a faceless blob.
"Boo!" it declared in a rasping whisper.
"Ahhhh!" Kate replied, nearly jumping out of her skin. She put a hand over her heart. It was currently beating at approximately five million miles a minute, which couldn't be healthy . . .
"What in the Seven Holidays did you do that for?!" she demanded, still a little on edge. She eyed the tall, um, _thing_, curiously. Kate sincerely had no idea how it talked.
"Jeez! Don't get your hair in a knot!" he (it had to be a he) retorted from somewhere in the mound of flesh. Kate balked, and then realized that he was raining on her parade.
"Hey? What are you doing here anyway?! This is my spooking!"
If the mound had eyes, it would have blinked in confusion. He shouldered a large bag nervously and shifted his weight.
"Look, I'm sorry I startled you, I thought you- . . ."
Kate shook her head and waved her hands in defeat.
"Okay, okay, forget it, whatever! Let's just go home."
She scanned the tops of the tombstones and saw the angel head. A grin broke across her features as she headed towards it. "Blob" followed right behind. She opened up the heavy stone doors to the grave and started to enter when she felt that "I'm being watched" sensation. She turned around and put a hand on her hip.
"Ya comin?" she asked, then turned around without even waiting for a response.
The "Blob" seemed to shrug and followed after her. It couldn't be anything _that _ bad.
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Hahahaahahhahahah!!! How is THAT for a chapter! Oh! Yes! Uh huh! We rock! *gives Cat a high five*
Denra: well I guess we'll see you soon!
Cat: Enjoy, random people!
Denra: *pats Cat's back* It's okay Cat, we're gonna find you some of that help real soon, REAL soon . . .
Disclaimer: Okay, so we don't own NBC (hahhaah!!!) or Jack . . . we own Kate though! She is of our own design!!! Mwahaahahahhhaha!! *cough* continue . . .
~*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter 1
A teenage girl sat atop a grassy, spiral hill. She gazed at the clouds, enjoying the cool air. The wind blew through and rustled her waist- length red hair, causing it to brush gently over her skeletal face. She absently held it back from her face with a long, pale hand, running the other through the grass.
'Tonight's the big night . . .' she thought in anticipation. There came a barking sound from behind her and a warm nose touched her cheek. The girl turned to see a little see-through ghost dog. Smiling, she patted him gently on the head. (A/N don't ask me how, but she did! It is Halloween Town, right?)
"Kate!" called a deep voice. Kate turned to see a skeleton man standing at the foot of the hill. She stood up, took a deep breath and walked quickly down to him. He put a long, lanky arm around her slim shoulders.
"Don't worry, you'll be great!"
Kate took in a shaky breath and smiled up at her father.
"Besides, you can't mess up that badly." he continued.
A skeleton grin lit up his face.
"You're the Pumpkin Princess!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
They walked back into town, where a tall, stitch-work woman came up to her and embraced her.
"Don't worry sweetheart, you'll do just fine," she said, adjusting the lapels of Kate's pinstriped wraparound jacket. But despite her own words; tears swelled in her big eyes. She was worried about her daughter, though she wouldn't admit it to her.
"Relax Sally," the father said, holding his wife to his side as Kate walked over to her friends. "It's her first time flying solo, and I have every confidence in her."
Sally nodded and leaned against him.
"I know Jack, I just have a weird feeling about this . . ."
Jack looked down at her concernedly.
"Premonition?"
She shook her head and then smiled, "No, just motherly jitters . . . I guess."
Kate walked over to a young witch, a young batboy, and she-mummy.
"Hey guys!" she said, waving to them.
They waved back enthusiastically.
"How are you doing, Kate? Nervous?" asked Aimum, the mummy. Kate shrugged and tried to act like she wasn't. But truth be told, she was shaking in her shoes.
"Why should I? All teens get to go spooking; I'm no different. You guys will be able to go next year," she replied nonchalantly, fiddling with her jacket ties.
"Yes, thatz true." Lanny, the batboy, pointed out. "But you getz to go thiz year!"
Nagret, the witch, bounced up and down happily.
"Not only that! But you get to have one town, all to yourself!"
"And the rest of Halloween town will be watching you!"
"And you'll be all alone in that part of the Human World!"
Somehow, this didn't make her feel _any_ better.
"Thanks guys, uh, I think they're calling me up to . . .uh . . . get ready!" she stammered, getting away from her "oh-so-gracious" friends.
She walked up to the Town Hall and leaned up against a pillar.
"Kate! Come on down!" announced the Mayor with his megaphone.
The crowd burst into applause as she walked up to the Mayor and her parents.
"Okay! Now, it's your time! Kate Skellington, The Pumpkin Princess, will go on her first Solo Halloween Trip!"
Another round of applause broke out and Kate gulped.
'Here we go . . .'
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!"
Kate grinned and dropped out of the tree she was hanging upside down from. Waiting in the shadows for a moment, she watched contentedly as the group of teenagers ran away from her, screaming. She brushed off her clothes and combed her hand through her hair with her long fingers, smiling to herself. She knew that everyone in Halloween town was watching her through the well.
'Dad is probably beaming right now.' She thought, moving through the shadows to another dark alley. 'Let's see . . . five groups of teens, two men, three women, twelve little kids, and one person in a really lame skeleton suit. I think that's probably enough.'
~*~*~*~*~*~
Obviously the people at home thought so too . . .
"See that! That's Jack's daughter all right!"
"True heir to the Pumpkin throne!"
"We should start planning the reception party!" The Mayor exclaimed, throwing a rock into the well to cut the connection with the human world.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kate crept through a bunch of bushes, heading back to the graveyard.
"I can't believe that! What a great night! I feel so alive!"
She pumped her arms up, to show the world her mighty strength.
"I didn't know that it would feel this good to go solo!"
She cried out in simple glee and ran through the trees to the top of a small hill. Once there, she looked around at her surroundings.
"I am invincible! I am unbeatable! I am unsurpassable! I- . . ." she paused, taking in her whereabouts, " . . . -am lost."
Kate bit her lip, where was she? And more importantly, where was the cemetery?
"Oh frizzle-frat!" she exclaimed, crossing her arms and rubbing them harshly, as a cold wind had swept through rather suddenly.
Composing herself, she walked back down the hill and further into the town.
'More than likely, The Cemetery is on the other side of town.' She thought while walking down the back-ways. Everyone had gone inside for the night, so she was safe from being seen by any of the humans. After about a half an hour of reading signs, she found her way down to the Cemetery. The front gates never seemed so inviting before in her life.
"Finally . . ."
She walked up to the gate and walked on through. Looking around for a moment, she saw someone standing by the tall oak in the middle of the yard. Immediately, she crouched down behind a tombstone and made her way soundlessly toward the dark figure and the tree. She climbed into the limbs of the oak to get a better picture of who she was about to scare. After making the trip up, over, and through the branches, she finally found herself close enough to pounce on her unsuspecting victim. Coiling her springs, she reached down to grab onto the person, and heard a sickening _CRACK!_
The branch she had been using as leverage had snapped under her weight, sending her falling to land in a heap on the ground at the base of the tree.
"Oh, yeah, _that_ was dignified!" she whispered harshly to herself as she painfully pushed up off the ground, adjusting the angle of her head. She happened to glance up and found herself face to . . . face with a faceless blob.
"Boo!" it declared in a rasping whisper.
"Ahhhh!" Kate replied, nearly jumping out of her skin. She put a hand over her heart. It was currently beating at approximately five million miles a minute, which couldn't be healthy . . .
"What in the Seven Holidays did you do that for?!" she demanded, still a little on edge. She eyed the tall, um, _thing_, curiously. Kate sincerely had no idea how it talked.
"Jeez! Don't get your hair in a knot!" he (it had to be a he) retorted from somewhere in the mound of flesh. Kate balked, and then realized that he was raining on her parade.
"Hey? What are you doing here anyway?! This is my spooking!"
If the mound had eyes, it would have blinked in confusion. He shouldered a large bag nervously and shifted his weight.
"Look, I'm sorry I startled you, I thought you- . . ."
Kate shook her head and waved her hands in defeat.
"Okay, okay, forget it, whatever! Let's just go home."
She scanned the tops of the tombstones and saw the angel head. A grin broke across her features as she headed towards it. "Blob" followed right behind. She opened up the heavy stone doors to the grave and started to enter when she felt that "I'm being watched" sensation. She turned around and put a hand on her hip.
"Ya comin?" she asked, then turned around without even waiting for a response.
The "Blob" seemed to shrug and followed after her. It couldn't be anything _that _ bad.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Hahahaahahhahahah!!! How is THAT for a chapter! Oh! Yes! Uh huh! We rock! *gives Cat a high five*
Denra: well I guess we'll see you soon!
Cat: Enjoy, random people!
Denra: *pats Cat's back* It's okay Cat, we're gonna find you some of that help real soon, REAL soon . . .