A girl of seven walked through the forest, singing, like a siren of the sea. Her eyes were like emeralds, shining in the daylight sun; her hair, like silk. Her skin, as pale as snow. Wearing a dress as black as the night sky, and a pentagram necklace, thought to herself: "Why am I here, with this family?" As she continued to walk, she thought about her life - about her parents. Her parents hated her because she was... Different. All her life, they tortured her, like a Cinderella. But she didn't know her life was soon to change, permanently.
Suddenly, she heard a shout. "Where are you, you - freak!" She turned around, and saw her father, pounding down the road after her with a gun in his hand. "How dare you run away from us! After all we've done for you, you dare and betray us like this?" She turned around, and stared into his eyes. "What you've done for me? You've done nothing! I sleep in the basement; you feed me scraps!" She watched, as his faced turned red in anger. "How dare you speak to me like that? You will pay for your ungratefulness, you wretch!" In a moment, she fled, as he raised his weapon. He took aim, and fired. With a screeching howl, the bullet sliced through her stomach. Still she ran, despite the pain. She cried, cursing the horrible fate that had led her down this path. Shortly, she collapsed at the base of an old, gangly tree.
A moment later, the tree opened. Out stepped two skeletal bodies, and saw the grizzly scene. One of those skeletal beings, friends, was someone you all know quite well. Clothed in pinstripe and a bat bow-tie, Jack Skellington stopped to survey the damage. His partner, a skeleton clad in a black robe and an hourglass of pure silver sand. "Grim, I need your assistance," Jack said, with the girl in his arms.
"Poor thing," replied Grim. "We must take her to Halloween Town. We have no other choice, to save her. She must live with us, or not at all." Grim took her from Jack, and carried her to the tree. "But wait," began Jack, "She's human. What will happen to her?" Grim paused, turning to Jack. "Well, well, we'll just have to see." It opened the door, and stepped through. Jack hesitated for a moment behind. "Well, whatever happens to her.... I'll be there to make sure she reamins safe."
New surprises will be in store for the next chapter, dear readers! Please, read & review; before I myself parish! Love, SkellingtonGirl.