Chapter One: Oh so not romantic
Disclaimer: Again I do not own "Nightmare" or it characters or its lyrics.
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Jack saw Sally go into the cemetery with a dead flower in her hand. He had to tell her. He was wrong, even from the very beginning he was wrong. Why did he not listen to her?
All around were the people of Halloween town cheering and laughing at sight of Jack Skellington's arrival back at home. Sandy Claws was delivering presents to all the children that Jack had visited. Luckily for Jack, he was forgiven by Sandy Claws and he was getting something called snow; white things that floated and swayed in the air. Most of the people were happy to their favorite Pumpkin King back, even if the plan he had, burned fiercely to pieces, faster than witches fire.
Jack went to look for Sally and found her on Halloween Hill picking at the dead flowers' petals. Jack smiled to himself and looked at Zero and thought "Tonight, I will find that I am just like my old bony self again... I can share that feeling with her.". He went up together and just couldn't help it but burst into song as he climbed up the hill:
"My dearest friend if you don't mind,
I'd like to join you by your side.
Where we can gaze into the stars,'
Sally joined in and found she was saying the same words:
'And sit together, now and forever.
For it is plain as anyone can see
We're simply meant to be."
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"And Zero goes off into the moonlight and Jack the Pumpkin King and Sally, the poor pitiful rag doll, kiss, like the kiss that has been holding them for eons, finally comes out! How sickening!" Aurora said to the pile of grubs in the corner. She grumbled and said "Jack was supposed to be mine, but instead he goes out with a rag doll! Its no fair."
A low, demented voice came out of the corner of the torture chamber "I know. I expected him to die here but I got unraveled." The voice paused and said with a slick tone: "Aurora my pet, go out there and see if you can get rid of both Sally and Jack the Stumpkin King and you and I can rule Halloween together."
"But master, how will I do that with out anyone getting suspicious? I just can't waltz right over there and say 'Hi, how ya doin' and chop off their heads. I can't seduce Jack again; you know that failed the last time. Besides Sally always seems to be in the way, but I would gladly kill her, no questions asked."
The voice in the corner was silent. It knew that if Aurora went to see Jack again it could end in disaster. The voice had bigger plans and was baiting her to go with them. It just couldn't stand to see that Jack had come away unscathed from all of this and now was celebrating his good fortune. "Maybe you can change? How about that…" Aurora interrupted the voice.
"Oh no! No way, no how, never again! Do you hear? If I change shape again, I could die!". She had two transformations of her body. The first one was when she was a spider, hanging in the corner, in the Mayor's house; she was spying for Oogie. The second transformation was when she was a black cat, mewing around the cemetery spying for, again, Oogie. The transformations take such a toll on one's body that it is physically and emotionally draining.
"Aurora, do you forget how I saved you? Do you need to be reminded again? I went into the real world and took you from your evil, abusing parents. I brought you here to raise and care for you as one of my own. I couldn't help it if I fell in love with you and want you to be my wife. Now as you are still my slave I demand that you change. You must get rid of Jack the Snack and Sally the sad doll. Do you understand? If you don't I will have to torture you again and I don't want to do that." The voice said slyly. It continued with it's lecture: "Now if you don't mind, please get that cloth over there and sew me back up. It is important that I make myself presentable to the Stupidkin King when you bring him in.".
"Yes master. I shall do my best." Aurora said and she walked away, feeling defeated and trampled on.
"Aurora. See that you are breathtaking to Jack. It would hurt me so if you acted like that rag doll does."