An Unbearable Loss

Part 1: Lailie's Wish

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own anything from Nightmare Before Christmas, but I DO own Lailie, and if you steal her, UR A DEAD PERSON!

Lailie sneaked through a graveyard at the edge of Halloween Town. She was wearing her normal long patchy dress with a spider design on it, patchy cloak, and dark purple sneakers. Her long Brown hair was up in a side ponytail in a purple band with spiders. She put up the hood on her cloak and made sure no one was coming before she walked into the Holiday Woods.

It had always been Lailie dream to have lived in another Holiday, for like her Father had 14 years ago; she had grown tired of Halloween. Everyday she would sneak off to the Holiday Forest and explore the other Holidays and be back by Dinner. Her favorites happened to be Easter and Christmas Town. She just wished her parents would let her live in another Holiday, even just for a week. But her Father had forbid her from entering the Holiday woods, fearing what he did the year before Lailie was born would be repeated.

Lailie stood in front of the Holiday Doors and debated which door to go in today. She had been in Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving already, so she walked over to the Valentines Day door, opened it, and jumped into the hollow trunk squealing with delight as she fell.

She landed on a soft bed of grass after a few seconds of falling. She sat up, spit out some grass, and looked around. There were children laughing and running around, people giving chocolates and little love notes to each other, and everyone seemed to be paired with another. Lailie smiled, which was a thing she rarely did back at home, sewed part of her leg back on, and ran down the hill towards the main part of Valentines Day Town.

She spent all day window shopping, and she even bought herself a little red heart box to remember her visit. She looked at her watch, which read 5:00 p.m.

"Oh geeze!! It's 5! Dad's gonna blow a gasket if I'm not home in 30 minutes!" Lailie said, running towards the forest at the edge of the town. It took her longer than she had expected to reach Halloween Town and just as she exited the Holiday Forest she ran into Jack's leg and fell over.

"Ouch…" She looked up "Uh oh…."

Back at Lailie's House….

"You went into another Holiday!" Jack yelled at his daughter, who was sitting in a chair in the Kitchen.

"So?! I'm tired of Halloween! I want something new and different!" Lailie yelled back at her father. Jack sighed and put his hand on his forehead.

"That's why I banned you from the Holiday Forest in the first place Lailie," Jack said.

"Because I want something different?! YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT'S A GOOD REASON TO STOP ME FROM DOING SOMETHING I LOVE?!" Lailie yelled.

"DON'T YOU EVER raise your voice to me AGAIN young lady! To your room, NOW!" Jack pointed up the stairs and watched Lailie stomp up to her room. Once he heard her slam her door, he sat down and sighed.

"Don't you think you were a bit hard on her?" Sally asked, sitting down next to Jack.

"I just don't want what happened with Christmas happen again…," Jack said, looking over at Sally.

"It won't happen again Jack. I know you're just trying to protect her, but she's not a little kid now, she's 13 and she needs just a bit more freedom."

"Well, I guess you're right. I'll tell her she's allowed to go in the Holiday Forest tomorrow morning."

But what Jack was planning to do would be soon interrupted when someone they thought was dead, had come back.

W00t!!! End of part 1! For once, NO ONE FAINTED AT THE END OF THIS PART! Yay! No flames please, this is my first tNBC fic and I think this part turned at pretty good.