HI!!!
This fanfic is from my perspective so that no one get's confused, and because I'm gonna mention Determinedtofly as well I decided I work with the names from Castel on a Crandom Cloud. So Peanut=Me, Destinedtofly, and Frog=Determinedtofly. Now that I've saved us all a migraine, read on my fellow randoms!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Jack Skellington or any other Nightmare before Christmas characters, nor to I own Determinedtofly aka Frog, though I like to think I own myself and perhaps even Teprac.
I also own Orange Flying Monkey Vampires.
Halloween chaos
Not again!
I turned my key in the keyhole, slowly turned the handle, and opened the door a crack. I peered through the opening and scanned the main entrance. After looked over the room a few times and making sure nothing was there, I opened the door wider and walked through. I tried to contain my disappointment as I took off my runners, maybe in my room? I quickly walked down the hall and peaked around my bedroom door to find… nothing.
"DAMIT!" I cried throwing the door wide open and waking up my pet snake. I threw myself onto my bed crossed my arms and glowered at nothing in particular, "It's not fair, this is the second Halloween that I've come home from a Halloween party at night, to a complete absence of any kind of scary, un-dead or mythical creature. I feel so ripped off." I complained sulkily. After a few minutes of sulking I stood up and wove my way to the other side of my room without standing on too many of the things that hid the floor from me.
When I reached my desk I smiled down at Teprac, my carpet python. He hissed softly, and I reached down and picked him out of his cage.
"Hello Teppy!" I smiled as he slowly wound himself around my arm. "Let's go out hunting. What'd you say?" he just flicked his forked tong in and out, so I took that as a yes.
Orange Flying Monkey Vampires (a.k.a. OFMVs, or M Vamps)
I quickly put on my hunting outfit which consisted of boots, jeans and a t-shirt, yes I know real modern. Then I got together my list of equipment.
-rope
-net
-odd socks
-several different kinds of bisects
-and chocolate sauce
After stuffing the odd socks, bisects and sauce in my pack, I wound the rope around my left arm, and folded the net up so it would fit in my pocket (and it fits very nicely too), then I make sure Teprac had a good hold on my right arm before heading off. Just before I could get out the frond door my mum stopped me.
"Peanut are you going out?" she asked,
"Yep."
"Shouldn't you be dressed up then? If you're going trick-or-treating?"
"Mum. I am dressed up! I'm pretending to be me! See ya!" I was out the door before she could stop me.
I ran a little to put some distance between myself and the house then slowed down to wait. Orange Flying Monkey Vampire's usually come to you if you sit and wait. So I sat on someone's fence and watched other kids running around and getting chocolate and sweets. As I was watching a couple of mummies walk past I saw something out of the corner of my eye, something orange. I swung around just in time to glimpse an M-vamp flying through some ion gates that led to the main cemetery. I jumped off the fence and began the chase.
I sprinted through the gates and dogged graves as I perused the M-vamp. I could see the orange shape of the M-vamp as it flapped it wings to escape me, but that was not going to happen I'd never be beaten by a flying monkey. The M-vamp suddenly turned and darted behind a large mausoleum. I slid around the corner in close pursuit picking up speed again and, thud... I ran into something tall and thin.
A new hunting partner!! (Insert cheer here)
I fell to the ground with a cry of pain, my nose was sore and my eyes were watering. Whatever I'd run into was now bending over me, through my blurred vision I could make out what looked like a very white person, probably a costume.
"Ow…" I mumbled rubbing my nose, and got to my feet, "Sorry…" I started, looked up at whoever I'd just run into and stopped. The person in front of me was ridiculously tall, and wearing a pinstriped suit with a bat bowtie. When I looked at his face the first thing I thought was 'anaphylactic shock!' then 'Cool! Halloween monster.'
Before I could say anything else, he laughed evilly and ginned at me. I started back.
"Hello child, are you having fun?" he asked leaning over me still grinning, I continued to stare blackly while thinking how ridiculous this would look to anyone who passed, this guy towered over me, and I didn't even think of myself as short… well not until now anyways.
After a few minutes of an unwinnable staring contest, the skeleton guy started to look really confused.
"Do you mind?" I asked a little annoyed, "I was in the middle of something when I ran into you. So are you done yet or should I just stand here a little longer." The skeleton looked taken aback,
"Aren't you scared?" he asked perplexed,
"No."
"But you should be." He continued,
"Why?" I asked,
"Because I am Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king." He said proudly,
"Oh, so you're Jack. Well in that case I have a bone to pick with you… well not literally." I said; he looked at me questioningly, "After that stunt you pulled off two years ago at Christmas none of your un-dead friends have turned up at my place on Halloween. Do you know how left out I've been feeling?" I asked annoyed again, now it was Jack's turn to stare.
"You like being scared by Halloween monsters?" he asked bewildered,
"I don't get scared, I scare them. It's a very difficult thing to explain." I said with a sigh then looked around, dam I'd lost the M-vamp I'd been chasing. I turned back to Jack, who was still sort of gapping at me, and frowned, "Well since you managed to make me loose the M-vamp I was chasing you can make up for it my helping me track it down." I said
"Excuse me?" he asked still perplexed, confused and shocked,
"M – v a m p." I said slowly, "You've got to help me catch it."
"M-vamp? What's that?" Jack asked,
"You mean 'what's this?'" I said with a chuckle,
"What?"
"Never mind." I sighed at his ignorance then continued, "M-vamp stands for Flying Orange Monkey Vampire. I hunt them, and you're gonna help me."
"Right." Jack said slowly,
"Well come on them, that monkey isn't going to catch itself." I said grabbing his hand and dragging him after me.
We marched towards a little patch of trees that marked one edge of the cemetery.
"Now M-vamps like big spider webs so let's go make one." I declared pulling Jack behind me, who was sort of bent over because of the height difference.
"Do these M-vamps even exist?" Jack asked
"Well you exist don't you? And a lot of people would disagree with that. Besides you owe me so you're helping wether they're real or just another way my retarded brain is trying to make the world more interesting for me. Doesn't make a difference to me." I smiled; this didn't seem to make Jack feel any better about the situation.
We reached two trees that where reasonably close together and covered in vines. I let go of Jack's hand and put my hand on my hips smiling with triumph.
"This is the perfect place to make our spider web. Now could you hold Teppy while I work?" I asked gesturing to the sleepy looking snake on my right arm.
"I didn't even notice you had a snake." Jack said looked more confused by the second,
"This guy could sleep though anything." I said carefully removing him from my arm and handing him to Jack. Teprac took a few minutes to identify what Jack was, realised that he had no body heat so decided he must be some kind of tree and fell asleep again. Jack stared at him curiously, while I started to turn the vine into a giant web. After a little bit of silence Jack asked,
"Dose everyone know about the Christmas thing?"
"Please, if that story ever gets old I'll take it as a sign of the apocalypse and throw myself off Frog's cliff." I said as I finished my web, "there now all we have to do is set the bait." I cheered as I tied the odd socks to one of the loose vines in the middle of the web.
"Now what?" Jack asked,
"Now, we hide."
