disclaimer:I DO NOT OWN THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, TIM BURTON DOES!
14 year-old Reign leapt out of bed and hurried over to her twin Reyana's bed. She was still asleep. Lazy rag doll, thought Reign. Well…it was Halloween. Obviously Reyana couldn't treat her, so she'd have to settle for a trick. Just a small one, like ice water over her head to wake her up.
Giggling, Reign crept to the kitchen and got a bucket of water, and put enough ice in it to make it freezing cold. On her way back to the room, though, she ran into her dad, Jack. She looked away, failing to hide the bucket behind her bony back.
"Why would my favorite skeleton have a bucket of water behind her back?" asked Jack. Reign smiled at him. He always cheered her up.
"Reyana's still asleep," explained Reign. Jack laughed.
"And ice water was all you could think of on Halloween?" asked Jack, shaking his head in mock disappointment. "Haven't I taught you anything? Let's go have a good scare." Reign grinned as her dad slipped away to find the makings of a good prank.
Reign and Jack crept into the girls' room. The two where carrying a huge tub of freezing water. Reign had to hand it to her dad; his idea was much better than hers had been. The dynamic duo, as Mom called them, placed the tub on one side of Reyana's bed. Then they crept to the opposite side. They nodded.
"BOO!" they shrieked. Reyana jolted up immediately in fright and lost balance, falling straight into the tub of ice-water. When she looked up, Reign and Jack were laughing their heads off.
"Dad that was not funny!" said Reyana angrily. Jack just laughed.
"It was very funny and you know it!" giggled Reign.
"Just wait until I tell mom you guys pranked me again!" growled Reyana discontentedly. That sobered the pair up.
"C'mon baby sis, I was only playing!" Reign attempted to lighten the mood. It didn't work.
"I'm only three minutes younger than you!" yelled Reyana in her high pitched voice that was more like their mom, Sally's. Reign had inherited Jack's laugh, scream, and good humor.
"Please don't tell Sally!" begged her dad. Sally could be mean when she was mad. And loud.
"Oh I'm telling," Reyana assured them. Then she ran out of the room.
"Tattle tale!" Hissed Reign after her sister. Jack and Reign looked at each other. Reyana was often the butt of their jokes and Sally was the only one that could rein them in. Then Sally's voice exploded into the room.
"JACK! REIGN! GET IN HERE!"
"Coming Mom," called Reign, and followed her dad out of the room.