Short chapter is short. Longer ones to come!
Chapter 2: Doll
It was an old, ragged thing, with seams slightly open and fur patchy and knotted. Turning the little cat doll over, Sally was met with only more rips and faded patches, and some where the fur had fallen out completely. She frowned, holding the tiny thing closer to her face. Why would a human girl want a mangy thing like this?
"Careful!" Sally stepped back, just in time to avoid being hit by the Mayor's car. She sighed, and shook her head. I've been looking at this doll for a week… Sally crossed the street, and continued on down the road, returning her attention to the little cat. You must have something you can tell me…
She wandered into the graveyard, eventually sitting down. She turned the doll over again – one eye missing and covered in tape, nose half-broken, three whiskers gone from the right side. The head must have been weighted, because it lolled about on the stuffed body of the thing. Around her, she could hear a soft breeze toss crunchy leaves in the air, the whistle of wind through the branches, the pitter-patter of somebody approachi-
Sally looked up, and the sound of small footsteps stopped. She looked over her shoulder.
"Hello?" There was the sound of leaves crunching, like somebody standing in them had jumped in surprise. "…Hello?" No reply. Sally looked around, and spotted one of the larger gravestones, a set of white fingers peeking over the edge. Sally stood up. "Who's there?" The fingers retreated as she stepped forward, and Sally stopped, waiting. Nothing else happened.
She took another step, and a figure darted from behind the gravestone through the gates. Sally ran after the child, whose face and body were hidden by the baggy pants and large hooded sweater she wore. The kid was halfway down the path by the time Sally had gotten up and out of the graveyard, and she could only watch as who she could only guess was Autumn unwittingly made a beeline for the tree house bordering the edge of the woods outside of town.
Oogie Boogie's domain.
"Uh oh…" Sally turned and ran into town. "Somebody help me find Jack!"