Chapter 2: Halloween Town? I have to be dreaming

I awoke to a weird sight. I was just laying down… in the middle of a graveyard. It didn't look like the local graveyard though from around home. No, this had a slightly eerie feeling to it, like this place wasn't just a graveyard, like it had a bigger significance. I finally got off the ground with a huge throbbing in y head. I reached up and rubbed my head and was thankful to still feel all my hair there. Well that was quite a hit, I thought. But why would I be in a graveyard? Especially this strange one.

I then began to walk towards a new found source of light. I found I was still in my black dress but it had a twinge of light blue to try and complement my eyes. I finally reached a sign which read "Halloween Town". Halloween Town? Kind of a strange name but hey if there are people who can help me here it's worth a shot. I started to walk into town when I saw my worst nightmares coming true. There were vampires, werewolves, goblins, ghouls, ghosts, every Halloween creature you could think of! I was starting to get a little creped out and then ran into someone, or something.

I turned around and was meet with another one of my worst fears come true. Standing in front of me was an extremely talk skeleton man in a black pin stripe suit with a bat bowtie. I started to back away when I saw him turn around and face me and he began to speak.

"Well Welcome to Halloween Town! I would be Jack Skellington, Pumpkin King and ruler of this town! How can I…. Wait, you look oddly familiar. Have you visited here before?" He then started to inspect me to see if he could remember who I was. But I had already remembered him just by the sound of his entrancing voice. This was my Jack! The one that I had grown up with and lost so suddenly, the one who I fell in love with. I just stared at him open mouthed and he then spoke again to me.

"It can't be, can it? I'm very sorry but you look an awful lot like one of my old childhood friends, Antoinette Wallish. But you can't be her, she should still be alive, and hopefully with a man that loves her… and hopefully she hasn't forgot me like I haven't forgot her. But if you don't mind me asking what would your name be?"

I walked up to him and he bent down so he was about my level (I'm only about 5'1) and I then spoke to him, "That would be because I am Antoinette Wallish, so great that you could remember your oldest friend so fondly." And I then walked away from him. I can't believe he could forget me that easily, and it really hurt me to know that he forgot about me. I had no idea where I was going but I just kept walking as I heard shouts of, "ANTOINETTE! ANTOINETTE! JUST COME BACK!" I ignored him and just kept walking. I finally found another somewhat pleasant looking individual and stopped to talk to him.

He turned around to face me and then said, "Well Welcome to Halloween Town! I would be the mayor of our fine town and I must ask, have you meet our King yet? Jack come over here!" I then decided that this was the wrong person to talk to and started to walk away but ran into the chest of the person I wanted to see least right now. I felt arms wrap themselves around my waist and looked up to see Jack. I struggled to get away when I heard the mayor say, "Well I can see that you two have met before! I'll just let you two talk some more and catch up." And he then continued to walk away.

I continued to struggle against Jack but finally he said, "Antoinette! It's me! Jack! Why are you trying to run away?! Is it because of my appearance? Because I can look just like my old self again! Just say the word!" and he continued to try to talk to me. I finally stopped his incessant talking by interrupting him.

"Jack I walked away cause you forgot me so easily! We were friends for 17 years and I thought that that would have meant something to you as well as me! Our parents were even talking about plans of our marriage for God's sake! And you just forget about me as though I was some gravel under your shoe. That's why I walked away Jack." And then I finally got rid of his grip, but not for long.

I then felt arms turn me around to face their owner, which was big surprise, Jack. "Antoinette I never forgot about you! You always were and will always be my best friend! But what was it that you mentioned about marriage?" Oh shoot the cat was going to be out of the bag if I said anymore. See, our parents were arranging a marriage between us and Jack at first didn't really accept it because I guess he only saw us as friends.

I then changed the subject very quickly, "Well why am I here Jack? What is Halloween Town? I know that it was our favorite holiday but why did we end up here? Wait…. Am I dead?" At the last question tears started to well up in my eyes. I was only 17, not married, no children and never really got to live life.

Jack's face held a solemn expression though and said, "Nette, if you weren't dead you would still be with your parents and not with me. So yes, you have passed on." I then started to cry because I never got to say goodbye. I wanted to go see them and hug them and tell them I was alright, that I had Jack with me. Jack's arm then enveloped me into a hug and I cried into his suit. When I was finally done I looked up at him and said, "Well where can we go from here? I really don't have a place to stay and I don't have anything to my name here. I guess I'll just go find some other place to live then" and I started to walk away once again.

Jack grabbed a hold of my arm and said, "You'll just stay with me! Besides of the townspeople get suspicious we'll just tell them that you've came here to stay with me and then become the Pumpkin Queen of Halloween!" Jack then gave the most terrifying laugh I've ever head and after that everything started to become black. I braced myself for the impact of the ground but only felt a pair of arms around my waist saving me from hitting the ground. I could also heard the faint sound of someone calling my name but soon everything for me just went numb.