NOTE: Hope you liked Chapter 1, because here's another. But you'll have to wait a little before we get to the good stuff…
Jack: Another Side
Chapter 2: The Unexpected TOWN Meeting
The next morning Jack sleepily got up and fixed himself some rotten eggs when Tim walked in from his room.
"Good Morning Jack, mind if I have some of that?" he asked, gesturing at the plate slowly.
"Sure, here's some." Jack wearily said dumping some of his meal onto a plate for his father. They both ate in silence for a while, with a little bit of chat here and there. At the end of the meal when Jack went to clean the table, his Dad dropped something unexpected on him.
"You know Jack, the Mayor changed plans a bit last night," He told Jack as the table was being cleared. Jack thought that maybe the Mayor had called off this meeting about the next few Halloweens, that it was too early. Well, Jack let his hopes up too high. "He said he wants the whole town to come to this little meeting, isn't it great?" He asked Jack with a big skeletal grin on his face. Jack didn't even try to hide his anger this time; the Mayor had gone WAY too far.
"WHAT? I thought this was going to be just us three! The Mayor's an idiot! I didn't even wan…" Jack quickly stopped himself before his father found out what Jack really thought of this. He had already dropped his smile and looked a bit disappointed.
"I thought it would be a good idea for the town to hear this. They are all very excited about you soon being the Pumpkin King. Now, you aren't taking this as seriously as you should. It's going to be very special when you get crowned. It's like you don't even WANT to be the Pumpkin King!" Jack tried to hide that he didn't want to be the Pumpkin King at all. "Now, you are going to this meeting, and you are going to ENJOY yourself whether you like it or NOT. Do you understand me? Now let's GO.
So they both headed to the town meeting and got ready up on the stage with the Mayor as the residents of Halloweentown entered. The Mayor had told Jack to just act like they were doing this alone. Jack asked why they couldn't just do it alone, but Tim glared at him when he did.
Back at Sally's, the Doctor was getting ready to leave for the meeting.
"But why can't I go? I want to know the next plans for Halloween!" Sally desperately begged the Doctor.
"I'm sorry Sally, but that outing of yours yesterday has set you back. I'll just tell you what happened when I get back. Now STAY HERE!" He yelled as he went out and bolted the door.
"Locked in, oh, I wish I could see Jack…" She said as she lay down on her bed.
Back at the meeting, just about everyone had arrived. Jack scanned for Sally in the audience, but only found Dr. Finklestein picking at his brain. But it was too late to search now; the Mayor had started his speech that is at every town meeting.
"Welcome, everybody to this glorious town meeting. Today, we will have Jack and Tim Skellington going over the plans for the next few Halloweens! Now, I'm sure you're curious on how we settle all these things, so that is why we've decided to show everyone this year!" The crowd cheered as Jack and Tim waved to the crowd.
"Thank you! It's a pleasure to be here! Jack, why don't you say something too?" He gestured to Jack, giving him the I-don't-care-if-you-don't-want-to-do-this-just-DO-IT look.
"Yes, an honor to be here, if only the Mayor had made this private it would be an even GREATER honor!" Jack said, he really did not want to have this meeting. But every pair of eyes in the room turned to Jack, and the Mayor looked as if he was going to cry. Jack looked up to his father to see a menacing look down on his face. The kind he only used on Halloween to scare people, was now aimed at Jack.
"You come with me, NOW, we need to have a little talk," Tim said with his most grim voice. Jack tried to make out a smile to the crowd before promptly being dragged away from it, but he couldn't do it.
Thus this ends Chapter 2, I probably should have put a bit more work into the meeting part, but I couldn't think of much. Stay tuned for Chapter 3!