Chapter 2… Why can't I just be appreciated?

Sunny and Crystal were about to walk off when the Mayor popped up. The Mayor looked down at Sunny.

"Oh! Hello Sunny!"

"Hi Mayor." The Mayor smiled at him then looked at Crystal.

"I see you are babysitting the human?"

"He's not babysitting me!" Crystal yelled.

"Right." He looked back at Sunny. "Sunny, I was wondering if-"

"If I could be the clean up boy tomorrow while my parents soak up all the fame and glory? Sure, just like every year."

"WONDERFUL!" Crystal looked at him. "We'll see you at the meeting place?" Sunny looked down. Crystal could tell he didn't feel appreciated. How could he? The Pumpkin Kings son and he's the clean up boy? What kind of life was that?

"Yeah, sure."

"Hey, wait a minute Mayor. Can't you tell he's sad?" The mayor looked at them. He studied Sunny.

"He looks fine to me." He turned to leave when Crystal got angry.

"You stupid two faced bumbling twit!" Everyone looked at her. "Can't anyone see anything around here or are your heads all stuck in the clouds?" Everyone still stared at her, some confused. "He is sad you stupid idiot! He don't feel appreciated and you don't even care!" No one said anything.

"So does that mean he is or isn't the clean up boy?"

"UGH!!" She picked up the Mayor and threw him. The Mayors face turned to the scared part and screamed as she threw him. She then realized what she had done and regretted it. "Oh my gosh! I am so, so sorry! I don't think violence is the right way it just comes out like that!" Sunny stared at what she had just did.

"Woe! You just picked him up and threw him!" Crystal stared at him.

"Guess I never knew my own strength?" She said embarrassed. Just then, Jack came back outside.

"What is all this commotion about?" He then saw the Mayor and Crystal embarrassed. "Young girl named Crystal what did you do?!?!"

"I'm really sorry, I didn't meant to, I just got really mad." Everyone was near the mayor asking if he was ok or if he would be alright. Jack looked back at the two. "I'm really am sorry." She said more quiet this time.

"Just go and play or something." Jack stared at Sunny. Crystal was supposed to be his responsibility so he got the downfall of it.

"Dad she-"

"I said just go!" Sunny was surprised at how his dad yelled at him. He looked at Crystal with a mean look and turned away from the scene.

"Come on." Crystal looked down then back up at him.

"I really am Sorry Sunny, I didn't mean to get you in trouble."

"It wouldn't matter anyways." He said.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean the mayor could have just fallen over and I would've been blamed for it."

"I'm sure that's not true."

"Yes it is!" He snapped. "I'm the Pumpkin Prince the say. You are just like your father they say. You are going to grow up and be the ruler of Halloween Town they say! Well you know what?!?! I don't want to be the ruler of this stupid town! I don't even want to exist!"

"Then why don't you make it happen?" Another boys voice said. Sunny and Crystal turned around to see 3 boys and one girl. The leader of the pack was a boy, made much better then Sunny, but still a little ragged.

"What do you want Davi?" Sunny asked.

"You said you didn't want to exist, we could help you with that." His little grouped all laughed.

"Who are they?" Crystal asked.

"Them? Well, the two in the front are my two cousins Davi and Gloria. Those are their friends Steve and Martin."

"Why are they so mean to you?"

"Because they think they're better then us."

"We don't think, we know!" Gloria said. They all laughed again.

"Just because you have better things doesn't mean you are better!"

"Yes it does."

"You are so silly little cousin Sunny. We are Dr. Finklesteins grandchildren. We are scientist and are way smarter then you. And your mom is just a stupid malfunction our grandfather had." Davi said.

"Don't make fun of my mom! She's still older then yours!"

"Maybe, but your still as stupid as her."

"Stop making fun of my mom! She's much more brave then your crappy mother will ever be!"

"You better take that back." They then grabbed him and shoved him in the dirt. "How's that for a dirty mouth little cousin?" The little gang started to laugh. Sunny was squirming to get free but he couldn't. He tried to turn or pull himself up but the just kept holding him down. They just kept laughing at him. Crystal stared in horror.

"You don't have real family."

"You're stupid."

"Ugly pimple face."

"Fat moron."

"How does that feel? Your head is in the real clouds now!"

"Get off of me!"

"You like being suffocated?"

"No! Please stop! Let me go!"

"Are you going to cry?"

"Cry baby, cry baby! She's a little Cry baby!"

"Here, have your stupid toy." Crystal blinked and she saw the scene unfold. A little girl crying for her mommy.

"Where's your mom now?"

"I still don't see them Tommy!"

"Isn't that something? No one even comes to rescue you." The kids slap her around and beat her while she still cries.

"Uh oh! I hear sirens. Let's get out of hear."

"Who snitched on us?" The boy named Tommy turns to the girl. "Just remember, you don't have a family, never have, never will. You might be safe for now, but just wait till tomorrow." He leaves. Leaves the girl bruised and crying, with still no one there to save her. That's when Crystal snapped and charged after them.

"Get off of him!" She punched the eldest boy in the face and pushed the girl off.

"What the mayors soul?" Steve said. She kicked Martin and made a good right hook on Steve.

"What just happened to her?" Gloria asked. Crystal looked up at them as if she would double kill them all. The four coward.

"Man, let's get out of here Davi, this ain't worth dieing for." Martin said. The others agreed. They jumped up and ran. Davi turned though back to them with a half broken off nose.

"Man, just wait till tomorrow! That's when your little girlfriend won't be able to help you Sunny, and you'll get it too human! Just wait!" Crystal was about to charge after him when Sunny pulled her back. She snapped out of it and looked at him. He looked at her, scared.

"I thought you didn't agree with violence?" He asked.

"I don't." She looked down and sat next to a tree. Sunny looked at her, he had completely forgotten about his problems and stared at her.

"Hey, what's wrong?" She shook her head.

"Nothing." Don't cry, not here. You're a tough girl, you can't cry, big girls don't cry, I can't cry. She thought. But it didn't work. She started to sob. She just couldn't stop. Sunny didn't know what to do. He'd never helped someone with their problems. He was always feeling bad for himself more than feeling for other people. He just stared at her and thought about it.

"Come on, you can trust me, I won't tell, swear on my dads soul I won't." He said as he sat next to her. She shook her head again then turned to him.

"One, I don't know you that well. Two, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just that-" She stopped.

"That what?"

"Nothing." She rubbed her eyes. "Can we just go back to your house?" He put his skeleton arm around her and let her lean on him. She felt awkward, she didn't know this kid very well and he was acting like they were best friends. His arm felt weird too, being a skeleton and all. But, she sensed that he knew how she felt. And they bonded. It was a quick bond, but they did. She smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Before we go back to my place, I want to show you something." He grabbed her hand and helped her up. They smiled at each other one last time before running off into the forest.