DISCLAIMER
These are Tim Burton's characters, not mine. The only ones I own are the made-up ones you have never heard of before.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
So I got bored waiting for my piano teacher, and the second chapter is up, ON THE SAME DAY AS THE FIRST WOW. Have fun, please review!
CHAPTER TWO
I watch out the window as we travel under the gates of Halloween Town. It is only now that I truly start to worry. I have heard tales of how unnatural this place is, but I shrugged it off because I live with corpses and skeletons, which isn't exactly natural either.
I'm starting to wonder if I should have come here after all, maybe I should have waited until after the wedding. Then at least I could be sure to be accepted, but now? I'm not so sure. I turn to voice my worries to Emily, but seeing her playing peek-a-boo with Edward makes me think that perhaps I am being selfish, or paranoid. Yes, that's it. It is simply nerves. I will get over it as soon as I meet some of the citizens and they don't rip my throat out. Oh dear, now I'm worrying again. Just count to ten and everything will be ok. Turning to the window I start counting. 1…2…3…4…5…6…7…oh God, is that a…a vampire?
I watch as the face in the window of the carriage disappears from view. I thought that maybe he was reaching for something, but then I hear Emily shouting. Ah, so he must have fainted. I knew Jack shouldn't have let the WHOLE village gather at the gates, it would simply be too much for the poor man. Well, let this be a lesson to him not to over crowd his head so much that he forgets the simple details.
I start rushing towards the carriage, just in time to hear someone say "Emily, I'm quite alright; I just had a bit of a shock. I'll be fine Emily; it will just take some getting used to."
I took that it was Victor speaking, so I opened the door and prepared for the screams.
The carriage door opened, and Victor turned to the one who opened it, his face growing even paler. "Sally!" I shouted, a bit too loud as it started Edward and Victor, "How are you!" I pulled her into an embrace as I leap out of the carriage.
"Emily!" She said, hugging me back, "It's been far too long! Jack and Holly are waiting for you back home, they felt that the presence of two more would be…unsettling." She bent around me and reached out her hand. "And you must be Victor? I am Sally Skeleton, Jack's wife."
Thankfully, he juggled Edward to the opposite arm and shook her hand. "The pleasure is mine, Mrs Sally."
"May I?" Sally asked, indicating to Edward, whom Victor was still clinging to like a life ring. He looked as if he was going to faint again, but he nodded and mumbled "Of course," as he passed Edward over. I gave him a reassuring smile and squeezed his hand, knowing that this was a hard time for him.
Sally hugged Edward close, and laughed as he pulled a thread in her arm loose. Passing him back to a still shaking Victor, she pulled a needle from behind her hair and some thread from her pocket. "If you will follow me…" She paused to break the thread, "I will bring you to Jack."