Jack straightened his tie. He stood up straight, letting it be known his tall height. He smiled widely. It was the night of nights tonight, the night he had worked tirelessly at for a year. It was judgement time, the time to show all why he was King of Halloween. He cleared his throat.
"Without further ado, I present...HALLOWEEN!!!!" he yelled into the night. And with that there was a flash of smoke and he was gone. He had seen all the inhabitants of Halloween Town's faces light up with terrible delight before he disappeared. He was now in Halloween Town's catacombs walking toward town square where he would make the final appearance of the night, bursting out of the man-hole there. He could hear all the wonders he had worked up taking their toll on the townsfolk. Screams of terror and delight filled the Halloween night air. He chuckled to himself, what could possibly be better than the wonderous sound of screams? Monsters, he knew where terrorizing above him. Witches flying, gargoyles leaping, banshees shrieking. Pure terror and Jack loved it! Jack smiled as his finale approached. Above he heard the mayor.
"Your finale...Jack Skellington, King of all Halloween!!!" the mayor shouted excitedly. Jack lept up out of the man-hole and shrieked his loudest. Ghosts flew out from behind him, flames rising out of the town center fountain. Jack laughed an earpiercing screaching laugh. Every one was either screaming or clapping or both. Jack bowed.
"Thanks to you we make Halloween a holiday worth scaring for! Another great Halloween to all!!!" Jack announced. The crowd cheered and yelled for Jack. Witches and ghouls made it past the vast crowd to leap upon Jack. It was no secrect within the town that Jack was the most eligible bachalor and being king didn't help. Jack was piled on by fan crazy ghouls, but managed to crawl away. He found his way toward the graveyard. He passed by the gates and locked them quietly. He smiled to himself and brushed the dirt off of his clothes. The moon was full and shown on Moonlight Hill. Jack walked up the hill and sat down, letting his long legs dangle off of it. He looked at the graveyard and sighed. This was his home, his turf. Even though he had been trying to ignore it, the dream he had keep lingering on. He could never loose his love for Halloween. Still as he looked over his kingdom, he couldn't help feel a little empty inside. No matter how much he loved it, was this all he was meant to do? Suddenly tiny little laughs pierced his thoughts. He turned suddenly to Lock, Shock and Barrel sneaking away from Town Square looking very mischevious indeed. They were all laughing and looked to be hiding something. Jack stood up, he knew they were up to something and wouldn't have it especially on Halloween. He snuck up behind them scaring them out of their wits.
"Well! What do we have here? Lock, Shock, and Barrel?!" he eyed them. They looked at each other frantically and then ran! Jack followed behind in hot pursuit. They headed into the Hinterlands. Jack followed the laughs of the troublemakers. It seemed liked they came from all directions! Finally Jack thought he spotted one. He ran further,deeper and deeper into the Hinterlands. Soon he had to stop to catch his breath. His long strides had led him so deep into the woods that he sure he was lost now. He looked around for the lights of the town, but only moonlight shown down. He walked on, searching in every direction. Now what?, he thougt. Suddenly he saw lights up ahead and heard excited chatter. Then he heard screams. He sighed with relief. He ran towards the noises. After a while he then stopped again to catch his breath, but he was back now. He stood up straight and walked foward. Something wasn't right though...Jack focused on something he couldn't identify. It was large, made of metal and had four wheels holding it above the ground. He walked passed it curiously. It couldn't be the mayors car? This contraption was much bigger. He walked on. He suddenly noticed a few vampires walking ahead. He ran up to them. He placed his boney hand upon one of them.
"Um, excuse me, but..." He began . Suddenly the vampire turned to show his face. He wasn't a vampire, but a child dressed as one! Jack fell back and the child shrieked at the sight of Jack. All three ran down the street. Jack shook his head frantically and looked around more carefully. Imposssibly he was now in the world of...the humans. He ran behind an alleyway and breathed heavily. The humans couldn't see him or he would be in grave danger! He slid onto the ground and sat in deep thought. What should he do? He could venture back into the woods...he pondered this and figured it was best, anyway no humans would see him in there. He began to get up when he heard voices.
"Look I caught that little skank making out with my boyfriend at Joel's party! Now get out of my way to I can give her what's coming to her!" an angry voice yelled.
"No I most certainly will not! Are you sure you just didn't see your boyfriend making out with his real girlfriend?" a calmer, softer voice stated, however spitefully.
"This wise talk coming from little Miss Fairy? You have no room to talk! You weren't even invited to this years party because your costume last year was so lame! What were you trying to be again, a dumpster fairy?!" the first voice smirked. The word had caught Jack's attention. Fairy!!? In Halloween Town fairies were mysterious and all powerful. Jack had to see this fairy, if anything she could get him home!
"Get out here, these chumps are mine..." the calmer voice said. Jack heard running and quickly hid. A pitiful looking teenage girl ran, her face drentched in wet make-up. Jack looked down the alleyway where he had heard the voices. He saw two girls were the shortest dresses Jack had ever seen, he guessed they had tried to look like witches. They had done a terrible job in his opinion. Then he turned to see another girl facing the other two. She was dressed in a dark purple T-shirt with a gray vest over it, skinny jeans and black converses. Her hair was raven colored and her eyes the darkest brown. She had a pretty face and thin physique. Jack figuret his must be the fairy, although she was dressed awkwardly. Jack ran out into the alley and made his way toward the girl with the vest on. Suddenly he heard screams from the other girls, who he caught a glimpse of running away from him as fast as they could. He turned back to the other girl. She didn't run, didn't even scream, but looked at Jack entranced. The moonlight hit her eyes and Jack could see the curiousity in them.
"Are you the fairy?" he asked. She made a distasteful face.
"You mean last years fairy disaster? Yeah, what about it? Awesome costume by the way, you scared the daylights out of those losers!" she appraised him.
"Costume?" Jack asked curiously. She nodded.
"Yeah where did you get it?"
"Uh..."
"Oh I get it, it's a secret! Okay then, so anyway what do you want?" she asked. Jack looked around and then spoke.
"I need your help getting back to my town, can you help me?" he asked desperately. She smiled and nodded.
"Sure, come over to ugh, er, my house and we can MapQuest it, okay?" she walked out of the alley. Jack followed, curiously. MapQuest? This fairy was particulary mysterious...
