Chapter 2: Mr. Grim

I woke up at about six in the morning. I got up and stepped out in the other room. Lock was carrying a tray with pancakes. "Since when do you cook?" I asked. "Since Shock wanted pancakes." He smiled and opened Shock's door. "Good morning Shock."

I climbed up the ladder and out the tube. "Suck up." I mumbled. The town was flooded by the citizens. A black carriage pulled by two skeleton horses pulled in from under the gate. I climbed up and sat on the rock wall. The mayor was dragging Vendetta and Jack down to the front gate with Sally following.

The carriage stopped. Everyone gasped. The door creaked open. Out from the carriage stepped a cloaked monster, and at it's side a scythe. The it clicked. Mr. Grim was the Grim Reaper.

After him came a tall, thin, brunette woman. He hair went down to about the small of her back. She wore a blood red and black dress with huge dark red boots, and had a cane with a ruby skull on top. Her eyes were a rich red. A demon.

Then came a girl. She wore a tight black hooded dress, the bottom of the dress was slit about a foot from her waist. Her hair was long and silver, half covering her face. Her eyes were also a rich red.

A wide red jeweled belt around her waist. One arm was covered with black netting to her elbow, but her other arm was wrapped in white bandages to her elbow. The rest of her arm and hand was bone instead of flesh like the other arm. She had huge black combat boots to her knees with a red band on her calf.

Jack walked up to the Grim Reaper. "Welcome to Halloweentown, my brother." Whoa! The Grim Reaper is Jack's brother? Jack bowed. "It's good to see you again." Came a dark voice from the hood. "This is my wife Sally, and my daughter Vendetta."

The Grim Reaper gave a small bow. "And my wife Bell and my daughter Shadow." Hm...Shadow...

The mayor stepped in from behind Jack. "Would you like some help moving your things?"

Bell smiled. "Nice to know we're welcomed. We'd love some help." Jack stepped in the carriage and came back out with two boxes. He handed them to Vendetta and she started walking toward the doctor's tower. So, they're moving in the doctor's tower.

"Vendetta, why don't you show Shadow around, let your mother take those boxes." Jack grabbed a few boxes himself and Bell, Sally, and the Grim Reaper lugged boxes to the tower.

"Where would you like to go first?" Shadow shrugged. "I'll take you to Curly Hill first." The crowd began to clear. I saw Lock and Shock there. They spotted me on the wall. They rushed over. So now they notice me.

"Barrel did you see that?" I nodded. "Yeah, of course." Shock only glared after Vendetta and Shadow. "Dude, I had no clue Jack's brother was the Reaper. That's awesome!" Lock exclaimed. "Something doesn't seem right about his daughter though..."

Shock scowled. "I'll catch up with you guys later." Shock and Lock headed back to the tree house while I headed to the Tower.

(Shadow's point of view)

Vendetta took me though the gate into a cemetery. "You have a very beautiful town." Vendetta smiled. "Thank you. I hope you and your family like it here." I walked slowly up on the hill. "What's in there?" I asked and pointed to the woods. "Oh, nothing, just the woods."

"Would you like to see the town square? It's my favorite part of town."

"Uh, sure alright." She led me toward the town gate. "Hey, Vendetta."

"Hm?"

"What's that?" I pointed to a large, broken apart, treehouse. Vendetta frowned and stuttered. "Oh, nothing, It's just an old tree house."

For some odd reason I felt she wasn't telling me the truth.