Chapter 3: The Beginning (again)
Mel: did you know that pilgrims scare the fuck out of me?
Me: close your eyes
Mel: (closes eyes)
Me: (looks up pilgrims on Google) ok now open
Mel: (looks) AHHHHHHHHHHHHH PILGRIMS NOOOOOOOOOOOOO (hides under mi covers) THERE WEARE FRIKIN BUCKLES ON THERE HEAD ITS LIKE A BELF ON YOUR HEAD HOW FUCKED UP CAN YOU GET????? I HATE THANXGIVING!!
Me: (rolling on the floor)
Jack's P.O.V.
"I AM THE WORST PERSON EVER!! AND I DON'T MEAN THE GOOD KIND!!!" I shouted as I walked in the cemetery after my encounter with Sally. I stopped at my faithful dog Zero's grave. I patted my knee twice and he appeared out from under the grave. He barked happily when he saw me but when he realized that my face was all sagging from depression he got a worried look in his eyes and his nose light shaped like a pumpkin dimmed. I dragged my feet behind me as I slowly walked back to my house. In the midst of the celebration that was going on in the town square.
"I'd like to make a toast to the Pumpkin King Jack Skellington.!" The mayor proudly said. Everyone took a pint of beer or for the little kid's apple cider and rose up their glasses.
"HAIL TO THE PUMPKIN KING!!!" they all cheered.
Yeah, but what about my pumpkin queen? I asked. Everyone took a swig of their liquid and started to dance to Thriller by Michael Jackson. (Authors Note: I think it would be the perfect song for them don't you think?) I just waved off the offers I was given to come and dance. I just didn't have the heart to do it. In fact I didn't have a heart technically anyway and after what I did to Sally I don't feel like I deserve one. But why couldn't I say why I loved her? I mean I do but why can't I seem to come out and say it? Well when Sally asked me to say it a few moment ago I tried to say it but my throat closed up and I couldn't say the words that I wanted to say for a long time…..hmmmm could it have been the wrong timing or could it have been that I never expressed my love for anything out loud….maybe Dr. Finklestien would know what to do. I'll go see him in the morning.
I went to my front door and dragged myself up the long, spiral staircase to the up most tower which over looked my town. I looked around it. It still had its Christmas lights hanging all over the walls and the lab equipment that I borrowed from the Dr. is still ready to be used. And all of my failed experiments lay scattered about on the floor and the top of my workbench. And my makeshift excuse for a Christmas tree still had glowing ornaments of all kinds. They shone with a radiant beauty from the light of my fireplace that was adorned with statues pf gargoyles and other hideous monsters were put up around my room including at the top of my bookshelf. After I go see the doctor fist thing tomorrow I will take all of this down and throw it out. Or give it back to Sandy Clause if he still wasn't mad at me. But the ornaments didn't even come close to the brilliant radiance that comes from my dear Sally. Everything I see reminds me of her I can't help but miss her and I have the need to see her beautiful facer again. She was indeed beautiful all of the stitches on her face made her even more appealing. And her sense of style was very peculiar but still her body was so curvaceous and lean…. I had this hot feeling stir in my lions (Authors Note: I know that skeleton don't have genitals Emma but since this is my fan fiction if I want Jack to have genitals he damn right will have them! So…..yeah deal with it but I love you anyway). It was something new. And yet it felt very exhilarating. I started to sing a little bit of the chorus of What's This? The song I sang in Christmas Town.
"What's this? What's this?" I couldn't think of any catchy rhyme to go along with this feeling so I just said that over and over again. I suddenly got very tired and changed into my brown, long Pajamas with a matching hat. I went into my bed and started having dreams about me and Sally together being happy and...Well…..being happy more (if you get what I mean)
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It was a bright morning in Halloween Town and I was off first thing to bring back the since equipment, apologize to Sally and to get some answers from Dr. Finklestien. I wasn't hungry because I was so nervous about encountering Sally after last night. I strolled across town and a waved to the towns' people and steadied my pace so I could not have to stand and talk to the other citizens. No offense I do love the town and the people in it but when I have something I need to get done or something like Sally being mad at me there was no time for chit chat. When I got to the silver quarantine door that leads to the lab and Sally's room I knocked hard on it, which wasn't a good idea because that door hurts like a mother when you knock rather hard on it. I waited about 5 minutes and knocked again save my throbbing, bony hand.
"Hey doc you there?" I said. There was no reply so I tried opening the door. Coincidentally it was open. I slid carefully into the spacious laboratory. I put the lab equipment on Dr. Finklestiens desk and decided to look around. I had never actually stayed in the Doctors lab that long to actually have a tour of it now that I see it its really scary. There are these weird machines that do lord knows what and there are these liquids every color imaginable in test tubes and beakers. I look on the computer and see a long list of what looks like ingredients for something except I wouldn't know what I could be for because the words were really long and complicated to say. And the title for the recipe was "The Forming of the Undead Species but in Reverse" what the hell does that mean? Oh well time to find the Dr. Finklestien and Sally. I walked up the paved, spiral ramp and went to the only door on that floor. I opened it and looked inside. There was nobody in the bedroom that I guess belongs to Dr. Finklestien and his new wife Frankintina. The room was very bare. It had a big bed that was made up very neatly and it had a poster of Albert Einstein on the back wall. It also had a bookshelf with books on science and evolution in it. I decided to go into Sally's room and see if she was there. I knocked on the door incase she was getting dressed I didn't want to…well I do...but...well...you know what I mean! No one answered when I knocked so I just went in anyway….
"Sally are you in here?" I asked as I walked in through the door. The room was like a prison. The window was barred and yet it had a switch to open it, it had a sewing machine and a bunk bed in it. There was one problem…there was no one in the bunk beds! I started to panic! I ran out of the rooms down the paved spiral and out the door. I was in a frenzy I asked every towns person if they have saw Sally, Dr. Finklestien, or Frankintina. Everyone didn't have a clue so I search through the whole town. I started at the town square. Looked in every nook and cranny I could find. I searched all the buildings and even in the cages that hung from the buildings. There was nobody there so I moved on to the cemetery and looked at every tombstone and every good hiding spot. Still I could find no traces of them so I looked on to where Oggie Boggie's layer was and still I found nothing. I started to look in the forest which is where I started my Christmas phase. I looked behind every tree and I came to the conclusion that they weren't here……I slumped down on a stump ad through of everyplace that I looked hoping that there was a place I didn't check but alas I couldn't think of a place.
"(Sigh) I can't seem to figure out were those three could have gone…..hmmm maybe Sandy Clause would know he knows everything." So with that idea in my mind I went to the sparkling door with the Christmas tree and the many ornaments and holly and tinsel. I opened the gold door knob and went inside. White snowflakes encircled me as I went down I was laughing the whole time. I landed in a soft, cold pile of crystal clean snow. I looked on and felt that warmth I got the first time I was here. It was all so magical and beautiful. Then I really started singing What's This?
What's
this? What's this?
There's color everywhere
What's
this?
There's white things in the air
What's this?
I can't
believe my eyes
I must be dreaming
Wake up, Jack, this isn't
fair
What's this?
What's this? What's this?
There's
something very wrong
What's this?
There's people singing
songs
What's this?
The streets are lined with
Little
creatures laughing
Everybody seems so happy
Have I possibly
gone daffy?
What is this?
What's this?
There are
children throwing snowballs here
Instead of throwing
heads
They're busy building toys
And absolutely no one's
dead
There's frost on every window
Oh, I can't believe my
eyes
And in my bones I feel the warmth
That's coming from
inside
Oh, look
What's this?
They're hanging mistletoe,
they kiss
Why that looks so unique, inspired
They're gathering
around to hear a story
Roasting chestnuts on a fire
What's
this?
What's this?
In here they've got a little tree,
how queer
And who would ever think
And why?
They're
covering it with tiny little things
They've got electric lights on
strings
And there's a smile on everyone
So, now, correct me if
I'm wrong
This looks like fun
This looks like fun
Oh, could
it be I got my wish?
What's this?
Oh my, what now?
The
children are asleep
But look, there's nothing underneath
No
ghouls, no witches here to scream and scare them
Or ensnare them,
only little cozy things
Secure inside their dreamland
What's
this?
The monsters are all missing
And the nightmares can't
be found
And in their place there seems to be
Good feeling all
around
Instead of screams, I swear
I can hear music in the
air
The smell of cakes and pies
Is absolutely everywhere
The
sights, the sounds
They're everywhere and all around
I've never
felt so good before
This empty place inside of me is filling up
I
simply cannot get enough
I want it, oh, I want it
Oh, I
want it for my own
I've got to know
I've got to know
What is
this place that I have found?
What is this?
Christmas Town,
hmm...
Yeah I'm weird like that. Anyway I walk up to Sandy clauses workshop and knock on the big red door adorned with candy cane colors and rife on the door. I knocked once and a little old woman appeared at the door. Once she got a good look at me through her eyeglasses she screamed.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NICK...NICK (1) GET OUT HERE!!!" the lady screamed
"Don't be alarmed Mrs. I just want to talk to Sandy Clause for a moment or two" I said putting on my best smile so I can come in.
"I'm coming Celia" said a voice that had a lot of jolliness in it and seemed to belong to a fellow of most importance. When Santa Clause gave one look at Jack his face got a little hard.
"I told you not to mess with my holiday!!" he continued "What is it that you have come to me on the Christmas Day about?" he asked.
"I have come to ask for your advice and to ask you if you have seen some people who have become missing from my world." I said with a serious tone in m voice.
"Alright, alright come in" Santa said.
We sat down in his living room that had a roaring fire and big, red, poofy armchairs.
"Allow me to introduce my loving wife Celia Clause but u can call her Mrs. Clause. " Santa explained.
"Nice to meet you uhh what did you say your name was sunny boy?" Mrs. Clause asked.
"The names Skellington...Jack Skellington" I said. (A/N: yeah I felt like putting in that James bond Parorady)
"Oh ok then Jack would you like to try my chocolate chip cookies?" Mrs. Clause asked.
"Why thank you" I said. We ate cookies and had some light conversation until Mrs. Clause had to go and check on how that town was. So it was just me and Sandy Clause.
"Ok Jack what was it you wanted to ask me about?" Santa Clause asked.
"Well you see Sally, you remember her right?" I started.
"Yes the only one is your town that actually is practical." Santa said.
"….well yes that and her creator Dr. Finklestien and his new wife Frankintina have gone missing since last night. And I was wondering if you have seen them" I said.
"I haven't seen her or anybody that is out of the ordinary here." He said sadly.
"Oh…ok" I said disappointed.
"What was the other thing you wanted to ask my advice about?" I said trying to get off of the other subject.
So I told him everything that happened yesterday and earlier today, he nodded at the right points and when I was finished with my explanation he was deep in thought. We sat there for what seemed like hours in silence until I couldn't take it anymore.
"So do you have any good advice for me?" I asked hopefully.
"I think it's very nice that you and Sally care for each other very much. It reminds me of me and Celia. As for the problem I have only one thing to say. It takes time for somebody to express their emotions if I were someone like you." He said
"Someone like me? I don't understand" I asked.
"Well you're the big, scary pumpkin king are you not? Well people who look up to you think you have no emotion accept to scare and improve it. I think you might be scared as to what your town might think of you and Sally being together. But you don't have to listen to an old coot like me." Santa continued. "But as for your girlfriend and friends going missing I might be able to help you on that."
I blushed at when Sandy Clause said "girlfriend" I mean I guess technically she is but I guess I haven't gotten over that fact yet. "What will you be able to do for me Sandy?" I asked ready to do anything to get the love of my life back.
"Come with me into the workshop and I will explain everything there" Santa said. So we went out of Sandy's cozy living room and out into the work shop. Inside was like a beehive. Elves were working their butts off and were all smiling happily while they worked. When the workers saw me they started shaking and hid behind boxes of toys.
"It's ok everyone this is my friend Jack he wont hurt you" Santa said. Wow he never called me his friend before. The workers came out from behind their boxes and went back to work waving at us as we passed by. We went into the back room and Sandy opened t. when I stepped inside I noticed all of these kinds of weapon-looking contraptions.
"What is this room?" I asked
"This is my arsenal" said Santa Clause.
"But I thought you didn't believe in war" I said.
"Oh but I don't these are all for you. You see I had a strange visitor come by that was selling weapons I being me was going to turn him away bit he told me that I was going to need them soon. I didn't believe him so he said "When you meet and skeleton I will be back and you will be needing these" so a couple of months passed and I met you and then that whole thing happened and then he came back and I took his offer and here they are." He explained.
"What will I need these for?" I asked
"Well were going to go look for your friends aren't we?" he said as if that was the easiest question in the world.
"WE?" I said shocked.
"Of coarse I'm coming too!" he said "now lets leave now so we can get ahead start."
"To where?" I asked rather excited.
"I'll explain on the way" he said mysteriously.
And we were off on to the most dangerous journey of my afterlife.
If you didn't get the nick part ppl call Santa St. Nick so I decided to put it in as his 1st name!!
Yes the plot thickens what will happen nobody knows except me of coarse mwahahhaha