Star Skellington's Christmas Wish
Chapter 3
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Awestruck and overjoyed at what she was seeing, Star hypnotically ventured into Christmas Town. She took in everything she saw like a dream that may never come again, staring at all the beauty that she had been starved of in Halloweenland. Little did Star know that a Christmas crowd was beginning to gather behind her staring in amazement at their unusual visitor, for they'd never seen anything that strange, unusual and dead as her before. So this went on, two holidays transfixed in the other and neither truly knowing about it, until Star finally was knocked out of her reverie and caused the Christmas Town people behind her to gasp. She had hit something big, red, and soft that made her to fall backwards into the snow with an: "Oomph."
"Oh my, are you all right?" came the voice of a man who she had smacked into.
The man was standing in front of a streetlight, so Star could only see his shadow. In the light he looked like a big, blood red monster with a ghostly white beard, a toothy smile, and fingers like claws. Star trembled, expecting to be given a good fright, but then the man extended a helping hand for her. Not quite sure if she was right or wrong about this person, Star suspiciously took the hand and was propped up gently, giving her a chance to really see his face.
He was big and red, but in a jolly sort of way; and he did have a beard of white, but it was aged white not ghostly. His horrible smile and claws had been a trick of the light that had made him seem scary, but in reality he had a sweet smile on his face and hands like any other person from Christmas Town. Star, with a shock, recognized the old man and barely had the strength to speak when she mouthed: "You're, you're…S - Sandy Claws."
"Sandy Claws?" he asked confused. "I don't - wait a minute. Only one person has ever called me that… are you Jack Skellington's daughter?"
Star couldn't find her words staring at Santa himself, so she simply muttered: "Uh-huh."
"And your name is Star?" Santa asked patiently.
Star nodded in reply.
Santa looked at her puzzled and astonished and then remembered the crowd. "My friends," he said. "It's all right, she won't hurt you. She's only a visitor from far away." Though the crowd was still curious about Star, they eventually parted their ways going on to their own business. When the last person had finally left, Santa spoke to Star again. "Now then Star, are you all alone here?"
Star nodded shyly.
"And your parents don't know that you're here?" Santa asked.
She shook her head.
"Well then I guess we'll have to send you back to Halloween Town as soon as possible." He replied.
"Wait Mr. Sandy Claws!" Star cried out unexpectedly. "Please don't take me back yet, I want to see Christmas Town first. Please!"
"Well… normally I would say no, but it today is Christmas Eve, so the sleigh will be taking off in a few hours anyway." Santa replied thinking. "I suppose you can catch a ride then, and in the meantime you can have a look around town if you would like."
"Yahoooo!" Star yelled leaping in the in air. Then she hugged Santa without realizing it, but quickly let go in fear of being impolite.
Santa chuckled and patted her skull. "That's all right, Star. But now I wonder who should be your tour guide, now let me think, I…" Star stared at Santa sweetly, and he quickly realized what she meant. "Oh no, no, no, no. Not me." Santa replied. "I have far too much to do for tonight than to…"
Then Star made a very sad frown that would make anyone feel sorry for her.
"Oh, all right. I'll take you around town." Santa gave in to Star's delight as she hopped in the air again. "But only for a little while my dear."
And so Star's adventure in Christmas Town had begun. For Star, the day seemed to be a dream come true already, and it could only get better.
I apologize for the long update wait for this and my other fic: "Monsters United!". The TNBC fansite that I've been posting these on hasn't updated of either of them yet and I wanted to have them posted simulataniously, but I felt that I kept you guys waiting long enough. Thank you all my reviewers, alerts, and subscribers, you guys keep me goin'!^_^
