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Chapter 4
"And there's the Town hall!" Lock pointed. I watched with utmost fascination. I couldn't believe I was really touring the Halloween Town world! Lock, Shock and Barrel led me to the forest.
"This is the Haunted Forest." Shock announced. I drew in a breath as I remembered Scarlet. I'd left her behind in the forest in our world! I ran into the forest, towards the circle of trees. Shock yelled in surprise and the trio ran after me. I found the circle of trees in the middle of the forest and paused before entering the circle slowly. I had to, because I felt it was a kind of sacred place. Then I rushed to the plain tree, the one tree in the circle with nothing on the door. I pulled it open and peered through. Nothing. I heard Lock, Shock and Barrel come up behind me, breathing heavily.
"Why... did you... run off... like that?" Shock panted. Lock saw where we were and gasped.
"What are we doing here?" he asked. "We aren't supposed to be here, Jack said!"
"I need to bring my friend Scarlet." I explained. "I'll be right back." I jumped through the tree.
Blackness again. This time I managed to stay conscious as I strangely just appeared from the sky and fell a few metres away from the circle. I ran towards them, then entered slowly. I saw Scarlet trying to open the Halloween Town door.
"Hi." I said. Scarlet turned around and gasped.
I looked at her.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"Hazel?" Scarlet wondered.
"What?" I replied carefully.
"Is that you?"
"Why wouldn't it be?"
"You have wings. And a tail."
I looked at myself.
"Oh yeah." I pondered. "I do. So, wanna come to Halloween Town?" Scarlet looked unsure, then smiled.
"You bet!"
We turned to the door, and it swung open. Scarlet frowned at it.
"How come I couldn't get it open?" She half-wondered, half-complained.
"I don't know." I chewed my lip. "Any-who, lets go!"
Scarlet and I held hands and jumped.
We landed with a thud on the grass. Scarlet stumbled around before regaining balance and we hurried back to the circle again.
"Why are we going back?" Scarlet asked confused.
"I left Lock, Shock and Barrel there." I answered.
"Lock, Shock and Barrel?" Scarlet shrieked. "YAAY!"
We bumped into the trio on the way there.
"Hi again!" I said. "This is my friend Scarlet. Oh, and I'm back!"
Lock looked at Scarlet. "A black devil." He pondered. "Who woulda thought?"
"Me apparently." Scarlet smiled. Shock hit Lock on the head with her mask again. Scarlet giggled.
"So, anyway, we were just showing, um, Hazel?" I nodded. "around Halloween Town." Shock updated Scarlet.
"Shall we continue with the tour?" I asked.
"Follow us!" The trio called and ran off. Scarlet and I ran after them.
"Hey, wait up!"
They slowed down when they got to a spooky old tree with a ritchety old treehouse.
"Lock, Shock and Barrel's treehouse." Scarlet and I whispered in awe. We had dreamed of this day for many years! Well, actually, only about two, which was when we first saw The Nightmare Before Christmas. We looked down from the treehouse to the cage elevator.
"Coming?" Shock called. The trio had already gone up. Scarlet and I rushed over to the cage and crammed in. Shock pulled us up. I hummed Kidnap the Sandy Claws under my breath.
"La la la lalala, la la la la la, la la la lalala, la la la la la!" Scarlet whispered to me. I laughed. We reached the top and I opened the door in wonder.
"You two can stay with us until you find somewhere else." Shock told us. "Welcome to the Treehouse!"
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