The Pumpkin Queen
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*hello~hello! I haven't sent this off to my editor yet, so this chapter is liable to change. It's darker than the previous part, and the plot develops! No more Jack and Sally fluff.sigh.Meet you behind the Cyclops's eye, and don't forget to review!*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^
The Boogieman's henchmen (and girl) were busy discovering the noisiest way to kill a bug. They were on firing a canon filled with cheese and empty mayonnaise jars towards the innocent insect when Jack approached them. "Jack! Jack!" they cried and tumbled tumultuously toward the skeleton. Jack laughed and gave them the bags.
"What is it! What is it!" Lock shrieked. Jack resisted the urge to cover his ears and forced a grin. "Open it and see" They all tore noisily into the paper covering and awed. Lock held her dark green gown to her shoulders and twirled around, and the others tore of their shirts and threw the handsome jackets over them. They all twirled around, delighted and utterly conceited about their appearances.
"Look at me!"
"Look at me!"
"Look at -me-!"
Jack clapped his hands in an appraising manner, causing them to stop twirling and sit, panting and happily out of breath. "You all look terrible! Take good care of those clothes and if they don't fit right, remember to take them to Sally!" Upon mention of his fiancée all three began making kissy noises. Jack rolled his eyes and continued on his way down the path, flapping a hand as a farewell.
Barrel kicked his heels together and ran madly in a semi circle, crowing about his booty-full suit. Shock stuck out a foot and he fell hard on the ground. Lock laughed hysterically and together they made their way down into their fortress, where Oogie Boogie's lair had once been. Dancing and laughing and snarling at each other, they whirled and pranced right past the gaping black mouth, that had been stuffed with Boogie's very own burlap sack being and then boarded with planks of wood when they heard of his demise. In their frolicking they didn't notice the board was gone.
When they got to the desired layer, they stripped off the rest of their costumes and donned their wedding apparel. Lock twirled in front of a cracked and dusty mirror, admiring the way the skirt spun out. They rarely got new clothes, so these were a treat, even for the boys.
"BOYS!" suddenly cried a deep, angry voice. They all stopped, dead still, and were afraid to even look at each other. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Shock spoke, his thin voice wavering as he did so. "We're playing! G'away!" The menacing voice did not get louder, but rather softer and more sinister ".what?" The trick-or-treaters clumped together, all attempting and failing miserably to hide underneath each other.
"My soldiers have been.unfaithful" hissed the voice, and their knees began knocking. "You're dead! Jack got rid of you! GO AWAY!" Oogie Boogie laughed maniacally. "Did you really think you could destroy the boogie man? I live in the dark places in human's souls! I'm indestructible!" His laughed crescdendoed until it was all they could hear, the horrible mocking sound. It surrounded them and melted the last of their wavering loyalty to Jack.
Sighing, Shock asked "What do you want?" To which the Boogey man replied. "To make Jack as miserable as he made me! I want." They all leaned forward in helpless, morbid anticipation, wearing clothes made by the skeleton man's love, invitations to their wedding on the dusty floor. Their candy- corn hearts trembled and they feared what he was going to say more than anything. 'Oh please, oh please' they prayed to their crooked Pumpkin spirit 'anything, anyone but...' "Sally. I want the girl!"
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*hello~hello! I haven't sent this off to my editor yet, so this chapter is liable to change. It's darker than the previous part, and the plot develops! No more Jack and Sally fluff.sigh.Meet you behind the Cyclops's eye, and don't forget to review!*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^
The Boogieman's henchmen (and girl) were busy discovering the noisiest way to kill a bug. They were on firing a canon filled with cheese and empty mayonnaise jars towards the innocent insect when Jack approached them. "Jack! Jack!" they cried and tumbled tumultuously toward the skeleton. Jack laughed and gave them the bags.
"What is it! What is it!" Lock shrieked. Jack resisted the urge to cover his ears and forced a grin. "Open it and see" They all tore noisily into the paper covering and awed. Lock held her dark green gown to her shoulders and twirled around, and the others tore of their shirts and threw the handsome jackets over them. They all twirled around, delighted and utterly conceited about their appearances.
"Look at me!"
"Look at me!"
"Look at -me-!"
Jack clapped his hands in an appraising manner, causing them to stop twirling and sit, panting and happily out of breath. "You all look terrible! Take good care of those clothes and if they don't fit right, remember to take them to Sally!" Upon mention of his fiancée all three began making kissy noises. Jack rolled his eyes and continued on his way down the path, flapping a hand as a farewell.
Barrel kicked his heels together and ran madly in a semi circle, crowing about his booty-full suit. Shock stuck out a foot and he fell hard on the ground. Lock laughed hysterically and together they made their way down into their fortress, where Oogie Boogie's lair had once been. Dancing and laughing and snarling at each other, they whirled and pranced right past the gaping black mouth, that had been stuffed with Boogie's very own burlap sack being and then boarded with planks of wood when they heard of his demise. In their frolicking they didn't notice the board was gone.
When they got to the desired layer, they stripped off the rest of their costumes and donned their wedding apparel. Lock twirled in front of a cracked and dusty mirror, admiring the way the skirt spun out. They rarely got new clothes, so these were a treat, even for the boys.
"BOYS!" suddenly cried a deep, angry voice. They all stopped, dead still, and were afraid to even look at each other. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Shock spoke, his thin voice wavering as he did so. "We're playing! G'away!" The menacing voice did not get louder, but rather softer and more sinister ".what?" The trick-or-treaters clumped together, all attempting and failing miserably to hide underneath each other.
"My soldiers have been.unfaithful" hissed the voice, and their knees began knocking. "You're dead! Jack got rid of you! GO AWAY!" Oogie Boogie laughed maniacally. "Did you really think you could destroy the boogie man? I live in the dark places in human's souls! I'm indestructible!" His laughed crescdendoed until it was all they could hear, the horrible mocking sound. It surrounded them and melted the last of their wavering loyalty to Jack.
Sighing, Shock asked "What do you want?" To which the Boogey man replied. "To make Jack as miserable as he made me! I want." They all leaned forward in helpless, morbid anticipation, wearing clothes made by the skeleton man's love, invitations to their wedding on the dusty floor. Their candy- corn hearts trembled and they feared what he was going to say more than anything. 'Oh please, oh please' they prayed to their crooked Pumpkin spirit 'anything, anyone but...' "Sally. I want the girl!"