"How long have we been friends anyway?" Flikfreak flipped the Lock puppet in her furry fingers.
"4 years roughly," Charon fiddled with her Jack doll, making him stand in a triumphant pose. "To friendship, eh, Double F?"
"YEAH! To friendship!" She messed with her Sally doll, getting her into a identical pose to Jack.
"Hey, do you think Sally's arms and legs come off like in the movie?"
"I donno, let's try!" Flikfreak started to tug on Sally's leg.
"NO!"
Charon screamed and dropped Jack, who had given out a scream of fear.
Flikfreak stared, letting go of Sally's leg. Her eyes were wide open, and her pupils were barely visible. "C-c-charon? Did you do that?"
"Uh uh!" Charon could barely squeeze out the... "words".
"Oopsie," Jack mumbled. He spoke up. "Sally, she didn't hurt you, did she?"
"No."
"THE DOLLS ARE TALKING!" Charon screamed. "MOM!"
"We're home alone, Charon! What are we supposed to do?"
"Listen, we are not going to hurt you!" Jack yelled. He felt he had to yell, because (although they were young) they were still much bigger than him.
Double F looked like she was about to faint. Charon shivered. "They're smaller than us. They're smaller than us." She repeated.
"They're smaller than us. They're smaller than us." Flikfreak copied her friend of four years. "They're freakin' me OUT!"
"Hey, Shock, we're scary!" Lock yelled.
"Yeah! RAR!" Shock roared.
"I'M LEAVING!" Double F jumped up, about to run out of the nearest door.
Charon clamped a paw around around Double F's shirt collar. "Double F! They're puppets!" It seemed Charon was starting to come to her senses. "Let's just try to talk to them."
"BUT THEY'RE ALIVE! SORA WAS TEN TIMES SMALLER THAN THE TRICKMASTER AND HE FINISHED HIM OFF IN A FLASH!"
Charon rolled her eyes. "FlikFreak, get OUT of the Kingdom Hearts streak and PAY ATTENTION! They're PUPPETS, for goodness sake! Tell me one way they could hurt you!"
Flikfreak opened her mouth, but nothing came out. "Uh..."
"See?" Charon said. "They're harmless!"
Jack threw his face into the palm of his hand. "Ai-ya..."
Double F eyed Jack. "And just HOW did they come alive?" She muttered, daring not to talk to them directly.
"We've been alive!" Sally yelled in a spurt of anger.
"Okay, let's take some time to get to know them, and they should tell us something good." Charon shook Jack's hand with her finger. "How do you do, Mr. Skellington? My name is Charon Marie, and this is my friend, Gina Mustang. I call her Double F. Double F, say hello to Mr. Skellington."
"Uh... hello?"
"I have to say, Mr. Skellington, I have wanted to meet you ever since I was eight years old!" Charon smiled, showing her fangs.
"Please, Charon, call me Jack. No one's called me Mr. Skellington since the whole Christmas incident," Jack politely corrected.
"Uh...hello?" Double F scratched her head.
"I'm sorry, Flikfreak's never seen a doll that has a mind of its own." Charon patted Double F's shoulder. "It'll be okay. It's like 'The Indian in the Cupboard'."
"Uh...okay. I trust your judgement." Flikfreak hugged her friend. "Buddy!"
"You really like eachother, don't you?" Shock asked.
"You bet!" Double F switched her tail and snapped her wings. "We've been friends for so long!"
"We'd be nothin' without eachother! Girl Power!" Charon yelled. She snapped Double F's hand in her paw. "YEAH!"
"Now we start the song!" Flikfreak raised her hand. "Isn't it?"
"Yep, this is a musical," Charon nodded.
Charon: If I were a rich kid
(Holding a five dollar bill.)
Double F: With a million or two
Charon: I'd live in a penthouse
Double F: In a room with a view
(Double F: Panoramic, baby!)
Charon: And if I were handsome (it could happen)
Double F: 'Cause dreams do come true
(Jack: Don't I know it.)
Both: I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you
Wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have
Wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have
Wouldn't have nothin'
Charon: For years I have envied
Your grace and your charm
Everyone loves you (you know)
Double F: Yes, I know I know I know I know
Charon: But I must admit it
Big girl, you always come through
Both: I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you
Both: You and me, together
(Charon and Double F link arms.)
That's how it always should be
One without the other
Don't mean nothin' to me
Lock, Shock, and Barrel join in: Nothin' to me
(Double F: THE PUPPETS ARE SINGING!
Charon: They sing in the movie! Now on with the song!)
Double F: Yah I wouldn't be nothin'
If I didn't have you to serve
I'm just a punky little eyeball
(Charon: Eyeball?)
With a funky optic nerve
Hey I never told you this
But sometimes I get a little blue
(Charon: You're more of a yellow.)
Both: And I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you
Charon: Yes, I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you
Double F: I know what you mean, Charon, because-
Charon: I wouldn't know where to go
Double F: Me too! Cause I-
Charon: Wouldn't know what to do
Double F: Why do you keep singing my part?
Both: I don't have to say it
Double F: But I'll say it anyway
Both: Cause we both know it's true
Both: I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you
I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you
I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you
I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have yooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Double F: One more time!
Charon: It worked!
(Jack, Sally, Lock, Shock, and Barrel join in.)
Everyone: Don't have to say it!
Double F: Where'd everyone come from?
Everyone: Cause we both know it's true
Double F: Let's take home bone daddy!
Jack: I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you
Jack, Sally, Lock, Shock, and Barrel: Wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you
Everyone: Wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have
Double F: YOU!
YOU! YOU!
Jack: A-E-I-O
Sally: That's mean you, YEAH!
"That's the spirit!" Charon yelled. "WHOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"WHOOOOOOOOOOO!" Double F whooped.
"You're not too bad," Jack clapped his hands. "Very good singing!"
"Oh, thank you!" Double F spoke directly to Jack, lowering her face to his level. He gave her an affectionate pat on the nose, and she giggled.
"Charon, I'm home! Where are yo-"
Charon hugged her puppets and her friend in one grab. She heard a scream from her mother, which made her hold on tighter.
"MRS. MARIE! ARE YOU OKAY?" Double F screeched. He hopped up and got in a judo stance, ready to defend herself.
"CHARON! CHARON! COME HERE, IT'S TIM BURTON!"
"TIM BURTON IS HERE!" Charon pratically roared down the hall.
"YEAH! COME'ERE! COME'ERE! HURRY!"
"OH MY GO- Come on, guys! It's Tim Burton!" Charon and Double F hurriedly snatched the puppets and hurried to the living room.
Charon's mother stood next to the black haired Tim. Charon's mother stood tall, yet she was not skinny, like her daughter. She had deep red hair and a cheerful face. She wore a smart pair of khaki pants and a tomato red shirt.
Double F skidded to a stop on the kitchen linoleum, her paws making an eerie squeaking noise.
"Uh, Charon, Mrs. Marie, doesn't this seem a bit... odd?" She pawed the ground nervously, fingering Shock's hat in her fingers. "I mean, Tim Burton's a big time... what is he again?"
"Director producer and all around genius pretty much!" Charon smiled.
"What do you need, Mr. Burton?" Charon's mother twiddled her fingers, hardly able to contain her joy.
"All I need is to know the answer to three questions: Do you have a VCR? Does it work? And can I borrow it for a minute?"
"Yes, Yes, and Yes, Mr. Burton. Right this way." Charon's mother swiped her tail in her uphoria. Charon hugged Jack and Sally.
Tim Burton inserted the tape into the VCR and fast forwarded it to a part with Halloween Town. He turned to the puppets.
"Okay, now you can go home," Tim Burton told the group.
"Thank you, very much," Jack breathed. He walked up to the VCR, ushering everyone in front of him.
"Good bye, puppets!" Charon cried. "I'll miss you!"
"It's been fun, Jack- I mean Mr. Skellington!" Double F squealed.
The possee waved a final "Bye!" before Jack pressed the play button.
BAM!
Back in Halloween Town, Jack and Sally hugged eachother in joy. Lock, Shock, and Barrel joined hands and danced around in a circle.
"We're home! We're home! We're home!" they sung. "We're HOME!"
"I can't believe we're back, finally!" Sally cried happily.
"That was a strange experience," Jack whispered.
"It was like a dream!" Barrel grinned. "Can we do that again?"
Lock smacked Barrel with his mask.
DONE!
