Hey! ^__^ I'm so glad I got some one to volunteer for fan art of my story!
Nightmare1 You rock! I await your lovely drawing! *sob* no matter how hard
I try...I just can't draw Lock... I have tried so many times...but it just
won't work. You know what I have noticed as I have been typing my
story...have you really stopped to think of Lock's voice, when he was being
nice and stuff. And when he was alive... ^^; interesting stuff... oh I'm
sorry for the last chapter... I just read over it, and I realized how
horrible corny it was....totemo sorry!
Sarah Stared blankly at the strange kids before her. The rebalance in of the boy to her brother was uncanny. He just looked back at her with the same dead stare.
'I gotta get out of here' Sarah thought to herself. 'I though this was a bad enough neighborhood with just the gangs, but if there are little kids running around with canons, god I just don't know what to think...and to top it all off, This kid looks like Lock...god I must be having a mental breakdown.'
Sarah turned to the trio to give her thanks. "Um...Thank you for helping me. I should be going now, uh...see you around." Sarah said, with no intention to really see them again. With that she began to walk off.
"Well that was rude!" Shock began, "We just came all that way to be brushed off like dirt! Lock, go after her!" She gave Lock a nudge.
"Fine!" He replied sharply. "Just don't push me so hard."
"Hey Sarah! Wait up!" he called, trying to catch up, but was not doing to good of a job. Sarah abruptly turned back around.
"Wait, how do you know my name kid?" She said in a puzzled voice, placing her hands on her hips.
"What do you mean? How would I not know you?" He said in response with the same puzzled tone.
"Look, you seem like a nice kid, and I'm thankful for you saving me, but frankly, you and your friends there are just creepy, and I just want to go home."
Sarah knew what he was getting at, but Sarah knew better then to fall for stupid things like that. She figured that she would be better of playing dumb, and just go home. She couldn't think of any one who would want to play a sick joke on her such as this, but she kept her defenses up just the same. She decided just to go.
"Lock, let her go, she's obviously really out of it. Plus...I'm no spring daisy my self...can we please just get some rest?" Shock said sleepily, grabbing Lock's tail as he was walking away.
"Ow! Hey my tail! That hurt!" Lock yelled with a scowl. "Alright we can wait until morning to talk to her again. So come one we need to stay close." With that, they all hopped into the tub.
"Wait...where is Barrel?" Shock asked, but her question was soon answered as a loud snore came from the back of the tub. Barrel was sound asleep; his head was resting on his mask.
"Alright, let's go." Lock said, smacking the side of their tub, making it start to walk forward into the night.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Upon arriving at her dorm, Sarah trust herself on her bed. The calming walk she had gone out for had turned into a frightful experience. Any chance she had to get any sleep were now gone. The fact that she just could have died was now sinking in. She was just thankful it wasn't a school night.
By the time Sarah got to her home, the sun was slowly coming up over the horizon. Hungry and eager to get her thoughts of the events just past, she decided to go out for breakfast. As soon as she walked out her door, she saw Lock, Shock, and Barrel sitting in the tub looking at her.
"Oh come on! First I got mugged, now I have a bunch of what...13 year old stalkers? This is *so* not my week" Sarah said irritably, taking out her car keys.
"Wait Sarah!" Lock pleaded. "Look, will you just let me talk to you? I have come a long way, and I don't want to just be blown off."
"Fine, but I'm going against all my better judgment on this one. You two, stay in this...tub thing..." Sarah said pointing to Barrel and Shock. "You," She said pointing to Lock, "Get inside the house."
"Wait a minuet! Lock isn't going anywhere without us!" Barrel said defensively.
"Yeah!" Added Shock. "I think we have a right to be there as much as him!"
"Ok...you guys, drop the act! I know this dude isn't really Lock!" Her eyes started to burn as hot tears were coming up. "I don't know who the hell sent you to do this to me, but it's not funny! Now get in the house and tell me who sent you!" she pointed angrily toward the door of her dorm.
'Man, Sarah had really changed...but not that I haven't either...' Lock thought, glancing down at his tail. The four of them slowly walked inside.
"Ok you guys can just sit on the couch there." Sarah said gesturing to the large leather sofa against the wall. Sarah sat in a chair adjacent to them. Her eyes were stuck gazing into Lock's, the boy did really look like him.
"Right, now what one of you is going to tell me what's going on?" Sarah inquired. "Who set you up to do this?"
"Why do you think this is a joke Sarah? It's me...Lock." Lock said in a pleading voice, but was equally annoyed at the same time.
"Ok, Right...let's just pretend for a second you are Lock...He Died 15 years ago, how would you be back?" Sarah said in a semi sarcastic tone.
"I have spent the last 15 years in Halloween Town--" Lock began but was cut off by Sarah.
"Ok...Halloween town? Is that the best you could come up with! It's the most unoriginal name I have ever heard." Sarah said rolling her eyes.
"Would you let me finish please?" Lock said irritated.
"Hey, let's just cut to the chase, if you're not going to drop the charade, tell me something that only the real Lock would know." Sarah said eager find out who was behind it all.
Lock looked puzzled; he wasn't sure what to say exactly. He franticly searched his brain for something that would convince his sister of his identity. He looked at Sarah who was smiling, thinking she stumped him, and he would drop the act and tell her what she wanted to know. Suddenly he thought of what to say.
"One night...we were outside looking at the stars, and a shooting star went by...you made a wish too, but you said you couldn't tell me what it was...because if you did, it wouldn't come true." Lock was quite pleased with himself for thinking up such a dramatic moment in their lives.
The look on Sarah's face quickly turned from annoyance, to that of pure shock.
"I have never told any one about that before..." She trailed off. Her bright blue eyes almost seemed almost dull at the moment. "But I mean...you couldn't be Lock...could you?"
Suddenly there was a soft knock at the door. Sarah couldn't even imagine who it was, but she slowly walked to the door. When she opened it, what she saw made her scream. Standing before her was none other than Jack Skellington. Lock Shock and barrel peeked over the top of the couch, and jumped at the sight of Jack.
"Excuse me, you must be Sarah right? My name is Jack Skellington." Jack said in the most polite voice he could muster, extending his hand for a handshake. Sarah just screamed again, and ran into the living room.
Jack looked over to the sofa and saw Lock Shock and Barrel peeking over and gave them a stern look. They all quickly sank down out of sight.
Lock turned to his sister who was attempting to call 911. He quickly pulled the phone jack out of the wall. "Sara! Calm down...it's just Jack!" Lock said trying to calm Sarah down a bit so he could explain what was going on.
Jack had let himself in and shut the door behind him. He quickly came into the living room.
"I'm sorry miss; I didn't mean to frighten you." Jack apologized.
"W-wait...how do you know Lock?" Sarah said in disbelief. She still was nearly paralyzed with shock over the fact that her dead brother and an enormously tall skeleton was in her room.
"Well...it is a rather long story...why don't you sit and I'll explain it all." Jack said to Sarah, who in return slowly sat on the couch with Lock, Shock, and Barrel. Her eyes were wide, and she refused to take them off the skeleton before her. Quickly she leaned over to her brother "Hey Lock...are you sure he won't eat my brains or something?" Lock just laughed, and shook his head no. "Ok..." Sarah said, still not taking her eyes off Jack.
"Right," Jack said clearing his throat. "Like I said this is a long story so just sit tight..." with that Jack began telling Sarah about Lock.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Well...that's about it." Jack said looking at Sarah, who seemed to have relaxed slightly.
"I swear to god I'm going to be in a nut house before I finish collage... I have a skeleton and my dead brother in my living room. And they are telling me that Santa is behind all this...I just really need some water...will you excuse me?" Sarah said getting up and going into the kitchen.
Jack looked over to Lock, Shock and Barrel. He crossed his arms and gave them a stern look that lasted a few seconds until he finally spoke. "Do you know what you three have put me through? The Halloween celebration is less then a month away! That is stressful enough without you guys running amuck in the mortal world, and having me what kind of havoc you could be spreading!"
"What's a matter Jack...don't you trust us?" Barrel said in a sarcastic voice flashing a wicked grin at Jack.
"No I don't, and it's exactly that kind of attitude that makes me feel that way!" Jack Shouted. "That is why I have come to take you three back home. I can not have you here by your selves! Now I know I told Sandy Claws I would stay out of this, but it would be irresponsible of me to just let you be here unsupervised! Besides, this human is practically having a mental breakdown!" Jack said pointing to Sarah, who was just slowly coming out if the kitchen. But upon seeing Jack point to her, she made a sort of squeaking sound and went back into the other room.
The faces on Lock Shock and Barrel quickly jumped from smug to horrified. They all started to speak at the same time very fast.
"But Jack! We just got here!"
"You can't do this!"
"You're such a big meany!"
"Don't make us go Jack!"
"You just think you're so big now that Oogie Boogie's gone!"
"Hey settle down! Listen to me!" Jack Tried to calm them down a bit, but their ranting continued.
"I'm not going back!"
"Come oooooon!"
Seeing no other alternative, Jack breathed deep. He suddenly let out a loud terrifying scream so loud the windows rattled. That got them to stop.
From the kitchen, a sound of a glass being dropped could be heard. Terrified, Sarah looked out into the living room where Jack stood. Mustering up as much courage as she could, she approached him.
"Ok...well I think that you should let Lock stay...er that is, I think I can keep an eye on him...he is my brother after all..." She spoke in a timid voice.
Jack sighed, "Alright...but under one condition! These two," Pointing to Shock and Barrel, "have to go back home."
Shock and Barrel looked angry with Jack. "Come on Jack!" Barrel Started, but though better of arguing with him again.
"But I want my friends to stay!" Lock whined, putting a fake sad face on.
"There are no exceptions, I just *can't* let all three of you stay unsupervised. That terrible Oogie Boogie has poisoned your minds! So I can't be too careful about where you can be alone." Jack explained.
The trio just looked at each other. The thought of separating was one of the most painful things for them to do. They always seemed to be fighting as if the couldn't stand each other, but really they had a close bond that was imposable to break with petty fights.
"Hey wait a minute! What makes you think you could keep us from just sneaking off again?" Shock asked in her shrill high-pitched snotty voice. She was getting rather irritated with Jack.
"Well Shock, You two will stay with Sally until further notice." Jack said with a smile.
"Oh come on Jack! Not Sally! She's so..." Barrel trailed off, shuddering.
Sarah looks confused, she leaned over to Lock. "Hey Lock...Who's Sally? Is she really terrifying or something? Your friend really seems like he doesn't want to be near her."
Lock just laughed, "No...She just so nice...she practically smothers you! Plus..." Lock added, "She is Jack's *girl friend*"
Sarah found it the thought of a skeleton dating extremely comical.
"Ok, lets just rap things up here... I still have a lot to prepare for the Halloween celebration." Jack said sternly.
"Fine..." Shock said angrily.
"Alright, let's go then." Jack said leading Barrel and shock out the door. They slowly turned around to wave good bye to their friend Lock. They knew they would see him again soon, but it was still hard.
A/N: Yes! My longest chapter ever! Although it still doesn't seem long ;-) MAKE SURE TO REVIEW!! HEHEHEH I ONLY GOT ONE FOR MY LAST CHAPTER...MADE ME SAD...Er sorry about that little outburst ^^; well...hope to get a review! I'll update soon ^o^
Sarah Stared blankly at the strange kids before her. The rebalance in of the boy to her brother was uncanny. He just looked back at her with the same dead stare.
'I gotta get out of here' Sarah thought to herself. 'I though this was a bad enough neighborhood with just the gangs, but if there are little kids running around with canons, god I just don't know what to think...and to top it all off, This kid looks like Lock...god I must be having a mental breakdown.'
Sarah turned to the trio to give her thanks. "Um...Thank you for helping me. I should be going now, uh...see you around." Sarah said, with no intention to really see them again. With that she began to walk off.
"Well that was rude!" Shock began, "We just came all that way to be brushed off like dirt! Lock, go after her!" She gave Lock a nudge.
"Fine!" He replied sharply. "Just don't push me so hard."
"Hey Sarah! Wait up!" he called, trying to catch up, but was not doing to good of a job. Sarah abruptly turned back around.
"Wait, how do you know my name kid?" She said in a puzzled voice, placing her hands on her hips.
"What do you mean? How would I not know you?" He said in response with the same puzzled tone.
"Look, you seem like a nice kid, and I'm thankful for you saving me, but frankly, you and your friends there are just creepy, and I just want to go home."
Sarah knew what he was getting at, but Sarah knew better then to fall for stupid things like that. She figured that she would be better of playing dumb, and just go home. She couldn't think of any one who would want to play a sick joke on her such as this, but she kept her defenses up just the same. She decided just to go.
"Lock, let her go, she's obviously really out of it. Plus...I'm no spring daisy my self...can we please just get some rest?" Shock said sleepily, grabbing Lock's tail as he was walking away.
"Ow! Hey my tail! That hurt!" Lock yelled with a scowl. "Alright we can wait until morning to talk to her again. So come one we need to stay close." With that, they all hopped into the tub.
"Wait...where is Barrel?" Shock asked, but her question was soon answered as a loud snore came from the back of the tub. Barrel was sound asleep; his head was resting on his mask.
"Alright, let's go." Lock said, smacking the side of their tub, making it start to walk forward into the night.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Upon arriving at her dorm, Sarah trust herself on her bed. The calming walk she had gone out for had turned into a frightful experience. Any chance she had to get any sleep were now gone. The fact that she just could have died was now sinking in. She was just thankful it wasn't a school night.
By the time Sarah got to her home, the sun was slowly coming up over the horizon. Hungry and eager to get her thoughts of the events just past, she decided to go out for breakfast. As soon as she walked out her door, she saw Lock, Shock, and Barrel sitting in the tub looking at her.
"Oh come on! First I got mugged, now I have a bunch of what...13 year old stalkers? This is *so* not my week" Sarah said irritably, taking out her car keys.
"Wait Sarah!" Lock pleaded. "Look, will you just let me talk to you? I have come a long way, and I don't want to just be blown off."
"Fine, but I'm going against all my better judgment on this one. You two, stay in this...tub thing..." Sarah said pointing to Barrel and Shock. "You," She said pointing to Lock, "Get inside the house."
"Wait a minuet! Lock isn't going anywhere without us!" Barrel said defensively.
"Yeah!" Added Shock. "I think we have a right to be there as much as him!"
"Ok...you guys, drop the act! I know this dude isn't really Lock!" Her eyes started to burn as hot tears were coming up. "I don't know who the hell sent you to do this to me, but it's not funny! Now get in the house and tell me who sent you!" she pointed angrily toward the door of her dorm.
'Man, Sarah had really changed...but not that I haven't either...' Lock thought, glancing down at his tail. The four of them slowly walked inside.
"Ok you guys can just sit on the couch there." Sarah said gesturing to the large leather sofa against the wall. Sarah sat in a chair adjacent to them. Her eyes were stuck gazing into Lock's, the boy did really look like him.
"Right, now what one of you is going to tell me what's going on?" Sarah inquired. "Who set you up to do this?"
"Why do you think this is a joke Sarah? It's me...Lock." Lock said in a pleading voice, but was equally annoyed at the same time.
"Ok, Right...let's just pretend for a second you are Lock...He Died 15 years ago, how would you be back?" Sarah said in a semi sarcastic tone.
"I have spent the last 15 years in Halloween Town--" Lock began but was cut off by Sarah.
"Ok...Halloween town? Is that the best you could come up with! It's the most unoriginal name I have ever heard." Sarah said rolling her eyes.
"Would you let me finish please?" Lock said irritated.
"Hey, let's just cut to the chase, if you're not going to drop the charade, tell me something that only the real Lock would know." Sarah said eager find out who was behind it all.
Lock looked puzzled; he wasn't sure what to say exactly. He franticly searched his brain for something that would convince his sister of his identity. He looked at Sarah who was smiling, thinking she stumped him, and he would drop the act and tell her what she wanted to know. Suddenly he thought of what to say.
"One night...we were outside looking at the stars, and a shooting star went by...you made a wish too, but you said you couldn't tell me what it was...because if you did, it wouldn't come true." Lock was quite pleased with himself for thinking up such a dramatic moment in their lives.
The look on Sarah's face quickly turned from annoyance, to that of pure shock.
"I have never told any one about that before..." She trailed off. Her bright blue eyes almost seemed almost dull at the moment. "But I mean...you couldn't be Lock...could you?"
Suddenly there was a soft knock at the door. Sarah couldn't even imagine who it was, but she slowly walked to the door. When she opened it, what she saw made her scream. Standing before her was none other than Jack Skellington. Lock Shock and barrel peeked over the top of the couch, and jumped at the sight of Jack.
"Excuse me, you must be Sarah right? My name is Jack Skellington." Jack said in the most polite voice he could muster, extending his hand for a handshake. Sarah just screamed again, and ran into the living room.
Jack looked over to the sofa and saw Lock Shock and Barrel peeking over and gave them a stern look. They all quickly sank down out of sight.
Lock turned to his sister who was attempting to call 911. He quickly pulled the phone jack out of the wall. "Sara! Calm down...it's just Jack!" Lock said trying to calm Sarah down a bit so he could explain what was going on.
Jack had let himself in and shut the door behind him. He quickly came into the living room.
"I'm sorry miss; I didn't mean to frighten you." Jack apologized.
"W-wait...how do you know Lock?" Sarah said in disbelief. She still was nearly paralyzed with shock over the fact that her dead brother and an enormously tall skeleton was in her room.
"Well...it is a rather long story...why don't you sit and I'll explain it all." Jack said to Sarah, who in return slowly sat on the couch with Lock, Shock, and Barrel. Her eyes were wide, and she refused to take them off the skeleton before her. Quickly she leaned over to her brother "Hey Lock...are you sure he won't eat my brains or something?" Lock just laughed, and shook his head no. "Ok..." Sarah said, still not taking her eyes off Jack.
"Right," Jack said clearing his throat. "Like I said this is a long story so just sit tight..." with that Jack began telling Sarah about Lock.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Well...that's about it." Jack said looking at Sarah, who seemed to have relaxed slightly.
"I swear to god I'm going to be in a nut house before I finish collage... I have a skeleton and my dead brother in my living room. And they are telling me that Santa is behind all this...I just really need some water...will you excuse me?" Sarah said getting up and going into the kitchen.
Jack looked over to Lock, Shock and Barrel. He crossed his arms and gave them a stern look that lasted a few seconds until he finally spoke. "Do you know what you three have put me through? The Halloween celebration is less then a month away! That is stressful enough without you guys running amuck in the mortal world, and having me what kind of havoc you could be spreading!"
"What's a matter Jack...don't you trust us?" Barrel said in a sarcastic voice flashing a wicked grin at Jack.
"No I don't, and it's exactly that kind of attitude that makes me feel that way!" Jack Shouted. "That is why I have come to take you three back home. I can not have you here by your selves! Now I know I told Sandy Claws I would stay out of this, but it would be irresponsible of me to just let you be here unsupervised! Besides, this human is practically having a mental breakdown!" Jack said pointing to Sarah, who was just slowly coming out if the kitchen. But upon seeing Jack point to her, she made a sort of squeaking sound and went back into the other room.
The faces on Lock Shock and Barrel quickly jumped from smug to horrified. They all started to speak at the same time very fast.
"But Jack! We just got here!"
"You can't do this!"
"You're such a big meany!"
"Don't make us go Jack!"
"You just think you're so big now that Oogie Boogie's gone!"
"Hey settle down! Listen to me!" Jack Tried to calm them down a bit, but their ranting continued.
"I'm not going back!"
"Come oooooon!"
Seeing no other alternative, Jack breathed deep. He suddenly let out a loud terrifying scream so loud the windows rattled. That got them to stop.
From the kitchen, a sound of a glass being dropped could be heard. Terrified, Sarah looked out into the living room where Jack stood. Mustering up as much courage as she could, she approached him.
"Ok...well I think that you should let Lock stay...er that is, I think I can keep an eye on him...he is my brother after all..." She spoke in a timid voice.
Jack sighed, "Alright...but under one condition! These two," Pointing to Shock and Barrel, "have to go back home."
Shock and Barrel looked angry with Jack. "Come on Jack!" Barrel Started, but though better of arguing with him again.
"But I want my friends to stay!" Lock whined, putting a fake sad face on.
"There are no exceptions, I just *can't* let all three of you stay unsupervised. That terrible Oogie Boogie has poisoned your minds! So I can't be too careful about where you can be alone." Jack explained.
The trio just looked at each other. The thought of separating was one of the most painful things for them to do. They always seemed to be fighting as if the couldn't stand each other, but really they had a close bond that was imposable to break with petty fights.
"Hey wait a minute! What makes you think you could keep us from just sneaking off again?" Shock asked in her shrill high-pitched snotty voice. She was getting rather irritated with Jack.
"Well Shock, You two will stay with Sally until further notice." Jack said with a smile.
"Oh come on Jack! Not Sally! She's so..." Barrel trailed off, shuddering.
Sarah looks confused, she leaned over to Lock. "Hey Lock...Who's Sally? Is she really terrifying or something? Your friend really seems like he doesn't want to be near her."
Lock just laughed, "No...She just so nice...she practically smothers you! Plus..." Lock added, "She is Jack's *girl friend*"
Sarah found it the thought of a skeleton dating extremely comical.
"Ok, lets just rap things up here... I still have a lot to prepare for the Halloween celebration." Jack said sternly.
"Fine..." Shock said angrily.
"Alright, let's go then." Jack said leading Barrel and shock out the door. They slowly turned around to wave good bye to their friend Lock. They knew they would see him again soon, but it was still hard.
A/N: Yes! My longest chapter ever! Although it still doesn't seem long ;-) MAKE SURE TO REVIEW!! HEHEHEH I ONLY GOT ONE FOR MY LAST CHAPTER...MADE ME SAD...Er sorry about that little outburst ^^; well...hope to get a review! I'll update soon ^o^