Well, I bet you all thought I died ;-) Well I did! I'm now kicking back in
Halloween town with Jack and the gang. But don't worry! I'll still keep
going with my story :O) Sorry for the messedupness of the last chapter
too...X__X. This chapter will mostly revolve around Jack and Friends
(Sally, Barrel, and Shock) but don't worry, Lock will come in to the
chapter too. Sorry if this turns out a bit short, and if it doesn't really
go anywhere...I just really needed an in between chapter
Jack paced in his room, pondering over the many thoughts plaguing his mind. The Halloween celebration was coming up all too soon, and he was simply not up to it. It wasn't that he was once again not into the whole spirit of the holiday, he was simply too tired.
"Perhaps This celebration will do me some good. No matter how I feel, Halloween is the one think that can bring me out this funk, I know it will...but I'm still concerned about Lock. Was it wise of me to leave him in the mortal realm?" Jack asked looking up at Sally who was sitting on his bed with a concerned look on her face.
"Oh Jack, You worry too much, I'm sure everything will be fine." Sally said warmly, in hopes to comfort Jack.
Suddenly there was a soft knock at the door. Jack and sally looked up to see Barrel come in, followed by Shock.
"Jack, we're bored! Can't we go home? We want to get ready for Halloween! It's not fair, if we don't get ready, we'll just have to be spectators again. Oogie Boogie would never let us be in it. He always had us off doing other sorts of things..." Shock trailed off.
Jack gave a stern look at the two before him. "Now you know what--"
Sally cut him off before he could finish. "Jack," She began, taking his hands in hers. "I don't think any harm will come of them being in the celebration, why don't you give them a part?"
Jack sighed, "Alright...I suppose I can fit you in somewhere. But if you don't behave, I will take it away from you. And don't even think of going back out to find lock or I can assure you, I wont even let you *see* another Halloween for a *long* time."
Shock and Barrel cringed at the thought of that.
"Don't worry Jack, you can trust us!" Barrel said defensively.
"Yes you can trust us!" Shock agreed.
Jack just turned Sally, "Some how that didn't make me feel any better." then turned to Shock and Barrel. "Alright, so I will write you in to performance, but I will now ask you to go back to your rooms." He finished, as Barrel started to leave the room, followed by Shock, who were both grinning to each other. "Hold on a second, not your tree house rooms."
"Argh! But you said--" Barrel began.
"Oh Jack, just let them go, besides it will finally give us some time alone. Plus you need as much time as you time as you can to prepare for the celebration." Sally pleaded.
Jack couldn't help but give into his beloved Sally, if she felt it was right, he figured it must be ok.
"Alright, you two may go, but heed my warnings!" Jack said sternly.
Shock and Barrel's faces lit up at the news. They were so eager to get out of Skellington manor, they raced out of the room without another word.
"Jack why are you so hard on them? I know they can be a bit...much at times, but why must you be so cold?" Sally inquired, her eyes were lively and bright. Jack couldn't help but wonder how her out look on so many things were so positive.
"Sally, I used to have trust in them, but they really betrayed me for that no good Oogie Boogie. You saw how they just sat and watched you being held captive, laughing like it was all one big joke. I heard them chanting in glee 'Pile of dust pile of dust! Skeleton Jack is a pile of dust!' when the mayor was making his rounds announcing it. Sally...I just can't trust them anymore."
"Jack, why don't I let you get back to your work, I think I'm going to have a little talk with Shock and Barrel." She shyly gave Jack a kiss on the cheek and left the room.
Jack brought his hand up to the spot the kiss landed and smiled. He wondered where her undying faith in people had come from. Even with all the mishaps and sorrow he had caused all the children, she still stuck with him. His thoughts just left him standing with a goofy smile, "She's one of a kind." He said, speaking to only the empty room before him.
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The walk to catch up with Shock and Barrel was short. She called their names upon seeing them, trying to get them to wait.
"Shock, Barrel can I talk to you?" Sally asked.
"I guess so." Replied Barrel bluntly. "But can it wait until we get back to the tree house?"
Sally smiled and nodded, Shock and Barrel lead the way, as she just slowly followed.
Sally had never really been inside the tree house before, only the chambers below. The inside was littered with various implements of torturer and other rather random items. She made sure to be careful when she walked to not trip over anything.
Shock's head them popped up from behind some wooden boxes looking at Sarah questioningly. "So why did you come here?"
"Well...I was just wondering, why Oogie Boogie? Why did you chose to side with him?" Sally asked, and then paused for a second as if she was thinking. "And there's another thing, you have been around longer then I have, and yet you're still so young looking. Why is this?"
Shock shot a look at Sally, "Why wouldn't I want to side with Oogie Boogie? Being bad is just so much fun." She replied simply. "Right Barrel?" Shock said hopping over the boxes to the ground right before Sally stood. Barrel swung down a chain from the ceiling.
"Besides, Oogie told us he was the real brains behind the town. And we believed him. I don't know why, but he seemed that we were the ones he wanted, and no one else." Barrel added, dropping next to Shock. "But on the matter of where we come from, I don't think that's any busyness of yours..."
The fact that they were being so could to the question, made Sally's lust to know even stronger. "I just need to know one thing...Why was it you could just sit back, and watch Oogie Boogie try to kill me and Sandy Claws?"
The look on Shock's face remained unchanged, but her tone seemed to change a bit, as if it became colder. "That's just the way things work around here...I Just didn't know how else to think...It was like my mind got clouded over, and it just seemed ok."
'Oogie Boogie must have done that to them...but how was he able to have such power?' Sally thought, looking at Shock who was leaving the room. "Shock! Wait, why are you always so cold to me?"
"Its not you sally, its just your so close to Jack, I mean even having you here is dangerous, we cant have you running back to him and telling him all about our secret plans and stuff--" But before shock could finish, Barrel clobbered her over the head with his mask.
"Shock! She isn't even supposed to know we have secret plans!" Barrel shouted, hitting her hat off.
"Oh why you little--" Shock began as she pounced on Barrel, "You know I don't like my hat taken off ever!"
Sally watched the two fight somewhat in awe. 'How do things so petty set them off like that?' she thought to herself.
"Ahem...Um guys?" Sally Said quietly, in attempts to calm the two. They continued to fight despite the efforts of Sally.
Sally took the hint and decided to go, her presence had not been welcome even before she arrived, so she didn't want to push it. She slowly walked over to the birdcage elevator but heard voices upon reaching the hall.
"Sarah, we have to be quiet! If Jack finds out I brought you here, he would kill me." Lock said, as they entered the elevator. It slowly ascended up to the main hall, making a rather unpleasant grinding sound.
Lock was facing away from Sally when the cage reached the top, but Sarah caught sight of her. She jumped upon seeing the living rag doll. But she couldn't help but think, there was something unnervingly pleasant about her. Lock caught Sarah's gaze and turned around, to face a frowning Sally.
"Lock! How could you bring her here! What were you thinking?" Sally said in slight anger. "You can't just bring a Human girl into this place! Oh no...What will Jack say?"
"Wait! Sally don't Tell Jack!" Lock pleaded running over Sally.
Sally could see the desperation in his eyes. "Oh Lock, I know how it feels to not be able to be with a loved one...But I don't know if I can go against Jack's trust like this...I'm sorry Lock." With that, Sally Got in the elevator, and road out of sight
A/N: Ick, sorry for the crappy chapter...so very very sorry. Ill try to make up for it in the next one. Please forgive me again for this chapter...My Muse decided to go on vacation *dies*
Jack paced in his room, pondering over the many thoughts plaguing his mind. The Halloween celebration was coming up all too soon, and he was simply not up to it. It wasn't that he was once again not into the whole spirit of the holiday, he was simply too tired.
"Perhaps This celebration will do me some good. No matter how I feel, Halloween is the one think that can bring me out this funk, I know it will...but I'm still concerned about Lock. Was it wise of me to leave him in the mortal realm?" Jack asked looking up at Sally who was sitting on his bed with a concerned look on her face.
"Oh Jack, You worry too much, I'm sure everything will be fine." Sally said warmly, in hopes to comfort Jack.
Suddenly there was a soft knock at the door. Jack and sally looked up to see Barrel come in, followed by Shock.
"Jack, we're bored! Can't we go home? We want to get ready for Halloween! It's not fair, if we don't get ready, we'll just have to be spectators again. Oogie Boogie would never let us be in it. He always had us off doing other sorts of things..." Shock trailed off.
Jack gave a stern look at the two before him. "Now you know what--"
Sally cut him off before he could finish. "Jack," She began, taking his hands in hers. "I don't think any harm will come of them being in the celebration, why don't you give them a part?"
Jack sighed, "Alright...I suppose I can fit you in somewhere. But if you don't behave, I will take it away from you. And don't even think of going back out to find lock or I can assure you, I wont even let you *see* another Halloween for a *long* time."
Shock and Barrel cringed at the thought of that.
"Don't worry Jack, you can trust us!" Barrel said defensively.
"Yes you can trust us!" Shock agreed.
Jack just turned Sally, "Some how that didn't make me feel any better." then turned to Shock and Barrel. "Alright, so I will write you in to performance, but I will now ask you to go back to your rooms." He finished, as Barrel started to leave the room, followed by Shock, who were both grinning to each other. "Hold on a second, not your tree house rooms."
"Argh! But you said--" Barrel began.
"Oh Jack, just let them go, besides it will finally give us some time alone. Plus you need as much time as you time as you can to prepare for the celebration." Sally pleaded.
Jack couldn't help but give into his beloved Sally, if she felt it was right, he figured it must be ok.
"Alright, you two may go, but heed my warnings!" Jack said sternly.
Shock and Barrel's faces lit up at the news. They were so eager to get out of Skellington manor, they raced out of the room without another word.
"Jack why are you so hard on them? I know they can be a bit...much at times, but why must you be so cold?" Sally inquired, her eyes were lively and bright. Jack couldn't help but wonder how her out look on so many things were so positive.
"Sally, I used to have trust in them, but they really betrayed me for that no good Oogie Boogie. You saw how they just sat and watched you being held captive, laughing like it was all one big joke. I heard them chanting in glee 'Pile of dust pile of dust! Skeleton Jack is a pile of dust!' when the mayor was making his rounds announcing it. Sally...I just can't trust them anymore."
"Jack, why don't I let you get back to your work, I think I'm going to have a little talk with Shock and Barrel." She shyly gave Jack a kiss on the cheek and left the room.
Jack brought his hand up to the spot the kiss landed and smiled. He wondered where her undying faith in people had come from. Even with all the mishaps and sorrow he had caused all the children, she still stuck with him. His thoughts just left him standing with a goofy smile, "She's one of a kind." He said, speaking to only the empty room before him.
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The walk to catch up with Shock and Barrel was short. She called their names upon seeing them, trying to get them to wait.
"Shock, Barrel can I talk to you?" Sally asked.
"I guess so." Replied Barrel bluntly. "But can it wait until we get back to the tree house?"
Sally smiled and nodded, Shock and Barrel lead the way, as she just slowly followed.
Sally had never really been inside the tree house before, only the chambers below. The inside was littered with various implements of torturer and other rather random items. She made sure to be careful when she walked to not trip over anything.
Shock's head them popped up from behind some wooden boxes looking at Sarah questioningly. "So why did you come here?"
"Well...I was just wondering, why Oogie Boogie? Why did you chose to side with him?" Sally asked, and then paused for a second as if she was thinking. "And there's another thing, you have been around longer then I have, and yet you're still so young looking. Why is this?"
Shock shot a look at Sally, "Why wouldn't I want to side with Oogie Boogie? Being bad is just so much fun." She replied simply. "Right Barrel?" Shock said hopping over the boxes to the ground right before Sally stood. Barrel swung down a chain from the ceiling.
"Besides, Oogie told us he was the real brains behind the town. And we believed him. I don't know why, but he seemed that we were the ones he wanted, and no one else." Barrel added, dropping next to Shock. "But on the matter of where we come from, I don't think that's any busyness of yours..."
The fact that they were being so could to the question, made Sally's lust to know even stronger. "I just need to know one thing...Why was it you could just sit back, and watch Oogie Boogie try to kill me and Sandy Claws?"
The look on Shock's face remained unchanged, but her tone seemed to change a bit, as if it became colder. "That's just the way things work around here...I Just didn't know how else to think...It was like my mind got clouded over, and it just seemed ok."
'Oogie Boogie must have done that to them...but how was he able to have such power?' Sally thought, looking at Shock who was leaving the room. "Shock! Wait, why are you always so cold to me?"
"Its not you sally, its just your so close to Jack, I mean even having you here is dangerous, we cant have you running back to him and telling him all about our secret plans and stuff--" But before shock could finish, Barrel clobbered her over the head with his mask.
"Shock! She isn't even supposed to know we have secret plans!" Barrel shouted, hitting her hat off.
"Oh why you little--" Shock began as she pounced on Barrel, "You know I don't like my hat taken off ever!"
Sally watched the two fight somewhat in awe. 'How do things so petty set them off like that?' she thought to herself.
"Ahem...Um guys?" Sally Said quietly, in attempts to calm the two. They continued to fight despite the efforts of Sally.
Sally took the hint and decided to go, her presence had not been welcome even before she arrived, so she didn't want to push it. She slowly walked over to the birdcage elevator but heard voices upon reaching the hall.
"Sarah, we have to be quiet! If Jack finds out I brought you here, he would kill me." Lock said, as they entered the elevator. It slowly ascended up to the main hall, making a rather unpleasant grinding sound.
Lock was facing away from Sally when the cage reached the top, but Sarah caught sight of her. She jumped upon seeing the living rag doll. But she couldn't help but think, there was something unnervingly pleasant about her. Lock caught Sarah's gaze and turned around, to face a frowning Sally.
"Lock! How could you bring her here! What were you thinking?" Sally said in slight anger. "You can't just bring a Human girl into this place! Oh no...What will Jack say?"
"Wait! Sally don't Tell Jack!" Lock pleaded running over Sally.
Sally could see the desperation in his eyes. "Oh Lock, I know how it feels to not be able to be with a loved one...But I don't know if I can go against Jack's trust like this...I'm sorry Lock." With that, Sally Got in the elevator, and road out of sight
A/N: Ick, sorry for the crappy chapter...so very very sorry. Ill try to make up for it in the next one. Please forgive me again for this chapter...My Muse decided to go on vacation *dies*