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~*Chapter 4*~
Sally sat in her little room on her bed. She laid on the pillow of her bed with a little book in hand. Zero slept at her feet at the end of the bed, his little jack-o-lantern nose glowing. Sally sighed. She had changed since she stumbled into Halloween Town with Zero. Her pale skin was now light blue, with black stitches holding her body together. Her long red hair was still there, but it didn't feel as soft as it did back home. Her eyes were large, but somewhat haunting, yet plain. Her outfit had changed, too. Instead of her pretty black and gray dress, she now wore a horribly sewn-together dress made with rags that had been shredded somewhat. These changes made Sally upset, but she knew she was still her. Also, the fact that her father wanted her dead upset her, but she was living with seven trick-or-treaters. She tried to forget about all those other things happening to her.
Cheery music came from outside Sally's door. She heard giggles and footsteps dancing in circles. She walked out of her room and took a peek at where the sounds were coming from.
In the little play room of the tree house, the seven children were dancing with each other to happy music. They were clapping their hands, jumping in the air, and making up silly lyrics to the songs.
"What's going on, guys?" Sally asked. The seven trick-or-treaters turned towards Sally with big smiles on their faces.
"We're dancing!" Suzie announced. "Do you want to join us?"
"Oh, I'm not a very good dancer." Sally said.
"I can't dance at all." Jake said. He was sitting on the floor and pointing to his legs. "You should be thankful you can at all!"
"Yes, yes, Jake." Joseph shut him up. "We all know."
"Come on, Sally!" Seritta begged. "Please?"
"Please, Sally?" Shock chimed in, making her voice sound sweet and innocent.
Sally shuffled her feet as her cheeks turned light pink.
"You shouldn't be embarrassed." Lock said, almost reading her thoughts. "It's fun!"
"Yeah!" Barrel agreed. "I'm a klutz, and I dance and sing anyway!" Barrel began jumping in a circle only to trip on a loose floor board and come crashing down. The room was silent, but then, Barrel lifted his little head and smiled at Sally. "See? I'm okay!" he reassured. "So dance with us!"
The seven kids clasped their hands together and brought them up to Sally's face.
"Oh," Sally began. "Okay."
The seven kids cheered as Seritta turned the music back on. Suzie and Shock began dancing in the middle of a circle made by the other five kids and Sally. They jumped up, and clapped, and then moved their hips next to each other. Sally caught a quick site of Lock almost drooling on the floor over Shock. She giggled to herself and left the devil boy to his thoughts. Sally smiled as the song ended and the two girls bowed to their audience.
"You go next, Sally!" Suzie exclaimed.
"If you guys really want me to," Sally said, giving in. Sally stood in the middle of the circle. A few seconds passed, and then another song came up.
"Dance, Sally!" Jake commanded. "Dance!"
Sally was hesitant, but then she started moving her little feet and arms, getting the beat of the catchy song. The seven kids cheered in delight as Sally started moving her entire body from side to side. The song was short, so it ended soon. Sally stepped out of the circle and looked down at the smiling kids.
"That was great, Sally!" Joseph rewarded. "I thought you said you couldn't dance well!"
"I thought I couldn't." Sally said. "But if you guys liked it,"
"We loved it!" Seritta and Shock said at the same time.
"You've got to dance for us more often!" Barrel exclaimed. "You're so good at it!"
Meanwhile, Dr. Finkelstein was getting a funny feeling.
"Something isn't right." He said. He wheeled himself to his magic 8 ball. He eyed it for a moment, then grabbed it and shook it. "Magic 8 ball," he began. "Is that daughter of mine alive?" The ball bubbled, and showed,
"Yes."
Dr. Finkelstein threw the ball across the room in a rage, leaving a dent in the wall. He was angry.
"That's it!" he screamed. "That good-for-nothing (Kingdom Hearts joke) Mayor didn't kill Sally! He must've gotten her out of here!" He gasped. "That's why no blood was shed! And that's why he said he got rid of the body and evidence! It was so that I would think he really killed Sally! Oh, if you want anything done right, you've got to do it yourself!"
With that, Dr. Finkelstein wheeled himself over to his experiment desk where he took a simple brush, and covered it some sort of glittery powder.
"That should do it." He said. He wheeled himself out of his house and into the woods, following the signs that said that Sally had been there. He eventually came upon the door in the tree.
"She must've gone in there." He said. He opened up the door with the brush in hand, and the dust and fog brought him in.
Back at the tree house, the seven trick-or-treaters were getting ready to go on a candy hunt.
"We usually don't stay out very long on candy hunts like this." Lock explained. "This is just to see if any candy was left over from Halloween. We won't be gone for long."
"We promise." Seritta finished up. She put Jake on her bony shoulders and headed for the door. Joseph and Suzie followed her with a large sack, and Lock, Shock, and Barrel followed them with two.
"Bye, guys." Sally called.
"Bye!" the seven kids said, and they ran off to the streets of Halloween Town. Sally walked to her room and yawned. She was ready to go to sleep when she looked in the mirror. Her hair was a little tangled.
"That must've happened when I was dancing with the kids." She said. She saw little brush that Dr. Finkelstein had secretly slipped in her room while she wasn't looking.
"That looks a lot like my brush back home." She observed. "Ah, it must be Seritta's or Suzie's. I can't imagine Shock owning a hair brush. Well, I'm sure they won't mind." Sally grabbed the brush and stroked it through a part of her hair. The second she did, she collapsed into a deep sleep.
A little while later, the seven trick-or-treaters came back from their candy hunt.
"That stupid mummy and corpse child must've gotten the last of the good candy." Shock announced, her voice filled with annoyance.
"I'll say." Lock agreed. "Since when did we only find two lollipops and a squished chocolate bar on a candy hunt?"
"Maybe Sally will make us something special for dinner." Suzie suggested. "I mean, since this is such a bad haul. Hey, where is Sally anyway?"
The six other trick-or-treaters stopped in realization and exchanged worried looks. Seritta let Jake off her shoulders and cracked the door to Sally's room open. No sooner had she done that, she screamed.
"What is it?" Jake asked.
"Sally!" Seritta screamed. "Oh my God! Guys! I think Sally's dead!"
"What?!" the six other kids screamed together. Barrel picked Jake up as everybody ran into her room to see what Seritta was talking about. Sure enough, there was Sally, on the floor with the brush still in her hair. The seven kids huddled together around her.
"Sally," Joseph whispered, and he gently took the brush out of Sally's hair. Sally's eyes opened half way as the seven trick-or-treaters around her gasped in relief.
"Oh my God, Sally!" Shock shrieked. "You're alive!"
"Barely." Sally said. "I remember coming in here to take a nap, combing my hair, and then, darkness. Oh man, I feel like I've been hit by a truck."
"Someone bad must've plotted this!" Jake announced. "Who could do something so horrible?"
"What if-you know," Suzie hinted. "What if Sally's dad came here?"
"That's not possible!" Seritta argued. "Is it?"
"I'm afraid it's possible, dear." Sally said regretfully. "He could've followed me here when he found out that I wasn't dead. He's sneaky like that. Oh, I can't believe this is my dad, the man that was so nice to me after my mom died. Now, he wants me dead!" Sally lowered her head. "This is not the Papa I know." She finished, and a single tear rolled down her stitched cheek. The seven trick-or-treaters huddled closer together.
"Don't worry, Sally." Jake said. "We'll take care of you."
Lock brought his head up to Sally's ear and whispered, "And I'll see to it that your dream comes true."
~*End of Chapter Four*~
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~*Chapter 4*~
Sally sat in her little room on her bed. She laid on the pillow of her bed with a little book in hand. Zero slept at her feet at the end of the bed, his little jack-o-lantern nose glowing. Sally sighed. She had changed since she stumbled into Halloween Town with Zero. Her pale skin was now light blue, with black stitches holding her body together. Her long red hair was still there, but it didn't feel as soft as it did back home. Her eyes were large, but somewhat haunting, yet plain. Her outfit had changed, too. Instead of her pretty black and gray dress, she now wore a horribly sewn-together dress made with rags that had been shredded somewhat. These changes made Sally upset, but she knew she was still her. Also, the fact that her father wanted her dead upset her, but she was living with seven trick-or-treaters. She tried to forget about all those other things happening to her.
Cheery music came from outside Sally's door. She heard giggles and footsteps dancing in circles. She walked out of her room and took a peek at where the sounds were coming from.
In the little play room of the tree house, the seven children were dancing with each other to happy music. They were clapping their hands, jumping in the air, and making up silly lyrics to the songs.
"What's going on, guys?" Sally asked. The seven trick-or-treaters turned towards Sally with big smiles on their faces.
"We're dancing!" Suzie announced. "Do you want to join us?"
"Oh, I'm not a very good dancer." Sally said.
"I can't dance at all." Jake said. He was sitting on the floor and pointing to his legs. "You should be thankful you can at all!"
"Yes, yes, Jake." Joseph shut him up. "We all know."
"Come on, Sally!" Seritta begged. "Please?"
"Please, Sally?" Shock chimed in, making her voice sound sweet and innocent.
Sally shuffled her feet as her cheeks turned light pink.
"You shouldn't be embarrassed." Lock said, almost reading her thoughts. "It's fun!"
"Yeah!" Barrel agreed. "I'm a klutz, and I dance and sing anyway!" Barrel began jumping in a circle only to trip on a loose floor board and come crashing down. The room was silent, but then, Barrel lifted his little head and smiled at Sally. "See? I'm okay!" he reassured. "So dance with us!"
The seven kids clasped their hands together and brought them up to Sally's face.
"Oh," Sally began. "Okay."
The seven kids cheered as Seritta turned the music back on. Suzie and Shock began dancing in the middle of a circle made by the other five kids and Sally. They jumped up, and clapped, and then moved their hips next to each other. Sally caught a quick site of Lock almost drooling on the floor over Shock. She giggled to herself and left the devil boy to his thoughts. Sally smiled as the song ended and the two girls bowed to their audience.
"You go next, Sally!" Suzie exclaimed.
"If you guys really want me to," Sally said, giving in. Sally stood in the middle of the circle. A few seconds passed, and then another song came up.
"Dance, Sally!" Jake commanded. "Dance!"
Sally was hesitant, but then she started moving her little feet and arms, getting the beat of the catchy song. The seven kids cheered in delight as Sally started moving her entire body from side to side. The song was short, so it ended soon. Sally stepped out of the circle and looked down at the smiling kids.
"That was great, Sally!" Joseph rewarded. "I thought you said you couldn't dance well!"
"I thought I couldn't." Sally said. "But if you guys liked it,"
"We loved it!" Seritta and Shock said at the same time.
"You've got to dance for us more often!" Barrel exclaimed. "You're so good at it!"
Meanwhile, Dr. Finkelstein was getting a funny feeling.
"Something isn't right." He said. He wheeled himself to his magic 8 ball. He eyed it for a moment, then grabbed it and shook it. "Magic 8 ball," he began. "Is that daughter of mine alive?" The ball bubbled, and showed,
"Yes."
Dr. Finkelstein threw the ball across the room in a rage, leaving a dent in the wall. He was angry.
"That's it!" he screamed. "That good-for-nothing (Kingdom Hearts joke) Mayor didn't kill Sally! He must've gotten her out of here!" He gasped. "That's why no blood was shed! And that's why he said he got rid of the body and evidence! It was so that I would think he really killed Sally! Oh, if you want anything done right, you've got to do it yourself!"
With that, Dr. Finkelstein wheeled himself over to his experiment desk where he took a simple brush, and covered it some sort of glittery powder.
"That should do it." He said. He wheeled himself out of his house and into the woods, following the signs that said that Sally had been there. He eventually came upon the door in the tree.
"She must've gone in there." He said. He opened up the door with the brush in hand, and the dust and fog brought him in.
Back at the tree house, the seven trick-or-treaters were getting ready to go on a candy hunt.
"We usually don't stay out very long on candy hunts like this." Lock explained. "This is just to see if any candy was left over from Halloween. We won't be gone for long."
"We promise." Seritta finished up. She put Jake on her bony shoulders and headed for the door. Joseph and Suzie followed her with a large sack, and Lock, Shock, and Barrel followed them with two.
"Bye, guys." Sally called.
"Bye!" the seven kids said, and they ran off to the streets of Halloween Town. Sally walked to her room and yawned. She was ready to go to sleep when she looked in the mirror. Her hair was a little tangled.
"That must've happened when I was dancing with the kids." She said. She saw little brush that Dr. Finkelstein had secretly slipped in her room while she wasn't looking.
"That looks a lot like my brush back home." She observed. "Ah, it must be Seritta's or Suzie's. I can't imagine Shock owning a hair brush. Well, I'm sure they won't mind." Sally grabbed the brush and stroked it through a part of her hair. The second she did, she collapsed into a deep sleep.
A little while later, the seven trick-or-treaters came back from their candy hunt.
"That stupid mummy and corpse child must've gotten the last of the good candy." Shock announced, her voice filled with annoyance.
"I'll say." Lock agreed. "Since when did we only find two lollipops and a squished chocolate bar on a candy hunt?"
"Maybe Sally will make us something special for dinner." Suzie suggested. "I mean, since this is such a bad haul. Hey, where is Sally anyway?"
The six other trick-or-treaters stopped in realization and exchanged worried looks. Seritta let Jake off her shoulders and cracked the door to Sally's room open. No sooner had she done that, she screamed.
"What is it?" Jake asked.
"Sally!" Seritta screamed. "Oh my God! Guys! I think Sally's dead!"
"What?!" the six other kids screamed together. Barrel picked Jake up as everybody ran into her room to see what Seritta was talking about. Sure enough, there was Sally, on the floor with the brush still in her hair. The seven kids huddled together around her.
"Sally," Joseph whispered, and he gently took the brush out of Sally's hair. Sally's eyes opened half way as the seven trick-or-treaters around her gasped in relief.
"Oh my God, Sally!" Shock shrieked. "You're alive!"
"Barely." Sally said. "I remember coming in here to take a nap, combing my hair, and then, darkness. Oh man, I feel like I've been hit by a truck."
"Someone bad must've plotted this!" Jake announced. "Who could do something so horrible?"
"What if-you know," Suzie hinted. "What if Sally's dad came here?"
"That's not possible!" Seritta argued. "Is it?"
"I'm afraid it's possible, dear." Sally said regretfully. "He could've followed me here when he found out that I wasn't dead. He's sneaky like that. Oh, I can't believe this is my dad, the man that was so nice to me after my mom died. Now, he wants me dead!" Sally lowered her head. "This is not the Papa I know." She finished, and a single tear rolled down her stitched cheek. The seven trick-or-treaters huddled closer together.
"Don't worry, Sally." Jake said. "We'll take care of you."
Lock brought his head up to Sally's ear and whispered, "And I'll see to it that your dream comes true."
~*End of Chapter Four*~