Disclaimer: I only own Mandy Skellington, Severed Lock and Lillian Dead.
Everyone else is not mine.
*here it is!
It wasn't too long ago, but long enough to be forgotten, since what I am about to tell you took place. By now, it has been a while, but back then it was the present.
Jack Skellington was a tall, slender skeleton, with the title 'the pumpkin king.' Don't tell me you haven't heard of Jack Skellington? He's only the bravest skeleton in Halloween Town.
What's Halloween Town? * sighs * do I have to tell you everything? Ok, it's the place that we get Halloween from. It's a holiday town. Just see the movie or read the poem, ok? Because this memory is slipping away real fast, so I'd better tell it quickly.
Let me just get to it.
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"What am I doing here in this town anyway?" Mandy Skellington asked Lillian Dead, who was in Mandy's room, by climbing through a window.
"Let's see." Lillian giggled. "Why would you ask me something stupid like that?" She finished pulling herself through the window and fell onto the floor with a thump.
Mandy wiped the tears from her eyes. "I feel something- something- I- I just don't feel like I belong here."
"Why are you crying?" Lillian asked gently, sitting by her bed now comfortingly. "You look like you belong here to me."
"Not looks Lils. I have the looks to be here, I just don't have the- the mind. I feel- DIFFERENT."
"Nothing to cry about. I'm different too." Lillian picked up the glass of water by Mandy's bed and handed it to her. "You know, being stuck up in one house for a while can be a problem in its own. Why don't you come outside anymore?"
Mandy turned away and pretended not to hear the question.
"Mandy?"
Mandy was now deep in thought. Lillian Dead was her best friend, and always had been, but something was changing inside herself, that Lillian would never understand. It was a lonely feeling; it was a deep longing for something she knew she never could reach. She didn't even know what she wanted.
"Feeling alright?" Lillian waved her hand in her face. "Hello?"
"I'm here." Mandy muttered.
"You sure don't sound like it."
"That's because I don't-"
There was a sharp tapping at the door. "Mandy." Jack Skellington called.
"Get out!" Mandy hissed to Lillian, who quickly went to hide in the closet. "Come in daddy!"
"Hey sweetie-" he paused when he saw the hidden tears in Mandy's eyes. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"You look like you've been crying."
"I was reading a sad book."
Jack looked at her suspiciously before changing the subject. "Dinner."
"Time already?"
"Yes. We're eating early because there's a town meeting."
"Town meeting?" Lillian stumbled out of the closet. "My parents are probably looking for me then!" She headed toward the window. "Bye Mandy! Sorry Mr. Skellignton!" She slipped out and slid down the pipe.
Jack looked puzzled for a minute before shaking his head and looking back at his daughter. "Come on." He took her hand and led her down to the dining table, sill confused as to why she was so depressed looking.
"Um.I was wondering, if there's a way I could.um.NOT go to the town meeting tonight?" Mandy asked.
Jack sighed. They had been through this too many times. "Mandy-"
"I always sit through something not worth wasting my time for!" she complained. "Please don't make me go again!"
"Mandy-!"
"You can't force me!"
The pumpkin king sighed. His whole family had to show up. They always looked up to his family. "I'm sorry Mandy. We've all got to go."
"UGH. You never understand." She started to get up but Jack stopped her.
"This isn't about the meeting is it Mandy?" he asked delicately.
Mandy shook her head furiously. "Of course it's about the meeting! Just let me stay home! Just this once!"
Jack never thought of himself leaving his daughter home alone, even though she was around 13. Now he was getting frustrated, and hoping that his daughter would give in before him.
"no Mandy, and that's final."
Sally nodded. "I agree with your father Mandy."
"You always agree with him. Don't you have your own opinion?" Mandy demanded.
"Mandy, why are you acting this way?"
Mandy wasn't acting that way just to stay home from a meeting. She was planning on somehing bigger than that.
"Because you two never let me do ANYTHING!"
Jack shook his head. "I'm not changing my answer."
They had to let her stay home.Just this once! She was thinking hard now, and finally decided on, "You can't make me go with you!"
"Mandy," Jack ordered, "I want you upstairs, right now!"
"I'm not moving from this spot until-"
"Mandy!"
"Fine, I'm going." She sighed. Defeat came to her much too often. It ruined everything! Why did Jack Skellington have to ruin EVERYTHING!? She slammed her door and flopped down on her bed, in tears again. There was something out there, something she was missing! And she was stuck in a house with the pumpkin king! It was too much for her, and Jack.
.
"Jack, why don't you just let her stay home." Sally whispered.
"Sally, I don't want her home-"
"She's thirteen."
"I don't care!" Jack snapped. "Why would she want to stay home anyway?"
Sally was thoughtful for a moment. "Because the meetings ARE boring."
"Alright, but just this once!" Jack replied. He walked up the stairs and knocked on Mandy's door. "Mandy!"
"Go away." Mandy whispered.
Jack opened the door. "I've changed my mind."
"Really? You have?" Mandy's face brightened as she hugged him. "I knew you would!"
But even as Jack and Sally stepped into the car, Jack was feeling that he had made the wrong decision. "Yes! They're gone!" Mandy hopped onto her bed, smiling from ear to ear.
It wasn't too long ago, but long enough to be forgotten, since what I am about to tell you took place. By now, it has been a while, but back then it was the present.
Jack Skellington was a tall, slender skeleton, with the title 'the pumpkin king.' Don't tell me you haven't heard of Jack Skellington? He's only the bravest skeleton in Halloween Town.
What's Halloween Town? * sighs * do I have to tell you everything? Ok, it's the place that we get Halloween from. It's a holiday town. Just see the movie or read the poem, ok? Because this memory is slipping away real fast, so I'd better tell it quickly.
Let me just get to it.
-
"What am I doing here in this town anyway?" Mandy Skellington asked Lillian Dead, who was in Mandy's room, by climbing through a window.
"Let's see." Lillian giggled. "Why would you ask me something stupid like that?" She finished pulling herself through the window and fell onto the floor with a thump.
Mandy wiped the tears from her eyes. "I feel something- something- I- I just don't feel like I belong here."
"Why are you crying?" Lillian asked gently, sitting by her bed now comfortingly. "You look like you belong here to me."
"Not looks Lils. I have the looks to be here, I just don't have the- the mind. I feel- DIFFERENT."
"Nothing to cry about. I'm different too." Lillian picked up the glass of water by Mandy's bed and handed it to her. "You know, being stuck up in one house for a while can be a problem in its own. Why don't you come outside anymore?"
Mandy turned away and pretended not to hear the question.
"Mandy?"
Mandy was now deep in thought. Lillian Dead was her best friend, and always had been, but something was changing inside herself, that Lillian would never understand. It was a lonely feeling; it was a deep longing for something she knew she never could reach. She didn't even know what she wanted.
"Feeling alright?" Lillian waved her hand in her face. "Hello?"
"I'm here." Mandy muttered.
"You sure don't sound like it."
"That's because I don't-"
There was a sharp tapping at the door. "Mandy." Jack Skellington called.
"Get out!" Mandy hissed to Lillian, who quickly went to hide in the closet. "Come in daddy!"
"Hey sweetie-" he paused when he saw the hidden tears in Mandy's eyes. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"You look like you've been crying."
"I was reading a sad book."
Jack looked at her suspiciously before changing the subject. "Dinner."
"Time already?"
"Yes. We're eating early because there's a town meeting."
"Town meeting?" Lillian stumbled out of the closet. "My parents are probably looking for me then!" She headed toward the window. "Bye Mandy! Sorry Mr. Skellignton!" She slipped out and slid down the pipe.
Jack looked puzzled for a minute before shaking his head and looking back at his daughter. "Come on." He took her hand and led her down to the dining table, sill confused as to why she was so depressed looking.
"Um.I was wondering, if there's a way I could.um.NOT go to the town meeting tonight?" Mandy asked.
Jack sighed. They had been through this too many times. "Mandy-"
"I always sit through something not worth wasting my time for!" she complained. "Please don't make me go again!"
"Mandy-!"
"You can't force me!"
The pumpkin king sighed. His whole family had to show up. They always looked up to his family. "I'm sorry Mandy. We've all got to go."
"UGH. You never understand." She started to get up but Jack stopped her.
"This isn't about the meeting is it Mandy?" he asked delicately.
Mandy shook her head furiously. "Of course it's about the meeting! Just let me stay home! Just this once!"
Jack never thought of himself leaving his daughter home alone, even though she was around 13. Now he was getting frustrated, and hoping that his daughter would give in before him.
"no Mandy, and that's final."
Sally nodded. "I agree with your father Mandy."
"You always agree with him. Don't you have your own opinion?" Mandy demanded.
"Mandy, why are you acting this way?"
Mandy wasn't acting that way just to stay home from a meeting. She was planning on somehing bigger than that.
"Because you two never let me do ANYTHING!"
Jack shook his head. "I'm not changing my answer."
They had to let her stay home.Just this once! She was thinking hard now, and finally decided on, "You can't make me go with you!"
"Mandy," Jack ordered, "I want you upstairs, right now!"
"I'm not moving from this spot until-"
"Mandy!"
"Fine, I'm going." She sighed. Defeat came to her much too often. It ruined everything! Why did Jack Skellington have to ruin EVERYTHING!? She slammed her door and flopped down on her bed, in tears again. There was something out there, something she was missing! And she was stuck in a house with the pumpkin king! It was too much for her, and Jack.
.
"Jack, why don't you just let her stay home." Sally whispered.
"Sally, I don't want her home-"
"She's thirteen."
"I don't care!" Jack snapped. "Why would she want to stay home anyway?"
Sally was thoughtful for a moment. "Because the meetings ARE boring."
"Alright, but just this once!" Jack replied. He walked up the stairs and knocked on Mandy's door. "Mandy!"
"Go away." Mandy whispered.
Jack opened the door. "I've changed my mind."
"Really? You have?" Mandy's face brightened as she hugged him. "I knew you would!"
But even as Jack and Sally stepped into the car, Jack was feeling that he had made the wrong decision. "Yes! They're gone!" Mandy hopped onto her bed, smiling from ear to ear.