DISCLAIMER: * starts crying * stop this madness! I admit it! The characters
are not mine! (EXCEPT MANDY, LILLIAN DEAD, AND SEVERED.)
-and thanx to all who reviewed!!!!!
"Yes! They're gone!" Mandy hopped onto her bed, smiling from ear to ear.
There was something controlling her by now, and she was already packing a
bag of things. She packed osme clothes, her diary, some other things which
she thought she might need. She zipped up the case and ran down the stairs,
and out the front door. She kept on running until she hit the graveyard and
thought, "Where am I going?" The whole town was empty, because they were
all in one building, except for Mandy. Even after all of this, however, she
still felt that empty place, so she kept running. She only slowed to a trot
when she found a gravestone, laying off to the side, and the grave open. It
was a strange thing to see in the middle of the night, so she neared it.
The ground gave way beneath her feet and she was falling inside!
Opening her eyes, after being so afraid, she realized she was in the middle of a street. Everything was different though! It was- it was- she froze. Oh no, it was the mortal world! She couldn't be seen there! Suddenly though, after just gazing once upon the place, she felt the empty hole filling up, the empty, lonely hole inside her.
Someone screamed and she hid behind a mailbox. People shouldn't see her!
Then there was screaming from within a house, and a person ran out, panting. The human took one look and Mandy, the skeleton, and fled even further down the street.
Then a little face peered out of the house, and a little person stepped onto the porch, with two devilish horns and a mask in front of his face. He slid down the railing and was cackling insanely. He appeared to be about Mandy's age. "That was great!" He looked at Mandy. "A skeleton? Are you following me! You followed me didn't you! All the way from Halloween Town!"
"no! I didn't follow you! I was just walking in the graveyard and I-I fell in this grave and I ended up here." She extended her hand to shake.
"Severed Lock." The boy replied, not returning the hand.
"I'm Mandy-"
"Wait!" The boy held up his hand, surveying her. "I know who you are.You're Jack Skellington's daughter aren't you?"
"Um, yeah."
The boy looked afraid now. "Ok." He pulled her off to the side of the road. "Don't tell him I was here, alright?"
"I won't. And you don't tell him that I was here."
"Ok. Good. Um, say, wanna help me scare people?"
"but it's not Halloween." Manyd replied.
"I know that, I'm just having a little fun."
"Won't we get in trouble?"
"Nah. Just follow my lead and you'll become a natural at scaring."
So she followed him, into houses, into closets, under people's beds, and to everywhere people think monsters exist.
It was well past midnight when Severed Lock finally led her home. "Nice to meet you." Mandy replied, running home.
.
As soon as she had climbed through her window, Mandy yawned and came down the stairs. "I heard talking, is everything alright? I must've fallen asleep while you two were gone! How was the meeting?"
She knew right away however, by the look on Jack Skellington's face, that she had been missed. She backed up a step and turned to go up the stairs when Jack finally said something. "Mandy, where were you!?"
"Here, the whole time." She lied. "Why?"
"No, Mandy, you were missing!"
"No, I was up in the attic."
Jack considered this for a moment. Mandy had recently been up in the attic a lot, and he hadn't checked there yet. Maybe she went up there, and fell asleep, and woke up just now, and came downstairs, remembering them. And Jack, after considering this, believed it.
Mandy felt bad, but felt that deep hole in here filling up.
.
Severed Lock was leaning against a tombstone again at midnight, the next night, suspecting that Mandy would return. He spotted her coming at exactly twelve and sighed. "You're late. You came at nine last time."
"I'm sorry."
"I was a little late myself though."
"Alright, let's get going then." Mandy replied, following him through the grave again. Then terrorized many different houses, less than the previous night however, because Mandy wanted to go home at about three in the morning.
"That was fun." Lock decided, flopping onto a tombstone in the Halloween Town graveyard.
"Wanna scare some more tomorrow night?"
"Yea-" he paused, "Maybe."
"What's wrong?"
"Tomorrow night's fine." Lock trailed off and yawned. "I'm kinda tired, and we do need a night to rest so we don't look so suspicious in the mornings."
"Good idea. So I'll meet you, night after tomorrow night."
"Great."
They waved and went back home.
Mandy crawled through her window and was never even suspected of sneaking out.
.
"Wow, Mandy's sure sleeping late today." Sally worried. "Do you think she's all right?"
"Hm." Jack was busy scanning the pages of his law book, so he had a weak reply.
"Jack?"
"Hm?"
Sally snatched the book away from him and took his reading glasses off. "Jack! I'm worried about our daughter!"
"What about her?" Jack asked, now attentive. "What's wrong with her?"
"Don't you think she's been acting- strange- lately?"
"Yes, but-" he shook his head. "Perhaps not."
"Well, I'm worried." Sally replied. Jack, deep down, was worried too.
Zero scrambled up on the sidewalk just then, and up onto the porch, barking loudly.
Jack opened the door and he scurried in, barking about what he had seen in the cemetery the night before, but Jack couldn't understand him. Zero finally, realizing defeat, fell asleep in front of the fire.
- I realize it's not a very exciting ending, but itll get better! Review please! Thank you!
Opening her eyes, after being so afraid, she realized she was in the middle of a street. Everything was different though! It was- it was- she froze. Oh no, it was the mortal world! She couldn't be seen there! Suddenly though, after just gazing once upon the place, she felt the empty hole filling up, the empty, lonely hole inside her.
Someone screamed and she hid behind a mailbox. People shouldn't see her!
Then there was screaming from within a house, and a person ran out, panting. The human took one look and Mandy, the skeleton, and fled even further down the street.
Then a little face peered out of the house, and a little person stepped onto the porch, with two devilish horns and a mask in front of his face. He slid down the railing and was cackling insanely. He appeared to be about Mandy's age. "That was great!" He looked at Mandy. "A skeleton? Are you following me! You followed me didn't you! All the way from Halloween Town!"
"no! I didn't follow you! I was just walking in the graveyard and I-I fell in this grave and I ended up here." She extended her hand to shake.
"Severed Lock." The boy replied, not returning the hand.
"I'm Mandy-"
"Wait!" The boy held up his hand, surveying her. "I know who you are.You're Jack Skellington's daughter aren't you?"
"Um, yeah."
The boy looked afraid now. "Ok." He pulled her off to the side of the road. "Don't tell him I was here, alright?"
"I won't. And you don't tell him that I was here."
"Ok. Good. Um, say, wanna help me scare people?"
"but it's not Halloween." Manyd replied.
"I know that, I'm just having a little fun."
"Won't we get in trouble?"
"Nah. Just follow my lead and you'll become a natural at scaring."
So she followed him, into houses, into closets, under people's beds, and to everywhere people think monsters exist.
It was well past midnight when Severed Lock finally led her home. "Nice to meet you." Mandy replied, running home.
.
As soon as she had climbed through her window, Mandy yawned and came down the stairs. "I heard talking, is everything alright? I must've fallen asleep while you two were gone! How was the meeting?"
She knew right away however, by the look on Jack Skellington's face, that she had been missed. She backed up a step and turned to go up the stairs when Jack finally said something. "Mandy, where were you!?"
"Here, the whole time." She lied. "Why?"
"No, Mandy, you were missing!"
"No, I was up in the attic."
Jack considered this for a moment. Mandy had recently been up in the attic a lot, and he hadn't checked there yet. Maybe she went up there, and fell asleep, and woke up just now, and came downstairs, remembering them. And Jack, after considering this, believed it.
Mandy felt bad, but felt that deep hole in here filling up.
.
Severed Lock was leaning against a tombstone again at midnight, the next night, suspecting that Mandy would return. He spotted her coming at exactly twelve and sighed. "You're late. You came at nine last time."
"I'm sorry."
"I was a little late myself though."
"Alright, let's get going then." Mandy replied, following him through the grave again. Then terrorized many different houses, less than the previous night however, because Mandy wanted to go home at about three in the morning.
"That was fun." Lock decided, flopping onto a tombstone in the Halloween Town graveyard.
"Wanna scare some more tomorrow night?"
"Yea-" he paused, "Maybe."
"What's wrong?"
"Tomorrow night's fine." Lock trailed off and yawned. "I'm kinda tired, and we do need a night to rest so we don't look so suspicious in the mornings."
"Good idea. So I'll meet you, night after tomorrow night."
"Great."
They waved and went back home.
Mandy crawled through her window and was never even suspected of sneaking out.
.
"Wow, Mandy's sure sleeping late today." Sally worried. "Do you think she's all right?"
"Hm." Jack was busy scanning the pages of his law book, so he had a weak reply.
"Jack?"
"Hm?"
Sally snatched the book away from him and took his reading glasses off. "Jack! I'm worried about our daughter!"
"What about her?" Jack asked, now attentive. "What's wrong with her?"
"Don't you think she's been acting- strange- lately?"
"Yes, but-" he shook his head. "Perhaps not."
"Well, I'm worried." Sally replied. Jack, deep down, was worried too.
Zero scrambled up on the sidewalk just then, and up onto the porch, barking loudly.
Jack opened the door and he scurried in, barking about what he had seen in the cemetery the night before, but Jack couldn't understand him. Zero finally, realizing defeat, fell asleep in front of the fire.
- I realize it's not a very exciting ending, but itll get better! Review please! Thank you!