This is what popped into my head while listening to the NBC soundtrack; it's what would happen to my friends and I (with exaggerated personalities) if we were ^magically^ transported to Halloween Town. Anything corny or OOC is probably meant to be, after all, this is in the humor/parody section. But I'm sure ya'll were smart enough to figure that out on your own! ^_^ See if you can figure out which character is me…
It was storming that night, but had it not been the full moon would have been shining down. Empty Chinese take-out boxes littered the floor of the cluttered bedroom.
This was Regina's room and she and her friends Cari, Shannon, and Adria were having a sleep-over for Regina's fifteenth birthday, which just happened to be on October 30th.
One of Regina's many Danny Elfman CD's was playing in the background as the four lounged about.
"Hey, did you make your birthday wish yet, Regina?" Shannon asked, just to make conversation.
"Yeah, it might just come true!" Cari joked sarcastically.
"No, not yet," Regina replied, shaking her head.
A few more moments of silence passed.
"So… now what do you want to do?" Cari asked, playing with a pair of chopsticks.
"We could-," Adria started.
"Watch 'Nightmare Before Christmas'!" Regina interjected excitedly, tossing the container of egg foo young she'd been eating in her enthusiasm.
"Well, that isn't exactly what I was going to say…" Adria tried. But Regina already had the tape in the VCR (it rarely left) and was fast-forwarding through the previews.
"Do we really have to watch this again?" Cari whined.
"Yes!" Regina piped cheerfully.
"It's because of her 'thing' for Danny Elfman," Shannon explained with a sigh, sifting through the boxes for any more shrimp kow.
A series of sighs and eye rolls were immediately emitted by the three.
"Oh shut-up, it's starting," Regina said defensively. Rather reluctantly, the rest of them got set to watch.
"Man, this must be the twentieth time we've watched this!" Adria griped in a whisper to Shannon.
"It's her birthday, just humor her," Shannon said, though completely agreeing.
"'Twas a long time ago…" the narrator began.
"We should sing the first song!" Regina cried enthusiastically, jumping up again, this time spilling her fried rice.
All she got were groans and a pillow thrown at her. But as she sang, the air seemed to change somehow, though no one could figure out how. Something about it made them feel compelled to sing as Regina had suggested.
So, slowly, the other three joined in with Regina for "This is Halloween". They started to really get into it, and didn't notice the change in the air becoming even greater. And perhaps if they weren't so focused on the movie they would have noticed the peculiar sparkles beginning to float through the air.
Then, all of a sudden, the Grandfather clock downstairs started to strike the midnight hour. Jack had just jumped into the fountain, and the four friends were beginning to sing the 'la's' with gusto, along with the rest of Halloween Town.
The twelfth stroke of the clock landed just as the 'la's' were reaching their climax, and Jack was emerging from the fountain. Then, without warning, everything went black as pitch, and the four girls felt themselves falling, spiraling, spiraling…
Wahahahahahaha! I leave you in suspense! Now come on, a review takes so little effort; you know you want to! But not if you're going to tell me how much this sucks. I didn't force you to read it! However, constructive criticism is quite welcome. Thanks! ^_^