Apologies for the long time between updates. Stupid school. Well, here's the next chapter! And I'll put a disclaimer at the end because I don't think I wrote one of those yet. Man, I always forget that. Stupid legalities. Anyway, story! Bon apetit!
~Chapter Four~
"I don't think that anyone else should know about you, at least not now," Jack told the four humans as they stealthily approached the town walls. "I just don't think they'd… understand. Now be quiet!"
The five moved semi-silently over the wall (which was not easy, let me tell you) and found themselves a few yards away from Jack's house.
"Stay here for now," he whispered. "I'll be back later." And he was gone.
Regina used all her will power to suppress the fangirl squeal building up inside her. The four slipped swiftly into the house, the door creaking loudly closed. They all held their breath, but no one was around to hear the screech.
"Wow, look at this you guys!" Regina ran into the house and up the stairs to the tower room.
"Oy, we'd better follow her," Shannon sighed.
They got upstairs to find Regina running around squealing (quietly) at every little thing she saw.
"Look, its Jack's table! Its Jack's books! Its Jack's dust bunny!"-gasp-"Its Jack's chair!" Slowly, she sat down in the electric chair, and was finally not being hyper… for now. "Hey, where's Zero's bed?"
"Okay, guys, we need to figure out a way to get out of here!" Shannon cried urgently.
"She's got a point. But I think first we need to figure out how we got here," Cari alleged.
"What's the last thing everyone remembers?" Adria asked. All four of them pondered for a moment.
"It was my birthday!" Regina cried.
"And we had Chinese food, I remember that," Adria said.
"Then Reggie made us watch that movie!" Cari cried, realization dawning.
"I hate it when you call me that," Regina hissed through clenched teeth. Cari smiled innocently.
"Guys, focus! Come on, now," Shannon tried to keep them all on track. "Okay, so we were watching the movie…"
"Regina made us all sing to the first song," Adria piped up.
"Then the clock started striking… midnight, I think it was," Cari recalled.
"It was storming, I wouldn't forget that!" Regina added.
"And there was a full moon!" Adria spoke up.
"So we were all singing a song from 'Nightmare Before Christmas' at midnight with a full moon during a thunderstorm?" Shannon asked, quirking a skeptical eyebrow.
"Yeah, that about sums it up," Regina said, the others nodding agreement.
"That doesn't seem too convenient to you?"
Regina, Cari, and Adria looked around at each other.
"No."
"Not really, no."
"Nope. Why? Does it seem too convenient to you?"
"Just asking," Shannon said, shaking her head slightly. "Hey, yeah, and weren't there sparkles? I think I remember those…"
"Sparkles? Come on man, that's a little far fetched," Cari scoffed.
"Yeah, that's taking it a little too far, my friend," Regina conceded.
"Okay…" Shannon said slowly, blinking.
"So, basically what we're saying here is that the 'magic of Tim Burton' combined with all the other stuff magically transported us here?" Cari asked acerbically, raising a mocking eyebrow.
"Ah, the Magic of Tim Burton, I know it well," Regina said, staring into space with a peculiar expression on her face.
"I'm not even going to ask…" Adria said as they all looked at Regina strangely.
"What?"
Collective head shakes from all.
"We still haven't figured out how to get out of here," Shannon reminded them. They sat pondering in thoughtful silence for several minutes.
"Hey, how about we try that thing from Beetlejuice! You know, how they had to say his name three times and he would come out of the little model and stuff, yeah?" Regina suggested enthusiastically. Then she remembered where she was and that she didn't want to go home. She sat back with a pouty expression on her face, wishing she hadn't said that.
"Oh come on, that's just a movie; it doesn't really work," Cari said derisively.
"The friggin' 'magic of Tim Burton' got us here; I think we should try and see if it will get us back!" Shannon shouted. All eyes turned to Regina.
"What?" she asked, faking obliviousness to the conversation.
"Well? Come on! See if it'll work!" Cari yelled, losing patience.
"No! I like it here! I don't want to leave!" Regina retorted, feeling obstinate.
"Gah!" Cari exclaimed, throwing her hands up in frustration.
"We're never getting out of here," Shannon muttered.
"Oh gosh, I'll do it!" Adria cried, although she didn't know why; this dream was amusing her endlessly. "Okay, so what do I say?"
"Regina?"
All eyes turned expectantly to the Tim Burton expert. She sighed sadly.
"You have to say 'home, home, home'; that's what they said to get out of the model," she replied flatly, wishing with all her heart it wouldn't work.
"Okay," Adria nodded with resolution and took a breath before going on.
They all watched her anxiously as she closed her eyes and said strongly, "Home, home, home!"
Nothing happened.
Okay, I know everyone has figured this out on their own but this is so that no one has the right to sue me. I don't own "Nightmare Before Christmas" or any affiliated media, but I do own all my original characters, namely Regina, Adria, Shannon, and Cari. I also do not own Tim Burton, as sad as that is, or the movie "Beetlejuice". Is that it? I think so. Anyway, don't sue me. Hopefully new chapter will be up much sooner than this last one! ^_^