Hello all! We are BACK! So you had better be ready for the worst writing
you have ever seen in your entire life.
Cat: Hey, we're not THAT bad . . .
Kate: Actually . . . yes, you are.
Denra:* pout* oh thanks! LOTS of love in _this _room.
K: I mean, the story line is a little . . . odd.
C: Hey! Shut up! If the story line is odd, then we're odd! And since we're odd then you're odd, because we made you and in the process of making you, we have certain privileges and rights to you that appertain in making you and in your creation.
D&K: *blink* *blinkblink*
C: Shut up! *pout* It made sense in my head . . .
ANYWAY!!!! On with the story!
Disclaimer: We do NOT own NBC or anything appertaining to its creation. But we have Jack locked away in our closet and we are NOT letting him go.
Continue.
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Chapter 3
Kate glanced around frantically. Great, not only had she brought a HUMAN into Halloween town, breaking one of the BIGGEST rules in the book, but now she had lost him. Jumping down from the fountain's edge, she searched around desperately with her eyes, all the while thanking the creatures that congratulated her on her "spectacular performance".
'Alright,' she thought, while scanning the top of the crowd, 'Where did you go?' She finally spotted a blob of flesh stumbling down the way to one of the smaller alleyways. A sigh escaped her mouth as she made to intercept him before he got himself, and her, into any more trouble.
"Princess! Kate!"
Before the teen could so much as move an inch, the Mayor cut her off.
"You did a wonderful job tonight! You're a true credit to the name of Skellington! I bet your father is so proud! Where is he anyhow? I'll go and get him, you stay right here!" He said, cheerfully bouncing away, finally giving Kate enough room to see through the crowd again. The Mayor's annoying little hat had gotten in the way of her sight for a second, but she didn't think that would be a big prob-
Kate hurriedly looked around again, horror stricken.
She had lost the human.
Again!
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The human teen stumbled blindly through, what he perceived, to be the streets. Suddenly a thought hit him, why not turn the mask _around_?
'You're REALLY on top of things, aren't you?' he remarked to himself as he turned the mask around with his hands so that he could see the one-way eyehole. Finally being able to see, he still managed to collide with three small children. Two boys and a girl; the girl had on a witch costume and a tall hat, while the boys were dressed as a little devil and a skeleton.
"Oh, I'm sorry." He said to the children, then remembered that he wasn't supposed to talk to anyone. But then again, they were only children . . .
"Watch where you're going." The devil threatened.
"Sorry," he repeated, then got an idea, "Hey, do you know where- ohh, what's her name? She said her name, what the heck was it . . . well, she's tall, red hair, skeleton face- you know where she is?"
The children blinked at him from behind their masks.
"You mean Kate?" the little skeleton prompted, earning a sharp poke in the ribs from the witch.
"Yeah, her!" the human agreed, relieved.
Three sly grins appeared on the trick-or-treaters faces.
"Sure!" said the witch.
"We know where she is!" agreed the skeleton.
"But not just anyone can see her . . . who are you?"
The human hesitated, then replied, "Blob."
"Lock!"
"Shock!"
"And Barrel!" the devil, witch and skeleton said in order.
Shock grinned, "Do you want directions?"
He nodded.
"Well," Lock started, "You can go through the gate-"
"Past the Cemetery." Interjected Barrel.
"Through the thorn patch." Added Shock.
"Over the hill!"
"Around the bend!"
"Past the swamp!"
"Across the bridge-!"
"Whoa, whoa!" the human said, stopping them, "That's too complicated!"
Evil grins decorated their features.
"Then let us show you!" they cried in unison, stuffing him in an oversized candy bag.
"Ahhh!' He cried, trying to get free to no avail. "Let me out!"
Kate dropped down in their path as they made their way to the streets.
"Going somewhere?" she demanded; angry look on her face. Shock smiled as she looked up at the taller girl.
"Hello your Princesship, we weren't going anywhere special."
"Just back home." Agreed Barrel.
"Nothing can be wrong with that." Added Lock.
Kate stood towering over them, glaring down at them.
"I know what you have in the bag, now let him go."
Shock shook her head, "I don't think you are in the position to boss us around. We know something that you don't want anyone to know."
"What would that be?" Kate demanded, unwavering.
"We can smell a human from a mile away, you think the stupid mask could fool us?" Lock smirked, kicking the trick-or-treat bag. A muffled yelp came from it.
Kate crouched down to their level, face to face.
"What do you want?" she said, knowing they were going to haggle.
"Nothing much," began Barrel.
"Just keep Jack off our backs . . ." Lock continued.
"And this will stay our little secret." Finished Shock.
There had to be something they were up to, to ask such a question. But without solid evidence, she wasn't about to risk her neck; she sighed and nodded reluctantly.
"Okay, fine."
"Great!" they cried in unison, leaving the bag and running down the street toward their tree house. Kate shook her head and quickly untied the knot on the bag. The boy emerged from it and ripped off his mask.
"I thought I was going to die in there!" he gasped exasperatedly. There was a sudden herd of people that were just around the corner. Thank the stars that they were right outside her gate! Grabbing his hand, they ran up the door and into the house. He barely had time to take in the scene of the house before he was rushed away up the spiral stairs case, into a tower and up to Kate's bedroom. Taking in his surroundings at last, he found that the tower had a three-sixty wall to wall window, and dark red curtains. There was a large wardrobe in on the far wall and several bookcases on the other. The bed was a fair sized canopy bed, draped in black and rich, dark red. A small bat mobile hung by the window. He opened his mouth to speak, but was cut short by Kate.
"Look Human, you can't run off like that! You can get yourself in some SERIOUS danger. Not to mention get me into a mountain of trouble!"
He threw his mask to the floor and put on a stern face.
"Look, . . . um, Kate, I have a name! 'Human' is my species type, NOT my name! And if you call me that one more time I will personally go down stairs and announce to everyone who I am and WHY I am here."
Kate growled, then took a deep breath, "How about this idea? You don't go outside and get killed, and I don't get in trouble. It's a win-win situation."
He thought about it for a second.
"Here's another plan. I go outside, DON'T get attacked, and you DO get in trouble."
Kate was just about to tell him he would definitely get attacked it they found out he was a human, and even possibly eaten, when she heard a dog barking and the sound of footsteps coming up her stairs.
"Quick!" she gasped, "It's my dad! Under the bed!"
The human dove under the bed and snatched his mask off the ground, lying perfectly still behind the dark coverlet.
Jack came up the stairs and smiled warmly at his daughter.
"Kate!" he exclaimed, taking her by the shoulders, "You did magnificently!"
"Thanks Dad." She replied, her eyes trying not to watch as Zero sniffed under the bed. He smelled something different and Kate could hear the human muttering under a whisper:
"Good dog! Nice dog! _Quiet_ dog!"
Kate was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't even hear her dad until he waved a hand in front of her face.
"Huh?"
"I said, it smells like human in here," her father commented.
"Ohhh. That." She thought desperately for a cover-up, "That's just me, I mean I have been around them all night." She made a show of sniffing the lapel of her suit.
"Phew! I gotta wash this thing!"
"Kate, are you alright?" Jack asked worriedly, concern on his features. Kate laughed and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm just really tired . . ."
"Well, get your rest, you've earned it!"
Zero began barking.
"Shush Zero!" Jack reprimanded, calling the dog to follow him downstairs. After a moment's hesitation, the ghost dog obeyed and followed his master. Once they were safely downstairs and out of the loft Kate collapsed backward onto the bed and began thumping her skull with her fist, asking herself how she ever got herself into all of this.
"Mark." Said a voice beside her, breaking the silence.
"What?" she demanded, looking up at the human.
"Well, you didn't ask for my name, so I gave it to you. My name is Mark."
For the first time that night, she actually took the time to take in his appearance. He was her height (which was surprising, since she was tall) and his head with topped with raven-black hair. His skin was pale, contrasting his dark hair. But what really caught her interest were his bright green eyes. They were a color she had never seen before, especially not in Halloween Town, and it intrigued her.
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I know, evil spot to stop! But all you who read me often know that I am indeed EVIL!
C: Heyy, I'm evil too! *pout*
D: Shut up, I'm laughing evilly here! Mwahahahahahahahha!!! *cough*
C: You shouldn't do that.
D: Shut up.
K: You two are insane!
C&D: We know! *evil grins*
Cat: Hey, we're not THAT bad . . .
Kate: Actually . . . yes, you are.
Denra:* pout* oh thanks! LOTS of love in _this _room.
K: I mean, the story line is a little . . . odd.
C: Hey! Shut up! If the story line is odd, then we're odd! And since we're odd then you're odd, because we made you and in the process of making you, we have certain privileges and rights to you that appertain in making you and in your creation.
D&K: *blink* *blinkblink*
C: Shut up! *pout* It made sense in my head . . .
ANYWAY!!!! On with the story!
Disclaimer: We do NOT own NBC or anything appertaining to its creation. But we have Jack locked away in our closet and we are NOT letting him go.
Continue.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter 3
Kate glanced around frantically. Great, not only had she brought a HUMAN into Halloween town, breaking one of the BIGGEST rules in the book, but now she had lost him. Jumping down from the fountain's edge, she searched around desperately with her eyes, all the while thanking the creatures that congratulated her on her "spectacular performance".
'Alright,' she thought, while scanning the top of the crowd, 'Where did you go?' She finally spotted a blob of flesh stumbling down the way to one of the smaller alleyways. A sigh escaped her mouth as she made to intercept him before he got himself, and her, into any more trouble.
"Princess! Kate!"
Before the teen could so much as move an inch, the Mayor cut her off.
"You did a wonderful job tonight! You're a true credit to the name of Skellington! I bet your father is so proud! Where is he anyhow? I'll go and get him, you stay right here!" He said, cheerfully bouncing away, finally giving Kate enough room to see through the crowd again. The Mayor's annoying little hat had gotten in the way of her sight for a second, but she didn't think that would be a big prob-
Kate hurriedly looked around again, horror stricken.
She had lost the human.
Again!
~*~*~*~*~*~
The human teen stumbled blindly through, what he perceived, to be the streets. Suddenly a thought hit him, why not turn the mask _around_?
'You're REALLY on top of things, aren't you?' he remarked to himself as he turned the mask around with his hands so that he could see the one-way eyehole. Finally being able to see, he still managed to collide with three small children. Two boys and a girl; the girl had on a witch costume and a tall hat, while the boys were dressed as a little devil and a skeleton.
"Oh, I'm sorry." He said to the children, then remembered that he wasn't supposed to talk to anyone. But then again, they were only children . . .
"Watch where you're going." The devil threatened.
"Sorry," he repeated, then got an idea, "Hey, do you know where- ohh, what's her name? She said her name, what the heck was it . . . well, she's tall, red hair, skeleton face- you know where she is?"
The children blinked at him from behind their masks.
"You mean Kate?" the little skeleton prompted, earning a sharp poke in the ribs from the witch.
"Yeah, her!" the human agreed, relieved.
Three sly grins appeared on the trick-or-treaters faces.
"Sure!" said the witch.
"We know where she is!" agreed the skeleton.
"But not just anyone can see her . . . who are you?"
The human hesitated, then replied, "Blob."
"Lock!"
"Shock!"
"And Barrel!" the devil, witch and skeleton said in order.
Shock grinned, "Do you want directions?"
He nodded.
"Well," Lock started, "You can go through the gate-"
"Past the Cemetery." Interjected Barrel.
"Through the thorn patch." Added Shock.
"Over the hill!"
"Around the bend!"
"Past the swamp!"
"Across the bridge-!"
"Whoa, whoa!" the human said, stopping them, "That's too complicated!"
Evil grins decorated their features.
"Then let us show you!" they cried in unison, stuffing him in an oversized candy bag.
"Ahhh!' He cried, trying to get free to no avail. "Let me out!"
Kate dropped down in their path as they made their way to the streets.
"Going somewhere?" she demanded; angry look on her face. Shock smiled as she looked up at the taller girl.
"Hello your Princesship, we weren't going anywhere special."
"Just back home." Agreed Barrel.
"Nothing can be wrong with that." Added Lock.
Kate stood towering over them, glaring down at them.
"I know what you have in the bag, now let him go."
Shock shook her head, "I don't think you are in the position to boss us around. We know something that you don't want anyone to know."
"What would that be?" Kate demanded, unwavering.
"We can smell a human from a mile away, you think the stupid mask could fool us?" Lock smirked, kicking the trick-or-treat bag. A muffled yelp came from it.
Kate crouched down to their level, face to face.
"What do you want?" she said, knowing they were going to haggle.
"Nothing much," began Barrel.
"Just keep Jack off our backs . . ." Lock continued.
"And this will stay our little secret." Finished Shock.
There had to be something they were up to, to ask such a question. But without solid evidence, she wasn't about to risk her neck; she sighed and nodded reluctantly.
"Okay, fine."
"Great!" they cried in unison, leaving the bag and running down the street toward their tree house. Kate shook her head and quickly untied the knot on the bag. The boy emerged from it and ripped off his mask.
"I thought I was going to die in there!" he gasped exasperatedly. There was a sudden herd of people that were just around the corner. Thank the stars that they were right outside her gate! Grabbing his hand, they ran up the door and into the house. He barely had time to take in the scene of the house before he was rushed away up the spiral stairs case, into a tower and up to Kate's bedroom. Taking in his surroundings at last, he found that the tower had a three-sixty wall to wall window, and dark red curtains. There was a large wardrobe in on the far wall and several bookcases on the other. The bed was a fair sized canopy bed, draped in black and rich, dark red. A small bat mobile hung by the window. He opened his mouth to speak, but was cut short by Kate.
"Look Human, you can't run off like that! You can get yourself in some SERIOUS danger. Not to mention get me into a mountain of trouble!"
He threw his mask to the floor and put on a stern face.
"Look, . . . um, Kate, I have a name! 'Human' is my species type, NOT my name! And if you call me that one more time I will personally go down stairs and announce to everyone who I am and WHY I am here."
Kate growled, then took a deep breath, "How about this idea? You don't go outside and get killed, and I don't get in trouble. It's a win-win situation."
He thought about it for a second.
"Here's another plan. I go outside, DON'T get attacked, and you DO get in trouble."
Kate was just about to tell him he would definitely get attacked it they found out he was a human, and even possibly eaten, when she heard a dog barking and the sound of footsteps coming up her stairs.
"Quick!" she gasped, "It's my dad! Under the bed!"
The human dove under the bed and snatched his mask off the ground, lying perfectly still behind the dark coverlet.
Jack came up the stairs and smiled warmly at his daughter.
"Kate!" he exclaimed, taking her by the shoulders, "You did magnificently!"
"Thanks Dad." She replied, her eyes trying not to watch as Zero sniffed under the bed. He smelled something different and Kate could hear the human muttering under a whisper:
"Good dog! Nice dog! _Quiet_ dog!"
Kate was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't even hear her dad until he waved a hand in front of her face.
"Huh?"
"I said, it smells like human in here," her father commented.
"Ohhh. That." She thought desperately for a cover-up, "That's just me, I mean I have been around them all night." She made a show of sniffing the lapel of her suit.
"Phew! I gotta wash this thing!"
"Kate, are you alright?" Jack asked worriedly, concern on his features. Kate laughed and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm just really tired . . ."
"Well, get your rest, you've earned it!"
Zero began barking.
"Shush Zero!" Jack reprimanded, calling the dog to follow him downstairs. After a moment's hesitation, the ghost dog obeyed and followed his master. Once they were safely downstairs and out of the loft Kate collapsed backward onto the bed and began thumping her skull with her fist, asking herself how she ever got herself into all of this.
"Mark." Said a voice beside her, breaking the silence.
"What?" she demanded, looking up at the human.
"Well, you didn't ask for my name, so I gave it to you. My name is Mark."
For the first time that night, she actually took the time to take in his appearance. He was her height (which was surprising, since she was tall) and his head with topped with raven-black hair. His skin was pale, contrasting his dark hair. But what really caught her interest were his bright green eyes. They were a color she had never seen before, especially not in Halloween Town, and it intrigued her.
~*~*~*~*~*~
I know, evil spot to stop! But all you who read me often know that I am indeed EVIL!
C: Heyy, I'm evil too! *pout*
D: Shut up, I'm laughing evilly here! Mwahahahahahahahha!!! *cough*
C: You shouldn't do that.
D: Shut up.
K: You two are insane!
C&D: We know! *evil grins*