Wow, the second chapter, yay! Well we last left off with Karina, Gaby, and
I getting pulled into a swirling black vortex into Karina's closet. Weird
no? Some things WILL be explained in this chapter but not all! That would
ruin the fic u.u This chapter is a little long so get ready for much
insanity. Well the fic must go on (starts to sing "The Show Must Go On"
from Moulin Rouge .) One more thing, I'd like to thank Carebear1,
thehatt, and TheAngryPrincess13 for reviewing my fics. Thanks guys!
Commentaries!
Carebear1: Your PotC fic sounds cool and interestimg, I hope to read it as soon as my computer starts working better. Sorry, blame my parents! Lol, sleepovers are usually filled with much insanity o.o Jack Sparrow )
Thehatt: Now you can find out what happens next! Plus, Karina doesn't hate the movie anymore, it took a while but now she doesn't and it will be seen a little in the fic as it goes along. Sorry that I haven't been able to review your fic yet, computer is 'tres evil, I love the way its going though, can't wait for the next chapter.
TheAngryPrincess13: I liked the idea of getting tranported into Halloweentown so much that I wanted to write the fic about it and I thought it up during the sleepover after watching TNBC. Maybe you should write a fic too. Your fics about 13 Ghosts and The Outsiders sound interesting, can't wait to read.
Two notes, first off for some reson the computer won't put everything in two spaces after the period so please no one point thatout in a review, just wanted to note that. Also, thanks Karina for letting me use your computer to post and upsate my fics. Thank you!!! Oh, and sorryabout the nine a.m. thing, lol. -I.N.D.
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When the three teens regain their consciousness and vision they can see where they landed. It was a land of gravestones surrounding them, the twisted branches of the dying; or already dead trees twisting in all directions. The raven black night showered over them, the only light was from the bright yellow full moon above them. Across it stood a hill that ended it a swirling curl. They had all landed in the cemetatry quite painfully.
Nicole: Ow . . . . my head .
Karina: Ow . . . . my butt
Gaby: I miss my mangos.
Karina: Where are we?
Nicole: (looks around and sees everything around them with astonishment) Heaven help you Karina, we're in Halloweentown!
Karina: O.O (she screams as if she was dying and then faints)
Gaby: Look, Karina passed out.
Gaby and Nicole wait until Karina finally wakes up
Karina: I had a dream we were in that stupid movie .O
Gaby: You're not dreaming, we really are here.
Karina: O.O You can't be serious.
Gaby: I am, look (points to Nicole who was busy skipping through the cemetary singing 'This Is Halloween' for all to hear)
Karina: How the heck did we get here?!
Nicole: (she finally stops skipping after she's done singing, a smile adorned on her face) I remember a skeleton coming out of your closet and we got pulled in.
Karina: How do you expect us to get back then?
Nicole: Well there is one person who might know . . . . . cough-JACK-cough!
Karina: O.O Oh my god! You can't be serious! I'm not gonna go see that dead, psycho skeleton.
Nicole: Well if you watched the movie you would know that everyone's dead, and its either find him to go home or live here forever.
Karina: What wonderful choices --;; lets go find him and get it over with then. Lead the way Nicole since this is practically the only thing you watch on TV.
Nicole: Yay! I'm a leader! Talley-ho!
Fifteen minutes later they all lost, they were in the center of town and had stopped at the fountain that spewed green water.
Karina: I thought you knew this place by heart.
Nicole: It's different from the movie.
Gaby: How 'bout we just ask that kid over there. (points)
They all turn to see a skeleton, not Jack but they could be easily mistaken. This skeleton looks exactly like Jack, the only the difference would be their height, he was about their height. He wore a black suit and knee-length black boots with steel toe and three buckles on each.
Our three heroines follow the young and unknowing Jack look-a-like to a twisting Manor where they stopped at the beautiful black gate. They watched the skeleton walk up to the door of Skellington Manor and knock, he's answered by none other than Jack Skellington.
Jack: Johnny! Where have you been? You're mother's been worried sick.
Johnny: Sorry, I just went out for a walk.
Jack: You know we have to prepare for Halloween, it's almost here. You have got to learn to be more responsible if your ever going to be the pumpkin king.
Johnny: (tiredly) Right, pumpkin king.
Johnny was tired of his father always reminding him to do better, his father expected him always to be prepared and to uphold his position as the pumpkin prince. Johnny didn't want to be the next Pumpkin King, he just wanted a normal life and not have all these worries. That would be impossible for him though, since for the rest of his life he would have to try and make his father proud and continue the Pumpkin King legacy for his family. Johnny walked into his home and Jack closed the door behind him.
Nicole: Well that was weird, ready to ask?
Karina: If we must -.-'
The three girls walk up to the Skellington Manors door and rang the screaming door bell much to Karinas discomfort. A few seconds later a pale blue ragdoll answered the door. She wore a dress that looked as if it were stitched together with different cloths, small black boots were on her feet as well. Her long red hair spilled over her eyes that were filled with surprise. It was strange to see humans in Halloweentown, living ones anyway.
Sally: Hello, who are you three?
Nicole: I'm Nicole and that's Gaby.
Gaby: Hi .
Nicole: And that's Karina.
Karina: Ahhh!!!!!!! Your the creepy woman who loses her arms and stuff. I want to go home .'.
It was true, Karina did sometimes watch the movie so she knew most've the characters, but only by force and that usually involved duct tape and a chair. The girl was on her nerves right now, being in this world was bad enough but having to actually talk to its inhabitants was driving her to the deep end.
Nicole: Very polite Karina (turns back to Sally) and your Sally.
Sally: How do you know me?
Nicole: It's long story, can we please see Jack for a minute?
Sally: Okay . . . . . . . . Jack!
A minute later a very tall skeleton came to the door. He wore a black suit with thin vertical white stripes, a small black bat with beady white eyes was a brooch at the base of his neck. He had a round skull with two large black holes for his sight and a one-of-a-kind smile. This was the infamous Jack Skellington, Pumpkin King of Halloweentown. He came to the door, his long and slender fingers rested on the frame of the door as he looked to his new visitors. Karina was not very happy to see the person at the top of her list of "People I'd Rather Not See."
Karina: O-O
Karina slowly backed away from the door, she didn't notice the broom on the floor behind her. She tripped over it and fell on the gravel floor, she quickly got up as if it didn't happen and ran off. Ran as fast as she could away from her two friends, Jack, and the looming manor
Nicole: That was Karina, that's Gaby.
Gaby: Hello Jack (glares) Keep your filthy hands away from my mangos'!
Nicole: And I'm Nicole.
Jack: O.o . . . . . . . . I see, are you really humans? (He stared at the two girls as if they were some kind of experiment gone horribly wrong) It's been so long since I've seen one.
Nicole: o.o Um . . . . yes we are human, sad but true, we need your help.
Jack: With what?
Gaby: Where missing Will and Grace!!!
Jack: Oo . . . . . . . .
Nicole: Actually we were all at Karina's house for a sleepover then we heard something in the closet. We opened it to find a skeleton at about our height. Anyway we slammed the door and when we opened it again we got pulled into Halloweentown and we need to get back home. Not that we don't like it here and all but our parental units are probably worried about us.
Jack: I see, well the only way back to your world is to go through a special tombstone in the cemetary on Halloween Night at exactly midnight.
Nicole: Oh yeah, the one you used to get from the mortal world back to Halloweentown when you had to stop Oogie Boogie.
Jack: Yes...but how did you know that? No one was there except Zero, Sally, Santa, Oogie, and me.
Gaby: Simple, everyone knows this is a mov-
Nicole smacks Gaby over the head before she can finish saying 'movie', if it got out that everything around them was fictional then there would most liktly be a catastrophe upon its inhabitants and the other worlds around them. Jack gave them a questioning look but decided not to ask.
Gaby: OW! .O
Nicole: Hehe .' nevermind. Well how long is it 'til Halloween, never was really good with the calender.
Jack: It's in three days.
Nicole: Well we should be home soon then.
Gaby: Good, the sooner we get back home the better, the more Conan O' Brien.
Nicole: You poor uncultured child. We should go find Karina before she gets herself killed.
Gaby: But we don't know our way around this crazy town.
Jack: Then how did you get here?
Nicole: Oh that? Well we stalked a skeleton, who I'm guessing was your son, to get here u.u
Jack: Oh, Johnny? Well I'm quite busy right now with the Halloweentown celebration but I'm sure Johnny can help you find your little friend. Johnny!
A skeleton that looked much like Jack walked to the door, he looked almost exactly like his father. He wore a black suit with a bat brooch, he was about 5"8 and held the same frame as Jack. His knee-length boots with three steel buckles and steel tips for the toes of the boot looked oddly familiar to Nicole, maybe from a comic book she read. She dismissed the thought when she noticed the depreseed and tired look that was easily visible in Johnny's eyes. His mood changed though when he saw the two strange people at the door, his eyes held a new felling of wonderment and curiosity. He remembered his father once described to him what humans looked like, he never thought he would actually see one since he never left Halloweentown.
Johnny: Yes father?
Jack: Can you help these two young ladies find their friend? She got lost . . . . . running away from the manor.
Johnny: Ok. (excited at the idea of leaving the house and meeting someone new) Why was she running away from the manor anyway?
Jack: I'm not sure, she ran as soon she saw me (to Gaby and Nicole) Was she frightened by me?
Nicole: Something like that, I'll explain later, let's go.
Johnny: Right.
The two strange teens and skeleton left the manor and walked through the Halloweentown streets, searching for their lost friend. As they walked Gaby and Nicole stared in wonder and awe at the world around them, it looked much like the real world, minus the people in it of course. They talked to Johnny after a few minutes, he was polite, much like his father.
Johnny: It's nice to meet you two, I'm Johnny Skellington.
Gaby: I'm Gaby and I want a mango.
Nicole: And I'm Nicole, were looking for our friend Karina.
Suddenly they hear a familiar voice close by, the voice is screaming out "Go Away!" They run to a tall, old tree far off from the town. At a high branch in the tree was Karina, her arms around the trunk, not wanting to let go and hoping this was all a dream she would wake up from. She opened her eyes and saw her friends and a skeleton at the bottom of the tree, she looked relieved to see them, her friends atleast.
Karina: Help! I'm climbed up this stupid tree to get away from those three little monsters and I can't get down .!
Johnny: She must mean Lock, Shock, and Barrel.
Nicole: Wouldn't be surprised if it was them.
Karina: All three of them were staring at me freakishly and I wanna get down but I can't . . . . . cause I'm stuck so get me down!
Johnny: Well we could either cut the tree down, burn it down, or get her to climb down.
Karina: Get me down! I don't want to die trying to get out of this tree!
Nicole: I wonder, if Karina did die getting out of that tree, would she end up here in Halloweentown seeing as how everyone here is the living-dead.
Karina: O.O Don't even joke about that Nicole, you'll jinx me! Someone climb up and get me!
Nicole: I can't climb a tree.
Gaby: I can't climb for beans!
Johnny: I could, I'll get you down.
Karina: Oo NO! NO! NO! i'll get myself down! -.-' If I fall someone better catch me.
Karina let go of her grasp around the tree, she slowly tried to climb down the old tree. She stepped on a creaking branch which snapped immediately, she fell out of the tree and landed gracefully into Johnny's arms. What was supposed to be a cute picture turned into the opposite.
Karina: O.O Oh my God!!! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN!
Johnny: O.o Fine (he drops Karina)
Karina: OW! .O
Gaby: Wow Johnny, your gentle aren't you?
Nicole: (snickers) Well what now? We got Karina.
Karina: Um...can someone help me up?
Johnny: Well if you want I could show you around Halloweentown.
Nicole: O.O . . . . . Are you serious??? Cool! This is like a dream come true to actually be here! I know (she rumages through her black purse and pulled out her camera.) Glad I had it with me when we fell through the closet. Johnny hold still please (she clicked the button and a flash appeared)
Johnny: Whoa! o.o What was that?
Nicole: It takes pictures, I want to remember this moment for the rest of my life since it will most likely be the happiest day of my life until I leave America and go to France, Egypt, or Canada.
Johnny led them through a tour of Halloweentown. He took them to fountain with green water where they each made a wish and to the gates where the three music music playing monsters were. Finally they went to the tree house that was shared by Lock, Shock, and Barrel. The same tree house where Oogie was resurrected.
Johnny: This is Lock, Shock, and Barrel's tree house.
Karina: Don't remind me .
Nicole: Can we go inside?
Gaby: Yeah! Let's all go in, maybe we'll find them.
Karina: Oh yeah, make it better for me o.-
Johnny: Sure.
Karina: Fine, lets just get this over with --
The three girls and skeleton sneak into the house, luckily Lock, Sock, and Barrel aren't there; much to Karina's relief. Around them was the same scene they saw in the movie, a room of cobwebs and torture devices used for fun. They all walked out of the hanging cage they used to get into the house and lowered it back down so as not to make anything look suspicious.
Johnny: Good thing their not here.
Nicole: Cool . . . . . (looks down the shute that led to Oogie's roulette room) I wonder . . .
Johnny: Wait, listen!
They all became quiet and listened, they could hear the voices of three all too familar people. Johnny looked out a small window and saw Lock, Shock, and Barrel comingn toward the tree house.
Johnny: They're back!
Karina: NOOO!!!! I don't want to see those little freaky things!
Johnny: Well either we let them find us or we go down the shute, I vote the shute.
Nicole: Same here
Gaby: Whatever, wait! I LOST MY MANGO, NOOO!!!!!!!
Karina: Like I have a choice. (She rolled her eyes)
They all go down the shute as Lock, Shock, and Barrel came up through the hanging cage. The four came out of the bottom of the shute and landed on the large roulette. Above them they saw the large fan that had killed Oogie those years ago, the sack that was once Oogie's body was gone though. The thought was dismissed as they heard the voices of the three evil kids talking.
Lock: So when do we do the ritual? We only have three days left.
Barrel: I vote on the night before Halloween, it's the perfect night to bring back Oogie Boogie.
Shock: Wait! Shut up!
Lock: Make me!
Shock: Someone's been here.
Lock: How do you know?
Shock: Call it a witches sense.
Gaby: (down in the roulette room but still loudly) Guys! I found my mango! God thank you!
Shock: Told you someone was here! Get them!
Johnny: I think this is our cue to run.
Nicole: Yeah.
They all ran through a backdoor in the roulette room and out of the tree house; screaming like the lunatics that they were before Lock, Shock, and Barrel could see them.
Shock: Do you think they know about the plan?
Lock: I doubt it.
Barrel: C'mon we need to get ready.
Back to our three heroines and skeleton friend. They had all ran to the Skellington Manor and were resting in the living room. Johnny was lying lazily on the black leather counch while his three new friends were either in a black chair or sprawled on the floor.
Nicole: Ok, what was that about?
Johnny: I don't know.
Gaby: Should we tall Jackie?
Johnny: O.o
Karina: She means Jack u.u
Johnny: Oh, probably not. My father is already busy with the Halloween thing. It's getting late, where are you guys staying?
Nicole: Dunno really, we haven't thought of that yet.
Gaby: We can live in my mango.
Nicole: Uhh . . . . .
Karina: I don't think we'll all fit inside that piece of fruit.
Gaby: Suit yourself
Johnny: If you want you can stay here at the manor.
Karina: Oh my God! No way am I staying at the heebee jeebee-man's house!
Nicole: His name is Jack for the hundredth time and it's either his house or outside.
Karina: Fine 6.6
Johnny: It's settled then, all I have to do is ask my mom.
Nicole: Your house is so cool, wish at least one of the houses in NJ were like this.
Johnny: I guess, you get used to it after a while.
Sally walked into the living room and found her son with his new friends. They all appeared tired and ready to fall asleep on the couch, chair, or floor if given the chance. At her feet was also Zero, floating next to her with his doggy ghost-ness. He appeared interested in the new visitors. His pumpkin-shaped nose lit up when they saw him and smiled.
Nicole: Zero! He's so cute!
The three girls walked toward the dog to pet it. Surprisingly the ghost dog decided not to bark at the strangers, it actually liked being pet. They didn't know how threy had petted the ghost dog but decided not to ask. Sally seemed happy that the three girls had responded well to their new environment for the time being. Johnny decided to ask now while his mom looked happy.
Johnny: Mom, can they stay for the night? They have nowhere else to go.
Sally: Of course they can, I'll go get a few sleeping bags out then.
Nicole: Yay! We can stay with Johnny and Zero . Thanks Johnny.
Johnny: No problem.
Karina: Creo que te gusta. (I think you like him)
Nicole: Callate .O (shut up)
Gaby: O.o? (has no idea how to speak spanish)
Karina: Zero's the only character I can tolerate in this mov-
Nicole: LA-LA-LA-LA-LAAAA!!!!!!!
Johnny: O.o Ok . . . . .
Nicole: I'll explain later .'
A few hours later everyone (Johnny, Nicole, Karina, and Gaby) are all in Johnny's room. The walls are a nice ash grey color with black vertical stripes, the black floorboards add a nice touch to the room as well as the large window on the left side of the room. The bed Johnny was sleeping in was beautiful, the black metal frame that looked over it was in a Victorian style and the sheets very a lovely silk black with ash grey pillows. The bat-shaped black on the wall said 11:30 p.m., the window showed them the beautiful night scene of Halloweentown. The three girls' were each in their own black sleeping bag provided by Sally, they were telling Johnny about the mortal world they were from.
Karina: (is still a little uncomfortable around Johnny or in the Halloweentown world for that matter) The computer is the best invention there u.u
Johnny: Com-pu-ter? What's it do?
Karina: O.O Only the greatest invention of all time, I really need to educate you on the other realm.
Gaby: And mango's, this is the one I thought I lost in the tree house thing, it's food. (bites into mango) Goodness!
Johnny: Cool (looks at mango wondering what it would taste like)
Nicole: (was drawing Johnny in a small notebook in her purse) There's also holidays like Halloween and Christmas.
Johnny: I know about Christmastown, my father told me about it.
Nicole: Sooo . . . . . what do you think we should do tomorrow? Go spy on Lock, Shock, and Barrel to find out about the plan?
Johnny: I guess so. Do you think I could go to your world with you guys?
Karina: Our world is for people and animals that are living, your dead.
Nicole: O.O KARINA!
Karina: o.o What?
Nicole: 9.9 Don't be mean to Johnny, (to Johnny) sure you can.
Johnny: Cool and thanks, well we better go to sleep now (yawns), it's late.
Nicole: Night
Karina: Whatever
Gaby: Mangos!
Nicole never being the type who ever wants to sleep, thinks about some things to get the confusion out of the way.
Nicole: (thinking) How did we get here? I remember falling through Karina's closet and landing into this world which is like heaven. Can Jack really bring us back home and if he can would I really be forced to go back there? In this world I actually feel accepted unlike that other world full of preps and ghetto-wannabes in high-school and just about anywhere. If he can't bring us back would Johnny let us stay here? I really don't want to go back, I like it here.
Nicole finally decides to go to sleep after all, full of more questions than answers. As our four characters slumber the tree little demons; Lock, Shock, and Barrel are planning their plan of um...doom, I guess. The scene changes to an old tree in twist and turns that also happens to be the home of the three demonic creatures of pranks. Lock and Barrel are dumping buckets filled with loads of bugs into a cauldron, the cauldron was filled with a bright green goop.
Barrel: Where the heck is Shock, isn't she supposed to be helping us with this stupid thing....whatever it is?
Lock: (says this like a no-big-deal type of tone) She said she had to go to get a book.
Barrel: O.o' She wants to read a book when were about to resurrect Oogie Boogie?
Lock: I don't know
After many buckets of bugs and cauldron stirring Shock comes back to the tree house. She's carrying what looks like a very old and very big book with a silver skull on the cover.
Barrel: Where have you been?!
Sock: Calm down! I stole this from Jack's house, we need it for the resurrection. There's a spell in this book that can-
Lock: Wait. How'd you take it from Jack's house?
Shock: I will never tell, I will carry the secret with me to the grave u.u
Barrel: Whetever, she probably just went through the back door or something.
Shock: Shutup! Anyway, we'll need to get more ingredients for the spell. First, something of the one being resurrected.
Lock: I'll go get the sack from downstairs, the fan did a number of Oogie's body, hope the sack isn't too destroyed.
Shock: Next we'll need the bug glucose potion.
Barrel: Got that already -.o What do you think we've been making all this time?
Lock comes back from downstairs carrying the torn sack, it was in bad condition. The thing was torn in every possible angle and it had a few sitiches broken through the hem.
Shock: And the last ingredient is . . . oh no!
Lock: What?
Shock: The last ingredient is we need a treasured possession of the person who murdered the one being resurrected.
Lock: What in Halloweentown's name are we gonna take from Jack that he treasures?!
Barrel: We could try Sally.
Shock: Oh that's brilliant, steal his wife, I'm sure he won't notice.
Barrel: How about that ghost dog, Zero?
Lock: Maybe but two problems. That thing is extremely loud, how would we bring it here quietly? Second, how do we get a ghost here? If we try and grab it we'll just go through it.
Barrel: Oh yeah, well, there goes Sally and Zero.
Shock: I got it! How 'bout Johnny?
Lock: New question, how would we get him here?
Shock: Easy, while I was getting the book I over heard him talking with three weird looking things, I think they were humans. Anyway, they talked for a while, one human brought up the subject of mangos I think and I remember one of the intruders mentioned mangos so . . . . .
Barrel: So what?
Shock: Aaaarrrrggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ., O Put two and two together!!! They're the same ones who snuck in today! Johnny seems fond of all three of them. They don't look difficult to capture. We get them and lure Johnny to us, trap him and get him ready for Oogie.
Lock: Great idea, this Halloween will be ours!
The three evil Halloweentown kids laugh their evil shrilly laugh and start on their kidnapping plan.
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Well this was a long chapter =) yay! I actually wanted to post this three days before Halloween but since I now have XP version for my computer I've had to think of a new way to get it posted since wouldn't allow XP version =( but I am glad I finally got to post this. I'll try and have the third chapter up soon. Please send more reviews! Adios! Invader Nicole signing off.
Carebear1: Your PotC fic sounds cool and interestimg, I hope to read it as soon as my computer starts working better. Sorry, blame my parents! Lol, sleepovers are usually filled with much insanity o.o Jack Sparrow )
Thehatt: Now you can find out what happens next! Plus, Karina doesn't hate the movie anymore, it took a while but now she doesn't and it will be seen a little in the fic as it goes along. Sorry that I haven't been able to review your fic yet, computer is 'tres evil, I love the way its going though, can't wait for the next chapter.
TheAngryPrincess13: I liked the idea of getting tranported into Halloweentown so much that I wanted to write the fic about it and I thought it up during the sleepover after watching TNBC. Maybe you should write a fic too. Your fics about 13 Ghosts and The Outsiders sound interesting, can't wait to read.
Two notes, first off for some reson the computer won't put everything in two spaces after the period so please no one point thatout in a review, just wanted to note that. Also, thanks Karina for letting me use your computer to post and upsate my fics. Thank you!!! Oh, and sorryabout the nine a.m. thing, lol. -I.N.D.
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When the three teens regain their consciousness and vision they can see where they landed. It was a land of gravestones surrounding them, the twisted branches of the dying; or already dead trees twisting in all directions. The raven black night showered over them, the only light was from the bright yellow full moon above them. Across it stood a hill that ended it a swirling curl. They had all landed in the cemetatry quite painfully.
Nicole: Ow . . . . my head .
Karina: Ow . . . . my butt
Gaby: I miss my mangos.
Karina: Where are we?
Nicole: (looks around and sees everything around them with astonishment) Heaven help you Karina, we're in Halloweentown!
Karina: O.O (she screams as if she was dying and then faints)
Gaby: Look, Karina passed out.
Gaby and Nicole wait until Karina finally wakes up
Karina: I had a dream we were in that stupid movie .O
Gaby: You're not dreaming, we really are here.
Karina: O.O You can't be serious.
Gaby: I am, look (points to Nicole who was busy skipping through the cemetary singing 'This Is Halloween' for all to hear)
Karina: How the heck did we get here?!
Nicole: (she finally stops skipping after she's done singing, a smile adorned on her face) I remember a skeleton coming out of your closet and we got pulled in.
Karina: How do you expect us to get back then?
Nicole: Well there is one person who might know . . . . . cough-JACK-cough!
Karina: O.O Oh my god! You can't be serious! I'm not gonna go see that dead, psycho skeleton.
Nicole: Well if you watched the movie you would know that everyone's dead, and its either find him to go home or live here forever.
Karina: What wonderful choices --;; lets go find him and get it over with then. Lead the way Nicole since this is practically the only thing you watch on TV.
Nicole: Yay! I'm a leader! Talley-ho!
Fifteen minutes later they all lost, they were in the center of town and had stopped at the fountain that spewed green water.
Karina: I thought you knew this place by heart.
Nicole: It's different from the movie.
Gaby: How 'bout we just ask that kid over there. (points)
They all turn to see a skeleton, not Jack but they could be easily mistaken. This skeleton looks exactly like Jack, the only the difference would be their height, he was about their height. He wore a black suit and knee-length black boots with steel toe and three buckles on each.
Our three heroines follow the young and unknowing Jack look-a-like to a twisting Manor where they stopped at the beautiful black gate. They watched the skeleton walk up to the door of Skellington Manor and knock, he's answered by none other than Jack Skellington.
Jack: Johnny! Where have you been? You're mother's been worried sick.
Johnny: Sorry, I just went out for a walk.
Jack: You know we have to prepare for Halloween, it's almost here. You have got to learn to be more responsible if your ever going to be the pumpkin king.
Johnny: (tiredly) Right, pumpkin king.
Johnny was tired of his father always reminding him to do better, his father expected him always to be prepared and to uphold his position as the pumpkin prince. Johnny didn't want to be the next Pumpkin King, he just wanted a normal life and not have all these worries. That would be impossible for him though, since for the rest of his life he would have to try and make his father proud and continue the Pumpkin King legacy for his family. Johnny walked into his home and Jack closed the door behind him.
Nicole: Well that was weird, ready to ask?
Karina: If we must -.-'
The three girls walk up to the Skellington Manors door and rang the screaming door bell much to Karinas discomfort. A few seconds later a pale blue ragdoll answered the door. She wore a dress that looked as if it were stitched together with different cloths, small black boots were on her feet as well. Her long red hair spilled over her eyes that were filled with surprise. It was strange to see humans in Halloweentown, living ones anyway.
Sally: Hello, who are you three?
Nicole: I'm Nicole and that's Gaby.
Gaby: Hi .
Nicole: And that's Karina.
Karina: Ahhh!!!!!!! Your the creepy woman who loses her arms and stuff. I want to go home .'.
It was true, Karina did sometimes watch the movie so she knew most've the characters, but only by force and that usually involved duct tape and a chair. The girl was on her nerves right now, being in this world was bad enough but having to actually talk to its inhabitants was driving her to the deep end.
Nicole: Very polite Karina (turns back to Sally) and your Sally.
Sally: How do you know me?
Nicole: It's long story, can we please see Jack for a minute?
Sally: Okay . . . . . . . . Jack!
A minute later a very tall skeleton came to the door. He wore a black suit with thin vertical white stripes, a small black bat with beady white eyes was a brooch at the base of his neck. He had a round skull with two large black holes for his sight and a one-of-a-kind smile. This was the infamous Jack Skellington, Pumpkin King of Halloweentown. He came to the door, his long and slender fingers rested on the frame of the door as he looked to his new visitors. Karina was not very happy to see the person at the top of her list of "People I'd Rather Not See."
Karina: O-O
Karina slowly backed away from the door, she didn't notice the broom on the floor behind her. She tripped over it and fell on the gravel floor, she quickly got up as if it didn't happen and ran off. Ran as fast as she could away from her two friends, Jack, and the looming manor
Nicole: That was Karina, that's Gaby.
Gaby: Hello Jack (glares) Keep your filthy hands away from my mangos'!
Nicole: And I'm Nicole.
Jack: O.o . . . . . . . . I see, are you really humans? (He stared at the two girls as if they were some kind of experiment gone horribly wrong) It's been so long since I've seen one.
Nicole: o.o Um . . . . yes we are human, sad but true, we need your help.
Jack: With what?
Gaby: Where missing Will and Grace!!!
Jack: Oo . . . . . . . .
Nicole: Actually we were all at Karina's house for a sleepover then we heard something in the closet. We opened it to find a skeleton at about our height. Anyway we slammed the door and when we opened it again we got pulled into Halloweentown and we need to get back home. Not that we don't like it here and all but our parental units are probably worried about us.
Jack: I see, well the only way back to your world is to go through a special tombstone in the cemetary on Halloween Night at exactly midnight.
Nicole: Oh yeah, the one you used to get from the mortal world back to Halloweentown when you had to stop Oogie Boogie.
Jack: Yes...but how did you know that? No one was there except Zero, Sally, Santa, Oogie, and me.
Gaby: Simple, everyone knows this is a mov-
Nicole smacks Gaby over the head before she can finish saying 'movie', if it got out that everything around them was fictional then there would most liktly be a catastrophe upon its inhabitants and the other worlds around them. Jack gave them a questioning look but decided not to ask.
Gaby: OW! .O
Nicole: Hehe .' nevermind. Well how long is it 'til Halloween, never was really good with the calender.
Jack: It's in three days.
Nicole: Well we should be home soon then.
Gaby: Good, the sooner we get back home the better, the more Conan O' Brien.
Nicole: You poor uncultured child. We should go find Karina before she gets herself killed.
Gaby: But we don't know our way around this crazy town.
Jack: Then how did you get here?
Nicole: Oh that? Well we stalked a skeleton, who I'm guessing was your son, to get here u.u
Jack: Oh, Johnny? Well I'm quite busy right now with the Halloweentown celebration but I'm sure Johnny can help you find your little friend. Johnny!
A skeleton that looked much like Jack walked to the door, he looked almost exactly like his father. He wore a black suit with a bat brooch, he was about 5"8 and held the same frame as Jack. His knee-length boots with three steel buckles and steel tips for the toes of the boot looked oddly familiar to Nicole, maybe from a comic book she read. She dismissed the thought when she noticed the depreseed and tired look that was easily visible in Johnny's eyes. His mood changed though when he saw the two strange people at the door, his eyes held a new felling of wonderment and curiosity. He remembered his father once described to him what humans looked like, he never thought he would actually see one since he never left Halloweentown.
Johnny: Yes father?
Jack: Can you help these two young ladies find their friend? She got lost . . . . . running away from the manor.
Johnny: Ok. (excited at the idea of leaving the house and meeting someone new) Why was she running away from the manor anyway?
Jack: I'm not sure, she ran as soon she saw me (to Gaby and Nicole) Was she frightened by me?
Nicole: Something like that, I'll explain later, let's go.
Johnny: Right.
The two strange teens and skeleton left the manor and walked through the Halloweentown streets, searching for their lost friend. As they walked Gaby and Nicole stared in wonder and awe at the world around them, it looked much like the real world, minus the people in it of course. They talked to Johnny after a few minutes, he was polite, much like his father.
Johnny: It's nice to meet you two, I'm Johnny Skellington.
Gaby: I'm Gaby and I want a mango.
Nicole: And I'm Nicole, were looking for our friend Karina.
Suddenly they hear a familiar voice close by, the voice is screaming out "Go Away!" They run to a tall, old tree far off from the town. At a high branch in the tree was Karina, her arms around the trunk, not wanting to let go and hoping this was all a dream she would wake up from. She opened her eyes and saw her friends and a skeleton at the bottom of the tree, she looked relieved to see them, her friends atleast.
Karina: Help! I'm climbed up this stupid tree to get away from those three little monsters and I can't get down .!
Johnny: She must mean Lock, Shock, and Barrel.
Nicole: Wouldn't be surprised if it was them.
Karina: All three of them were staring at me freakishly and I wanna get down but I can't . . . . . cause I'm stuck so get me down!
Johnny: Well we could either cut the tree down, burn it down, or get her to climb down.
Karina: Get me down! I don't want to die trying to get out of this tree!
Nicole: I wonder, if Karina did die getting out of that tree, would she end up here in Halloweentown seeing as how everyone here is the living-dead.
Karina: O.O Don't even joke about that Nicole, you'll jinx me! Someone climb up and get me!
Nicole: I can't climb a tree.
Gaby: I can't climb for beans!
Johnny: I could, I'll get you down.
Karina: Oo NO! NO! NO! i'll get myself down! -.-' If I fall someone better catch me.
Karina let go of her grasp around the tree, she slowly tried to climb down the old tree. She stepped on a creaking branch which snapped immediately, she fell out of the tree and landed gracefully into Johnny's arms. What was supposed to be a cute picture turned into the opposite.
Karina: O.O Oh my God!!! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN!
Johnny: O.o Fine (he drops Karina)
Karina: OW! .O
Gaby: Wow Johnny, your gentle aren't you?
Nicole: (snickers) Well what now? We got Karina.
Karina: Um...can someone help me up?
Johnny: Well if you want I could show you around Halloweentown.
Nicole: O.O . . . . . Are you serious??? Cool! This is like a dream come true to actually be here! I know (she rumages through her black purse and pulled out her camera.) Glad I had it with me when we fell through the closet. Johnny hold still please (she clicked the button and a flash appeared)
Johnny: Whoa! o.o What was that?
Nicole: It takes pictures, I want to remember this moment for the rest of my life since it will most likely be the happiest day of my life until I leave America and go to France, Egypt, or Canada.
Johnny led them through a tour of Halloweentown. He took them to fountain with green water where they each made a wish and to the gates where the three music music playing monsters were. Finally they went to the tree house that was shared by Lock, Shock, and Barrel. The same tree house where Oogie was resurrected.
Johnny: This is Lock, Shock, and Barrel's tree house.
Karina: Don't remind me .
Nicole: Can we go inside?
Gaby: Yeah! Let's all go in, maybe we'll find them.
Karina: Oh yeah, make it better for me o.-
Johnny: Sure.
Karina: Fine, lets just get this over with --
The three girls and skeleton sneak into the house, luckily Lock, Sock, and Barrel aren't there; much to Karina's relief. Around them was the same scene they saw in the movie, a room of cobwebs and torture devices used for fun. They all walked out of the hanging cage they used to get into the house and lowered it back down so as not to make anything look suspicious.
Johnny: Good thing their not here.
Nicole: Cool . . . . . (looks down the shute that led to Oogie's roulette room) I wonder . . .
Johnny: Wait, listen!
They all became quiet and listened, they could hear the voices of three all too familar people. Johnny looked out a small window and saw Lock, Shock, and Barrel comingn toward the tree house.
Johnny: They're back!
Karina: NOOO!!!! I don't want to see those little freaky things!
Johnny: Well either we let them find us or we go down the shute, I vote the shute.
Nicole: Same here
Gaby: Whatever, wait! I LOST MY MANGO, NOOO!!!!!!!
Karina: Like I have a choice. (She rolled her eyes)
They all go down the shute as Lock, Shock, and Barrel came up through the hanging cage. The four came out of the bottom of the shute and landed on the large roulette. Above them they saw the large fan that had killed Oogie those years ago, the sack that was once Oogie's body was gone though. The thought was dismissed as they heard the voices of the three evil kids talking.
Lock: So when do we do the ritual? We only have three days left.
Barrel: I vote on the night before Halloween, it's the perfect night to bring back Oogie Boogie.
Shock: Wait! Shut up!
Lock: Make me!
Shock: Someone's been here.
Lock: How do you know?
Shock: Call it a witches sense.
Gaby: (down in the roulette room but still loudly) Guys! I found my mango! God thank you!
Shock: Told you someone was here! Get them!
Johnny: I think this is our cue to run.
Nicole: Yeah.
They all ran through a backdoor in the roulette room and out of the tree house; screaming like the lunatics that they were before Lock, Shock, and Barrel could see them.
Shock: Do you think they know about the plan?
Lock: I doubt it.
Barrel: C'mon we need to get ready.
Back to our three heroines and skeleton friend. They had all ran to the Skellington Manor and were resting in the living room. Johnny was lying lazily on the black leather counch while his three new friends were either in a black chair or sprawled on the floor.
Nicole: Ok, what was that about?
Johnny: I don't know.
Gaby: Should we tall Jackie?
Johnny: O.o
Karina: She means Jack u.u
Johnny: Oh, probably not. My father is already busy with the Halloween thing. It's getting late, where are you guys staying?
Nicole: Dunno really, we haven't thought of that yet.
Gaby: We can live in my mango.
Nicole: Uhh . . . . .
Karina: I don't think we'll all fit inside that piece of fruit.
Gaby: Suit yourself
Johnny: If you want you can stay here at the manor.
Karina: Oh my God! No way am I staying at the heebee jeebee-man's house!
Nicole: His name is Jack for the hundredth time and it's either his house or outside.
Karina: Fine 6.6
Johnny: It's settled then, all I have to do is ask my mom.
Nicole: Your house is so cool, wish at least one of the houses in NJ were like this.
Johnny: I guess, you get used to it after a while.
Sally walked into the living room and found her son with his new friends. They all appeared tired and ready to fall asleep on the couch, chair, or floor if given the chance. At her feet was also Zero, floating next to her with his doggy ghost-ness. He appeared interested in the new visitors. His pumpkin-shaped nose lit up when they saw him and smiled.
Nicole: Zero! He's so cute!
The three girls walked toward the dog to pet it. Surprisingly the ghost dog decided not to bark at the strangers, it actually liked being pet. They didn't know how threy had petted the ghost dog but decided not to ask. Sally seemed happy that the three girls had responded well to their new environment for the time being. Johnny decided to ask now while his mom looked happy.
Johnny: Mom, can they stay for the night? They have nowhere else to go.
Sally: Of course they can, I'll go get a few sleeping bags out then.
Nicole: Yay! We can stay with Johnny and Zero . Thanks Johnny.
Johnny: No problem.
Karina: Creo que te gusta. (I think you like him)
Nicole: Callate .O (shut up)
Gaby: O.o? (has no idea how to speak spanish)
Karina: Zero's the only character I can tolerate in this mov-
Nicole: LA-LA-LA-LA-LAAAA!!!!!!!
Johnny: O.o Ok . . . . .
Nicole: I'll explain later .'
A few hours later everyone (Johnny, Nicole, Karina, and Gaby) are all in Johnny's room. The walls are a nice ash grey color with black vertical stripes, the black floorboards add a nice touch to the room as well as the large window on the left side of the room. The bed Johnny was sleeping in was beautiful, the black metal frame that looked over it was in a Victorian style and the sheets very a lovely silk black with ash grey pillows. The bat-shaped black on the wall said 11:30 p.m., the window showed them the beautiful night scene of Halloweentown. The three girls' were each in their own black sleeping bag provided by Sally, they were telling Johnny about the mortal world they were from.
Karina: (is still a little uncomfortable around Johnny or in the Halloweentown world for that matter) The computer is the best invention there u.u
Johnny: Com-pu-ter? What's it do?
Karina: O.O Only the greatest invention of all time, I really need to educate you on the other realm.
Gaby: And mango's, this is the one I thought I lost in the tree house thing, it's food. (bites into mango) Goodness!
Johnny: Cool (looks at mango wondering what it would taste like)
Nicole: (was drawing Johnny in a small notebook in her purse) There's also holidays like Halloween and Christmas.
Johnny: I know about Christmastown, my father told me about it.
Nicole: Sooo . . . . . what do you think we should do tomorrow? Go spy on Lock, Shock, and Barrel to find out about the plan?
Johnny: I guess so. Do you think I could go to your world with you guys?
Karina: Our world is for people and animals that are living, your dead.
Nicole: O.O KARINA!
Karina: o.o What?
Nicole: 9.9 Don't be mean to Johnny, (to Johnny) sure you can.
Johnny: Cool and thanks, well we better go to sleep now (yawns), it's late.
Nicole: Night
Karina: Whatever
Gaby: Mangos!
Nicole never being the type who ever wants to sleep, thinks about some things to get the confusion out of the way.
Nicole: (thinking) How did we get here? I remember falling through Karina's closet and landing into this world which is like heaven. Can Jack really bring us back home and if he can would I really be forced to go back there? In this world I actually feel accepted unlike that other world full of preps and ghetto-wannabes in high-school and just about anywhere. If he can't bring us back would Johnny let us stay here? I really don't want to go back, I like it here.
Nicole finally decides to go to sleep after all, full of more questions than answers. As our four characters slumber the tree little demons; Lock, Shock, and Barrel are planning their plan of um...doom, I guess. The scene changes to an old tree in twist and turns that also happens to be the home of the three demonic creatures of pranks. Lock and Barrel are dumping buckets filled with loads of bugs into a cauldron, the cauldron was filled with a bright green goop.
Barrel: Where the heck is Shock, isn't she supposed to be helping us with this stupid thing....whatever it is?
Lock: (says this like a no-big-deal type of tone) She said she had to go to get a book.
Barrel: O.o' She wants to read a book when were about to resurrect Oogie Boogie?
Lock: I don't know
After many buckets of bugs and cauldron stirring Shock comes back to the tree house. She's carrying what looks like a very old and very big book with a silver skull on the cover.
Barrel: Where have you been?!
Sock: Calm down! I stole this from Jack's house, we need it for the resurrection. There's a spell in this book that can-
Lock: Wait. How'd you take it from Jack's house?
Shock: I will never tell, I will carry the secret with me to the grave u.u
Barrel: Whetever, she probably just went through the back door or something.
Shock: Shutup! Anyway, we'll need to get more ingredients for the spell. First, something of the one being resurrected.
Lock: I'll go get the sack from downstairs, the fan did a number of Oogie's body, hope the sack isn't too destroyed.
Shock: Next we'll need the bug glucose potion.
Barrel: Got that already -.o What do you think we've been making all this time?
Lock comes back from downstairs carrying the torn sack, it was in bad condition. The thing was torn in every possible angle and it had a few sitiches broken through the hem.
Shock: And the last ingredient is . . . oh no!
Lock: What?
Shock: The last ingredient is we need a treasured possession of the person who murdered the one being resurrected.
Lock: What in Halloweentown's name are we gonna take from Jack that he treasures?!
Barrel: We could try Sally.
Shock: Oh that's brilliant, steal his wife, I'm sure he won't notice.
Barrel: How about that ghost dog, Zero?
Lock: Maybe but two problems. That thing is extremely loud, how would we bring it here quietly? Second, how do we get a ghost here? If we try and grab it we'll just go through it.
Barrel: Oh yeah, well, there goes Sally and Zero.
Shock: I got it! How 'bout Johnny?
Lock: New question, how would we get him here?
Shock: Easy, while I was getting the book I over heard him talking with three weird looking things, I think they were humans. Anyway, they talked for a while, one human brought up the subject of mangos I think and I remember one of the intruders mentioned mangos so . . . . .
Barrel: So what?
Shock: Aaaarrrrggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ., O Put two and two together!!! They're the same ones who snuck in today! Johnny seems fond of all three of them. They don't look difficult to capture. We get them and lure Johnny to us, trap him and get him ready for Oogie.
Lock: Great idea, this Halloween will be ours!
The three evil Halloweentown kids laugh their evil shrilly laugh and start on their kidnapping plan.
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Well this was a long chapter =) yay! I actually wanted to post this three days before Halloween but since I now have XP version for my computer I've had to think of a new way to get it posted since wouldn't allow XP version =( but I am glad I finally got to post this. I'll try and have the third chapter up soon. Please send more reviews! Adios! Invader Nicole signing off.
