Scarlet grits her teeth and tries to cling to the edge of the hole. Sparks fly out of her nails. Then she saw light. Suddenly the hole turned upwards and then Scarlet is flung out into open air. She stands up and sees a tumbleweed blow past her.
"What?"
She was back in Halloween Town, but no one was there-
(Announcer: Except for the killer tumbleweed!
Kassi: steps on announcer's foot
Announcer: OWWIE!)
-except for a tall skinny, thing. She couldn't tell if it was either a mere shadow or something mere. Then Scarlet heard a muffled voice.
"Hey Scarlet!" Yelled the mayor. "Try and knock out that harpie! It's causing quite a lot of trouble!"
Scarlet looks at the upward bound hole, and then looked back at the shadow. It smirked, and then it disappeared.
"Okay, that's plain weird. That wasn't the Mayor or that harpie that he was talking about."
Before Scarlet could even reach out to where it was, Scarlet heard a screech. She spun around and noticed that her arm was missing. The harpie had it in its talons. Scarlet grits her teeth.
"What should I do? Oh yeah!"
Scarlet focuses on her arm that was in the harpie's talons. It twists and turns, giving the harpie quite a scare, making it drop Scarlet's arm. Scarlet runs towards the harpie and catches the arm.
"I guess I just have to kill you with my left hand, then."
Scarlet reaches into her pocket (with her left hand holding her right arm) and pulls out-
(Announcer: Ooh, the tension. I can't wait!
Kassi: shoots announcer then steps on top of him go on Scarlet, this should keep him down for quite some time.
Scarlet?)
-the knife.
((Big surprise O.o))
"Bring it on, you oversized bird!"
This gets it mad. It screeches, and darts toward Scarlet, and Scarlet just smirks.
"Too late to stop now…" Scarlet mutters.
Scarlet sticks the knife in front of her.
The harpie dodges it just barely, only knocking off a few feathers. As it flies past Scarlet, she puts up her knee, kicking the harpie right in the stomach. It gives out a screech of pain as it rolls into a ball, still flying. It hits a pole, making it shake violently. The harpie uncurls itself, and then gives a screech of anger. It flaps its wings and makes the pole shake even more. An unlit lantern falls from the pole and hits the harpie on the head, knocking it out cold. The Mayor starts to clap as he came towards Scarlet.
Monsters and all sorts of things appear throughout the town. Some clap and some groan.
"I had quite the suspicion! I did! Ladies and Gentlemen! Two minutes and fifty-three seconds! Scarlet Tail just beat Jack Skellington's record of three minutes!"
There was a scream of delight and a muffled voice.
"Get out of our way! Winners of a bet coming through!"
There was a beautiful woman, a hat, and Sally pushing their way through the crowds of monsters. Scarlet realized that the 'hat' that she saw was Snap.
"Mayor, is it really true that Scarlet beat Jack?" Snap asked.
"Yep."
The woman started ho-downing with Snap and they were singing.
"Scarlet's the Pumpkin Queen! Scarlet's the Pumpkin Queen! The whole town owes us money!"
Sally smiles and watches the little ho-down. Scarlet walks over to the Mayor.
"If I may ask, but what is going on?"
"You just beat Jack's record, so that means that you're qualified to be the Pumpkin Queen. But, the thing is-" –the mayor's face switched to 'unhappy' mode- "they think that you're not worth it."
"What? Why not?"
Mr. Hyde pushes though the crowd.
"Well, the thing is, you're… you're just not scary. If you can scare the Pumpkin King, Jack, or just make him scream, then we'll accept you to be the Pumpkin Queen. Can't be scary? Well, then choose a different holiday!"
(Announcer: takes a good look at Scarlet Whoa! She isn't scary!
Kassi: looks at Scarlet, too Whoa, she's only gothic! The Towners really judge you on how look!)
"What? She isn't scary!" Scarlet points at the woman.
The woman turns into a huge vampiress.
"Why don't you stay like that?"
"It's easier to walk and go through doors."
"Oh."
Scarlet turns to leave, and the Towners had already made a path for her to leave.
Poor Scarlet! What will happen to her? Will she try to scare Jack? Or will she just leave?
And why do the Towners hate her and not the Announcer?
Find out in my next book!
