Chapter 3

When Jack woke up he could hardly see a thing, he also noticed he was in a small box.

"I have to get out of here" he said to himself.

Luckily there was enough room inside the coffin for Jack to move. Gathering a his strength he started to punch the box and make a small hole, if only to be covered in "What on earth, or under it I guess" he started to claw himself out of his grave.

Straitening up he looked at what he thought would be bleeding hands and gave a heart stopping cry of horror and pain. His hands, which were once flesh and bone, were now just pure white bone. Jack reached up and felt his head; he was a walking, talking skeleton. How ironic, he mused, gaze shifting slightly to the resting place of his only companion. Jack paused, "If I'm dead, but still alive… maybe." Knelling in front of his beloved dog's grave and felling rather foolish began to call. "Here Zero, here boy" and gave a yelp of surprise when he saw Zero's head poking through his dog house grave.

Zero leapt up and began to lick Jack's skull that as if on cue, fell off.

Crawling over to his head and placing it back on top of his shoulders, with some difficulty, Jack started to laugh, still chuckling "We make quite a pair, don't we?" he asked Zero who just rolled his eyes, his nose shining brightly. As the Jack-o-lantern sun started to rise they made their way out of the graveyard and towards the little town of Halloween.

A/N: sorry this chapters so short but I'll update (if I can) tomorrow.

To all my reviewers: ShadowShapeshifterAndHerCat, Nitnat3, x3missie attyn & LemonyShepard I will be adding Lock, Shock, Barrel and Oogie to the story.

LittleMissPadfoot signing out!