Dear Diary,

I'm just going to pick up where I left off last night.

"Well, you could just stay here in the guest bedroom." Jack said.

"Okay then. I'm just going to lay down again. I have a lot to think about." I said."Oh and by the way, my name is Sammy." Jack nodded and went back to his book. I started going back down the hall, when I bumped into someone. I looked up and in front of me was a woman with stitches all over her body. I covered my mouth to stifle a yelp. She smiled.

"You must be the newcomer. Welcome to Halloweentown." She said. "I am Sally. What is your name?"

"M-my name is S-sammy" I said.

" I like that name. Do you know where Jack is?" she asked. I pointed to the library. She smiled again and walked into the library. When she walked she sort of looked like she was off balance. I sat down on the bed in the guest bedroom, thinking about where my life,err, death, was heading now. I was going to walk out the room and when I opened the door, Jack was standing outside, ready to knock with a surprised look on his face. "Sorry, I was just going to tell you that since you are the first newcomer to the town in a long time, I was going to introduce you to the other citizens tomorrow." he said. So basically that's how I ended up here. Well I'm going to go to bed.

Love

Sammy

Dear Diary,

I know that I haven't written anything for at least a week. Over the past few days I have met lot's of new people (and monsters). But there are three kids that I am not happy being around. Their names are Lock, Shock, and Barrel. Here is the story of how I had the misfortune of meeting them. I was out late one night exploring the town. I kept wandering out farther and farther away, when suddenly I saw a tree house. I had no clue that someone was living there. I walked over to it and looked up. there was a small elevator like thingy on the ground. Being as curious and stupid as I was, naturally, I climbed into it. It went up to the tree house and I got out and looked around. Suddenly, I hear someone behind me.

"Look here," said one voice.

"We have a visitor." said another.

"Want to play?" said one more. Three figures came out from the shadows. One was a boy in a devil costume. Another was a girl in a witch costume and the last was another boy in a skeleton costume. The devil boy took out a flame thrower, the girl took out a baseball bat, and the skeleton boy took out a bear trap. I started to walk away slowly, then broke into a run. I hid behind a wall and listened.

"Shock, Barrel, you guys go that way." I heard the devil boy saying.

"Okay Lock." said the other two in unison. I heard footsteps go past my hiding place a breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly I heard something behind me. There stood Lock, only inches away from me.

"Trick or Treat!" he shouted. I took off running as fast as I could. I could hear them laughing and chasing me. I saw a window, and without thinking I jumped out, landing on my face on the cold hard ground. I ran as fast as my body would allow me to. When I got back to Jacks house(or whatever you would call it) they were in the front hallway.

"Oh,hi! Glad to see you're back." said Sally. I collapsed on the ground. They both kneeled down to see if I was okay.

"What happened!" exclaimed Jack. I blurted out the whole story.

"Sounds like Lock, Shock and Barrel were up to no good again." said Jack with a scowl on his face. Well that's all for now.

Love

Sammy