"How in the hell do you know who I am?"

Scarlet smiled, this time true.

"I knew you since you were born."

"Mom?"

Scarlet almost fell over backwards.

"Do I look like your mom?"
"I even look different!"
"Fine." Scarlet shifted into her regular form, no freaky jacket, no hair blocking her eyes, no skull logo on her shirt, just, Scarlet. Not at all scary. "Now do you know who I am?"

"You're a girl? How could you, Nick!"

"Do I look like our brother?"

"Oh. Hi, Scarlet."

"Geez. Well, you can stay here with me. Come on."

Scarlet led Emily up the stairs, and with every step that Scarlet took, she looked more and more like a dead corpse than Emily's older sister. Once they were up the stairs, Scarlet took a right and passed her own room, and at the next room, she walked into it. Emily just looked inside.

"Well, come on then! This is your new bedroom."

Emily took two steps inside. It looked like Scarlet's room that she had peeked into.

"How exciting! It looks so different from my room!"

Scarlet let out a cackle that sent a cold shiver running down Emily's spine. She immediately covered her ears.

"Please…. Don't do that…. It freaks me out…"

Scarlet calmed down, still with a sharp-toothed grin on her face.

"How did you die, Scarlet?"

We shouldn't tell her! Come on! Don't! Trust Oogie, not her, Scarrie!

"Hmmm. I don't remember. Truly, I don't."

"How'd you get here, then?"

"Like I know, or care."

Emily looked down. I remember perfectly.

"Wanna know how I died? It was quite exiting!"

"Heck no! I've had too many deaths to keep hold of! Please, don't tell me!"

Scarlet looked away from Emily.

"Okay. I won't. But where's Nick, then?"

"Like I care, or know."

"Do you know who he reminds me of?"

"Yeah. Oogie."

"That-"

"I know! He even has his strange personality!"

"Who's Oogie?"

"He's the best dude in the world!"

ALLLLL RIIIIIGHHHT! Now you're thinkin what we're thinkin! Go Scarrie!

"Another guy I've gotta meet. Great." Murmured Emily.

"Wow. That's so weird. I haven't laughed at you or anything that you have said.

Whatever. We're still planning. Shut up and talk to the girl.

Scarlet rolled her eyes.

"Shut up and talk! Am I your lackey or something!"

That's right.

"Hell no!"

Too bad, Scarrie.

Scarlet slapped herself.

"OW! Once the doctor gets back, I'm gonna…"

Emily was staring at her.

"Uh, killer zits."

"Killer. Zits."

"Yeah! Uh- they get inside your brain and make you do what they say, or they hurt you!"

"…………..riiiiiight."