Author's Note: Alright, guys, this is the last bit of Trick or Treat. To my faithful reviewers, thanks SO SO SO SO much for sticking with this story, even with the long lapses during updates! Lots of love to ya! I know,the epiloguea little short, but it gets its point across. Thanks again, and I really hope you enjoy it!
Epilogue
Four years later, a nineteen year old Tera found the circle of trees. With a soft smile, she ran her fingers over the ring the Pumpkin King had given her during her visit in Halloweentown.
She reached for the nose of the jack-o-lantern door and stepped in.
After a long, dark trip, the chamber she slid through echoing with her laughs, she landed outside the iron gates of Halloweentown, settling back against the wall to wait.
After about an hour, while she waited patiently, a very tall, very familiar figure stepped through the gates.
She got to her feet and said, "Jack?"
The skeleton man turned, and his face broke out into a smile. "Tera!" he said. "You came back!"
They embraced tightly. Her head still only reached his shoulders, but that didn't bother her. She knew she could never rival the skeleton man for height.
"Are you staying long?" he asked when they let go of each other.
Fiddling with the ring on her finger, she said, "Actually, I don't know… but I think it's going to be for a very long time." She told him about Evelyn's death when they turned eighteen, her brother being put in jail, and her father remarrying. He gave her a warm smile.
"You can stay with me until you figure out what you're doing," he said. She gave him a thankful grin.
"But there's something I need you to help me with," he said. "Have you ever heard of… Christmastown?"