Here is is! Chapter 1! I didn't have to change the actual layout of the chapter as much for but I did touch up the actual writing since it needed some extra love!

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Chapter 1: Leaving Halloween Town

Danny ran through the monsters as they celebrated another perfect Halloween celebration. He spotted who he was looking for talking to the mayor and pulled the red haired woman with him. His aunt Sally, who adopted him so he was technically her son, was the closest person he was with besides his uncle.

"I see him! Come on, Aunt Sally!" he called back to the woman trying to keep up.

Sally simply let out a laugh at the white haired teens actions.

"Alright, Danny, I'm coming!"

It had been 3 years since the teenage ghost had joined them in Halloween town. No one knew his story and the first month had been rough. Sally watched as the ghost talked excitedly with the skeleton king, remembering the horrified look in those neon green eyes when he found out he was not only dead but also in a town of monsters.

Ghosts, I can handle but a town of monsters is just too much…

But after a brief adjustment period, the ghost boy seemed to grow more and more comfortable with the monsters of Halloween town. He spent a lot of time with Jack and Sally but also chose to spend a large period of his free time with the other ghosts of the town, claiming it was because of the kinship he felt with them. Over time, the couple eventually adopted the boy as their own son. However, the the words 'mom' or 'dad' seemed to severely bother the teen so the couple had let him call them his aunt and uncle.

"Ah, Phantom." The mayor said. "Enjoy the show?"

"Yeah! It was awesome as always! You and Uncle Jack did a really good job!" Danny praised as Jack gave a laugh and set his boney hand on the teens shoulder.

"It'd be nice to have you in the festivities next year." The mayor said, before his face switched, looking at Jack with worry. "Jack! We only have 364 days left to plan for next Halloween!"

The pumpkin king gave a chuckle as Sally came to stand beside him. Danny seemed to give a sigh at the mayor's predictable nerves.

"Well, let's just enjoy today and then we can start planning tomorrow. Good?" Jack coaxed the mayor, who switched faces again and smiled.

Later in the evening, the three returned to the skeleton king's house. The ghostly teen collapsed on the couch, letting out a long stretch that showed his more ghostly nature. His body seemed to stretch out more than normal and then relax as he ran a hand through his hair, clearly ready to rest.

"Danny, how would you feel about leaving Halloween town?" Sally asked, taking a seat beside him and setting a hand on his shoulder.

"What do you mean?" He asked, raising a brow curiously as he looked from his aunt to his uncle.

"Well considering that this Halloween is finished, we were thinking about going on a little vacation to a nice hotel in Transylvania that's for just monsters. We were thinking of going during Christmas and spending two weeks there. I've already talked to the Mayor about it and we agreed we'd get some of the planning done for next Halloween done before we leave but the town should hold together while we're gone. The next few days will be fairly hecktic while I prepare the town but then we'll leave and spend two weeks at the hotel a friend of mine owns." Jack explained.

Danny was quiet for a little while, looking down at the carpet while Sally exchanged a look with Jack, who nodded reassuringly to her.

Leave Halloween town? Back into the human world?

"Would it be safe?" The ghost boy asked, looking up to meet his uncle's empty sockets.

"Of course." Jack nodded, smiling at the teen. "This hotel has been running for hundreds of years. My friend built this hotel in a way so that monsters would ever be seen or bothered by humans. And you'll have me and Sally to protect you the entire time."

Danny nodded, trusting his uncle, before a large smile grew on his face, beaming at the couple.

"Alright, sounds like fun!"

A few weeks later, the ghost boy flew around as if looking for something. His aunt and uncle were outside making sure the carriage was packed with everything they needed.

"Come on, Danny!" Sally called.

"Aunt Sally! I can't find my-" the ghost boy explained, only to stop at what the ragdoll was holding up for him.

A pair of white fingerless gloves.

His aunt had made him some more casual clothes for the trip. Not that he exactly wore formal wear most of the time. But his aunt enjoyed sewing and making clothing for both himself and Jack. All of his clothes had black, green, gray or white color patterns and were fairly comfortable for the wardrobe of a ghostly teenage boy.

Giving his aunt an embarrassed look, he took the gloves and pulled them on as he climbed into the carriage. Followed by his aunt and uncle as they sat in the seats across from him. Seeing as Jack was fairly tall and didn't seem to fit in most normal carriages, the carriage was tall and black with the warped style the skeleton king seemed to like so much.

"Since we'll be in the car for a while, I brought some books for you to study." Sally said, gesturing to the box under Danny's seat.

"Awww! Aunt Sally!" Danny groaned as he slumped into his seat.

"It's just for the car ride so you won't fall behind on your school work."

Danny looked at his uncle, who shrugged. After being adopted by the two, Sally began to teach him about science, math, chemistry, biology and plenty of other things from the books she found along with help from other monsters. She had claimed it was for if he were to even decide to take Jack's position should he ever retire.

"Sorry, Danny. I can't argue with Sally." Jack smirked. "It's just for the car ride."

Danny sighed before nodding and pulling a copy of Shakespearean Quotation 101 and cracking it open.

Mavis paced her room before stopping in front of her mirror, looking at the empty reflection.

"Dad, you said that when I turned 118, I could go out into the world

like every other adult that gets to come and go from this hotel." She stopped, changing her voice to imitate her dad. "But, Mavey Wavey, it's not safe. Bleh, bleh-bleh." She changed her voice back to normal as she walked up the wall like one would walk on the floor. "Dad, 30 years ago, you promised. I remember, we were both eating mice, and you specifically said that you gave me your word."

A knock on the door got the young vampire's attention to her father as he walked in.

"Good morning, Mavey Wavey! Happy birthday, my little mouse!" He cheered, looking around the room for his daughter.

"Thank you, Dad." Mavis said from her spot on the ceiling before climbing down and standing straight. "I know it's my birthday."

"I have so much fun planned. Whoo-hoo!" Dracula cheered. "But first, we go catch some scorpions together, just the two of us, yes, dead-ums?"

Mavis held up her hand to silence him before crossing her arms, trying to look mature and business like.

"Dad, please, let me speak." She said before turning away from him. "There's something we have to talk about."

Dracula smiled at his daughter, knowing what she wanted.

"You want to go out into the world. You can." he said calmly.

"Aha!" Mavis exclaimed, turning to her father with a triumphant look in her blue eyes. "I knew you were gonna say that. But, Dad, you gave me your word, and you know that I know that a Dracula's word is sacred. That our trust is the core of our..." She paused, realizing what he said. "Wait, what?"

"I said you can go." Dracula said, holding up his hands.

Mavis looked at him pointedly, sceptical of her usually overprotective dad.

"You're just playing with me." She guessed, her voice curious.

"No, no, no, no. You're old enough to drive a hearse now, you're old enough to make your own choices." Dracula couldn't help but feel some dread at the hopeful look in his daughter's eyes. "You can go."

Mavis cheered before running into her closet and emerging with a suitcase and a floral hawaiian shirt before changing into a bat and heading for the window only to be stopped by her father.

"Whoa, whoa. Stop. Wait a second, sweetfangs. Where are you going?" He asked, confused as to why his daughter wanted to leave suddenly.

Mavis' eyes became slightly confused and shy, her wings flapping rapidly to keep her and her oversized suitcase in the air.

"Oh, well, I'm going to paradise, and this is just some stuff that I thought I would need." Mavis said, setting her suitcase on the window sill and sitting on it, letting her wings slump.

"Paradise?"

Mavis nodded and transformed back to her normal form, holding her suitcase tightly.

"Yeah, you know." She said, pulling out a card that said 'Greetings from Hawaii!'. "It's that place out there where you and Mom met. Auntie Wanda says you two were just like, Zing!"

"I don't know from zing." Dracula explained, giving the card a curious look. "Where did you find that card? "

"In one of your drawers." Mavis said, shyly knowing she'd been caught. "Why won't you ever tell me about how you met?"

"It's actually Hawaii." her father corrected, which was only replied with a confused look.

"Ha-what-what?"

"Look, honey, I know you're excited," Dracula explained. "but everyone has gone to great lengths to come see you on your birthday."

"I know. They always do." Mavis sighed as she sat on the window sill, her suitcase sitting next to her. "But aren't I getting a little old for these parties? I love them, but I really want to see new things." The girl morphed back into a small bat and slumped on her suitcase, facing away from her dad. "Maybe meet somebody my age."

Dracula paused, standing by her, knowing what she would do.

"Come on. No, no, don't do that." Mavis' bat eyes grew and her lip stuck out as if she were to start crying, her father's one weakness (besides garlic, sunlight and whatever vampires can't stand) "Don't give me the pouty bat face." Dracula sighed. "Okay, there is a human village just a little ways past the cemetery. You could go there and be back in, like, 30 minutes or so. It should be plenty for your first time."

Mavis morphed back into her human form and looked down at the water below.

"Well, it's not Ha-wee-wee, but I guess it's still technically out there." She said, cheering herself up. "Okay, okay, okay!" She went over to her closet and set the suitcase back before hugging her dad. "Thanks for trusting me."

Dracula paused before he nodded and hugged his daughter back.

"Of course, my little one. I gave you my word."

Mavis nodded, pulling out of the hug and jumping out of the window to go to the town.