Hi, this is my first nightmare before Christmas fiction so go easy on me please. I've seen the movie tons of time and I've wanted to do this kind of story before so here it goes. Now on with the show!
Disclaimer: I do not own Tim Burtons "The Nightmare before Christmas." So will you lawyers stop calling me!
Laura Lyn sat on a bench in the middle of the street in her home town of Taverns. She was waiting for her best friend, Alyssa, to show up. A new book store had opened up in town and Laura was practically dying to see it with her. The wind blew strongly against Laura's face. Her shoulder length black hair flew wildly around her. Her amber eyes narrowed against the sun. Finally, she spotted Alyssa running down the street with a smile on her face. Laura stood up from her bench and waved at her friend.
"What took you so long?" Laura asked.
"Sorry, but I was at my grandmother's house." Alyssa explained. "She gave me this necklace that she found in a graveyard." She showed Laura a golden necklace that had a black rose locket on it. Laura looked at it with disgust.
"Ewe, you do know you're holding something that came from a graveyard right?" Laura asked. "Why would your grandma give you something like that anyway?"
"I don't know." Alyssa replied. "She did tell me though that I had to take good care of this necklace." She slipped the necklace back in to her pocket and the two made their way to the book store. "Did you hear about what happened to Billy?"
"No, what happened?" Laura asked with mild interest.
"Well, I heard that last night Billy was sitting in his room and he dropped the remote to his TV." Alyssa explained. "He got on the floor to find the remote and when he looked under his bed, he saw a pair of big red eyes staring back at him." Alyssa gave a shiver after she finished her story.
"It's all rubbish." Laura said. "Billy was just having an over active imagination."
"That's what you always say when strange things happen." Alyssa said with a pout. "Can't you just admit that weird and unexplainable things happen once in a while?" Alyssa flipped her long brown hair over her shoulder and waited for Laura's answer.
"No, I can't." Laura answered. "I can't because there are no things that are supernatural." That was a strong belief of Laura. Everything had to be logical and everything could be explained. This made it very hard of people to get along with her. Alyssa sighed with defeat and the two continued their walk towards the book store.
Unknown to Laura and Alyssa though. Three children were watching them. The first child was dressed in a devils costume, the second was dressed as a witch, and the third was in a skeleton costume.
"Are you sure that girl is the one Mr. Boogie Boogie wants?" The devil named Lock asked the skeleton named Barrel.
"Yep, that's the one." Barrel confirmed. The witch called Shock made an angry noise and glared at the girl.
"I'm much prettier than her." She stated and looked at her cohorts for agreement. Lock and Barrel looked at each other unsurely.
"Of course Shock, what ever you say." Barrel agreed. Shock glared at the two. Lock, shushed the two and pointed at Laura and Alyssa who were becoming smaller as they walked further away from the three.
"We should follow her and then, at night, we'll snatch her and take her to Oogie Boogie." He explained. Barrel giggled sinisterly.
"This will be even more fun than that time we kidnapped the Sandy Claws." Barrel said laughing. Lock and Shock nodded in agreement and all three started laughing together. Then suddenly, they disappeared.
Is that a good start to the fic? By the way, I didn't spell Santa Clause wrong. That's how they spelled and said his name in Halloween Town. Sorry if ya'll already know this but I just don't want any reviews saying that I need to learn how to spell Santa Clause. Read it, love it, and review it. Until next time: Peace to the Middle East, bathe the whales, and pay the hobos.