Finally! I'm updating this story. What has it been, two or three months since my last update? Well, I hate to keep ya'll in suspense. If you aren't in suspense, then poopie on you. Now, on with the show!

"What is it?" asked a feminine voice

"I don't know." replied a husky voice. The voice sounded hoarse and ragged. "What ever it is though sure is ugly." The sound of someone being smacked was heard. Then someone was mumbling gruffly under their breath.

"That's rude, sure it doesn't have any claws or anything scary," the first voice scolded the second, "That doesn't mean its ugly." Laura heard all of this while as she vaguely returned to consciousness. At first, the voices were very muffled and unclear, now she could hear the two as if she were right next to them. Though Laura could hear the two strangers, she couldn't see them. Her vision was very blurry, probably from the fall she had.

'Where did I fall to?' she thought vaguely. The two voices were whispering to each other now, something that made Laura quite uncomfortable. Slowly, but surely, her sight was clearing. At the moment, she could make out two blurry figures towering over her. The source of the voices no doubt, Laura determined. She then started to take in her other senses. Her hands felt could stone beneath her. 'Okay, so I'm on the ground somewhere, that's a start at least.'

Laura could taste cold air, almost a deadly chill. She felt the cold all over her; it sent chills up her spine. She smelled, to her utter confusion, something that was rotting and dead. In fact, that's all Laura could smell, rotting substances. Her vision was progressing even more, the blurry figures were becoming more detailed and Laura could detect the sun rising from the east. There was an orange and pick glow in the sky. Finally, Laura could see clearly. Everything was clear, detailed, and in focus. What she saw though, made her wish she couldn't see again.

The two figures, who had been whispering to each other the whole time, were two monsters standing over Laura. One was a werewolf wearing a buttoned up checkered shirt and overalls. Its teeth were razor sharp, like rows of rotting knives. The creature's eyes were narrowed, giving Laura a look that a predator might give its prey before attacking. The very thought crossed Laura's mind as she stared in fear, 'What if it wants to eat me!'

The second monster was a cat-like animal. Had the appearance of a cheetah, but was standing upright on its hind legs. The cat's claws were about 4 ½ inches long. Two long, dripping with salvia, fangs hung from its mouth. Laura was reminded of a picture of a saber tooth tiger she had seen in a science textbook. The creature's eyes had a mysterious glow to them, though they did not seem to have evil in them.

Both monsters were equally terrifying in Laura's opinion. She quickly got up from her spot on the ground and jumped back a few feet. She held her arms in front of her face and screamed in horror.

"Please, don't kill me!" Laura cried, praying that the cry might change the creature's minds about eating her. When she detected no movements from her supposed antagonist, Laura lowered her arms. To her surprise, the monsters didn't move from their spots. They both looked at her confused. The werewolf stepped forward towards Laura.

"Why would we want to kill you?" It asked. Its voice matched the second one she had heard earlier. Laura was dumbfounded; she didn't expect that the creatures could talk. Not only that, she hadn't really thought up a reason why the two would want to attack. Laura was about to speak when the cat monster gracefully jumped over to her and smiled.

"I understand we do look pretty frightening don't we?" The cat asked with the same feminine voice as before. The female cat held out a paw to Laura to shake. Laura, reluctantly, took the paw and shakes it. "I'm very sorry that we scared you, I'm Prance" Prance smiled and showed all of her sharp fangs. She motioned her head towards the werewolf, who was now leaning on a stone wall. "The werewolf is Pounce; don't let him scare you, he's nothing but a teddy bear." Laura felt a tad bit better than before, knowing that the two wouldn't cause her any harm. Pounce snorted, it sounded more like a snarl though.

"Teddy bear my foot!" He said sarcastically. The werewolf sent a straight glare towards Laura. "Just don't mess with me and we won't have a problem." Prance waved a paw at him and returned to Laura. The smile was still on the cat's face.

"Well, you know who we are, who are you?" She asked cheerfully. Laura was a little cautious towards the werewolf, but she felt very comfortable with Prance. She trusted the cat and decided to introduce herself.

"I'm Laura Lyn," Laura felt proud to have gathered the courage to speak. "I'm a human" She added, remembering that Prance and Pounce were wondering what she was earlier.

Laura smiled and thought that everything was going to be okay for now. Then it hit her, Laura realized that she was talking to a walking, talking cat and a werewolf. This was Laura Lyn, the serious, no non-sense girl who didn't believe in anything supernatural. She turned from Prance and started walking away. She wanted to walk far away, from anything, she wanted to go back home. Laura looked around and noticed that they all were on a stone bridge with tall stone walls. One side, the side Prance and Pounce were at, had an extremely tall gate. The end Laura was at lead to the woods. They looked closely like the woods she had went into to find Alyssa. That was when she remembered, she came to find Alyssa. Alyssa was her best friend; she couldn't leave her like that. Strangely enough, Laura also remembered the conversation she had with herself before she went into the pumpkin door in the tree. Not wanting to have another conversation like that again, Laura turned around with a bit larger courage and returned to Prance and Pounce.

"What was that all about?" Pounce asked with little interest. Prance glared at him before turning a concerned face to Laura. Laura tried to put on her best smile.

"Nothing just needed to think." She replied. There was an awkward silence among the three. Laura thought of ways to clear the silence. One very obvious question came to mind. "Umm…where am I anyway?" Prance looked very pleased to have something to stop the quiet.

"Oh, you don't know?" She asked in awe. The cat was amazed to have met someone totally unlike herself and to not know her home town. "You should be right pleased you know," She threw her furry arms in the air to emphasize the gate. "You're at the entrance to Halloween Town!"

So, do ya'll like it? I kinda adlibbed most of the chapter. I'll try to update the chapter as soon as I can. If you read my other stories and are awaiting a new chapter, don't worry cause I'll be updating them soon also. Until next time: Peace to the Middle East, Bathe the Whales, and Pay the Hobos. Catch ya on the flip-flop eggo waffle side!