I was sitting on Spiral Hill for about an hour. The sun there is beautiful, it gives off more of a pumpkin-colored glow, rather then real sunlight. I've been in Halloweentown for only a couple hours and I already felt like I belonged there. Nobody called me a witch; there is no little sister to drive me absolutely crazy, and this place is fun. Colorado is just soboring. But I can't stay here, what about my family? They love me and I really do love them, but I just don't fit in with them. I wondered if my family was wondering where I went, when I saw Jack heading towards me.
"Kiki, I thought you would come here." Jack shouted, still a little ways away. He ran up the hill with no trouble. (Unlike me, who slipped around most of the way up.) "I like this place too, you can see the hinterlands over that way" Jack said pointing to a forest in the distance. Jack told me a ton of things about Halloween and some of the plans he had for tomarow, then a silent moment.
"Hey Jack?" I asked.
"Yes?"
"Two witches told me that you are getting married to Sally on Christmas."
Jack just nodded, it looked like he was thinking about something.
"How do you know about Christmas?" I asked.
Jack looked at me and took a deep breath. He told me everything that he did, he visited Christmastown (then explained to me the whole "Holiday door" thing.) And how he wanted to try and take over Christmas and about how he kidnapped Santa and then being blasted out of the sky.
I jumped up. "You did that? You were the one that gave me a Chainsaw Barbie?" I yelled.
I couldn't believe it! Jack was the one that gave my little sister that freaky Spyro-graph? He was the reason that Santa went missing and that they told us that Christmas was canceled?He was the reason that I hid under my bed from that damn Barbie?
"I'm really, really sorry." Jack said as he hung his head. "I just wanted to try something new, and I messed everything up. Again, I'm sorry."
Jack looked so sad, I couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him.
"It's ok, Santa fixed everything, didn't he?" I said.
Jack smiled. "That he did. That he did."
The sun was beginning to set and Jack stood up. "We better head back, Maybe you can stay with Sally tonight."
"Sure." I mumbled. I was getting really tired. We walked backed to town. We talked to Sally and I was going to stay with her. Jack went back to his house and Sally and I were sitting in her room.
"Kiki, what's Colorado like?" Sally asked me.
"Well, there are mountains and houses and prairie dogs and that is about it." I replied.
"Oh, is all of the Real World like that?"
Real World? What the heck does she mean by that?
"Not…really, different places look different." I said.
"I'd like to see the Real World someday." Sally said longingly
Sally went to a closet and pulled out a rolled up mattress. As she was fixing up a bed for me, I thought about what would happen if they came to the "Real World". Most likely everybody would totally freak out. Screaming, running, crying. Kinda like the Christmas a few years back that apparently Jack was behind. It was probably best that none of them came to my world.
"Now it's my turn to ask questions." I said.
"Alright, go ahead." Sally replied.
"What is Halloweentown? What is it really?"
"Jack told me this; Halloweentown is the world of Halloween, we are Halloween. There are other Holiday worlds too."
"Really? Is Christmas one too?" I asked.
Sally pulled out some sheets from the closet and unfolded them.
"Yes" Said Sally.
"Jack told me about the Holiday Doors, but I didn't think that they were the actual holiday. That's kinda freaky." I commented.
Sally and I talked for a little while longer. We talked about Jack and what we were going to do the next day and about their wedding. Sally also told me about her life; it's really a fascinating story. Dr. Finklestien brought her to life after sewing her together. She said that her first day of life was a clumsy one; she had a hard time staying together without falling apart. She told me about the first time she saw Jack.
"I saw him from my bedroom window; I think he was working on something for Halloween." Sally sighed. "That was the moment I fell in love with him."
Sally had to be the sweetest living doll I have ever met, and she was just perfect for Jack. I hoped someday to fall in love with someone the same way that Sally loved Jack.
"Look at the time! We better get to sleep or else we can't help with Halloween." Sally exclaimed.
Sally turned off the light and climbed into her bed; I did the same. Sally fell asleep soon afterward but I stayed awake thinking.
Maybe I could stay here. Maybe this is the place where I amreally meant to be.
