From da author:
Writers block sucks.
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In another part of Halloweentown.
"Hey Boss! We've got some news for you!" Barrel shouted down a pipe.
"Get on with it, punk!" Growled a voice coming from the pipe.
"I wanna tell him!" Whined Shock. Lock smacked Shock and Barrel whacked both of them.
"I'm gonna to tell him; so both of you, shut up!"
"JUST TELL ME!" The voice yelled.
"There is a new girl in town!" All three children shouted. There was a pause at the other end.
"Interesting… tell me more." The voice said menacingly
Lock, Shock and Barrel giggled evily.
"Well Boss… This is what happened…" Said Shock.
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"Kiki! Wake up!" My mom whispered as she pushed on my shoulder.
"Ugh, just ten more minutes." I moaned.
"No, you have to get up now." Said Mom. I turned over to look at Mom, but it wasn't Mom. I screamed.
"HOOOWAH! Who are you and what do you want?" I lifted a fist.
The person jumped back. "Kiki it's me, Sally!"
Now I remember, I got sucked into a grave yesterday and now I'm in Halloweentown.
"Oh Sally, I'm sorry. I forgot where I was."
Sally said it was ok and that she did the same thing sometimes. (I didn't believe her.) I also forgot that today was Halloween! This was certainly going to be the best Halloween I've ever had; I mean, who could throw a better Halloween, then Halloween itself? I got out of bed and I noticed I was still in my clothes from yesterday, wich were now dirty. I did my best to brush most of it off, but I still looked gross. Meh, who's really going to notice? I thought to myself. Sally finished combing her hair and offered to comb mine.
"Pretty Please?" Sally Begged.
"Ok…sure." I replied.
Sally combed my hair, she said she never seen a hair color like mine. Someone knocked on Sally's door. The man that was yelling at Jack and I yesterday opened the door, (wich I found out was Dr. Finklestien).
"Sally, Jack is here." Shouted Dr. F
"Alright Dr. We're coming." Sally replied
Sally opened the door and I followed her out I finally got a good look at the Doctor, he looked more like a duck then anything else. He flipped open his head a scratched his brain. Sick. I said to myself. Sally and I walked down the long ramp; Jack was standing at the bottom. Sally ran up and gave Jack a hug.
"Happy Halloween Jack!" exclaimed Sally.
Jack smiled "Happy Halloween Sally, you too Kiki."
"Happy Halloween." I replied.
The three of us headed to Town Square, everyone was doing something to prepare for the fun that night. The Witches were setting up something that I could not identify, Harlequin was smashing bats with a hammer, and Clown and Behemoth were carving pumpkins.
"Kiki, Sally and I need to go talk to the Mayor; will you be ok by yourself?" Jack Asked me.
"Yeah sure." I mumbled.
Jack and Sally went inside town hall and I was alone, again. I decided to go see if the Vampire Brothers needed help with the juicing of the tomatoes. I was half way there but something caused me to fall flat on my face and scrape my knee.
"What the crap!" I shouted. I stood up prepared to go ballistic on whoever knocked me over. A young vampire was standing there; he was only a few inches taller then me. He had dark hair and black eyes.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
Darn it, now I couldn't go ballistic.
"Eh… yeah, I'm fine."
"You sure? That's a pretty nasty scrape."
I looked down at my knee; blood covered of my knee and was dripping down my leg.
"Aw crap, not again."
"You wait here." Said the vampire "I'll go get a band-aid or something."
I sat down on the ground as the vampire kid ran to the witches shop. I guess people in Halloweentown injure themselves. He came back after about two minutes.
"Here ya go." The vampire handed me a band-aid. I put it on the scrape and stood up.
"Thanks. By the way, my name is Kiki. What's yours?" I asked.
"I'm Howl. I've heard a lot about you." He smiled revealing two EXTREMELY SHARP teeth.
"Yeah," I laughed "Word does get around fast doesn't it?"
Howl and I walked over to the Vampire Brother's tomato juice table and helped out.
We had a fun time juicing. I found out that Howl was the Vampire Brother's cousin that was living with them for a while. Jack showed up a little while after that.
"Yum, Tomato Juice." Said Jack as he was reaching for a glass.
"Oh don't!" I replied jokingly. "None for you until tonight!"
"Speaking of tonight; do you know any good ghost stories?" Jack asked
Stories were my specialty; when I didn't make it up. If you want a story told well, then come see me.
"I've got a few. Why?"
This humongous grin came across Jack's face.
"That's wonderful! The old hag that usually tells the ghost stories has lost her voice, so we need a replacement. Are you up for it?"
I wanted to jump up and down, telling a scary story in Halloweentown? It couldn't have gotten better.
"Heck yes!" I exclaimed
"Splendid!" Jack's smile got bigger, he swiped a glass of juice and walked off.
I went back to my juicing, Howl tapped me on my back.
"Hey, Kiki? What the heck is that?" Howl asked
I turned around, Under-sea-gal was dragging something out of the fountain, it looked like... My bike! It was still pretty much intact, but really nasty looking. The basket was still attached and my bag was still in it. I saw Jack walk over to it and pick up my bag, I ran over to him before he started to rummage through it. I grabbed the bag.
"No, this is my stuff. You no touchie." Said I.
"Alright, but if you don't mind me asking, what is this?" Jack asked.
"It's a bike. You've never seen one before?"
Jack was checking out the tires and spinning the broken pedal.
"NoI haven't! Is some torture device?"
I laughed. "I course not! You ride it, see?"
I climbed on the seat and rode around in a circle. The wheels squeaked and sea-weed covered the fenders. Jack was watching in amazment, then his face morphed into "I have the most brilliant thought I ever thought" look.
"Kiki? Could I borrow your bike for a little while?" Jack asked.
I hopped off, "As long as you don't destroy it."
"Don't worry, I won't."
I gave Jack my bike and he took it with him to his house. I decided go walking around, then I heard a strange sound coming from a bush.