Chapter 3:
Acacia stopped by the Witches' Shop to get some supplies. She didn't tell them where she was going, but there was one person she could tell.
On one condition, and that was he wouldn't tell his dad.
She snuck away, looking for Raz Skellington and Zero.
She found him on the roof of the town hall, practicing his fire skills. It was quite a sight, ten foot bursts of fire blowing from his mouth. Zero, Jack's old dead dog was there too. He usually followed Raz around nowadays. Acacia crept up to the skeleton boy and tapped him on the shoulder. Startled, Raz choked on the flames in his mouth, coughing out jets of it.
Smiling sweetly, she patted the ghostly dog on the head. Of course, her hand went straight through him, but she did it all the same.
"Acci? What're you cough doing here?" ask Rashes eyes widening.
"I'm here to see if you want to help me on my quest to return Halloween Town to it's former glory." She said quickly. She spoke quickly when she wanted to not get into trouble with someone, like a human child does.
But he stared gormlessly at her.
"That means?"
She motioned for him to come closer, and whispered
"I'm going to the human world, the world of the living to save this town. Obviously you've heard your dad talking of the town dying?"
He nodded sadly.
"And as Pumpkin Prince you expect me to help you?Cos it's gonna be mine someday?"
Acacia nodded. He though for a few seconds, then smiled an said
"Well,it isn't everyday that something like this comes up. But there's a condition right ?"
"You know me well, pumpkin boy." She joked
"And it's that I can't-"
"Tell Jack. Is that okay by you, partner in crime?"
She stuck out a hand. Raz looked at it, then shook it with his bony one.
They both smiled a smile of mischief, one that al the children of Halloween Town shared.
The one that said that they were going to break some rules. And boy were they.
Acacia realised something now. One slight fly in the ointment.
"Yeah, great idea of mine.But, Raz, how do we actually get to the human world?"
"Easy." He said.
"Easy?"
"Sure," he answered, still smiling. "There's bound to be more than one person other than Dad who knows where it is."
"Who?" asked Acacia, dumbstruck.
"Mom, of course. Who else?"