Here's the chapter after the prologue, just like I promised. I hope you guys enjoy, because I was stumped on how I wanted the chapter to flow.
*I still don't own Legend of Korra or The Nightmare Before Christmas!*
This is Halloween
Back at Korra's house, Tenzin and the others have gathered to form a search party in order to try and find Korra. It's been a whole hour since she's gone missing and all of them were getting worried. Even the head of Republic City's police force, Lin, was worried even though she doesn't show it on the outside.
"Where could she have gone? It isn't like her to just run away like this!" said Asami as she paced about the room.
"I don't know, but we'd better find her, as quickly as we can. There's a blizzard heading this way, and if she gets caught in that…"
Lin left that thought hanging, not needing to finish that sentence. They all know that Korra will freeze to death out there if she gets caught in that blizzard, even with Fire Bending on her side. That's why they have to find her as soon as possible. From her seat, Katara sighed and felt even older than she already is.
"This is all my fault. I never should have put the fear of never walking again in her head." she said with regret clear in her voice.
"No, mother, it's not your fault. It's mine. If I had just gotten there faster, I could have prevented any of this from happening!" Tenzin said.
"I think we're the ones at fault for not being there for Korra when she needed us all the most." Bolin spoke up.
"It's all our faults." Lin commented.
A sad silence set in over everyone as they tried to think of a way to find Korra and bring her back home before things got out of hand. Like remnants of Amon's Equalists attack her in her weakened state in hopes of permanently destroying the Avatar. Or even worse…
But while they're doing that, let's go to where that grave Korra entered leads.
It was pitch black as music began to ring out through the air. A pair of scarecrows, one taller than the other, cackle as they seem to point us towards another graveyard. And the shadows… begin to sing…
Shadows
Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange
Come with us and you will see
This our town of Halloween
As we exit the gates to the graveyard, a small band of ghosts joins in the song, floating about as Jack o' Lanterns fall on to metal spikes that make up a fence. Each one has a different face from happy, to surprised, to screaming. A fine set of emotions.
Ghost Chorus
This is Halloween
This is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Halloween
Everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors go and die of fright
It's our town
Everybody scream
In this town of Halloween
We enter a haunted house that shows us a couple of monsters that everyone has been afraid of as a child. Ranging from the monsters you think are hiding under your bed, to a creature that hides underneath your stairs. That would be one reason why those things always make such loud creaking noises when you walk up them.
Creature Under the Bed
I am the one hiding under your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
Monster Under the Stairs
I am the one hiding under your stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
Chorus
This is Halloween
This is Halloween
Halloween, Halloween
Halloween, Halloween
Rising from multiple coffins, four vampires who are most likely brothers arose from their daytime slumber and made their way outside to the balcony. As they flew off, they began to sing in a manner that was similar to a barbershop quartet.
Vampire Quartet
In this town
We call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
Next to sing was this town's mayor. He's decked out in fancy clothes, including a ridiculously tall top hat and a spider for a bow tie. His head is shaped kind of like a blunt cone, and doesn't seem to be fully connected to his body, which makes up the rest of the cone shape that is his body. As he sings, he dances and does a twirl that reveals his body and head can spin a full 360 degrees independently of each other. But what I don't understand is why the back of his head has a large patch of pale skin.
Mayor
In this town
Don't we love it now
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
A black cat rushes into an alley as the song continues, jumping on to the lid of a trash can before it's propelled high into the air by a Harlequin Demon who leaps out of the trash. Breaking through the wall was a werewolf, and a melting Man climbed out of the sewer. They all sang in a perfect alternating manner once the chorus was done.
Chorus
'Round that corner man
Hiding in the trash can
Something's waiting now to pounce and howl
You'll…
Harlequin Demon
SCREAM!
Werewolf
This is Halloween
Harlequin Demon
Red n' black
Melting Man
And slimy green
Werewolf
Aren't you scared?
Flying out of a well, two witches took over with singing. One was tall and skinny, the other was short and kind of pudgy. But both of them were as ugly as any other stereotype witch. Minus the whole black cat thing, of course.
Witches
Well, that's just fine
Say it once
Say it twice
Take a chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the dead of night
As the witches flew off, a large tree with skeletons hanging from its branches stalked into the town square. And like the residents before them, they too joined in the song.
Hanging Tree
Everybody scream
Everybody scream
Hanging Men
In our town called Halloween
Next to arrive was a creepy looking clown riding a unicycle who grabbed his nose and tore off his own face!
Clown
I am the clown with the tearaway face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace
As a rag doll woman brushed her hair, voices in the air continued the song before a sinister shadow on the moon took over before disbursing into a horde of bats.
Voice
I am the 'who' when you call 'who's there?'
Wind
I am the wind blowing through your hair
Boogeyman Shadow
I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
Chorus
This is Halloween
This is Halloween
Halloween Halloween
Halloween Halloween
Now stalking their way into the square were some new residents. A devil, Mister Hyde, and a behemoth with an axe sticking out of his head. However, the behemoth was also pulling behind him a pair of straw horses. And riding those horses are the same scarecrows from before.
But our curiosity about such things would have to wait. For now, a guillotine sliced a pumpkin down the middle as a Bat Demon Child and a zombie kid with his eyes stitched shut began to sing as well. Followed by the Corpse Kid's parents.
Corpse Kid and Bat Demon Child
Tender lumplings everywhere
Life's no fun without a good scare
Zombie Dad
That's our job
Zombie Mom
But we're not mean
Both
In our town of Halloween
Chorus
In this town
Mayor
Don't we love it now
Everyone's waiting for the next surprise
Now, you all are probably wondering 'Hey! Where the heck is Korra during all of this?'. Well, I think these next lyrics ought to clear some things up for you. Especially since they revolve around the girl and her best friend.
Graveyard Chorus
Korra and Jack might catch you in the back
And scream like banshees
Make you jump out of your skin
The two scarecrows suddenly came to life and each grabbed a flaming forch from the crowd.
This is Halloween
Everybody SCREAM
The same rag doll woman from before appeared from behind the Hanging Tree and his Hanged Men as she watched the tallest scarecrow with adoration. But why, I don't know.
Hanging Tree and Hanged Men
Wontcha please make way for a special gal and guy
Now, it may be due to the straw that makes up the scarecrows being dead, dry, and rotting, but as soon as the two scarecrows swallowed their torches they burst into flames. Classic orange fire for the tall one, and ghostly blue fire for the smaller one. The two scarecrows then began to do a very flexible dance as they even scared a few members of the crowd with their fiery cackles.
Graveyard Chorus
Korra and Jack
Queen and King of the Pumpkin Patch
Everyone hail to the King and Queen now
This is Halloween
This is Halloween
Halloween Halloween
Halloween Halloween
After a few final steps in their dance, the scarecrows bent at the knees and proceeded to swan dive into a fountain of green water, extinguishing the fire and causing the crowd to gather and watch with anticipation.
Corpse Kid and Mummy Child
In this town
We call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
As the people of the town finished up the song, two figures began to rise up from the water in a slow fashion. Their arms crossed and big grins on their faces.
Graveyard Chorus
La la la
(Lalalalalalalala Halloween Halloween)
La - la - la la la
(Lalalalalalalala Halloween Halloween)
La - la - la la la
(Lalalalalalalala Halloween Halloween)
La la la
(Lalalalalalalala)
La la la
Wheeeee!
The crowd broke out into cheers and applause as they have just witnessed another successful Halloween come and go, all of it thanks to their beloved leaders.
The first figure is an eight foot tall skeleton that was quite skinny, even for a bag of bones. He was wearing a black and white pinstripe suit with black dress shoes, and a bat bow tie. But it's the other figure that would really make you question things.
It was a young woman with dark skin, sky blue eyes, and dark brown hair that was allowed to flow down her back down to where her tailbone would be, styled to look like ruffled raven feathers. She was wearing a long dress in an inverted pattern to the skeleton's suit, only the dress was made for function as well as fashion. She also wore a black widow spider as her tie, a pair of high heel boots, fingerless spider silk gloves that went up past her elbows, and a sharp eye mask that seemed to be made out of a bat. Her fingernails were longer, sharp like talons, and painted blood red, and poking from her upper lip was a pair of longer and sharper than normal canine teeth.
These two are Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween, and his surrogate sister and the future Pumpkin Queen of Halloween… Avatar Korra!
*To Be Continued…*
Sorry this wasn't up when I said I'd have it up. I didn't get a lot of opportunities to write yesterday. But I hope this came out good enough for everyone's liking.
Thank you guys so much for reading! Don't forget to leave a LONG REVIEW. May the Force be with you, and have a great day.