Ok! Chapter 2 :) And finally we get the cute, fluffiness. Thanks to IamtheIinteam and Forgottenhobbit for reviewing, peeps like you make me wanna write! Now...DISCLAIMUH!

DISCLAIMUHI don't own any characters except for Ace and Lucy, the rest are Tim Burtons and Touchstone Pictures according to my plushie's tag...Hmmm...They're copyrighted to a whole lotta peeps!

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Chapter 2-First Meetings

Lucy stumbled along HalloweenTown's street, greeting all her future subjects with a smile and a friendly hello. After chatting with the Harlequin demon for a while, she walked into the Witch Shop for her father's milk.

'Well, hello Lucy, how are you today?' the taller witch said, stocking some shelves with deadly nightshade and witch hazel. Lucy began tapping her skeleton arm on the counter, making a 'rat-at-at-a' sound against the wood.

'I'm fine, thanks, yourself?' she replied, the witch jumped down from her ladder and stood in front of Lucy. She smiled and shrugged.

'I'm perfect to be honest, now, what can I do for the young princess today?'

'Dad wants some milk.' She said, pulling the coins out of her pocket with her fleshy hand and retaining her rythm on the table. The witch cringed with each tap, it was irritating her, but she remained quiet so that Jack couldn't smite her or anything. The short witch finally walked in from the store closet and shuddered.

'Stop that irritatng tapping. It's driving us barmy!' she snapped and grabbed the milk from a shelf. The taller looked down and kicked her friend. The shorter witch shot a death glare at the taller one and put the milk on the table.

'Pay her no mind, dear, she's a little off today, that idiot in the wheelchair came in raving about newest creation, and how it will revelutionalize the world by ripping off the mayors head. He has some issues to work out if you ask me.'

'Anyone that can open their head and scratch their brain has issues.' The shorter one barked, taking the five coins from Lucy. Lucy nodded quickly and scurried out to avoid being snapped at again. Once outside, she glanced at her watch and started toward her house...

BANG!

'Oh my god! I'm so terribly sorry, are you okay? Oh no, I smashed your milk bottle, oh no! I'm really, really sorry!' Lucy looked up from the floor to see a tall, sack boy leaning over her. He looked really guilty, and two spiders were making their ay out of his eye holes like tears would to a normal person.

'I'm fine, really.' She said, checking no stitchings unravelled. She groaned and pulled a needle out from behind her ear, then began tightening the stitch on her elbow. The sack-boy gulped and bit his lip.

'Oh god, did I h-hurt you? I really didn't mean it, honest, oh, I'm s-so sorry!' Lucy shook her head.

'No, really, I'm fine. Don't worry.' she said and took the stressed out sack's hand to get up. 'I'm Lucy, by the way, what's your name?' She said and began picking her things up.

'Ace B-Boogie' He replied, helping to pick up the scattered objects. 'And please, at least let me buy you some more milk.' Lucy shook her head and took her stuff back.

'Please don't worry about it, my father is the pumpkin king, I have nough money for more milk, I'm sure.' She said and laughed. Ace nodded and smiled.

'At least let me walk you home. Then I won't feel so guilty.' He offered, Lucy laughed again and nodded. Then began on her way to Skellington Manor. She surveyed her new friend and raised an eyebrow. I've not seen him about before... Ace, noticing her confusion, remained quiet and walked alongside her.

Lucy looked at Ace, he had his head bowed with either confusion, fear or shame, she couldn't tell which. She sighed and stopped walking, causing him to do the same.

'Where're you from, Ace?' She asked, Ace gulped, he knew this was coming, but he alo knew he wasn't to tell anyone where he was from. He looked around quickly, then back at Lucy.

'I'm kinda...Sorta not meant to tell anyone, but, seeing as I knocked you over, I'll tell you, I'm from The Forbidden Territory...' Lucy gasped, not expecting that response. He wasn't meant to be here unless it was Halloween, like Oogie, Lock, Shock and Barrel. She nodded. Either way, he summoned the courage to tell her the truth about where he came from, and she respected him for that.

'Ok..I understand, and I won't tell anyone, anyway, my dad's letting me have a sleepover tonight, what do you say to coming along and meeting some friends of mine?' Ace's eye holes widened with shock, no-one had ever invited him anywhere, well...He never really had any friends, most instantly left upon realising who his father was. He looked back up at Lucy and shrugged.

'Sure, I'd love to.' He said, waving goodbye as she walked through the pumpkin gate.

'Seven o' clock, okay? I can't wait to see you there!' she called and walked in to explain about the milk to Jack, and that she'd leave for more.

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'ACE! GET YOU BURLAP BUTT IN HERE PRONTO!' Ace sheepishly walked into his father's casino.

'Y-yes, Your Majesty?' he stammered. He had to call his father that, he'd get in trouble if he dared to call him 'Dad'. Even as a small child, he was beaten for crying for his 'Daddy'. He'd learnt his lesson and never called him anything else. Oogie looked at Ace and folded his arms.

'You left the lair AGAIN!' Oogie yelled. Ace studied his feet and didn't answer. Oogie moved right up to Ace and prodded him with his snake-tongue. 'And you know what the penalty is?!' He asked. Ace shuddered and looked at his arms and the tiny rips and loose stitches in them.

'I get beaten?' He asked. Oogie smiled smugly and nodded. Then put his hand around Ace's throat, crushing all the bugs and choking him. He then threw Ace onto the floor and leant over him.

'You won't leave this building again, is that understood, or do I need to choke you some more?' He asked calmly. Ace coughed and nodded, then scrambled to his room, to climb back up the bug pipe and outside, as he did every night...

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End of chapter 2! Bless Ace's little cotton...Um...Burlap socks! R&R and I might love you forever :).