Wow… um, don't even ask about this one. It's just a random plot bunny that will not leave me alone.
Basically, this is a songfic. About Dr. Finkelstein. And no, I'm not smoking anything. The song is… get ready for it… I Loved Her First by Heartland.
Stop staring at me that way! I promise you, I'm not smoking anything!
The thing is, I think that Dr. Finkelstein really did love Sally, but didn't know how to show it. As many fics as I've read where he was almost abusive… I just can't imagine that. Yes, he seemed pretty bad sometimes, but I still think he cared about her, in a sort of overbearing, demented way.
Anyways, here we go. If you like it, then good. If you don't… well, I do.
One last thing, I have changed one word in the chorus to make it make more sense, but… yeah. I honestly doubt that anyone would have caught it, anyways, unless they had a near-photographic memory, like me.
So, just… enjoy the story. I'm going to shut up now.
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Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each other's face
So much in love you're alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
They were disgustingly perfect for each other. Like they were made for each other. Well, Doctor Finkelstein knew that he hadn't planned it that way. He hadn't planned for his daughter to fall in love with the Pumpkin King.
She was his daughter, despite what people were led to think. Maybe he hadn't always treated her correctly… how did one treat a daughter, anyways?
Oh, it didn't matter now. She had Jack Skellington, and the Pumpkin King would be all that she needed. She didn't need her creator anymore. Didn't need her… father.
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one she told me so
And she still means the world to me just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
At one time, Dr. Finkelstein had been all that his creation needed, before she even knew there was anything more. He had been able to convince her that she had no use for the rest of Halloween Town.
And then she met the Pumpkin King.
It always seemed to come back to Jack. It wasn't really his fault, but it was so easy to blame it on the skeleton. He had shown Sally a world outside of the doctor's laboratory. A world that, perhaps, she should have been a part of long ago, yet never had been.
The doctor didn't hate Jack for it, he really didn't. But it hurt to see his creation so fully devoted to anything other than her creator.
Time changes everything life must go on
And I'm not gonna stand in your way
There was no use in trying to keep them apart. He didn't want Sally to hate him, as he was sure she would if he tried to keep her away from her love. He was only starting to learn that there was no way of keeping Sally fenced in. She had said it herself: She was restless. He would just have to accept that, no matter how hard it would be.
I loved her first
I held her first
And a place in my heart
Will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Jewel just couldn't fill the void that Sally had left. Perhaps it was due to the fact that Sally was his first successful creation. He wanted so badly to think that it was something more. He hoped that Sally saw him as a father, but he doubted it. He didn't deserve it. But he was her father, and he loved her, whether anyone knew it or not.
And I knew that she'd find you some day
But it's still hard to give her away
I loved her first
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Well, for my first songfic and my second TNBC fic, I think this is almost passable. Short, yes, but not altogether painful to read, if I do say so myself. I had fun writing it, anyways.
Please read and review, but no flames please!
Also, I don't own Nightmare Before Christmas or I Loved Her First. I'm just a fan of both.