Song Drabble 2

The King of Broadway

Sora wondered, not for the first time, what the heck was going on.

Although, in Halloween Town, he'd come to expect things like this.

It seemed that today, like every other time he'd come here, Jack was once again planning something (although thankfully, this time it had nothing to do with Christmas).

And, like every other time he'd come here, something just wasn't working right and the entire plan was thrown off because of it.

"It's going to be wonderful, Sora!" Jack enthused, gesturing grandly. "Halloween Town has never had a real dance before! Sure, we've had celebrations, but never anything quite so grand as this!"

"But," in the blink of an eye, Jack became serious, "the problem is the zombies. Bless their undead hearts, but they have absolutely no sense of rhythm!"

"Although," suddenly he was pensive, "that could be because of their undead hearts."

"Say…" He looked at Sora as if seeing him for the first time. "Sora. You have a heart, don't you?"

"Um, yeah…" Suddenly, Sora wasn't quite sure he wanted to be involved with this particular plan of Jack's.

"And it's still beating, right?"

"Last time I checked." What was Jack thinking?

"Fantastic!" Jack exclaimed, grabbing Sora's hands and twirling him in a circle. "Sally tells me a heartbeat is the best thing to dance to, and she'd know – she's the only one around here who has one!"

"So Sora –" Jack stopped spinning Sora and put his bony hands on Sora's shoulders, leaning down to his eye level. "- you simply must stay for the dance! We could certainly use you."

He topped his request off with a hopeful smile, and Sora couldn't help but smile back. It was so hard to turn him down when he looked so excited, and now that Sora knew nothing (too) funny was going to happen…well…

"Wouldn't miss it for the world, Jack." Sora grinned.

"Oh, Sora, I knew you'd say yes!" Jack's smile spread to a grin to match Sora's and he straightened up. "Now we have so many things we need to do! We need to get the music – maybe Sally can come up with something – I wonder if the zombies can learn a two-step? Maybe if we work long enough…"

He headed off towards the forest, still thinking and planning aloud, with Sora trailing amusedly in his wake.