OH MY GOD GUYS I'M SORRY I'M A DAY LATE OH GOSH I'M SORYYYYYYY!
I just FINALLY saw "The Nightmare Before Christmas" over the weekend, LOVED IT, and now I'm CRAZY about it! I can't... stop... drawing... Jack... SKELLINGTON... GAH. N'aw well. :3
Enjoy this new chapter! Now, before you go and read, I have something to tell you; our favourite two headed teen sings a song in this chapter, and it has the same rythm as the one they sing in the episode, "Unsung Heroes". This was my first time writing a lil' song, so if it needs a little patching up, don't be shy!
Now, ENJOY!
Elinor sat in her bedroom.
'Wow,' she thought, 'MY bedroom... that sounds nice.'
She flopped down backwards onto the fluffy mattress, easily being able to lie on it sideways due to its king size. It was her fluffy, king sized mattress.
"It feels nice to own something," she thought aloud, "I've never really owned something before."
She stared at the ceiling from her comfortable position on the bed. It was light blue, almost crystalline. She really liked that colour; it was so calming and welcoming...
"You know," she said to herself, "for once in my life, I think I'm at peace. It's a good feeling."
But you know it won't last forever.
"Listen, you!" Elinor snapped, "You've overstayed your welcome, whoever you are! Just get out of my head, and go somewhere we people will actually appreciate you!"
Elinor, you stupid girl, I AM you.
"... Say what?"
You remember when you lived the life that so many others had only imagined. You remember that the sight of any sentient life made you run away in fear.
"What're you getting at, oh voice of rudeness?"
What I'm getting at, is that you're with the wrong crowd. They ought not to be trusted.
"Mate, that ship sailed a while ago. These kids have shown me that they're too innocent of the outside world to cause any real damage. Besides, they would've captured me by—"
THIS ISN'T SOME MATTER OF GOVERNMENT ISSUES, YOU IGNORANT BRAT! These children are gaining your trust, and that always leads to a bight in the back. You should know all about that.
Elinor felt a pang of guilt.
Yes. Oh yes, she knew exactly what (Or who)her voice was talking about. Her old 'partner', Georgia: the one who turned out to be not quite right in the head. And by that, I mean the deadly kind.
"They're not like her," Elinor growled, "I'd be able to sense crazy like that a mile away now."
You're still not seeing the point, dear old Ellie.
"Don't call me that."
It's not the children you should be wary of messing up. It's YOU.
"What?"
SLAM!
Elinor practically died of shock when her bedroom door was slammed open, to reveal a MASSIVE speaker shoved into the middle of her room. After the speaker came the two headed teen, Frank and Len!
"Hey!" they greeted in unison.
"We noticed that we haven't written a song for ya, El!" said Frank.
"So," continued Len, "We made one!"
"A song?" Elinor tried to ask, but was blown away almost instantly by the sound of guitar chords being amplified through the speaker.
Already, the boys began to sing the song.
Elinor, Elinor
Is she a manticore?
Or is she something more?
Oh, Elinor
She is not, she is not
She's not a tightly tied knot
Like she might think
Oh, Elinor
To us she, to us she
Can be one of the
Best of friends can be
Oh, Elinor
Elinor, Elinor
Oh, Elinor
The brothers finished the song with a final note, then bowed their heads. Elinor just sat there, and stared.
"So, whad'ya think?" asked Frank.
"D'ya like it?" added Len.
Elinor stumbled around in her thoughts. Yes, she really liked it! But... she didn't want to sound like she was an attention hog. Ruby told her it was impolite to keep on wanting more.
"I..." Elinor fumbled for the right word, "... I really like it!"
'ELINOR YOU SOUNDED LIKE IDIOT! WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO YOURSELF? GAH!'*
"Killer!" the brothers shouted.
After the boys had left the room, and left Elinor all to herself again, she could help but wonder; What exactly did her little voice mean when it had said, 'It's not the children you should be wary of messing up. It's YOU.'
Elinor then suddenly realised; Frank and Len used the word 'friend' in their song.
Friend... Friend...
What in the world did that word MEAN? Why was she stuck with this voice?! And why, oh why, was it constantly WARNING HER?
*-She thought she sounded like a ditzy widdle girl saying that. But I thought it was cute!
Mmhm, mmhm, mmhm... Huh? WHAT? Oh yeah! It's kinda short!
Well, I wanted to centre this chappie on Elinor and her voice, mostly, so I thought that I would place the song in there to make up for short-ness.
...
There are few who deny
That what I do I am the best
For my talents are renowed far and wide
When it comes to surprises
In the moonlit night
I excel without ever even trying...
GAH! CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEEEEAAAD!
Ruby Gloom doesn't belong to me (and neither does TNBC, heh)
But Elinor does.
See ya next time!