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Chapter VIII: Kidnapped!

Jack Skellington

After making sure Danny was okay, I went back to look for clues about who stole the book. "Hmm," I said as I rewatched the video noticing something on the floor of the library.

"Jack, Jack!" the mayor shouted as he came racing into my room excitedly.

"What is it, did you find the thieves," I ask him hoping he had some good news for me.

"Even better, I called my personal chefs and they're preparing a state dinner for Danny Phantom in honor of his coming," he said proudly.

"First of all, Danny is injured, he can't attend a fancy dinner and second we have more important work to do like finding thieves," I tell him massaging my skull in frustration.

"Oh, I see," he said switching to his sad face, "sorry to disappoint you Jack," he said as he walked out of the room leaving me alone to study the video.

"That looks like water on the floor," I say examining the puddle on the video; something tells me that the case will soon be cracked.

Danny

After that creepy doctor left was I able to get comfortable. Every once awhile, I hear a noise such as a ghost and feel the usual chill that I have when my ghost sense goes off or a cat mewing in the distance but it really doesn't bother me as I know that I am safe in Jack and Sally's house.

"Now to get some rest," I said as I propped up my pillow up and pulled the covers over me. I looked up at the cobweb covered ceiling smiling at the fact that Sam would think this is Heaven. Soon I feel my eyes close and I drift off to sleep.

However I soon snapped awake as I hear a noise outside, "Who's there," I call out as I start up. I get out of bed and walk around my room with a candle to light my way (I am still a bit weak to be using my ghost powers).

Everything seemed normal, "Must have been my imagination," I say as I head back to bed but suddenly trip and fall. "Hey wha…," I start to say before I am gagged and blindfolded. I feel my arms and legs being pulled back and tied up.

"Careful, he has to be intact for the ceremony," a voice of a young girl says I feel myself being thrown into some sort of container (a bathtub maybe as I could feel water on my cheeks and the coldness of porcelain on my skin.

Three other people then get in and soon I feel the container moving. "Soon the Pumpkin King will be no more and our master will rule forever more," voices begin to sing as I feel the container glide through the air and land on the ground and take off to somewhere I do not know.

Sally

I decided to check up on Danny as he had been quiet for some time.

"Danny are you okay," I ask as I walk up to the door and hear nothing, "Danny it's me Sally," I callout but again hear nothing. I began to dread that something terrible had happened.

I race into the room and find that he is gone and soon. I look around and see water on the floor, "Oh no," I gasp as I race to alert Jack of what happened. I just hope that Danny is still alive.

Jazz

We have followed the Boo-merang for hours and still no sign of Danny had been found; we even split up but still found nothing.

I was about to tell Sam that we should call it a night when I found some green blood on the ground, "Hey Sam," I call her on the Fenton phones.

"Did you find something," she replies curious as to whether or not I had located Danny.

"I found some ectoplasm on the ground, there's a trail of it. I'm going to see where it leads," I tell as I start to follow the trail.

"Okay, just be careful, I'll follow shortly," she replies as I continue my search.

I follow it for some time until I come to a ring of barren trees in the center of the forest, "Sam?" I call out to her waiting for her reply.

"Jazz what's wrong," she answers, thinking something had happened to me.

"You have to come here now," I tell her as I walk into the ring. I cannot believe the sight in front of me.

There are what appears to be doors carved on the trunks, "this can't be natural," I say as I examine the doors which appeared to be carved into various shapes (a turkey, a shamrock, a Christmas tree, an Easter egg, etc.).

I see the blood leads to one tree shaped like a Jack o' Lantern, "I have a bad feeling," I tell myself approaching the door.

"Jazz, I came as soon I could, what's up," Sam said racing up and looking at the trees, "what is this place," she asks amazed at the sight before her.

"I'm not sure, but something tells me that Danny is behind this door," I tell her as I place my hand on the door knob and slowly open the door.