Arachne slipped the spider outfit on and looked at herself. She looked frightening, which would delight any citizen of Halloween Town. She left the twisted house and then walked to Halloween Town. Tonight was the first night she would cause mischief. And she wasn't going to be caught. "Good evening Arachne, you are looking quite terrifying today." Said a vampire who leaned toward her neck. "Would you like to donate blood? It goes straight to a worthy cause you know."

"No, I'm sure it doesn't" said Arachne who smiled at the vampire none the less. Tonight she was going to make the largest web she could. She ducked from the witch who sailed over her head with her broomstick. She smiled and walked into the tunnel. 'Prepare for chaos Halloween Town.' She thought to herself. Her hands stretched out as she gently began to spin a web, touching the wall as the web shot out from her hands. She smirked as a clueless bat flew into her web. 'I am the daughter of chaos.' She said. The bat tried to free itself. She smiled, knowing that her father would be proud of her. 'From now on, children will be checking under their beds to see if I'm there.' She laughed and looked at her work. Not even the strongest person could free themselves from such an excellent web. Now, all she had to do was wait. She hid herself in the shadow and closed her eyes. Her father's form danced across the dream and it gave her comfort. She was there when he died. She hid like he told her to. How he had fallen into the lava and not one of his bugs had lived. She wanted payback. To take away Jack Skellington's life for what he did to her father. She heard someone shout out. She opened her eyes. She peered around the corner and smirked. It was a tall boy around her age. He struggled trying to free himself. She laughed and came out of the shadows. "You're not exactly who I was planning on catching…" she said smirking as he struggled.

"Let me go!" he angrily said.

"Please." She said.

The boy looked at her. "Please," he repeated.

"Nope." She said and began to spin another web. She made a snowflake out of it. "Have you ever seen one of these?"

"Yeah. Happens every year." He angrily said trying to free himself.

Arachne smiled and nodded. "Well I'm bored. I'll be going." She said and began to walk away.

"Wait? Where are you going?" he demanded. "Do you know who I am? If my father hears about this…"

"Am I supposed to?" she asked merely throwing the web to the side and making a flower with more thread.

"My name is Edward Skellington. My father is Jack Skellington." He said staring at her. "If you free me I can give you all the money that you want."

"Money?" she asked angrily. "I don't want your filthy money. Now that I know who you are I should really keep you there. Perhaps I should wrap you up so you don't make a sound and keep you there until you rot." She snapped. She paced back and forth. Ed watched her. 'If I do wrap him up, it will be like I killed Jack Skellington. He would be even more devastated…' she thought. She continued to pace back and forth. 'No, killing is wrong despite my past and an eye for an eye…'

"What's your name?"

"None of your business." She bit her lip. She didn't know what to do.

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Barrel looked all over the streets in Halloween Town for Arachne. He ran now, if she was caught, they would all be killed. He sprinted down a tunnel then took a left. He heard angry voices. He tip-toed quietly over. He gasped at the sight. Without knowing it, Arachne had caught the Pumpkin King's son. He dashed back toward his home and went up through the elevator. "You gotta help! She caught Edward Skellington in a web! She doesn't even know who he is!" Lock grabbed his knives and followed Barrel. Shock smirked and remained where she was.

Lock and Barrel quickly ran, their hearts pumping fast as they both thought of their heads on a platter. Barrel ran into the tunnel and led the way. They ran and leaped out in front of Arachne. She stared at them. Barrel sighed in relief, and Lock huffed and puffed, his unnaturally wild red hair messed up. "What are you guys doing there."

"C'mon. You're not safe here." He said. "Free him before you put us in danger."

"Danger?" she asked. "Why?"

"He's his son." Puffed Lock who had his hands on his knees still breathing extremely hard.

"I already know that." She snapped.

"No, don't you understand?" Barrel said walking over to her. "If Jack finds out about you. He'll kill you."

Arachne stared at Barrel, his soulless eyes boring into her red ones. She looked at Lock now who had straightened himself and was looking at her. She looked at Ed, who stared at her. She yanked him out of the web angrily. "There was no harm meant." She hissed. He fell to the ground. He watched her run away, the demon and skeleton clothed boys with her.

"Boogie Boys." He whispered. 'So there are the rest of them.' Ed got up and quietly chased after them, desiring to know more about them.

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Ed watched the two boys disappear into an elevator, and the girl angrily kick in a jack-o-lantern. He watched her sit walk away from the twisted house and down toward a pumpkin patch. She sat down defeated on a pumpkin. He walked over to her. She looked at him, her expression was bored. "What do you want?" she asked.

"What's your name?" Ed asked.

"Don't worry about it." She snapped. She looked at him. "So, did you tell anyone?"

Ed shook his head. "You didn't really hurt me." He looked at her then sat next to her on a great pumpkin. "And your threats were empty." Ara looked at him. He sighed. "So you're a Boogie Boy?" he asked. Her dress made her look like a spider.

"Yeah but after this stunt, I'll probably be kicked out." She sighed and looked defeated.

"Sorry," he said.

Arachne snorted. "It wasn't your fault. It was mine. I was reckless. I didn't bother finding out that you usually walked through that tunnel."

Ed smirked, "I don't. My mom never let me leave the castle at night. So I just left tonight."

Arachne looked at him, "Some rebel you are. You run and get caught in a web." She rolled her eyes. Ed smiled.

"Sounds pathetic right? So you spun that web?" he inquired.

"Yeah. I have spider blood in me." She explained. They sat in silence for a while.

"I've never seen you before." He said. "Well, I guess that's because you're a Boogie Boy. My mom told me that you guys like to remain unseen. My dad really likes you guys, he used to say your tricks made him laugh. My mom thinks otherwise."

Arachne nodded, "Well, when you think about it…we almost did kill her once. It was unintentional though, she got in the way, that's all." She smiled at the thought. She had laughed for minutes with Lock when he had told her what they had done. She remember how her father called the Pumpkin King, Bone Daddy. He had rarely ever called him by anything else.

"Yeah, I heard about that too. I think it's funny though. Nothing can kill that woman. As far as I'm aware, she can just stitch herself up."

"What?" she asked. "What do you mean stitch herself up?" she demanded curiously.

"My mom is nothing more than a rag doll."

Arachne looked at him then giggled. "So how were you born?"

Ed blushed. "I don't want to think about that."

She smiled and looked ahead. She sighed. "Won't you get in trouble for talking to me?" she asked. "Your dad and my dad never got along very well."

Ed looked at her, slowly he shrugged. "It's only my mom who will care, and we aren't on good terms so it shouldn't matter. It's actually annoying. She doesn't let me do anything. I'm not allowed to leave the castle unless it's at night. Should that even matter?"

"Well I don't think it does. I'm not allowed to leave the house at day time. I have to stay at home all day. You may think it's bad, but you can almost do whatever you want." Arachne sighed.

"What's your dad's name?"

"What's with you and names? I'm not really aloud to give you any information on him. I don't know even why you're talking to me to begin with so I think I can make the terms and agreements. Let's see, don't ask me any informational questions. Don't try to sell me anything, I'm not interested." She began to list off on her long thin fingers. He smiled, "Don't ask me for a blood sample, don't ask any questions about the Boogie Boys, don't ask me what my favorite color is," she stopped and looked at her fingers. "I think I covered it pretty well."

Ed smiled. "Are you sure? Don't want to forget anything. I might forget some of those."

Arachne smiled. "Listen, you should probably go back to your home. If your mom finds out we could get in trouble,"

Ed nodded. "So if you only come out at night, and I'm only allowed to come out at day, I bet we won't be able to see each other often."

"Suppose not. Maybe it's better that way. You'll be able to see the webs more clearly." She said and smiled, he smiled back in return. "Besides, the Boogie Boys are becoming more active…you'll probably hear about us sooner or later." Ed stood up and smiled a half smile.

"Don't worry about earlier. I won't tell anyone." He said then walked away from the pumpkin patch and toward the castle.

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Ed snuck past all the guards around the castle, leaping he grabbed onto the balcony and pulled himself up. He took off his clothes and changed into his pajamas. Slowly he lowered himself into his bed. The second his head hit the pillow he was instantly asleep.

"Jack, Jack, Jack. The man who was said to have no weakness…you gave me your biggest target yet! Your son is rebellious and will be ensnarled into my tricks. You think you killed me, even though day by day I grow stronger. Check your closet old Bone Daddy, because the Oogie Boogie is back."

Ed woke up and shivered as if a large centipede had run up his back.He rubbed his eyes and tried to remember his dream. It was one of those dreams that are so vivid in one's dream, but slips away when one breaks conscience. He sighed and thought for a moment. Still the dream was gone from his memory. Ed sighed and looked out the window. The sun was up high in the sky, he had slept through most of the day. He laid down again, his head and eyes heavy. There was a soft knock on the door. "Come in." he said groggily.

The doorknob turned but it was still locked from the previous night. He got out of bed and opened it. His father stood looking down at him curiously. Jack Skellington was only a foot taller than his son, because of his wife's genes mixed in there. "Can we talk?" he asked quietly. Ed looked at him for a moment, then nodded. Jack walked past him and sat down on a chair. "Your mother said –"

"I don't want to hear what she has to say." Ed said angrily.

"Edward Skellington." His father said his tone rising slightly. Ed stared at him. "Your mother is concerned. She says you won't listen to her and have been doing risky things. Is this true?"

Ed smirked feeling angry deep inside him. "Yeah. It is."

Jack nodded at him. "I see. I went through a stage like you, I was older of course. I made a lot of foolish mistakes and had stupid ideas,"

"I do not have stupid ideas." Ed snapped.

"And I had to pay for the consequences." Continued the Pumpkin King. "I nearly had my friends killed, and I had to save them. It was all because I wasn't content with what I had. I had always had the same things over and over, just handed to me. I wanted something different. I thought I could get that by doing what I thought was best. I found out later that I was wrong. That I was happy with what I had, and that I shouldn't have wanted anything else."

Ed looked at him. "It's not like that." He mumbled.

"It is Ed. It is," said Jack. "You're growing restless, your soul wanting more than what your mother and I can give you. Please son, tell us what you wish for, and we will do our best to help you."

"I don't need anything. You can't give me what I want, because I don't even know what I want." Ed answered. "And even I did, I wouldn't tell you." Jack sighed and closed his eyes. Suddenly two words came to his mind from his dream, and only the two words. "Dad," Jack opened one of his eyes. "Who's Oogie Boogie?"

Jack grew rigid and stern. "It is none of your concern." He tone was sharp and almost mingled with fear. "I had a feeling that you would wish to rebel against your mother and I like this, so from this day on, your mother and I both agree that you will not be able to leave your room. When we feel that you have had a change in heart, you will be able to walk around the castle. You will not however, be able to leave the castle until you remember to treat your mother with respect. These rules are for your own good. Being restless is not good." Jack strode from the room with his large stride and closed the door. Ed was left wondering what he had possibly done wrong that could make his father so angry.