Me: Hey, guys. Here's the first chapter to TNBT: Journey Through the Fog. You know, I just got my blood drawn yesterday.
Jack: Really? Did you faint?
Sally: What was it for?
Me: Actually no I didn't faint. And the doctor wanted to check my blood real quick. The results will be coming later. Anyway, here's the chapter. Enjoy.
Later that day, Jack told his grandparents that a family of skeletons were coming. Grandpa skeleton said he and grandma saw them, too. Then grandma skeleton washed Jack's face with water.
"Grandma, why are you washing my face?" Jack asked. "It's only going to get me dirty again."
"Because we are going to greet out visitors, Jack," grandma skeleton said. "You want to look nice, don't you?"
"I guess. But who are they? And where did they come from?" Jack said. Grandpa skeleton said this family was him and grandma's cousins and that they travel different places. This made Jack not want to join the family because Halloween Town is where he was meant to live in. But when Jack and his grandparents got going, grandpa skeleton passed out.
"Grandpa!" Jack yelled.
"Are you alright?" grandma asked.
"It's strange. I suddenly felt so tired," grandpa said.
"Perhaps we better stay here," grandma said.
"Nonsense I feel better already," grandpa said. "Jack, why don't lead the way."
"Alright! Everybody follow me!" Jack said, cheerfully. When the skeletons came, an old skeleton which grandma called her Mindy asked how everything was going in Halloween Town. That was because Mindy's home was ruined by rain and strange creatures in the pumpkin trees. The rain caused a super thick fog to appear and the land was renamed the Land of Fog. So the family had no choice but to leave. Then Mindy made an offer to come with her and her family when they leave Halloween Town. But grandpa told Jack they won't ever leave.
"Oh, Jack, I'm so glad you're not leaving, yes I am," Sally said, hugging Jack's legs. "Halloween Town will never change, no it won't."
"I'm glad you're not leaving, too," Bling said. "I'll miss you a lot."
"I'll miss you, too, Bling," Jack said and giggled as Mike gave Jack face kisses. "Does that mean you'll miss me, too, Mike?" Mike nodded yes. Then Jack asked Myra if she will miss him. But Myra won't tell unless the kids catch her first. So everyone chased Myra around Halloween Town. But Jack was left behind when he heard a girl giggling. Jack thought it was Myra, pulling tricks. But the girl revealed herself as a skeleton with brown hair and green pupils in her eye sockets. Jack and the girl screamed when they saw each other.
"Hey, you're not Myra," Jack said. "You're a skeleton like me."
"I'm Jenna. What's you're name?" the skeleton asked.
"Jack," Jack said.
"Wanna play with me, Jack?" Jenna asked.
"Sure," Jack said. So Jack and Jenna played a game of ghost tag. With the rest of the children, they found Myra and she agreed to tell them she would miss Jack. Then Sally spotted Jack and Jenna, thinking it was two Jacks. So the kids went to see and saw that the skeleton was a girl.
"Hey, guys. This is my new friend, Jenna," Jack said.
"Hello, Jenna," Myra said.
"Hi, Jenna. I'm Bling," Bling said.
"And I'm Sally and this is my little brother, Mike," Sally said. "He cannot talk like us. But he still says hello."
"And I'm Myra. A corpse of course," Myra said. But Jenna was afraid to speak with Jack's friends because they aren't skeletons so she left. So the kids went to go play without Jenna. Then Jack spotted Jenna in the bushes. Jack asked to play with him and the others, but Jenna just made a shy look. Then she made silly faces, making her and Jack laugh.
"Where's Jack?" Bling asked.
"Over there, with her," Myra said, angrily. "If Jack wants to play with her, then he's not our friend." So the kids went to play somewhere else. Jack and Jenna were at a pond, jumping on rocks until they both fell in the water.
"Oops. Sorry, Jack," Jenna said.
"That's okay," Jack said.
"You're really fun, Jack," Jenna said. "I hope we're friends."
"Of course we're friends. And friends share," Jack said and dripped the water from his shirt on Jenna. But Jack realized something. He left his friends behind. So Jack went to find them to see that they were gone. So Jack went home with his grandparents.
Me: Uh oh. I hope Jack's friends won't be mad at him for long. Anyway, that's the end of the chapter.
Jack: By the way, it's good that you were calm when you got your blood drawn.
Sally: Did your mom give a reward for being so brave?
Me: The only reward I ever deserved was hamburgers for dinner. That reward is enough because I love hamburgers. Anyway, don't forget to review.