Okay, Chapter two is up! In this chapter our favorite bowler-hat-wearing skeleton makes a cameo (can you guess who it is)?
I don't own the characters of TNBC, they belong to Tim Burton.
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Chapter 2: The One-Eyed Witch
Jack woke up to the sound of his alarm clock the next day. The Victorian-styled town was grey and gloomy again, as usual. He hardly got any sleep last night because his mind was clouded with the thoughts of her. Many thoughts paced through his skull "Why was she on that ship?" He thought. "And how come she hasn't aged at all since the first time I saw her? She should be an old lady by now (well maybe old lady is a bit of an overstatement)."
Zero nudged Jack and pointed his nose towards the clock. "You're right Zero," Jack said, "I should be getting ready for work."
It wasn't long before Jack got dressed and headed out the door. He wore a simple, light, brown coat, white shirt, blue tie, dark brown pants and a top hat that matched his coat. On the side of the brim of his hat was a little gold bat. People often said he dressed too formally to be a prison guard, but he didn't care, especially not now; he was late for work.
But he was stopped in his tracks by an angry (and ugly) woman with her hands on her hips. She pointed her finger at him and shouted "Where were you last night Jack Skellington!"
Jack sighed and walked towards his angry fiancee, Jewel and said "Don't I get a simple 'hello' first?"
"Answer me!" She shouted.
Jack hung his head back and mumbled "Why am I engaged to you?" Then he shifted his head back into a proper position. "The same place I always am at: the hill."
"Don't give me that crap! Don't you remember what last night was!"
Jack stood there and pondered for a moment, before shaking his head.
Jewel was even more furious now. "Ugh, I can't believe this! It was our wedding rehearsal!"
Jack slapped his forehead and groaned. "Oh man, I forgot."
"Yeah, you did."
Then Zero nudged Jack and sniffed his watch. "Oh no," Jack exclaimed, "I've got to get to work! Jewel, we'll talk about this later, okay?"
"No!" Jewel pouted and stomped the ground "We'll talk about this NOW!" But Jack had already passed her and made his way towards the jail cells, thinking how lucky he was to have left when he did.
Jack entered the jail and clocked in, and then he went and sat next to one of the cells. A skeleton named Bonejangles on the other side of the bars peered over at Jack.
"Hey there chum." He said "Why so glum?"
Jack sighed and looked at the prisoner. "The same reason I'm always glum."
"Crazy fiancée again?"
Jack smiled and looked at the wall ahead of him, with a distant look upon his face, "Yes, but something else too."
The skeleton grinned with interest. To him, Jack was his only source of entertainment, since his life was very much like a soap opera.
"I met someone that I knew from my childhood." Jack said.
"Really, and what's so special about it?"
"It was how I saw her. She was riding on a small aircraft and was headed towards the woods, and she hasn't aged a day!"
The skeleton grinned even more; he took this as an opportunity to make things more dramatic. "Well, why don't you go into the woods and try to find her?"
Jack smiled, "Maybe I should."
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The plan Jack had schemed up with Bonejangles seemed so brilliant at the time, and it would have if Jack didn't have the Mayor trailing along (He left Zero at home).
But the Mayor insisted that Jack shouldn't go into the woods alone, and after hours of arguing Jack finally caved in. He only won though because he would ask at the most random times, in hopes that he would catch him off guard; eventually he succeeded. So he reluctantly commenced his search for the mystery woman with the Mayor. A search that was filled with panicking.
With every leaf stepped upon, and every twig snapped the Mayor would panic and run about and Jack had to suppress his urge to kill the Mayor. Hours were spent searching for the red-haired girl, and after the sun had set, and no trace found whatsoever Jack decided to call it a day.
As the two headed back towards the entrance of the forest, Jack noticed something in the darkness and stopped in his tracks.
"Why did you stop?" The Mayor asked.
Jack put his hand over the Mayor's mouth and shushed him. His eye sockets were fixated on the dark figure in the shadows. "Was it her?" He thought.
Soon the figure began to move towards them, but it didn't look like a human, it looked like a beast! The Mayor shook in fear as he hid behind Jack, who stood his ground. The beast was moving closer, as well as the sounds of its heavy breathing. Slowly, the Mayor handed Jack a pistol he kept in his pocket.
"Sh-shoot it!" he shrieked
Jack took the pistol and steadily aimed it at the beast as it moved through the shadows, just waiting for a good opportunity to shoot it.
"Do it already!" The Mayor shouted.
Out of a slight moment of panic, Jack fired his pistol and grazed the beast's arm. It let out a roar of pain and fell down, revealing its head in the moonlight. It looked like some horrible tiger monster.
And then, the beast began to melt into a black ooze, revealing its true self; it was the dark-haired woman the Jack saw earlier.
"Oh my gosh," The Mayor gasped, "Jack, you just shot the accursed one-eyed witch!"