5) Skeleton ~ The Nightmare Before Christmas

I, as you may or may not know, wasn't always a skeleton. I wasn't always Jack Skellington either. In fact, my name when I was alive was Jack Maxwell Harrington. I changed it when I died.

I was born into a semi-wealthy family. But when my mother, Penelope Harringotn died after giving birth to my brother, Gregory, I was left with him and my father, who went by the name Cedric, even though his real name was Benjamin.

It was an okay life, until the day my father died in a fire. I was there when it happened, and I was the last one to see him alive. Little did I know, I would see him again one day, right before and after I died.

I was fourteen at the time. My brother, Gregory was ten. He and I went from orphanage to orphanage for a while until a man named Mr. Arthur Truman took us in. You're probably wondering where I learned to lead, sing, dance, and maybe draw. It was from him and his students who had already learned.

His daughter, Elizabeth Truman, taught me to sing and helped me learn to play the piano better after my father taught me the basics. I fell in love with Elizabeth immediately.

I learned to draw, dance and lead from other students who were at Mr. Arthur's mansion. As you probably already know, I took those skills with me when I died. Ten years passed before I passed on, and I learned a lot in that time.

By then I was twenty-four and had met a mysterious living scarecrow named Cedric who seemed only a little familiar at the time. When I passed away in an accident that killed both my brother and I, I was given a choice. Since I had potential, Cedric told me I could go to Halloween Town and be a citizen.

I wouldn't go without my brother. Finally, after a lot of convincing on my part, Gregory was allowed to come with me, and would soon become the next Grim Reaper since at that time, the Grim Reaper was nearing the end his time.

When we arrived in Halloween Town, it took a while to get used to the citizens, and my new skeletal body. Both Gregory and I were skeletons, though I was a lot thinner and taller, taking on more of my father's looks. I studied to get used to scaring. It was rather easy, I found out, and I was scaring people in the human realm in no time.

Then the day came when the first big thing happened. Cedric, who continued to be my guardian, announced that he would not be the Pumpkin King, or King of Halloween, much longer. And so, he was passing on the crown. You can only guess who would receive it next.

Yes, I would.

At first I didn't know what to think or what to do. It was the night of Halloween, so I wasn't sure if he was trying to scare me or not. But I soon realized that this was no scare or lie. It was real. From the time I had come to Halloween Town, I had been training to become scarier, and now I knew why.

I trained even harder than before after that night. But a few days after that night, I found out a secret and another big thing happened. I found out that Cedric was my father, and everything pieced together. Seeing my father again for the first time, I felt like a child as I hugged him and cried. I felt relieved. I asked if I could meet my mother too, but Cedric told me that I couldn't see her yet, but I would soon.

A year or so later, I finally met her and I felt complete again. We were a family again. She was a ghost now, and had come for a short while from the after life to see me. She told me that whenever I needed her I could contact her through my soul.

Finally, one Halloween, I was finally crowned the next Pumpkin King. I knew I was ready, and I even had a new suit, the same suit I wear today. Several years passed, though the dead don't age, until I met Rachel.

In that time, I was a great Pumpkin King, though at one point, I messed up Christmas, another holiday that I found fascinating. But Santa Claus and I saved it, and I got together with Sally, who tried to help. We broke up with each other less than a year later because it wasn't working out. And shortly after that, the Vampire and Zombie Kings came together and attacked with their armies. That's when Rachel and I met, and fell in love.

So now you know…