Me: Hey, guys. Here's the first chapter to CatDog and TNBC. And good news, someone came up with a friendly review, telling me to keep working on this but take my time.

Cat: It's good to take your time. Because I saw that you are working on Super Paper Mario and Sonic.

Dog: I love the chapter you just made. The one with that nerd, Francis. And congrats on getting Super Paper Mario.

Me: Thanks, Dog. I already got six Pure Hearts and there are two more left. I always loved the ending, it made me cry. Anyway, here's the first chapter to CatDog and TNBC. Enjoy!

CatDog and Lola landed in a dark forest and there was a graveyard with pumpkins and there were ghosts.
"Where in the world are we?" Cat asked.
"I don't know. But I love it here," Dog said.
"It's unbelievable," Lola said. Then the ghosts in the graveyard started to sing a song.
"Boys and girls of every age,
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see,
This our town of Halloween.
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night.
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene,
Trick or treat until the neighbors gonna die of fright.
It's our town, everybody scream,
In this town of Halloween.
I am the one hiding under your bed,
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red.
I am the one hiding under your stairs,
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair.
This is Halloween, this is Halloween,
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween.
In this town, we call home,
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song."
When CatDog and Lola reached town, a man standing on top of a hearse. He seemed to be the mayor.
"In this town, don't we love it now,
Everyone's waiting for the next surprise.
Round that corner man, hiding in the trash can,
Something's waiting now to pounce and now you'll
SCREAM!"
CatDog jumped when a monster came out of a trash can.
"This is Halloween,
Red and black and slimy green.
Aren't you scared?
Well, that's just fine.
Say it once, say it twice,
Take a chance and roll the dice.
Ride with the moon in the dead of night.
Everybody scream, everybody scream,
In our town of Halloween.
I am the clown with a tear away face,
Here in a flash and gone without a trace.
I am the 'who' when you call 'who's there?'
I am the win flowing through your hair.
I am the shadow on the moon at night,
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright."
"Shadow on the moon? I'm not afraid of such a thing," Cat mumbled.
"What's that over there?" Dog asked, pointing at a scarecrow on a straw horse.
"This is Halloween, this is Halloween,
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween,
Halloween, Halloween.
Tender lumplings everywhere,
Life's no fun without a good scare.
That's our job but we're not mean,
In our town of Halloween.
In this town, don't we love it now,
Everyone's waiting for the next surprise.
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
And scream like a banshee make you jump out of your
SKIN!
This is Halloween, everybody scream,
Won't you please make way for a very special guy.
Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch,
Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now.
This is Halloween, this is Halloween,
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween.
In this town, we call home,
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song."
Then a skeleton man came out of the fountain that contained green water as the citizens were chanting. CatDog and Lola were amazed to see this man. Then everyone ended the song with a screech. Lola spotted a rag doll girl with red hair. The skeleton man came down from the fountain.
"Great Halloween, everybody," the Mayor said.
"I believe it was our most horrible yet," the skeleton said. "Thank you, everyone."
"No. Thanks to you, Jack," the Mayor said. "Without your brilliant leadership."
"If it was horrible, then why is Jack thanking everyone?" Cat complained.
"That sounds weird," Dog said. Then Lola saw the rag doll admiring Jack. But then a mad scientist came and grabbed her hand angrily.
"The deadly nightshade you slipped me wore off, Sally," the scientist said.
"Let go!" the rag doll, Sally replied.
"You're not ready so much excitement," the scientist said.
"Yes I am," Sally said. So Sally tore off the stitches on her arm, freaking Lola out. CatDog saw the Halloween girls admiring Jack with compliments. Then the Mayor announced the prizes for Halloween. Jack hid behind a wall leading to the gate to the graveyard. Then he threw a coin for the trio band.
"Nice work, bone daddy," the saxophone player said.
"Yeah, I guess so," Jack said. "Just like last year. And the year before that. And the year before that."
"Wow. Jack seems upset," Cat said.
"Then why is he the Pumpkin King?" Dog asked.
"Let's follow him and find out," Lola said. So they went into the graveyard but was in hiding. Sally was hiding, too. Then Jack came and passed Sally, CatDog and Lola. Then Jack came to a stone dog house with a name written on it: "Zero". Jack pat his leg twice and a ghost dog appeared. Then Jack sang a song.
"There are few who deny at what I do I am the best
For my talents are renowned far and wide.
When it comes to surprises in the moonlit night,
I excel without ever even trying.
With the slightest little effort of my ghost like charms
I have seen grown men give out a shriek.
With a wave of my hand and a well placed moan
I have swept the very bravest off their feet.
Yet year after year it's the same routine
And I grow so weary of the sound of screams.
And I, Jack the Pumpkin King,
Have grown so tired of the same old thing.
Oh somewhere deep inside of these bones,
An emptiness began to grow.
There's something out there far from my home
A longing that I've never known.
I'm a master of fright and a demon of light
And I'll scare you right out of your pants.
To a guy in Kentucky I'm Mister Unlucky
And I'm known throughout England and France.
And since I am dead I can take off my head
To recite Shakespearean quotations.
No animal nor man can SCREAM like I can
With the fury of my recitations.
But who here would ever understand
That the Pumpkin King with a skeleton grin.
Would tire of his crown.
If they only understood
He'd give it all up if he only could.
Oh, there's an empty place in my bones
That calls out for something unknown.
The fame and praise come year after year
Does nothing for these empty tears."
"Jack, I know how you feel," Sally said and went to an area with herbs.
"Wow. That explains it," Cat said. "Now I feel bad for him."
"We should follow him," Dog said.
"What? What if he finds us?" Cat yelled. "He'll call us freaks."
"Come on, Cat," Dog said. "If we explain what happened, maybe Jack will understand."
"Okay, fine. Let's follow Jack," Cat said. So they went to where Jack was heading, all the way in the forest.