Hi Guys! Chapter three is up, soon to be followed by chapter 4. I will be making the chapters a little longer from this point on, just to get enough information into a chapter before you all get bored. There might be some references to other characters and things not from the Nightmare universe, so I want to point out that I do not own any of them, and I especially do not own anything from the mind of Tim Burton. I want to point out that my references are not about people in the real world, so I am not breaking any rules by doing this.

All I could do was tumble down the void, to where I didn't know yet. My friend's screaming rang in my ears, desperate cries to get me back. Wind howled all around me as blackness engulfed everything. Leaves swirled faster and faster in an invisible tornado. I screamed as I spun around and around…

….. And then I saw a jack o lantern go by in a flash as I hit the ground and started rolling down a steep hill. Now its fun when you're playing on a grassy slope when you are little, but it's another thing when you're tumbling down a rocky terrain at high speed. Sadly, I dealt with the latter. Oh joy. When my journey was over, I found myself at the foot of the hill with a serious concussion and nasty bruises from all those rocks in the way. Another blessing was that my Elphaba costume was in the worst shape possible, and my hat was all the way at the top with pumpkin guy. Grumbling, I trudged up the hill and saw that my hat had a much more graceful landing than I did. When I looked as neat as possible, I worked on getting my bearings. In my side vision, I could see pumpkin man looking at me. "Can you tell me where I am?" I asked, embarrassed. No reply. "Didn't think so"

I then noticed the landscape that stretched before me. There was a town and a graveyard, with all the houses and graves mixed up in a confusing manner. A giant black hill curled into a spiral on my right, the only thing that sort of made sense. As I turned toward the scarecrow, I asked "Where am I any-?"

I gasped in shock. The pumpkin scarecrow was M-I-S-S-I-N-G!

How could he have disappeared? I would have heard him if he had walked away! I felt so scared and isolated in this nutty place, but I had to be brave if I ever wanted to get home. Taking a deep breath, I walked down to this strange new world I had before me.

My walk didn't take that long, so I soon found myself at the gates of town. Looking past it, there was some sort of celebration going on. Up close, the place was even MORE confusing! In the middle of the crowd, I thought I saw the disappearing scarecrow on fire. On Fire? Now I'm really losing it! I thought. Turns out I wasn't as loopy as I thought, because the flaming scarecrow suddenly became a skeleton. To get a closer look, I blended in with the crowd so I wouldn't be seen.

…

To Jack, his favorite part of the festivities was after all the scaring. He loved seeing all the townsfolk come together to celebrate their holiday. When he looked out at the sea of undead faces, he saw….. The strangest witch he'd ever seen. She had the usual green skin, black hair, hat and broom, but the skirt of her dress was torn, and she wasn't screeching or cackling with delight. It seemed she was trying to take in everything around her! She must be new to Halloween town; he thought I think I'll help her get to know everyone.

….

After the crowd dispersed, I started walking around, trying very hard not to look lost. In reality, I was terrified that someone would figure out I was human. I was pretty sure they wouldn't like it if they found out. Overwhelmed, I sat down by the giant fountain, not even acknowledging the fact that it had GREEN water. What would I do now? "Are you okay? You don't seem too well. I hope we didn't scare you TOO much." A strange voice said. I froze, and my blood ran cold as I slowly turned around to see the tall skeleton looking down at me. "I'm Jack. Jack Skell-" I didn't let him finish as I bolted for the gates and ran into the graveyard. I couldn't help myself. He didn't seem like a kidnapper, but I heard plenty of horror stories about creepy strangers. Without thinking, I ran on top of the spiral hill to catch my breath. It looked like I had lost him when I heard him behind me "You didn't let me finish." At that point, I had had enough of him. I whirled around and held my broom up like a spear. "Don't think you can get away with this!" I snapped "I know about people like you, pretending to be nice when you're really a kidnapper! I'm not going to fall for your act!" The skeleton looked confused and a bit shocked, considering I probably looked like a vicious, creepy psycho. "I'm not trying to kidnap you" he said calmly.

"That's what they all say!" I said.

"I thought you would like help getting to know everyone, since you seemed new!"

He looked really annoyed now, so I lowered my broom and said "I still don't trust you, but I'll hear what you have to say."

"Actually, I would like to know why you ran away. Is there something I should know about?" He said.

"Well, for starters, I don't really belong here."

"What do you mean? Of course you do! You're one of us!"

"No, actually I'm not." I knew I was taking a big risk, but It wouldn't have made sense if I told my story first. Putting my hand to my face, I slowly wiped off the green makeup on the left side of my face. "I'm really a human, and I came down here by mistake." I proceeded to tell him my madcap day, Jack all the while looking as surprised as if I had just slapped him in the skull.

"I ran away because I didn't know what everyone would think about me being a human, and the fact that I barely know you. I guess I lost it then."

"Don't worry; I'll help you find a way back home. You were right about the citizens not accepting you very well. No human has EVER been here." Jack said, finally recovering from the shock.

"None?"

"None."

"Well, thanks for the help. I guess I needed it."

"Don't mention it. Let's go back to town."

"Do you think I'll need to hide? I'm sort of tired of doing that now."

"What if they react badly?"

"I don't really care what they think of me."

"Then let's not worry about it" He said, leading me back towards town.