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Chapter II
Sora stood atop the crest Spiral Hill, staring at the huge full moon, shining down upon him...regretting...
"Hey, buddy!" Tom called, coming out from a tombstone at the base of the hill. "You look a little down. It's Halloween! You should be happy! What the heck is your problem?"
Sora wiped a tear off of his face, not looking to see who he was talking to. "Who wants to know?"
Tom hated not getting instant gratification. "Tom Betelgeuse Bohnne, that's who! You got a problem with that?"
Sora made a face and turned to see Tom below. "Your parents actually gave you 'Betelgeuse' for a middle name?"
"It was my great-uncle's name, or something." he said.
Sora came down Spiral Hill and began to talk with the skeleton. He introduced himself and Tom led Sora to his tombstone.
"So, what IS your problem?" asked Tom, still curious.
"I never wanted to come here." Sora replied, sitting down.
"Everyone dies, Sora; you can't help that."
It took a minute for Sora to understand why Tom had just said that. "Well, actually Tom, I'm not really dead." he said quietly.
"YOU AREN'T?!" shouted Tom, bewildered. "Then what the hell are you doing here?!"
Sora gave a big sigh that seemed to go on forever. "Well," he took another deep breath, "around when I was five or six, my adoptive father was hiking in the mountains. He conviniently found me in a cave with no one in sight. On instinct, he took me back to live with his family. I fit into society well and everything was going great...well, until the fire. One day, a friend and I were being brutally picked on by some bullies at school during recess. Then, I snapped and my world went black...When I woke up, I couldn't remember a thing; the school was in flames and some angry people stood over me, glaring at me. They told me I had killed five people and ten were wounded. I insisted I didn't do a thing, but they began to chase me...with weapons...I finally lost them in the woods. I kept wandering unil I found the Halloweentown Door. And the rest, you can guess."
"Oh, cheer up, Sora!" Tom said quite happily, as if he wasn't listening at all. "Those kids will be here any min--"
"TOM!!" Speak of the devil. Lock, Shock, & Barrel waddled over to Tom and handed him the Book of the Wicked. "Look what we found!!" said Lock.
"Oh, sweet!" said Tom. "Give it here!"
Lock handed him the book.
Tom marvaled at the black book with its purple spine and yellow writing on the front. On the cover was a golden goblet with something green bubbling inside of it. "Wowwwww...The Book of the Wicked! I didn't think you boys would actually come through for me."
"I'm a girl." Shock said quickly.
"'Book of the WHAT?!'" Sora asked, confused.
"Whoops!" Tom said, embarassed. "I forgot to tell you about that!" He put his arm around Sora. "Don't worry, Sora m'boy! We're gonna have some fun with this thing!" Tom laughed sinisterly. "A LOT of fun..." he added quietly.
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