Meanwhile, in the eery depths of Oogie's lair, Amy lies motionless on the floor.
Until; all of a sudden, a surge of air bursts through her lungs, she splutters and her eyes open.
Breathing slowly, she tucks back her hair. Then, she froze.
Her hands. They were albino white and sewn together with thread and her hair didn't seem to be hair anymore, it was red wool!
"What...?" she thought. "What's happened to me?"
She felt her face, it was cold and hard, she felt her nose, which didn't seem to be a nose anymore, it was a small round shape in her face.
Then it dawned upon her. She was Jack and Sally's daughter, so she had inherited their looks! But why had she been human before?
She ran her fingers through her hair just as a small shadow caught her eye in the corner.
It looked like a small boy scrunched up in the fetal position.
Amy tilted her skull, it made a clicking noise as she did.
"Hello?" she called, her voice a little squeekier than usual.
The shadow looked up at her. "Amy?" breathed the voice happily. "Is that you?"
Amy instantly recognised the voice. "Tim?" she gasped, attempting to stand up.
It was very difficult, considering her whole body felt like cardboard.
Tim clambered up and beckoned her over. "C'mon..." he incouraged.
Amy moved one foot in front of the other and eventually, she got the hang of it. Although she had to walk on tiptoes.
"Tim!" she cried, running to hug her friend, but she found herself embracing him instead.
Tim hugged her back as tears rolled down his pale face.
"I-I..." began Amy, pulling away. "I missed you" she breathed, tears congregating in her own eyes.
Tim nodded. "Look at you" he smiled, brushing a tear away from her eye-socket. "You look beautiful"
Amy's eyes widened. "R-really?"
Tim nodded again. "And I guess you're wondering why you look like this now and why you were human before"
Amy nodded. "So, I suppose you can explain?"
Tim nodded and began to explain everything to Amy.
"So, me and my friend George jumped off the sleigh right at the last minute and knocked on the door of Angie's house.
George ran away after a while, he missed Halloween Town"
"So that was the boy in the park!" thought Amy.
"I can't believe you did this, for me..." said Amy. "You showed me the way from the start!"
Tim blushed. "I guess I did..."
"But, where's Oogie?"
"Now that I
can't answer. Before you...umm...died, Oogie said something about a reunion..."
"Reunion?" repeated Amy. "What's the relationship status between Jack and Oogie?"
"
Not good. Oogie killed Jack's parents-"
"He murdered them?!"
"Yes, he murdered them, and ever since then they've been ene...oh crud..."
"You think he's gone after-?"
"I do...we have to move!"
"Good idea. I have a plan! Grab some of Lock, Shock and Barrel's weapons, and hurry!"
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