"Ow..." grunted Amy, rubbing her head. "Where am I? Why is it so dark?"
She looked around, she appeared to be in a graveyard, but where she had no idea.
All of a sudden, she caught the sound of music and voices singing, then two ghosts shadows appeared, singing the 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 till the neighbor's 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
In this town, don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
'Round that corner, man, hiding in the trash can
Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll --
Scream!
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 the 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 wind blowing through your hair
I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
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 ya 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!"
Amy had followed them to the centre of the town near what seemed to be a fountain spewing green liquid from it's mouth. On the fountain was the man they had called Jack in the song.
Now, Amy is panicking, terrified from that display, as human children should never really see it, or, it may scar them for life.
She panted heavily, sweat falling down her face, meeting the hardened mud on her cheeks.
Even more questions filled her mind now until she couldn't bare it. She screamed, a high pitched, shrill scream, a scream that no man, nor monster has ever made. Skeletal birds flew from their roosting places and the whole crowd of people looked around at her.
When she realised they were all staring at her, she stopped and looked at them, her emerald green eyes wide in fear.
"What a scream!" exclaimed a tall figure in the light of the torches.
"We sure scared
her !" groweled a gruff voice.
"Maybe a little
too much!" chuckled a hollow voice.
"Aww bless! Poor kid!" cackled a crackly voice.
The shadows began to close in on Amy. She backed off until she felt a cold stone wall behind her.
She whimpered.
"STOP!" shouted a voice from the back of the crowd.
The shadows parted to reveal a tall, thin, well dressed, skeleton.
This was becoming to weird to bare! Where was Tim? Where was she? Who were these people?
The skeleton, who's name was Jack walked towards her and as he did, the all of the shadows backed off.
Amy didn't look up at him, she heard his knees click as he came to her level.
"Are you alright?" he asked, trying to look her in the eyes.
Amy didn't answer, neither did she look up, she just shook as the wind whipped around her.
The skeleton unbuttoned his jacket and put it around Amy. That made Amy look up. Suddenly, she saw a familiar spark in his eyes, one her heart had been waiting for forever, but where had she seen it before?
Jack looked into her eyes and got the exact same feeling.
Amy suddenly felt alot more confident, they didn't appear to want to hurt her.
"H-hello..." she stuttered, pulling the coat up over her shoulders.
"Hello, are you alright?" he asked, his black eye sockets sparkling in the light of the moon.
"I-I am now..." she giggled.
Jack half laughed, half huffed. "What's your name?"
"I'm Amy" she smiled, putting her hand out for a handshake.
There was a chorus of gasps and then many a whisper.
Jack looked at her with a concerned expression on his face.
"W-what is it?" she asked, putting her hand down.
"What's your last name?" asked Jack.
"I-I don't know..." sighed Amy, looking away, holding her necklace.
Jack noticed she was wearing the necklace, but ignored it, she'd been through enough already.
"I apologize. I'm Jack Skellington. The Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, and, tonight is Halloween, hence why we scared you"
Amy looked up at him. How could she have forgotten? She
loved Halloween!
"Oh!" she exclaimed. "I love Halloween!"
Jack smiled. "That's good..." he said.
"So...I'm in Halloween Town?" asked Amy.
"Yes. All the way from the Residential Area to the Graveyard!"
Amy looked to where he was pointing. "It's an awfully big tree" she gasped.
Jack smiled nervously, knowing what she meant.
"Well then, Miss Amy, how would you like to join our celebrations?" he asked.
Amy looked behind him at the crowd, in the crowd was a rag-doll with bright red hair, she winked at Amy, who smiled back.
"I guess I could stay, just for a little while" said Amy.
"Splendid! Friends! Refreshments, music and food are all in the Town Hall for your devouring!" laughed Jack.
The crowd laughed and began walking towards the Town Hall.
"You look awfully muddy..." said Jack. "Do you want to change before you come in?"
Amy looked at herself. "Umm...yes please..." she grinned nervously.
"Good idea. Follow Sally into my house, she may have some spare dresses on offer..."
The rag doll walked over to her and smiled. "May I?" she asked, putting her hand out.
"Certainly" said Amy, taking her hand.
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What nice people!
