For the next few weeks, Jack trained his skills and danced until his feet were sore, as Oogie and Ozmando plotted to ruin his life forever.
"So, what exactly did you have in mind?" Oogie asked, staring at the peculiar scar on his father's right eye.
"Kill 'em you idiot!" growled Ozmando.
"I understand
that" hissed Oogie. "But how do you suppose we kill him, I mean, technically, he's already dead!
"Not only that, but he's the King! How do you suppose we lead him here? Without being caught?"
A sudden grin emerged on Ozmando's face and he looked at Oogie with gleaming eyes.
Oogie gulped down a bug that was crawling up his throat.
"What's your plan?" he said in a high pitched voice, making him sound like a woman.
"Instead of luring Rexus, why not lure his pitiful son Jack?"
Oogie's eyes widened. "He has a son?"
"Yes, he is the future Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, but if you lure him here, we can kill Jack and Rexus in one, making Halloween Town Kingless, I will say that Rexus has died with Jack in a fatal accident and have the town make me for King, winning Funerelly and Halloween Town"
Ozmando let out a horrific laugh and began to imagine Halloween Town under his power.
Oogie flinched at every dodgy little cackle he let off and began to think that siding with his father was a bad idea.
"Come on Jack!" his father called faintly from outside as Funerelly watched them from the top window.
"I've seen you hit better than that before!"
"I'm just getting warmed up!" Jack laughed, narrowly missing his father's shoulder as he swiped his sword across it.
"That's better" his father mumbled.
"What was that?" Jack shouted, blocking an attack.
"THAT'S BETTER!" Rexus screamed.
"No, that's more like it!" Jack cackled, hitting his father's shoulder.
"Nice hit!" Rexus said. "But, are you ready for this?"
He suddenly lunged forward, straight at Jack, but Jack suddenly did a dance move and got out of the way.
Rexus's eyes widened. "What did you just do?" he asked.
"A dance move...I think..." Jack said, unsure whether he should be happy or not.
"Well, it was brilliant!" Rexus chuckled.
Jack let out a sigh of relief and smiled a weak smile.
"Summon your fire" Rexus said, stabbing his sword in the hard ground of the town square.
"Why?" Jack asked.
"Just do it!" Rexus ordered.
Jack's eyes widened and, with out even thinking, the flame appeared in his hand. He let out a gasp and watched as the flame danced about in his hand.
"Now tell me..." Rexus said seriously. "Did you think of anything when you summoned that flame?"
From inside, Funerelly saw them standing together talking and she instantly put the cup she was washing down and opened the window.
Jack looked into his father's eyes, they were serious and sincere.
"I...no...I didn't" Jack said truthfully.
Rexus stared at his son for a moment and sighed, then he looked at the top window where Funerelly was and smiled.
Funerelly looked back knowingly and the smile faded from Rexus's face, he then turned to Jack again, a more caring and compassionate look on his face.
"Jack, my boy. Why don't you show me some dance moves?"
Jack frowned and let out a small laugh. "Why would you want to see
me dance?"
"I just want to see what your mother has taught you, that's all"
Jack raised an eye socket and went to retract his flame, but his father stopped him and told him not to.
So, Jack began to twirl, twist, dive and glide across the town square, and before long, people stopped to see who it was that was dancing. But the weirdest part of the dance, was that Jack was letting off flames at the same time, when he twirled, the flames twirled with him, when he lifted his arms, the flames went up too.
Rexus let out a small cackle of laughter and clapped his son's dancing abilities, then Jack twirled as fast as he could and let out a terrifying scream that made even Rexus jump backwards.
"I AM THE PUMPKIN PRINCE!" he shouted, letting out another shriek of laughter.
The townsfolk all screamed in fear and Jack took a bow.
Rexus placed a hand on Jack's shoulder. "Now, that's the spirit!" he said breathlessly, hugging his son for the first time since he was tiny.
Jack gasped and hugged his father back tightly.
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Sorry it's late guys, I've had writers block! D8
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
