Well, I gotta say, this story is coming along quite nicely and maybe quickly I guess! Hope you all can keep up
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I leaned on a wall backstage; I could hear the hustling and bustling citizens of Halloween. I bit my lip nervously and twiddled my fingers. Sam sat on the ground next to me, her look dazed and like she was gonna fall asleep. Jack was off who knows where so I decided now was a good time to talk to Sam about everything that had happen.
"Sam?" I asked, she looked up to me and cocked her head, telling me she was listening.
"Do you think this is all real?" I asked her, not really thinking about my words. She seemed to look at the ground, pondering the thought.
"Well....dreams can sometimes feel real...but I find this ridiculously real for a dream. So...I'm gonna have to say yes." She replied looking up to me, she answered as if she was on a game show of some sort. I sighed, why can't I believe it's true?
"Do you?" She asked me, however I wasn't really sure how to answer. I came away from the wall a bit and looked to the ground. I had pondered that thought since I saw Lock, Shock, and Barrel making a break for it down my street.
"I don't know." Was the only answer I could reply with, she nodded a bit and stood up, stretching and letting out a yawn. By her expression she was tired, as was I. I had been through a lot today. Getting captured, escaping a cell, facing Oogie Boogie, running away from Lock Shock and Barrel, driving a magical bathtub, crashing it, running some more, and running into the pumpkin king. In a sense, I was exhausted. I let out a deep sigh, my legs felt like jell-o and my arms dangled uselessly.
"Are you sure you can go through this meeting?" Sam asked me, putting her hand on my shoulder, I'm not sure if it was for questioning, or just to help me stand straight. I nodded but didn't reply as I leaned against the wall once more, she took her hand away and brushed it through her hair. Jack had got us more presentable by fixing my bruises and putting a brush through our hair. So we at least looked half decent. I looked down at my clothes, they were torn and muddy, however Jack promised to get those fixed later. Speaking of Jack, I looked around to see if there was any sign of him, there wasn’t. I let out a sigh in relief, though I wasn’t sure why. Was it because I didn’t want to go on with this meeting? Was I perhaps…nervous? Though, I wasn’t sure why, boy, I didn’t know much did I? I laughed a bit and crossed my arms over my chest, now waiting for the meeting to begin.
“Ready young ones?” Jack asked us, I jumped a bit, stupid ghost like charms and abilities. I rolled my eyes but nodded; he gave a curt nod in return and walked through the curtains on stage.
“Listen everyone.” He announced, his voice a bit loud and bouncing and echoing in the room. Everyone immediently fell silent and listened to their beloved king.
“Now, as a few of you have heard today, yes there are indeed humans in Halloween town.” He confessed, a few gasps were let loose and I thought I even heard a gag. I rolled my eyes and peeked through a crease between the curtains, watching Jack on stage speaking. My gaze then fell on the audience, they were all monsters, I had no doubt about that…however until I spotted something. A boy, around my age if not a year older sitting in the very back row. He had sandy blonde shaggy hair hanging a bit in front of his face, neon green eyes and was wearing a black t-shirt, black cargo pants and black skater shoes. He was...cute.
“Now, I’ve met these humans up close, they’re different from the others, I promise you. I want you all to be nice and kind like they are residents here, are we understood?” He ordered more than asked, I heard a couple of yeahs but others sounded unsure. He turned to the curtain and spoke softly, outstretching an arm.
“Come on out girls.” He spoke his words clearly; I took a gulp before pushing the curtains out of my way and stepping on stage, Sam following right behind me. I heard more gasps and a few rude comments.
“They’re hideous!” The witches shouted.
“They look funny!” The corpse kid said.
“Where are their claws and fangs?” The werewolf asked with a few agreeing.
“I think they’re pretty.” An unfamiliar voice said, though I’m not sure anyone was paying attention.
Jack let out the shush signal in a way to calm down the room.
“Calm down everyone, please hold your questions and comments. Now do remember they are humans, so they act different then us.” He turned to Sam and gestured to the podium; she pointed to herself and raised her eyebrows in question. He grinned and nodded; she shrugged and even smiled a bit, then took her place at the podium. She had to stand on her tip toes to see just over the podium perfectly.
“Um….hi everyone.” She said quietly with a small wave, a few leaned back away from her but some actually waved back.
“Um well….I’m 13 years old and, my name is Samantha, but people call me Sam. I live in New York and um….I’m real happy to be here?” She asked with question as if the right thing to say, she turned to Jack with a look asking for help. He nodded as in, that was good. She smiled and walked back over next to me. I looked over to Jack who had a rushing signal for me to take her place; I bit my lip once more and looked to the audience. My gazed scanned over the faces, and it went to the back where the boy was sitting, he was so cute. I shook the thoughts from my head and cleared my throat.
“Hello.” Some citizens leaned in at the sound of my voice; I bit my bottom lip and turned to Jack. He didn’t say anything; he was just giving me a frantic sign telling me to continue. I nodded and turned back to the audience, freeing my lip from my teeth.
"My name is Jennifer, and I'm 14 turning 15 soon. I'm considered an outcast in my world, but I try to ignore it. I find this place really cool and asure you there's nothing to be afraid of." I explained and some faces seemed to lighten at this. I thought I heard the words 'remind' and 'pumpkin king' but I could of heard wrong, and what would that mean anyways? I shrugged it off and turned to Jack who walked out next to me, and he started clapping slowly. Doubtfully everyone started following and it roared in applause. The boy sitting in back stood up and clapped too, I had to meet him.
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Well, hope you all enjoyed! til then PEACE XD
