I was awakened the next morning by the sounds of loud banging coming from my closet. At first I wondered what could be making that noise when the memories of last night came flooding back. I jumped out of bed quickly, causing all the blood to rush to my head resulting in a headache. I opened the closet to find the cage lying sideways and Oogie making it roll around on the floor. "If you don't stop that I'm going to put more than a freezing spell on you!" "You! What have you done with me!?" At that moment I heard someone about to enter my room so I slammed the door and prayed he was quiet. It was Mom. "Lini, time to--oh, you're awake." she said, "Well; here are your clean clothes." "Thanks Mom." Then Oogie decided to make a noise which she heard. "What was that? Is there something in your closet?" "No." I said a bit too quickly. She eyed me suspiciously, but let it go. As soon as she was gone I breathed a sigh of relief. I opened the closet again, but didn't like the smile on his face. "So, Lini is it? I recognized that voice; you're the ragdoll's daughter! I remember her well and her sexy legs..." I couldn't help but say, "You sick bastard" "Your father is Jack Skellington isn't he?! Don't deny it; I can tell, you look a lot like him. I've wanted revenge for a long time now and now I'm in his house!" "Yeah, the size of a pillowcase and in a cage." Then I froze him.
I went downstairs and saw Junior was already down there. I owed him an apology, so as we were about to leave for school I got him alone and told him everything in much the same way I have been telling it to you. He is a great brother and a great listener. He not only forgave me but offered to help me. But for now we had to go to school. He said that when we got home we should search the book, but if we couldn't find anything we were going to have to tell Dad. He also warned me that Lock, Shock, and Barrel may not be as receptive to an apology. He was right. It was about lunch time when I finally got a chance to talk with them, but as I started my apology Shock started yelling at me. "YOU IGNORE US FOR WEEKS AND THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO FORGIVE YOU!" "Shock, people are staring." said Lock. Barrel, as usual, showed little interest. "NO, YOU START ACTING LIKE SOME CRAZY PERSON AND WE'RE HERE WORRIED ABOUT YOU AFRAID YOU COULD BE DOING ANYTHING WHILE YOU BLOW US OFF LIKE WE'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU! @#$%!" "Shock!!" "YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT MADE US FEEL ESPECIALLY L--" "SHOCK!!" Shock took a deep breath but was still shaking as she stormed off, dragging her two brothers with her. "Don't worry," Junior said, "she'll forgive you eventually and then she'll let them forgive you." "Maybe, but I won't deserve it. She has every right to yell at me. In fact I'm surprised you forgave me. Why did you?" "You're my twin sister, I have to forgive you."
When we went home that afternoon; I ran up stairs to get the book so we could look through it while Mom and Dad were out. When I entered my room however, it was completely trashed. Panicked, I frantically searched for the book but found nothing. I opened the closet to find Oogie not in his cage, which had been twisted into a lump of steel. I turned around, planning to run out the door and tell Junior, but found a rapidly growing Oogie holding the book and blocking the door. He muttered something and I blacked out.
