After our tale of christmas and halloween comes this tale of shadows and evil. Jessica skellington, her brother, and her friends are gonna need everything they have if they want to get out this is alive. so many questions need answering. why is everyone in halloween town so scared?
why does everyone talk in whispers when they are around?
and what is the dark twelve?
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When stories start, they don’t always start from the beginning, but somewhere in the middle, this is one of the few that starts at the beginning of one story whilst in the middle of another. For Jack and Sally Skellington, this is the middle but for Jessica Skellington this is the beginning.
Jessica was born on the 20th of October at 11:59 her brother Carlos was born 3 minutes later on the 21st of October at 00:02, but, this isn’t a report, this is a story and I need to start telling it like one.
Jack looked at the two miniature figures in Sally’s arms. One was a skeleton whilst the other a ragdoll. Jack silently took the skeleton girl from sally’s grip and watched as she shifted, trying to get comfortable. Jack closed his eyes; he was trying to remember the ancient Halloween names. He remembered the oldest and most powerful. Jessica. It had many meanings in ancient tongue. But the 2 most memorable were “queen of shadow” and “fire angel” it also had something to do with singing, but Jack couldn’t remember what. He looked at the boy sleeping gently, and then looked at Sally, he smiled, and he knew she would make a brilliant mother.
“Jessica” He said
“Hmm?” Sally twisted her head round; Jack repeated what he had just said
“Jessica,” he then said “for the girl”
“Oh, yes” Sally beamed “I think that’s a lovely name”
“What about mister here?” Jack indicated with his head at the tiny body cocooned by sally.
“Well…” Sally trailed off
“Yes?” Jack cocked his head
“Carlos, I heard it meant hidden flame and ruler”
“Yes, and he will rule Halloween town, he will be the most scary one yet, well, apart from me”
“So, Jessica and Carlos?” Sally looked at the two children, she already knew the answer.
“Yes, Jessica and Carlos”
“AWWW, personally I would have chosen names like killer and destroyer, but Jessica and Carlos work just fine” The man on the other side of the room was made of shadow, the corner he was in had been the brightest now the lights made no difference at all, due to the shadows blocking them out.
“Who are you?” Jack’s arms curled protectively around Jessica and she curled into his chest sensing danger.
“I…I don’t think I have a name anymore, everybody just calls me shadow, shadow moron, shadow man, shadow guy… the list goes on forever, BUT this isn’t about me it’s about your darling children”
“what?!” both and Jack and Sally turned away, trying to shelter the young children.
But the shadows simply plucked Jessica and Carlos from them.
“NO!” Sally screamed
“Don’t panic, you will get them back, I just want to give them a little drink” shadow guy pulled to vials out of his…pockets? He tipped on down Jessica’s throat and the other down Carlos’s. “drink up” shadow guy leered at Jack and Sally as he spoke. Runes glowed on the floor as light encased him and the two babies.
Then all of a sudden he placed Jessica and Carlos back in Jack and sally’s arms.
“Huh?” Jack didn’t understand this at all
“Have fun, the Skeleus demon and Biomechanica will be up soon”
Then in a flurry of shadows, he was gone.
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Over in doctor Finkelsein’s lab the two rag doll babies lay on the operating table, they we not moving yet, but they had no scars apart from where their hearts were. The doctor slowly ramped up the voltage; he had never tried to create twins before and he didn’t know if this would work. The doctor looked at the readings, then at the tubes connecting the ragdolls to all the necessary chemicals.
He was so busy, making sure that the ragdolls were coming to life he didn’t notice the shadows pour something into the tubes. He only noticed something was wrong when the ragdolls awoke…and had eyes that shone with electricity.
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Finally under the tree house of lock shock and barrel, Oogie Boogie held up the two insectus children that were his. His wife Hera smiled and looked over to her two year old son Tabor, Tabor was a burlap bag like his father and had already shown his love for the pretty colours of the roulette machines.
“Look after them Oogie” said Shadow man.
“I will sir” Oogie looks fondly at Beatlan and Arachcana they would be strong when they were grown, not as strong as him, but strong never the less.
Tabor looked with disgust at his new brother and sister, he looked at them with his father’s cold eyes, when he was king of Halloween town, he would get rid of them. He smiled, who would be laughing then.
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OK, I'M NOT DEAD! that over I would like to say this is the story replacing after nightmares, as I saw that the plot line had been used many a time. thanx
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