I sat there and listened as Doc kept rambling on about where I am and how things sre like here. It turns out I'm in a place call Halloween Town, a strange and scary place where where ghouls, corpes, and skeletons roam the graveyards at night and scare people in fright. This is their home. And every Halloween night, they set out to the real world, scaring children and adults for the fun of it and to celebrate their greatest holiday of all time...HALLOWEEN. Doc is a specialist in making devices to scare people much easier and out of their wits. But Doc likes to spend his time experimenting on things, living or dead, for his idea of fun. His assistant Igor helps him around the house and with his experiments. I've seen Igor enter the room once or twice. He was a few inches taller than Doc and one his eyes is swelled shut. He also has a huge hunch in his back. He almost looked like Quasimodo except the fact that Igor is more...happy with his life. Igor will always obey his master and as a reward from he recieves a Bone Biscuit for his troubles. Why he likes those things I will never know
. Anyway, Doc told me that this town was run by a king...a Pumpkin King actually. He told me this king was tall and and smooth. He wore a black suit with a bat bow-tie and a skeletal grin that always appear on his face. His name was Jack. Who was this Jack? What's a Pumpkin King? Where is this Halloween Town? How did I get here? How do I go back? These questions have been bothering me since I heard everything Doc said. To be honest, I think it's all a dream.
"Listen, Doc," I said to him, "this is all very interesting but I don't believe any of this. How am I suppose to believe that this isn't a dream?"
"Take a look," he said, pointing at my hands, "and you will find out."
So I did as I was instructed to do and to my surprise, my hand was nothing but dry bones. No skin, no flesh, just dried up bones. I was frightened at first and I didn't want to see what my face looked like.
"Here," said the Doc, handing me a mirror, "take a look."
I took one gaze into the mirror and saw a skeleton in it. I don't remember my face, but I do know I wasn't a skeleton. I tried to pinch myself to see if I will wake up but all I could feel was the dry smoothness of my bony arm. I guess I had to face the facts: THIS is no dream.
"Surprised?" he said.
"Yes and creeped out."
"I thought so. Well I left you some clothes in that closet," he said pointing to the closet across from my bed, "there are some clothes in there that I think you might find pretty comfortable to wear."
"Thank you," I said sitting up on the bed.
"My pleasure," he said right before walking out.
As he left the room I went to the closet to and found the clothes. The shirt and the pants fit perfectly. And the hat was a very nice touch for me. They were all black and a necklace came with the clothing. It was a gold cross hung from a black string and it had the intials "DS" carved on the back. I was very generous that the Doc gave me some clothes to wear. But I was also confused. Why would he give his generosity and hospitality to a complete stranger. I knew that I will have to make it up to him somehow. As I left the room, he was right next to the doorway to the outside world.
"Are we going somewhere?" I asked.
"Just to see an old friend."
"Jack?"
"Right. Now we must hurry. The king awaits us."
He was the first one to walk out the door and I followed as I closed the door behind myself. I was afraid to meet this Jack. But I was also excited.
