"Look what you've done!" Zoë cried angrily as Hally raced past her yelling something about cookies at the top of her lungs. Page shrugged looking down at her feet trying her best to act like it was no big deal. "I just don't believe it. How can one cookie do that- HALLY GET DOWN FROM THERE!" Zoë yelped seeing that the human Pumpkin Princess was running on a dangerously thin and high wall.
"It wasn't just one cookie." Page admitted as Hally did a sort of acrobatic handspring along the narrow ledge. "She's good. Can we get her on the American Olympic Gymnastics team?" She asked quickly changing the subject.
"If she survives the sugar rush we'll ask- Wait a second..." Zoë said coming to an abrupt halt in her conversation. "What do you mean it wasn't just one cookie?" Page gave Zoë the most innocent look she could. Zoë frowned, "Page, what did you do?" she asked anger making her voice waver.
"Well... Hally- before she freaked out- said she was thirsty. So... I was only trying to help... and I... well... I let her wash it down with a Mountain Dew."
"YOU WHAT!?" Zoë shouted furiously. She looked about ready to jump on Page but she let out a huge sigh and her body relaxed. She collapsed into a sitting position on the fountain edge putting her head in her hands, her dark brown curls highlighted with blonde fell in a wave before he face. The once murky green water behind her was almost completely clear with hardly a trace of its once eerie glowing color.
"That's all your going to do? I though for sure you were going to attack me or something." Page said sounding surprised. Zoë shook her head muttering something into her hands. "Didn't catch that. You'll have to speak up. It's hard to hear over Hally." Page replied.
"I said," Zoë began, looking up. "I don't have to. Whatever I do to you will be nothing compared to what Kaitlin will do when she finds out." Page paled. She hadn't thought of that.
"Do what to who when I find out what?" Kaitlin's voice asked. Kaitlin walked over taking a seat next to Zoë. "Why's everyone looking at me like that? Hey," he added looking behind Page. "Guys, what's with Hally?" She asked as Hally leapt from the wall back onto the ground below.
"Einstein over there thought it would be a good idea to give her Mountain Dew AND a cookie!" Zoë shouted angrily. Page moved backward from her two friends on the fountain afraid of what was to come next.
"At least it wasn't Surge." Kaitlin said with a shrug. "Guys! She's on the move!" Kaitlin called seeing Hally make a dash out of Guillotine Square and into the residential area. The three mortals leapt to their feet making an attempt to catch up with the Pumpkin Princess.
"Your lucky she has more to worry about right now." Zoë said to Page as they ran after Jack's daughter. They were just passing Vampire Castle when they (or more accurately Hally) ran into the Mayor's son Junior.
"Sorry Junior. Love to talk but we need to run." Kaitlin said quickly helping Junior to his feet and started to continue her dash after Hally. Page let out an ill timed dreamy sigh and was at once wrenched from her spot by Zoë.
"I wouldn't go back there if I were you. Dad says that there is one trap from back when Oogie rigged Halloween Town. No one is sure what kind of trap or where it is but until Mr. Skellington gets back to disarm- What's with her?" Junior asked uncertainly. Her pushed his sandy blonde hair out of his eyes making sure bright emerald his eyes weren't deceiving him.
"To make a long story short; don't eat mortal sugar." Zoë called over her shoulder as the mortals made their way into the danger zone after Hally. Luckily, Junior was smart enough not to follow them as they made their way through the deserted streets. It seemed as if most of the Halloween Town citizens were heeding Junior's advice and not barreling through a possibly lethal street.
"Hally! Slow down, you'll hurt yourself! These streets are dangerous!" Kaitlin called still a good ways behind Hally. The sugar seemed to have worn off for Hally did more than slow down. She halted outright, collapsing on the ground from the sudden loss of energy; which in this case was a very bad idea. There was a swishing sound from somewhere near Hally of a trap bring sprung; and before anyone could say anything a large swinging ax blade was hurtling at the Princess of Halloween. Kaitlin had to think quickly since the mortals were still to far away to do anything... or maybe not. Kaitlin's eyes flashed a bright orange color. She yelled something in a strange language and a bright orange light shot from her index finger and hit the swinging ax blade only milliseconds before impact. There was a thud from the impact and...
"Ow..." Hally moaned rubbing her shoulder. For some reason the ax blade that had been hurtling at her was now a flowerpot on a string. Maybe there had been no ax blade, maybe it had always been a flowerpot. Hally yawned, she was so exhausted her mind must have been playing tricks on her. Yet she distinctly remembered a flash of orange light... what had happened?
"A flowerpot?" Zoë whispered softly to Kaitlin.
"Yeah, weird isn't it. I was going for a smoldering pile of ash." Kaitlin replied. She walked over to Hally who was sitting on the ground rubbing her shoulder. "You ok?" Hally looked up, she looked exhaust clearly on her human face and Kaitlin found that surprisingly relieving.
"My shoulder hurts." Hally announced. "Kaitlin, was there always a flower pot there?" Hally highly doubted that Kaitlin was going to say no. Kaitlin nodded. Hally knew she was lying, she wasn't tired enough to hallucinate. "Oh... really? Because for a moment I thought there was an ax." Ah ha! Hally had the "mortal" cornered.
"Hally!" Junior cried running up to her. He seemed out of breath and behind him were several of Halloween Town's most well known faces. Hally grimaced angrily, the interruption just made her loose her chance at finding out what really happened! He ran up to her, mistaking her angry grimace for one of pain, but stopped when he saw the weapon in question. "A flowerpot on a string? Oogie was planning to attack Jack with a flowerpot of a string?"
"Well, you know that Oogie. Who knows what he was thinking when he planed that." Kaitlin said with a nervous laugh.
"Yeah he's crazy but... I mean... a flowerpot?" Junior asked. He stepped aside showing the "lethal device" to the onlookers.
"Excuse me, coming through. The girl's been hurt she needs medical attention. I SAID MOVE IT KRUGER!" shouted an angry and familiar voice. The crowd sprung apart making room for a young woman with a fan covering her face. She dressed in a blood stained Nurse outfit complete with a short white skirt, short sleeved white top, black belt, bloody high heeled shoes, blood stained white gloves, and a nurse hat with a red cross, sitting on top of a long wave of long red hair the color of the blood stains on her uniform. The woman in question was the well known Biology teacher, Lisa.
"Then perhaps we should get a doctor." Freddy Kruger replied irritably. The long rivalry between the two individuals seemed to have continued despite their new human state. Lisa, when in her normal state, was faceless. She had no features, no nose, no eyes, no mouth, only pale blank skin. Now that she was alive, however, she carried a fain in front of her face making sure no one saw it.
"Careful Freddy, I still have the power to public humiliate you again- oh wait you do that enough on your own. Never mind then. Don't worry your tiny little head about it." Lisa replied coolly. She was the meanest teacher in Halloween High and if you weren't on her good side you were going to fail. I order to be on her good side the number one requirement was simple: be a girl. Lisa was one of eight faceless nurse demons who were all (for some strange reason) man haters. "Now here Hally," Lisa said taking her arm and examining it. She pressed down on a few spots asking if it hurt. After a few moments she stood up. "Nothing broken. But her reflexes are off. Kaitlin, be a dear and take her home to get some rest." Lisa instructed. Hally grinned, Lisa could not have chosen a more perfect escort!
"Yes Miss Lisa." Kaitlin said quickly. She helped Hally to her feet and made her way through the crowd. Every one of them expressing the utmost concern for Hally. Zoë and Page followed closely so as not to be left behind with the adults.
"Are you sure there was never an ax?" Hally asked as soon as they were out of earshot. Kaitlin sighed sounding rather tired herself. Hally figured it was from more than just chasing her down.
"Positive Hally, with no magic left there is no way it could have changed. Come on your mom is waiting for you." Kaitlin said quickly. Hally eyed her mortal friend uncertainly. Despite what Kaitlin said Hally knew what she had seen. Kaitlin had been hiding something and before the day was over Hally planned to find out exactly what was going on with her supposedly "human" friend.
