Fate sighed, walking into the bar. Spotting her friends waving at her, she slowly approached, hiding her disbelief. She sat at a stool next to Tikara, putting some money on the table and ordering a round of poison. She sighed again, grabbed the cup, and tried to start a conversation without The Author ruining everything.
"So, what are we going to do here, anyways?" Fate asked, sipping some of her poison. "Who knows? You have more friends, right? Tikara said they were Matthew LeBlanc, Kitdra and Maria... Not sure if that's all of them." Daze sighed, lifting her head up slightly. "No worries, though! To find them, we only have to clap three times and go 'Where are you guys?'. " Tikara stated, drinking some of her chocolate milk. "... You know, The Author can't afford any more lawsuits for using names and content from other movies..." Fate stated, laughing slightly at the thought.
The Author came running in, sitting at a stool and taking out his pencil. "HIDE ME! HE FOUND ME AGAIN!" The Author screamed to Fate, drawing himself a shield and a will. "Alright, my condoms go to Miracle (God knows he'll never need them) my 'My Pretty Pony' collection goes to Fate, the 'Make your own noose in seconds' kit goes to Kitdra, and the magic pencil goes to Tikara. Anything else I forgot?" The Author asked, tossing his pencil over to Tikara.
"Matthew, Maria and I." Daze stated, trying to take the magic pencil from Tikara so she would stop chewing on it. "Alright, Matthew is getting my Time-Travelling pants, Maria can take all my cyanide pills, and you can have my coupon to Hooter King." Miracle stated, taking back the pencil and adding a bit more. "...There IS no such thing as Hooter King..." Fate sighed, slamming her head into the bar table.
"YES THERE IS! Combine Burger King and Hooters, and you have the Hooter King! EVERYONE KNOWS THAT!" The Author stated, lifting his shield. "He has arrived..." "Who? Is it another author or something?" Daze asked, turning around slightly. "Somewhat..." The Author replied, bringing out his box of used condoms for protection.
"AUTHOR! GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE AND SAY HELLO TO MY WIFE!" Matthew yelled, kicking the door down. "YOU PROMISED ME!" "...Oh, yeah. I think I was totally wasted that morning..." The Author replied, shaking his head slightly. "WHO CARES!? You could NOT have been wasted because you were drinking orange juice! YOU HEAR ME!? ORANGE JUICE!" Matthew ran in, grabbing The Author and dragging him back out.
"... Matt got a wife?" Fate asked, almost to herself. "Matt got married?" Tikara thought, still chewing her new pencil. "Who's the wife, anyways?" Daze asked, thinking for a moment. They turned around, looking out through a window. They heard some arguing, a slap, and a flame-thrower go off. Matthew walked inside, bringing his new wife with him.
"Hello, this is Emily. She's an actress, and she recently starred in Corpse Bride." Matthew grinned, hopping on a bar stool. "Emily?... EMILY!? YOU MET MY DAD ONCE!" Fate stated, jumping off her stool and grabbing Tikara. "My name is Fate, and my dad was Miracle. How are you? Is my dad okay? Why is The Author a giant pile of flames outside?"
"I can only answer the last one, seeing as it's the most obvious..." Emily smiled, sitting at a stool. "But I'm not seeing as you all know The Author quite well..." "Anyways, Why are you all out here? I mean, in MY fanfic, we should all be heading towards Oogie's palace..." Matthew asked, grabbing a cup of poison.
"Well... Kinda hard to say, really..." Fate sighed, lowering her head. "...My dad sent me out to figure out how the world is run... He sent me away before gun shots reached us in the graveyard..." "...Wait a minute... They don't allow guns in Halloweentown. I mean, it's a Disney movie, so they wouldn't tolerate it at all if Disney came back to life and sued us for ruining another movie..." Emily stated, thinking for a moment.
"... Oh no, that won't be good..." Fate sighed, shaking her head. "That would mean that SOMEONE was either trying to get me away or murder the both of us in one go..." "WHAT!? Who'd want to kill you OR Miracle!?" Tikara asked, putting her pencil away by psychic means. "Simple. He said so himself that the town doesn't like him much... Therefore, someone was trying to get him for taking Jack's only daughter, and ME for actually being with him..." Fate sighed, shaking her head.
"Well... The town doesn't mind Miracle, really... They've got to know him a lot better since Jack threw a party for him after you were born... It was a couple months afterwards..." Daze stated, thinking back. "I saw him there, and he saw me... We had a great time, but I haven't seem him since..." "... So... Miracle is okay from the town's people, but that would mean someone with enough authority to get a gun would have killed Miracle..." Matthew thought for a moment, turning around.
"That would leave..." "HOLD IT!" The Author yelled, running in. "No one from the movie did it! I can't handle another law-suit from Disney!" He shivered, dropping to the floor in a weeping position. "...Ignoring him, that means that only one person could have done it..." Daze stated, looking at Fate. "Sketchy."
"... MY BROTHER!?" Fate asked, dropping her cup on the floor and seeing it break into a hundred pieces. Tikara fixed it up with some psychic-ness, and Fate continued. "WHY'D HE WANT TO KILL MIRACLE!? HE RAISED ME! HE PROTECTED ME ... He loved me like family..." Fate slammed her head into the counter, crying. "None of this is making sense... I just want answers, dammit..." She sighed, lifting her head up.
"...Fate?... I dunno why Miracle is being hunted down and stuff, but I can go check it out, if you want..." Tikara commented, sitting on top of Fate's head. "And Daze can come to!" "NO." Daze stated, grabbing Tikara's tail. "The first time I met you, I lost have my bodily fluids - IN BLOOD - just be listening to you. How do I know it won't happen again?" Daze asked, staring into Tikara's eyes. "You don't. But I can try. :3" Tikara stated, grinning.
"ON TO HALLOWEENTOWN!" Tikara proclaimed, grabbing Daze and teleporting to town. "... Wow, I don't even WANT to know if this is going to end well..." Fate thought, giggling slightly. "It's getting late... I need sleep... There's one to three more towns I'm gonna visit before I head back to Halloweentown..." "Alright. We're gonna go and try to kill The Author. Be careful when going to other towns." Matthew said before walking out the door. Emily followed, an evil grin on her face.
"...Weird..." Fate thought, walking up the stairs. She opened her door, and jumped into the bed. "... Something doesn't add up here..." Fate thought, looking around the room. Only shadows, nothing of interest. But one shadow MOVED. She was slightly frightened, seeing the shadow come closer and closer. The shadow landed on her bed, becoming a fully made person. Human or not, she couldn't tell who or what it was.
The creature's face came nearer, no breathing or drool even appeared. She was feeling light-headed, almost ready to faint. But she couldn't. She knew she couldn't. The creature smirked, backing away. He pulled out his purple Soul Robber, holding it up to Fate's neck. He said something, right before this chapter ends.
"My name is Tarrel. I've been sent to kick your ass."
