Jack and Sally meets Gomez and Morticia

Chapter 7 2 of 3

Note: It's going to be Sally with Morticia first. And then, Jack and Gomez for the Gracey Manor tour. And another character may come along for it too.

In the morning back at a creepy manor, the two spooky couples were together in the ballroom. They sat in the long dining table with elegant chairs. It's like they fit for royals who are witches and wizards. Dom and Ruby were serving their breakfast with tea.

Morticia offered Sally something to add with her drink. "How do you like your tea to go with? Cream? Sugar? Lemon? Or cyanide?" She was confused from Mrs. Addams. "Cya-what?" Gomez clarified, "Cyanide. It's her favorite type of poison." Jack tells him, "From Halloween Town, my friend has a type of poison too. Sally gets it from the Spiral Hill Graveyard." Gomez was amazed. Morticia said in delight, "Oh how wonderful. You have cyanide too?" Sally shook her head, "No." She recalled back from Dr. Finkelstein's Laboratory to Morticia. "Back where I lived beyond the Hinterlands, the mad doctor wouldn't let me go for an exciting holiday (Halloween). I have a courage to gather Deadly Night Shade from the graveyard. I gave Dr. Finkelstein some tea and soup." Mrs. Addams whispered herself, "Deadly Night Shade." Gomez grinned, "By George! That was the best poison for a mad scientist. He works in the laboratory, does it?" Sally nodded gently.

Mr. Addams exclaimed, "Eureka! What a story to heard!" Morticia told her husband. "Darling. Let them tell us about themselves. Just before a tour of Gracey's manor." Gomez agreed with his wife. "Certainly, Cara Mia. We have all week until Halloween night." Jack assured him. "Gomez, Sally put the doctor to sleep with her tea and soup. Just to see me. I did not realized that until last Xmas Eve night." Sally smiled.

He was actually impressed. Morticia was amused, "Oh how bittersweet. They were falling in love, Mon Cher." Gomez had to go kissing her right arm wildly. Jack went firm, "Gomez! Save your love-craze for the night!" She understood the pumpkin king. Sally just watched. So did Dom and Ruby. Morticia told Gomez. "My love, my love. Stories now. Bubeleh later." He gets it. "Sorry about that, Jack. Tish's French had me for a spell." Sally confirmed, "Perhaps you've been bewitched, Gomez." He told her. "That will do it."

The new figure arrived in the ballroom. Jack became speechless. It was the dream he tell Sally about. Gomez exclaimed in excitement, "Cousin Itt, you old bean!" The living toupee speaks. Itt was talking gibberish. Jack went blank, "Cousin what?" Morticia corrected him. "Not what. Itt." Sally waved at the moving hairball. "Hello, Itt." Cousin Itt says hi to her in gibberish. The living toupee went toward to Gomez and Morticia. Cousin Itt talked to them in gibberish. It was saying about someone take them for a meeting of Madame Leota. Gomez told him. "That's a brilliant idea, Itt." Morticia nodded, "Oh yes." She added with a devious smile, "A seance with Madame Leota will do chill-thrilling after the tour."

Jack was curious. "Forgive me for hearing, Mr. and Mrs. Addams. You were saying about a seance with Madame...Leota?" Gomez replied, "Madame Leota is a gypsy who lives here in the Gracey Manor." Morticia reassured him. "You will like it once she meets you and Sally." Jack cannot wait for the tour. Sally seems to be catching a foreboding feeling. The living toupee told the ragdoll in gibberish to go with Morticia. Cousin Itt will come along.

Sally was unsure. "Are you certain, Itt?" The living toupee nodded, speaking in gibberish. Jack stated, "Do not worry, Sally. You go with Morticia and Itt. I'll go with Gomez." He was beamed. "Excellent leadership, Jack! You truly are the pumpkin king!" As Jack decree the suggestion, the tour begins.

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Morticia and Itt gives Sally the beginning of the Gracey Manor tour. They left the ballroom after breakfast and tea.

And then, they were walking slowly into the very, very, very long hallway. A candelabrum was levitating around the area. Morticia told the antique candlestick with three lighting waxes. "Take us straight down, candelabre." Gomez rushed to his wife. That occurred again. Morticia was being kissed on her arm several times by her husband. Jack hollered his name, not sounding pleased. "Coming!" Gomez shouted. He left them alone in a hurry. Morticia loved her mad husband. Gomez loved his wife. They've only been apart for a few seconds. Morticia said, "Candelabrum, take us to the library. Down the hallway."

The flying candlelights lead a way straight into the endless halls. Sally wonders about the beautiful and eerie portraits. "Who's this?"

"Who's that?" and more questions developed in her shivers. Morticia and Cousin Itt clarifies each picture hanging on the wall.

"The woman in black on a sofa. Holding a flower. She looks attractive. Luring the attention to all men. No gentleman returned after a date with her. The lady's true nature is really a black panther." Cousin Itt commented in gibberish.

"The knight riding his steed. He may looked alive at first. Unfortunately, the knight died tragically after battling the eternal war. He was nothing but bones." Cousin Itt comments in gibs.

"The ship sailing a perilous sea. The storm hit it. No sails. A result after the element of thunder." Cousin Itt nodded, whispers in tongue-tied.

"A lady in Greece. As a story says in Greek Mythology, the goddess cursed this poor woman into a monster. Because she was a victim by someone. No name." Sally's curiosity grew. "What kind of a monster has she become?" Morticia did not dare to look into the portrait's eyes. She whispered, "Medusa. Part of her is human. Most of a sudden, a monster of a snake." Cousin Itt quivers. No wonder he's still a bachelor.

The candelabrum stops. Morticia thanked it. They entered the room. The library. As Sally goes in wonder without anxiety, Morticia explains to where she sees. "All the books you see in this library are full of ghost stories." She went on. "That enormous portrait before you is Edward Gracey himself. There is indeed a story from him. It took place a masquerade ball. Right here in this manor. He meets and greets everyone in such class. Then, one woman had met his eyes. Her name is Elizabeth. They have danced a night away. It was surely love at first sight. Sadly, she and himself are both in different worlds. The same evening. Elizabeth sends a letter to Edward Gracey. He received it. A dreading reaction after reading it."

Sally had a premonition. Fear crossed her mind. "What did Elizabeth wrote to Master Gracey?"

Morticia answered, telling the rest of his tale. "She could not bear to live without him. As an old spooky clock strikes 13, he reached her too late. Elizabeth was poisoned. Edward Gracey lost his first love. One day later, he was troubled. His grief became worse. Later in the night, Edward Gracey hung himself in the rafters. His only desire is to see Elizabeth again. That is end of his story." Sally sense herself a solemn. "Does he see her again...as the ghouls in this haunted mansion?" Morticia reassures her. "They believed love never dies. What is love if one will risk everything for the other? Love is a spell." A spell is either a gift or a curse. Love sometimes can be a blessful thing. Most of the time, it was the worsiest curse on planet earth. People get married. People get divorces.

Okay, back to Gracey Manor. Sally did not forget her desperation to help Jack. He may be the pumpkin king. In her heart for a right place, she will not ever stop helping him (and loved him) no matter what. Maybe that is true love.

This is really a long chapter. Yes, there's a 2003 Haunted Mansion movie reference. In my story, it's going to be different. Part 3 coming up soon.