Nightmare before Christmas in July part two

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You all made your way over to the elevator.
Pugsley pressed the button and you glared at him. "I'll make sure I press the button on the way up." You thought.
"Is now a good time to mention I'm scared of elevators?" Norma asked. "Yes it is. It is the worst time to mention your scared of elevators." You said.
"Doors closing. Going down." A goofy ahh voice said as the elevator started moving at a pretty reasonable pace.
"Huh. This isn't so ba-" the elevator just plummeting down at the speed of fucking light. (I am honestly unsure how you are still alive 😐)
The elevator stopped causing all of you to crash onto the ground. You rubbed your heads and groaned as the doors opened.
You and Norma looked around in awe as you all walked out.
"Isn't this place amazing?" "You can say that again." You agreed with Norma.
"Yknow, it's not too late to just go get Courtney a mug or something." Barney whimpered.
Suddenly the head of that blue demon appeared.
"My new contestants I presume! We don't get many visitors from the neutral plane. Step right in!" He opened his mouth widely and his tongue slipped out like a carpet.
"Uh, I'm fine with this, but if anyone wants to turn back now, I'll support you." Barney stuttered, but obviously we ain't listening to this mofo 🤣
"Wha- y/n? Guys?" Barney called as you all walked in, and Barney was pulled in as well.

"Welcome to Hox's Castle! Give it up for your host, Rancibalafloss El Hoxtrot!" The announcer said over the speakers as that blue demon appeared and the crowd lost their damn minds. (There were definitely some simps in that audience, but it's ok! Cuz there are also some simps in this audience 😉)
"Thank you, thank you. Too kind. You can call me Hox. Welcome once more to Hox's Castle, My castle! Last week we unfortunately had to say goodbye to the Pazuzu family." He mocked a sad tone as the audience booed.
"Hopefully tonight's contestants will be a lot more robust! And a lot less chewy. Let's go ahead and meet 'em! Here we have Barry Norman, w/n, and a little snowman looking creature. How you doing? What do you do for a living?" He asked.
"Uh, we work in a theme park." Barney chuckled nervously. "As security guards." Norma added. "Fighting monsters and stuff!" You threw some punches. "And I'm the comic relief!" Pugsley smiled.
"Beautiful, beautiful. All right, let's get on with the show! To win these four must complete a series of impossible challenges with only one lifeline! Careful how you use it. Now let's see what they'll be facing!" He announced as he spun a wheel.
Barney started to get nervous when it was about to land on the spider, but it quickly went to the flower and he sighed with relief.
"Oh, terrific! It's the garden... OF PAIN." Hox smiled deviously. "... pain?" Barney whimpered.

"Welcome to your first challenge! To progress, all you have to do is cross this courtyard." He teleported across and pulled out a little card.
"Here's a little hint to help you on your way. The sand will sink and the fires will rise. The path will unfold before your eyes. But don't step off it's well-trod stones. Lest the pixies pick your bones... who wrote this? Good luck!" He smiled and disappeared.
"Pugsley, this prize better be worth it." Barney said through gritted teeth. "Perhaps the true prize is spending time with your friends?" Pugsley chuckled nervously.
"Whats the problem? It sounds simple enough. We just gotta step on that-" "Norma wait! Theres a catch! There's always a catch!" You yelled but it was too late.
An alarm blared and she smacked the back of her neck.
"Ow! What did I do wrong?" She muttered staring down at her hand as a little insect flew at her.
She started to scream at it to get away and you and Barney were tryna figure out a way across.
"He said well-trod stones! Look for the worn down ones!" He yelled he got across about one until another siren blared and a shit ton of mosquito things started to attack him.
"Oh, hell naw! I didn't sign up for this! I forfeit! I forfeit!" You yelled trying to get Hox to take you the hell outta there.
"Y/n, no! You wanna get Courtney this prize, don't you? We can do it without you!" Pugsley said and you sighed.
"You're lucky I love her." You muttered as you started strategizing.
"Ok... so what if I just don't step on the stones at all?" you muttered, grabbing pugsley.
You began to tip-toe around the stones and surprisingly your plan was actually working... until it wasn't.
Barney smacked you in the face trying to get the bugs from hell (literally) off him.
He knocked you onto a stone, and that siren blared and you and pugsley were also attacked by the mosquito monsters.
"DAMMIT BARNEY!!"

Courtney's pov
I was still flipping through channels until i landed on Hox's castle.
"Ugh! Hox's castle. Great..." I suddenly recognized a familiar voice and looked around. "wait, that sounds like Norma complaining. Norma go away! I'm tryna watch tv." I yelled before realizing the voice was coming from the tv.
I teleported closer to the screen to get a better look and holy hell, it was norma on God's castle?! "What?!" Suddenly I heard knocking coming from the door.
I peeked out the window to see who it was. It was badyah. You've gotta be kidding me.
"Hey, Norma! We still on for lunch?" She called.
"Come on! I just wanna watch tv, and hate myself in peace!" I groaned.
"Cmon! I brought soup~!" She sang.
"Never mind that! Just leave it!" I heard Norma yell on the tv.
"Ok..?" Badyah said and I sighed. Good. This probably means she's gonna leave.
I went to sit back down to see what exactly they were all doing on Hox's castle, but as soon as I sat, I heard a dripping sound.
I decided to go check it out. Turns out badyah was pouring soup through the mail slot.
"Oh, for crying out loud." I muttered, opening the door.
"Oh hi Norma's little red friend who has a crush on y/n! Have you seen her?" She asked me and I could feel my face heating up. Why does it do that every time someone mentions y/n?
"W-what?! I do not!" I denied everything. And I don't have a crush on her. Is this some kind of joke? I have better things to do than to get caught up in mushy human emotions. Barf.
Anyway, suddenly Norma started yelling for help for some reason. Badyah gasped and ran to the tv room. I sighed, following behind her. When I got there, she was sitting in front of the tv. Crap.
"Norma's on tv? Is this a game show? Why didn't she mention this?" She bombarded me with questions. My god. I need to find a way to get this girl out of my house.
"Uh, it's a surprise! So surprise! I'll take the soup, you can leave now." I tried to show her to the door, but she was already sitting there with a bowl of popcorn. I groaned in defeat.

2nd person pov
Just when it seemed like all hope was lost, pugsley's began glowing green.
"ENOUGH!" He yelled, wiping the mosquitoes out of existence. Hallelujah.
".......... Well that was a first!" Hox forced a smile upon his face as he appeared.
"Ooh, did we like, set a record or something?" Your brother asked excitedly.
"Uh, something like that. Anyway, round 2!"

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