A New Life: A Nightmare Before Christmas Fanfiction

Chapter Eight

Authors Note: FINALLY here is the Third Person switch. This is what usually happens when I have a lot of action about to come up. Once that happens I like getting into the minds of my other characters. Enjoy Chapter 8! (P.s HERE COMES OOGIE!)

Laney woke up in pure bliss. She got up and closely examined some of the surprise gifts she had gotten the night before. One of which (from the Witch Sisters Helga and Zelda) was a crystal ball that would let her see anything she wanted. She picked up the tiny, delicate object, and decided to try it out. 

"Barrel" she whispered. 

Barrel appeared inside the ball. He was laying down, passed out from a sugar rush on his couch. He was obviously dreaming about her and Candy. He gently cradled the new Loli shaped Mace in his arms. 

She loved Barrel deeply. She thought about other people, then of last night. She picked up the tiny picture of her and her mother off the dressing table and looked at it. She knew who she wanted to see......

"Daniel Ellis" she said cautiously

Her father appeared to be still badly shaken up. He had his head in his hands, his wife sitting next to him. 

"She just came out of NOWHERE, Ellen" he said shakily.

"Maybe it was all in your mind. It is the one year anniversary of her death, dear" she cooed "Maybe you felt Guilty"" 

He laughed "Me, guilty? No, it was a tragic accident, yes i feel BAD. But not guilty. I'm sure she has forgiven me" He smiled 

"That's my baby!" The blonde Ellen cooed. They embraced, and disappeared from view.

Her jaw dropped. A new wave of hurt, anger, and hatred swept through her. He had KILLED her, his ONLY GIRL! And he felt no guilt!

"GAAAAAAAAAAH!" she screeched at the top of her lungs.

"Laney?!" Jack called to her, worried. 

She took the picture from last night and threw it against her mirror, shattering it into thousands of pieces. Lighting and Thunder rolled through the town as dark clouds and howling wind rolled in.  Laney had snapped.

"I should have killed him! That no good, dead beat, PILE OF SHIT that used to be my father!!" She screamed, half pained. 

Jack was in her room now, he saw the storm, the fury in her eyes, and approached cautiously. 

"Laney, dear, what happened?" Jack asked calmly. 

She told him everything she had seen. How the screams of mercy and pleading had been brought on only by fear, that he felt no true guilt. 

"Then that no good, gold digging WHORE of a trophy wife had the NERVE to say 'Thats my baby!'" The storm began to become more furious. Jack pulled her into a hug, trying to calm her down. 

"Laney!" Somehow Barrel had gotten into the house and ran to her room. 

"Barrel! Help me calm her down!" Jack urged. 

Laney looked like a demon, Barrel knew what he might have to do. With Jack there, he pulled Laney into one of their kisses. Slowly the storm calmed down, and when Barrel was sure she was calm, they parted. 

She slumped down into his arms, sobbing. Barrel gently scooped her up and placed her on the bed. 

She clung harder "Please, don't go" she pleaded

"I won't" he sat down beside her and hugged her. 

"I'm sorry" Laney cried

"For?" Barrel said into her hair

"I snapped! I could have destroyed the town!" She turned and cried into his shoulder.

"But you didn't, so there is nothing to be sorry for" Barrel smiled at her and kissed her forehead.

Jack watched the scene, and smiled. Sally came up behind him and hugged his waist. Jack soon pulled her in front of him. 

"Those two remind me of us" Sally smiled 

Jack chuckled and kissed her "Simply meant to be" He smiled down at her. 

There was a loud crash. 

"OH JAAAAACK!" a familiar voice sang. 

"Oogie!" Jack instantly went into protective mode.

Another crash. 

"AH!" Jack heard Laney scream.

"Get away from her!" Barrel hissed, soon he went flying into the wall. 

"We got her!" Shock yelled. 

"NO!" Sally cried. Jack had been knocked to the ground. 

"Jack!" Sally screamed

"We got the rag doll too!" Lock said with pride

"Well HURRY UP!" Oogie commanded.

They left before Jack and Barrel could collect themselves. They ran, making only a two second stop so Barrel could grab his Mace, and went to rescue the girls.