A Cartoon Adventure

Chapter 14: A Corpse Bride

This door was a little bit darker than the rest. It was blue, covered with a veil, and I realized that this must be the door to the Corpse Bride. As I entered, I found myself in the middle of the forest where I saw a young lady ahead just waiting beneath a tree. Oh, no! I thought, This was before Emily was killed by her fiance. I hurried over there as fast as I could.

"You have got to get out of here." I told her, leading her away from the tree. "What do you mean?" Emily asked me. "Who are you?" "I'll explain everything to you later, now get away from here! You need to go home now!" I told her. "He's trying to kill you, so he can get the money." "He wouldn't do that, would he?" She asked. She saw that I wasn't kidding at all and ran out of the forest. As I tried to follow behind her, I felt someone holding me back. I carefully looked behind me and yelled, "Ah!" "So, you think you can disrupt my plans?" He asked me. "No, get away from me!" I told him, trying to break free. Unfortunately, his grip was too strong that I had no way of escaping.

When Emily found out I wasn't behind her, she ran back. But as I made one last struggle to escape, I had no idea what hit me... Until I realized that I suffered the Ghost Bride's fate. Emily made it back a couple minutes too late. She gasped and ran back home to tell someone. She made sure she stayed quiet enough to make sure her ex-fiance didn't hear her. She had no idea where he could be lurking and she didn't want to find out. When she got back home, she said to her mother, "I'm so sorry, I should've listened to you. About that guy... he's a monster!" "Why are you wearing my dress?" Her mother asked. "I was going to marry that creep, but he was only in it for the money. A girl saved my life and he killed her! He was going to kill me." Emily explained. "It was a huge mistake. I got to her too late!" "Where did this happen?" Her father asked. "In the forest near the old oak tree." Emily replied. "Call the coroner!" He ordered. "I'm so sorry!" Emily said, crying and hugging her mother. "I'm happy you're safe." Her mom told her, "But who was the girl who saved you."

"I don't know, it all happened so quick, she didn't even get the chance to tell me her name." "She was just some mystery girl?" Her father asked. "I never seen her before. I don't even know how she knew about him." Emily answered. "She told me she was going to explain everything later, but this guy could be anywhere! He should pay for what he done! I don't want him to trick another innocent victim ever again." Meanwhile... "Uh, where am I?" I asked. "Silly girl, you're among the dead." Black Widow told me. "Among the dead?" I asked and saw that my hands were blue. "AH! That creep, how dare he! I'd like to give him a piece of my mind."

"Calm down! You know that living is just a temporary state..." Black Widow started. "I know, I know. It is cured very quickly when we meet our fate." I answered. "Meanwhile, there's a creep on the loose who would literally kill for money. He had it in for Emily and could come back for her." "We know!" Black Widow exclaimed. "That's why you have to get back upstairs to the living." Maggot told me. "Right, where do I go?" I asked. "To Elder Gutknecht, we'll take you there!" Black Widow answered. "Great! Time to kick back on the revenge." I smirked, ready to take down the guy that almost killed Emily and killed me instead.

"Did someone say revenge?" General Bonesapart said tagging along for the trip. "Sorry, guys. I would like to stay for the party, but I've got some really serious business to take care of." I told the skeletons who started the music.

Back up to the land of the living, everyone was preparing the burial in the forest. Emily was crying so hard that she couldn't look up. It was awful enough to realize that the guy she thought she loved wasn't who she thought he was... That he could've killed her and now he killed someone else who had got in his way... some random person. Victor couldn't help but stare at her from across the way. He couldn't help, but wonder what was going on. Then someone asked her, "Since you are the only one who met this girl, would you like to say a few words?" Emily finally looked up. "Yes, I would like to say something." Emily answered. "I was foolish enough to fall in love with someone who was trying to kill me... Someone my parents didn't approve of.... This was the girl that saved my life! For that I can't even begin to say how grateful I am to her... for showing me the truth and opening my eyes to the kind of person he really was. All I want to say is... thank you. I can never forget what you've done for me."