Chapter 3
"You... You dont, recognize me?"The man is absolutely heartbroken, tears brimming his eyes once more as he holds a hand to his head and looks to the ground.
You searched every corner of your mind, every thought, every memory, fuzzy or otherwise, and tried to connect it to this man, but no matter how hard you tried, your memory remained stagnant.
"I-Im sorry, I just cannot seem to remember you..." you trailed off hoping for a name.
"Jack, Jack Skellington is my name." He responds, a bit harshly but not looking up.
"Jack." The butterflies began flapping their wings again as you said his name, and again you had no idea why.
A memory came scampering across your mind, but as quickly as it came, it left and you didnt know what it showed.
"I... I knew you in our past life." Jack spoke, looking at you a bit, before standing up straight and holding his hand out to you.
"No matter, we will just have to become reacquainted. Come, I will show you Halloween Town, It is where I live."
You shyly took his hand and began to walk with him. The gesture was warm and familiar, but as far as you knew, you never came into contact woth him like this before.
He did say he knew you in previous life though...
"How did we know each other while we were..." you trailed off, not wanting to say 'alive'.
"We were good friends, very good friends." He said, but something in his tone told you he was not giving the entire truth.
You blushed at one explanation that crossed your mind.
"Did we ever...?"
He quickly straightened and blushed, an embarrass look caking his face be for replying, "No, nothing like that."
You slightly giggled at his reaction before looking at your surroundings. Everything was dark and grey you noticed, giving off a creepy vibe.
The setting was quite appropriate for a town called 'Halloween Town' to be nearby.
"Where exactly are we?" You ask.
He looks surprised before answering, "I'm not exactly sure, but I believe this place has to do with the holidays of the living. This area is associated with Holloween, as you can probably tell."
He looks to you with a small smile, and you nod at his explanation.
"How odd."
He suddenly stops, and before you could question his actions, he excitedly shouts, "We're here!"
You notice you are once again standing in front of the gates to the strange town, a little surprised you hadn't noticed earlier.
"Lets head inside, shall we?"
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