[center][h1]The Pumpkin King![/h1][/center]
[color=orange]"Ah, what a great day to scare!"[/color] Jack Skellington, Lord of Thrills, Chills, and Halloween Skills, bellowed from the door of his simply spooktastic home. The town was just as he had seen it the previous day, with every webbed brick, black puddle, and mossy stone. The only difference was that it was raining this morning, and the Pumpkin King didn't want to risk getting one of his favorite suits wet! Absolutely not! That would be highly unprofessional of him.

He danced down the pathway to the gate he had, opening it up and taking a step outside of his property. Without a moment's notice, he took a deep smell of the world around him and smiled. [color=orange]"Just the way I remember it, but with the added hint of Frog's Breath!"[/color] Jack was happy, as he felt like today was going to be a great day from the looks of things so far, now that the rain had passed. He took his stroll through the town immediately, going to make sure that everything was going as swell as he hoped. On his travels, he spotted the Mayor, and he just couldn't help but say hello.

[color=orange]"Well good day to you, my horrifying Mayor!"[/color] Jack stepped up to the mayor and offered his hand to shake, which the mayor gladly took in all of his triangular glory. 

"And a fine day to you, Jack! Out a bit later than normal I see!"

[color=orange]"Well, I would've been around a little bit earlier, however I had misplaced my umbrella, and when I had found it at last, Zero had ripped a few good holes in it! Adorable and positively terrifying buddy, but sometimes he sometimes he just [i]kills[/i] me! Ahaha!"[/color] Jack laughed at his pun. He could've done better, sure, but it was all fine. [color=orange]"Is everything as batty and broken as it should be?"[/color]

"Why yes it is! Everything is ready for a sudden Halloween, in case the world decides to shift times on us."

[color=orange]"I don't expect it to, but we should always be prepared to put our scary faces on!"[/color] Jack said, as another individual popping into his mind. [color=orange]"Say, I wouldn't suppose you've seen Sally around town today, have you?"[/color]

"I did, actually. She said something about going to the cemetery to go get some soup ingredients." The Mayor happily responded, looking towards the direction of the cemetery. "I do believe Lock, Shock, and Barrel also went there to play one of their games."

[color=orange]"Hide and Shriek, probably. That's one of their favorite games, if I remember correctly."[/color] He looked at the same direction the Mayor was. [color=orange]"... I think I'm going to go and take a different route through town today and check on the cemetery first."[/color] 

"Alright Jack! I'll be seeing you around later!"

[color=orange]"See you later, Mayor!"[/color] Jack waved to the mayor as he walked, a little bit faster than normal, towards the cemetery of Halloween Town. He couldn't help it, he was a little excited.

As he got further down the path, though, he couldn't help but notice a trio of youngsters running his way...