Ottsel of the Ages: I'm finally an author! jumps around and screams WHEEE! Ok, well, yea, hopefully you all will like my story and others to come. Please be nice and no flaming! Read, review and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of The Nightmare Before Christmas characters, Tim Burton does. However the characters I create are mine! So don't even try to sue me!

Chapter 1 Sneak out

It was an ordinary night, much like any other summer night, except the moon was full. On Cedar Street on the fifth house to the right was where a sleep over of three teenage girls was taking place. The third floor, room to the right.

"What would happen if we snuck out tonight, Haley?" inquired the redhead girl whom was balancing on a small chair effortlessly.

The blonde, who was on the floor reading a magazine, sighed angrily. "Who cares! Why can't we just sit here like the good old times we used to and talk about something, college perhaps?" The black haired girl sprawled out on her bed and rolled her eyes.

"Because," she snapped ,"we always talk about something and the topic of college is getting rather old - its beyond boring." The blonde shot her a glare and the redhead snickered.

The black haired girl's attention went back to the redhead, who was still balancing on the chair. "Well, - wow how do you do that - there's nobody here to bust us, so nothing would happen I guess. I mean, We're old enough to be out by ourselves."

Haley, the black haired girl, was 17 and had deep, dark brown eyes. She was really skinny and tall. About 5'9" to be precise. She was a tough girl most of the time and still showed great loyalty to her close friends. Haley wasn't a total bad girl but loved dares and loved having fun and was a bit sneaky. Under certain conditions, she could sustain great amounts of physical and mental pain.

Evelyn, the redhead, whose nickname was Evy, was almost 18 and had dark, deep brown eyes like Haley. She was thin but not too skinny and was around the height of 5'8". She was the most tomboyish of the trio and was also very loyal to her friends. Evy loved adventures and stirring up trouble as well as tracking it down. Sometimes she could be hyper and have a slight bubbly personality. She has hard impact when she hits and is very agile.

And Brooke, the blonde girl just turned 17. She had piercing gray/green eyes and was thin. She was about the same height as Evy, maybe a little taller. Brooke was like the baby-sitter of the trio, she had to keep an eye out for Haley and Evy, most of the time. She took things seriously and had mood swings frequently but was a great person to have fun with for the most part. She had agility and almost ninja fast striking techniques. She too could sustain much metal and physical pain.

It was strange how they met and became friends. Haley and Brooke met in second grade in the school bathroom then slowly became friends, then best friends. Along the way the would hit a rocky turf and they'd fight but soon after wards they'd be friends once again. Evy met Haley and Brooke at the nearest playground to Brooke's house. They chatted and said they'd meet frequently from then on in, then became friends. Although Brooke and Evy acted like sisters and bickered between themselves Haley tried to keep the peace, sometimes, other times she would butt out and wait it out. Since then. they made a pact to always try to be best of friends no matter what and still keep in contact if they ever parted.

"I think we should do it," Haley paused and smiled, "I really think we should go for it!" Evy leapt nimbly off the chair and sat down on the floor with a small thud. "Do what? Go for what, Haley? Will it be fun?" Brooke looked up from her magazine and tilted her head in curiosity as she looked at Haley then Evy.

"You know, sneak out. I think we should. I'm sure it'd be fun. Plus there's this place I wanna check out. It's supposed to be restricted too, we could take a camera and take pictures so we could prove to other people that we were there. What do you guys say, huh?"

Brooke looked at Haley doubtingly. "I dont know-"

"Its got my vote. Lets do it!" Evy cut her off. Haley looked at Brooke with puppy eyes and Brooke smiled big.

"Oh all right, I'm in! But - we have to dress in black and sneak around carrying some stuff." Haley and Evy cheered. They all dressed in the same black cargo pants but each with a different black shirt. Evy with a long sleeve black shirt, Brooke with a turtle neck black shirt and Haley with a black strap top with a long sleeve black mesh shirt that had thumbholes underneath. Brooke decided to carry the mini backpack with a two cameras each with film inside, three climbing ropes, a small first aide kit, and some homemade smoke bombs for a get away if they were caught.

"Ready?" Haley asked the two. Evy nodded but Brooke stepped forward.

"Uh yea, how are we going to get down, we're three floors up, are we jumping out that window?" Haley smirked then nodded quickly. "That's precisely how we're getting down from here." She went to the side window and yanked it wide open then went to the closet and pulled out three pairs of what looked like black, buckle up combat boots. Evy and Brooke both wowed and went over to see what they were for.

"These," said Haley as she gave them both a pair, "are what we'll use to jump out the window. They're padded on the inside to cushion the fall and also give a nice, water proof, snug fit!" she added will a grin. Evy looked at the boots then back at Haley. "Are these why you wouldn't go to the mall with us?" Brooke was still wide eyed and wondering how much she had spent on them.

"Yup. I ordered them online from some sort of army stuff site, they cost somewhat much but it doesn't matter now because we can do all kinds of shit with these suckers!" she said still grinning. Then after they put them on Haley went back over to the window after getting three small flashlights and turning out the light.

"Who wants to go first? Or do you guys want me to show you how? I practiced and tested the boots, their perfect." she said pointing to a small scuff on the back of the left boot.

"Er, how bout you show us first, before we start leaping out of windows and snapping our vertebra's?" said Brooke with and uneasy smile. After they each put on their boots and buckled them tightly Haley went back over to the window and put one foot on the window sill. She looked back at the two and mock saluted them, then took a breath and jumped. It was quick and didn't really shock her when she landed. Although the sense that her whole body was asleep, the pins and needles feeling, she was fine. She looked up at Evy and Brooke and gestured them down, Evy jumped next landing a few feet from her. Then hesitantly Brooke jumped and landed, standing up shakily. Haley and Evy ran over to her then after a few minutes, ran down the street on their way to the abandoned manor.