My Unwanted Future

Disclaimer: I don't own The Nightmare Before Christmas.

First, let me start out by saying that this is my first fanfic ever and it might not be very good. I'm just trying something new. Please R&R. Now for the story.

This morning, I look upon them

The children in the their wake

Their dreams are so beautiful

Something I could not forsake.

They are mine

And my wife's that we share

They are so precious

I last thing I want to do is scare

But one morning I'll wake up

To see an empty room

I know that they have moved on

And my heart will be filled with gloom

I love them all

Love all six of them

I better get going

The light is faintly dim

I'm walking down the hallway

I can't help to stop and stare

I'm looking at our family portrait

Full of love and care

In the middle are Sally and I

Just looking at her gives me a chill

For I'm proud to be her husband

To think it all started on a hill

To the top left is our first son, Jack Jr.

Our firstborn and my heir

I know he'll make a wonderful pumpkin king

For his favorite thing to do is scare

To the top right is our first daughter, Aurora

Voted most beautiful by the citizens of Halloween

But her inner strength and courage

Remains yet unseen

Next to me is our second daughter, Jewel

One of the twins and empty of fear

She definitely inherited Sally's genes

For in the right direction, she steers

Next to Sally is our other second daughter, Jill

The other twin, and just like me

She longs for something new

Only then will her heart be full of glee

And on the bottom are the babies and dog

Zero, Johnny, and May

Sometimes they are very tiring

All they love to do is play

This is my family

This is my love

But one morning I'll wake up

To find an empty room

I know that they have moved on

And my heart will be full of gloom

15 years later…

Today is that day

The day I let go

Jack, Aurora, Jewel, Jill, Johnny, and May

Good-Bye forever and a day

Jack Jr. is the pumpkin king

I know he is really lonely

For I hear him sing

Aurora is married and gone

I hope she finds her inner-self

For she is much more than that of her outer

Jewel tried to make things right

But she couldn't right her fate

When she tried to, death was her pay

Jill entered the real world

And became one of them

Now she is happy, but can't return

Johnny, grieved by his sister's death

He ran away

I have never heard of him again

And May?

Is no longer happy

We all saw the knife in her head

This is my family

This is hopefully not what I see

When I stand now on this curly hill

With my future wife beside me

As we sing under the stars