Well here it is folks! The long-awaited, answer to the cliff-hanger, chapter! Well whatcha still reading this for? Read the chapter! Lol!

All Jack wanted to do at that moment was run after her for he knew she had disappeared to get herself away from the commotion, upset and ashamed. However, if he didn't deal with the matter at hand, things would only get worse. With a look of determination, he walked past Doctor Finklestein and stood on the ledge of the fountain with the grotesque demon statue.

"Please, listen to me!" he demanded with a tone of voice which only belonged to that of a true king. The crowd immediately silenced and turned their attention toward him.

"Yes, it is true that Amelia and I have lied to you. But you must understand! Though she was born human, she is indeed a true-blood sorceress. When she came to Halloween Town, she promised me that she would never reveal its existence, or any of the other holidays, to the human world. She has kept that promise for seven years!" a rather sad expression came upon his face, "She loves this place dearly. She cares for all of you! Amelia would never turn her back on us, nor try to purposely harm us." His eyes seemed to brighten up with confidence, "She has helped us throw one of the greatest Halloween celebrations this town has ever seen!"

He saw many of the citizens turn to each other and mumble in agreement. Jack knew he was getting through to them.

"I trust her with my undead life, and I know she would give hers for this very place. Halloween Town is now practically her home and she misses it so whenever she does return to her world." He decided to throw in one last line that just might convince the crowd of creatures. "After seven years, if she wanted to reveal our existence, even though she knows what the consequences would be, wouldn't she have done so long ago?"

Talk of agreement, and even guilt, was expressed throughout the group of citizens. Jack could tell that they now understood her side of the story and felt bad for treating her so horribly, and not in the "Halloween" way. He had convinced his people to welcome her back, now there was just one person left to convince. He stepped down from the fountain's ledge and started to walk over to the man in question.

"Doctor Finklestein," the Pumpkin King addressed the scientist with a stern tone of voice and crossed his arms, "Do you believe me when I say that Amelia has not, and will not ever betray the very people she cares for so deeply?"

"Hmm, you do raise a good point about how she has yet to tell the rest of the humans about this place." The slightly mad scientist tried to make it seem as though he was still debating when, in fact, he realized he should have never questioned the king's judgment. "Go get the girl. We can't have Halloween without her anyhow."

"Thank you Doctor." Jack smiled and mentally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well what are you waiting for?" Doctor Finklestein asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "If you stay here any longer she might never come back."

Without a second thought, the Pumpkin King dashed through the square and out the town gate. He knew exactly where Amelia had disappeared to, the very place where she always went when she was sad.

"I hope I'm not too late." He said as he picked up his pace.

Had he looked back only for a moment he would have noticed a stealthy shadow in pursuit.

"Why? Why did it all go wrong?" the grieving sorceress asked in between her sobs.

Tears cascaded down her stained red cheeks from having cried for so long. She had her arms crossed with her face buried, rested upon a tombstone, the very same tombstone from that fateful night seven years ago.

"Stupid…Doctor." She sniffled and started to feel anger boil up within her. "What does he know?" the salty drops of water that once fell like a waterfall had slowed to a small drip. "I know I haven't spent all of my time here, but I love this place to death! I consider it more of home than my real one. Why would I betray the very people who I'll one day rule?"

She stood up, her blood hot with fury.

"So, I'm not trustworthy am I?" she glared up toward the starry night sky above. "I'll show you what happens when you call me a liar!"

She drew her arm back as though she was going to throw something straight up into the air then shot her hand up with all of her strength. A fiery blaze was unleashed out of her palm and the inferno grew in intensity as the pillar of fire rose higher into the air. She drew her hand back from shock and almost as soon as the blaze was let out, it vanished.

"Whoa! What the heck!" she looked at her palm in disbelief. "I hadn't indented the fire to be that powerful!"

She looked back up into the sky and saw the pale moon looking down at her. She suddenly remembered what she read about her Armonia bloodline.

For a normal Armonia, their powers will be fully developed sixteen years after their birth. At which time, their greatest weakness comes into affect. On the nights of a New Moon, from sundown to sunrise of the next day, they lose their voice completely. However, on nights of a Full Moon, they are at their most powerful and do not need to recite incantations for most spells.

Indeed the moon was full that Halloween night and Amelia was not the only one to take notice of the fact. Within the shadows lurked the very skeleton sorcerer who taught her everything she knew about magic.

"Of course!" Jack whispered to himself from his hiding spot behind a tree. "That's why she didn't recite a spell to transport herself here, she just thought it!" He grasped his chin as he pondered more, "But she only just realized the cause of the increase in her power. Her desire to disappear must have been strong enough that it just happened! Interesting…"

The intrigued Pumpkin King should have kept his thoughts to himself for also hiding in the darkness just behind him was someone who also found most intriguing the information just unknowingly given.

'Yes, very interesting indeed.' The stranger thought. 'It makes tonight all the more perfect.'

Amelia found her increase in strength great for unleashing her wrath. Without the need for an incantation, she took to the sky and called forth the shadows of the tombstones below. All of the dark silhouettes stretched up toward her and she gathered them all into an orb. She concentrated on the sphere of shadows and her hands circled around it as though it was a crystal ball. Her fingertips began to glow yellow then she touched the ends of them to the orb and pulled it apart. A blast of fire exploded from the shadows. Then the blaze, combined with the skinny silhouettes, encircled her. The wind created from the mere force of her showy magic blew her dress to the side like a flag as her hair whipped out but miraculously didn't get in her face. She closed her eyes and descended down until her feet touched the ground. Then suddenly, she thrust her hand up into the air like before and the fire shot up into the sky while the shadows circled around her like a ring and rapidly grew wider before snapping like a whip against the first object it came in contact with. She performed a beautiful, yet lethal spell with the beauty and the eerie grace only a sorceress could have.

Amelia let her arm rest at her side and she let out a deep breath, having finally calmed down with exerting all of her anger into that one furious attack.

"Remind me to never get on your bad side."

The sorceress spun around on her heel and came face to face with none other than the man she secretly harbored feelings for, though she would never admit it.

"Jack!" she flushed a little from embarrassment and avoided his gaze. "…you saw that?"

"Yes, and that had to have been the most splendid show of shadows and fire that I've ever seen!" he beamed proudly, "I must say, if the Doctor saw that, he would most certainly think twice about his assumption."

"Oh yeah…that…" she turned away slightly and her distant eyes were obvious clues to her grief returning.

The Pumpkin King nearly slapped himself as soon as he realized what he had said. He really needed to learn to think about what he was going to say before he spoke.

"I'm sorry Jack…" she clutched her blue raindrop pendant. "I failed…failed as a sorceress, and as your heir."

"Now Amelia you know that's not true." He protested.

"But it is." Her tone was oddly even, laced with gloom. "You saw what happened."

"But you didn't see what happened afterward." He stated firmly and moved to stand in front of her gaze, although she was still staring at the ground. "I talked to the citizens. They understand now. They know that you would never betray them, and they feel horrible for thinking otherwise. And not the good kind of horrible either."

"Doctor Finklestein…he made a good point though. I don't belong." She looked up to him, her eyes shined with the fresh tears that threatened to fall. "I'm a human in the realm of the undead. I don't belong."

"Has that stopped you before?" he asked genuinely.

"No…" she admitted, "But that was before everyone knew my real identity." A single tear rolled down her cheek as she brought her hands up and lifted her crown off her head.

"I know they don't want me as their next ruler now so I will abide by their wishes. I'm obviously not fit to be your heir so," She offered her silver circlet crown to him, "I hereby renounce my title as Princess, and Queen, of Halloween."

"Amelia! You…you can't be serious!" he was absolutely shocked by her sudden decision.

"I am Jack." She said sternly. "You stepping down eventually and a sorceress as your successor was change enough for the citizens. A human as Queen…that's too drastic of a change."

"My dear Ami, there is something that I should have told you a long time ago." He gently pushed back her crown so she wasn't trying to give it back to him anymore. "You wouldn't have inherited the throne while you were alive." His words were something she did not expect. "When you died, because of the tie you have with our world, you would've been sent here like me when my time came. You would have then chosen a new form to fully take away whatever was left that bound you to the human world. After that, I would have stepped down and you would become the Queen." He closed his eyes for a moment then opened them again to meet her still surprised gaze. "The only way you would take the throne while you were living would be if something happened to me and I was killed, permanently."

She obviously didn't like the thought of Jack being gone for good at all. She bit her lower lip as she took all of this new information in.

"I honestly should have told you a lot sooner, probably when you returned way back during the summer even." Jack scratched his head a little ashamed. But he regained his composure and stood a little taller. "Amelia, do please reconsider about renouncing your throne. In fact, you being so willing to give it up for the good of the people was probably the best example of leadership I've seen in quite sometime. I would be a fool to not have named you as my heir." He smiled warmly with hope that she was convinced.

"Do you really think they'll welcome me back?" she asked after a minute or so of silence.

"I know for a fact they will." He stated.

"Alright." She finally said after a moment, "I won't renounce my title." She smiled up at him and placed her circlet crown back on her head.

"Ha ha! I knew you wouldn't let me down!" he exclaimed with joy as he picked her up by her waist and spun around.

"Wha!" she gave a startled shriek of surprise as he did so and gripped his shoulders in fear of falling. She was glad when her feet touched the ground again. A faint tint of pink splashed across her cheeks, but she laughed at the way he expressed his glee.

"Sorry, got a little carried away there." He chuckled and grinned from would-be ear to would-be ear.

He took a step away from her and offered his hand to her. Immediately she was reminded of the time he did the same thing after he had convinced her to come to Halloween Town when she had first accidentally stumbled upon the magical place. Still with a warm smile across her face, she gratefully placed her hand in his and this time Amelia was positive that this time she felt her heart leap when his hand clasped around hers as they began to make their way back to town.

But lurking in the trees just above was the mysterious stranger who had watched the two closely. They narrowed their eyes in a heated glare at them before a mist suddenly rolled in and the unknown visitor disappeared along with the bizarre fog.

Meanwhile back in town, the Mayor was pacing in a circle with his head switched to his "worried" expression.

"They've been gone for a while! Oh I hope Jack was able to get Amelia to come back. We can't continue Halloween without them!" he fretted rather comically, though it was hardly a joke to him.

"Why did you have to do that to poor Amelia anyway!" he questioned the pessimistic scientist.

"Well forgive me for being concerned for our fair town." He said haughtily, "She's a human and I was simply worried for our safety." He crossed his arms, still a little stubborn about his reasoning.

He received a rather sad and disappointed look from the elected official.

"However, though I bitterly hate to admit this," he gritted his teeth, "I was wrong to think she would betray us after seven years of loyalty."

"Why thank you doctor, I appreciate that." A feminine voice spoke from behind him.

Doctor Finklestein looked over his shoulder to see the recently discovered human smiling brightly at him.

"Amelia! Jack! Oh thank goodness you're back!" The Mayor cried as his face switched to his "happy" expression.

"Well of course!" she put her hands on her hips, "What's Halloween without its King and Queen?" she raised an eyebrow for emphasis.

"Right!" The Mayor agreed, "Well, why are we standing around? The show must go on!"

The royals and the elected official cheered and began to make their way to the center of town square. But the queen stopped and turned when she felt something tug on her sleeve.

"Amelia," The scientist addressed her, "I would like to formally apologize for my actions. I admit that I stepped out of line and I ask for your forgiveness."

She could tell that it took all of his willpower to say that too her and she couldn't help but honor his request.

"I would feel absolutely terrific if I didn't accept such an admirable apology." She beamed happily using her fluent Halloween speak.

"Thank you my dear, and also I must add, I realize now what an honor it is to have you as the Pumpkin Queen." He said with slightly a little more ease than stating his regret, but only slightly.

"Wow, thank you so much Doctor! Oh, and I'm using normal words there." She laughed lightly. They made their way to the square along with the others.

Close to the edge of the square was a long platform, the sides of it were adorned with an assortment of Halloween decorations. Amelia and Jack made their way up onto the platform and she took center stage to address the audience while he remained off to the side to give her the spotlight.

"Hello my horrible citizens of Halloween Town!" she stated to catch everyone's attention. "Welcome to the beginning of the rest of this most awful celebration! But first off, I would like to apologize to everyone for keeping my secret from you for so long. I know that now we see eye to eye and I can most certainly understand your reaction. I ask for you to give me a chance because I honestly believe I can be a great leader of this most terrible holiday, but I cannot do it unless you want me to. My job as Queen is to make sure that you, the citizens of Halloween Town, are unhappy and that your holiday is the way you want it to be. You are the ones who are in control and it is my duty to serve you. Will you welcome me back as the heir to the throne?"

A loud uproar of cheers and screams came from the audience. Amelia beamed with joy and her heart swelled with relief. She had never been more grateful in her life.

"Well then, without further ado, let the masquerade begin!" she declared and the music started to play.

The Queen for the day walked to the end of the stage where she let Jack take her hand and help her down the steps like the true gentleman he was. But when she thought he would release his hold, he didn't. She turned to look at him with slightly puzzled expression.

"Amelia," he began, "about that condition I had…"

Oooh, how cruel! Yet another cliff-hanger from the infamous Mystic!

Well on another note, I ask for the opinion of you readers. The section that describes Amelia's show of power in the graveyard, well I don't think I did a good job with it. I would appriciate any constructive criticism you guys have! I would re-write it but that would require me replacing the chapter and it would delete the reviews...and I don't want to do that! I may put the revised version in the beginning of the next chapter if you guys think it needs to be changed. Thanks so much so please reveiw! I could use the help!