Chapter 21: Dance with the Dead, Forever!

It was unlike anything Sandra and Freddy could ever both experience before in their whole entire lives, together! The zombie families and the undead cursed children were pulling Sandra and Freddy into the bathroom mirror. Taking them to the world of the Better Place.

Where the dead and the living will get to combine their undead life to celebrate another chance at surviving their next life. Sandra was pounding on the other side of the bathroom mirror in the Better Place. Where a couple of elderly grandparents were struggling to grab hold of Sandra away from the bathroom mirror.

After fighting too many battles with the zombies in the graveyard, Sandra and Freddie both gave up. They started to get used to being with the living dead zombies. Who were excited to see them to be with their group.

A little dead boy with a broken jaw at his chin, walked up to Sandra. He looked like he was attracted to her. He took the girl, Sandra, by her hands. They started dancing around the disturbed graves at the Better Place.

Freddy was laughing and dancing along with one of the grandparents who knew him since he was a young toddler. It seemed some of the zombies were stuck in the graves. Where they were having trouble rising out of their graves.

While they continued coming out of their graves, Sandra and the little zombie boy were floating to the tree in the hill next to the path of the graveyard. There was a picnic blanket with a glass of wine and juice laid out for them to enjoy themselves.

Taking a seat next to a burning candlewick next to a picnic blanket, the young boy opened the picnic basket. Sandra took a seat next to her new friend. The undead friendly playmate took out a couple of plastic wrapped grilled cheese sandwiches and a couple bags of salty potato chips. The undead boy handed a bag of crinkly salty potato chips to his new friend.

"So, what's your name? I'm Sandra Starbright," Sandra introduced herself, politely to him. Sandra and Freddie turned to the sound of party poppers noise makers as the living dead had made another victory celebration by making another dead woman rise from her grave.

"I'm Cameron Skeleton," the boy, kindly introduced himself. He put aside the half-eaten peach in his hand and took his scaly dead hand out for Sandra to shake. Taking a drink of sweet red wine in a clear glass, Sandra politely shook his hand and gave him a friendly smile and wink. She could easily make friends. But keeping them was always going to be a challenge. They always go their separate ways.

Noticing the zombies were ignoring Sandra and Cameron having a private picnic together at the top of the hill by the path to the graveyard, they were busy celebrating. There was a dark, mysterious looking shaman holding a magic staff and pouring a brown pouch of thick animal blood over a grave, getting anxious to make another body feel welcome to be a part of the undead zombie dancing party.

"You know what they want from us, Sandra?" Cameron asked, taking a bite out of his grilled cheese sandwich. And washing it down with a bottle of whole milk in a small white jug. Sandra didn't know anything they had in mind.

So, she asked, "They want to make me their princess?" Sandra proclaimed, honestly. "To be their royal leader to make the zombie undead lives walk the earth for a second chance at living with eternal life," Sandra said, taking a bite of her grilled cheese sandwich.

Even though there was a lot going on in the graveyard, they didn't seem to care or notice anything wasn't going on with the two young kids enjoying the zombie raising ceremony. They were dancing and laughing and staggering around their graves, happy to be brought back to life to give themselves a second chance.

Sandra wasn't taking her eyes off the shaman and the priest who suddenly stepped beside the magical shaman. Who appeared out of nowhere. "You should make sure you do the ritual of raising the undead, right, okay?" the priest, wearing his preacher's uniform, and wore a silver upside down cross necklace. "We're counting on the supernatural princess to give us all eternal life with her gifted ability," the priest said.

"What if she refuses to help us get what we want out of walking the earth forever?" the shaman asked, looking doubtful. The priest didn't have anything to worry about. Holding out a black leather Bible. He opened the book up to the book of Revelations. And started reading a passage out loud. The shaman continued pouring blood from his pouch he had in hand, over where the princess will be raised from the dead.

That's when the zombies started noticing a menacing Ghost Howler wearing a black leather cloak and pointed black top hat.. He was floating above the spot where Sandra and Cameron, her new soulmate, didn't see him above their heads.

Sandra and Cameron were both enjoying themselves and not caring anything about walking with the dead party. Carrying a big, sharp samurai sword out of his belt pocket, the sinister phantom haunter slowly started to swing his glowing samurai sword trying to behead both Sandra and Freddy. 

Without knowing the phantom haunter was hunting for a soul to collect to make the walk the earth ritual a success, something flew in the air out of nowhere. And it knocked the Ghost Howler against the dead tree beside the two kids. And stuck the magic staff through the phantom haunter's heart in the chest, beside the children's picnic.

Turning to look, they both stared in shock and what was going to happen to them. Hearing a ghostly howl coming from somewhere in the graveyard, it seemed The Ghost Chaser was helping them keep the dead safe from getting cursed.

Starting to get to their feet, the kids felt threatened to be doing something they might not regret getting themselves into. "So sorry about all of this, kids," the Ghost Chaser said, hurrying up the grassy hill to their picnic area. 

They turned back to look at the dead Ghost Howler with a sword in his chest, defeated with a single stab in the heart. "He was going to keep you from walking the earth with us and hurt you with his magic, enchanted sword," The friendly Ghost Chaser said.

"What do we do now?" Cameron, the friendly zombie boy asked. "How can we be sure nobody will want to walk the earth forever after they move on from their normal lives? Should we be worried about what's to be done to keep the Ghost Howlers from getting power to control the dead back to life, if they are not meant to return from the dead?" Camera asked.

Sandra couldn't believe the zombies walking around the graveyard were getting restless. They started staggering, opening their arms outstretched and walking their way up toward the hill where Sandra and her friendly zombie boy were enjoying a nice picnic for themselves.

While the priest was still reading from the holy Bible and not taking his eyes off the pages, the shaman continued using his magic staff and pouring animal blood on the grave. Suddenly, the zombies got carried away with themselves. 

They started dancing and laughing as they hurried to stagger toward the path to the hill where they wanted to capture Sandra and make her their supernatural princess. To complete the zombie party celebration.

Then it started to lightning and thunder and poured rain again. Something flew over the big white full moon in the sky. Casting the graveyard in eerie darkness, the two sister witches Gene and Cookie were flying on their broomsticks. Making magic dust pour out from the straw of their broomsticks.

Covering the walking dead zombies in magic glowing dust, the witches couldn't help but cackle and laugh as they soared and flew over the dark, crowded graveyard. As moonlight shown a path of light through the stormy clouds in the sky, on the zombies in the graveyard. Sandra and her zombie friend watched as everybody was becoming normal and human once again!

 Their pale and peeling skin suddenly turned healthy and alive. Only they continued acting and walking like they were still zombies. Their arms were still outstretched and they seemed to be under a sleepy trance or some kind hypnotized curse.

"What's going on?" Sandra asked her friend. He didn't respond. He was hiding behind the dead tree on the hill next to their picnic they were having. Suddenly, the two witches flew near the hill. As Sandra didn't have time to defend herself as a nearby hypnotized zombie man cornered Sandra by the tree on the hill.

Sandra didn't even have time to scream! He seized Sandra and took the frightened zombie boy behind the tree hostage.