The Moonlit Story

By JustTJ

This is my first non-Xiaolin Showdown story. I always wanted to write a fanfic about The Nightmare Before Christmas. Just be nice, okay? Enjoy!

Chapter One

The Mayor and a new citizen by the name of Zomb-E-Ya was driving around Halloween Town.

"Don't you love the smell of this town on Halloween?" Mayor asked.

"Halloween is not till months, Mayor," Zomb-E-Ya reminded.

"Have you heard anything yet from The King?" Mayor asked.

"He called me a few months ago when he and Sally went on their honeymoon," Zomb-E-Ya said. "Can we call it a night? I promised my daughters to read them a bedtime story before The Deadly Nightshade takes effect."

"Yeah, sure," Mayor said as they both headed home.

But then, they heard someone hollering.

"THE KING IS BACK! THE KING IS BACK!"

They drove to where the sound was coming from, and a darkish-like car drove by. The car stopped on its tracks and The Pumpkin King stepped out of the car...Jack Skellington and his new bride, Sally. Everyone came out of each building and Zomb-E-Ya and Mayor stepped forward.

"Jack, Sally," he said, shaking Jack's hand. "Welcome back to Halloween Town."

"How was your honeymoon, your majesty?" Zomb-E-Ya asked.

"Fantastic," Jack said.

But Sally seemed...looking a little weird. Her stomach was stretching a little. Zomb-E-Ya noticed it.

"Your highness?" he said. "Is something wrong? You look a little...different before you and The King left."

"Actually," Sally said. "It happened the week after we were on our honeymoon."

"Now that we're married," Jack explained, wrapping his arm around Sally. "Soon we'll be...parents..."

"Really?" Mayor said.

"Hm-hm," Jack said.

A few days has gone by, and everyone in Halloween Town finally noticed that Sally was pregnant and that the next ruler of Halloween Town will be coming anytime, soon. But miles away outside of Halloween Town, at a little clubhouse on a tree, in a casino-like place underground, there was a black cauldron and 3 kids wearing different masks and outfits, either boiling something, or...anyways, their names were Lock, Shock, and Barrel. Shock was stiring the green liquid-like water.

"Skin of the master," Shock said.

"Check," Lock said, putting in a ragged-like skin into the cauldron.

"Part of the master," Shock said.

"Check," Barrel said, putting in a dead-bug that once belonged to someone they know into the cauldron.

"All that leaves is the blood of the master," Shock said.

"I found this blood stain on the ground," Barrel said, helding some dirt up with strange-looking blood on them.

"Put it right in," Lock said. "Hopefully it'll bring him back."

Barrel then put it in the cauldron, and then...the ground began to shake. In Halloween Town, everyone heard the shake. In their home, Sally almost fell to the ground, but Jack caught her in time.

"What's going on?" Sally asked.

Jack then sensed something.

"I sensed this, before," Jack said. "It can't be!"

Back at the lair, the liquid sprang out of the cauldron and landed to the ground. Then, the shaking stopped. Then, standing there on the decaying floor, was the most grosses and evillest creature in Halloween Town. The kids heard an evil laughter they thought they might never hear, again.

"Thank you, my children," the voice said. "Thank you for bringing me back. I thought I might never see this place ever again."

The kids then kneeled down.

"So, sir," Lock said. "What shall we do, now?"

"Revenge," the voice said. "But first, tell me what I missed over the past few months..."

Back at Halloween Town, the ground suddenly stopped shaking.

"Could have been an Earthquake," Sally said.

"But we don't get Earthquakes here in Halloween Town," Jack said. "It's impossible."

He then stood there, frozen.

"Oh no," Jack slowly said. "It can't be..."

"Jack, what's wrong?" Sally asked.

"He's...he's back," Jack said.

"Who's back?" Sally asked.

Jack then collapsed on his chair. Zero then appeared.

"Ruff, ruff!" he barked.

Zero sensed it, too.

"I know, boy," Jack said. "I sensed him, too!"

"Who?" Sally asked.

"The one I hoped never to see, again," Jack said slowly. "...Oogie Boogie..."

End of Chapter One...

Author's Note: I'm sorry that this chapter is kinda short, but trust me. This story is going to get better, though.