Author's Note: Okay, again I dedicate all this to fellow author and creator of the Ed Edd n Eddy's Nightmare Before Christmas fics, AMX and I bring you all Sly Cooper: Oogie's Revenge.
To those who have never played, seen, or heard of The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge, it's the direct-to-video game sequel to the Nightmare Before Christmas (it's really great and I recommend if it's remade into a PS3 game), only it has completely different songs, hope no one minds.
As you already know, Sly Cooper, Roomies (web comic) and The Nightmare Before Christmas belong to their owners respectfully. Reader, without further ado, enjoy! ) - King
December 23rd, 10:06 P.M. In the small town of Swallow Falls, a young raccoon boy, drying his head with a towel since he had recently stepped out of the shower and was getting ready to go to bed. He was very thankful that it was Christmas vacation,which allowed him to turn in late, but had been pulled all over town by his parents, in order to prepare for the arrival of relatives on December 25; Christmas Day.
The raccoon's name was Sylvester Kevin Cooper, or just Sly to his friends and family. It was nice to know that he wasn't the only one who was dragged as he bumped into both of his best friends, Bentley and Murray. There was also his crush and daughter of the town's sheriff, Carmelita as well as classmates such as Daniel Katt (who was also known as Andy) who lived next door to Murray, Mary Ann Tigress who dreams of becoming a model, Swain Jenkins (or Swirly do to her fur pattern) who was Mary's best friend, and little David Collins. As he walked towards his bed, Sly glanced at a map that belonged to his father on his desk.
Unlike his father's trick maps he would make to fool robbers, this one held much value to Sly as it was magical (in more ways than one). As he continued to gaze at said map be began to recall the events that occurred that one night . . .
It was on Halloween last year that Sly had found the old map in his attic and along with Bentley, Murray, and Carmelita (who insisted) followed the trail to a very peculiar tree with a Jack-O-Lantern shaped door carved deep into it's trunk in the middle of the woods. This was no ordinary door as it had transported the group to another dimension where Halloween was born; Halloween Town.
While exploring, the Cooper Gang, since Sly was the default leader, encountered the ruler of Halloween himself Jack Skellington; the Pumpkin King. Unfortunately, Jack grew weary of being nothing but scare each year; it made him depressed and wanted something new. He got it . . . kind of . . . in ways that seem unorthodox.
It was on the same night that the Cooper Gang and Jack had discovered another town, but it was an entirely different holiday. This town was none other than the birthplace of Christmas; Christmas Town (or the North Pole to others). During their exploration of this town, Murray became separated from the group and got lost in town, which led Sly, Bentley and Carmelita to search for him. As they searched they searched for the lost hippo they finally came face to face with Jack, who only knew how to do Halloween, was very shocked to find out that there were other holidays besides Halloween and each had their own leader. The Pumpkin King was captivated by how this holiday was celebrated and recruited Sly, Bentley, and Carmelita to help him teach Halloween Town about Christmas (since they were "experts" in this field)
As soon as Sly found out Jack wanted to take over Christmas this year, despite not understanding the concept at all, he was against every single bit (though he and the skeletal man learned to respect one another since they were masters of hiding). Things changed as soon as Sly was offered to ride alongside Jack as he delivered presents, though the raccoon only agreed so that he could keep an eye on the Pumpkin King. Sly wasn't the only one that was hesitant as Bentley, Carmelita, and a rag doll named Sally, who was also a friend of Jack's, also knew this plan would bite back.
Murray, who was previously missing, had finally found his way back to Halloween Town, but not before walking in on Jack talking with "Halloween's finest trick-or-treaters" or "Boogie's boys" Lock, Shock, and Barrel, who were given a mission by Jack to capture Santa Claus (or Sandy Claws). This made the hippo very suspicious and found out they were planning to sacrifice the old elf to their boss; the so-called "Oogie Boogie" man. It was pure luck that was able to trick the three brats into capturing the Easter Bunny rather than Santa, but was too late to stop their second chance.
Sly, Bentley, Carmelita, and Sally tried in vain to convince Jack to call everything off, but he was too caught up in his own little world and was trapped in his own ignorance. Lock, Shock, and Barrel, despite being told not to, took Santa to Oogie where the old elf, Murray, and Bentley became his prisoners. Sally sought to prevent a vision of disaster that she foresaw, which Jack would most likely cause, by creating a fog so that Jack couldn't take off, but with the help of Jack's ghost dog, Zero and his glowing nose, Jack soared into the night with Sly by his side!
As Jack did his duty as Sandy (Santa), in Swallow Falls of all places, he and the young raccoon began to converse about the map of Halloween Town that Sly found in his attic and found out that when his father was his age, he and Jack were friends! From house to house they where on the verge of becoming true friends . . . until military units targeted the sleigh driven by the apparent "impostor who was mangling Christmas" and shot the both of them out of the sky.
They, fortunately, survived, but ended up in the most tragic place in town (or outside); the Swallow Falls cemetery, but Jack, who had finally learned the error of his ways, accepted that being scary was what he was made to do, and with Sly by his side, rushed back to Halloween Town to set things right. Unfortunately, when Sally and Carmelita found out about the military units, they made their way to Oogie's lair to rescue Santa, Bentley, and Murray, only to be captured and were almost cooked into Oogie's Snake and Spider stew!
Jack and Sly made it just in time to rescue their friends and after a brief battle with the cheating, gambling, bug-sack man, they sent him into his own cauldron . . . it was a very disturbing sight by far. After being rescued, Santa rushed like clockwork to undo everything Jack had done to mess up Christmas. The moment Jack, Sally, and the Cooper Gang arrived back in Halloween Town, they were immediately welcomed by the overjoyed and mostly relieved townspeople as it began to snow, much to everyone's amazement. As the gang made their way home, they witnessed Jack and Sally expressing their true feeling for each other, which brought tears to their eyes.
When they got home, they were swamped with a month's worth of missed homework, thankfully Sly and Murray had Bentley and Carmelita (much to everyone's confusion) help with that much. They also had gotten out of being grounded for a month as soon as Sly had shown the map of Halloween Town to his father, even though they were confined to helping Sly's grandfather, Otto Cooper, around his home. Though the mothers were confused by how the fathers were acting when Sly showed them the map, and how well the kids were taking their punishment, they just let it all slide; simple as that.
As these memories flashed through his mind, Sly turned off his desk lamp so that his lava lamp could light up his room, and laid his head upon his pillow. he pulled the covers over his body as his eyelid's began to flutter shut and was about to drift off to dreamland, that is until . . .
"HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
"HURRY, JACK!"
Sly then shot up as his eyes opened wide and looked around his dimly lit room, but saw that he was alone. So then . . . did he just imagined that he had heard someone laughing and a woman's voice?
Even more peculiar, he had recognized that feminine voice.
Sal-
RING!
The raccoon's thoughts were interrupted by his wireless phone and answered to see who would be calling this time at night.
"Hello?" Sly asked to see who it was.
"Sly?" The familiar voice of Bentley Sly heard on the other end. "You're not going to believe this, but I think I just . . ."
"Hello?"
"Murray?" Sly asked as he heard the voice of his hippo friend.
"That's me." Murray confirmed.
"He not the only one." Another voice the raccoon recognized as Carmelita said.
"Carmelita?" Sly questioned as he felt fully awake. "What are you guys doing calling me in the middle of the night?"
"As I was saying before being interrupted . . ." Bentley said as he resumed the reason why he called. "I was about to fall asleep, but then I heard Sally's voice, but when I looked around, no one was there!"
"You heard her voice too?" Carmelita asked in a surprised tone. "I thought it was just me."
"Not only that, but I also heard someone laugh." Murray added in a creeped out voice.
"So did I." Sly said in a serious voice.
"This is strange indeed." Bentley said as he tried to process what was happening. "Why would we hear Sally's voice if she's in Halloween Town, and where did that laugh come from if we're the only one's that heard it."
"I'm not sure, what did Sally say again?" Sly said as he stood from his bed.
"She urged Jack to hurry." Carmelita said, not liking what she heard.
"I heard that too, you guy's think something's up with Jack?" Murray asked as the raccoon gazed at his map.
"Guys, put some costumes on and meet me in the woods." Sly said as he walked to his closet. "We're going on an expected trip."