Prologue

A Taste of Lock

As I'm walking through the woods, the very same one's Jack to discover the holiday doors so many years ago, I can't stop thinking about last night. It was terrible, one of the worst nights ever. Almost as bad as the Sandy Claws incident.

I had a huge fight with Shock and Barrel. Apparently, they'd been wanting to talk to me for a while because I've been "changing" so much. So, last night, they confronted me. Ugh, it was bad. They told me they didn't like who I was becoming. They said I wasn't necessarily becoming a bad person, but just too different from them. But it's not my fault, really. I mean, I think I'm just maturing more. They still like to trick-or-treat and things like that, but I'm just not into that anymore. It's for little kids.

Sure, sure, we were known as "Halloween's finest trick-or-treaters" for the longest time, but I just think it's time to give up on that. I mean, we can't do that forever. I still love Halloween and all, but I'm just curious to see what other holidays are out there. Kind of like how Jack was, years ago.

I just think some things need to change in my life. I'm sort of disgusted with my life right now. After Oogie Boogie got destroyed, there's been nothing to do, no action anymore. Halloween Town suddenly got, well, boring…