'Twas a long time ago
Longer now than it seems
In a place that perhaps
You've seen in your dreams
For the story that you
Are about to be told
Took place in the
Holiday worlds of old
Now, you've probably wondered
Where holidays come from
If you haven't
I'd say it's time you've begun
After the Christmas fiasco, Jack had found what he was searching for. But it wasn't quite complete. Then 15 years later, his life was complete. But soon, strange things started happening. The Mayor told him that Lock, Shock and Barrel were coming home later every day, looking more scared and tired than the day before. Things were disappearing. And Holiday Town kept reporting strange appearances in his summer home. His was starting to get worried, mainly from a threat from long ago. "I'll get Jack Skellington, if it's the last thing I do!" The terrorist who owned the threat was gone, but Jack feared he was able to come back. And he had never been more scared of it than now. And so our story begins, now, in the year of 2005……
Nightmare Before Christmas 2: Oogie's Revenge
Lillian Jean. Her name. She hated that name, so instead she was just Lily. Lily the genius and the oldest of her family. And the soon-to-be queen of Halloween. That's right; she was Jack Skellington's daughter. With 5 brothers and sisters, I might add. OF course, when she learned her dad's "story", she decided she'd never be afraid of anything. Until she created her own story. We find ourselves at the Skellington home, celebrating her 14th birthday, which is, ironically, the day after Hallowing. Let's take a look, shall we?
Lily was sitting in her room, waiting for her peace to be shattered. She looked at her watch and started counting down. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1." As soon as she said "1', her 5 little brothers and sisters burst into the room. "Happy birthday, Lily!" Traditional custom between the younger ones. Although she enjoyed her peace and quiet in the morning. But what was unusual that morning was that her mom shooed the others away and sat on her bed. "Okay, spill. What's wrong? You've been a lot more distant with us, especially your siblings." She wanted to answer, but didn't have the heart to tell her mom. But she decided her mom would like to know. "I have these visions, nightmares, daydreams, almost any time my mind isn't focused on something I see something bad happening. I hear an evil laugh that always says 'Jackpot!', and then bugs are flying everywhere. When it finishes, I see two eyeholes, that have an evil aura and that go on forever. It makes me feel distant from everyone else, and I am scared on what to do." When she finished, her mother, Sally, lost what little color she had left in her face. She got up very slowly, went our, and shut the door without a word.
When Lily started thinking she shouldn't have told, her mother came back in, this time with her father. Her father looked very scared, a thing that never happened, and took consent by cradling his daughter in his arms. Apparently he knew what was going pm, so she hugged him back. When he let her go, thinking it was time to go to breakfast, Lily turned to leave. But Jack grabbed her arm, and made her sit back down on the bed. He then started explaining what really happened when he saved her mother. "Lily, I have done the listening; now it's your turn. I didn't just save your mom and Santa from a bully, this thing was an evil, terrible monster. He ate kids like you for lunch, so he had to die. I had no choice. I am afraid he's come back, and that three kids we believed to come back to our side remained faithful to this monster, whose name was Oogie Boogie." She hardly dared asked, "Who are the kids?" The answer hurt her beyond anything else. "Lock, Shock, and Barrel."
