Nightmare Before the Visitor

By: Abigail

Chapter 1

Disappearance

Zero sat in his dog house staring at the full moon that night. The bell rang 12:00am. He started to bark at the woods. Something seemed to be shaking in the bushes. Jack Skellington stretched his bones while walking outside into the dark. "How did you know I was going to be out here?" a warm, soft voice that came from the side of him.

A stitched woman stood out in the open, her clothes were sewed on. She had a sweet, welcoming smile. Jack swung around. He blushed. (That was technically a metaphor because dead people don't blush!) Her name was Sally. She was made by a man named Dr. Finkeltein who was an inventor.

Suddenly, they heard Zero's loud calling. "What the…" Jack took Sally's hand and ran down the road. They heard a loud snore coming from the mayor's house. Inside, there was a monster under his bed ready to jump out any second.

The monster got ready and roared at him. The major woke up in a shock. His head twisted back to his sad/angry side. "I told you not to do that!" he shouted. "Sorry, it's the job!" it said stuffing its way back under.

Two kids with stitched eyes were sitting by the fountain throwing penny's in. "Oh man! We're out of penny's!" the littlest one said, palms empty.

"Let's steal some then!" the one with one eye sewn shut. They giggled and hurried away.

Zero was still howling at the mysterious object behind the bush. "What's the matter Zero?" Jack asked curiously. He looked into Jack's dark hole eyes and turned his head right, where the forest was.

Sally squinted. A rustling sound came from behind. "Maybe I should check it out," Jack offered.

"Let me!" Sally said. "OK, see what that is!" Jack answered. She stepped on the cold, hard ground and disappeared behind the bushes. Zero growled, his white body glowing in the bit of light.

"Sally?" Jack called. "You there?"

No one answered. He walked over. Nothing was there. "Sally?" Suddenly a vision struck him.


It was Oogie Boogie holding Sally by the wrists. Everyone from the town flooded the halls. Dr. Finkelstein sat in his wheelchair in the corner.

Oogie Boogie just laughed.

"Let go of me!" she cried trying to remove herself from his grasp, but it didn't help. "Help me!"

"Ha, ha, ha ha!"


Jack fell onto the ground, unable to think. Then Zero let out another bark wondering what would happen next…


Jack opened his eyes slightly, looking at all the trees above him. "Where am I?" he asked himself getting up. "Sally!" He found Zero in his dog house. His red nose glowed looking at him.

"You need to help me boy," Jack said. He rushed over to him. "We'll check the cemetery, but I had this vision. It was Oogie Boogie and the doctor was there too. I believe his eyes were glowing. Weird, huh Zero?" He barked in agreement.

The trees were dead, only a few leaves still hanging. Graves were planted in the dirt. Ghosts sprung out, clear as day. "Sally? Where are you?" Jack called. No one answered. "I guess she's not here," he said closing the gate to the cemetery on thee way out.

They've been looking for hours but found nothing. "We need to tell Mayor," Jack told Zero. With that, they set of to his house.

"These are outrageous!" the mayor cried handing the blueprints back to a green saliva man, his face dripping. "Keep working until you have a good plan!" His anger side was showing.

"Mr. Mayor!" Jack called from below his house steps. "Oh good morning Jack!" his face twisted back to the happy side. "What can I do for you?"

"We need you to have a town meeting!"

"When?"

"Now!"

"Why?"

"Sally has gone missing!" he cried. "This town is not safe!"

Mayor took out his microphone, jumped in his truck and rode around. "Town meeting! Town meeting!"

Jack ran to the building followed by Zero.

A woman sat on a bench, turning her head slightly to see everyone gathering, but no one could see her face. She chuckled to herself. "This plan is working more perfectly then I thought!"


Authors Note:

Thank you for reading! I love Nightmare Before Christmas. This is the best stop motion movie I ever watched. I wanted to bring back a few characters for fun! I hope you enjoyed it even more then me making it! More chapters coming soon! Thanks again!