The group worked their way into the forest beyond the graveyard. The mayor and Sally stayed behind to watch over Halloween Town. Of course, they found the doorway into Christmas Town, but there was more.

In the trees surrounding the outer forest, there were several more openings representing several holidays. There was a wrapped box, an egg, a top hat, and a plain old heart.

Easter…New Year's…Valentine's Day... Matt was going through the holidays he saw in his head. The last one must be a birthday. Oh boy…

Jack was in awe. "Um…Mr. Claus?"

"Yes, Jack?"

"Why haven't I met any of these other guys?"

I think I know. Matt thought.

"Well, Jack." Santa began. "We really don't have the time right now to discuss it. You all must go and investigate what going on in these towns."

"What about you Santa?" Pikachu asked. "Aren't you coming with us?"

"I need to check on Christmas Town once more." He turned to Matt. "May I speak with you for a moment, Matt?"

"Yeah, sure." He and Santa left Jack, Stitch, and Pikachu aside. Jack continued to brood over the other trees.

When they were far enough away, Santa began. "You are wondering why I asked you aside Matt?"

"I have a slight idea. It has to do with Jack, right?"

Santa sighed. "Yes. I'm afraid of what Jack Skellington will do once he sees the other towns. I'm not entirely convinced he took my words to heart over sticking to what he does best, which is scaring. You might have to keep Jack in check."

Matt rolled his eyes. He understood what Santa was asking of him, but that didn't mean he liked it. Still, it was the Santa Claus who was asking him…

"No problem, you can count on us. We'll do our best to keep Jack out of trouble."

"Thank you, Matt. Just say that Santa sent you if the locals give you any trouble."

"Umm…ok."

Santa then proceeded back into his respective doorway, leaving the rest of the group to ponder.

"Where wesa go first?" Stitch asked.

"Good question," Matt said.

"The one with the box!" Jack pointed. "It looks like a Christmas present. Maybe there is another Sandy Claws there!"

Stitch and Pikachu looked at Matt with a scary look. He calmly walked to the box-like door and pulled it open. Matt looked down and saw nothing but black. He looked at his friends.

"You guys ready?"

They both nodded in excitement. Stitch and Pikachu then jumped on Matt's back.

"Wait for me!" Jack yelled.

Taking a deep breath, Matt closed his eyes and jumped into the portal.

"AAAAHHHHH!!" Matt, Stitch, and Pikachu were screaming their lungs out as they fell deeper into the hole. Eventually, they landed with a thud on solid ground.

"Oww…," Matt rubbed his head. "That hurt."

"I'm ok, I'm fluffy," Stitch said.

"We better learn how to land before we leave," Pikachu added.

"Yeah," Jack appeared behind them. "Did I mention to watch your landing?"

Matt narrowed his eyes. "It would've been nice."

"Sorry. Anyway, let's have a look." The group noticed they stood on another hill overlooking the city.

It looked like a kid's playhouse. The buildings looked like normal houses. There were balloons and decorations laced everywhere throughout the city. The streets were littered with party hats, streamers,

"Oooo…." Stitch and Pikachu looked dumbfounded. "Yummy…"

"What?" Matt asked.

"It…smells…like…" Pikachu said slowly.

"BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!!" Stitch screamed. They both took off in a dead sprint towards the city.

Matt and Jack looked at each other with quizzical looks.

"What's birthday cake?" Jack asked.

"No time," Matt replied. "We'd better catch up with them!"

The group were sprinting towards the city when Stitch and Pikachu suddenly came to a halt. Matt could see why. Heartless and two Nobodies were blocking their way.

"Out of the way!" Matt summoned his Keyblade.

"We want cake!" Pikachu said.

"Eh!" Stitch said. "For Coconut cake!"

"Oh boy…" Matt said.

The four charged and attacked the Heartless. Matt focused on the Nobodies. Oddly enough, he was a lot slower in this world. They could dodge him easier.

"Aw man! Hold still!" When he did connect with one, they were gone in one strike. His power level had apparently gone up a bit. "Cool…" He took another one out with a heavy slash.

While Stitch and Pikachu were doing their regular thing, Jack was using some sort of magic fire to attack Heartless. Whatever it was, it was effective. All of the enemies were defeated after a few more minutes.

"Whew…" Matt was going to have to figure out how to make this form work in case of stronger enemies.

Jack stretched out his arms. "Umm…I'm getting rusty. Haven't had to fight for a while."

Stitch and Pikachu's ears twitched. Matt then noticed it.

A few of the residents came out from the places they were hiding. They really didn't look that strange. In fact, they all looked like little kids. Soon they all started hooping and hollering for joy, surrounding the strangers who had just fought off the terror.

"Thank you kind strangers!"

"We owe you our lives!"

"Is it your birthday?"

"Ok, this is nice and all," Jack said. "But we need to speak to the mayor of this city if that's possible."

"What is this city?" Matt asked.

One of the residents, a young boy with brown hair and kids clothes stepped forward. "This is Birthday Town! Where every day, it's someone's birthday!" He looked strangely at Jack. "Are you…are you?"

"Oh, how rude of me. We haven't introduced ourselves. I am Jack Skellington, resident of Halloween Town and the Pumpkin King."

All of the children stood at him for another second, then they all screamed in terror. The residents all fled to their original hiding spots. This left Matt, Stitch, Pikachu, and Jack all standing the middle of the street.

"Was it something I said?" Jack asked while scratching his head.

"Uh…," Stitch mumbled.

"Jack," Matt said. "You scare kids every Halloween. They probably don't think you're the friendliest person around."

"Oh, well then that must mean I'm doing my job." Jack smiled with satisfaction.

"Still, that doesn't help us in finding the mayor of this town." Matt looked around. The city hall was probably located in the center. "We should head for the center of town."

Everyone agreed and they got on their way.

"Okay, can someone please tell me what a birthday is?" Jack asked.

"Uhh…" Stitch was having trouble.

"Well…Matt you explain," Pikachu said.

"Okay," Matt rolled his eyes. "It's pretty much the celebration of one being born. My birthday is the same day of the year every year since the day I was born."

Jack didn't look convinced. "I don't think I get it. Does that explain the presents?"

"Well, someone usually receives a present of some sort on their birthday…"

"Wow! A day celebrating you! How fascinating!" Jack started ranting until they arrived at what Matt thought was city hall.

Another wave of Heartless and Nobodies proved Matt's theory correct. They surrounded the building. The group would have to fight their way in.

"Alright! Bring it!" Matt charged and slashed, sending two Heartless away in a flash. Stitch, Pikachu, and Jack followed suit. The Dusks were nothing special either.

Eventually, they fought their way inside to where they began to hear cries for help. Jack used his fire to burn down the door where the cries were coming from, taking two more Heartless with it. "Hold on, citizen! Jack Skellington to the rescue!"

What the group found was several Dusks guarding a large fat man with fancy clothing. He was heavily bounded by his hands and legs.

"Here we come!" Matt, Stitch, and Pikachu focused on the Nobodies. "Jack, get the mayor!"

"Right!" He hurried over and began working to set the mayor free. "How do you do sir?"

"Who are you people?" The mayor seemed confused and stared at Jack.

"Oh, how rude of me. I'm Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King. You might have heard of me…"

"Jack!"

"Oh right, sorry Matt! Let's get you out of here!"

The Dusks weren't easy, but they were still no match for the Keyblader and his friends. After a few more minutes, the enemies were defeated.

"Hmm…" Matt exclaimed. "Did that seem too easy?"

"Enemies no problem!" Stitch said. They regrouped with Jack and the grateful mayor.

"Oh thank you! Thank you! A little while longer and I'd be what you would call a 'Heartless'. On behalf of the people of Birthday Town, I owe you a great debt." He looked questioningly around. "Are you from that one town?"

"If you mean Halloween Town, you'd be correct!" Jack said.

"Santa Claus asked us to come here," Matt said. "He said he lost contact with you and the other leaders. We thought the Heartless were involved, and we were right."

"What is your name young man?"

"Oh, I'm Matt."

"Ah! Yes! Your birthday is the 5th of March, is it not?"

"Yeah! How'd you know?"

"My job is to keep track of everyone's birthdays." He looked at the rest of the group. "I don't think I remember off the top of my head the rest of your birthdays."

"I don't remember my birthday," Pikachu said sadly.

"Mesa either," Stitch added. They put their heads down.

Jack scratched his skull. "Hmm…it's been so long. I couldn't tell you when I was born. Oh well." He didn't seem to take it as hard as Stitch and Pikachu.

"Still," Matt said. "Mr. Mayor? Can you tell us what's happened to the other towns?"

The Mayor's eye's grew out. "Oh dear. The others! You must go to them! The Heartless are active in their towns as well. Santa must be warned!"

"Shoot," Matt said. "C'mon guys! Thank you sir!" He and the others hurried back to the portal. They went through it once more (Matt felt his lunch come back up again) and wound up back in the forest.

"Ok, so we all have to do is take out the Heartless in the rest of the towns?" Jack asked.

"I guess so," Matt said. "Simple as that."

"Something funny," Stitch said with concern.

"Yeah," Pikachu added.

"I feel it too," Matt said. He turned to Jack. "Maybe you should check on Santa Claus to make sure he's ok."

"Are you kidding? I'm not missing this opportunity to soak in these other holidays! It's so exciting!"

Matt put his hand in his eyes. Oh boy… "Ok, where to next…Jack?"

"Hmmm…how about the one with the egg? That looks interesting."