KHD2 Chapter 21

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Chapter Twenty One: The Return to Halloween Town Part One

"Okay guys, on to the next world," Daisuke said as she sat in the pilot's chair of the Gummi ship as it flew through space.

"Man it was fun to see Aladdin and Jasmine again," Sora said smiling.

"I agree, it was nice to see Genie too," Veemon added.

"Yeah, whatever," Donald quacked and everyone turned to see a frowning Donald Duck.

"Are you still grouchy about me snatching that gem from you?" Daisuke asked him and Donald's reply was an angry quack and Daisuke rolled her eyes slightly as Sora sat beside her.

"Did you leave that gem with Jasmine and Aladdin?" He asked and Daisuke looked at him and hesitantly shook her head. "Of course you didn't, I should have known, girls love shiny jewels," He mumbled making Daisuke smack him over the head and he yelped and rubbed his head.

"You had that coming Sora, don't try to deny it," Daisuke warned him and he sighed in defeat.

"Hey guys, we're here," Goofy said and everyone looked out the window to see a familiar sight.

"Halloween Town," Veemon said.

"Cool, we get to see Jack, Sally and Zero again," Daisuke said happily. Meanwhile Jack and his faithful ghost dog Zero were heading down a pathway in the woods until Jack came upon several doors, all of them representing holidays, there was a door for Thanksgiving, Easter, Valentine's Day, St Patrick's Day, Independence Day and finally a door for Christmas. Jack opened the Christmas door and snowflakes and a cold winter breeze blew out of the door and Jack looked inside it and he tripped and fell through the door. Meanwhile Daisuke, Sora, Veemon, Goofy and Donald were standing in front of a scarecrow with a jack o'lantern for a head. All of them were back in their Halloween Forms.

"So we're in Halloween Town right?" Sora asked.

"No duh, of course we-uh," Veemon trailed off as he turned his head.

"Veemon what is it?" Daisuke asked her partner and everyone turned to look where Veemon was looking just as Zero flew past them making Goofy yelp.

"Hey it's Zero, how you been boy?" Daisuke asked the ghost dog who barked and licked her cheek making her giggle before Zero flew off towards Halloween Town.

"Maybe Jack's over where he's going," Goofy suggested and everyone walked off after Zero.

"It has been a while since I've been like this all wrapped up like a mummy," Donald quacked.

"Same here, thought I gotta admit being a ghost is cool," Veemon said as the group walked into the town square where they saw a ramp in front of them.

"What's that for?" Sora asked as they heard something and Donald looked up and quacked.

"It's Jack!" He shouted as everyone looked up to see Jack was in a coffin being pulled by three reindeer made of bone. Jack then landed the coffin and stood up.

"Sora, Donald, Daisuke, Goofy and Veemon. Welcome back and Merry Christmas!" Jack greeted.

"Merry Christmas?" Daisuke and Sora asked at the same time.

"Don't you mean Happy Halloween?" Goofy asked him.

"Of course. Halloween greetings from Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King," Jack said. "I'm sorry I'm in a Christmas mood, you see I'm running the show again this year-but I need Sandy Claws blessing so I'm off to Christmas Town,"

"Sandy Claws?" Sora asked.

"I think he means Santa Claus," Daisuke said.

"Aren't these decorations wonderful?" Jack asked them. "This year Halloween Town's going to handle Christmas too! But first we have to visit Sally. She's working on something no self-respecting Santa Claus can do without. I'll show you,"

"A Halloween Town Christmas?" Sora asked as everyone looked around the town square.

"This should be interesting, come on let's go check it out," Daisuke said and Sora nodded while Goofy, Donald and Veemon groaned and slumped.

"Come on hurry!" Jack shouted to them as he walked off and soon the group were all in the doctor's laboratory. "Hello Doctor, where's Sally?" Jack asked him.

"Can't you see I am in the middle of an experiment?" The doctor asked Jack as he opened the top of his head and scratched his brain before he wheeled his chair over to a metal slab. "Bring that thing over here," He called to Lock, Shock and Barrel who were carrying something heavy.

"This thing's too heavy," Shock said.

"Then let's toss it," Barrel said.

"You do that and you will be sorry," The doctor warned them. "Now bring it here," He told them again.

"Heave-ho," Lock, Shock and Barrel said as they threw the thing they were carrying onto the metal slab and it started to spark before it exploded in flames covering the room in smoke and Lock, Shock and Barrel ran off past Sally out of the lab.

"Sally did you finish it? I want to show my good friends," Jack said walking over to Sally.

"I'm sorry Jack, but I need a little more time," Sally apologised.

"Well, that's alright. Just as long as it's ready for Christmas," Jack told her before he walked off.

"But jack…" Sally called to him.

"I must be off, I need to go get Sandy Claus. Wonderful to see you all again," Jack said to Sora and Daisuke before he walked off.

"Go and get Santa Claus…?" Daisuke asked.

"Please Sora and Daisuke I'm afraid something terrible will happen if Jack goes through with this," Sally said to them both.

"You can say that again," Donald said.

"Sora, Daisuke," Goofy said to the two of them who had thoughtful looks on their faces and both were smiling.

"Are those fellows out in the town square with you?" Jack asked as he came back into the lab.

"What fellows?" Daisuke asked him.

"You know the ones who wanted to steal Halloween and Christmas. What were they called again? Heartless," Jack said.

"They are definitely not with us, but we can get rid of them for you. And then we can go see Santa!" Daisuke said happily as everyone looked at her and Daisuke sweatdropped and chuckled. "But first the heartless!" She said and everyone ran out of the lab towards the town square where they saw heartless flying around and the Mayor was in the centre of town holding his megaphone.

"Now look here you-you things! Leave Halloween Town at once!" He shouted at the heartless in an attempt to make them leave. "Jack help! I am only an elected official! I can't handle things on my own!" The mayor shouted.

"We're on it!" Sora said to the mayor as he and Daisuke summoned their Keyblades while Donald and Goody took out their staff and shield and they charged at the heartless who flew towards them and Veemon flew into one heartless and possessed it and turned it against the others and attacked.

"Great work Veemon!" Daisuke praised her partner before she ducked under a heartless and kicked it away and she then conjured a fireball and fired it at the heartless and hit it and destroyed it.

"FIRE!" Sora shouted doing the same as Daisuke by firing a fireball at the heartless and he destroyed two of them while Donald was quacking madly firing spells left and right while Goofy was slamming Heartless with his shield. Soon the town square was clear of heartless and Jack walked out into the square.

"How can Sandy Claws relax with all this going on?" Jack asked before he got an idea and he looked at Sora and the others. "That's it, fellows! Sandy Claws needs bodyguards. Are you up for the task?" He asked them.

"Us?!" Donald quacked.

"Yeah!" Daisuke shouted before anyone else could say anything and Donald tapped his foot. Meanwhile Lock, Shock and Barrel were in their bathtub which was walking away from Halloween Town.

"What should we bring next time?" Lock asked.

"A bucketful of caterpillars," Shock said.

"Or something even worse," Barrel said as the bathtub stopped walking and everyone turned to see Maleficent in front of them.

"Who is that?" Barrel asked.

"Some old hag," Lock said.

"Silence!" Maleficent said.

"A witch?" Shock asked as Maleficent conjured green flames around her making the three children huddle together in fear.

"Perhaps you three could be of some use to me," Maleficent said to them. "Come along all of you, I will show you the true meaning of mischief," She said as the three kids shook in terror.

"Alright bodyguards, the way to Christmas town is this way. The doorway is in the woods just past the graveyard!" Jack said to the group as he ran off and the others followed him out of Halloween Town and past the graveyard and into the woods.

"What's this place called?" Veemon asked.

"This is the Hinterlands," Jack said.

"How much farther is it Jack?" Daisuke asked eagerly.

"Dai," Sora said making her stop and look at him. "I know you are excited to see Santa, I am too. But I have a bad feeling about this, too, like Sally," He told her.

"What's the worst that could happen?" Daisuke asked him as the group all continued to walk off.

"Jack said he wants to be Santa, but I don't know. I have a hard time imagining him as Santa," Goofy said.

"Here it is guys, the door to Christmas town." Jack said stopping by the Christmas door. "The spooks of Halloween can get so tiresome year after year, I wanted something new and I found this," Jack explained. "Beyond this door is a land filled with wonders the likes of which you have never seen before. At first I couldn't believe my eyes everyone was so fresh and exciting,"

"Come on just open it!" Daisuke and Sora said and Jack opened the door and Daisuke and Sora ran at the door and jumped inside followed by Donald and Goofy and Veemon. And the five of them soon fell out of a tree into a field of snow.

"Oh man," Daisuke groaned before she looked down and she saw her outfit had changed. "Terrific," She said as she was now wearing a red dress with white fur trimmings that went down to just above her knees and it showed off her cleavage and she was wearing red gloves and candy cane pattern stockings.

"Hey Dai you alright?" Sora asked and Daisuke turned to see Sora who still retained his dark, ashen physical appearance, boots, pants, and legs from his Halloween Town form but the test of his mask was replaced by a large black hat with white fur rim and a puff ball on the tip. Sora now also wore a black shirt with white fur lining, silver crown buttons lined the front and a faded brown belt with a silver buckle was around his waist and Sora blushed heavily at his girlfriend's outfit.

"Like what you see?" Daisuke asked twirling around in her outfit and Sora's eyes went wide before he was sent flying due to a nosebleed.

"You look nice Daisuke," Veemon said and Daisuke looked to see her partner now wore a green shirt with red and gold fur trimming on it and he had boots and his ears resembled an elves.

"Easy for you to say," Donald quacked and the duo turned to look at Donald who resembled a typical snowman with a white body that seemed to be made of two large balls of snow stacked on top of one another, his arms were made of branches his tail was a red gardening trowel and he has two coal buttons on his chest, his legs and head were unchanged and he wore red and white spats on his feet with red and green stripes around his neck and on his head was a blue shako.

"I think you look good Donald," Goofy said and everyone looked at him to see Goofy had taken on the traits of a reindeer, his clothing was now a reddish-brown suit similar to Santa Claus with white fur lining around the sleeves. He wore loose red belt with a gold buckle around his waist and he had red mittens on his hands, his feet were now hooves and a green wreath hung from his neck and finally Goofy had a red nose and two black elegantly curled antlers on his head.

"So where's Santa?" Donald asked Jack.

"In his workshop," Jack said.

"Come on let's go and meet him," Daisuke said as she ran off and the others ran after her and Sora sat up and held his head and wiped the blood from his nose.

"Hey wait up!" He shouted only to smash into a tree and fall down again and stars swirled around his head.

The end of the chapter

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