They walked through the forest in single file. Jack led the way followed by Sora, Donald, Goofy, Rena and Adrea.
Rena recognized the clearing that they came to. It was the same one where Jack and Sally had found her. Where the five trees stood.
"Here it is!" Jack exclaimed, stopping at the center tree. "The door to Christmas Town!"
Rena had been in Halloween Town for almost a week and learned almost everything there was to learn about the spooky holiday. But she hadn't known that these trees were portals into different towns.
"The spooks of Halloween can get tiresome year and year." Jack said, turning to the group. "I wanted something new. And I found this! Beyond this door is a world filled with wonders, the likes of which you've never seen! At first I couldn't believe my eyes, everything was so new and exciting!"
Sora seemed to be shaking with excitment. Rena wasn't sure why he was, and she didn't have any idea what on earth this winter holiday was.
"C'mon!" Sora exclaimed, "Just open it!"
Jack opened the door, and Sora ran towards the hallow tree. Adrea and Rena were right on behind him. Sora leaped into the tree and fell down into the ground.
Without thinking to look, Rena leaped in after him. She found herself falling in a whirlwind of snow.
All of a sudden, Rena flew out of the whirlwind and landed on top of Sora. She quickly jumped off and looked around herself.
They were standing on the top of a snow covered hill. Rena could see a small town at the foot of the hill. There were flashing lights strung across the buildings.
A large red brick building stood at the egde of the town. Small people were walking to the brick building and back to a large green building in the middle of the town.
"That's Christmas Town." Jack said.
"Where's Santa?" Sora asked, getting to his feet.
"That's his workshop." Jack explained, pointing to the brick building. "Come on."
They walked down the hill into the village. As they appoarched, Rena found that the people had vanished. When they were almost to the brick building, they found three large boxes.
Sora walked towards the first one, but Rena pulled him back.
"What?" he asked.
Rena's Keyblade appeared in her hand and the three boxes began to shake. The boxes opened and three Heartless leaped out.
"That's what." Adrea replied.
"Look out!" Sora exclaimed.
The Heartless leaped at them. Rena raised her Keyblade and pointed it into the sky. A wave of snow ran through the town, taking the Heartless with it.
"Christmas is in big trouble!" Donald exclaimed.
"We can't let anything happen to Christmas!" Goofy added.
"It would help if we even knew what Christmas was." Adrea whispered to Rena.
"That's where Sandy Claws lives." Jack said, pointing to the brick building that stood infront of them.
Jack led the way, with Sora, Donald and Goofy right behind him. Rena rolled her eyes. It wasn't like this 'Santa' was some sort of a great and powerful man, but then again what did she know about Christmas?
They entered into a large living room. A large armchair sat infront of the crackling fire on the other side of the room. The walls were painted warm chestnut, while the floor was pale white.
Standing next to the oak table in the center of the room, was a short old man. He wore a red suit and hat, and a black leather belt as well. He had a long white beard and his brown eyes were filled with kindness.
'Okay...I'm guessing that's Santa.' Rena thought to herself.
"Well, hello." Santa said. "Have you all come to see if you're on my 'nice list?'"
Sora, Donald and Goofy walked up to the man, while Adrea, Rena and Jack stayed back.
"Your name?" Santa asked.
"Um, Sora, sir!" Sora exclaimed.
"Let's see...Sora...Here we go...Well, according to my list Sora..."
He looked back at Sora, who looked as if he were about to explode with joy.
"Seven years ago, you told everyone you did not believe in Santa Claus...Oh, that is unfortunate."
Sora's joy went out like a lightbulb. He looked now as if he were going to hit himself.
"How about Donald and Goofy?" Donald asked.
Santa looked at his list then smiled and nodded.
"And what about you two?" Santa asked Adrea and Rena.
"Adrea and Rena." Adrea said.
Santa looked over his list, then he frowned and looked back up at them.
"This is strange..." Santa said. "Neither of you are on the 'nice' or 'naughty' lists."
Rena and Adrea looked at each other. Adrea was about to say something when Jack asked Santa: "Am I on the list, too, by any chance? It's me, Jack."
"Jack Skellington!" Santa exclaimed.
There was a loud crash from the next room, and Santa walked towards the door.
"What did you bring this time?" Santa asked.
"This time?" Sora asked Jack.
"It's a long story." Jack replied.
Adrea and Rena ran into the next room. It was the workshop, where three conveyor belts stood, taking brightly colored boxes outside.
Rena looked around, finding a staircase leading up to the upstairs room. She and Adrea creeped up the stairs and found four people were at the top.
Lock, Shock and Barrel were standing infront of a woman in black, Maleficent.
"Why do we have to hide?" Lock whispered, none of them noticing Adrea and Rena.
"Silence!" Maleficent hissed. "That fool Jack brought Sora and those other two with him. Now I can deal with them all at once!"
"What do you want us to do?" Barrel asked.
"Who's there?" Santa exclaimed.
"Busted!" Lock, Shock and Barrel exclaimed.
Maleficent vanished, while Lock took a stone and broke one of the windows. The three leaped out of the window, and into the snow.
Rena leaped down after them, finding that they were making their escape in a...
'A walking bathtub!' Rena thought to herself. 'Now I'm starting to wonder if Halloween Town is more of a circus!'
WHAM!
Rena whirled around to see Adrea was face down in the snow.
"Adrea!" Rena cried, helping her sister sit up. "You okay?"
"I stepped on some of the broken glass." Adrea replied. "Go after those three, I can take care of my foot."
"You sure?"
"Go after them before they get away!"
Rena pulled a potion from her pocket and handed it to Adrea. Then she turned and ran up the hill towards the portal to Halloween Town.
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I am so sorry! I didn't mean to take this long with the update, but I've been getting so wrapped in my activities that I was forgetting to write. The next chapter should be (this is only an estimation) on the 5th or the 6th of October.