Nightmare Before Christmas.
Summary: Master of Death, Harry Potter finds himself in a new world after making a wish, filled with wonderful and terrifying things, he never felt more at home. now thirty years later after a great Halloween night, Harry noticed something wrong with his friend. Jack Skillington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, who in his misguided way decides to bring Christmas to the world. Halloween style. Can Harry stop this his friend in time before its to late to save Christmas? Slash. Cross dressing.
(ME) Wow, this is it, the last chapter ^^ I couldn't be happier really I set myself a challenge and I did it. Thank you to all those who reviewed, they kept me going and let me know someone was enjoying this strange pairing hehe I love strange pairings and cos of that there are barely any fics out there. Like Alucard and Harry or Iron Bull/Dorian/Harry ^^ see told you. Now I will stop going on and let you read. Hope you enjoy ^^
Oh, no beta so sorry for any mistakes.
Enjoy everyone ^^
Warning: Slash and Crossdressing, some spooky moments ^^ oh and singing.
"talking?"
'thoughts'
"singing"
Chapter 9
Back in the human world, a Cop car was driving around the streets, many people and children in tears by the windows watching as it announced. "Attention, attention citizens. Terrible news. There's still no sign of Santa Claus. Although the impostor has been shot down, it looks like Christmas will have to be cancelled this year. I repeat the impostor has been shot down but there's still no sign ..."
As it passed a cemetery, it didn't notice the damage inside. The coffin sled was a wreck, bones from the reindeer were scattered about in pieces, and the science that gave them life was gone.
Laying across an angel statue holding a book, was poor Jack, who was knocked out and his lower jaw missing. His once beautiful red suit was now black and torn, the white trim was gone, burn away.
As Jack moaned and slowly came to, Zero floated over with his masters missing jaw in his mouth, placing it back on his master he heard it click into place and backed away as Jack opened his sockets, his once happy grin turned down in sadness. Music filled the air and Jack's heart was filled with sorrow.
"What have I done? What have I done?" Jack sang placing his head in his hand in shame. Glancing up he looked around him at all the destroyed toys. "How could I be so blind? All is lost, where was I? Spoiled all, spoiled all. Everything's gone all wrong."
"What have I done? What have I done? Find a deep cave to hide in. In a million years they'll find me. Only dust and a plaque. That reads, 'Here Lies Poor Old Jack" Jack laid back against the book.
"But I never intended all this madness, never. And nobody really understood, well how could they?" Jack frowned sitting up. "That all I ever wanted was to bring them something great. Why does nothing ever turn out like it should?"
Standing he placed his hands on his hips and nodded to himself, there was no time to wallow in self-pity. "Well, what the heck, I went and did my best And, by god, I really tasted something swell. And for a moment, why, I even touched the sky. And at least I left some stories they can tell, I did."
Jack jumped down and pointed to Zero, who bark back happily, his master was coming back to himself.
"And for the first time since I don't remember when I felt just like my old bony self again. And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King." Jack stopped for a moment realizing something that had been there all along. Grabbing a hold of his ruined suit he tore it off to show his normal outfit underneath. "That's right! I am the Pumpkin King, ha, ha, ha, ha."
Dancing around the graveyard Jack let all his passion for his own holiday free once again. "And I just can't wait until next Halloween 'Cause I've got some new ideas that will really make them scream. And, by God, I'm really going to give it all my might."
Stopping short he realized something more important that he had to do first, he still had to fix the things. He turned to see Zero, who was holding the hat he took of sandy claws. "Uh oh, I hope there's still time to set things right."
Taking it off Zero, he placed it inside his suit and turned to the angle he landed on, opening the crypts doors he dashed inside, back to his world. "Sandy Claws..."
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Harry pulled at his bonds, his wand was on the floor somewhere, too far for him to reach this moment. Not like he could with both of his hands tired to a bored that faced a pool of lava with blades that sat inside it. Beside him, Santa was struggling but it was no use, Oogie had tired them tight. Said Boogieman was dancing around them, playing with those stupid dice of his.
Standing beside Harry, Oogie laughed and pulled a different level, Harry's eyes widen as the blades started to spin, stirring the pool like a mixing bowl.
"You wait till Jack hears about this. You remember last time Oogie!" Harry yelled kicking his feet. "Your luck is running out. By the time he's through with you this time, you'll be lucky if you..."
Suddenly the Mayor's voice reached them from outside. "The king of Halloween has been blown to smithereens. Skeleton Jack is now a pile of dust..."
Harry gasped his heart in disbelief. "No Jack."
"You were saying babydoll." Oogie laughs before leaving them for a moment.
Harry felt a tear fall down his cheek. Santa looks at him with sadness. "I am sorry my dear."
"No, I'm sorry I should have tried harder in stopping Jack and this foolishness. I just wanted him to be happy. It's been so long since he had any real joy I didn't think..." Harry sniffed. He should have stopped this when he had the chance. Now everything was ruined and Christmas was in danger.
Santa shakes his head, "It's not your fault, sometimes love is blind us."
"Love...Yes, I do...did love him." Harry looked down biting his lips.
"Have hope, my dear, I don't think your friend is gone as we think," Santa reassured him.
"How do you know?" Harry whispered back, wondering what Santa knew that he didn't.
"Hope." Santa smiled. "Christmas is all about hope."
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Inside the graveyard of the Hallowee town, abruptly a set of crypt door burst open and Jack came sprinting out with Zero coming behind him. Jack yells. "Come on Zero. Christmas isn't over yet!"
"Jack!" Three tint voices shout.
Skidding to a stop Jack turns, his sockets widening in surprise when he sees three pumpkin fairies riding on the back of Shadow, one of Harry's nightmares.
"What?" He looks at them in confusion as the nightmare came to a sharp stop beside him and the fairies fly to hover in front of him, Zero barked in greeting to Shadow, who snorts back.
"Oh, mack it's terrible. You must help us." Blue says in distress.
"Where have you been we're been looking everywhere for you." Green buffs annoyed.
"Help help." Orange waves her little arms.
"What are you talking about what has happened?" Jack tries to calm them down.
"Harry in trouble!" All three yell.
"Explain," Jack said seriously.
"Harry was worried about you Jack," Blue said with Orange nodding beside her.
"Yeah, we found him in the graveyard looking for Sandy Claws, and we told him where he was when he asked," Green explained her arms crossed over her chest.
"Save save." Orange pats her own cheeks.
Blue takes over. "He wanted to make sure you were okay and save Christmas, so we took him."
Green huffed. "Yeah to where the brats stashed him. He got caught though now he needs saving."
"Where!" Jack nearly roared. Fearful for his dear friend getting the better of him.
"Oogie has them." The three clung to each other. Each sharing a look, Jack was the Pumpkin King for a reason, he was scary.
"Oogie Boogie," Jack growled. Suddenly the nightmare step beside him and nodded towards her back.
Leaping abound, he watches as the three fairies climb back on the mares head. Jack points forward "Quickly."
With a screech, the nightmare reared up before raced off, flying into the sky. Jack felt fear like nothing before and he was a being of fear, he prayed that his Harry was alright. "I'm coming Harry, hold on."
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Harry was getting tired of Oogie's gloating, he shouted. "Your luck will run out."
Laughing Oogie walked around the pit, bouncing his dices in his hand. He floated even more. "What's that you were saying about luck, babydoll? I'm the new King of Halloween, I have it all. Ha, ha, ha."
Harry hissed at him. "You will pay for this you sack of hot air."
Oogie snorted and shook his hand with the dice. He rolls it and gets a three, giggling madly he puts the level. "Sandy looks like it's Oogie's turn to boogie."
Harry screams as it tilts some more. "Let us go!"
Another roll and Oogie carries on with a mad grin, he can do whatever he wants now, he was king now.
"On – hahaha." Oogie laughed as he pulled the level seven times making them tilt even more.
"This can't be happening!" Santa yelled.
"Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust. Oh, I'm feeling weak...with hunger. One more roll of the dice oughta do it. Haha." Oggie laughed. Not knowing trouble had arrived and was making his way down into the lair. No, Oogie was dancing about in joy as he rolled the dice one last time, the throw lands them into a skull and they popped out the bottom. His sack eyes widen when it landed on two ones. "What! Snake eyes."
Banging on the table in anger, causing the dice to alter on the table. They turned to a six and a five.
Seeing this made Harry's heart stop as the cheating sack laughed. Oogie swaggered back over to them. "Eleven! Haha looks like I won the jackpot!"
"Bye, bye babydoll and sandman. Ha, ha, ha." Oogie laughs evilly, he pulls the lever down fully.
Harry screamed alongside Santa, he shut his eyes as the table went upright waiting for the end, his breath catch though when an arm warped around him.
Opening his eyes, they widen to see Jack smiling gently at him as he pulled him and Santa away to safety.
Jack quickly placed them behind an iron maiden, putting a finger to his mouth he shushed them when Harry opens his, shutting it again he nodded and watched a Jack made his way back to the table and got into position.
"What the..." Not hearing a splash or screams of pain Oogie became confused. Frowning he grabbed the top of the table and pulled it down and jumps back in surprise with a yell when he found Jack laying there with his knee up and his head resting on his hand that was on his knee.
"Hello, Oogie." Jack frowned at him getting off the table and following Oogie as he backed away from him.
"Jack, but they said you were dead." He said backing up till he reached a spider button on the floor, smirking he shouted as he stomped on it. "You must be double dead."
The platform they were on began to move and spin around. As Oogie ran away laughing, large cards with kings on the front came up, in each hand they held swords. The blades that had been in the lava pool came up and pointed sideways, spinning around, Jack avoided them by crouching
down like a spider.
"Well come on bone man." Oogie taunted from the other side of the room.
"Bark, bark." Zero barked in anger from the pipe. Harry and Santa peeked around the iron maiden both worried for Jack.
Jack jumped and dodged each card, using the flexibility of his body, he made his way through the mad obstacle course, getting closer to the sack.
Oogie huffed in annoys and pulled down a lever from above when Jack got a little too close for comfort.
The cards put the blades down and sank into the ground, the spring floor he stood across made it so it kept ahead of jack, three slot machines with heads came forwards, right towards Jack. As they rose their arms up Harry gasp, these things held real guns.
"Fire!" Oogie ordered in a yell and the slot machines did as ordered.
Jack seeing the danger he was in leaped into the air and onto the slot machine's arms, as they fired he danced between the guns. Oogie's sack eyes widen when he realized he was heading towards Jack now because of the spinning floor. Running on the spot for the moment Oogie leaped away, his sack arm reached out to hit a skull head pushing down one of its eyeballs. What Oogie didn't notice was the thread on his arm had come loose in the fight, it hocked onto the skull's tooth and slowly pulled more thread free.
A large saw blade with a skeleton attached to it came spinning down, heading right for Jack.
Harry yelled in fear. "Jack look out!"
Hearing the warning, jack turned and seeing the blade leaps out of the way. He lands right in front of Oogie, his hands on his hips and a frown on his face. He had enough of Oogie's games.
Seeing the danger he was in, Oogie slams his foot down and makes part of the floor he was on to spring up, flying towards the middle of the room he grabs a hold of the top of the slowly rising spinning blade up. He yelled gleefully at Jack. "So long, Jack. Haha."
Jack had, had enough of this foolishness. Taking a hold of the thread waving in front of him, he growled angrily pulling on the thread he held. "How dare you treat my friends so shamefully!"
The sack's arms tour apart, before Oogie could stop him, Jack pulled even more forcefully before throwing the thread into the spinning blade. As the string got tangled in it, it not only stopped the blade it also ripped Oogie's whole sack clean off.
Harry placed a hand over his mouth in horror at all the bugs that made up Oogie's body. It made him feel sick to his stomach.
"Now look what you've done. My bugs, my bugs, my bugs..." Oogie cried out, slowly coming apart as the bugs fell into the lave below him, it made the room turn blue. Oogie's voice faded and became high pitch before there was nothing and the being once known as the Boogieman was gone.
Many of the bugs were burned but one scurried around before Santa stamped on it with his heel.
With everything over Jack pulled out the hat he had in his suit and walked over to Santa with an apologetic smile. "Forgive me Mr. Claws, I'm afraid I've made a terrible mess of your holiday."
"Bumpy sleigh ride, Jack?" Santa huffed taking the hat back. "The next time you get the urge to take over someone else's holiday, I'd listen to him He's the only one who makes any sense around this insane asylum! Skeletons..."
Santa huffed in annoyance, nodding to Harry in farewell before walking over to the pipe.
"I hope there's still time.." Jack called out.
Turning to face Jack, Santa huffed out. "To fix Christmas? Of course, there is, I'm Santa Claus!"
And with that, he pitched his nose and flaw up the pipe and out of the room.
Stepping out from behind the iron maiden Harry makes his way to jack before briefly touched his arm and gaining his attention. "He'll fix things, Jack. He knows what to do. It's his job after all."
Jack nodded before turning fully to face Harry. "How did you get down here Harry?"
Harry glances down. "Oh, when I saw the news report I went looking for Santa and then the fairies told me he was here so I came to save him. I fault of course. Oogie was too strong. And I was trying to... well that was... I wanted to, to..."
Jack glances down at the nervous wizard. "To help me..."
Harry turns away embarrassed. "I couldn't just let you just... get yourself into trouble like that. It just didn't work out how I wanted..."
Placing a hand on Harry's shoulder Jack turns him back around, looking into those glowing green eyes Jack realized what had been glaring him in the face for years. Harry loved him... and he loved him in return. "Harry, I can't believe I never realized...that you..."
Suddenly a bright spotlight shines on them both, using their hands to block the light they see the Mayor alongside Lock, Shock, and Barrel inside the pipe. Mayor called out. "Jack, Jack!"
"Here he is!" Barrel pointed.
"Alive!" Lock said grinning.
Shock nodded smugly. "Just like we said."
"Grab a hold, my boy!" Mayor called out, throwing down a rope.
Jack took hold of Harry's hand and lead him over to it. Once Jack grabs the rope, they were both lifted into the air instantly.
"Whoa!" Harry yelped as his feet left the ground, Jack tightened his hold on his hand so he wouldn't fall. Never again will his dear Harry be harmed. Not while he was around.
Making their way to the car Jack helped Harry into the front with the mayor, the wizard waved the fairies as they waved from Shadow which surprised Harry.
Setting himself on the front Jack looked through the front window and smiled at Harry as the kids settled on the roof. The Mayor started the car and they were soon off, Shadow trotted alongside them with the three fairies on her head.
Taking a crystal ball from his pocket Harry smiled as it showed the newscaster and her report of Santa Claus setting things right. "Good news, folks. Santa Claus, the one and only has finally been spotted. Old Saint Nick appears to be traveling at supersonic speed. He's setting things right, bringing joy and cheer wherever he goes. Yes, folks, Kris Kringle has pulled it out of the bag and delivered Xmas to excited children all over the world!"
Putting the orb away Harry smiled really pleased that things had worked out, above him, the kids started to sing as they made their way into the town. "La, la, la,"
"Jack's OK, and he's back, OK!" the crowd cried, waking and jumping for joy, they sang as they all come together and surround the car. The corpse child leaped onto his leg when Jack stepped off the car, he held on as Jack made his way up the steps of the town hall.
"He's all right!" The child sang not letting go of his leg.
"Let's shout, make a fuss Scream it out, wheee." Everyone sang in joy. "Jack is back now. In our town of Halloween."
Jack grinned, he picked the child up and bounced him in the air once before setting him onto the Mayor's pointed hat.
"It's great to be home!" Jack called out.
Suddenly from above, they hear bells ringing, they all looked up to see a sled and reindeer flying across the sky. Santa called out. "Hohohohoho Happy Halloween!"
Jack waves back with a joyful grin, snow begins to fall all around them. "Merry Christmas!"
"What's this?" The corpse child sings.
"What's this?" Cyclops joined in looking up.
"I haven't got a clue." Harlequin demon sang.
"What's this?" Mr. Hyde and his two mini me's looking around confused.
"Why it's completely new." The clown sang.
"What's this?" Everyone join in together.
"Must be a Christmas thing," Werewolf growled shaking off some of the snow that had built up on his fur.
"What's this?" Everyone sang out.
"It's really very strange." Mayor sings before sticking his tongue out to tease the strange white stuff, once he did his sad face became his happy one.
All the creatures started to have fun in the snow, the vampires playing ice hockey, some making snow angels, and others having a snowball fight. Harry, who had left the car when the snow started falling. Wasn't join in with the crowd, he felt alone for the first time since making Halloween town his home. Reaching down, he picked up one of the dead flowers. Turning he moved towards the gates. It looked like he is sleeping in the graveyard tonight.
"This is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!"As everyone sang Jack grinned as he saw they were going through the very feelings he had when he first saw snow. Suddenly a snowball hit his head and he turned to see Lock, Shock, and Barrel giggling away from behind the fountain. Seeing him looking they ducked down though it did no good with Shocks long pointed hat sticking in the air.
Shaking his head with a smile he steps out of the way as the child bat rolled his corpse friend into a large snowball.
"What's this? What's this?" Rang through the air causing Jack to grin even more in joy as they went through the wonderment of Christmas.
"Careful, my precious jewel!" Dr. Finkelstein said lovingly as his new wife pushed him through the snow.
Watching wide eye, Jack realized then that Harry had been replaced and no longer worked for the doctor.
Spinning around he looked for Harry, he spotted his dear friend walking out of the town, heading towards the graveyard.
Harry walked up the snow-covered spiral hill. Sitting in the fluffy cold snow he picked up a dead flower and started pulling the petals off. He felt at peace now, everything was as it should be and Jack was back to his old happy self. Christmas was saved and everything was right in his world. Well only for one more thing. Looking down at the flower Harry closes his eyes and makes one last wish. 'I wish...that I can find... l...' Harry starts singing a song he couldn't finish before.
"Christmas is here. Everywhere, oh..." Harry raised his head to the sky. "Christmas is here. If you care, oh..."
"If there is love in your heart and your mind. You will feel like Christmas all the time.." Harry opens his eyes and stares up into the moon, his heart-warming from its cold light. He may be alone but he still had friends. "Oh, I feel you Christmas. I know I've found you. You never fade away, oh..."
"The joy of Christmas. Stays here inside us. Fills each and every heart with love." Harry sways side to side as music filled his being. "Where are you Christmas."
"Fill your heart with love..." Harry trailed off with a smile.
Smiling he goes about picking off the petals from the flower when a voice calls out to him behind. His eyes widening when he turns and sees his dear Jack walking through the snow at the bottom of the hill towards him.
"My dearest friend," Jack smiled sang with all his undead heart arms outreaching to Harry. "If you don't mind. I'd like to join you by your side. Where we can gaze into the stars..."
Harry joined in standing up and fully facing Jack, his heart racing as Jack came closer. Hope, filling his heart. "And sit together, now and forever... For it is plain as anyone can see. We're simply meant to be..."
Jack stops in front of him and leans down, wrapping his arms around Harry's waist as Harry wraps his around his neck. Pulling Harry tightly against him Jack finally got to enjoy the warmth that always radiated from the wizard. Seeped into his bones and sent pleasant shivers down his backbones.
When their lips touched for the first time in a kiss that was long-awaited, their hearts sang with joy. Pulling back after a moment Jack smiles, reaching up to caress Harry's cheek. "I love you, Harry, with all of my terrifying heart."
"Oh Jack, I love you too," Harry whispered his emerald eyes glowing with love. And with that Jack kisses him once more.
As the two new lovers broke apart again and rested their foreheads against each other and gazed into each other's eyes. Zero barked in happiness racing around the pair, he was soon joined by Shadow and her three yelling fairies as they held on for dear life. Soon they zoom off into the sky happy that everything worked out.
THE END!
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