The mayor hadn't given Jack specific details on how exactly he was supposed to scare them, all he had was whoever made the scariest entrance would land the job. This gave Jack the impression that he wasn't to be seen until the timing was right and made his entrance. The skeleton tapped his long, bony fingers on his desk, a pencil near his hand on a sheet of clean paper. He had to come up with something more horrible and gruesome than Oogie Boogie ever could.
"Hmm..." he thought aloud, cathching sight of the chair and mantle, "That's exactly what I'll do..."
The whole town, except Jack, were all gathered at the Town Hall for the meeting. All the creatures were quite curious as to what came up that would stall their preparations for Halloween. Dr. Finklestein was the last to arrive and by then everyone was quite impatient. Murmurs of 'What's going on?' and 'This better be good' were heard all around the room as the mayor stood up to the podium.
"Alright everyone! I thank you all for coming!" he grinned, "Now, there has been an idea thrust into my mind by a noble citizen, Mr. Oogie."
Few people clapped, because of the fact many did not like him because of his trickery. It wasn't as though the tricks were not allowed in Halloweentown, it was just that Oogie's trick's were more towards the citizen's than the mortals. His tricks were harmless either. Once he stuck a silver bullet into the wolfman's food and the poor canine was sick for a month. But, despite all that Oogie had done, they decided to listen to the mayor.
Mayor motioned for Oogie Boogie to stand up, then he continued. "The idea is this, a chairman of Halloween... no... a leader of Halloween... hmm, that's not right either. Ah! A King of Halloween! A Pumpkin King to take rule over the holiday whom people respect and obey and is someone very responsible."
Everyone began chatting in anticipation, loving the idea but figured that if it were Oogie Boogie's idea that there must be a catch. People began looking around, catching sight of the potatoe sack holding his floppy head up high with pride. Frowns began creasing on some forheads while others thought of having a Pumpkin King. The mayor cleared his throat, trying to get the town's attention.
"Please people! Now, there will be a vote on two candidates for the posistion! They have volunteered for the job and I shall tell you their names! The first candidate is... Oogie Boogie! Congrats."
The whole town groaned, not wanting their King to be the stuck-up, gambling, tricky Boogie man.
"And the second candidate is Jack Skellington! Congrats once more!" the mayor concluded.
The whole town was silent as the grave most of them dwelled in. Jack Skellington hadn't been seen around in three years, give or take a few days. He had disappeared after the 'jack-in-the-box' incident. Also after revealing that he disliked Halloween. Murmurs of concern, anger, and laughter echoed through the hall as the mayor happily left the room, leaving the others with their new problems. Oogie Boogie left as well, he had to think up a way to scare the pants off the creatures of Halloweentown.
"What should we do?" the clown of the tearaway face asked the harlequin devil and the wolfman.
The wolfman growled, "Well, I still am angered at that Oogie Boogie... but I'd rather have a king of Halloween that would scare us instead of making us laugh. My vote's for Oogie."
"I agree." the devil responded, as he and the clown nodded in agreement.
The lake creature was talking with the two witches, "What do you two think?"
"I don't know about you two..." the gray witch replied, "but I'm going for Oogie Boogie."
"Yeah!" the little green witch squeaked.
Outside the Town Hall, a certain Oogie Boogie man was listening to the arguments and conversations going on within the halls. He smirked slyly, 'This is perfect.' he thought, 'They'll all vote for me anyway so I don't need to worry about old bone man after all.' A coniving laugh escaped his mouth and he chuckled to himself all the way back home.