I don't own any of "The Nightmare Before Christmas characters, except for Maria and Chris. 4th chapter, and thanks for all the reviews guys. A special thanks to Sasha H. Thanks for the reviews. Keep it up with your story its good. Hope you all enjoy.

Maria turned around to see a giant sack behind her. It was big and fat and a few bugs crawled out of it. It smiled a terrible smile as it looked at Maria.

"Hello Oogie." Maria said sourly.

"Well how did it go?" Oogie asked. "Did you find anything out? Come on tell me!" Oogie said impatiently.

"I can't believe your making me do this to the Skellingtons! They are such a nice family. Why can't you get someone else to do this?"

"Hmm, let me think for a second. Oh, that's right. I OWN YOU!" Oogie shouted, frightening Maria. "I took you in when you had no place to go! Remember?" Maria nodded her head remembering all the terrible things that had happened to her. "I didn't give you the power to shape shift so you could play around with it!" Oogie said. "I gave it to you so you could get into the Skellington home! So go back out there and find out something about the Skellingtons, or better yet try to bring them to me, or else."

"Yes Oogie." Maria replied sadly.

"Good. We have an understanding. Now leave!"

Happy to go, Maria climbed up some stairs that led back up to the tree house. She got out of the tree house as fast as she could, and started to walk back to the Skellington manor. As she walked back she thought about what she had to do.

I can't believe I have to do this to the Skellingtons! They have been so kind to me. But if I don't Oogie will kill me…literally. Why, why! Why must I…

But her thoughts were suddenly cut off by the appearance of Chris.

"C-Chris? What are you doing hear?" Maria asked nervously.

"My mom sent me to get you. It's dinner time." Chris said. He tried to smile, but he was a little nervous.

"Oh." Maria replied sounding a little less nervous. "Thanks."

So Maria and Chris walked back to the Skellington manor together. They didn't talk. Chris wanted to talk, but he didn't know what to say. Finally they reached the house, and there to greet them at the door was Jack and Zero. Zero barked excitedly, and Jack just smiled.

"Hello there." Jack said, as the two walked into the house.

"Hello Jack." Maria said. "Um, Jack I was just wondering, have you ever taken your family for a picknek in the woods before?" Maria asked.

"I don't think so. Why?"

"Well there's this great spot over by the tree house, and I just thought…." But before she could finish her sentence, she tripped over a loose floor board. But just before she hit the ground she felt a pair of skeleton arms catch her. She looked up to find Chris only a few inches from her face. He lifted her up gently and they starred at each ther for a while. But then they snapped back to reality.

"Are you alright?" Chris asked

"I'm, um, I'm fine." Maria said still a little dazed

"So," Jack said getting back to the conversation, "What was it you were going to tell me?"

Maria looked back at Chris for a moment, then replied, "Nothing Jack. It was nothing."

Sorry everyone. I forgot to put something in. Oogie has a crystal ball, so if Maria try's to pull anything off, he will know about it. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.