A/N: OMG! Anyone celebrating Christmas like me, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Anyone celebrating Hanukkah, HAPPY HANNUKKAH!

Anyone celebrating Kwanzaa (anyone at all?), HAPPY KWANZAA!

Anyone sitting on their butts waiting for me to get on with the story, HAPPY STITCH-IS-A-PAIN-IN-THE-ASS DAY!

And so, without any further pain-in-the-ass-ness, here is your present! –w00t-

The Town

Pebbles groaned shook her head to clear it. The first thing she registered was that everything was very bright and orangey. The second thing she registered were the group of characters sprawled in different places, also groaning and mumbling and shaking their heads.

The third thing was their bodies.

Everyone's bodies had been elongated dramatically, along with their limbs. Their hands were larger and thinner, and the fingers were very spindly. Holli and Amanda's heads were perfectly round, while Erik's, Willy's, Cricket's and Victor's heads were more triangular. Their hair was very strange and cartoony; for example, Amanda' ponytail had increased in size, while Holli's loose hair was longer and perfectly smooth. Finally, everyone's eyes were much bigger, with shadows about them, ranging from very light (Holli) to very black (Erik).

Everyone was stop motion animation style! But that means….

Pebbles slowly looked down at her own body; it was also in stop motion animation style.

She felt her head to determine the shape. It was triangular.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"
She shouted the phrase very loudly, and received everyone's attention. They gaped at Pebbles' body, but then noticed each other's and gaped at that. They looked at their own bodies, looks of horror plastered on their faces.

Erik spoke up. "I have no clue, but it's beyond MY comprehension."

"And that's a first!" Holli piped.

Willy giggled.

Everyone swung around to stare at him in confusion.

Willy giggled again and straightened his hat, which had become about half a foot taller. "What's weird is that Cricket and Victor look exactly the same!"

Pebbles and Victor giggled nervously in reply.

Cricket looked at her surroundings. "Woah, dude! Look at the trees!"

Pebbles checked.

They were surrounded by a ring of stop motion animation trees. Each one had a door plastered on it.

One door was shaped like a dyed egg, another like a turkey, another like a heart…

She brightened. "Hey, look! We're in the holiday worlds of old!"

Victor frowned. "Excuse me?"

"Holiday worlds of old. From…"

Holli, Amanda, Cricket, and Pebbles all turned slowly looked at each other with unreadable expressions, and said together softly, "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

There was a pause, and then Amanda leapt up. "YEAH! Let's choose a door! Choose one, choose one, CHOOSE ONE!"

Willy looked around, and then pointed at the egg door. "Easter! It's got the most chocolate!"

Holli pointed at the heart. "No, no, Valentine's Day! It's got more!"

Victor pointed at the door shaped like a Christmas tree. "I always did like Christmas."

Pebbles, Holli, Amanda, and Cricket whirled around and shouted, "NO!"

"Why not?"

Pebbles shrugged. "We'll be going through it LATER. Right now…."

Erik pointed at the jack-o-lantern door. "That one."

Pebbles squealed and hugged Erik excitedly. "Very good, Erik! Here, have a cookie."

She shoved a cookie into his mouth.

Willy gaped. "Where did you get that?"

Pebbles shrugged again, smirking. "It's a cartoon. I can do anything I wish to do."

Before anyone could say anything more, Pebbles turned the nose on the jack-o-lantern door and yanked it open.

Instead of a magical portal, she found a clear pathway leading into darkness.

She turned around and addressed the group. "Alright, listen, I have a few things I want to tell you. Erik, yank out your Punjab and keep it ready, but only use it when we're in REAL DANGER, not when we're intimidated. Amanda, stay with Erik. Willy, you'll be fine, and so will Holli and Cricket. Victor…" She sighed. "Don't chicken out. And the number one rule is…."

She drum rolled on the door.

"DNBF."

Victor looked weirded out. "De nymbf? What does that mean?"

Pebbles rolled her eyes playfully. "It's an abbreviation for 'DO NOT BE AFRAID'. We're going into a place where people feed off of your fear, and you never know what might happen. So don't be intimidated; this will be less than scary."

She turned around and stepped through the doorway. Wheeling around to face the group, she said, "Come on, what are you waiting for?"

Erik looked around at everyone else, then stepped through the door and squeezed Pebbles, grinning. "After you, mademoiselle."

Holli and Cricket jumped through together.

Amanda leapt inside, smiling like a deranged Barbie doll.

Willy stepped inside, twirling his cane and pretending to look bored, but failing miserably.

Victor, however, hung back, looking incredibly nervous.

Holli frowned. "Come on, Victor, you'll be okay. We have weapons and this will be more funny than scary. Please?" She extended her hand.

Victor eyed it for a moment, then smiled slowly and took it, helping himself through the doorway.

No sooner had he entered it that it swung shut, encasing the group in near total darkness.

Pebbles looked around and spotted the path again. She motioned for the group to follow.

They all walked forward together, looking around.

After a few minutes, a jack-o-lantern sitting on a scarecrow lit up. It had an evil smile, and its straw waved in the wind.

A sign posted on the top post read:

"Halloween Town," Willy said slowly, amazed.

As they approached, it suddenly swung all the way around with a creak, now facing to the right. Victor whimpered as they passed, and Cricket patted his shoulder reassuringly.

Finally, they reached a gate, which Erik pushed open.

They found themselves in a graveyard. Strange shadows danced on the gravestones.

Boys and girls of every age!

Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will see,

This, our town of Halloween…

They exited the cemetery, and found themselves in a little suburban area, with many strange looking houses.

Ghosts flew past them, and Pebbles restrained a shout of surprise.

This is Halloween! This is Halloween!

With every word, pumpkins with different faces were speared onto spikes.

Pumpkins scream in the dead of night!

The ghosts reappeared, sweeping in front of them as they continued through the streets.

This is Halloween! Everybody make a scene!

Trick or treat…

They walked through the gates into the yard of one house, the ghosts following them.

'Till the neighbors gonna die of fright…

The ghosts became more prominent, with frightful faces as they swept in front of the group. Their singing reached painfully high notes, and Erik covered his ears and screwed up his eyes.

It's out town! Everybody scream!

"Split up!" Pebbles shouted. Everyone went different directions.

In our town of Halloween…

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Victor walked through a lonely bedroom and looked under the bed. He was met by a scary looking creature and muffled a shout.

I am the one hiding under your bed!

Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing RED!

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Erik walked to a staircase, and dodged a hand with snakes for fingers reaching for him, while a monster's face peeped out at him.

I am the one hiding under your stairs,

Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair!

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Amanda tiptoed through a family room with three coffins in front of her. A storybook lay open, its pages flipping of its own accord.

This is Halloween! This is Halloween!

One coffin after the other opened on each word, revealing cartoony vampires.

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

A vampire draped itself down from the ceiling, facing Amanda, folding its arms across its chest like a bat.

Halloween!

The vampires filed out the door, Amanda following.

In this town

We call home

Everyone hail to the pumpkin song!

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Cricket popped out from behind the mayor, giggling as she made bunny ears behind his head as he sang.

In this town,

Don't we love it now?

Everyone's waiting for the next surprise!

He spun around, causing Cricket to jump off the platform on which he was standing.

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Pebbles followed a black cat down an alleyway, squealing, "Vincent cat! Look, it's the Vincent cat!" and pointing at it as she went.

Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can…
Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll:

The black cat hopped on a trash can, but flew off as a monster popped out. A werewolf burst out from the wall behind them.

Scream! This is Halloween!

Red n' black!

A wax person popped out from the grill on the ground.

And slimy green!

The werewolf snarled at Pebbles and asked,

Aren't you scared?

"NO!" Pebbles shouted.

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Holli happily rode on the back of a witches' broom, saluting to the people below as she went.

Well, that's just fine!
Say it once, say it twice,
Take the chance and roll the dice!
Ride with the moon in the dead of night!

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Amanda, who had escaped the vampires, perched on the branch of a mutant tree on which hanged skeletons hung.

Everybody scream! Everybody scream!

The hanged men looked up at Amanda, who rolled her eyes and pretended not to be amused.

In our town of Halloween…

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A clown on a unicycle wheeled up to Victor, who smiled with relief at the thought of something not scary.

I am the clown with the tear-away face!

It tore off its face, revealing black nothingness, and Victor gasped with fright.

Here in a flash…

It snapped its fingers and disappeared in a billow of purple smoke. Victor put up his arms to protect himself.

and gone without a trace!

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Cricket stuck her head out of the window next to Sally, who was brushing her hair and did not notice.

I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"

A wind swept through Sally's and Cricket's hair. Cricket grinned and enjoyed the feeling.

I am the wind blowing through your hair!

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Willy's shadow on the moon walked up to Oogie Boogie's shadow, unafraid.

I am the shadow on the moon at night!

Filling your dreams to the brim with fright!

Oogie's shadow dissolved into millions of bats, and Willy's shadow backed up and ran to go and see something else.

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Holli and Pebbles lounged on the walls of the town, watching a procession of ghoulish characters proceed into the town.

This is Halloween, this is Halloween!
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Halloween! Halloween!

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Erik watched with amusement as a monster child and a corpse child brought down a beheading device on a pumpkin.

Tender lumplings everywhere!
Life's no fun without a good scare!

He jumped in surprise as two corpse parents walked up next to the children and had them follow.

That's our job, but we're not mean!
In our town of Halloween…

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Willy watched as the mayor sang with half of the town and the fictional group gathered together once more.

In this town!

Don't we love it now?

Everyone's waiting for the next surprise!

The scarecrow that everyone saw earlier was wheeled into the town on a horse. Pebbles nudged everyone and pointed at it.

Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back,
And scream like a banshee!
Make you jump out of your skin!
This is Halloween, everyone scream!
Won't ya please make way for a very special guy!

The scarecrow suddenly grabbed a torch. It stuck it in its mouth, stood up and ignited on fire, dancing.

Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch!
Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now!

"Who's Jack?" Victor whispered in Pebbles' ear, but she was too caught up in the show to notice.

This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

The scarecrow somersaulted off of the horse and into a green fountain of water.

Pebbles motioned for the group to back up into the shadows. She did, too.

Two monster children peered into the pool.

In this town we call home,
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song.

A skeleton man rose up from the pool as everyone else kept singing. He had a black pinstriped suit and a bat bowtie. He was EXTREMELY tall, even taller than Willy with his hat, with spindly arms and legs that looked ready to snap at any moment.

Pebbles gasped, her jaw dropping.

It all made sense now; a piece of the puzzle had been put together.

The ruler, the dead one, the letters "J.S."…

It was all one person.

Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king.


A/N:
-tries to catch breath but fails-

There! There it is!

This is THE biggest twist in the whole story! And the longest chappie so far!

Now, instead of separate characters going through one another's stories…

Everyone's getting a taste of their own medicine and going through THIS one!

Remember in the intro (good times, good times…) when I said something about a person named Jack, whom there was no info about? And how Pebbles would stand alone for most of the story?

-points at Jack, who shrugs and eats a cookie-

I didn't want to tell you about this part, since the story would be ruined.

And no, I'm not mentioning this in the summary, since new readers HAVE to enjoy the twist as much as you are now!

Review, and have a very happy holiday!