I only own my OC, Taylor, I do not own Tess, Vin, Bentley, or any of the Nightmare Before Christmas characters.

The group soon were in the graveyard. They soon walked down the path, but then some skeletons rose up, but were defeated by Taylor, Jack, and Bentley. After they defeated them, they see the Three Mr. Hydes.

The Big Hyde sees them and says, "When Oogie's monsters' approach, I have to run away! Sometimes you may be able to see me, but I'll always be back."

"Thank you for the tip, anything else?" Taylor asked.

"Not really, just follow the path to the tree, and meet another Halloween Town resident," The Big Hyde replied.

Everyone soon went to a giant tree, avoiding some gargoyles blasting stones at them, and at the base of it an anthropomorphic tree. The tree sees the group, and said, "Jack. You've came back," he then looked at the others, and said, "and you have friends."

"It's me Taylor, Shadow's sister," Taylor said.

"Oh, sorry Taylor, I didn't know it was you," the tree said.

Jack soon said, "Anyway, hello Hanging Tree. Hmmm?" Jack looked at the branches of the Hanging Tree, and asked, "What happened to your Hanging Men?"

Hanging Tree soon replied, "Ever since Oogie Boogie and his monsters came to town, my Hanging Men have been hiding all around the cemetery. I'm afraid that Hanging Men aren't very brave."

Jack soon said, "I guess we're both missing people. I've lost Sally..." He paused, then asked, "You haven't seen Sally, have you?"

The Hanging Tree replied, "No, but maybe my Hanging Men have seen her."

Jack soon thought, then said, "Hmmmm..., we'd better find them. I could really use Zero's nose at a time like this."

"Zero?" Tess asked.

"Jack's faithful companion, in fact we did pass his grave," Taylor replied.

Bentley was surprised, then said, "I hope Zero is a nice dog."

"Oh, Zero's nice Bentley," Jack said.

"Anyway, I bet you'll find Zero is in his grave," Hanging Tree said.

"Then let's go there, I'll bet he'll be excited to see me again," Taylor said.

Vin soon came out, then said, "Wow, Taylor is really excited to see Zero."

"Oh, yes, Taylor was introduced to Zero by Shadow, and they did get along fine," Jack said.

Before Jack began to go to Zero's grave, he went to the big tree, did a Soul Jump, and found another Golden Pumpkin, then went around the tree to get a golden token. Vin soon said, "Those tokens that we did collect in the long time might be Souls, collecting them can give some stuff at the Witches' Shop." Vin soon went back into Bentley's wheelchair, and the group went on.

Everyone began to move to Zero's Grave, but then they heard some singing as a bathtub began moving towards a gate that had a ghost barrier, which disappeared, and the gate opened, and in the bathtub were three children from Taylor's vision, this time they were wearing masks of what they were wearing. The bathtub soon stopped in front of the group, and the kids looked at them.

The devil boy removed his mask and said, "Lock!"

The witch girl removed her mask and said, "Shock!"

The skeleton boy removed her mask and said, "Barrel!"

"Hmmm... I might have known," Jack said.

"Welcome home, Jack," Lock said.

"How was your trip, Jack?" Shock asked.

"Are you and your friends having fun, Jack?" Barrel asked.

Jack soon asked, "You three wouldn't have anything to do with Oogie's return, would you?"

"Who?" Lock asked.

"Us?" Shock asked.

Barrel soon said, "Oh... uh... um..." Shock soon tapped him the with the back of her hand.

"It's not too late," Jack said, paused, then said, "Return this town to order - immediately!"

"I doubt they're going to do that, Jack," Taylor said.

Jack looked at Taylor in disbelief, and asked, "What Taylor?"

"Jack, I've been through six worlds, and I know from experience that henchman will never follow anyone but their boss's orders," Taylor replied.

"Taylor's right," Lock said, then asked, "Besides, why would we do that?"

Shock soon said, "The fun has just begun!"

Barrel soon said, "Besides, we're on a secret mission to stop you all! Don't tell anyone though!" Barrel then chuckled.

"Well, it seems it's not a secret mission anymore," Tess said.

Lock then hits Barrel with a plunger he was holding, knocking him out, then Lock jumped out of the tub, then Shock said, "See you all later!"

Then some iron fences went up even blocking the way to Zero's grave, then Lock said putting on his mask, "Now you'll have to play with me." He soon waved his plunger, and some skeletons began to rise up. Taylor, Jack, and Bentley soon began fighting the skeletons. Eventually, the skeletons were defeated, while Lock said waving his plunger, "Get 'em! Huh?" Lock looked around, while taking off his mask, and asked, "Where'd they all go?" He soon looked at the group, and was surprised, and said, "Sorry, I'll be good from now on!" He put his right hand behind him, and said, "I promise..." Taylor knew he had his fingers crossed, then he said, "Gotta go!" He soon jumped off the tombstone he was on and ran off.

Taylor soon said, "I don't believe a thing he said, he'll be back." She then looked ahead and asked, "Now where were we?" Thought, then said, "Oh, yes."

Everyone soon went to a tombstone the shape of a doghouse, with the name Zero on it. Jack tapped his right lap, then a ghostly dog with a red collar and a pumpkin nose barking around, Jack soon said, "There you are Zero!"

Zero soon went to Taylor, she chuckles, and said, "Yes, Zero, it's me." Zero then barked happily, and Taylor said, "I can't believe it, he remembers me."

"Yes, he certainly does, Taylor," Jack said, then looked at Zero, and said, "C'mon boy. We need your help to find some hanged men."

Zero soon looked at Tess, then felt wary of Zero, Taylor smirked, and asked, "Still thinking of that incident with Hewie in Fiona's world?"

Tess soon glared at Taylor and said, "Don't start that again, Taylor!"

"What happened?" Jack asked.

"It's a long story," Taylor replied.

Then Jack shook his head, and said, "Anyway, Zero, the hanged men." Zero barked and flew off.

Taylor soon said while pointing, "Follow Zero!"

Everyone followed Zero, past the Three Mr. Hydes, even going past the tree, then to a stone fence, went around it, walked down the trailer, and the grouped found a small skeleton. Jack soon said, "We'll take care of Oogie's lackeys. You head back to the Hanging Tree." The group soon followed Zero to get to the next hanged man, but were stopped by more skeletons, and Taylor, Jack, and Bentley took care of them, then continued to follow Zero, who went to the gate the walking bathtub walked through. They went through the gate and saw Zero on the gap near a bridge. They see another skeleton, then Jack soon said, "I'm sorry, but we haven't got time to play 'hide and go shriek.' Please get back to the Hanging Tree." Taylor and Tess covered their mouths, to cover their laughs. Then everyone followed Zero went somewhere by the bridge.

The group were soon ambushed again by some skeleton, which were easily dealt with. Taylor soon said, "Those skeletons weren't so tough." They soon see some horse head statue that was breathing fire, then Taylor soon said, "Whoa, we better time the flames, or we'll be burned." Everyone nodded, and timed them correctly, and made it through the flames, and saw that Zero was near a spot beyond some brambles.

Jack and Taylor broke the brambles with their Soul Robbers, then found the next Hanged Man hiding near a tombstone, Jack soon said to him, "This area is safe now. Hurry back to the Hanging Tree." The group soon saw another Hanged Man hanging on a tree. Taylor and Jack used the Soul Jump, while Bentley used the Hover Pack that was in his wheelchair to make it through the trench. They soon reached the Hanged Man, and said to him, "It wasn't easy finding you. It's safe to go on back to the Hanging Tree." Jack soon said, "We still need one more Hanged Man, let's follow Zero to find the last one." The group nodded in agreement. After Taylor and Jack used the Soul Jump, and Bentley used his Hover Pack, the followed Zero to the last Hanged Man.

They soon took out more skeletons that ambushed them, past the flaming horsehead statues, past the bridge, and through the gate. The soon see Zero going to the tree. Taylor put on her goggles, zoomed in, noticed something, took off her goggles, and said, "The last Hanged Man is at the top of the tree," she looked at Jack and said, "Well, Jack, we got some Soul Jumping to do." Jack nodded, and the group went to the tree.

Jack and Taylor Soul Jumped all the way to the top of the tree. Jack soon said, "Don't be afraid. It's time to go back to the Hanging Tree."

After that, Jack fell off the Tree, while Taylor used the Staff Helicopter to hover down to the ground, and they along with Bentley, with Vin inside went to the Hanging Tree.

Taylor, her friends, and Jack helped out the Hanging Tree, met with the troublemaking trio, and beaten some skeletons, but I wonder what will happen next. Also, if you asked, the Instant Soul Dance in the last chapter was an item I thought of myself. Anyway, if you're reading this, thanks for reading, and thank YouTuber WishingTikal, whose YouTube videos I am using for the game. If you want to know when the next chapter is, follow me or the story, write a review, but please no flames, add it to your favorites, and as usual, and if I get to it, the story will continue in the next chapter. SEE YA!