I only own my OC, Taylor, I do not own Tess, Vin, Bentley, Penelope, Qwark, Kit, Carmelita, Octavio, or any of the Nightmare Before Christmas characters.
A/N: I know it would say Jack-o-Lantern Symbol, but I didn't want the chapter name to be split.
Taylor selected the Pumpkin Symbol.
The Dark Diamond soon glows, and the Shadow once again appears, and Taylor knew there will soon be another vision, and got ready by holding out her arms, and closing her eyes. The shadow charged and grabbed her, so she can see the next vision.
Taylor first sees nothing, but then she sees herself floating down in a slow spinning manor to a forest with fog covering the bottom, but as she floats, the fog clears, revealing the base of seven familiar trees with carvings on the trunks, and other decorations near the bases, then heard a voice saying:
'Twas a long time ago,
longer now than it seems,
in a place that perhaps you've seen in your dreams.
Taylor sees that the seven carvings look like you see during certain holidays, while the voice soon said:
For the story that you are about to be told...
took place in the holiday worlds of old.
Taylor soon was seeing a tree with a carving that looks like a Jack-o-Lantern with sharp teeth, smiling, as the voice continued:
Now, you've probably wondered where holidays come from.
If you haven't, I'd say it's time you begun.
The Jack-o-Lantern carving soon swung open, like a door, and Taylor was soon going into darkness through a hole of the hollow tree. She soon sees a scarecrow with a sign on top, which said:
"Halloween Town"
The scarecrow was soon turned away from Taylor by the wind, then heard a familiar song playing, for she thinks it's the day the town is called, as a gate rises up, and saw the streets that are not full, but was being floating around even seeing a fountain flowing with green water, but then a familiar voice she knows said this, "And now the award for the Most Spines Tingled by a non-corporeal being..." Taylor was soon being sent to what looks like the town, hall, and hears some applause, thinking everyone is inside. Taylor soon sees a tall skeleton standing in the center of the stage in a spotlight with a black pinstriped suit, a bat bowtie, and near him a short smiling man with a suit, a tall hat, and a ribbon that said 'Mayor' was standing on a podium. This Mayor soon said to the skeleton, who looks at him, "Another magnificent Halloween, Jack!"
The skeleton, Jack, bows, then said, "This year's Halloween was the most horrible yet! Thank you, everyone!" The crowd applauses as he bows and moves back as the curtains closed. He turns from the curtain, puts a hand to his chin, and said, "Something's missing... and it's not my dear friend, Shadow, who said he might not make here during Halloween sometimes. But anyway, there's got to be a way to make Halloween more hideous, more terrifying, more frightening..." While he was talking, he was moving his arms, but then his said lowering his arms, "Ahh... This can't go on..." He puts his hand to his temple, and said while moving away from the curtains, "You've got to do better, Jack."
Soon, Taylor knows a strange place that is familiar to her. She soon hears a familiar voice asking, "A new Halloween?"
"A fresh, new and improved Halloween, Doctor," Jack replied, who was in the lab with the Doctor, as he moves towards him while the Doctor was moving his electric wheelchair, as Jack said, "After last year, we can't just do the same old thing. We should all be inspired to do something different." Taylor soon sees the Doctor open up his head, seeing his brain while he scratches it, while Jack continues, "We need new scares, new ideas, new discoveries."
The Doctor closed his top, and said, "New discoveries, eh. I think I have just the kind of thing you're talking about." He soon moves his chair, but down, and took out not one, but two jars of slime that were moving feverishly, but one was green, and the other is white like a diamond, and said, "I call them both the same thing, which is the Soul Robber. Take one, Jack," Jack moved his right hand to the green one but hesitated when the slime moved as the Doctor said, "I'm sure it will come in handy."
Jack was about to open it, but then looked at the white one and asked, "What about the other one?"
"Well, I think that there might be a chance Shadow might come, so I decided create another one as well, maybe for his dear staff," the Doctor replied.
Jack nodded, then opened the jar, and stuck his right hand into it. He then said, "Oh..." as the green Soul Robber got onto his right wrist. He then said, "hmmm..." he waved the Soul Robber a bit, then the slime went across the room, grabbing a Jack-o-Lantern, then retracted back while Jack grabs the Jack-o-Lantern, and said, "amazing." He puts the Jack-o-Lantern onto the counter, the Doctor turned, and began to wheel away, while Jack said, "Exactly, Doctor, exactly. That settles it." The Doctor turned, and looked at Jack as he said, "After I drop off the white Soul Robber at my house, I'll head out in search of more new discoveries for next year's Halloween! Uh, Doctor, please watch after things while I'm away."
"Oh, now I'm certainly looking forward to next Halloween," the Doctor said, while moving away.
Soon Taylor sees some three familiar troublemakers that she remembers kidnapping someone, which were three kids that were all ghostly white, but one was a boy with red hair in a devil costume, a girl with grey hair in a witch costume, and another boy with a forest green in a skeleton costume, coming out of the Doctors house.
The devil boy soon said, "Jack's leaving Town!"
"Now we can bring back Oogie!" the witch girl said.
"Yeah, how hard could it be?" the skeleton boy asked.
The trio soon snickered and went off.
Soon in what Taylor feels like a few days, Taylor was near a window she knew belongs to a really dear friend of hers, who was a ragdoll with red hair in a stitched up dressed, but she had a ball and chain on her, keeping her from leaving her room, she soon turns around to the window, causing the chains to rattle, holding a paper airplane, and said, "I hope this finds you, Jack wherever you are." She moves to the window, causing the chains to rattle more, then tosses the paper plane to flight out somewhere around the town, then the vision went black with a familiar cackle of someone she really feared long ago. She then heard her friend cry out, "Hurry, Jack!
Taylor soon was at what looks like giant casino roulette wheel, and she sees the anthropomorphic bag, Oogie Boogie, and near him was anthropomorphic lion, Don Octavio. Oogie soon said with a chuckle, "Oh, Octavio, my plan of payback is nearing completion."
"Oh yes, this a going to be a great a plan, as long as there is nothing that might cause the plan to a fall," Don Octavio said.
"Well, there is one problem," Oogie said, Octavio looked at him, as Oogie continued, "There is a girl that has defeated my fellow members, especially ones like the Beldam, the Dark Gentleman and the Moon King, which should've stopped her, but I know she will never stop me, for she is scared when I almost took care of her, along with that ragdoll, and sandman, if it wasn't for her brother and Jack."
Octavio soon said, "Well, that means you are the a last a one before the a big boss, himself, huh?"
"Oh yes," Oogie replied, then said, "But when she comes, she has some conditions that the leader has placed when she enters this world," Octavio looked in interest, as Oogie said, "One, there will be power that will prevent her from using her abilities she got from the past worlds, and can only use the new ability she will learn," Octavio nodded, then Oogie said, "And two, she needs to make sure I come at the end of her adventure in this world, alive, if she wants to get the final document."
"Well, that's a bit of a challenge, I hope she's a up for it," Octavio said.
Taylor soon sees the shadow again and grabbed her to take her back.
Taylor opened her eyes and told everyone her vision.
Bentley soon said, "So you can't use your abilities from the past, but at least you find a new ability, you can use it."
"Well, I think I might try and be brave, for I am going to join you guys," Vin said.
Bentley soon asked, "How are you going to do that?"
Vin replied, "Oh, that's simple, I can hitch a ride inside your wheelchair, Bentley."
Vin then input himself inside Bentley's wheelchair, then Bentley showed Taylor what looks like some gear.
Taylor soon said, "Well, this is going to be another great adventure." Taylor will soon be going to face her fears and take on the seventh member.
So now Taylor is going to be in the seventh world, which will be the final branched story, and those of you who are asking, yes, there will be a prequel like I mentioned in the Alice fanfic, in fact it might be a prequel trilogy featuring her brother Shadow, but now Taylor will be facing Oogie in Taylor Fearbrave in The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge. Please write a review, but please no flames.
