*I still don't own Legend of Korra or Nightmare Before Christmas*
(Quick A/N): I might not get this story finished by Halloween, so I'll try to have all of the other chapters ready in time for December. More specifically, around Christmas.
What's This
Unknown to Korra at the time, Jack had also gotten finished singing a song similar to her own and entered the Hinterlands from the graveyard in Halloween Town. But the one who had been watching him was Sally. She felt very sad for her idol/crush and wished she could do something to help him. But she was just too shy to approach him.
"Jack… I know how you feel." Sally said to herself in depression.
She walked over to a nearby patch of special Halloween herbs and plants that the doctor often uses in his experiments. After taking a moment to calm herself down, Sally started picking some Deadly Nightshade as she knew it would come in handy later.
She quickly made her way back to the lab and put the plants into a special jar that would, for lack of a better term, process the plants into a useable substance for things like potions and cooking. She closed the lid on the jar and quickly put it away just as the doctor arrived.
"Sally. You've come back." the doctor stated.
"I had to." Sally said.
"For this?" the doctor asked, though it sounded like a statement.
He held up Sally's detached arm and the hand waved at her before going limp once again. Sally knew she didn't have much of a choice but to return for her arm, so she kept her own feelings a bit more in check.
"Yes." she replied to the doctor.
"Shall we, then?"
The doctor moved his wheelchair to a ramp in his lab that was used to get to the upper level and indicated for Sally to go first. Likely so he could keep an eye on her. Reluctantly, Sally began to walk up the ramp as the doctor followed. And on the top floor, we can see that the doctor has a lot of smaller, but no less grotesque experiments all over his work area.
"That's twice this week you've slipped Deadly Nightshade into my tea and run off." said the doctor as Sally lay strapped to a lab table while he sewed her arm back on.
His stitching was crude and rather messy, but it held strong at least.
"Three times." quipped Sally.
"You're MINE, you know! I MADE YOU! With my own hands!" exclaimed the doctor, less than amused.
"You can make other creations." Sally said, drawing the doctor's attention. "I'm restless, I can't help it."
"It's a phase, my dear, it'll pass." the doctor said in a much more gentle and understanding voice.
He finished sewing her arm back on and snipped the leftover thread with his teeth as he put away the needle and the rest of the thread.
"We need to be patient. That's all."
"But I don't want to BE patient!" exclaimed Sally.
The doctor said nothing as he just pulled her sleeve back down.
Back with Jack, the skeleton and his ghostly dog, Zero, were walking along in silence. At least until Zero started barking and indicating to Jack that he wants to play. Unfortunately, Jack was feeling a bit too depressed at the moment.
"No, Zero, not now. I'm not in the mood." Jack said.
But Zero kept barking, wanting to play with his master. As he floated in front of Jack, the skeleton sighed lightly as he realized there's no talking his trusty ghost dog out of a good game of fetch this time.
"Alright." he relented.
He reached into his suit and winced as he broke off a rib bone and pulled it out. It didn't hurt him whenever he removed one of these bones, and they always grew right back afterwards.
"Here you go, boy!"
Jack tossed the treat over to some trees and Zero eagerly followed. The ghost dog growled as he sniffed around for the rib bone, knowing that it landed around these trees somewhere. As he came to a hollow tree, he made his Jack o' Lantern nose glow brighter and was pleasantly surprised to find the bone.
He picked it up in his mouth and growled happily as he flew after his master with his treat in his mouth. But neither of them knew about the adventure that was sure to follow as we speak.
The next day in Halloween Town, the zombie band was sleeping after a long night of playing music. They're some of the more nocturnal residents of the town, but they don't really need as much sleep as most others do.
But they were suddenly awoken by the sound of the mayor driving up in his Model T car. Coming to a stop in front of Jack's house, the mayor stepped out of his car and waved to the band.
"Morning, Gents!" he greeted.
The mayor made his way up the stairs to Jack's front door, humming the tune of 'This is Halloween' as he did and pulled a stone spider connected to a chain, causing a frightened scream to ring out. Apparently, that's what doorbells sound like in Halloween Town. The mayor waited patiently for Jack to answer the door for a couple of minutes before ringing the doorbell again.
"Jack, you home?" called the mayor.
His smile shrank a little as there was no response before his head spun 180 degrees to reveal that the pale patch on the back of his head was actually another face. This one seems to embody his worries and anxiety. The mayor knocked on the door before switching back to his happy persona.
"Jack, I've got the plans for next Halloween!" the mayor called as he pulled out some blueprints from under his arm. "I need to go over them with you so we can get started."
But not a second later, he dropped all the plans and switched back to his worried persona.
"Jack, PLEASE! I'm only an elected official here, I can't make decisions by myself!" whined the now worried mayor.
When no response came, he tried yelling into his megaphone.
"Jack! Answer me… AAAAAAAHHH!"
The mayor had unfortunately leaned too far back and began to roll and tumble down the stairs before crashing into the gate. He groaned as he tried to regain his bearings as the band walked up to the gate.
"He's not home." the accordion player informed.
"Where is he?" the mayor asked in pain from the impact.
"He hasn't been home all night." the saxophone player replied.
The mayor just fell to the ground and groaned in pain again. He had to gather a search party to find their leader, and fast. Maybe Korra could help?
Back with Korra in the Hinterlands, the girl had apparently fallen asleep during her walk and was now literally sleep walking. She yawned as she finally woke up, suddenly aware that she was nowhere close to being back with the Southern Water Tribe.
"Where am I?" she sleepily asked herself.
As she fully woke up, her eyes widened in amazement as she realized that she was in a place she's never seen before in all of her life.
"It's someplace new…"
Korra soon came across a clearing that was devoid of snow and ice, and marveled at what she saw.
"What is this?"
It was astounding. A ring of seven trees encircled the clearing, each bearing a different kind of door on the front of it. There was a firecracker, a shamrock, a colorful egg, a turkey, a hat that was colored red with white and blue stripes and white stars, and even a Jack o' Lantern.
'That door obviously has something to do with Halloween. So, are these… OTHER holidays?' Korra thought to herself.
She turned to look at the last tree and gasped at what she saw.
The door on this tree was like nothing she's ever seen before! It was a beautiful green pine tree covered in decorations and red and white striped candy with a golden decoration as the doorknob. And there was a star on top of this tree door. Korra was grinning something silly as she stared at this door that just seemed so foreign and yet so familiar.
She slowly began to make her way to the door and reached out her hand to grab the knob. With a gentle turn, she opened the door only to reveal…
An abyss of black nothingness?
Surely this must be some kind of a trick. Korra looked deeper into the door as she tried to find what was hidden in here, only to see nothing but dark. Lots and lots of dark. She got out from the door and sighed as she turned around. That was disappointing.
Suddenly, she felt a cold wind blow as she felt something sucking her into the tree where the door was still open. Could this be the door's doing? Or is it something else?
"WHOA!" yelped Korra as she fell backwards into the tree.
The door closed behind her, thus sealing her fate to being a brand new chapter of her life as the Raven Queen of Halloween.
Falling, and yet at the same time not falling. That's all that Korra can describe as she saw a flash of white light fill her vision, and a light-hearted happy tune began to resonate through the air. At first, she thought that her past self, Avatar Aang, had called her to the Spirit World to lecture her about her duties as the Avatar, but that thought vanished when she felt something cold and familiar on her rear. After a moment of dizziness, she shook her head and looked up before a face-splitting grin appeared on her own face.
Down below was a beautiful village the likes of which Korra had never seen in all of her life! Not even the places she visited on her travels were as beautiful as this! She saw a train that was full of colorful packages drive by on a set of railroad tracks, and even children out playing in the snow.
Unfortunately, Korra leaned too far forward on this hilltop and tumbled forward. As she landed in a mound of snow, the music began to pick up, and our young heroine began to sing a tune that was happier than she's ever felt before in her life.
Korra
What's this
What's this
There's color everywhere
She snatched a snowflake from out of the air and observed it, but accidentally broke it on the tip of a snowman's carrot nose. But this didn't bother her as she kept singing and dancing.
Korra
What's this
They're snowflakes in the air
What's this
I can't believe my eyes
I must be dreaming
Wake up, girl, this just ain't fair
What's this
Korra saw and heard singing people coming towards her and casually took the hat and umbrella from the snowman before physically hiding from them inside of it. Her head and arms were sticking out as the singing creatures moved right past her as she continued her song.
Korra
What's this
What's this
There's something very wrong
What's this
There's children singing songs
What's this
As she sang, another set of small creatures began to ride past Korra on a wind-up polar bear. Korra began to hop after the children as she continued her song.
Korra
The streets are lined with little creatures laughing
Everybody seems so happy
Have I possibly gone kooky
What is this
The wind-up toy ride slowed down to a stop, but Korra hopped up out of the snowman and out of sight just as they turned around.
Korra
What's this
From her perch on a street light, Korra witnessed a few elf children having a snowball fight within a snow fort. And upon seeing all of those colorful lights hung up around this town, she began to feel her once growing depression and emptiness beginning to fade away as quickly as it had been setting in. Replaced by a warmth she's never felt before.
Korra
These kids are throwing snowballs instead of throwing heads
They're busy building toys
And absolutely no one's dead
There's frost on every window
Oh, I can't believe my eyes
And in my heart I feel the warmth that's coming from inside
She suddenly looked inside a house to see an elf couple standing under a mistletoe wreath, the girl elf giving her boyfriend a kiss on the cheek before looking over to see a grandma elf reading a story to her grandchildren while chestnuts were cooking on a fire.
Korra
Oh look
What's this
They're hanging mistletoe
They kiss
Why that looks so unique
Inspired
They're gathering around to hear a story
Roasting chestnuts by a fire
What's this
She smiled at the sight as she remembered how before it was revealed that she was the Avatar, her own mother would read her stories before bed. She missed those days where she didn't even need to worry about the balance of the world. But then her eye caught something else. A pair of elves hanging electric lights on a tree. Something she never thought she'd see.
Korra
What's this
In here
They have a little tree
How weird
And who would ever think
And why
They're covering it with tiny little things
They have electric lights on strings
And there's a smile on everyone
So now correct me if I'm wrong
She started climbing up to the roof of the house before sliding down to sit on the ledge where the window to a room was. She set the umbrella in the snow as she continued her song.
Korra
This looks like fun
This looks like fun
Oh could it be
I got my wish
What's this
Korra peered down into the window, and noticed that a bunch of elf children were sleeping soundly as good dreams seemed to visit them all this night. She quietly opened the window, and climbed in as she continued her song at a lower volume.
Korra
Oh my
What now
These kids are all asleep
She peered under the bed, but saw no traces of monsters hiding underneath it so they could scare the kids. This was very unusual for her.
Korra
But look
There's nothing underneath
No ghouls
She began to quietly creep closer to a separate bed of elf children, and leaned in close to the one that appeared to be the youngest.
Korra
No witches here to scream and scare them
Nor ensnare them
Only little comfy things in there within their dreamlands
Korra sighed as she felt relaxed in this warm and quiet environment that was so unlike her own homeland or Republic City. She leaned her head against the elf child before loudly continuing her song once again.
Korra
...WHAT'S THIS
She bolted out the window and out of the room just as the elf child was startled from his rest. Climbing up to the next floor, taking the umbrella with her, Korra saw that several elves were hidden behind those curtains one would see in an old time Disney movie, like Peter Pan. Each elf was doing something like hanging wreaths, hammering nails into wood, fixing toys, and even playing music.
Korra
The monsters are all missing
And the nightmares can't be found
And in their place there seems to be good feeling all around
Instead of screams I swear I just hear music in the air
Hooking her umbrella on a string of colorful lights, Korra slid across to a window sill where several pastries and baked goods were sitting to cool off after coming out of the oven. The smell coming from them was enough to make her mouth water.
What can she say? She's a sucker for sweets.
Korra
The smell of cakes and pies are absolutely everywhere
As she let go of the umbrella and fell on top of a carousel, Korra failed to notice a certain skeleton dancing alongside her. And he actually failed to notice her as they were both singing the same song. Both had the biggest of grins on their faces as they danced around the town with their sprits lifted to greater heights.
Korra and Jack
The sights
The sounds
They're everywhere and all around
I've never felt so good before
This empty place inside of me is filling up
I simply cannot get enough
I want it
Oh, I want it
Oh, I want it for my own
I've got to know
I've got to know
What is this place that I have found
WHAT IS THIS
Now, it was either out of sheer ignorance or bliss, but at the end of their song, Jack and Korra ran smack dab into a poll on opposite sides before falling right back into the snow. Korra was the first to recover and read the sign at the top which told her exactly where they are now.
"Christmas Town…? Hmmm…"
A loud whistle caught her attention as she looked to see a door open and shine a light that cast a shadow of a man 'Ho ho hoing' in the biggest house of the village. That was when she and Jack finally notice each other.
"Oh, hi Jack!" Korra greeted, happy to see her friend.
"Hello to you again, Korra. What a lovely coincidence running into you here." Jack greeted back. "Tell me, do you know what this is?"
Korra looked back up to the sign on the poll and began to grin as an idea came to her.
"Not a clue. But whatever it is, we're bringing it to Halloween Town!"
*To Be Continued…*
Sorry this chapter's not as long as I wanted it to be. I wanted to make it two parts of the movie in one, but I didn't have a lot of opportunities to write. But I still thank you all so much for reading. May the Force be with you, and have a great day.