Sorry I have not been working on this story for a while. I just couldn't find a way on making this chapter work until I got a good chance to sit down and stare at an empty word document for good hour before I could even write the first sentence for the chapter. I knew what I wanted to be done it, it was just finding the right words for it.

Chapter 6

Jack Skellington walked down the streets of Halloween Town. Purple and black decortications had been hung up on all the walls and houses of the Town. Pumpkins with scary faces on them sat on the doorsteps of the residents houses. The creepy eyes seemed to follow the skeleton as he done his usual morning walk just before Halloween happened. The residents of Halloween Town went about their daily business before the show at the end of the week started. True, they started to celebrate Halloween a week earlier to get in the mood for their time of the year. The time of the year where everyone tried to be as scary as them, but no one could be as terrifying as Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King.

Coming into the main part of Halloween Town he found many of the residents working with their daily jobs before they even thought about celebrating Halloween. At their shop that was one of the biggest shops in the town the Witch Sisters were brewing another set of potions for health for the residents along with the potions that were needed for the show at Halloween Night. The Witch Sisters started to crackle at a joke that the Zombie Kid had told them. The Witch Sisters went back to brewing their potions as the Zombie Kid ran back to the school. The school where all Halloween Town residents learned basic maths and language skills that they needed. The school also taught the young residents their peoples history before they had moved to the safety of Halloween Town. The school also taught the children the history of Halloween Town. They were taught that once Oggie Boogie had been a close friend to Jack Skellington before something bad had happened between the two. The Bag of Bugs and the King of Halloween had once been as close as brothers before they began to drift apart. They were taught that there was going to be a time when Oggie Boogie was going to return after being exiled for years and try to take the throne of Halloween.

Jack did not doubt that the time would come when he would meet Oggie Boogie again, and that time he would not have the aid of the White Werewolf. He knew that if he wanted to keep Halloween Town a safety for all creatures of the night he would need to stand up and fight Oggie Boogie. He was not going to allow his people to face the harshness of the human world in the form of Hunters. He had meet Hunters a few times and those humans had learned how to hunt everything that had made Halloween Town their home. He also did not want to have families to get involved in the Night Wars. He had heard how brutal those fights had been during the humans two World Wars. He could not allow that to happen his friends.

"Jack! Jack!" the Mayor of Halloween town shouted. He ran as fast as he possible could on his short legs. "Jack! Wait up! I can only move so quickly with my short legs!" the Mayor shouted as he finally caught up with Jack. The Mayor doubled over as he caught back his breathe.

"Mayor how can I help you this fine morning?" Jack asked with a smile as the Mayor of Halloween Town finally caught his breathe. "Is there something wrong with the planning for tonight?" he asked. His smile failing from his face. His empty eyesockets focused on the small two faced Mayor of Halloween Town.

The Mayor took a step back. His face shifting from his happy face to his sad face as he moved away from the Leader of Halloween. "Why would you say something like that? To cause my heart to give out? No I have a message for you!" the Mayor said. His face remained on the sad face as he stared up at Jack Skellington.

Jack looked around him to see the Witch Sisters and the Clown without a Face were watching them. "Shall we talk about this in my house?" he suggested to the Mayor of the town. Getting a nod from the two faced Mayor he walked away from the prying eyes of the Witch Sisters and the Clown without a Face. The Mayor followed after him as he walked back towards his house. The twisted house that he had called home since he took the Leadership of Halloween Town after his fight against Oggie Boogie. His home was no longer just his home now, a month after the Christmas Fiasco Sally had moved out of her fathers home and moved into his home. That was when they got engaged. Soon they were to be married. That was going to happen after this years Halloween and closer to Christmas time to give the people of the town something different.

The gate of his house came up. The black painted iron had been coated in a new layer of paint for Halloween. The iron frame of a cat looked down at Jack and the Mayor as the skeleton opened the gate. With a loud squeak the gate to the Halloween Kings home opened. Walking into the garden Jack passed the Deadly Nightshade that Sally was growing in her garden along with the other plants and herbs she used to make their dinner and help the Witch Sisters in their brews. Walking up the steps to his house he opened the wooden door with the Mayor close behind him. Walking into his house that was lit by candle light and a open flame where Zero slept in front of. The ghost dog did not look up as Jack and the Mayor walked into his office. The office that had been cleared out with the help of Sally to give him more room to work on his planning for Halloween rather than him using his bedroom.

The office was covered in posters of Halloween movies from the home world along with the Underworld. There was books and pieces of maps that covered the route that Jack normally took in the human world when he was scaring the human population as a part of Halloween. A desk that had legs shaped like demons sat in the middle of the office. Taking his armchair he sat down at the desk while the Mayor took the guest chair across from him.

"Now Mayor what is going on that you need to tell me?" Jack asked as he stared intently at the Mayor. He was getting worried. The Mayor was still locked on his sad face. Normally when he got an audience with him his face returned to his normal happy face.

"It's so horrible, Jack! I thought this year we would have a great Halloween but I was wrong! I was so wrong Jack. We are in trouble! Big trouble that has been stirred by Chaos and Death!" the Mayor ranted jumping out of his seat and getting in Jack's face.

Jack pulled back so that the Mayor was not really in his face. "What is it Mayor?" Jack asked. He kept a smile on his skull as he watched the Mayor of Halloween Town try and fail to calm right down. The Mayor started to breathe harder and harder to try and calm his rapidly beating heart but that failed him and soon Jack was starting to worry about the Mayor with the two faces. "Mayor just say it already!" Jack roared allowing more of his Undead evil side to come through.

The Mayor stopped breathing for a good second as he stared at the skeleton who wore a black suit with a bat as a bowtie. Sitting back on his chair he took a deep calm breathe. "Oggie Boogie has returned Jack! And what's worst is that he has gone to the Human World! Jack he is dragging out world into a war! The Night Wars for all that is sacred! Jack we need to stop him before the White Werewolf gets his claws into that bag of bugs and leads a team of Hunters here!" the Mayor screamed at Jack.

Jack stared at the Mayor for a good few seconds. His mind churning as he thought of what he should do. "Have you heard anything else about what Oggie is planning?" he asked slowly rising up from his armchair. He was already dreading what Oggie could be planning. He had already tried to take Halloween so many times before in the past and he was sure that this was like one of those times. This time however, he was not keeping it in Halloween Town or the Hinterlands that connected Halloween Town with the other Seasonal Towns. He knew that if Oggie started causing problems in the Human World he was sure that he was going to have another run in with the heroes of the Human World. That was something that he did not want to happen so close to Halloween.

"Mayor! I want you too keep everything running smoothly until Halloween! If you need anything go to Sally until I return!" Jack spoke calmly. He did not notice the sheer panicked look that came across the Mayer's sad face. "I need to get Oggie back before he causes the Night Wars to start up again!" he said.

"But Jack!" the Mayor whined as he jumped off of his seat to run after Jack as the skeleton headed for leaving his home. "You can't go! We need you! I'm only an elected official! I can't make any big changes to Halloween!"

Jack stopped in his tracks and looked down at the small stumpy Mayor. "I will only be gone for a couple of days to prevent Oggie for causing problems in the Human World! I will be back before Halloween!" Jack said before he ran out of his house.

The Mayor could only stare as Jack left Halloween Town. What was he going to tell the residents. That was when he thought of an excuse. Jack was preparing for something big and different for this years show. That would keep the residents happy until Jack returned from the Human World.

"Jack please hurry!"