[Lock's POV:]

"Oh, no you don't!" Sally snapped at us as soon as we got to Town Square. "Jack wants everything to go perfect. This is the year we're going to let the high schoolers take over the Halloween Song and I won't have you two troublemaker ruining it! As you can see, Jack put me in charge."

"Don't worry. Once we change two troublemakers into three, we'll be on our way." I explained, jumping out of the tub. Barrel followed. Sally had a clipboard in her hand and a sharpened pencil resting behind her earlobe. Sally's eyes widened and she quickly turned around to run away in a fast walking motion. I could tell she knew something so I used my tail as a spring and jumped in front of her. Barrel crossed his arms as he stood in front of her only escape.

"Sally...wanna tell us something?" I asked, coming closer.

"Uh, no! Jack should be here any second now so you should leave before he teaches you a lesson." She replied.

"Tell us where she is!" I snapped.

"Then, we'll leave." Barrel added.

"Ttttn! Fine, check the highschool." She sighed, looking down at her clipboard and walking away.

"High school?" I gasped. Barrel grabbed my arm and led me to it. He goes here to teepee it every Halloween. We peeked through the window and saw Shock. She was trashtalking some boy.

"Regular old Shock." I sighed, happily. A lady came out behind here and hit Shock with a glass object. Shock fell to the ground and the lady sprinkled some dust on her. "They're torturing her!" I gasped.

"I can't see! Why do I have to be on the bottom? I'm way lighter!" Barrel groaned, holding me on his shoulders.

"We need to save her!" I exclaimed bravely.

"Save who?" A voice asked. We turned to see Jack. He grabbed the hoodies. Barrel's jacket hat skeleton bones but they weren't real. Just decoration. My was just red. Jack was tall. Super tall. He lifted us up and forced us to face him. Jack set us down. "Are messing with my star pupil?" He asked. I had no idea what pupil ment. Barrel didn't either. We just remained silent.

"Student. Are you messing with my star student?" He rephrased in a frustrated tone.

"Uh, no! We're just getting Shock! She's being tortured in there!" I explained. Jack looked through the window.

"No she's not!" He denied. I peeked through the window. We could still read their lips. The same boy pulled out an old cloth sack.

"Drake is just teaching her how to use Doom Dust." Jack explained.

"Woah, woah, woah. Rewind. Who's Drake?" I asked.

"Ah, Drake Cula. An A+ student and quite a charmer. Atleast that's what I heard from his mother. He's a gentlemen and a prince." Jack replied.

"A PRINCE?" I gasped.

"Indeed. Next in line for throne. His father happens to be the legendary Dracula." He said.

"What's he doing with Shock, then? If he's so damn important, why does he waste time with Shock?" I asked.

"He doesn't waste time. He spends time. Lock, do you believe in love at first sight? If you do, then you have your answer."

My throat felt knotted. I took a big gulp but my throat began to burn. Love? I stared through the window at Shock. I read their lips.

"Haha! Gotcha!" Drake laughed. Shock told him to turn around so he did and when he did, Shock wore a scary mask.

"Aaaaah!" He screamed. She took off the mask and burst out laughing. Drake put his arm around her and led her out the gym.

"Noooo!" I screamed.

"What's wrong?" Barrel asked. I didn't get to reply because Jack dragged me out of the alley and from the window we were staring at. It was raining outside and Jack just threw us outside.

"I don't want you messing with Shock! She's a lovely girl without you two!" Jack snapped.

"But -" Barrel tried.

"No! Stay away from her. She's the girl lead in our song." He yelled. An idea popped into mind.

"Sure, whatever. It's Shock. You know it's Shock, right? She's probably gonna ruin your Halloween. Ehh, it's up to you." I sighed, walking away. Jack thought about it. He ran into the school and I followed along with Barrel.

"Mr. Long, I'm afraid you have to cancel this Halloween for the kids." Jack panted.

"What! The kids have been practicing for three years! You can't do this, Jack." A man begged.

"I'm sorry but it has come to my attention that some people might not enjoy new things. They say we should stick to the classics." The Halloween king explained. Mr. Long dropped to his knees and sobbed. I hid behind the door.

"What's going on?" Shock asked Jack.

"Your Halloween song is canceled." He replied. Some other kids Shock's age talked all at once. At the end they all yelled,

"Halloween is ruined!"

in unision. Shock tapped her chin with her finger.

"Wait, that doesn't mean Christmas isn't." She exclaimed.

"Sorry Shock, but I tried to steal Christmas once and it didn't go so well." Jack sighed.

"I know, I know but what if we didn't take Christmas. We bring Christmas to us!" Shock said. Everyone muttered that it was a good idea.

"We can put on a play! With songs! It'll be about how you discovered Christmas. No one gets hurt and we don't ruin anything. What do ya say Jack?" She explained.

"That's a splendid idea, Shock. Looks like you get to keep something after all." He replied.

"Wait!" A girl yelled.

"What do we know about Jack and Christmas? Where are we gonna get the Christmas stuff." The girl asked.

"I can make a potion so that I could see everything that happened." Another girl answered.

"Just leave the rest to me." Shock snickered.

"This is great! We already held auditions for Halloween so we could just change their characters. Shock is our girl lead, Sally. And Drake is our boy lead, Jack." Mr. Long insisted. Jack nodded and ran back to me.

"The show must go on, Lock! I don't want you ruining this." He snapped, dragging me outside.

[Back inside:]

"Wait, we can't just have a Christmas play During Halloween." Angela insisted.

"We can have it on December 24." Mr. Long answered.

"But that's the day of The Prom. We can't cancel that." Twilight explained.

"What if you don't have to cancel it? Just do it before." Shock suggested.

"Then, it's settled. Everyone meet back here tomorrow. Starting now, we're on schedule. C'mon people. Chop, chop! Get to work on the play we'll call 'The nightmare before Christmas'." Mr. long ordered. Drake nodded and walked away, smiling. The bell rang and he ran down the school's steps. It was pouring outside. Raining cats and dogs. Shock grabbed Drake's hand. He turned back in surprise.

"Where are you going!" She demanded. "I believe you made a promise."

(AN: I do not own any of the Nightmare Before Christmas characters. Only my own OCs. Please Read and Review this Chapter or the next)