Part I. Heartless Performers
Once we landed on Halloween Town (which I wanted to call the place and, incidentally, is really the town's name), we were suddenly face to face with a duck-shaped mummy, an anthropomorphic dog zombie, and a young vampire (but not Dracula style) with fake bat wings and a pumpkin mask on the right side of his face (they all had Gothic makeup too). As we screamed in terror, they screamed in terror too as we called out our weapons to fight (I stowed away my lamp and knife in my robe first) (The knife is a toy, so I wasn't inflicted Instant Death).
One second later, after gazing on the boy's hair, I realized this was Sora's Co. in Halloween costumes and, looking at our weapons, Sora's Co recognized us too, not by name, but by reputation (meaning they do not know our names). As we strolled around the town, keeping calm since our masks (though Sora and Co. did not wear any; Yoris had a mask too) hid our expressions, we suddenly saw Search Ghosts in front of us. However, they did not attack us at all (all Heartless usually do once they catch sight of us) but they merely danced (which is something not usually ordered to them by their leaders, were it's usually stand ground, kidnap, escort, etc. if not attack).
As we ignored them as well, holding our weapons just in case, we then heard a loud voice as if from a megaphone saying, "…And now, allow me to introduce the master of terror, the king of nightmares– Jack Skellington."
When we looked we saw a two faced cone-shaped guy in an tuxedo and was indeed using a megaphone. We then saw some Search Ghosts in two lines, facing one another, dispersing properly as we saw from a green portal on the ground, a skeleton man in a black Gothic suit.
"Bravo, Jack Bravo!", the emcee applauded, approaching him. "Those ghosts will be a big hit at this year's Halloween!"
"Thank you! Thank you!" Jack said as he waved to the emcee. "But their movement still needs work. It's not scary enough. I want to strike bone-chilling terror. I'm going to see the doctor." (I wondered why would he ask the doctor for a solution for the performance, unless he also specializes in solving his problem)
As Jack left, the emcee said, "Then I'll go attend to the decorations." As we asked him on what was going on, he summarized the problem we overheard and we realized that he was actually the mayor of this town.
We then followed where Jack went; into the house that was coughing smoke. When we entered, we saw him and a white 'robotic zombie' on a wheelchair discussing things.
"I don't understand. Maybe the guidance system was damaged in the explosion.", Jack said.
"Nonsense", the 'doctor' demanded. "My devices are always perfect."
As Jack searched in a book, he suddenly said, "Oh, I've got it! Why, of course! The Heartless need a heart. (Made no sense to me.) Doctor, do you think we can add a heart to that device?"
"Certainly. A heart's not all that complicated. (How ironic, I thought, an emotional heart ain't simple as Doctor Finklestein thinks. But then, maybe he only needs key components.) Let's get to work."
"To make a heart, first take a container with a lock…" (and the doctor did, which was beating, like a real biological heart)
Then he suddenly said, "We need the key to this thing first!" and when Sora tried to unlock it with his Keyblade, which is what sets it apart from all other swords (which are able to defeat Heartless just as effectively), it didn't work. When I whispered to Sora to try again, he did, and it worked. "My! That was amazing! Uh, and you are…", Jack said to Sora who introduced himself.
"Well done, Sora. I'd like you to be a part of this year's Halloween."
"What's this Heartless doing here?"
"Oh, the Heartless came to town just recently. What's frustrating is I can't get them to dance with me. So the doctor and I are trying to improve the guidance system. He's a genius! Okay, Doctor, let's continue."
"Good if they do not pose a threat to you, Jack.", I said.
"The ingredients for a heart: Pulse, Emotion… (a live frog)"
"Terror (a black spider).", the doctor said.
"Fear (hand scratching glass). Hope and despair (Two snakes swallowing one another). Mix them all together. And we have a heart." ("A heart ideal for the guidance system to be precise.", I muttered to myself)
Doctor Finklestein then moved over to a big switch, then he activated it, which operates the computer. However, it failed as the machine deactivated. The Doctor then suggested, "Maybe we're missing some ingredients. Let's try adding memory."
He then opened his skull, which operated like a hatch revealing a wiggling brain. (Eww…) He then called out for 'Sally' but when no one came, he said, "Good-for-nothing girl! Don't know why I bothered creating her!"
As he closed his hatch, he continued, "Sally's got the memory we need. See if you can track her down."
Jack replied, "No problem." Then, turning around, he asked Sora if he would like to come along, which he accepted. (Of course, he also counted me and my Co.)
Part II. Oogie Boogie and Ji
When we left Finklestein's Laboratory, however, the mayor was calling out on the megaphone saying, "Jack! Jack! We have a major crisis! The Heartless are completely out of control! We can't stop them!"
As Jack said, "Hmm… maybe our experiment triggered something. Everything will be fine, Mayor. You have nothing to worry about." we ignored him and busted the Heartless anyways. After using a couple of Remedies to cure ourselves of Poison (which felt like stomach cramps) from their attacks, a ghost dog named Zero by Jack as he asked him if he saw Sally. Zero then flew behind a gravestone, then a human sized rag doll appeared from behind there.
"Is something wrong Jack?", she asked.
Jack replied, "No, everything's going great. We're going to have the best Halloween ever. All we need now is your memory."
"'Memory?' You mean this?" as she revealed a forget-me-not flower.
As we (including Sally) headed back to the lab, she said, "Jack, I have a bad feeling about this. Why don't you try something else? There's still time."
"Nothing could beat what I've got planned! Once we give the Heartless a heart, they'll dance just as I envision it. (Sally shed a tear) Trust me. You're going to love it!"
Once we were back at the lab, we went to Dr. Finklestein. After we gave him the flower, he told us that 'surprise' was still missing and that the Mayor knows where it can be found.
When we came over to him, he told us to play a memory game involving ghosts and tombstones. Once we took care of that, we received a 'nice surprise' (a jack-in-the-box), which we returned to the Doctor. After he completed assembly, he said, "There you go. This time it's sure to work."
But as he moved to the device, a small round-face kid tripped him up and as the 'heart' flew out of his hands, it landed on the hands of a devil-face kid and the two ran towards a little witch who was waiting for them. Then as they all fled, the seven of us (my Co., Sora's, and Jack himself) pursued them, but we lost them at the square, however.
Just then, Zero came over and Jack ordered him to chase the trio. We then headed to the graveyard for that was where Zero went off to. There, we saw a walking bathtub and (worse?) a Wutai Associate who called himself Ji as he ordered the kids whom he named Lock (the devil), Shock (the witch), and Barrel (the chubby one) to head for 'Oogie's Manor'.
As we continued on, Jack muttered, "I knew Oogie Boogie was behind this!" as we saw the manor which was, by all means, spooky.
Eventually, we found the trio and Ji inside the house, and as Ji ran away, the kids (what the?) engaged us in battle. Since they were so short most of Sora's combos went over their heads and they were so fast I could not lock on to any one of them. Just then I had an idea and ordered everyone to jump up as I casted Immobilize on the ground, of course, immobilizing their legs. We easily took care of them afterward and searched around some more.
Soon, we saw Ji and a big bumbly man made out of sack and stuffing (this was Oogie Boogie).
"You want the heart?", Ji asked.
"Well then come over and get it!", Oogie said as he swallowed it as he laughed maniacally.
"Now, let's see if I can get their attention. Oh, Heartless!" and Heartless indeed came (2 Gargoyles to be exact).
"This is it? Nobody disrespects us! Nobody!", Ji said as we were dropped into a giant roulette with Ji and Oogie at the center. Everytime he threw dice at us, we deflected or blocked them and we busted every Heartless he deployed as we went. Soon, we found a pattern in the roulette and Sora was eventually able to ascend to Oogie and strike him (I could attack him from my position so long as I can see him) but he eventually was struck back down by Ji and we had to do it all over again. As Oogie activated 'torture devices' we all braced for them. When it came to blades, as the others jumped over them, I had to block them and lie down on the floor. As for guns, I blocked them easy and also had to run over to my companions to shield them too.
Eventually Oogie literally fell apart as the stuffing (which turned out to be insects) left his sack body. Ji fled the scene tactically. When we left the manor, the house suddenly, and quite literally came alive and prepared to attack us. While we went about the manor looking for 'dark orbs' to destroy as Jack said that was keeping it alive, we also had to fight Heartless and Ji himself as well. 5 minutes later, Ji was killed in the manor (the final blow was not done by me and I was too busy with the Heartless) and as we got out for the last time, the manor was destroyed and out to my hand flew 3 green Materia with 3 Z's (Sleep), a blue clock (Slow), and an orange clock (Haste), and also a red Materia with a hummingbird (Flit; Flit will zip around the area, stunning foes and dropping health orbs).
Just then, the Keyhole appeared on the ground, then Sora locked it by shooting a beam at the moon and it was reflected back to the Keyhole tenfold.
When we returned to Dr. Finklestein's lab, Jack apologized to Sally for not listening but Sally forgave him and said they'll plan next Halloween together. As I gave the two of them two paopus (hoping they can grow in such a desolated place), we then said goodbye to and teleported back to their Gummi ships afterward.
As we took off our costumes, we suddenly saw a pirate ship coming towards us and Sora's vessel. As Yoris went for the closet and pulled out hankies and put them on our heads in such a way it's like how pirates wear it, the pirate ship collided with our vessels and we were knocked unconscious.