Jack was awakened hours later by excited voices outside his broken window.
He bolted out of bed and peered through the pieces of glass to find three figures on the ground below.
"Jack! Jack! Jack!" They called to him.
He smiled at the sight of his three friends.
"Well! This is a surprise!"
"Come down here! Quickly! Come down here!" They cried.
Jack bounded down the large spiral staircase and pushed his front door open, smiling when he saw his friends Lock, Shock and Barrel.
"What are you doing here? It's a little early to be scaring people, you know!"
"Oh, we're not here to scare anyone, Jack!" Shock said, taking off her witch's hat.
"No! We're here to see you!" Lock said. "We have good news!"
Jack sighed.
"All right you three, what's the good news? And don't tell me that you've been searching for that no account Ooogie Boogie again! I told you that he's gone and he's ever coming back. I made sure of that!"
"We found her, Jack! We found her!" Barrel said, jumping up and down with such excitement that his skeleton mask fell to the ground.
"Get a hold of yourselves! Who did you find?"
"Sally!" they said excitedly.
Jack felt his heart warm; a strange glow in his chest that he hadn't experienced since he last visited Christmas town. He'd wanted so much to show Sally what a wonderful place it was.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Take me to her right away!"
And with that he followed his friends into the forest, accompanied by his faithful ghost dog Zero, who barked excitedly.