Mexicanimator: Not really.
Austin: I never had nightmares about that. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you too.
StrongGuy159: Thanks.
ZLT180: I'm aware.
Dragon Bone Z: I may do Drakon
Jacob9594: In the cruellest way possible.
Obsidian Prime: Yep, she digs it.
Argus456: Me too, love his songs. Sorry, normal ending will be as is.
Akakiru: Well here it is
MrMivx: And Happy Holidays to you too.
Zathol: That is a very deep analysis. And very well thought out.
MrNobody2020: They'll react to it alright. You're free too.
X3runner: Life works that way. Well, that'll be up for the imagination.
Guest: Sorry, but I will not be doing it. Sorry to disappoint you.
Razmire: Thanks for telling me. I didn't notice either but I will try to rectify any further errors.
DreamWeaverGod: Fairy Tail is an option but not for a while.
Zero: Thanks.
Inside Oogie Boogie's lair the boogie man was preparing to finish off both Sandy Claws and Penny in style. He had them strapped to a table which would tilt when the lever next to it was pulled. Before them in the centre of the room where the pit of Snake and Spider stew simmer with a spider shape claw was stirring. As he cackled at his evil plan to drop the pair into the stew Penny was making threats. "Just wait till Jaune hears about this! By the time he's through with you you'll be lucky to be…"
"Alive?" Yang asked.
"Still conscious?" Ruby added.
"Barley even a rag?" Blake said.
But she stopped as did Oogie Boogie when they heard the Mayor calling out as he drove within range of the lair. "The King of Halloween has been blown to smithereens! Skeleton Jaune is a pile of dust!"
"Not true. But Oogie doesn't need to know that" Tai said.
"That just makes it better" Qrow grinned.
Penny gasped in fear hearing this. Santa paused hearing this as well. While he was upset with the Skeleton he did not wish him dead. Oogie Boogie was over joys and laughed cockily at this news. The boogie man could not help but gloat, "What's that you were saying about luck rag doll?" he shook a pair of dice in the air as he wished to gamble with their lives.
"He won't stay arrogant for long" Weiss said.
In the graveyard not far from Halloween town and Oogie Boogie's lair Jaune came out of a door in one of the large graves. "C'mon Zwei, Christmas is not over yet." The pair race pass the gate as Jaune heads off to find the trio he put in charge of Sandy Claws.
Jaune raced through the woods and over the hill till the large tree house came into view. He slid to a stop in time to avoid falling over the broken bridge where a rope lead down below the house. It was then did he hear Penny cry repeatedly, "Help! Help! Help!"
"Hurry Jaune!" Ruby cried out to her friend.
"Ruby, please." Glynda sighed.
Jaune narrowed his eyes before he motion for Zwei to be quite and he slid down the rope. Dow below Oogie cried out, "Seven! Looks like it's Oogie's turn to Boogie now."
In his lair Oogie Boogie pulled the lever causing the table to tilt, "One, two, three, four," with each count he cranked the lever before he did the last three numbers fast in his glee, "Five-Six-Seven!" before he laughed at their cries.
"Sadistic bag of..." Velvet grumbled, trying to think of a right word to use.
"Easy, Vel." Coco said. "Don't let your rage come out just yet."
"Indeed." Penny said. "I am certain that Mr Arc will save us"
Jaune peeked into the lair when he reached the bottom of the rope and say the view as Oogie moved around Sandy and Penny taunting them, "Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Oh, I'm feeling weak…with Hunger!"
He held up the dice, "One more roll of the dice oughta do it." And with that he tossed the dice. They landed in the eye of a skeleton on a table before they dropped onto the table by the bottom of its rubs. Oogie looked at them and growled, "What!? Snake-eyes!" he pounded the table causing the dice to bounce and land on a new number. "Eleven!"
"Hey! You can't cheat!" Nora cried out, waving her finger at Oogie.
"Nora, he's a villain" Ren pointed out.
"I know!" Nora said. "But I expect some level of respect for the rules"
"I don't think he cares" Blake said.
"It does seem something like Torchwick would do" Ruby muttered.
He laughed and turned to them and reached for the lever, "Looks like I win the Jackpot. Bye-bye, doll face...and sand man."
He waved at them before he pulled the lever three more times as the screamed. Oogie laughed but stopped. The screams stopped but there was no splash nor did they seems to fall into the stew. "What the?" he mumbled before he reached up and pulled the table down to see. When he did he was shocked to see Jaune laying down, glaring at him with one hand on his head waiting.
Oogie gasped seeing Jaune. "Hello Oogie," Jaune stated and you can tell the displeasure from the sound of his tone.
"Oooh! Someone isn't happy with you, Oogie" Yang said in a teasing tone.
"You're in trouble~" Ruby said in a sing song voice.
"How did he manage to get Penny and Santa off their and somehow manage to be there instead" Weiss wondered out loud.
"We'll figure it out later, Weiss" Blake said as they continued to watch.
Oogie Boogie was shaking seeing Jaune and the face he looked very angry with him, "J-J-Jaune!" he stated as he stepped back with Jaune stepping down after him.
"They said you were dead. You must be…Double Dead!"
"Look out, Jaune!" Saphron tried to warn, forgetting that this was a viewing.
And with that Oogie Boogie stomped on a sticking out button shape like a spider. The ring they were standing in came alive. Red light came to life as the wheel suddenly move. Jaune was force to recover his balance from the jolt before he move to avoid getting cut as metal sheets shaped like card, kings to be exact, out of the outer edge of the ring and sword came out. He move to avoid more swords as Oogie Boogie laughed when he moved to safety. The spider from before rose from the stew and spun it blades outward forcing Jaune to bent down like a spider as he glared at Oogie Boogie.
"Well Come on! Bone man!" Oogie Boogie taunted him seeing Jaune trapped as the sword on the cards started to spin.
"Kick his raggedy ass, Arc!" Coco cheered on for her fellow leader.
"Take that big, fat meanie down!" Nora encouraged her fearless leader.
Zwei bark from his spot while Penny and Santa peeked out from their hiding spot. Jaune was able to get up between two cards but also out of reach of the spinning spider blade. Jaune timed it right before he jumped through the gap in the card's spinning blades. His body moving and shaping in slim impossible ways as he did his feet again with ease getting closer and closer to Oogie Boogie.
"Slick moves, Jaune" Yang complimented.
"It's like they're not even there" Sun said.
"I guess there are benefits when being a skeleton" Ozpin said.
"Yeah." Qrow said. "Being flexible as all hell"
The Boogie man noticed this before he reached up and pulled a chain cord. The cards stopped their blades, flatten themselves and lowered back into place. Jaune walked in time with the wheel as he gained ground towards Oogie Boogie. What he did not see was the trio was shooting slot machines moving out and Jaune was in their line of sight. When they were close enough and the arms with the guns lowered Oogie Boogie commanded, "Fire!"
"Oh no!" Velvet said.
"They're gonna shoot him!" Saphron said.
"Not if Jaune has anything to say about it!" Nora said.
That was Jaune's only warning before he jumped up into the air as the guns fired. With quick timing Jaune landed with his feet on two of the guns out of the range of fire. He was force to move his feet to avoid getting hurt from the still firing guns below his feet. He moved his feet from gun to gun before he gained a rhyme going as kept his glaring eyes on Oogie Boogie. Oogie Boogie was waiting for Jaune to be finished before he noticed his trap had failed. What was worst because he was waiting the wheel was moving him closer to Jaune.
"Get him, Jaune!" Ruby cheered on.
"Rip that bagman a new one!" Qrow added.
"Qrow, can you not...?" Glynda sked.
"Hey...just trying to add in the excitement" Qrow shrugged.
Oogie Boogie turned and started to run away from Jaune when the fast spinning wheel was getting to be too much and he was getting closer to the Pumpkin King. With great effort Oogie Boogie dove forward and his hand slammed a switch that was a skeleton's eye, setting off his latest trap. What he did not see was a tread from his bag like body was loose and caught the mouth of the skeleton.
"Hmm...Interesting." Blake said.
"What is it, Blake?" Weiss asked.
"I think Jaune may find a way to beat Oogie" Blake said.
"How's that?" Sun asked.
"I think Jaune will show how" Blake said, making her friends deflate a little and continue watching.
High above them the saw blade like wheel with a skeleton captured spun rapidly before it swung down with Jaune in its path. Santa and Penny saw this before Jaune did, "Jaune, Look out!" Penny cried.
Jaune turned to see the saw blade before he jumped out of the way. The saw kept going and the arms of the slot machine were cut off. Jaune landed not far from Oogie Boogie who cried in terror at this. But Oogie Boogie had a finally ace up his sleeve when he slammed his foot on another switch and the metal board he was standing one sprang up and sent him flying. "So long Jaune!" Oogie Boogie laughed as he landed safety on the spider blade which was rising higher out of reach.
"He's escaping" Yang growled in anger at Oogie getting away.
"He can't just escape!" Weiss cried out.
"I don't think Jaune is going to let him" Blake said.
"How can you tell?" Pyrrha asked.
"Just keep watching, Pyrrha" Ren advised, seeing what Blake saw as well.
Jaune noticed that a piece of thread was attached to the spring board and lead all the way up to Oogie Boogie. He grabbed it as he cried, "How dare you threat my friends so shamefully?!" before he pulled.
Oogie Boogie noticed the arm started to come undone and split while bugs started to fall out. Oogie Boogie was sputtering in terror before Jaune pulled the thread into the spinning blades under Oogie Boogie. In an instance more thread was pulled before the rest of Oogie Boogie came apart with a mighty RIP!
Oogie Boogie was now without his bag showing his true form underneath. His body shape and form was made with countless bugs. Million and millions of bugs of all shapes, sizes colour and species. With nothing to hold them the bugs started to fall while Oogie Boogie cried out. "Now look what you've done!"
"Oh my god!" Weiss exclaimed in disgust over Oogie's true form, nearly gagging in the processing.
"Gross!" Ruby said. "All this time, he was just a bag of bugs!?" Ruby said.
"Apparently so." Ren said calmly but was also shocked by the bug body.
His 'mouth' even moved like before as he started to squirm and fall apart all the while Oogie Boogie cried "My bugs, My bugs, my bugs…" his form became less and less prone as more bugs fell, many into the stew he tried to kill Penny and Santa with. He kept crying while his voice became more high pitch and distorted. "My bugs, my bugs, my bugs…"
"So, all of those bugs...are just surrounding him?" Ironwood asked, both amazed and disgusted by the use of bugs.
"Apparently so." Ozpin said.
"Like a suit of armor" Glynda said. "That sack must have prevented them from escaping."
Penny watched open mouth at this while Jaune stared solemnly and even Zwei came forward as all of Oogie Boogie was small crawling and dying bugs. One single bug was crawling away fast with the smallest high pitch voice cried out, "My bugs, my bugs…my" before he was squished underneath Santa's boot.
"Ooh!" Sun cringed. "Well, he's not coming back from that. "Sun said.
"No he is not" Ghira said in agreement.
"Looks like that's the end of the Oogie Boogie man" Kali said.
"Good thing to" Ilia said.
As he grinded the bug Jaune came forward to Santa, "Forgive me Mr. Claws." He said as he pull out Santa's hat from his coat. "I'm afraid I've made a terrible mess of your holiday."
"Bumpy sleigh ride Jaune?" Santa asked as he took his hat back.
"The next time you get the urge to take over someone else's holiday, I'd listen to her!" he pointed to Penny who was half hiding around a pillar. "She's the only one who makes any sense around this insane asylum."
"That's a little harsh dude." Sun said.
"I'd be pissed if I were kidnapped as well" Qrow said. "I think I was a few times"
"How did this happen?" Tai asked.
"Must've been drunk" Qrow shrugged.
Santa dusted off his hat and places it on his head as he mumbled to himself. Jaune then said as Santa made to leave, "I hope there's still time…"
"To fix Christmas?" Santa finished. "Of course there is! I'm Santa Claus!"
And with that Santa touch the side of his nose and with his magic flew up the same vent he came down in but this time with ease. Jaune stood there staring at Santa, wondering how he did that.
"How did he do that?" Pyrrha wondered.
"Magic" Nora simply stated.
"Nora, there has to be more to it than that" Ren said.
"No, there doesn't" Nora responded. "Just magic."
"But-" Ren tried to say but was stopped by Pyrrha.
"Just...leave it, Ren" Pyrrha simply smiled at her teammate who just sighed and went along with it.
Penny came out and walked over to Jaune. "He'll fix things Jaune. He knows what to do."
Jaune turned to her, "How did you get down here Penny?"
Penny was embarrassed, "Oh-I was trying to…Well I wanted to-to…"
"To help me?" Jaune finished stunned and slightly touched.
"I couldn't just let you just," she started turning away slightly.
Jaune placed a hand on hers. "Penny, I can't believe I never realized that you…"
He was stopped when a light broke through the darkness and the Mayor cried out, "Jaune! Jaune!"
"Ah, you ruined the moment!" Kali said, annoyed.
"Kali, please." Ghira said.
Pyrrha, Velvet and Yang sighed in relief while Penny looked at Kali with a confused look. curious on what she meant.
The pair turned, shielding their eyes to see the Mayor with Mercury, Cinder and Roman peeking out of a door high up while Cinder shined a light on the pair. "There he is!" Mercury tried.
"Those guys!?" Sun exclaimed.
"It looks like they did the right thing in the end" Ruby said.
"More likely to avoid any punishment" Glynda said, doubting their change of heart.
"Alive!" Roman added while Cinder finished, "Just like we said."
"Grab ahold my boy!" the Mayor cried as a rope was thrown down.
Jaune took the rope in one hand and Penny's in another before the pair was pulled up.
"Oh yeah!" Ruby said with happiness.
Over the radio air the reporter was finally speaking some good news to the people up this night. "Good news folks. Santa Claus, the one and only, has finally been spotted. Old Saint Nick appears to be traveling at supersonic speed. He's setting things right, bring joy and cheer wherever he goes. Yes folks, Kris Kringle has pulled it out of the bag and delivered Christmas to excited children all over the world!"
"That he is..." Ozpin smiled.
Indeed Santa was moving at speeds he never moved before. He appeared in homes that Jaune had visited and grabbed the toys and presents the skeleton left behind and left the real ones instead. He took one jumping possessed Jack-in-a-box with a pumpkin head and handed a large candy cane with a ribbon to the frightened boy.
"I think he's gonna need more than just a candy cane to get over all the trauma of this night" Qrow remarked.
"Uncle Qrow..." Yang said with a groan.
He took the flying cat doll and the wooden vampire duck that was pounding on the door to get inside and left a toy sailboat and teddy bear in their place on the floor before he left. The kids heard the sound of the toys stop and they peeked out and gasped in joy seeing their real presents.
"Man, he works fast." Coco said.
"Of course he does" Velvet said.
Colin looked at the head he gotten frowning sadly while his parents were still out cold. He gasped when a gloved hand took the head from him. He turned to see Santa, the real one he decided, and he held him a puppy which was panting happily with its tongue out and tail wagging all with a bow around its middle. Colin cried out in joy before he hugged his new puppy.
"Yay!" Ruby cheered. "Dogs make everything better."
"Do they?" Blake said with an incredible look. "Because from my experience, they seem to make things a lot slobbery."
"He at least apologized for it" Ruby said.
"No he didn't!" Blake snapped. "You just mimicked a squeaky voice and pretended it was him"
"It didn't make it any less adorable" Ruby smiled.
"That is true" Weiss said in agreement.
"I give up!" Blake groaned.
Santa even manage to bring a present to the reporter by setting a fruit cake next to her as she finished her report. In Halloween town the townsfolk were sleeping after the terrible night and news of Christmas failing. They all were too tired and slept wondering what will they do now.
"Yay" Coco said plainly "Cause everybody loves fruitcake"
"Coco." Velvet said.
"I'm still banning it from our dorm" Coco said firmly.
"It was one time!" Velvet said, annoyed. "And Fox said he was sorry!"
"One time is more than enough!"
Then the two witches work with a start as they heard a loud toy horn. More folks woke up as the gate open and Jaune rode into town in Mayor's car with Zwei, Mercury, Cinder and Roman and last but not least Penny. As they say him the townsfolk all cried out. People open their windows and stared out seeing Jaune. "Jaune!" "Jaune's back!"
"Jaune?" the creature from the black lagoon asked as she peeked out from the fountain.
"He's ok!"
"He's alright!"
"Jaune!"
As he rode pass them Jaune waved at them as they started to sing.
Jaune's OK, and he's back, OK
As Jaune got out of the car and walked up the steps to the town hall one child hugged his legs as Jaune kept walking.
"Man, I used to hate it when Ruby and Yang did that." Tai chuckled to himself.
[CORPSE KID & CHORUS]
He's alright
[MAYOR & CHORUS]
Let's shout, make a fuss Scream it out, wheee
[CHORUS]
Jaune is back now, everyone sing In our town of Halloween
Jaune smiled as he picked the child off his leg and toss him lightly before he place him on top of the Mayor's hat.
Jaune smiled at them all, "It's great to be home."
"Looks like he's fully embraced himself as King of Halloween" Weiss smiled.
"All he needed was something different to get that feeling" Pyrrha said, happy to see her partner so happy to be there.
"I don't know if he needed to steal someone's holiday to see that" Winter said.
"Let's just be happy that things worked out in the end" James said.
They all paused when they heard the sound of jingling bells and the sound of a laugh. "Ho! Ho! Ho!"
They looked up as Santa flew overhead, nearly finish with his ride. He now had one last present to give, a peace offering so to speak. As he flew overhead he cried out, "Happy Halloween!"
Jaune smiled as he wave back to Santa, "Merry Christmas!"
"At least they're leaving on good terms" Velvet smiled.
"As good as they are ever gonna get" Ilia said.
The townsfolk all looked around as snow began to fall as Santa flew away. They all looked at it strangely as it gathered around fast due to the magic. Then the child on the mayor asked first.
[CORPSE KID]
What's this?
[CYCLOPS]
What's this?
[HARLEQUIN DEMON]
I haven't got a clue
[MR. HYDE]
What's this?
[CLOWN]
What it's completely new
What's this?
"Looks like it's their turn to see what this is" Yang said.
"Looks like it, Yang" Penny said.
[WEREWOLF]
Must be a Christmas thing
The werewolf looked as he started to become covered in snow and he shook his body to get rid of it.
What's this?
[MAYOR]
It's really very strange
The Mayor stuck out his long tongue and caught a snowflake. His face turned to his happy side as he found it delightful.
"So long as it's not yellow, he's fine" Qrow said.
"Ew! Uncle Qrow!" Ruby whined.
Soon the townsfolk were now starting to enjoy the snow. The vampires were skating on ice as they plays a game of hockey with a pumpkin. The zombie and the sea creature were making snow angels despite the weird shapes.
"Looks like they're having fun" Ren said.
"I wish I could do that now" Nora pouted.
[CHORUS]
This is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
What's this? What's this?
[Repeat]
Jaune was enjoying the snow as he was walking around seeing everyone enjoy themselves. He was hit in the face by a snowball much to his surprise. He looked and spotted Mercury, Cinder and Roman laughing and peeking over the side of the fountain, Shock's hat still visible. Jaune watched as the children played, one getting rolled in the snow like a ball collecting more snow. Jaune laughed as he stepped over them so they would not have to stop.
"I still think they're brats" Qrow said.
"Let it go, Qrow" Tai said. "Doesn't matter now."
"Whatever you say, Tai" Qrow said.
Then Jaune heard the professor, "Careful my precious Jewel."
Jaune as stunned to see the Professor getting pushed by his chair through the snow wearing a coat and hat by someone new. She was tall and wore a coat as well. She looked a lot like the professor but with lipstick and clearly female.
"Is that...?" Ruby tried to ask.
"I don't know what it is, Ruby" Yang said with a disturbed look.
"I think...it's somewhat narcissism." Winter said.
"I really don't want to get into this" Weiss said.
"Agreed" Said Ren.
Jaune gaped at them not knowing what to say. He turned and then noticed something. Penny was slipping through the gate and out of town. Jaune looked concern while Zwei floated next to him.
"Hmm, I wonder where my counterpart is going." Penny wondered.
Penny walked up to Spiral Hill in the moonlight. She knelt in the snow as he plucked at the pedals off a flower she picked in town. She sat there plucking thinking when she heard a voice she knew very well.
My dearest friend
She turned and saw Jaune standing at the base of the hill.
"Oh, it looks like we got our romantic song" Kali said with excitement while her husband rolled his eyes.
"No one else said anything has they paid attention to the music, especially Penny as she was intrigued to see. Her counterpart and Jaune interact and the see the end of this tale.
If you don't mind I'd like to join you by your side
Where we can gaze into the stars
Jaune starting to walk to Penny, making slow even stride with his long legs up the hill towards her as she stood up. As he got closer both beings on the hill sang softly,
[Jaune & Penny]
And sit together, now and forever
For it is plain as anyone can see
We're simply meant to be
The two stood in front of the other as they finished. The pair then pulled the other one closer and the two kissed. As they kiss the two pulled each other into a hug. As Zwei watched on the two felt at peace and Jaune now knew what he was missing.
The screen turned off and the viewing was over.
"So that was the entirety of Nightmare before Christmas" View said. "What did you all think?"
"I loved it!" Ruby said with bright eyes.
"So did we" Weiss calmly said, while smiling. Blake and Yang agreed with her.
"I thought it was entertaining" Pyrrha said, Nora and Ren nodding, with Nora shaking her head excitedly.
"I loved it" Saphron smiled, her wife agreeing with her and her son.
"I thought it was very interesting" Ozpin said, along with the other adults.
"And Penny, what did you think of this" View asked.
"I...really very much enjoyed it!" Penny smiled brightly. "I was very interested on how Jaune Arc discovered a new world and sought to learn more and experience for himself!"
"That's good to hear" Ruby smiled.
"Indeed." Penny said. "I was also intrigued about my counterpart's relationship with him. It was very interesting"
"Would you...ever...date him?" Yang cautiously asked.
"Well considering that I, myself, have never met Jaune in person. Most likely not" Penny answered, making Yang and the other girls sigh in relief. "But I would like to meet him and see if we could be friends!"
"I think he would get along great with you" Ruby said.
"Well, that's this world done and over with." View said as he lifted his hand up, gave a wave and the orb floated out of the screen and back into View's hand.
"Time to send you back home" View said to the orb as the tossed up in the air, waved his hand once more and the orb evaporated in a cloud of smoke.
"What did you do with it?" Glynda asked.
"I sent it back to my archive of worlds that has serviced its purposes" View answered.
"Cool" Ruby and Nora said.
"Glad to finally impress you." View said. "But soon, we will return back to our normal viewings." View said. "In the meantime, feel free to commune with each other as freely as you wish" View finished as he left the room.
"I am so glad we watched it" Pyrrha said.
"So do I" Weiss smiled. "I thought it was truly exceptional."
"Yeah..." Yang grinned. "A real nightmare before Christmas" Yang said.
Groans again came as everyone, but Yang and Tai laughed at the joke.
"And you ruined it" Blake said in an annoyed tone at her partner who just kept grinning.
Thanks for reading this chapter of Worlds of Arc.
I'm glad that I have finished this story line at last. A big thanks to one Shadowwriter329 for providing me the main chapters for this, making my job a lot easier.
I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you. I managed to get things like Jedi Fallen Order (Loving it so far) Graphic Novels such as Secret Invasion, House of M and 2015 Secret Wars. I love this holiday so much and I hope you all got what you wanted.
Hope you have a happy holiday and a happy new year! I'm hoping in the next year I can work new stories I've been meaning to do. Anyway, thanks and see you around!