//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Jack's Return // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls: The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge // by RainbowRaptorDash1 //------------------------------// Soon enough, Jack, Aria, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Mikey and the Crusaders arrived in Halloween Town Square. "That’s strange… The town’s deserted…" Jack noticed as Aria slithered to the Gatekeeper booth. "Clown, you in there buddy?" Aria asked. "Clown?!" Pinkie gasped in excitement as she and Aria looked, only to find nothing, making the medusa start panicking. "Corpse Kid! Behemoth! Igor! ANYBODY!" Aria yelled before Mikey covered her mouth. "Quiet, Aria. I don't like this." Mikey noted. "Yeah. Too much silence and emptiness is bad news." Rainbow Dash agreed before the gate suddenly closed and locked itself, as everyone drew their weapons. "Please tell me this scythe is combat worthy." Jack hoped. "Definitely." Aria answered before a skeleton appeared behind them as Jack turned around. "Oh! I don’t believe we’ve met. I’m Jack. Jack Skelli-" Jack started to introduce himself before the skeleton attacked as Jack jumped back, dodging it before more skeletons appeared, with Jack readying his scythe and Soul Robber. "You… You’re not from Halloween Town, are you!?" Jack realized as more skeletons soon appeared and started attacking. Jack swung his right arm forward, launching a gooey spearhead attached to the soul robber at a skeleton before it came back to him. One came at Rainbow Dash from behind, but passed right through her into Mikey’s fist. "Whoa! Did not see that coming." Rainbow Dash admitted. "I wanna try my new powers." Pinkie said as she added some electricity to her weapon before attacking a skeleton, launching it at a few others, destroying them. "Soul Robber!" Jack shouted as he thrusted his right arm forward again, this time, causing the gooey vine to grab a skeleton before he swung it up and down then threw the skeleton at another. "Jack, behind you!" Aria called out before Jack swung his scythe and destroyed three skeletons. "What are these things?" Apple Bloom asked while fighting skeletons. "Can’t you tell that they’re skeletons?!" Scootaloo pointed out as she fought some skeletons. "I think she means are these normally here in Halloween Town." Sweetie Belle explained. "They’re not from Halloween Town!" Jack answered. "I've never seen them either." Aria agreed as she crushed some skeletons with her lower half. "That means they’re enemies!" Rainbow Dash noticed as she drew her naginata before the announcement alarm went off out of nowhere. "Testing… Testing… Is this thing on? My dearly abhorred denizens of Halloween Town. This is Oogie Boogie speaking! Today I bring you a joyous announcement. First of all, in place of Jack Skellington, yours truly is now the new ruler of Halloween Town! And secondly, as of today, this very hour, this exact moment, I declare this town’s name will be changed to Oogie Town! Bahahahaha!" The voice laughed before there was feedback, ending the message. "I know that voice..." Pinkie wondered. "Oogie…!" Aria growled, and when the last Skeleton was smashed, the eerie silence returned. "What happened while I was gone!?" Jack thought aloud in concern before he and the others heard something. "Someone’s inside!" Jack noticed before a familiar face appeared. "Hyde!" Aria gasped in happiness. "I’m not making any more traps!" Mr. Hyde declared before noticing Jack and Aria. "Oh, Jack! It’s you! And Aria! You’re back!" Mr. Hyde realized before Aria hugged him, as the monster hugged her back. "What exactly happened while I was gone?" Jack asked. "Lock, Shock and Barrel sewed Oogie back together again!" Mr. Hyde answered as a mini Hyde revealed himself as he lifted Mr. Hyde’s hat. "Bugs, bags and all." Hyde added before a smaller mini Hyde revealed himself the same way the other mini did. "Oogie is back!" Mini Hyde agreed. "Dr. Finkelstein proposed a plan for the next Halloween. He said you wanted a ‘Dangerous Halloween,’ so we organized one to make you happy. He said if we didn’t, you might never come back…" "But, we never hurt people." Aria pointed out. "Do you think using ghosts and skeletons to hurt people is my idea of a good Halloween!?" Jack questioned in shock. "We just wanted you to come back. We set up booby traps all over the place, but then hordes of ghosts and skeletons appeared out of nowhere, attacking everyone. Soon it wasn’t even safe to be on the streets." Mr. Hyde answered. "That's why the town is so empty." Mikey noticed. "Hmm? Who are they?" Mr. Hyde asked. "They seem new." Hyde noted. "Maybe visitors." "I've made a lot of new friends." Aria informed. "Oh! I see!" Mr. Hyde noticed. "This is a disaster! We've got to find the doctor!" Jack informed. "I think we should split up into teams and look around. Jack, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie will check town hall. Mikey and I will check out the gate to Jack’s house and the Crusaders will look around to find anyone else in town." Aria ordered. "I'll sneak around town for information." Mr. Hyde added. "Be careful." Aria said in concern. "Girls, let's get inside." Jack declared. "Alright!" Rainbow Dash agreed. "Yippee!" Pinkie cheered as she and the other two walked inside, while Jack was annoyed by the mess of the Town Hall. "What a mess." Jack sighed before he, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie saw something dark coming out of the floor. "What’s this!?" "Well, well, well... I was right. The crybaby is with you!" A dark voice realized, making Pinkie's eyes shrink in a terrified expression. "Oh no…" Pinkie dreaded in horror before a figure emerged with a roar, made by shadow and darkness as his eyes and mouth glowed yellow. "Jack!" The shadowy figure roared as Pinkie ran out screaming. "I don't know what you did to her, but I know I don't like it." Jack said in anger. "Hahahaha! I’ve been scaring her ever since she was in preschool!" The shadowy figure laughed as Rainbow Dash tightened her grip on her weapon in rage. "I hate it when people bully my friends. But scaring Pinkie most of her life? That’s a definite no-no!" Rainbow Dash growled in absolute rage as Jack snapped his boney fingers and the music begun. Shadow Oogie: Well, well, well, Jack the Pumpkin King! Finally made it, huh? Ooh, I've been waiting! So how do you like my Oogie town? (Evilly laughs) Jack: It's over! Rainbow: It's over! Jack: This time, you’ve gone too far! It's over! I'm serious! Just who do you think you are? Just because you fooled the town doesn't make you king! You better give up, surrender now, I'm fixing everything! Evil ghost appeared and started attacking. Shadow Oogie: That's what you think! Ha! But you couldn't be more wrong! And this will be the last time you hear the boogie song! Wow~! More ghosts appeared and started dropping dice bombs. Ghosts: Wow~! Shadow Oogie: Wow~! Ghosts: Wow~! Shadow Oogie: Wow~! Ghosts: Wow~! Shadow Oogie (And Ghosts): I’m (He’s) the Oogie Boogie man! Jack: Oogie, what have you done to everyone? Shadow: They are all under my control, just like the crybaby! Rainbow Dash: I guess you’re so proud of your booby-trapping schemes, but I’ll tell you that you’ll be ruler only in your dreams! Shadow Oogie: That’s funny, Dash! It WAS a dream, but now it’s coming true! ‘Cause even my mere shadow knows Jack’s days as king are through! Jack and Rainbow kept hammering the Shadow and his ghosts. Shadow Oogie: Wow~! Jack: Wow~! Shadow Oogie: Wow~! Rainbow Dash: Wow~! Shadow Oogie: Wow~! Jack and Rainbow Dash: Wow~! Jack: I’m the Pumpkin King! Rainbow Dash stabbed her weapon into the shadow, making him scream as Rainbow Dash flew back before Shadow Oogie started sinking into the ground. "Beginner’s luck if you ask me. Don’t worry. We’ll meet again! Especially the pinky baby!" The shadow laughed as he waved goodbye before disappearing. "That... That was the Boogie Man?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I’m afraid so." Jack answered before he and Rainbow Dash saw sparkles falling in the air and looked up. "Huh?" The duo wondered as a familiar jack-o lantern door floated down to them. "That’s the Halloween Holiday Door! Now what in the world is that doing here?" Jack thought aloud. "It’s that door from before!" Rainbow Dash realized. "Something is wrong." Jack noted. "We'll help figure out what's wrong. But let's find Pinkie first." Rainbow Dash pointed out. "Agreed." Jack nodded as he and Rainbow Dash left the building with the holiday door.