Soon, Jack and the ninjas reached the Towers of Torment section of the Residential Area, with the Mayor’s house beyond a gate.
"Wow, this town has great real-estate." Mikey awed.
"Yes, but we must watch out for those traps." Jack informed as he pointed to the swinging blade traps.
Everyone dodged them and soon came up to the mayor's house. But when they entered the Mayor’s yard, ogre skeletons appeared.
"We don't have time for this." Rainbow Dash groaned.
"Agreed." Jack nodded before Aria took her sunglasses off and everyone looked away. Aria went into her Halloween Town form, turning all enemies into stone, before going back to her normal monster form and putting the sunglasses on. "Put the keys in. The sooner we stop Oogie, the less chance he has getting to Christmas Town."
"Put the keys in." Pinkie repeated as she and everyone else put the keys in.
But then everyone heard something from above. "Help! Help!"
"That sounds like..." Aria started to realize.
"The Mayor!" Jack finished as he and the ninjas looked high above near the roof, seeing the Mayor in a hanging cage.
"Help!" The Mayor called out.
"Everyone inside!" Jack urged as everyone ran inside and saw an insane design to the top.
"Man… This place puts the fright in frightening." Scootaloo noted.
"Doesn't matter. The Mayor needs our help." Rainbow Dash pointed out.
"Right." Scootaloo agreed as everyone ran across the strangling design house.
"Dash, behind you!" Aria shouted.
"Whoa!" Rainbow Dash yelped as she dodged an attack from the emerging skeletons. "Thanks for the heads up!"
"Keep moving forward!" Aria urged.
"Right." Sweetie Belle agreed as she and everyone else cut their way through.
"I'm enjoying these powers!" Mikey smiled.
"Honestly, ditto." Pinkie agreed.
"Now you see why this place is fun?" Aria smirked.
"Yeah!" The Crusaders cheered.
"You can come back anytime." Jack said.
"Let’s beat Oogie first. You know, Seven Holidays on the line here." Rainbow Dash pointed out.
"Agreed." Jack responded while the mayor heard the carnage grow closer and closer.
"Oh, dear." The Mayor dreaded.
"Mayor!" Jack called out.
"You alright?" Aria asked.
"Jack! Aria! Oh, you don’t know how happy I am to see you both! I thought I’d be stuck here forever!" The Mayor said in complete relief.
"Give me a second to fly up." Rainbow Dash quipped as she flew up and brought the cage to the others. "Got him down safely."
Mikey rip the cage open.
"Thank you, uh... Aria, who are your new friends?" The Mayor asked.
"A lot happened while my sisters and I were away." Aria answered.
"Well, it warms my heart you three made new friends." The Mayor smiled.
"Thanks." Aria responded.
"Have you seen any Holiday Doors here?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"I saw some of Oogie’s goons up on my roof. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had it with them." The Mayor informed.
"You’d better climb down from here and evacuate to someplace safe." Jack advised.
"I look forward to seeing Adagio and Sonata at the bottom." The Mayor said, but before Aria could explain, the mayor ran off.
"Drat." Aria groaned.
"We'll explain it to him later" Jack told Aria.
"Okay. I just hope it turns out well." Aria responded.
"Guys, come on!" Apple Bloom urged as everyone rushed to the top.