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// Chapter 19: The Hinterlands 1/2 
// Story: Equestria Ninja Girls: The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge 
// by RainbowRaptorDash1 
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The heroes found themselves in a really foggy forest.

"What happened to the Hinterlands?" Aria asked.

"We'll figure it out later. Everyone, split up and find the holiday doors. But be careful." Jack said.

"Understood." The ninjas responded as they and Jack went in different directions. Rainbow Dash followed a path and discovered a Holiday Door, but it had Oogie's face on it.

"That’s gotta be the seal." Rainbow Dash noted as she was about to take it out when Oogie's skeletons appeared. "Oh? You think you can take me on? Then bring it!" Rainbow Dash roared as she went into her Pumpkin Knight form and electrocuted the skeletons. Then out of nowhere, the forest changed and Jack was next to her with the Independence Day Door fixed. "What the?!"

"When Oogie replaced the doors to seal them up, it must have poisoned the Hinterlands." Jack said.

"What doors did we leave with the Crusaders?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"That's one. Valentines Day." Jack answered as Rainbow Dash grabbed said door, before a huge lightning strike shined bright.

"Pinkie." The duo noticed.

"Huh?" Pinkie said as she heard that while she threw bolt after bolt at the skeletons chasing her as she had the Oogie Thanksgiving door.

"Pinkie, catch!" Jack called out as he threw his scythe to his friend.

"Got it!" Pinkie responded as she caught the weaponed before charging it up and swung a shockwave at them.

"Guys, run!" Mikey yelled as Pinkie charged up the scythe at the Ogres chasing him. "Don't swing! Don't swing!" Mikey repeated before he skidded under Pinkie. "Swing!" Mikey said as Pinkie swung the scythe, destroying the ogre skeletons before Aria showed up.

"Guess we all had the same idea with the Oogie doors." Aria noticed.

"If we replace these Oogie with the ones back in Halloween Town, we can then put them back." Jack theorized.

"I got the other Oogie Doors." Aria said.

"Back to Halloween Town, everyone." Jack informed.

"…Alright." Rainbow Dash responded as she and the others started heading back.

Meanwhile, back with the Crusaders, they were standing guard, but they looked very bored.

"Bored." Sweetie Belle sighed.

"Me too." Apple Bloom agreed as Scootaloo yawned.

"Girls... Thank you." Sally said in gratitude.

"No biggie." Scootaloo responded.

"Just doing out job." Apple Bloom added as she, the other Crusaders and Sally didn't know of the two dangerous monsters were coming.