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A giant monster loomed where Sora, once stood. It's back hit the ceiling, causing a chandelier to break and fall. It's face was a mass of tendrils, with a pair of glowing yellow eyes. It danced with jerky movements, standing over them.

Deep inside the monster, Sora was falling into a deep sleep. He could someone calling him, but they sounded fair away.

"Sora…Sora…Sora…"

Kairi and her Grandmother had both fainted. Roxas was screaming his head off, while his parents held him in their arms. Riku was staring with disbelief. He felt a weird sensation come over him then. 'Don't tell me…I'm…afraid?'

"Sora…Sora…Sora…"

Sora opened his eyes. He was still incased in a dark space, but there was a small source of light. A blonde girl in a white dress. She walked over to him.

"Wake up Sora."

"Huh?"

She reached out to him, and he took her hand.

"You must not dream right now. Go back."

As if on cue, two of his 'dream' friends appeared. The purple cat and the blue panda.

"Oh hey guys." He reached for them. "What's up?"

Instead of answering, they bonked him on the head, hard.

"OW!" Sora yelled. He was laying on the marble floor of the Burton's entrance.

His skin was now pale, and fangs protruded from his mouth. His wings had returned, and his limbs grew skinny. His suit was torn, but covered the right places, and suited him better this way.

Sora held his head in his hands. "Ow…that hurt…" He looked at his reflection on the floor. "Hey! I'm back to normal!" Instead of getting up, he used his wings to pull him up into a standing position. "Hey Dad-"

Terra, Aqua and Roxas were hiding behind a overturned couch in the sitting room. Two of the servants were brandishing guns and had them pointed at him. Riku and Axel had Kairi and her grandmother on their backs. They all had terrified looks on their faces.

Sora looked around. Although they had been by foyer, they were now on the second floor, in the sitting room. All the furniture was overturned, and there were claw marks on the floor. The light fixtures had all been smashed. It was as if a horrifying monster had attacked. And Sora realized quickly, that he had been the monster. "What…did I do?"

"Get out." The voice had sounded strained and cruel, but Sora knew it was Terra talking. His attention turned back to Terra, who was shielding Aqua and Roxas from his view. Roxas peeked at him nervously from behind his father's large shoulder.

Sora reached for them. "I-"

"GET OUT!" Terra roared, causing Sora to jump back.

He took another step back and then another, tears prickled at his eyes and he turned and ran, back down the stairs and out of the house.

"Wait." It took Riku a minute to realize he had spoken. "Wait!" He yelled, running after him. "Sora!"

Lock, Shock, and Barrel ran off to Boogie as soon as they saw Sora change back.

Boogie was delighted. "Well, what are you waiting for? Go get him!"

Riku ran after Sora's retreating form. It was dark, but he could make Sora out under the moon's light. Sora ran further and faster, deep into the trees behind the Burton house. Riku continued to call for him, but Sora wasn't listening. Riku was certain they would run out of trees soon, as the Burton house was up on a hill. However the trees continued, and soon grew taller and narrower. He tripped, hit the cold ground, and sat up. Riku looked around. All the trees looked identical, with not one difference on them.

'Why does this seem familiar?' Riku thought. Then he remembered what Sora had once said.

"When you leave one world to visit another, you must walk through the forest in-between. We call it The Hinterlands. As long as you know where you want to go, it will lead you there."

"Right…" Riku stood and dusted off his pants. "Well. I want to see Sora, so I'll concentrate on that." He continued to walk forward, calling for Sora until he reached a clearing. There he found the trees with doors, each decorated for a holiday. He stopped in front of the pumpkin door.

"Ten buck says he's in here." He turned the door and entered the dark tunnel. Riku walked for what felt like an hour before he realized the darkness had retreated and he was in a forest again. The woods led to a muddy trail, which led to pavement, and finally, the gated community that was Halloween town. He walked past the iron gate and stopped. The usual group had gathered in Guillotine Square. Ghosts wafted around, a witch flew by on her broom. The Doctor had opened his head, scratched his brain and pointed forward, for his wife to push him.

Despite all this, Riku wasn't very scared, he was more confused. 'Well…' He thought. 'What did I expect this place to look like?'

A ghost dog wafted past him. He glanced at its nose and realized it had to be zero, the dog Sora had told him about. "Zero." He called, and the dog wafted back to him, barking. "Zero…can you tell me where Sora is?"

The dog barked, and sped away, leaving Riku to chase after it. "Wait!"Zero led him past the cemetery and up to Curly hill. At The top, Sora was hugging his knees and staring up at the large moon. He glanced down the hill when he heard Zero barking. "Zer- Ah! Riku!" He stood and walked up to the curled tip, which bent down for him and he hopped off, hovering in front of Riku. "What are you doing here? How do you even…?"

Riku shrugged. "Not really sure how I made it here, but I figured I should. I mean, you didn't even say goodbye."

"Huh?" Sora stopped hovering, and stood. "Oh…" He looked down at the ground. "I messed stuff up, didn't I?"

Riku patted him on the head. "But you didn't mean to, right?"

He pulled Sora to him, and Sora leaned his head on Riku's shoulder. "No…I didn't mean to. I don't even know what happened.""You turned into a giant monster and followed us up the stairs. No one was hurt, but you kinda trashed the place."

"Oh. I don't remember."

"You should probably come back to apologize."

Sora shook his head. "I don't think they'll want to see me." Riku shivered and Sora pulled away. "Are you cold?"

" A little." Riku rubbed his shoulders. He had come out of the house in just his suit.

"You can borrow a jacket." Sora took his hand. " Come on, we'll go to my house."

Sora led Riku to the Skellington house. A skeleton trio played jazz music outside their door. They entered the house.

"Uncle Jack!" Sora called. "Uncle Jack, Aunt Sally !" No one answered.

Riku looked around. 'It looks haunted…' He looked back at Sora. 'But it fits him perfectly.' Sora guided him to the living room. "I'll get a jacket. Do you want something to eat? The only thing I can give you is Halloween candy. I'm pretty sure everything else is poisonous."

"I'm alright." Riku sat down on the musty couch.

Sora disappeared into a dark spot of the room. Zero followed him.

Sora appeared again just as the front door opened.

"Sora?" A sing-song voice called. It was Jack.

"Uncle Jack! Aunt Sally!"

Sora ran to them and Sally squeezed him tight. "Oh Sora, I was so worried!"

Her right arm popped off. "Ooh! I've worried myself to pieces!"

Sora reach for her right hand. "I got it." He took a needle from behind his ear and stitched her arm back on.

Jack peered down at Riku. "Well, hello."

Riku stood. "Hello sir, Mister Pumpkin King."

The king of Halloween laughed. "Call me Jack." He held out his hand.

Riku shook the thin bones. "I'm Riku Depp, Sora's friend."

"We saw everything in Santa's snow globe." Sally said. "Are you alright Sora?"

"Uh huh." Sora shrugged. "I'm okay."

Jack sighed. "I'm sorry that things happened that way Sora.""it's okay. At least I got to meet them, even if they'll probably never want to see me again."

Riku shrugged on the grey jacket Sora had given him. "I'm not so sure. Maybe they'll need a chance to cool down…And fix their house."

Sora looked down on the floor. "I don't know…"

Sally looked at the large grandfather clock in the corner. "Perhaps you should take Riku back to the Hinterlands. We don't want him to get back too late."

"That's true." Sora nodded. "Let's go back Riku."

The walk back through the woods was quiet. Zero darted in-between trees as they walked. The soon came to a deep fog.

"If you keep walking, you'll wind up home." Sora said.

"Mmhm." Riku stared ahead. "You know Sora…"

"Huh?"

"Your family may not want you around, but." He turned to face him. "You can visit me anytime you want."

"Really?" Sora smiled, then looked at the ground. "You're not...afraid of me?"

Riku grinned. "Nope. You'll have to try a lot harder if you want to scare me."

Sora grinned back at him. For once he was glad Riku was a scowl.

It would have been a nice moment, had they not seen A bathtub dart through the trees. The boogie trio rode inside, with Roxas in a brown sack, his head stuck out of the top.

"Roxas!" Sora yelled. "Hey! Come back here!" Sora turned to run after them,"Who the heck were they?" Riku asked.

"Forget about them." Sora said. "You head home, I'll go get Roxas."

He flew after the fleeing bathtub.

Riku looked unsure for a moment, but then continued to walk into the fog.

"HEY!" Sora yelled. "COME BACK HERE!" He shook his hand and a long weapon appeared in it. The hilt featured appendages like bat wings. While the weapon was long like a sword it's tip featured a piece that also looked like a bat. If you squinted, the whole thing sort of looked like…a key. He called it Pumpkin Head.

Sora began to swing the key-like-thing back and forth. Balls of fire flew in the bathtubs's direction. The trio screeched and laughed. Roxas continued to scream. "If that's Sora-" Barrel said, "Then who is this guy?"

"Dunno." Shock shrugged. "But he's following us, so let's go!" Sora followed them to a theatre on the edge of forest, away from the town. He floated down to the ground. The building looked even more run down than his own. Parts of the roof were missing, and the door was on one hinge. Before he could reach it however, monsters popped out of the ground.

"Wight Knights…" Sora murmured. Wight Knights were monsters that appeared on the outskirts of Halloween town, along with other things. Unlike the inhabitants of the town, these never spoke and attacked at random. They were part of the reason that there was a barrier around the town.

He slashed through the monsters with ease and the turned into dust, causing tiny hearts to float up and away. "I'll never understand why they do that." Sora said as he headed inside. There he found what he was looking for, and someone he never wanted to see…Oogie Boogie.

The boogie trio stood giggling in front of their boss, a newly sewn together Boogeyman, onstage. Roxas was trapped in a strange monster that resembled a cage. It had a head with two screws on either side, and a bird cage for a body. The strange creature had long skinny arms with huge gloved claws. The creature was hanging from a chain on a pulley. There were several empty cages hanging from the ceiling.

"What is that thing?" Sora said.

"My new buddy." Oogie replied. "We call him prison keeper." Boogie smiled and bugs crawled out of his mouth.

"I don't understand…" Sora crossed his arms. "I've only ever seen you in dreams. How did you get out?"

"I told you before." Oogie laughed. "You let me out! You entered the darkness, and left the door wiiiiiide open!"Sora shook his head. "N-No! That still doesn't explain it…I've only ever seen you in my dreams."

"Yes." Boogie smiled wider. "And as you traveled, I traveled, until eventually I found a way out through the back of your mind. You're far too open minded boy!" His laugh sent odd shivers down his spine.

"Give Roxas back Boogie, or else."

Boogie shook his head. "I don't think you're in the position for giving orders." Boogie raised his arm. "Oh boys!" More Wight Knights popped up from the floor, along with strange black creatures with glowing eyes. "I brought some friends back from the darkness."

"Perfect." Sora took a stance, holding his Pumpkin Head ready.

'I have to get Roxas out of here, before Thanksgiving is over.'

Minutes ticked by, Sora cut through monster after monster but more and more popped up out of the floor.

'Where are they coming from?' Sora thought, as he set another one on fire. 'If I could just cut off the source-' That's when he saw it-a glowing object in a corner of the room. Oogie's little henchmen were guarding it. Each item it shimmered, more monsters appeared.

'I have to destroy that thing, but how? I need to draw them away from it and get past Boogie. How can I-'

A cage dropped from the ceiling and crashed on Boogie head.

"What the-" Oogie looked up.

Up in the eaves was Riku. "Sup ?"

"Riku!" Sora said in disbelief. "How did you-"

"Don't ask." Riku said. "I walked for like, forever, and found myself up here." He dropped another cage, this one nearly hit the trio. They scattered away from the glowing orb.

"You fools!" Boogie bellowed.

'Now's my chance!' Sora flew as fast as he could, flinging fireballs at the strange object. It began to crack and with two strokes, it exploded into powdery dust.

"Fools! Fools! Fools!" Boogie yelled. The monsters began to disappear.

The Theater's door opened again. This time it was Jack and Sally.

"What's going on here?" Jack said, walking over to the stage. "Boogie!"

"Oh, great The Pumpkin King." Boogie growled. "You're too late Jack. Another hour or so and I'll have a changeling of my own!"

"Oh no you don't." Sora pointed his Pumpkin Head at Boogie.

Jack waved a bony hand. "I'll handle this, Sora." He walked closer and closer to them, growing larger and lager with every step. Riku scramble down from the eaves. Finally, Jack was so huge that he knocked the roof off the building. Jack snatched Oogie Boogie up and tossed him so far he went straight through the Hinterlands, the fog, and back into the unending abyss from whence he first came. Jack shrank back down to regular size. Sora sliced the prison keeper open, grabbing Roxas and setting him down on the floor.

Riku made his way to the stage. "I have to admit, that was creepy."

"Are you okay Roxas?" Sora asked.

Roxas, shaken, didn't say a word.

Riku looked up at the starry sky. "What did Ooogie mean when he said a hour?"

"It's almost the next day." Jack said. "Time gets jumbly between the worlds. The proper time only happens I the world that corresponds with the nearest holiday."

"So time is quicker in Halloween town right now than it is in Thanksgiving." Sora explained. "We have to get you guys back as soon as possible."

"I can give you all a lift…" Jack said.

"No thank you sir." Riku shuddered. "We'll make it."The three of the them walked back through the Hinterlands, and through the fog. Before Roxas had noticed, they were back on the Burton's hill.

Terra, Ventus, and Aqua were walking around, calling his name. "Roxas! Roxas!"

"Mom?" Roxas answered, his voice squeaking. "Dad?"

Terra's flashlight landed on the forms of Sora, Roxas, and Riku, appearing out of nowhere.

"Roxas!" Terra yelled.

Roxas ran to him. "Dad!"

Aqua dropped her flashlight and rand towards them. "ROXAS!"

Sora kept his distance.

"What happened?" Terra asked. " Those things! They grabbed you, and-""I…was…okay." He looked to where his brother stood. "Sora saved me from the Boogeyman."

Terra looked at Sora, who retreated two steps. "Is that true?"

Riku looked back at Terra, nodding.

Sora clenched his fists and tried to look Terra in the eye. "Yes." He swallowed hard, searching for the right words. "I'm sorry! I still don't remember what I did, but I know it was wrong. I don't know what happened, but I promise that I won't come back-"

Aqua smoothed down Roxas' hair. "The Boogeyman again."

Terra nodded. "That annoying bastard used to bother Ven too."

Ventus chuckled nervously. "Hey now, don't bring up old memories."

Sora sighed. He turned to walk away.

"Sora." Terra said, sternly.

Sora froze. "Yes?" He replied, not turning around.

"We'll see you on Christmas eve." He said flatly.

Aqua laughed.

"What?" Sora said, dumbfounded.

"No!" Roxas said. "He can come see us on Hanukkah! That happens before Christmas… right?"

Aqua nodded. "Yes it does. You'll come visit, won't you Sora?"

"But I messed up the house." Sora said.

"But you didn't mean to." Riku added.

"No.. I didn't. B-But-"

"Not buts." Terra said, crossing his arms. "You're coming to visit as soon as you can. Understand?"

Tears welled up in Sora's eyes and he rubbed them away. "Yes!"

"I couldn't get him." Oogie said.

A tan bald man with tawny eyes laughed. "Oh, there will be other chances. Ven was a failed attempt as well." He shook his head. "We have other concerns right now…like that Noel."

AAAAAAAAnd that's a wrap! The next story takes place during Hannukkah and Christmas… but I guess I'm cutting it close. Does anyone want to read a Christmas story after Christmas? Did you like this one? Reviews please! Honest opinions!

-I felt like being silly here only because Disney also owns Marvel and therefore, Kingdom Hearts could have a Avengers level.