I decided to go back five months when Halloween was happening, and then it got even worse...

I felt myself fall face first, and my face hit a rock.

"Ow..... Damn it," I cussed under my breath.

"W-what day is it?" I heard Sally ask as I heard her and Jack get up from where they fell.

"And where are we?" I heard Jack ask. I pushed myself up with my hands and looked at where we were. Oh, my God! How blind can they be?

"It's Halloween day of last year, the same day Oogie destroyed this forest and we're in the Circle of Holiday Trees," I said as I turned to them. They had sorrow in their eyes because of what had happened on this day, I guess.

"I forgot what what these trees looked like," I heard Jack say in a sorrow tone. I rarely heard that out of him.

Sally, who was looking at the Christmas tree, looked over at me, with sorrow in her eyes.

"Isn't today the day when you came to Halloween Town, Hollow?" she asked me in a sorrowful tone. She was right.... It was today, or five months ago, or something. Whatever. Still confused.

"Yeah," I said in a hoarse tone as I felt tears coming out of my eyes. I wiped them away quickly through. I didn't want anybody see me cry. I looked up at Sally, but noticed Jack was with her, and they were holding out their hands, for a hug. It was the same thing they did today(?).

As I was letting go of them, I heard This is Halloween coming from the town. Crap.

"The parade is starting," I said as I turned around and listening. Besides the song and the wind, I heard a cackling laughter, and I recognized it. Oogie Boogie.

"Oh, goodie goodie! I left Hollow with Jack Skellington, so now I'll be able to do my business!" he cackled as he gave out a big laugh.

"Damn, that's Oogie! We got to get out of here!" I exclaimed.

"Don't we need disguises or something?" Jack asked quietly.

As if granting his question, three purple cloaks appeared out of thin air in air. Each of them had a piece of paper attached to them that had our names on it. All of us grabbed the cloaks and slipped them on. I waited a second before I put mine on because there was a note attached to mine. It said:

"Hollow, don't worry about the forest being destroyed, just change the lock. And here are some cloaks for you guys, so don't get depressed about the color." It was signed Clockwork. What else?

I slipped the cloak on, and looked over at Jack. He just nodded and mouthed:

"Follow me." I nodded and followed him into the deepest parts of the forest, even though we weren't that far away from the Holiday Trees.

"We need to get farther, Jack. Oogie will know I'm here," I told him quietly. It was true. Oogie would know if I was near him, even if I was far away!

"How?" Jack asked me.

"Oogie Boogie can sense wherever I am if I'm near him. Even I'm in the same place as he is, and far away from him, he'll still be able to know where I am. I just have to be extremely far away from him for him not to be able to know where I am."

"And that would be bad for the mission," Sally gasped. I just nodded. I decided then that I should bring up the subject of the locks.

"Jack, I have a question," I said as I looked over at Jack. He raised an eye with a curious look on his face.

"What lock did you have on Oogie's cell?"

"A Century. Why?"

"We need to change it. We know that that is what he'll get out of in our time, so we need to change it. How about a Forever Lock?" I asked him curiously.

Jack suddenly stopped running, which made me run into him. I stood up quickly and looked at him. He had a stern and angry look on his face, which made me scared. He rarely showed this face towards me.

"No." He said firmly.

"Why?" I asked him as I crossed my arms, ready for an argument.

"We only have two left, even in this time. We cannot use a Forever Lock."

"Fine. How about a Millennium Lock then? That's just as close as strong as a Forever." I asked him straightly. His face loosened up and smiled a little bit of his boney grin. He nodded and said:

"Let's get to Halloween Town Jail. We have to change those locks!"