Hi, I am Tinyrocket and I am making a Christmas crossover story! Unlike last year, I am not having character follow a script from a movie, it would be a completely original story. It will have a few crossover pairings with one of my favourite ones as the main focus. Anyway, I don't know own any characters in this story. As for VG Central, it belongs to a friend of mine. Enjoy!
There was a vast universe beyond our own. Many strange and interesting worlds that would easily outdo our own with its different lifestyles. The strange thing was however, these worlds were more or less created by US. Many because the worlds were made from video games, cartoons, anime and comics that we made. Despite some were a little more different than others, they were all unique in their own way. However, most of them had one thing in common.
They all celebrated Christmas. The most joyful holiday of all where most of the people across the world put aside their differences to spend time with families, exchange presents and even confess their love of that wonderful day. Everyone in their respective worlds were getting ready for the big day.
Inside of a quaint little neighbourhood, people were going along their normal lives preparing for Christmas time. The neighbourhood was just like any other normal one just like yours or mine. However, it had something very special about it.
As the pure white snow sprinkled down onto the buildings, most of the roofs were covered by a lovely blanket. Even the doghouses were covered. One in particular had a big lump of snow on it for some reason. The snow continue to fall on the lump making it slightly bigger.
Suddenly, the lump of snow shook a little sprinkling some frost off. Then, something kicked out the snow out of the doghouse in a shock. Widening his eyes, he sat up and looked around at the frozen field he was in.
The person interestingly enough, was not a human. He was a dog. A small white beagle with a black collar to be exact. He curiously continued to look around at the snow. After he had confirmed that it had snowed last night, a bright smile came upon his face.
Getting off of the doghouse, he started to happily does a cheery dance all over the yard satisfied that it snowed last night like just a little kid. He truly enjoyed snow and Christmas in general.
Watching the beagle danced from outside was a boy with a round kid looking a little exasperated. He let out a small sigh.
"Why can't I have a normal dog like everyone else?" He sighed.
The beagle continued dancing around the snow looking more like a kangaroo than a dog. Suddenly, his ears had picked up a noise. Turning his head, he noticed the door being opened up.
His eyes lit up when he found his owner, Charlie Brown walking towards him with a dish of dog food. From the steam coming out from the bowl, he could easily tell it was steamed. The beagle couldn't help but become more happy.
Charlie Brown walked in front of the beagle and rested the bowl in front of him. The small dog happily wagged his tail and happily came his food while wagging his tail. The human couldn't help but shake his head in hopelessness.
"I love it when you are always so enthusiastic when talking to me." Charlie Brown sighed.
The young boy tried his best to shake away his negative thoughts so he could speak in a neutral tone.
"Snoopy…" He said.
Surprisingly, the beagle actually stopped eating his food for a moment to look up.
"Peppermint Patty and her friends are coming over to town so we could talk about what we could do for Christmas." Charlie Brown explained.
Snoopy raised an eyebrow upon hearing this having interacted with the tomboy a few times whether they were playing baseball against each other or doing some other kind of sport.
"She expect us all to be at the brick wall at noon." Charlie Brown explained with a sigh. "And she put it on me and making sure everyone is on time."
Snoopy chuckled at this. Knowing Peppermint Patty, she told Charlie Brown to do that without giving the poor boy a chance to respond and now he had the responsibility of doing so, otherwise someone was going to hit the ceiling.
"You don't have to hurry your food but I just thought I should let you know." Charlie Brown explained.
Snoopy raised an eyebrow at this. He then shrugged his shoulders before nodding. Charlie Brown sighed as he shook his head.
"All right. We will meet them at noon." The round-headed boy sighed.
With that, he got up and turned tail to walk back to his house. The beagle watched his owner go back to the house before shrugging and going back to eating his food wondering what Peppermint Patty had in mind. Hopefully it wasn't like how Charlie Brown hosted the Christmas show because that incident made the Titanic look like a success.
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After Snoopy finished his breakfast., he put on a scarf on walking off to a certain location. He made his tree that was completely bare. However, there was something on it.
In the dead tree was a brown nest made up entirely of straw. Snoopy looked up at the next knowing that it was the location where he wanted to go. The beagle then put his fist to his mouth and coughed a couple of times.
"Yo, Woodstock!"
After somehow shouting out, Snoopy waited patiently. Almost instantly, a cute yellow bird poked his head out of the nest. The bird then did a strange chirp.
"Good morning to you too, old friend." Snoopy "said" with a grin. "Isn't it wonderful? There is snow everywhere!"
Woodstock nodded his head with a bright smile on his face before he chirped again.
"Yes, Christmas is just around the corner." Snoopy said. "Say, are you doing anything today?"
Woodstock raised an eyebrow before "speaking" again.
"Really? Good. Because the kids want us to meet at the brick wall at noon." Snoopy explained.
Woodstock looked confused before giving one singular chirp.
"Your guess is as good as mine." Snoopy said with a sigh. "Honestly, humans are so weird. Let's just humour them."
Woodstock put his wing to his chin as if pondering what he should do. After a moment, he looked down and nodded with a small smile.
Snoopy returned the happy expression. "Perfect! Put on your favourite scarf and let's go!"
Woodstock nodded before crouching down in his nest. Snoopy waited a good minute knowing he needed nice to get ready. Soon, Woodstock poked his head to reveal a red scarf. Flapping his wings, the bird flew from the next and onto the ground softly.
However, that would had been the case if he didn't flew like he fell into a bottle of rum. Snoopy watched as he flew around all directions for a few seconds before he fell straight into the ground in front of Snoopy. The white-furred dog merely blinked twice as he looked at a small hole in the snow.
A second later, Woodstock poked his small head out of the snow and looked up at Snoopy with a big stupid grin on his face. The bigger animal merely rolled his eyes as his friend sheepishly climbed out of the hole.
Without saying anything else, the two went on their trek to the brick wall to be there early seeing that either of them had everything else to do. They had time so maybe they could just mingle for the time being.
The mismatched duo had not walked far to reach the trademark brick wall that he and the kids had always had conversations on. For them, it was kind of like a meeting point. Much to his surprise, a good number of the kids had already gathered them. Along with Charlie Brown of course, he also noticed his sister, Sally. Also, the Van Pelt siblings, Lucy, Linus and Rerun along with Schroeder and Pigpen. Most of the gang were there.
A few kids noticed the animals walk in but only a couple bothered to say hello because they were too concerned about something else.
"Well, Charlie Brown?" Lucy asked crossing her arms. "Your stupid beagle and his equally-stupid bird friend is here. So what is going on?"
The round-headed boy nervously scratched the back of his head. "Um, I don't know yet. Peppermint Patty said that she would meet up with us."
"To do what exactly?" Linus asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I-I don't know. Said something about wanting to do something since it is the first snowfall." Charlie Brown shrugged.
"You mean you didn't even asked WHY she wanted us here?" Lucy asked in disbelief.
"D-Don't say that like that?" Charlie Brown asked in a gulp. "I TRIED to talk back but…"
"…You was too wishy-washy and now we are paying for it by knowing you!" Lucy snapped.
"You know… It isn't very comforting knowing that I had a brother who is so wishy-washy." Sally said shaking her head in an ashamed fashion.
Charlie Brown looked back and forth between the two girls as they glared at him as if this was all his fault.
"H-Hey, come on now." Charlie Brown said trying to calm the girls down. "Let's be patient!"
"That's right. It IS Christmas time after all! The time to be spending with loved ones." Linus nodded.
Sally instantly brightened up at this. With a big smile, she was immediately at Linus' side.
"I just KNEW you loved me my sweet babboo!" The blonde girl grinned.
Linus' eyebrow twitched a bit. "I am NOT your sweet babboo!"
"For once, Linus is right." Lucy said with a grin before looking at Schroeder. "Oh, Schroeder. What are you going to get me this year?"
The Beethoven fanatic merely rolled his eyes. "The same thing I got you last year."
Lucy frowned at this. "But… You DIDN'T get me anything last year."
"Exactly."
Everyone couldn't help but chuckle at Schroeder's back-handed comment. However, Snoopy happened to be snickering a bit longer than everyone else.
Naturally, Lucy caught on. "Shut up, you stupid beagle."
Everyone had decided to wait for Peppermint Patty knowing that they won't do anything unlike she came here so they decided to spend time talking to each other about how things were doing recently with them. Snoopy on the other hand paid them no mind.
A while had passed since the kids had reached their location and they had to wait. Thankfully, nobody was really aware that much time had passed as they were too busy chatting with each other. However, a familiar voice caught their attention.
"Yo, Chuck!"
Everyone immediately turned to see three more kids. One of them was a somewhat androgynous girl with unruly brown hair and freckles, the second one was a brunette girl with round glasses and the last one was a dark-skinned boy.
Charlie Brown instantly smiled at this. "Peppermint Patty! Marcie! Franklin!"
"Hey, Chuck! How are you all doing?" Peppermint Patty said with a grin.
"Just fine." The young boy smiled. "We were all just waiting for you."
Peppermint Patty couldn't help but grin. "Man. You got the whole gang here. Ol' Snoop. Lucille. Everyone. Good job, Chuck! I guess I was wrong to doubt you."
Charlie Brown blinked twice at this. "If you doubted me then why bother having his faith with me?"
"So what are we going to do now, sir?" Marcie asked.
"That is why we are here to discuss." Peppermint Patty said with a smirk. She then scowled. "And stop calling me sir!"
"Peppermint Patty, you had BETTER have a good reason for calling us out here!" Lucy said crossing her arms with a vex fashion.
"Well, I think nearly we all noticed but it snowed today." Peppermint Patty said as everyone nodded. "So I decided to get most of the gang together and do something to celebrate."
"I agree. Snow is a pure and wonderful essence." Pigpen said somehow making more dust clouds around him larger making everyone nearby cough.
"Good thing that even dirt can't spoil it too." Lucy said as she coughed.
"Well, anyway, that's why we had came here to brainstorm of things we could do." Peppermint Patty said. "Chuck, you're first!"
The round-headed boy's eyes widened at this. "Eh? ME?"
"But, of course. You DID all this meeting over." Peppermint Patty said.
"But didn't you just said it was YOUR idea?" Linus piped up.
"Yeah, but Chuck was the one who had taken the time to call everyone here." Peppermint Patty said. "He was the one who summoned him here."
"Only because you told me here." Charlie Brown thought.
"Well, Chuck. We are all waiting." Peppermint Patty said.
The poor boy gulped nervously as he looked around at everyone. All eyes were on him since he could be making a big decision here today so he had better make it count. However, he was never good with these types of things.
"Um… I was thinking… We could build a big old snowman and…" He started.
"A snowman?" Peppermint Patty asked in disbelief. "It is the first snow fall of winter and you want us to build a common everyday snowman?"
"I… Well, I, um…" Charlie Brown sputtered before the tomboy was not done yet.
"Geez, Chuck, I knew that asking you to think more clearly may be asking too much but seriously? Can't you be a little bit more original?" Peppermint Patty asked getting more angry by the second.
"But, I didn't have…" Charlie Brown started.
"Chuck, this is special! A snow fall at Christmas time is supposed to be something to celebrate over!" Peppermint Patty scolded. "I am less than happy with a simple snowman! What symbolism is making a three giant balls of snow? How could you…"
"…A snowman?"
Everyone instantly looked at Rerun who suddenly piped up.
"I like snowmen." The young boy said with a smile. "I always wanted to make one."
All of the kids stayed quiet at this when the youngest (human) person said his opinion. However, Peppermint Patty broke the silence but letting out a sigh of exasperation and slapping her forehead.
"All right, Chuck. It looks like I could forgive for today." Peppermint Patty groaned. "But it still doesn't change the fact that your idea was stupidly simple."
Charlie Brown sighed in relief knowing that he owed Rerun big time.
"So is it settled? We are going to make a snowman?" Franklin asked.
"I have no obligations against it." Linus said.
"Well, still I wanted it to be special." Peppermint Patty mused. "Is there anyway to make it special?"
"Like what sir?" Marcie asked.
"I dunno." Peppermint Patty said. "Is there SOME way we could make it special?"
"Well, we could have it made to look like an angel considering that it is Christmas time." Lucy suggested. "May I recommend as a model?"
A few kids rolled their eyes at this.
"I thought you just said we should make it look like an angel…" Linus muttered.
Unfortunately for him, her sister heard it. "Excuse me? My beauty could make any angel jealous?"
Linus rolled his eyes. "How vain can I get to compare themselves to a diving being?"
"It's not vanity! It's the truth!" Lucy snapped angrily jumping up and down in anger.
"Van Pelts! Van Pelts! Please!" Peppermint Patty said. "I just don't think having it remodel against someone else would make it that much special. We can easily make snowmen out of our favourite idols."
"Then, how about we do it in a special location?" Schroeder suggested.
"That's not a bad idea, actually." Sally said. "But where can we have it?"
"How about the baseball field?" Charlie Brown piped up happily.
"Oh, heck no! I want to stay away from that place when off-season!" Lucy snapped making the baseball fanatic's expression droop.
"How about the school?" Rerun asked.
"Highly doubtful." Linus sighed shaking his head. "No one is allowed on school grounds when school is out."
"And good riddance too!" Sally nodded.
"Aw, come on, guys!" Peppermint Patty asked. "Is there anywhere we could build it! Is there any place special?"
Everyone immediately looked down at this in thought. They wondered where they could go to build the snowman. Peppermint Patty seemed determined to go somewhere special so they needed someplace that was out of the ordinary or at least someplace where nobody goes before.
"Um…"
Everyone immediately turned to Linus. The young boy coughed a couple of times knowing that he got everyone's complete attention.
"What about VG Central?" The blanket-carrying boy said.
"VG whatnow?" Lucy asked with a raised eyebrow.
"VG Central." Linus said. "It is literally in the centre of the universe."
Everyone blinked twice before looked at each other.
"From the day you were born, I had never understood a word you said." Lucy said.
Linus merely rolled his eyes.
"All right. I believe you guys are aware that we are not the only comic in this universe." The wise boy explained.
"Of course! We have our rivals like Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes!" Franklin pointed out.
"Yes but do you know that our world is just a pure fraction of the big universe?" Linus explained.
"Um, no?" Sally asked.
"There are hundreds of worlds out there that exceed our own." Linus explained. "That even exceed our rivals. Like video games, fantasy novels, anime…"
"Ani-what?" Rerun asked confused.
"Japanese cartoons. The Japanese like the owner of that sushi restaurant we went to last month."
"Oh."
Lucy crossed her arms looking offended. "And why are you telling us all this? We already know that there are tons of worlds out there and what kind of media they represent. We are not stupid, you know."
"Don't misunderstand. I know that most of you are more than aware with these worlds." Linus explained. "But let me tell you this. Have you ever wondered if there was a place where you can just accidentally run into your favourite character while walking down the street?"
"Sounds more like a badly written piece of fan work if you asked me." Lucy grunted.
Linus looked a little peeved but tried his best to keep his cool.
"Well, it is more than fan work. There is a place where people come from their respective nodes to relax, talk with other people and even have fighting tournaments." He explained.
"Fighting tournaments?" Peppermint Patty asked. "Like those crossover fighting video games?"
"Yes. And it doesn't even have to be official." Linus smiled.
"That sounds like a pretty sweet beat." Peppermint Patty asked with a smirk. "But is it real?"
"Uh-huh. The time to go there is a bit lengthy but it is while worth the wait." Linus explained. "We could meet a lot of nice people there."
"So whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." Peppermint Patty asked. "We could just GO there?"
"Sure, our comic had ended a long time ago but people are holding our books as collector's items." Linus explained. "They are more than willing to buy our merchandise."
"Hey, that's right. I remember Snoopy giving a fan an autograph and it sold like hot plates on the internet!" Charlie Brown agreed.
Lucy's eyes widened at this. "Wait. People were actually desperate enough to throw away their money just for a paw print from a stupid beagle?"
Snoopy growled at he glared at the dark-haired girl.
"Well, Snoopy IS one of the most popular characters in our strip." Marcie reasoned. "I am not too surprised that something would buy it."
"But what about me?" Sally whined. "I am popular too!"
Linus merely shrugged. "It depends on your many fans you have. Don't worry, there is always somebody who would go crazy and buy your stuff."
"Well, that's a relief!" Pigpen smiled. "I thought I would be one of those forgettable characters."
"Pigpen, nobody could forgot you if we tried." Schroeder reassured with a chuckle.
"One more question, Linus." Peppermint Patty asked. "Do you think we would be back in time for dinner?"
"Depending on how long we will stay there." The boy shrugged. "I doubt we would stay there that long."
"Then, it settled! Let's go to VG Central!" Peppermint Patty said.
"YEAH!" Everyone including Snoopy and Woodstock agreed.
"Well, I guess it is unanimous." Peppermint Patty said with a smile. "All right, Linus, lead the way! How do we get there?"
"We could get there by train." Linus explained. "The price for one ticket is more cheaper than you think so all of us could go."
"Then, what are we waiting for?" Sally asked. "I brought my money."
"So did I." Franklin said.
"All right. VG Central HO!" Linus shouted.
With one final cheer, the twelve people cheerfully made their way to the train station in hopes of making a journey to VG Central.
After a bit of walking, the children had finally reached the train station. They walked over to the ticket counter.
"Excuse me, ma'am?" Charlie Brown asked. "We would like twelve tickets to VG Central."
The woman dipped her glasses a bit to get a closer look at the kids. After identifying them, she nodded before speaking.
"Bwah bwah bwah bwah bwah bwah."
Or at least tried to speak.
"What was that, ma'am?" Charlie Brown asked. "You would send someone to escort us? How come?"
"Bwah bwah bwah."
"Um, okay. If you say so." Charlie Brown said nervously.
"I am already not liking the look of this." Sally said looking scared.
After everyone had paid for the tickets, they waited for a minute before a man came up to them.
"Bwah bwah bwah."
All of the kids along with Snoopy and Woodstock nodded before they followed the man into the station. However, they quickly noticed that they weren't going to any of the stations.
"Um, why are we going AWAY from where the trains are?" Sally asked.
"Beats me." Linus shrugged. "This is the first time I tried to go to VG Central."
Everyone continued to follow the man. Then, he went over to a locked door that said "Do not enter". Fishing a couple of keys out of his pocket, he put a key in the keyhole and turned it unlocking. He then opened it and motioned everyone else to keep following him. However, everyone was sceptical at this stage.
"Um, is this legal?" Sally asked.
"I agree. This all seems rather fishy." Franklin asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, don't be a bunch of babies. Maybe we are going first-class." Peppermint Patty said.
"But sir, if that's the case, how come the tickets are so cheap?" Marcie asked.
"Stop calling me sir!" Peppermint Patty scolded even though deep down, she knew that her friend was right.
Everyone went through the door and once they did, their eyes widened in shock. Standing in front of them was a lone train at a station on a track. The train was just as big as the other ones but at the same kind inside of a small station.
"Bwah bwah bwah bwah bwah."
"Get on the train?" Linus asked. "All right, if you say so."
"Bwah bwah bwah."
"What? No matter what, don't be alarmed. Why?" Charlie Brown asked.
"I think we are going to find out the hard way." Sally said shivering in her place.
"What should we do?" Rerun asked.
"What else? Get on that train!" Peppermint Patty said.
A few people nervously nodded before all twelve of them made them way over to the train and got on one by one. They then sat down while looking around at the train.
"Hey, where is everyone?" Pigpen asked.
"I think we ARE everyone, Pigpen." Marcie frowned.
"This can NOT be good." Charlie Brown said shaking his head.
"Good grief, gang! Chill!" Peppermint Patty scolded. "These tickets said that we are going to VG Central and that is where we are going!
"But, Peppermint Patty…" Franklin started,
"Not another word. From either of you." Peppermint Patty said darkly. "Nothing is going to happen."
Suddenly, a robotic voice came on through the intercom.
"Attention, all passengers. We are now ready to leave for VG Central."
Peppermint Patty looked at the others with a smirk. "See? I told you guys you had nothing to worry about."
Everyone just looked at each other nervously as they waited for the train to start. Soon, it slowly started. Everyone waited in anticipation as the train slowly left the station. They watched as the scenery slowly flew up.
"Now isn't this nice and relaxing?" Peppermint Patty asked in a "I told you so" voice.
"Um, yes. Yes, it is." Linus said feeling a little better.
"Hey, yeah." Sally said with a smile. "Maybe this won't be so bad."
Unfortunately, the blonde found out she was horribly wrong.
At first, everything was okay. Suddenly, they noticed that the train was going much faster than before. This was expected but they noticed that the scenery was suddenly blurred.
"H-Hey. What's going on?" Schroeder asked.
"Why are we going so fast?" Franklin quizzed.
Even Peppermint Patty was getting nervous. "What the heck is going on?"
Sally immediately clutched her brother's arm in fear and Rerun did the same with Linus. Woodstock wasted no time clutching Snoopy's shin as he started to sob clearly terrified. Snoopy did his best to calm his best friend down but even he was completely afraid.
"What is going on?"
At first, Snoopy thought he was going to completely regret this trip but soon he would come to enjoy it.
There's Chapter 1! First chapter and I already have a cliff-hanger. Okay, maybe not that thrilling but it is a start. Review away!