Christmas at the Tower
A/N: I don't own Road Rovers; they're owned by Warner Bros. Dylan is owned by Dylan Rinald. I do own my characters that are featured in this story. I don't own How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The songs that are featured in the story are copyrighted to their owners. I hope you enjoy the story. All movies are copyrighted to their respected companies. Whammy! is owned by Fremantle Media. This isn't in conjunction with CBS or GSN. Please leave comments and suggestions. That'll help make these stories better in the future. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Chapter 1: Getting Things Ready
"So, how many are comin'?" asked a female African American teenager as she sat down on the curved couch next to a teenaged white tiger felosapien. She wore a blue sweater and blue jeans.
"Let's see," said the white tiger who wore a grey hoodie and jeans. He held up his right hand. "There's Hunter, Colleen, Exile, Shag, Muzzle, Dylan, n' tha' sick egotistical puppy, Blitz." He counted his fingers on both his hands. "Tha's seven guests."
"Okay," said the girl. "Well, we have enough rooms for 'em."
"Well, we'll have to worry 'bout six of 'em," the white tiger said.
"Why is tha' Blaze?" asked the girl as she looked the felosapien.
"Muzzle isn't a canosapien. He's a regular dog," Ice Blaze said.
"But he's a lil' off his nut," added another voice. The voice belonged to a male teenaged shiba inu canosapien. The shiba inu had a rugged appearance with brown fur throughout his body with light brown fur around the muzzle and lower part of the tail. He wore an orange long sleeve shirt and jeans. He entered the room with a box of garland. He placed the box in the corner of the living room with the other boxes that contained Christmas decorations. He then added, "But don't worry, once he gets to know you, he'll act like a regular dog."
"Okay, so we'll need six rooms then," said the girl. She then turned her attention to the canosapien. "Is tha' all of the boxes J?"
J shook his head and looked the girl. "No, there is more to bring down." He turned his attention to the white tiger. "Hey Blaze, can you help me out wit' some of this stuff?"
The white tiger got up from his spot on the couch and walked over to the shiba inu.
"Sure thing bro," Ice Blaze said. "So wha' else needs to be brought down?"
"Well," J said as he looked at the boxes. "I brought down the candles, garland, wreathes, n' some of the lights."
"So tha' means tha' there is still the tree, the tree ornaments, the village, the nativity scene, stockings, our personal trees, n' the rest of the lights," said the girl.
"Yeah, I think tha's all tha's left," said J.
"Let me help you two as well."
"Thanks Melanie," J said.
"Yeah, thanks sis," Ice Blaze added.
"You're welcome," Melanie said.
The three siblings went down the hallway and up the stairs to the second floor of the apartment complex that resided within a theme park attraction. Once they reached the second floor, they headed down the second floor hallway and entered the attic that was located at the end of the hallway. Inside the attic were numerous boxes that were scattered throughout the big room. J, Melanie, and Ice Blaze walked over to the left side of the attic, where all the Christmas decorations were located at.
Ice Blaze moved over to two big purple storage containers. He opened the top of one of the containers and peeked inside to check its contents. Inside the container were pieces of an artificial evergreen tree. He closed the first container and slowly dragged it toward Melanie and J.
"Here's the first half of the tree," Ice Blaze said. He turned around to retrieve the second container. He went back to where the second container was at. He stopped and scratched his head with his right hand. "Uh oh."
"Did you jus' say 'Uh oh' Blaze?" asked J. "I don't like uh oh."
"Wha's wrong Blaze?" Melanie asked as she and J headed to where the white tiger was standing.
"There's a lot of boxes on top of the second containe'," Ice Blaze said as he pointed to the problematic boxes that were on top of the container. "If I move it, everything else on top of it would drop like the Dow Jones in a recession."
"Uh…Blaze, all we have to do is jus' move those boxes," Melanie said to the white tiger as she walked over to the pile of boxes and picked one up. She placed the box on the floor in the vacant space where the first container sat.
J and Ice Blaze followed suit, and the three stacked the boxes on top of each other, making a miniature pyramid. After all the boxes had been moved, Ice Blaze was able to move the second large container. J moved to the back of the first container, and Melanie moved to the front of the first container. Melanie pulled the container, while J pushed it; they dragged the container out of the attic, and Ice Blaze followed suit, with the second container. They dragged the two containers down the second floor hallway. Once they got to the stairs, J and Melanie let the first container slide slowly down the stairs to the first floor. Ice Blaze did the same with the second container. After both containers were on the first floor, they dragged the containers into the living room. They then moved the big containers toward the rest of the Christmas decorations in the living room. They went back upstairs and brought down the remaining decorations that were in the boxes of the miniature pyramid.
Once all the boxes have been set in the living room, the three teenagers sat down on the couch. J tilted his head back on the back of the couch, closed his eyes, and let out a sigh.
"Did they say when they're supposed to be here?" asked Melanie as she looked at her two brothers.
"Well, Hunter said tha' they would be arrivin' tomorrow," Ice Blaze said as he recalled the conversation that he and J had with Hunter before they returned back to the Tower.
"Should we start setting' up some of these decorations now or late'?" asked J as he cracked his left eye open to look at his sister.
"Why don't we do it tomorrow?" she suggested.
"Fine by me," J said as he got up and went into the kitchen. "I was gettin' tired." He walked over to the cupboard and grabbed a glass out of the cupboard. He headed to the fridge and retrieved the carton of eggnog. He poured himself a glass. "Do y'all want any eggnog?"
"I'll have a glass," Melanie said.
"Same here," Ice Blaze added.
J nodded his head and grabbed two more glasses from the cabinet, and he poured eggnog into the two glasses. He picked up the two glasses and went back into the living room, and he gave the glasses to Melanie and Ice Blaze. J went back into the kitchen to get his glass and joined them. He sat back down in between Melanie and Ice Blaze.
Ice Blaze turned his head towards the window and looked outside. He watched the snow fall gracefully from the sky. He got up from his seat and walked over to the window, and he sat on the window sill and continued to watch the snowfall in fascination. His breath began to fog up the window, and the white tiger wiped the fog away with the sleeve of his hoodie.
"Man, this snow is beautiful," Ice Blaze said as he continued to watch the snow fall with admiration.
Melanie and J got up from their seats and moved toward the window to watch the snow with their adopted brother. They each sat on the window sill next to the big cat. All three of them watched the snow fall and sipped their eggnog.