Roxanne Ritchi always loved this time of year. Certainly it was colder, and filled her life with trivial inconveniences like having to defrost her car or put chains on her tires to keep from sliding on the ice, but it was worth it when the first few bits of fluff began to fall. She loved the way the powder clung to everything it touched, especially the trees. She loved the cooler temperature, perfect for curling up in her apartment with a blanket and some of that foreign cocoa from the specialty shop just around the corner from her office. It meant a cocoon of blankets wrapped around her, covering stories of kids taking advantage of canceled school, and ice skating with friends. Others could moan and groan about the freezing temperatures and the ice, but Roxanne Ritchi could only smile at the slowly growing heaps of white.

Her slight giddiness as she drove through the first real snowfall of the year, though, had something to do less with white, and more with the color blue.

It would be her first winter with her alien boyfriend, the former supervillain and new hero of Metro City.

Megamind.

White Christmas filled her car as she drove through the streets until she reached an almost totally unpopulated part of the city. The fake observatory gleamed at her from beneath its own thick layer of snow, which only served to brighten her smile.

Opting to walk in, instead of driving (the BraingBots still seemed confused by her constant, willing, presence in the lair) she parked the car up close to the hidden entrance. She exited carefully, her feet sliding a little on the thin, crackly sheet of ice beneath her feet as she made her way to the wall and lifted her hand-

Only to have it fall against a regular, solid, brick wall.

Confused, she balled her hand into a fist and hesitantly rapped her knuckles against the brick. Certainly if someone was trying to 'breach' the lair, an alarm or something would go off? They would at least know she was there. "Megamind? Minion?" She called, feeling a little dumb for doing so. Her eyes drifted towards the blinking lens of the camera hidden above the entrance and she stood on the tips of her toes to wave at it. "Helloooo? What's wrong with the door?"

The sound of static and a mechanical whir reached her ears just before the sound of heavy footfalls did.

"Sorry, Miss Ritchie." Minion's apologetic voice came as the hologram wavered and disappeared. "The boss didn't want the snow and cold to get in and freeze everything over." He gestured her inside and the hologram wavered back to life. "He likes to keep things cool, but there's a limit."

Roxanne smirked and nodded in understanding, her eyes darting up as a dozen or so BrainBots swarmed them, making their various barking, chomping sounds. She smiled and pulled the proffered wrench from one set of jaws before tossing it as hard as she could down the hall. "I love the cold. In winter at least." She turned to smile at the space fish as he led her deeper into the former evil lair. "Are you two ready for Christmas?"

Minion's expression turned from warm and excited to sheepish as he hurriedly turned away in his bowl, one hand reaching up to rub the back of his bowl like a human would scratch the back of their necks. "Well uh… Miss Ritchie. See… the thing about that is-"

"How can you not like winter?" Roxanne demanded incredulously once more. "And for that matter, how can you not like Christmas?"

Megamind sighed, his shoulders slumping just a bit as he turned on the spinning stool to regard her with tired eyes. "It's quite simple really. Winter is cold, and icy. Blizzards, frozen machinery. Simple. And, I never had a 'real' Kroosmas growing up in prison. There were gingerbread cookies with our meals, but the inmates had their own families to exchange holiday… things with. When I was in shoul, the other children exchanged presents, but I understandably never received one and I was rarely included in their Christmas activities. And it's always just been Minion and I. So it's not so much that I don't care for the holiday, as it is Minion and I have just never before celebrated it, or ever had a reason to celebrate it and I see no reason to break tradition." He turned back to whatever it was that he was slaving over this time (something big if the sheer size of the blue prints and the amount of unintelligible engineering script had anything to say about it). "Besides, Kroosmas is a human holiday." He added under his breath.

Roxanne strode forward and grabbed his shoulders, forcing him to turn around and look at her. "Christmas. And hey, it's an Earth holiday. You live on Earth, do you not?"

Megamind smirked up at her. "Ah, but not everyone on Ee-arth celebrates it, do they my dear?"

Touché. "It's Earth, and point taken, but…" She paused, thinking furiously of a way she could convince him to celebrate with- Her eyes suddenly brightened before taking on a devious sort of gleam as she leaned a little closer. "I celebrate it. Don't you want to spend the holidays with me?" The devious smirk turned into a full on puppy-dog-pout, complete with batting eye lashes as he leaned away, blushing slightly.

"Er…"

"Egg nog, Christmas movies, tree hunting." She leaned all the closer. "Those things just aren't as fun without someone to enjoy them with." She watched his eyes flash and his mouth open to fire back but she already knew what he was going to say. She lifted one hand to cover his mouth. "Someone special, space boy."

Megamind smirked beneath her hand, pursing his lips to press a quick kiss to her palm before she removed it. "Why not celebrate with you friends? Your family? I'm sure they would be infinitely better company for this particular event. They know how to celebrate it."

"That's not the point Megamind." She told him, as though talking to a child who had just asked why the sky was blue. "Besides, Minion wants to celebrate. I asked him and he said he'd love to!"

Megamind's eyes narrowed and she knew if Minion had been in the room, Megamind would've demanded what side he was on. "So celebrate with Minion."

"What about you?"

He turned his face away, adopting a tragically heroic expression. "Ah, the life of a hero takes no holiday, Miss Ritchie. You should know that by now."

Roxanne sighed, having to work very hard to resist the urge to smirk. "Alright Blue," She said, resorting to her pet name for him, her tone serious as she leaned in even closer until Megamind was held up only by the table at his back. She reached around him, planting her hands on either side of his slim body as she stared the suddenly nervous alien straight in the eye. "What do I have to do to convince you to spend the holidays with me?"

Megamind floundered slightly under her intense gaze. "That depends."

"On what?"

"I'm not sure. It just sounded like an appropriate and witty response to your question."

Roxanne let out a frustrated groan and rolled her eyes. "You're so difficult sometimes!"

Megamind smirked up at her in a self-satisfied sort of way. His smile fell though as he examined her determined face. "Would it really mean that much to you if I participated in this Kroosmas with you?"

Roxanne's expression softened and she nodded. "It would mean a lot to me, Blue. And I know you'd enjoy it."

Megamind sighed dramatically as his arms wrapped up and around her waist. "Alright then. You win my dear." He told her. "I shall participate in these 'Happy Who-lidays' with you." He yanked her down into his lap, smirking when she squealed in surprise and adjusted his arms into a more secure position around her back. "Now," He started. "Tell me exactly what this Kroos-… Christmas entails."

There it is. Now begins Megamind's lessons in the spirit of Christmas.

Hope you guys enjoyed and will stick around for his journey.

First up is the lesson of Tree Hunting.