*Breaths in a paper bag* Oh boy...
Hey guys! Warrior Kitty here with another Christmas story, and a very special one!
As said in the summary, this is a contest entry for Smash King24's Christmas contest! This is the very first contest I've ever participated in, so I'm extremely nervous. Seriously, my palms are sweating...
Okay, enough of my talking. Let's get this started!
A Single Christmas Cookie
A loud chorus of knocking sounded through out the hallway.
Christmas time has come and all of the Smash Mansion was buzzing about. Lights and decorations covered the many halls and rooms and a tall Christmas tree stood in the living room, glowing bright with many lights and ornaments. Knowing that the holidays were now here, all of the Smashers were in a positive mood, gathering and talking with each other all over the mansion...well, most of them were.
The sound of feet tapping on a wooden floor echoed through the hall as Mega Man made his way down. The blue bomber was looking around, in search for his certain hedgehog friend. "Huh, where can Sonic be?" He asked aloud in wonder. "I haven't seen him since this morning. Where could he have just disap-" He cut himself off as the loud sound of knocking then met his ears and he stopped walking to listen. It repeated many times and was very rapid sounding, as if someone extremely impatient was trying to get someone else's attention.
Now curious, Mega Man followed the sound to another hallway and entered, looking to find the source of the sound. Farther down the hall, Sonic stood in front of a bedroom door and was, indeed, knocking on it over and over. He held an annoyed expression upon his face as his hand kept rapping on the door, looking to not be slowing down anytime soon. Raising an eyebrow, Mega Man headed toward his friend. When he approached, the hedgehog didn't slow down in his knocking, nor look in his direction to acknowledge him.
"Uh...Sonic?" Mega Man finally asked. "What're you doing?"
"Trying to get Pit to answer his door." Sonic replied, still not looking at him. "I've been knocking for the past ten minutes, but the dang angel won't open up. Seriously, what is he doing in there?!"
Mega Man glanced between him and the silent door with a strange look. "Well, why don't you just spin dash the door down?" He asked, but then realization hit him. "Oh yeah, you can't because Master Hand got new indestructible doors after that accident, where you-"
"We promised to never speak of that again!" Sonic interrupted, giving the blue bomber a scowl.
"Okay, okay." Mega Man replied, lifting his hands up defensively. The two fell into a silence as Sonic continued to knock loudly against the door. "...Why do you even need Pit, anyway?" Mega Man asked once more.
"He asked to borrow my iPod last week and I told him to return it today. He still has yet to do that, so I-"
The door to the room suddenly opened and Sonic's fist made contact with someone's abdomen, bashing it hard. The two stopped their conversation and turned in surprise to see Dark Pit, who had opened the door, hunched over and holding his stomach in pain. Seeing this, Sonic lowered his ears and he rubbed his head.
"Eh heh, whoops. Sorry, Dark Pit." He said sheepishly.
Dark Pit looked up and glared at the hedgehog. "What was that for?!"
"I was just knocking on the door." Sonic answered then placed his hands on his hips. "Besides, why didn't anyone answer right away, do you wanna know how long I was standing out here?"
"Well, I was in the shower. I only started hearing your knocking when I got out." Dark stood up straight and rubbed his stomach. "What do you two want, anyway?"
"Sonic's looking for Pit so he can get his iPod back." Mega Man explained. As he said that, Sonic went to the doorway of the room and peered inside, glancing around. However, the room was empty. Not another angel in sight.
"He's not here?" He said in confusion then pouted. "So I spent ten minutes knocking on a door for nothing?" He shook his head with a sigh and turned back to the other two. "Hey Pittoo, do ya know where Pit is?"
"First, don't call me that..." Dark Pit growled then continued. "Second, I don't even know. He went to the kitchen this morning, but I haven't seen him since. Who knows."
Mega Man tapped his chin with his finger as he thought for a moment. "Well, perhaps he could still be in the kitchen. We can check there."
"Alright, then." Sonic said with a nod. "See ya, Pittoo." The two turned and and started heading down the hallway. As they left, thought, Dark Pit angrily shouted after them.
"I told you not to call me that!"
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"He better not have lost my iPod." Sonic muttered as he and Mega Man approached the door to the kitchen. "If he did, he owes me a new one."
"Sonic, I'm pretty sure Pit has a reason for not returning it yet." Mega Man reassured. "I mean, he's probably busy with something." As soon as he finished his sentence, they opened the door and a large, dark cloud of of smoke rose out and into their faces. This caused the two to go into coughing fits. The blue bomber then had his hand turn into a little fan. Activating it, he blew all of the smoke away from them.
"Since when did you have that?" Sonic asked curiously.
"I installed it over the summer." Mega Man replied. Once it all cleared away, the two stepped in the kitchen and saw the source of the smoke. A baking tray laid on the counter next to the oven with the dark gray cloud fuming from it. Standing next to it, was none other than Pit. The angel held a fire extinguisher and was frantically spraying the tray, a panicked look on his face. Upon seeing this, Sonic and Mega Man glanced at each other.
"Uh, Pit?" The robot finally spoke up. This caused Pit to give a startled yelp and stumble back, slipping on some of the extinguisher's foam. Landing on his back, he laid still for a moment then blinked open his eyes, looking to the two Smashers that stood before him.
"Hey guys!" He greeted with a smile. "How's it going?"
"Um, pretty good." Sonic replied. "I just wanted to know what you did with my iPod."
"Oh! H-Here it is!" Pit hastily got back to his feet and pulled an iPod out of his pocket, tossing it to the hedgehog. "Sorry that I didn't give it back sooner, I kinda have my hands full." Sonic caught it in his hands, however, he saw a slimy, thick substance all over the earbuds.
"Aw man, there's cake batter all over this." He mumbled. Mega Man looked to the still-smoking tray then back at the angel with a questioning gleam in his eyes.
"What exactly were you doing in here, Pit?" He asked.
Pit glanced away and scratched his head. "Um, well...this evening is the gift exchange. Y'know, where we give one present to someone before Christmas."
Sonic's ears perked and he snapped his fingers. "Oh yeah, that was today!" He said in realization.
"Yeah, well..." Pit continued nervously. "You see, I wanted to give something to Lady Palutena. Since this is her first year being in the Smash Bros tournament, I wanted to give her something special, but I'm broke, I can't buy her anything. So I figured I can try to bake her a Christmas dessert, but so far...it hasn't gone so well..."
He pointed to a small group of ruined food on another counter. It consisted of burned brownies, mushy-looking cupcakes, and an abnormal colored pumpkin pie. Sonic and Mega Man looked at the failed desserts as Pit continued.
"No matter how hard I try, everything ends up burning, not baking correctly, or just straight-up not right." He said and lowered his gaze to the ground. "I'm starting to think I should just give up."
Sonic and Mega Man glanced back at each other as they began to feel sympathy for the angel. "C'mon, Pit. Don't think like that." The blue bomber told him with a reassuring smile. He then motioned toward the smoking tray on the counter. "What desserts do you have there?"
Pit grabbed the tray and showed it to the two. "They were supposed to be ginger snaps." He mumbled. Sonic and Mega Man looked at them, but their eyes widened slightly when they saw nothing but shriveled, soot-black clumps.
"Oh..." Sonic said but gave a grin. "Well, they might have been ginger snaps, but I guess you can call 'em cinder snaps." A random 'bu-dum tsh' sounded and he erupted into laughter from his bad joke. But after a moment, he started to slow it into a chuckle when he saw Pit giving him a blank look and Mega Man giving him a "seriously?" look. "Don't ya get it?" Sonic began to say. "Because they're burned and...cinder almost rhymes with...ginger and..."
He stopped chuckling completely when the two still gave him the same looks. "...Okay, here's what I'm gonna tell ya." Sonic then turned to face the angel. "All these attempts at making sweets and not working may lead to the mentality that you are a terrible baker."
"I'm sorry, but I think I'm missing the point," Pit said while scratching his head. "Are you supposed to make me feel better?"
"Hear me out, I'm not done." Sonic replied then smiled. "Since you're having a lot of trouble, why don't Mega and I give you a hand?"
"Uh-" Mega Man was about to say, but was interrupted by Pit.
"Would you guys really do that?" He asked with a hopeful shine in his eyes.
"But-"
"Of course!" Sonic said with a nod of his head.
A bright smile grew on Pit's face and he gave the two a quick hug. "Oh, thanks you guys!"
Sonic gave him a pat on the shoulder. "Not a problem."
"Guys, can I just say something real quick?" Mega Man finally said. When the angel and the hedgehog brought their attention to him, he continued. "Don't get me wrong, I don't mind helping Pit at all, but I've never baked anything before. I don't know how!"
"Hey, don't sweat it." Sonic reassured. "I've gotten a few pointers on baking from Amy back home. I'll give you guys some tips along the way." Mega Man was silent as he looked at his friend. By seeing the confident look the hedgehog held, he gave a small smile.
"Alright." He said.
"Great." Sonic then faced both Mega Man and Pit. "Alright, I remember finding a recipe for these awesome Christmas sugar cookies online. Now, let's get to it!"
Okay, and this ends the first chapter. Now, I have something quick to say! At first, I wanted this to be a one-shot story, but it was going to be reeeeeeaaaalllly long. I just gotta say, I am not a patient person, so I was starting to get fidgety by typing this in all one sitting. So, I've made up my mind to just break this up into chapters. And since I'm now starting on this, I'm gonna put "Look Through My Eyes" on hold. But don't worry! This shouldn't be long at all!
But anyways, thank you guys for reading! I hope you're all interested so far and the next chapter will be up soon! Also, good luck to all of the others contest contestants out there! See ya! ^_^