Swiper and the NutCracker Rescue
Summary: I started writing this on Christmas for my niece who's 2; so sorry if this is a bit late. Anyway, this takes place a year after Swiper and Dora got said fox off the Naughty List. The famous magician Drosselmeyer asks the two of them and Boots to go to the Kingdom of the NutCracker to save the Sugar Plum Fairy from marrying the Mouse King and making him King of the Land of Sweets. During the quest, Swiper hopes to find a special gift for Isa for Secret Santa.
I do not own Dora the Explorer or its characters, and I do not own the NutCracker or its characters. They belong to Nickelodeon and E. Hoffman. Some of these parts in the story are based on parts of the NutCracker story and the music for said story.
Prologue: Drosselmeyer Tells a Story…
Imagine yourself in a sitting room large enough to let about twenty people walk about and/or dance. It is decorated richly for a Christmas party with a very tall Christmas tree, holly and mistletoe on the walls and ceiling, and red and green candles on the white fireplace with its roaring fire. At said fireplace, a thin man with gray tied into a low ponytail by a black ribbon and wearing a brown suit with a black cape sits at a white armchair with a group of children, each with a toy in his or her arms, sitting at his feet. What is fascinating about him is that he has a black eye patch over his right eye.
Can you guess who he is? If you guessed Uncle Drosselmeyer of The NutCracker, you're right!
"Well, mis hijos," he said to the children, "we've opened our gifts and we've had some dinner. What shall we do now?"
"Una historia," a girl with a doll answered happily. "Please tell us a story, Tío Drosselmeyer."
"Much like the story of Clara and the NutCracker Prince," added a boy with a boat.
"Sí," concurred a girl with a bear. "Los Cascanueces!" Drosselmeyer chuckled in reply as he brought out a red leather book.
"I know just the story," he said, opening said book to a certain page. "What makes this story different is that our hero, los héroe, is not los Cascanueces. It is el raposa."
"A fox?" asked a boy with a plane.
"Sí," Drosselmeyer answered, before showing them a picture of Swiper the Fox with a sword and fighting the Mouse King, who is large enough to be a rat and is wearing a crooked golden crown and red fleece king's cape. "A fox that you should know very well. Can you guess who?"
"Swiper the Fox!" answered a girl with a ball.
"Correcto," Drosselmeyer answered. "In this story with Clara and los Cascanueces, he helped save the Sugar Plum Fairy with the help of his amigos, Dora and Boots."
"How did he do that, Tío Drosselmeyer?" asked a boy with a drum.
"Let me tell you the story of Swiper and his adventures in the Kingdom of the NutCracker," Drosselmeyer answered, turning the page to show a picture of Dora, Boots, and Swiper walking down a path during winter. Dora has on her Nacimiento party dress, Boots has on his Nacimiento bowtie, and Swiper has on his new Nacimiento scarf, red and green holly and white snowflakes. Drosselmeyer then began telling his story:
"It was the day before Christmas Eve…"