Hi! This is my first chapter story, so please let me know if there is anything I can do better. CC is welcome.
Disclaimer: I don't own the 39 clues.
It was a beautiful winter day, just two weeks before Christmas. Amy had just finished reading, The Little Princess, for the third time. Everything was perfect, and nothing could ruin the moment. "No!" shouted a voice from down stairs. Well, Nothing except for Dan. Amy got up from her comfortable recliner in her room, and headed downstairs to see what was going on.
On normal days, Nellie would cook delicious pancakes, Fiske would quietly read the paper, and Dan would be... Dan. Today wasn't one of those days. Dan and Nellie were arguing with Fiske.
"What's going on?" asked Amy.
"Your uncle Fiske decided to invite all the clue hunters to our house for Christmas!" cried Nellie.
"Nellie, please lower your voice. Mr. McIntyre and I agreed that it would be nice for the family to get together." Fiske said.
"Nice?"
"The family needs to bond, so what better time to do that then Christmas?"
"But, Fiske, why this Christmas, why not next Christmas?" asked Dan.
"If we don't do it this year, chances are that we won't do it next year."
"Exactly my point."
"We are inviting them this Christmas, end of discussion."
Fiske hardly ever raised his voice, but when he did he meant business. Nellie, Dan, and Amy immediately stopped arguing, and went to find a phone so they could invite the family.
"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!"
Amy, Dan, and Nellie were playing "rock, paper, scissors" to see who had to call who.
"I win!" Dan said.
"No you didn't," said Nellie, "Paper doesn't beat rock."
"Yes it does, Nellie."
Nellie punched Dan in the arm, knocking him off his chair. "See? Rock does beat paper."
Amy laughed and wrote Dan's name next to the name "Kabras" on a piece of paper. Nellie had to call Alistair, Dan had to call the Holts and the Kabras, so that left Amy with the Starlings and Jonah.
Dan dialed Ian's number. " Why do I have call the Cobras?" He thought. One ring, two rings, three rings, "Please don't answer. Please don't answer."
"Hello," said a silky British voice.
"Natalie, why did you answer Ian's phone?" Dan asked.
"Because he was too busy to answer it. Why did you call, Daniel?"
"It's Dan, and I called you because Fiske and Mr. McIntyre want us to invite you to a Christmas party."
"Why would I come?" snapped Natalie.
"I was hoping you wouldn't."
"Natalie, who's on the phone?" came a voice from Natalie's phone.
"Our annoying cousin Daniel," Natalie said, not bothering to put the phone on mute.
"What does he want?" asked Ian.
"He invited us to a party."
"When?"
"Fiske told me to tell you to come tomorrow, and stay till Christmas," said Dan over the phone.
"We'll be there," said Ian.
"Whatever," said Dan as he hung up.
After all the calls were made, Amy and Dan were put on cleaning duty, and Nellie had to go shopping for food. Dan was also busy thinking of ways to make Natalie mad.
So what did you think? Please review, and remember CC is welcome. Thanks for reading!
