luvAdventure123: Hello everyone! Here it is! What you've all been waiting for. I hope you enjoy me and Dani's fanfic because we both put a lot of thought and effort into it. A little reminder: my next Tintin and Ronnie story will be a lot better than my first attempted story.

DaniellatheMuggle: Well! In co-operation with luvAdventure123, here's Chapter 1. This is non-canon to my fanfic, as the Professor says (in my fanfic) that they didn't see each other in December, and they haven't seen face-to-face since the events of How I met Tintin. And in the fanfic, Jacq has not yet visited Marlinspike Hall. So this is like a fanfic within a fanfic. It's a special crossover with another fanfic writer. Enjoy!

Chapter One:

The Invitation

Inside of the cozy warm mansion of Oakwood, Ronnie was helping Mr. Miles and Gertrude decorate the Christmas tree. Missy came in with a warm, fresh batch of cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate for Ronnie, Gertrude, and Mr. Miles. Ronnie was putting the tinsel on with Gertrude when there was a knock at the door.

"I'll go get it mademoiselle. You finish up with the tinsel."

Ronnie was glad she at least had a friend inside the house whenever Tintin wasn't around town on adventures. Turns out, it was the mailman at the door. He handed the mail and he left. Gertrude closed the door and she took it inside. She sorted it out on the coffee table and went through it. It was the usual mail they'd get. Taxes, bills, advertisements. That is until she found a letter with Ronnie's name on it in handwriting.

"Mademoiselle?"

"Yes, Gertrude?"

"There's a letter for you."

The butler took the tinsel from Ronnie as she got down from the wooden ladder. She walked gracefully to Gertrude who was holding her letter. She handed it to her, and before Ronnie left, she asked one last question.

"What else is in the mail, Gertrude?"

"Just some house taxes, deary. I'm going to take these to your Aunt and Uncle."

Gertrude left the living room and headed for the library where Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Felix were reclining and reading books. Ronnie ran up the stairs to her bedroom and closed the door behind her. She jumped onto her bed and opened the letter. She examined the envelope closely and saw that it was directly from Marlinspike Hall. She was quiet and still as she read the letter.

Dear Ronnie,

You are invited to come to Marlinspike Hall to celebrate Christmas with me, the Captain, the Professor, Bianca Castafiore, the Thompsons, and another special friend of mine. The event will take place on December 24th, you're allowed to wear whatever you want, and feel free to bring a snack for everyone at the party. I'll see you in a week.

From,

Tintin

Ronnie released the letter and the envelope into the air and jumped on her bed with joy and happiness.

"Yippee! Hallelujah!"

"Ronnie! What's that noise I'm hearing up there?"

"Nothing, Eleanor!"

Ronnie's cheeks turned bright red in embarrassment that Eleanor heard her celebrating over the letter Tintin gave her.

Xxx

"Well, that's the last of the invitations, Captain. We should be ready to have the party in a week."

"Are you excited to see Ronnie and Jacq again?"

"Excited? I'm more than excited, Captain, I'm thrilled."

"Well, it'll sure be great to see the two lassies again. I wonder what they've both been up to."

"We'll just have to ask them at the party."

Tintin got out of his chair and headed for the door. He grabbed his coat and before he went, the Captain stopped him.

"Where are you going, laddie?"

"I'm just going to send the rest of the invitations to everyone else. Come on, Snowy."

Snowy was sitting down in the living room sitting down on the couch, biting the tasty delightfulness of his wonderful bone.

"Snowy!"

Snowy left his bone and leaped off the couch to join his master out the doors of Marlinspike Hall. Tintin went to every address, including Signora Castafiore's beautiful home. He then soon made it home, just in time for dinner.

"I hope everything goes according to plan, Snowy."

"And I hope there's enough bones for me too!" barked Snowy cheerfully.

Xxx

"OH BOY! OH BOY! OH BOY!" said Jacq as she ran across the film studio at full speed. She reached the set of a cowboy film, after they had just finished. She came towards Sally South, who was wearing a black and bright red showgirl outfit and a wig with bright-blonde curls. "OH BOY! OH BOY!" said Jacq still jumping around and holding a letter on her chest.

"Calm it, Sugar!" said Sally. "You actin' kinda funny. Especially for you. Why so happy?"

"Look!" said Jacq holding the letter in front of Sally's face and still giggling. Sally held the letter and read:

Dear Jacq,
It's been a while, hasn't it?
You are invited to come to Marlinspike Hall to celebrate Christmas with me, the Captain, the Professor, Bianca Castafiore, the Thompsons, and another special friend of mine. The event will take place on December 24th, you're allowed to wear whatever you want, and feel free to bring a snack for everyone at the party. I'll hopefully see you in Marlinspike Hall in a week.

From,

Tintin

"Howdy! You're gonna celebrate Christmas with Ponyboy?"

"I am! Wait! I don't know! What'll Mr. Bucks say? Does he still want me to work at the Christmas ball? But I do kinda deserve a break, don't I? And I would wanna spend Christmas with Tintin and the Captain and Snowy and-"

"Save it," said Sally putting her hand in front of Jacq's mouth before she could say anything else. "I'm sure that Mr. Buck'll want ya to spend Christmas with your friends." She let Jacq go so that she could let her speak.

"Maybe you're right," said Jacq. She walked with Sally to the make-up room. Sally took off her big wig and Jacq helped her take-off her red corset.

"And besides," continued Sally, "it's winter there. You'll get to have a nice, traditional Christmas in the snow. Sippin' hot chocolate, havin' Turkey, watchin' the snow fall down the window. Here it's always sunny and borin' in Christmas."

Jacq sighed. Sally asked, "Now what? You don't like the snow?"

"It's just that... it's been a while since I saw Tintin. Sally, remember the promise I told you I made after I came back from Bordwell?"

"The one about becomin' a filmmaker?"

Jacq took off the corset and hung it with the rest of the costumes. She continued, "The one about reaching my potential, before I could ever see Tintin again."

Sally turned around with her arms on her hips. "What? So ya gotta get a career before ya fall in love?"

"No, that's not it. I'm just not ready for him yet," Jacq proceeded to take off Sally's skirt. "And I'm not ready for myself either. I can't be dependent on others. That'd make life difficult for people if I'm too dependent on them. I'll just keep pulling them back. And I also gotta learn how to be independent so that I don't pull myself back." Jacq took off Sally's skirt and went to hang it with the rest of the costumes. "Right now, I haven't made a single film. The first screenplay I gave in to Mr. Bucks was stupid and poorly written, and all I'm doing at the moment is just walking around with props and equipment, dancing around as an extra... I'm no any closer to my goal. What'll I tell Tintin about that?"

"Well, it's better than doin' nothin'. I see ya enjoying the heck outta filmmakin'. Every time you're around the set, you're givin' advice to the producers. Don't act like I don't see that," said Sally putting on her regular clothes, her white blouse, colorful scarf and red pants. "The only problem is that you're being too stressed."

"Yeah, I get that a lot." She saw Sally brushing her hair and then taking off her extra make-up. "And are you spending time with your family?"

Sally paused. Then she said, "Nah, I can't. I sent'em a letter, though."

"Oh..."

Sally re-applied her make-up, and then said, "Jacq, I know you don't like it when I say you're lucky, but believe me: you're extremely lucky to have friends like these now. And don'tcha forget that."

"I won't," said Jacq now smiling and back to her old self. "Well! I'm gonna go ask Mr. Bucks if I can leave. I'll see ya later."

"See ya, Hon'."

Jacq ran off the make-up room, then started to bounce around again. "I'm going to Marlinspike Hall! I'm gonna see my friends! And I'm gonna see Tintin! I'm gonna see Tintin! OH BOY! OH BOY! OH BOY!"

DaniellatheMuggle: Looking forward to see Ronnie and Jacq in the same room?
By the way, because I'm travelling, I'm gonna have to put my current fanfic on hold. Sorry if Chapter 6 is gonna take a while. In the meantime, this is the Christmas special between me and luvAdventure 123.
Hope you enjoy this Christmas special! Really looking forward to writing the rest!

LuvAdventure123: Hi everyone! I'm back! This chapter was combined with chapter two and one just because. The other chapters will be like this too because half of it is written by me and Dani. Be on the lookout for chapter two!