Deck the halls with chapters of fanfics. Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la... Um, yeah... anyway, this is my new fanfic (so new, I'm still writing chapter 3), a Code Lyoko Christmas special I have titled "Holiday Magic". This story will contain good, bad, and ugly. And, I hope you like the story as a whole. The following are responses to reviews recieved on the final chapter of the Code Lyoko Halloween special, "Nightmare on Kadic Street".
katfish xX - Careful, you could give yourself indigestion.
IAmTheBoss - Odd's got one of the best costumes there. XD Methuselah should know, he made most of the costumes.
Ulrich's Hot Girlfriend - "Touche", to the best of my knowledge, basically means something along the lines of "back at you".
WhisperingNights - Was it awesome or great? Or both? OK, don't answer that, I'm just being silly. XD;
Holiday Magic
Chapter 1: Letter for Saint Nick
The young boy peered out from where he hid, looking over the landscape. Everything appeared to be calm.
He kept his weapon at hand, just in case, and moved on to another safe location. And, just when the coast seemed clear and he stepped out...
WHACK! A snow projectile landed him right against his side. The thrower, Hiroki Ishiyama, got up laughing. "Gotcha!"
Next thing he knew, he was hit in the face by Ricky's snowball. "Hey, no fair!" he whined.
The boy genius, Ricky Affeber, grinned and replied, "As stated by John Lyly in 1578, 'all's fair in love and war'. And I love nailing ya' with snowballs!"
As he laughed, Hiroki retorted, "Oh, yeah? Two can play at that game!"
As the two boys continued their snowball fight, the gang we all know and love sat in the living room. Rinoka Ishiyama, mother of the Yumi and Hiroki, had made them all hot cocoa and left them to their business. As for her husband, Takeo, he was at an important business meeting that even snow couldn't delay.
"I went through a lot of trouble convincing my parents to let me stay at the academy over the holiday," stated Kitty Boy of Lyoko, Odd Della Robbia.
Jeremie Belpois, the reincarnation of Einstein, blew on his cup for a moment and responded, "Me, too. But, if I plan on decoding that diary we found, I'm gonna need all the time I can get."
"Just imagine what we might learn from Franz Hopper's notes," said Aelita Stones. "The origin of Lyoko... how X.A.N.A. and I came to be..."
Yumi pointed out, "Not to mention, we'll have to stay to keep our eyes out for any of X.A.N.A.'s new tricks."
Ulrich Stern smiled and said, "You know, the upcoming Christmas Dance they're throwing for everyone who stayed turned out to be a great excuse. Convincing our parents to let us stay became a lot easier the moment we caught wind of that."
Odd grinned. "Yeah! Now, all I need to do is find a date to take."
His best friend cracked a smile at him and warned him, "You know, at the rate you're dating girls, I won't be surprised if you're fresh out of options by the end of the year."
Kitty Boy shrugged and asked, "What can I say? No girl can resist this style."
"That is, until after they've dated the boy with the style," laughed Einstein.
Everyone laughed except Odd, who asked, "What's that supposed to mean?"
That evening, Ulrich was changing for the night when his little cousin stepped in. "Hi. Sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if you would look over my letter to Santa for me, and tell me what you think."
Ulrich smiled and said, "Sure why not?" He took the letter and read it.
Dear Saint Nick Claus,
Hi, this is Ricky, the little boy genius. How's arctic life been for you? Have the reindeer been well fed? Have your elves been working proficiently for the holiday? How's Martha doing?
Ulrich looked up from the letter with a funny look. "Who's Martha?"
"That's his wife's first name. At least, according to the website I visit."
The older cousin just shrugged and went back to the letter.
Pego came out with a building block scale model of Crash Nebula's spaceship, and I've had my eye on that. Think you could get that for me? Oh, and I'm also hoping for the new Ecto-Force video game. But, of course, I also want world peace, super strength, a jet pack, and meat vision.
The older cousin cocked an eyebrow. "Dare I ask about the 'meat vision' thing?"
"What?" asked Ricky defensively. "Who wouldn't want the power to fire hotdogs from their eyes?"
"I'll... just decide not to answer that."
But, above all, I hope that my cousin and his friends can free Aeleetie from the Supercomputer and stop the evil X.A.N.A. from taking over the human world. I'm sure they'll all appreciate any help you can give us.
Lowering the letter, Ulrich stared sternly down at his cousin. "Hey, you swore an oath of silence when you convinced us not to wipe your memory!"
"Come on!" he cried. "As if Santa doesn't know about Lyoko already? Saint Nicholas sees all!" he added dramatically, pointing to an eye with each finger, and then rotating them horizontally out 180 degrees.
His older cousin rolled his eyes as he said, "You'd probably go well with cheese and lettuce on a sandwich, because you are such a ham."
The silly little genius beamed as Ulrich read the last of the note.
I will eagerly await what marvelous deeds you will pull come the most wonderful time of the year. Happy holidays.
Sincerely yours,
Patrick N. Affeber
As Ulrich handed him his letter back, he said, "I can give you one thing: you've got quite a vocabulary."
He smiled and said, "Yeah, I can be pretty precocious when I put my mind to it."
"So, how's big and little cuz this evening, huh?" asked Odd as he entered the room.
Ulrich shrugged casually as he responded, "Ah, could be better, could be worse. So, did you hear from Jeremie on that diary?"
As if on cue, the preadolescent child prodigy entered. "I've made a head start, but like I said before, it could be a long time."
"Don't worry, Jerry," grinned the smaller genius. "Anything's possible when old Saint Nick weaves his magic."
Jeremie just stared at Ricky for a moment, and then he laughed, "We can always trust on your little cousin to say something funny, huh, Ulrich?"
"What's so funny about that?" asked the little boy. "I mean it."
The older genius stared at the younger one. "Surely, you don't actually believe in something so illogical."
"Of course, I do! Why wouldn't I? P.S.: Don't call me Shirley."
Jeremie shook his head, ignoring the last part. "One obese man living in arctic climate and delivering presents to every child in the world in one night? It sounds pretty impossible, if you ask me."
Ricky's expression faltered. "Wh-what are you saying?"
"OK, Ricky, let's try to be realistic. There are billions of children around the world and only 12 hours to travel around the world. A person would have to travel at supersonic speed, and the friction from the atmosphere is bound to burn up anyone who tries it. It's just too illogical; there is no Santa Claus!"
Tears had begun to weld up in Ricky's eyes as Jeremie went on, until he finally exploded, "YOU'RE WRONG!! THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS!! I KNOW THERE IS!!" With that, he ran from the room, slamming the door behind him and crying as he went.
Jeremie just stood there gaping at the door. Odd shook his head, and Ulrich folded his arms. "Well, nice going, Einstein," he spat.
"I wasn't... I didn't mean to..." But, the shameful Jeremie couldn't find the right thing to say. Closing his eyes, he whispered to no one in particular, "I'm so sorry, Ricky."
Well, there you have some of the good as well as the ugly. I felt the need to rate this K+ due to what Jeremie tells Ricky, just in case any little kids get offended. So, what's in store for the Lyoko gang this holiday season? Why was Jeremie such a Grinch towards Ricky regarding Santa Claus? And, who will Odd take to the dance? XD Find out at a later date as "Holiday Magic" continues.
