Well, like the title said...Merry Christmas to everyone. I know that not many are entirely interested in a newbie like me writing stories for you, and I understand that. But this is just a way for me to write while I'm out of ideas as well as a way of saying thanks to the writers who let me use their OCs.
While the purpose here is also to thank the original owners of the OCs, I'm afraid that some of them won't even be reading this anymore due to having moved on to new franchises. That's alright though, I'll just try it this way for now until I catch up with them in their stories.
Unt anyvay (these are not real words. If you try this in any language, you may be though of as crazy), that's pretty much all I have to say for now. I'm sure that you all skipped this part anyway and went on to read the story. That's okay, I know who you are anyway. Expect me outside your door on Christmas.
NOW, ON WITH THE STORY!...
(I'm Reader-anon's world)...
Alden was hanging out with Vanellope, Rancis, Oreanna, and Nougetsia at the Castle. They were watching "A Christmas Carol" starring Jim Carrey. They were having a date night. At least, the two couples were. Jack was busy fixing some coding issues in another game with Barry and Jerry, leaving Oreanna alone for the night.
Vanellope had insisted that she watch a movie with them. Oreanna refused at first but Vanellope promised that she wouldn't put a sappy movie on, she wasn't into that type of stuff anyway. Oreanna agreed and here they were.
As the film was reaching the part where a young Ebenezer was having a grand time with his girlfriend at Mr. Fezziwig's party, a thought came to Nougetsia. "Hey guys," The others looked at her. "Are we gonna have a Christmas party this year?"
Vanellope thought. "Sure, that sounds fun. We could use a break since that freaky king almost destroyed the multiverse. What was his name again?"
Alden answered. "Anthony, Anthony the Nightmare King."
Rancis, Oreanna, and Vanellope chuckled. "You'd think that a guy like that would have a more threatening name than that.", Oreanna commented.
Alden wasn't laughing and had a serious expression. "Don't make fun of him just for the name! The guy was so strong that he cracked the moon with a single punch! Without this, I would have been dead." He pulled out the golden sword he received from the Ancients and TheDisneyFan365, Skadi, from his hat before putting it back inside. He noticed the mood of the others and decided to lighten it up. "S-sorry guys, got caught up in the moment there. Anyway, you were saying something about the party?
"Oh right, the Christmas party.", Vanellope said, "Yeah, we're gonna hold it here in the Castle. There's gonna be a ton of food, drinks, and dancing!"
"Okay...and who's gonna be on the guest list?", Alden continued to ask.
"The candy citizens, our friends, Stinkbrain, Hammer time..." Jojo suddenly ran across the room wearing gold hammer pants. "You can't touch this!" He did the dance step for a few feet before running out of the room again.
"Ignore him. Teri's on a shopping trip with some friends and he's bored. Now, you were saying?"
"Uh, where was I? Oh yeah, Hammer time, Auntie Calhoun... that's pretty much it."
"Uh huh. And we're gonna have the party right here in the Castle, right Nelly?", Rancis said. Vanellope nodded and kissed his cheek.
While everyone was excited, Alden had a different idea that came to mind. "Hey Van, do you think we can invite some other people to the party too?"
"People like who?", the young president asked, not sure by what the young hero said.
"Well, I was hoping to invite some friends from the other worlds. You know, like the other versions of us?", Alden said. Of course, he was talking about the doppelgängers of his friends and himself that he met during his fight for the multiverse, also known as Ragnarok.
However, as neither Vanellope nor the others have actually met their alternate selves, they weren't sure of who they were. Thinking that Alden had meant some people from the future, Vanellope hesitated. "Eh...Sorry Al, but I don't think everyone can fit in the Castle."
Alden didn't seem discouraged. "That's alright. We can do it at The Pit Stop."
"No offense Alden, but I don't think your teeny little building can handle anymore people than the Castle can. We'd be better off doing it here.", Rancis commented.
"My place can handle it. It runs on portal tech, I can make the interior grow to as big as I want." The others looked surprised. "So, what do you say?"
The group got together and took a while to think about it before Alden got his answer. "Alright, Alden. You can set it all up at your place. We'll bring everything to you and help out with the decorations. Deal?", Vanellope said as she put out her hand for a handshake.
Alden was about to shake the leader's hand when Nougetsia cut in. "Wait, what if everyone else comes to the Castle and find out that there wasn't a party at all? They don't all know how to get to Alden's yet."
Alden smiled and kissed Nougetsia on the forehead, making her blush a bit, still shy as ever. "It's okay, I know a trick that can make a doorway between my place and here. If anyone gets lost and winds up at the Castle, just tell them to enter the closet and they'll get transported to my bar in a snap." He then turned to face his friends. "Is that alright?"
"It's cool. We'll tell the guards to guide them in case anyone comes here.", Oreanna said. Vanellope agreed, as did everyone else. With everything planned, they sat down and went back to watching the movie.
The next day...
Alden was at The Pit Stop arranging some of the decor that had arrived early. It was still about four days before the party, but having to organize everything for a party by yourself was a pretty daunting task. "Too bad I don't know any party planners. I could sure use some help here.", Alden said to himself.
As he was carrying a box of ornaments over to the bar, he heard a knock on the door. "Who is it?"
"It's me bro."
Alden set down the box and smiled, went to the door, and greeted his brother. "Hey Jojo, what're you doing here?"
"I heard you were setting up for the Christmas party so I came by to help.", Jojo replied.
"Really? Thanks! Come on in." The two brothers enter the bar area where the box of ornaments were. "So Jojo, do you think you can help set up the ornaments for me? I have to make some important phone calls."
Jojo nodded. "Sure, I can handle that. But who're you calling anyway?", he said, feeling curious.
Alden took out his white portal key and dialed in a number. "Our alternate selves. I wanted to invite them over to celebrate our victory.", he said as the dial tone was ringing. Jojo was about to say something when someone on Alden's line picked up. Alden put up his hand, signalling Jojo to keep quiet as he exited the bar.
Once Alden was out of sight, Jojo reached over the bar and grabbed a bottle of Airheads punch and a hurricane glass. Looking around nervously, he checked to see if anyone was watching. Luckily, no one was. He was about to pour himself a glass when Alden suddenly burst in and yelled, "No drinking on the job, Jojo!"
Jojo was startled and nearly dropped the bottle. He looked at Alden with an annoyed face. "Come on bro, just one shot?"
"Jojo, you know how you get when you drink that stuff. You're nearly as bad as Barry when he drinks my Bubblegum Vodka.", Alden replied. "Now please hurry up with the decorations. I still have someone on hold on my line." He then went to the door but looked back to see if Jojo was trying to get the bottle again. This time, he wasn't. Instead, he saw a grumbling Jojo who had activated his left hidden blade and held his hand in a manner similar to Wolverine when he flips someone off.
Alden just shrugged and went back to his call, leaving his brother to handle the hanging of the ornaments and tinsel around the establishment.
"Whatever." He put his portal key up to his ear and continued his chat. "Yeah, hey, are you there?...Uh-huh, well, I wanted to invite everyone to the Christmas party...Where're we gonna have it?... In this universe... Yup, even the racers... Correct, alternates and back-ups as well. If you want to, sure! In a couple of days...Got it, see you all then!"
(December 24...20XX)
It was the day before the Christmas party and everyone was helping set up the food for the party. They brought their usual Christmas food to be stored in the refrigerators in Alden's kitchen to make sure they had every dessert available for tomorrow's celebration.
"Okay Alden, we got all the ice cream, cheesecakes, snow cones, and drinks in the refrigerators and freezers. They're good to go for tomorrow.", Swizzle said.
"Great, thanks Swizz. Now all I have left to check for today is the disco ball." Alden checked of a few items on his list until only one item remained...the disco ball.
Taking his list with him, he went to the main room and checked to see if the large ball about Ralph's size had been set up. Looking up, he saw Jojo affixing the screws to the metal plate on the ceiling as Ralph stood on a ladder below to help hold it in place.
Alden called out, "Hey Jojo, are you done yet?"
Jojo looked down and shook his head. "Not quite. One of the screws won't stay in place." He turned the screwdriver but found the while the screw was turning, it wasn't locking into place. "Hey Alden, I think I found the problem. The threads on this screw is all worn out. I can't use it to hold the plate in place. Do you have an extra one?"
"I'm afraid I don't. Is there any other way you can attach it?", Alden asked.
Jojo thought and had an idea. "I got one." He produced a small sticky ball in his hand and stuck it to the metal plate. He then made a smaller ball and stuck that to the ceiling. He took the metal plate and pressed it as hard as he could to the ceiling, the sticky balls acting like adhesive putty to help secure the plate and disco ball to the ceiling. "There! That ought to hold until we get a proper screw." He then looked down at the wrecker holding said disco ball up. "It's okay Ralph, you can let go now."
Ralph did as instructed and released the ball. Sure enough, the sticky balls were doing a fine job at holding it in place. "Uh...are you sure that it won't fall?", Ralph said as he rubbed his sore arm.
"It'll do until we get the proper tools. Unless you want to keep holding it up again.", Jojo jokingly said. Ralph shook his head. "No thanks, kid."
"Good.", Jojo replied.
"Good, that's the last item on my list for today. Thanks guys." Alden stood under the ball as he checked his list to make sure he didn't miss anything. Once he was satisfied, he sent most of the people home. "Alright guys, thanks for all your help. See you at the party tomorrow."
Everyone said their goodbyes and left the buolding until only the almond boy remained. He took out his phone and proceeded to call Nougetsia to tell her he was on his way over.
As he dialed the number, he felt something fall on his shoulder. He brushed it off but felt something on his other shoulder. Not sure of what it was, he looked around to find nothing. That was until he heard a loud crackling sound above him. Looking up, he saw the ceiling above the disco ball beginning tomform large cracks, most likely from the enormous ball's weight.
Just as he saw the cracks forming, the metal plate suddenly buckled and ripped itself off the ceiling, sending the mirrored ball falling on top of Alden. The boy was crushed by the weight of the aluminum and glass.
At the moment the ball fell, Nougetsia had answered her phone. "Hello Alden? Where are you now-" (CRASH!) "Alden? What was that? I heard a loud noise? Are you alright?", the yogurt racer asked several questions at once. When there was no answer, she got worried. "Alden? Are you okay? Please answer!" All she could hear was more silence before a weak voice came through.
"Nou-nouget-s-sia...need help! My...leg is b-broken...", was all Alden could say before passing out.
Yeah, this may sound like a tragic story. Don't worry, it will get better in the next chapter. Also, if the writers are reading this, sad to say that this story probably won't be finished by Christmas. Maybe a couple of days after Christmas is when it will be deemed completed. I will still write as much as I can before then.
Anyway, thanks for your patience. The surprise will appear in the following chapter. This story will most likely end by chapter 2 or 3. I'll try to keep it as sensible and a bit short as I can.
SALAMAT AT MALIGAYANG PASKO
THANK YOU AND MERRY CHRISTMAS !
