A Cappy Town Christmas
Part 1
"IT'S SNOWING!" Tuff shouted when he saw that, indeed, it was snowing outside the window. He jumped from his chair at the table and put his winter gear on. Lady Like went over to him.
"Tuff," She started. "You're not done with your division problems."
"I can do it later, Mom." He told her. He got his sled out of the closet. "It's snowing out."
"I can see that. But, there will be other days like this. Can't you play in the snow after your schoolwork?" Tuff stood up and went for the door, ignoring his mother.
"Bye, Mom." He then left. Lady Like sighed. She looked at her daughter who was reading on the couch.
"Honestly Tiff, why can't your brother be a little like you?" Tiff shrugged.
"I don't know, Mom." She admitted. "Little brothers can be a mystery sometimes."
"KIRBY! KIRBY!" Tuff yelled, pounding on the star warrior's door with his fists. Kirby's door opened and there stood Kirby in his snow hat, and scarf. "It's snowing, Kirby! Are you all ready?"
"Poyo!" Kirby replied with excitement. Tuff ushered him to follow him.
"Then, come on!"
"Poyo!" Kirby then ran after the boy, leaving Tokkori behind. The little bird stepped out in the snow and shivered as it made his feet cold. He sighed.
"I hate snow." He said.
Tuff, Kirby, and their friends were riding on sleds in the snow. Tuff then saw Tiff from the corner of his eye. He looked at Kirby.
"Ready, Kirby?"
"Poyo!" Kirby nodded as the two made snowballs and threw them at Tiff.
"Tuff, Kirby!" She shouted at them. Tuff and Kirby stopped their sled in front of her.
"Hey, sis!" He greeted. Sorry, but, did you decide to join in the fun?"
"No." Tiff told him. "I came to tell you that Mom said it was time for your division homework."
"Aw, Tiff, I told her I'll do it later."
"Right, and it is later. Do you know how long you were out here?"
"I don't know. An hour?"
"Four hours!" Tuff was confused.
"What? Four hours? Wow, time sure does fly when you're having fun." He looked at Kirby. "Isn't that right, Kirby?"
"Poyo!" Kirby agreed.
"Mom wants you home right now. She wants you to do some more of your schoolwork before supper."
"Aw, Tiff, you're no fun! Can't we stay out a little longer?" Tiff put her hands on her hips.
"Now, Tuff!"
"You better listen to your sister, Tuff." Iro told him. Tuff did a disappointed sigh. He got out of the sled.
"Fine!" He looked at their friends. "Guys, we're going to have to call it a day. Tiff, the fun-ruiner is here." Their friends got off their sleds.
"Aw, pity!" Honey said. "I was having so much fun that I didn't want it to end! Oh well, see you and Kirby tomorrow."
"See you, tomorrow." Then, Kirby and the kids went their separate ways though the snow.
"Poyo!" Kirby said, hopping up. He hopped again. "Poyo?" Tuff looked at him.
"What do you want, Kirby?" Kirby hopped while pointing at the sled.
"Poyo! Poyo!" Tuff sighed.
"I think he wants to go on a sleigh ride." Tiff said.
"Poyo!" Tuff sighed and put the sled on the ground.
"Come on. At least, you can still have fun."
"Poyo!" Kirby cheerfully jumped on and sat down. Tuff looked at his sister with a mischievous grin.
"Don't even think about it, Tuff." Tuff frowned in disappointment.
"Fine!"
"Poyo; poyo!" Kirby piped up as if saying 'mush, mush!' Tuff groaned and shot a look at Kirby.
"Alright; I get it!" Tiff laughed. Tuff looked madly at his sister.
"It's not funny!"
"Okay." Tiff said, still laughing a little. She ushered him to follow. "Come on, let's go home." And with that, brother and sister headed home, Tuff pulling the sled with an excited Kirby.
"Hey Tiff?" Tuff asked as they trudged through the snow.
"Yeah?" Tiff wanted to know.
"Do you remember that Christmas party we had with the other cartoons when Kirby, that electric mouse, and that fairy baby saved the holiday?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, why don't we throw those kinds of parties here in Cappy Town."
"Because little brother, we don't celebrate Christmas in Cappy Town."
"Why not?"
"Well, because…" Tiff tried to think over this. "Because…" She looked at her brother. "I don't actually know why."
"I think we should celebrate Christmas. We'll go talk to the Mayor about it."
"Yay!" Tuff cheered. "Christmas!" He looked at Kirby. "What do you say, Kirby? Want to celebrate Christmas?" Kirby jumped up and down.
"Poyo; poyo!" Tiff and Tuff laughed.
"Well, it's settled then." Tiff declared, "We're going to have a Christmas."
"Poyo; poyo!"
"So, you want to celebrate Christmas?" Mayor Blustergas wanted to know. Tiff nodded.
"Correct." She told him.
"And all we do is decorate, bake cookies, sing carols, give and receive gifts, and be merry?" Tiff nodded again.
"That's the gist of it."
"And what day is Christmas?"
'December 25th."
"December 25th? But, that's in…" He then realized something. "My goodness; we better get started then. There's no time to waste!" He then ran off.
News spread about Christmas in Cappy Town like wildfire. People began decorating their houses, buying gifts for their loved ones, and being merry. It wasn't long before the news reached the king and this made the topic on Channel DDD.
"This is Channel DDD!" Escargoon narrated on the TV. While they were watching the news, Tuff, Tiff, and their friends were making paper mache snowflakes to decorate the window. The screen then switched to Escargoon and King DeDeDe in the throne room. Escargoon held a microphone in his hand. Behind them was a Christmas tree.
"News is spreading on a holiday that isn't celebrated in Cappy Town." Escargoon began, speaking into the mike. "But, that is going to change because for the first time ever, Cappy Town is going to celebrate this special holiday known as Christmas." The snail went to the king. "Now your highness, why don't you tell the viewers how you feel about celebrating Christmas in Cappy Town." Escargoon held the mike to DeDeDe's mouth.
"I think it's great!" He responded. "Especially opening all of those presents!" This made Tiff angry.
"Alright, and what do you say the true meaning of Christmas is?"
"Why it's simple, getting lots and lots of presents!" Escargoon took the mike back.
"And you heard it here folks, Christmas mean getting lots and lots of presents! So go down to lots of stores and buy, buy, buy before it's too late!" The TV then turned to commercial. It was an ad for a new Changing action figure.
"Ooh!" Tuff oohed. "A Changer action figure!" He got an idea and looked at his parents. "Can I get one for Christmas? Pleeeeeeease?!"
"If you do your schoolwork, young man." Lady Like told him. "and be nice, Santa might give you one."
"Yay!" Tuff cheered. "That's the best part about Christmas, PRESENTS!"
"Poyo!" Kirby cheered with Tuff. Tiff pounded on the table in anger.
"That's not what Christmas is about!" She erupted. Tuff, Kirby, and her family looked at her. "It's about family and spreading time with your love ones."
"And PRESENTS!" Tuff said.
"Poyo!" Tiff sighed as her brother ran to the other room to get his homework with Kirby following.
"I was thinking," Doron started in his cell in the police station. Chief Bookem just finished decorating the Christmas tree. He got off the ladder and looked at the crook.
"Oh?" He asked. "And what's that?"
"Well, since it's Christmastime, I was thinking that maybe you can let me go?" Chief Bookem burst out laughing.
'"No can do, bucko! You're spending another Christmas here in the slammer." Doron sighed.
"I was afraid of that."
As Kirby was coming home, he was surprised when he smelled turkey coming from Chef Kawasaki's restaurant. Kirby looked at it. The Chef came out and noticed him. He went over to the star warrior.
"Oh, hello Kirby." The Chef greeted.
"Poyo!" Kirby greeted back.
"Did you smell my holiday turkey in there?"
"Poyo." Kirby nodded.
"Do you want some?" Kirby nodded again.
"Poyo." The Chef ushered him to follow him.
"Then, come on! That turkey isn't going to eat itself you know."
"Poyo!" And with that, the star warrior followed Chef Kawasaki into his restaurant.
When Kirby finished his meal and exited the restaurant, he looked all around him. Cappies were going in and out of stores. He was so absorbed that he bumped into Samo. Samo dropped the bag he was carrying. He noticed Kirby and got up. Kirby got up too, picked up his bag, and gave it to him.
"Thanks, Kirby." He thanked him. He sighed in relief. "It's was sure busy in the store today, but I guess it's understandable, people want to give good gifts to the ones they care about." He sighed. "I sure hope Mabel likes the present I got for her." Well, talk to you later Kirby." He then left. Kirby waved after him.
"Poyo!" He then stopped and pondered about something. Chuchu! What was he going to give her? Kirby looked at the store. He didn't have any money so he pondered about the perfect gift as he walked all the way home.
Meanwhile, at the castle balcony, Dedede was looking through his binoculars at all the shopping cappies. He growled in his throat. "This isn't fair!" The king roared. "Where's my present, huh?!"
"Well sir," Escargoon said. "You only get presents if you are nice, and 'nice' just isn't in your vocabulary." Dedede glared at Escargoon and threw the binoculars at him. He collapsed. "See what I mean?" Escargoon stood up. "Don't worry, Sire. There's still time. You just need to have patience, then the presents will come for you."
"They better." DeDeDe said under his breath. He looked out through his binoculars again.
"Look at that tree, Kirby!" Tuff told him, marveling at a gigantic Christmas Tree. He, his family, and Kirby were at a tree lot, trying to find a Christmas tree. Kirby looked at it and marveled at it too. "Isn't it gigantic?"
"Poyo!" The star warrior agreed. Tuff's parents and sister went up to them.
"You want this tree?" Sir Erbum asked.
"Yeah!" Tuff answered. His father nodded. He was about to tell one of the sellers when his son spoke up again, going over to another big tree, bigger than the last. "No, no, this one!" He ran to another big tree. "No, this one!" He went from tree to tree. His parents, sister, and Kirby followed wherever he ran to. He stopped and collapsed onto the snow.
"Gosh!" He said. "There are too many trees!" His parents and Tiff laughed.
"Just pick one, dear." Lady Like told him.
"And remember," His sister added. "just because it's bigger, doesn't make it better." Tuff sighed and sat up. He looked at the trees, thinking. He finally pointed at a tree.
"That one!"
"Okay." Said Sir Erbum. He looked at a passing Cappie. "Excuse me, sir!" Tuff pointed at another tree.
"No, that one!"
"Tuff!" Tiff scolded. Tuff sighed.
"Fine!" He pointed at yet another tree. "There! That's the one!" Tiff looked at her father.
"Hurry, Dad." She told him. "Before Tuff changes his mind again!" Her father nodded and went to a Cappie to buy the tree. Tuff started flailing his arms and legs in the snow.
"Come on Kirby!" He urged. "Make a snow angel with me." Kirby didn't hesitate one bit.
"Poyo!" He lied down in the snow and flared his arms and legs.
"Okay, Kirby." Tuff declared, standing up. "Let's look on how we did." Kirby agreed and stood up. He and Tuff then looked at their creations.
"Nice!" Tuff observed. "Way to go!" He and Kirby exchanged a high-five. Kirby then looked at his snow angel, thinking.
When they got home, the parents, kids, and Kirby all put up the tree and decorated it. Kirby had the opportunity to put the angel on top. The kids then invited their friends over to make Gingerbread Houses (Kirby kept sucking up his pieces and sucked up his finished one). They then made Christmas cookies after that. Whenever Kirby reached for the cookies cutter that was in his reach, someone else took them. Kirby frowned, then a cookie cutter came in front of him. In was in shape of an angel.
"Poyo?" He asked, wanting to know where it came from. He looked up and saw Tiff.
"You can do the angel, Kirby." Tiff told him. Kirby smiled.
"Poyo!" He then thought of Chuchu, maybe he'll make an angel for her. She likes angels. That's it! He'll make an angel for her and give to her for Christmas! He was so happy that he jumped up and down. "Poyo, poyo, poyo!" He had a gift for Chuchu! He was so busy hopping that he bumped into the table. The bowl of cookie dough jumped and flew off the table. Cookie dough spattered onto the floor.
"Kirby!" Spikehead cried out in frustration "I was working on a Christmas tree and now I have to start over!" Kirby went up to the dough on the floor and sucked it up.
"Kirby!" Tiff shouted at him. "Don't suck it all up; you'll get sick!" Tuff looked at his mom.
"Can I eat the cookie dough, Mom?" His mom shook her head.
"Absolutely not!" Tuff sighed and hung his head in defeat.
"Aw man; Kirby gets all the fun."
"Kirby!" Tiff yelled at him. "Kirby, knock it off, I mean it! That's unsanitary and unhealthy!"
"Five second rule, Tiff." Tuff said. Tiff shot a look at his little brother.
"That's bogus, Tuff! Plus, the dough's been on the floor for more than five seconds!"
When Kirby walked home, he looked up and saw Maikeru, a new craft store that had just opened up two months ago. Kirby was thinking of Chuchu and the angel that he was going to give her. He then had another thought. He didn't know how to make an angel. How was he supposed to make an angel for her when he didn't know how to make one? He frowned and continued towards his house. It was back to square one.
He then looked up again and saw the Cappy Town's National Library. Tiff often checked out books there. Some fantasy, romance, mysteries, and more. Some of them even helped with her schoolwork. He remembered she had to research pandas and the books helped her on her report. A thought came to him. If books helped Tiff on her report on pandas, then maybe a book would help him make an angel. He smiled to himself. That's it! He'll come back here tomorrow and check out a book that'll help him make his gift for Chuchu. With that, he walked all the way home.
Just as soon as Kirby awoke the next morning and did his morning routine without waking a still sleeping Tokkori, he went out the door. When the door closed, it woke up the little bird. He flew up and looked around.
"Kirby?" He asked. "Kiirrrbbyyyy! Where are you?" The bird shrugged and lay back on his bed. "Oh well, I don't feel like looking outside for him, not as long as that nasty white stuff is still outside." And with that, he fell back asleep.
When Kirby got to the library, he ran to the door and tried to open it. But, it didn't open. He tried again, yet, it still didn't open. He tried again and again, but it still wouldn't open.
"I'm afraid if you want to go in the library, you'll going to have to wait." Kirby turned and saw a woman Cappy carrying a loaf of bread. "It's closed." The woman then left. Kirby frowned in disappointment. Instantly, he cheered up. Oh well, he'll simply have to wait. It might be a long time, but he'll do it for Chuchu. He sat in the snow and waited.
"Kirby!" A woman Cappy called him, a different one from before. The star warrior opened his eyes. He had been waiting for what seemed like forever that he had fallen asleep and a pile of snow was on his head! The woman bent down to him. Kirby looked at him. "The library's open my dear if that was where you wanted to go." Kirby was rejoiced by this news.
"Poyo!" He jumped to his feet; the pile of snow fell off of his head. He went in.
He went from row per row, and he didn't find what he was looking for. He frowned. He was about to go home when he saw some books on display. They all had Christmas stuff on all of their covers, including some with angels! Kirby jumped for joy, then remembering he was supposed to be quiet, and walked to the books with angels on them. He tried to carry them all, but there were too many and some fell on the floor. He picked them up, went to a table, and paged through them, looking at all the pictures since he can't read, one by one.
He looked though nearly all the books and he didn't find anything. He opened the last book and he found his smile. They were all directions on making stuff. He went though some pages and his smile grew. Directions on how to make an angel! He went through some more pages; they were all on different angel projects!
Kirby was surprised. He never knew that there were so many ways to make angels. There were Clay Pot Angels, Paper Doily Angels, Porcelain Angels, Angel Bears, Teddy Bear Angels, Bottle Angels, and more. He had to think. What kind of angel that Chuchu would like? He decided to flip pages really fast, and whatever page he had his hand on when stopped, he would make that angel. And so he did.
He stopped and looked at the page where his hand was on. It was on Clay Pot Angels. He picked up the book he wanted and went to the front desk to check it out.
As soon as he put the book on the front desk, he remembered something. He needed a library card to check out the book, which he had left at home. He frowned at this realization. He didn't feel like going home, coming back, and going back home again. The Librarian noticed this.
"You don't have your library card with you, Kirby?" She asked. The star warrior nodded sadly.
"Poyo." The Librarian smiled.
"Don't worry, I'll call Tiff and you can use hers." Kirby looked at the Librarian as if to say, 'Really? You'd do that for me?' The Librarian nodded as she picked up the phone.
"Sure, Kirby. Anytime." Kirby jumped up at this. He was so excited that he forgot to keep his voice down.
"Poyo! Poyo! Poyo! Poy…"
"Shhhhh!" The Librarian put her finger to her mouth, shushing him. Kirby stopped jumping and was quiet.
"Okay." The Librarian told Kirby, hanging up the phone. "Tiff is bringing hers so you can get the book. Kirby smiled. He was about to jump for joy and chant 'poyo', when he remembered he had to be quiet. He just kept his smile and went to look at more books while waiting for Tiff.
"I'm here with my library card, Kirby." Tiff spoke to him when he found him in an armchair, looking at the all of the pictures in a book. Kirby looked up at Tiff, smiled, and got off the chair. He put the book on the seat and handed Tiff his book to check out. Tiff looked at it and looked at him. "A craft book? Are you planning on giving someone a homemade present?" Kirby nodded. She smiled. "I think that's the best present to make. Straight from the heart and made with care." Kirby smiled and Tiff gave the Librarian the book so that she could scan it into the computer.
"So Kirby," Tiff started as they walked out of the library. "Do you want me to read you the steps while you make it?" Kirby nodded. "Okay, just let me tell my parents what I'm doing. We'll meet at Maikerus, okay? I assume you need materials, correct?" Kirby nodded. "Okay, it's settled then. See you in a bit, Kirby!" Kirby waved goodbye. They then went their separate ways.
"Ready?" Tiff asked Kirby as soon as she met him in front of Maikerus a bit later.
"Poyo!" Tiff nodded.
"May I have the book so I can tell you what we need?" Kirby nodded and gave the book to Tiff. The two went inside.
When they were at Kirby's house after they had gotten all of the supplies they needed, Kirby made the project as Tiff read him the directions step by step. Tokkori looked on with interest. Finally, the curiously got the best of him.
"What you making, junior?" He wanted to know.
"A Clay Pot Angel." Tiff answered for Kirby.
"A Clay Pot Angel? What for?"
"A Christmas present."
"A Christmas present? For who?" He then figured it out instantly. "It couldn't for Chuchu by any chance, could it?" Kirby blushed at this, but nodded.
"Awww!" Tiff aahed. "That's sweet of you to do for her." She patted Kirby's head. "You're a good boyfriend, Kirby."
"Poyo!"
"Okay, now let's finish it so that you can give it to her."
"Poyo!"
"I'm just going to sleep some more." Tokkori said, lying back in bed. "Wake me up when winter ends."
"Poyo!" Kirby held the Clay Pot Angel above his head when finished.
"It's beautiful, Kirby." Tiff told him. "Chuchu's going to love it!" Kirby, again, blushed. He was about to go out of the door to give it to her when Tiff stopped him.
"Whoa there! You can't give it to her now. You have to wait for Christmas." Kirby nodded. "Plus, it's not wrapped yet." Kirby then spied the bag that they brought the supplies in from the corner of his eye. He grabbed it and put the angel in the bag. "That works too, but let's go get a bow and I'll help you tie it." Kirby nodded in agreement.
DeDeDe was spying on the Cappies again and still no gifts he saw were for him. He growled in his throat. He looked at Escargoon.
"Tell everyone in town there shall be a meeting tomorrow morning." Escargoon nodded.
"Yes, your Highness." He said and was off as DeDeDe looked through the binoculars again.
Tuff and Kirby were making a snowman in the center of Cappy Town while waiting for the King. Their snowman included a scarf and cap. They, along with their friends and the other animals, had said goodbye to Tokkori and Coo that morning for the birds had left for the winter.
Tuff and the star warrior had almost finished. They just needed one thing, the carrot nose, which Kirby had. Kirby looked at the carrot in his hand and his eyes brightened. He was about to take a bite when Tuff snatched it from him.
"No, Kirby!" Tuff said to him. "We need the carrot for the nose." Tuff stuck the carrot in the middle of the snowman's face. "There." He looked at Kirby. "Like it, Kirby."
"Poyo!"
Suddenly, they heard a honk. They turned and saw DeDeDe's car speeding towards them. Tuff panicked.
"Look out, Kirby!" Kirby and Tuff ran out of the way as the car drove into their snowman, destroying it. Tuff frowned. "Aw, our snowman!"
They all looked as DeDeDe got out of his car to make an announcement. He spoke into a microphone.
"Cappies of Cappy Town!" He began. "I've been watching all of the gifts you have wrapped, and noticed something. Not a single one is for me." Chief Bookem then got angry.
"You were spying on us?" He wanted to know. "That's not polite." DeDeDe got angry and shouted into the megaphone.
"YES, BUT I'M THE KING! THEREFORE I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT! Therefore, I can spy on you all whenever I like."
"He's right you know." Professor Curio told the police chief.
"Oh, I guess he is." The Chief responded.
"I'm disappointed in all of you Cappies." The King said. "I'm a good king. I deserve a gift." This made Tuff laugh out loud.
"Yeah, right!" He laughed. "You're mean to us year- round. You don't deserve anything!" The King shot a look at him. Seeing his look, Tuff stopped laughing. DeDeDe continued.
"I do deserve a gift! If all of you people are getting gifts, I should as well."
"Me too." Escargoon put in.
"Shush, Escargoon!" Escargoon frowned.
"Yes, your Highness.
"So as I was saying, each and every one of you, give me a gift. If you don't give me a gift, you will be banished and you can never come back." The Cappies gasped. This made Tiff angry.
"THAT'S REDICULOUS!" She shouted. Escargoon and King DeDeDe looked at her. "If you want to get a present, you should start being nice and caring about all of the Cappies all throughout Cappy Town. Then, and only then, is when we will give you gifts. But until then, you don't deserve anything. Don't be a Grinch." The Cappies all nodded in agreement.
"Now you listen to me young missy. I have no idea what a Grinch is, but you have to give me presents; it's Christmas."
"No we don't. And anyways, Christmas isn't about getting presents." DeDeDe laughed.
"Christmas isn't about getting presents? Of course it's about getting presents! That's the point of the holiday!"
"No it's not! It's about family and spending time with the ones you love."
"And getting presents!"
"No, it's not!"
"Yes, it is!"
"No, it's not!"
"You better be nice young lady," Escargoon told her. "Otherwise you'll get coal for Christmas."
"I AM being nice!"
"Then bring the king a gift." Tiff unfolded her hands over her chest.
"Not unless he does something good." The king pointed a mean finger at her.
"Now listen here young lady, you better give me a gift." He looked at all the cappies. "You all must, or else!"
"Don't forget me, Sire." Escargoon added.
"Shush, Escargoon. You must too."
"Yes, Sire." And with that, the king and snail got into their car and drove off. Tiff sighed.
"Where are you, Christmas?" She asked herself. She then heard her father calling, and left with her family and Kirby.
"Don't worry, Sire." Escargoon assured the king as they were driving to the castle. "I'm sure that the Cappies will respect you. I'm sure by Christmas, you'll get all of the presents from every Cappy in Cappy Town."
"I better." The king murmured under his breath.
DeDeDe had been spying on all of the Cappies and none of the presents he saw them getting were addressed to him. This made the king madder and madder each day.
On the night of Christmas Eve, he still didn't see any presents addressed for him. Even the Christmas tree didn't have any presents under it. The stockings didn't have anything ether.
"I can't take it anymore!" DeDeDe erupted. "I'm getting a monster!" He went to his throne and pressed the button for ordering monsters. The ordering machine came and the monitor came out of the wall. The monitor flashed on and the salesman appeared on screen. He had a green Christmas tree shirt on and a Santa hat on his head.
"Merry Christmas, your Highness." The salesman greeted. "What can I do for you?"
"I want a monster." The salesman sighed.
"Of course you do because you don't just come here just to talk."
"You rdarn tootin' I don't! Now give me my monster!" The NME salesguy shook his head.
"Sorry, Triple D, but I won't give you any monsters until you give me the money you owe." DeDeDe pounded the armrest in frustration.
"Give me the monster, first. One that can transform into or be a replica of that fat red suited man known as Santa Claus." The NME's salesman shook his head.
"Sorry, no money, no monster. Happy holidays!" The screen then went blank.
"YOU'RE GOING TO GET SO MUCH COAL THIS YEAR!"
"Uh, Sire?" Escargoon piped up. The king looked at him. "He's gone." DeDeDe leaped off the throne. "I wanted that monster to be Santa and steal all of their Christmas gifts."
"Looks like you're going to have to do the job yourself, Highness." Escargoon said.
"Shush, Escargoon, I'm thinking." He then snapped his finger when he got an idea. An awful idea. The king got a wonderful, awful idea.