Me: Hello!
Stella: Why am I your muse? I'm technically you in your other story.
Me: Thought it'd be interesting.
Stella: So anyways, the inspiration for this came from tiger002.
Me: You guys probably already know this but I'll go ahead and say it: I don't own Tales of Symphonia
Stella: Enjoy!!!
Santa's gone missing!
"Let's see… I've set up the milk and cookies, hanged up my stocking, and I'm ready for bed. I'm all set for Santa!" Lloyd smiled and plopped down on the couch, "Now I just have to wait…"
"Lloyd, Santa does not-" Kratos stopped speaking when Lloyd glared at him.
"Santa does not what?"
"Nothing…," Kratos sighed. He didn't understand why his son still believed in Santa. He didn't want to spoil Lloyd's mood though, so he let the teen believe that Santa actually existed.
"How come you're not jolly?" Lloyd looked up at his father with worry, "It is Christmas Eve."
"I not believe in Santa."
Lloyd gasped, "But if Santa does not exist than who delivers the presents?"
Kratos shrugged, "You can believe in Santa Lloyd, I won't stop you. But you do know that Santa will only come if you're asleep, correct?"
"I want to see Santa though…"
"Off to bed with you Lloyd."
"Aw…" Lloyd was about to go upstairs when something strange happened. Rudolph came flying in through the window
Kratos stared at the animal, "What in Origin's name…?"
Rudolph looked at Lloyd and Kratos, "You have to help me quickly!"
Lloyd gaped, "You can talk?!?"
"Yes, but I need your help!" Rudolph's nose blinked while he talked.
"What's wrong?" Lloyd asked.
"It's Santa!" Rudolph shouted.
Kratos almost fell over, "Santa exists?!"
"Of course he does! Who do you think gives all the children presents?" Rudolph looked at Kratos with a raised eyebrow.
"Their parents."
Rudolph sighed, "Of course you'd think like that, you are a parent."
"So," Lloyd began, "What's wrong with Santa?"
"Santa is missing!"
"Missing? If he's gone then the presents won't be delivered!" Lloyd panicked.
"I know! So I need to find a volunteer Santa."
"What exactly happened to Santa besides you finding out he was gone?" Kratos questioned.
"Well…," Began Rudolph, "Santa had been in his office, checking the list of all who's naughty or nice. I was outside his office door, just about to come in when I heard him shout, 'What do you want with me?' then I heard someone else say, 'To prove that you don't exist.' I ran into the room and saw someone flying out the window with Santa in a bag! The person had purple wings, a cape, and blue hair in a ponytail."
"Yuan…," grumbled Kratos, "I should have known. He's always been trying to prove that Santa didn't exist."
Lloyd looked at his dad, "What do we do?"
"We find Yuan."
"There's no time!" Rudolph shrieked, "Someone must have to pretend to be Santa! Please help me!"
"Of course we will help!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"Lloyd, you don't even look like Santa." Kratos told his son.
"I'm not going to be Santa," Lloyd smirked, "you're going to be Santa."
"You're not serious."
"C'mon dad! It'll be fun!"
"No."
Lloyd looked up with a begging expression, "Please dad? Do this for me, do this for your son." Kratos looked at Lloyd and felt hurt that earlier he had said no.
Kratos sighed, "Alright Lloyd, I'll do it for you."
Lloyd hugged Kratos, "Thanks dad!"
"Jump on my back and I'll take you two to the North Pole!" Rudolph told them.
As Kratos and Lloyd followed Rudolph's instrustion Kratos mumbled, "Curse you Yuan for making me have to pretend to be Santa…"
Me: Short yes, but this is going to be a very short story.
Stella: Why doesn't Yuan believe in Santa?
Me: Yuan's too philosophical to believe in Santa.
Stella: Aw… he's missing out on what he could be believing in!
Me: Review please!