Hey there! Yeah I'm alive, I've been recovering from this last heart surgery and it's really taken a toll on me. I actually felt well enough yesterday to write some more of this story as I was watching the Grinch for inspiration. I appreciate all of the well wishes y'all have sent me as I continue to recover and I thank y'all for bearing with me for this story. I really do appreciate constructive criticism and please don't be afraid to correct me on simple things such as when I misspelled Crumpit as Krumpit. I know I suck at dialogue and technicality, please don't shoot me it's just for fun. Please R&R!


Chapter 2

After his little outburst, Robbie was feeling a tad bit winded so the thin, lanky man collected himself and plopped back in his chair and pulled out a large book with the title "Catalog of Everything a Villain Could Need". Normally Robbie managed to build and invent everything to his heart's desire but time was short and he needed to blue print his plans and every little detail going into his brilliant idea. 'A,B,C,D…L,M,N,O,P,Q,R…'

"AHA! S it is! Sacrifices, Sanity, Scolding, Blah blah blah… There we go, The Sleigh Loader 2000! 'This is absolutely perfect' he thought. So he picked up the orange phone and dialed, 'Being a fantastic inventor and an evil genius as myself pays the bills and buys all the newest technology I could ever want, yay me!

Elsewhere in LazyTown…

The children became bored of their game very quickly since they really hadn't thought it through, so Pixel excused himself to his house wanting to play the newest version of "Exploding Snowmen 5.0", Trixie and Stingy said their goodbyes as well as they headed for Stingy's house for some hot cocoa to take the edge off the cold wintery day. This left Stephanie and Ziggy standing on the baseball field and Stephanie said,

"Well, I guess it's just you and me Ziggy, do you want to go make snow angels at my uncle's house?"

"Sure Stephanie I'd love to!" Ziggy exclaimed.

So off they trotted to Mayor Meanswell's house and on the way there they ran into none other than the slightly-above average hero Sportacus jogging around town doing his rounds making sure everyone could get out of their houses if they needed to. Ziggy shouted to Sportacus to get his attention and the man in blue turned to see two of his friends making his way towards him.

"Hey guys!" Sportacus smiled as he jogged to meet the kids halfway, "What are y'all doing today? Staying warm I hope."

Stephanie and the candy loving kid looked at each other and smiled then Stephanie replied, "We are actually on our way to Uncle Milford's house to make snow angels in the front yard. Would you like to join us?"

Sportacus beamed, he loved the summer months but he also loved winter as it reminded him of his home on the Island in the North. He said with a sparkle in his eye "Of course! I would like nothing better than to join the two of you. Just let me finish my rounds and I will meet you guys there okay?"

In unison the two children said excitedly "Okay Sportacus, see you there!" They grinned from ear to ear as he turned away from them to visit the last couple of houses on the block. Nodding to each other, the two continued on their way to the Mayor's house talking about what they have put on their list for Santa Claus so far and what each other's plans were for Christmas Eve. Talking passed the time as they walked up the sidewalk to Milford's house and they were happy they made it there in good time considering the snow was up to their ankles.

Stephanie was the first to reach the ground and spread her self out as she splayed her arms and legs back and forth in the snow. Giggling, she motioned Ziggy to join her as she noticed he was just standing there watching her awestruck. Stephanie knew that her favorite lollipop loving friend was developing feelings for her but she couldn't see him as any more than a brother to her. She would hate to ruin their friendship just because she rejected him before he even said anything on that subject to her. So she decided to just be herself and be kind as always but try not to encourage any thoughts and feelings he had of them becoming anything more. She thought to herself 'Is this really what it's like to grow up? To hurt my best friend because we both are growing up and becoming more attached in different ways, just because it's a part of life. I don't know about later down the road but I'm just going to enjoy each day ahead of me with no worries and cross bridges when I get to them.

Stephanie was snapped out of her Trans as she heard a yelp from Ziggy who was now lying beside her and soon found herself yelping as she was caught off-guard by a softball size snowball hurled into her stomach. Flustered, she looked up to where the projectile came from and she saw Ziggy point out a portion of a mischievous blue hat and goggles hiding behind the fence. She and Ziggy quickly recovered and shared a glance that both of them knew what had to be done and were crawling towards the fence where they'd be out of sight in case the man in blue decided to stand up to strike again. Quickly they made their own arsenal just as they saw the slightly above-average hero looking for them and slowly entered the yard Stephanie yelled, "Attack!" and the two of them tried to ambush Sportacus but only managed to get him once as he was surprised by the abruptness of the situation, soon after he was dodging snowballs left and right doing backflips and grabbing handfuls of snow in the process to retaliate and soon he had the kids beat as they shouted out a truce. Fire ceased and all three were cracking up as Sportacus joined them back on the ground to make his own snow angel.

"Whoo, that was a lot of fun Sportacus!" Ziggy said as he was catching his breath from laughing so much.

"I'm glad you enjoyed Ziggy," Sportacus smiled and turned towards Stephanie and said, "I'm sorry if I hit you too hard in the stomach Stephanie sometimes I get carried away and forget my own strength while snowball fighting," he explained.

"It's okay Sportacus you didn't hurt me you just surprised me that's all, but that was pretty awesome how you throw as fast as you flip. That would be really cool to learn how to do," Stephanie said excitedly.

The hero smiled and replied, "I would love to teach you both some awesome snowball fighting tactics but now it's time for a snack!" He sat up and hit his crystal three times and three apples shot out of his back pack and gave one to each of them and they thanked him. Just as Sportacus was about to take a bite his crystal went off, "Someone's in trouble!" he looked in his crystal and saw the kitten was in a tree once again. "I must go," he said and with his famous move he was off running across town.

Looking the apple over Ziggy said, "Well, it is getting close to lunchtime so I must go home, I will try to see you later okay Stephanie?"

"Oh it's no problem Ziggy I'm pretty sure Uncle Milford is inside making; or I should say is attempting to make homemade chili," she giggled, "and we will see about later if the weather stays the same, bye Ziggy!" She waved as Ziggy with a lollipop in tow walked home.

Stephanie stood up and went inside and was greeted with the aroma of homemade food and she removed her jacket and placed it on the rack. Then she went to the kitchen and sat down with Uncle Milford and ate.


Wow I didn't expect this chapter to be that long but once I started writing I just couldn't stop! I know it was a rough transition and basically Chapter one was a Prologue and I see that now and I'm up for any advice. I know my grammar is fairly poor when it comes to dialogue so if it's anyone's pet peeve feel free to correct me. Again, I don't have internet on my laptop at the ready so it will unfortunately be awhile until I can post the next chapter. Happy readings!