Hello everyone, happy Thanksgiving Day! Well, where I live we don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but I know that in many other places and country you do, so I decided to write a Holiday chapter about it. This is by farthest the longest chapter I've ever written, so I do hope you like it.

This chapter is written on Xion's Point of View:

Thanksgiving Day

Roxas and I were sitting on the Grey Area's couches watching TV like the lazy teens we were. He had his head resting on my legs while I them resting on a table. We were practically falling asleep since there was nothing interesting on TV which made us sigh sadly. Suddenly Roxas started poking my stomach with his finger, like usually did when we were bored. I let him continue trying not to give it importance, but after a few seconds he started to irritate me.

"Roxas, stop it" I said staring at him seriously making him stop. After a few minutes, he started poking my stomach again. "Roxas!" I yelled angrily at him.

"Come on. I'm bored." Roxas pouted making me giggle.

"And does poking my stomach entertain you?" I asked raising my eyebrows. Roxas took a moment before answering.

"Actually, it does. It is squishy." He replied shrugging. I just rolled my eyes trying to ignore him. I really hated when he said my stomach was squishy, even if it was true he didn't had to care about it.

Suddenly Axel stepped out from a dark corridor in front of us. He glanced at our laziness and shook his head, probably disappointed by the way we used our free time. But what he probably didn't realized is that we learned this exactly from him, the same guy who spent all his day offs slacking off or sleeping.

"Do you know what day is tomorrow?" Roxas and I stared at each other and then at Axel and we shook our heads. Axel shook his head in disappointment once again making me and Roxas giggle. "Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day."

I gasped in surprise and got on my feet "Really? That's great!" I exclaimed excited. I'd been waiting for a long time for Thanksgiving Day. I wanted to do the dinner for that special day since the day I knew it existed. I obviously learned to cook before that, but if I wanted to prepare my special dinner, I had to ask Xemnas first if we were going to celebrate it.

"What is Thanksgiving Day?" Roxas asked as Axel and I face palmed. He had to be kidding.

"I don't know, Roxas. Maybe it is a day where you thank for everything you have?" Axel said sarcastically making me giggle. Roxas on the other side just glared at Axel continued watching TV.

I bit my lip in incertitude not sure if I should ask Xemnas about my dinner. Thinking it closely I realized it will probably sound stupid to Xemnas and Saix. It's true that we don't have hearts, but at least we tried to live like if we had one, unlike them.

Axel seemed to notice my doubt and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Let's go and ask him. If I go with you, I'm sure he'll agree." Axel said cheering me up.

I nodded and we both started running into Xemnas office. When we got there, I obviously got nervous and even more as I noticed Xemnas eyes examining me like a target or prey. Axel noticing my nervousness stepped forward and talked for me.

Axel cleared his throat before talking, "Lord Xemnas, we are here because we want to ask you a favor."

Xemnas raised an eyebrow, "And what will that be?" He asked turning again at me expecting me to continue.

I took a deep breath before continuing, "I think you know tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, right?" I asked. Xemnas nodded making me feel relief, at least I wouldn't have to explain that part, "Well, with your permission Sir, I would like to prepare a special Thanksgiving Day dinner."

Xemnas studied me with his amber eyes for a few seconds making me feel nervous once again. After a short silence, he talked again. "Number XIV, I'm not sure this is a good idea. As Nobodies, do we even have something to be grateful?"

I meditated his question for a minute; he had a point over there. I had a lot of thinks to be thankful for, but the most important was my very good friends, but what about the other members? Being specific, did Xemnas, Saix or Xaldin actually had something for being grateful?

Axel stared at me for a few seconds and then replied, "We certainly do, Lord Xemnas. We should be grateful we have Roxas and Xion helping us achieve our goal." He said with a smile which made Xemnas nod in agreement. "And also we should be grateful that thanks to their efforts, Kingdom Hearts shines and illuminates our sky!"

A smile appeared on Xemnas's face which actually surprised me. Not all the days you could see our Superior smile. "Very well, Number XIV. You have my permission to proceed with your dinner. I really hope you can spread your "holiday spirit" among the other members."

I gasped and smiled at his answer. I really didn't expect him to give me permission. "Thank you, Lord Xemnas. I promise you I will." I said trying to run out of the office. Fortunately, Axel grabbed me from my hood before I could exit the room.

"Forgive her, Superior. She's just a little excited" Axel apologized for me. I turned and saw how Xemnas's smile had disappeared; I could only laugh nervously at my lack of manners.

A few hours later, I came back from Twilight Town's market with my good friends Roxas and Axel who "volunteered" to help me do the shopping. We placed all the bags on the kitchen and sighed relieved. Larxene and Marluxia who were on the kitchen (planning something evil I'm sure) stared at us both of them raising an eyebrow.

The blonde girl walked to us checking our bags, "What are you three up to? And what are all these bags for?" She asked as nice as she always was. However, being the innocent girl I was, I answer happily at her answer.

"Oh, Lord Xemnas gave me permission to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for tomorrow! Would you like to help us? I asked kindly. The girl just stared at me and started laughing with Marluxia. I blinked a few times not understanding what was so funny, "What's so funny?"

Larxene stared at me with an evil smile on her lips, "You're ridiculous, Xion. You're the only one who thinks on a Thanksgiving dinner here. Do we have something to be grateful for as Nobodies?"

I glared at her for calling me ridiculous, I really hated when people made fun of me. Roxas stepped in front of me and confronted that awful witch.

"You should be grateful we are collecting hearts for all of you. Thanks to us Kingdom Hearts will be ready in a short time." Roxas said staring directly at Larxene's cerulean eyes. The girl glared at Roxas clearly not liking the way he had talked to her.

"And you think that makes you special? You two are just fools who were lucky to born with the ability to wield the Keyblade." Larxene said glaring at Roxas which was also glaring at her.

Marluxia walked to us joining his awful friend, "Imagine that marvelous weapon in more…I don't know, capable hands?" He said smirking which made us turn our glares to him.

Larxene laughed at Marluxia's joke, "And what's worse, look who is helping them. Axel, I did not expected you to do such low things like helping these kids with their stupid "Thanksgiving Dinner", don't you have better things to do?"

Axel smirked at Larxene making her glare at him, "I ask you the same, Larxene. Don't you have better things to do instead of messing with these kids?"

"I do. Let's go Marluxia." Larxene said leaving the room with the pink haired guy. I smiled at Axel; he was always defending and protecting us from everything and everyone. He turned to me and saw my smile and nod.

Roxas turned and placed his hand on my shoulder, "Okay, Xion. You're the one who knows how to cook here so, what do we do?" he told me grinning as always. I giggled at his funny expression and nodded.

"I hope you're not tired because we're not going to sleep tonight." I said unpacking everything from the bags. Axel stared at me with a really funny face of disbelief.

"What do you mean we're not going to sleep?"

For the next hours, we spent our time preparing our delicious turkey, many vegetables, mashed potatoes, my special sausage which I had been practicing for a long time, and five different types of pies. Even though we didn't sleep anything that night, we have everything prepared for the next day. I allowed Roxas and Axel to get some rest since they were really tired, however only Axel went to sleep.

It was 7:00 AM of the next day. We were finally on Thanksgiving Day. I was actually surprised we managed to prepare everything just in time. And adequate for the day, I was grateful Roxas stayed with me all night even though he almost fell asleep while watching me prepare the last details.

Roxas was sitting on the counter of the kitchen watching my every move. I turned at him and saw how seriously he was staring at me making me giggle because of how tired he looked. "Xion, why are you moving again that stupid turkey?"

I smiled and sat next to him on the kitchen's counter. "Because I have to do it, if I don't the turkey won't taste good." I explained him with a smile.

He sighed probably not understanding at all and smiled at me, "I didn't know cooking was so difficult. I admire you for all of these."

I smile even more at his kind words, "And I thank you for staying here with me all night, even when I said you could leave."

Roxas chuckled and nodded, "You know, I've been thinking: Why do we have to be grateful for something on a specific day? We should be grateful for everything we have all days, not just one."

I nodded completely agreeing with Roxas's point. "I know, but what makes this day special is that all your friends and family gathers. Not to mention that we eat like if there is not tomorrow!" I said making us both laugh

Suddenly, Xemnas entered the kitchen and stared at us seriously. He then started looking at all the disaster we had on the kitchen and closed his eyes probably trying to hold his anger. He took a few deep breaths and opened his eyes once again. He looked a little more relaxed than before and turned around.

Before leaving, he warned us with his usual deep voice, "I hope this dinner of yours is worth for all this mess, Number XIV."

We sighed relieved. For a second I thought he was going to yell angrily at us, "Don't worry Lord Xemnas, it will. We have everything ready, except for the turkey which we still need to cook." I assured him as he walked again.

Roxas stared at me and smiled, "That was close. For a second I thought he was going to yell at us."

I turned to him and laughed, "I thought the same thing." I said as Roxas jumped to the floor. He offered me his hand and helped me also. "I need to take a shower and relax. Be sure to be here on an hour to help me put the turkey on the oven." I warned smiling at him.

That was the first mistake I did. I left the turkey unprotected, something that for certain Savage Nymph was a unique chance.

I took my time for taking my "well earned" shower and took a short nap of 15 minutes. A desperate knocking and yelling on my door woke me up. I got on my feet as Roxas continued his yelling on my door.

I opened my door angrily and glared at Roxas's deplorable attitude. "Xion, we got big trouble!" he said panting. I raised my eyebrows expecting him to be more specific. "Our turkey…is gone. Someone steal it!"

I stared at him for a few seconds as I felt how all the weight of the world fell on my shoulders. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath trying to calm down and warped into the kitchen. In just a few minutes, I checked everywhere on the kitchen for my turkey, but it was useless. I felt how desperate tears were starting to feel on my eyes as I sat on the kitchen's floor without any hope of finding my precious turkey.

Axel entered the room looking really refreshed, but his faced changed when he saw me crying on the floor. He blinked for a few seconds and got on her knees expecting me to explain myself, but I didn't want to talk to anyone and just buried my face on my arms resting my head on my knees.

He got on his feet and approached Roxas, "What's wrong with her?"

"Someone stole our turkey. And we need to find it now because we need to put it on the oven." I heard Roxas's voice. I closed my eyes still with my face buried on my arms. I tried to think who will do such an awful thing and quickly realized who stupid I was.

"That bitch!" I yelled while I getting on my feet and cleaned the tears on my eyes. Roxas and Axel stared at me in shock, probably by the nasty word I had just said, but I didn't care for that right now. I started running as fast as I could towards the Savage Nymph's room. When I got there, I violently opened her door with a kick and spotted her making out with Marluxia. I made a disgust face at the scene, I didn't needed to see that.

Larxene glared at me because of what I did to her door and yelled, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU IDIOT?

I glared at her also walking into her, "Where is my turkey?" I said with a calm voice, trying not to yell, at least not for now.

The Savage Nymph smirked at my question making me even angrier if that was possible, "I don't know, dear. Why should I know where your turkey is?" she said hypocritically. I gritted my teeth trying to contain myself as Roxas and Axel entered the room.

"Stop it, Larxene. I know you steal it!" I accused pointing at her. The girl laughed as she walked and opened a small dark corridor and introduced her hand on it.

I stared at her raising my eyebrows and then gasped as she drew my turkey from the dark corridor, "I didn't expect you to come and yell like that at me. I'm impressed!" she said handing me my turkey.

I took it from her nasty hands and glared at her, "Yeah, yeah. Just don't be sure not to mess with me like that again, or you're going to pay it." I said as I exited the room. Deep inside me I was relieved, especially after Xemnas warning if anything went wrong.

As soon as I got into the kitchen I placed the turkey in the oven and started cooking it. It will take some hours for it to be ready, so in the mean time I made the last preparations for the dinner. A few hours later, everything was ready for tonight's dinner. Roxas and Axel helped me decorate the table and place every plate and the silverware in each of the fourteen seats on the dinner room.

We all were already on the table, except for Xemnas. I was glad he said it was a must for everyone to assist to my dinner. Although I did this because I felt I needed to do it, I really hoped it will convince the others I wasn't useless and maybe they'll stop criticizing every mistake I did.

Finally, Xemnas appeared and seated on his usual place. He stared at everything and specially at the turkey on the center of the table and smiled, "I congratulate you, Number XIV. Everything seems appetizing and you did a splendid job with the decoration."

A smiled sincerely at him as Xigbar also joined him, "Yeah, Puppet. I didn't know you had these talents! It's admirable!" He said making me feel even happier. It was the first time I heard those two express like that towards me.

I turned at Saix expecting him to say something. He noticed this and sighed, "It looks delicious." He simply said, but my grin widened at his words.

"Thank you, but I couldn't have done all of these alone. These wouldn't be possible without my good friends: Roxas and Axel." I said pointing at them. They simply chuckled and raised they're hands.

"Alright, let's thank for everything and start eating coz' I'm starving!" Demyx laughed making me and some other members laugh also.

And so every member started thanking for everything we had. It's true that for some members there wasn't too much to be grateful for. Some even said they were just grateful for the dinner (aheeem Saix) and some others by they're experiments and knowledge (Vexen and Zexion respectively). In the end, just Larxene and I were missing so I let the blonde talk before me.

She got on her feet as she started talking, "Well, even though we as Nobodies don't have too much to be grateful for, as we all know at this point. I'm grateful we are all here…together….and healthy." She started. I raised my eyebrows in disbelief, was this the same Larxene who was so mean with everyone? The same Larxene who used to zap Vexen and Zexion only because they were too intelligent?

I shook my head ignoring the thoughts I had and proceeded to keep listening to her speech, "…And to end, I want to thank Xion for this wonderful dinner. Even though I don't show it too often, Xion, I consider you as a really good friend." She finished seating back and staring at me with a smile.

I smiled her back as I saw from the corner of my eye how Roxas and Axel were discussing something at my back, probably the same things I thought of Larxene earlier.

I got on my feet also and started my own speech, "Thank you all. Ummm, unlike some of you, I do have a lot of things to be grateful for: I'm grateful on the first place Lord Xemnas brought me into this organization. I wouldn't know where I'll be without it." I said staring at Xemnas with a sincere smile on my face. He just nodded. "I'm also grateful I have my two wonderful friends Roxas and Axel always with me when I need them." I added now staring at my friends who smiled me back.

"Whenever you need us, Xi-Xi." Roxas laughed calling me by the nickname Xigbar placed me. I usually hated to be called like that, but this time I let it pass.

I cleared my throat in order to continue, "And I'm also grateful for all of you. I know we all don't get along, but even if you don't believe me, I consider all of us as a great insane family. I consider you as my great insane family. And if you someday need something, you can always count with me." I added as everyone stared at me smiling, even Saix and Xaldin.

Xemnas waited for a few moments after my speech and talked, "Alright, if that's all then, let's eat!"

I smiled and got on my feet, "Lord Xemnas, I think you should be the first to take a piece." I said kindly handing him over the big turkey. But as I did I saw Larxene and Marluxia laugh for something, "What's so funny?"

"Oh nothing, Xion." Marluxia said with a gesture with his hand. I shrugged and continued with my work. I placed the turkey in front of Xemnas's plate. He grabbed his knife ready to cut a piece for him, but as soon as the knife made contact with the turkey, it got covered with electricity and then…disaster followed.

For some reason I still don't understand, the electricity around the turkey made it explode in Xemnas's face. The explosion caused every food on the table to spoil. And just if it could be worse, everyone had a combination of turkey, pie and salad on their face. The dinner room was now a complete disaster, there was food everywhere! On the floor, on the walls, and even on the ceiling which I don't know how it got so far.

Larxene got on her feet angrily and started yelling at me, "I knew this was just a prank of you, Xion. You just wanted to make fun of all of us!"

I gasped in surprised and tried to defend myself, "What!? No! I-I didn't do this! I don't know how it…" I suddenly stopped talking and stared at Larxene who was staring at me with a smirk on her face. I realized then she was the culprit.

Xemnas got on his feet and stared directly at my eyes, "So you think all of these is funny, huh Number XIV." He yelled at me, really, really angry.

I tried once again to defend myself, but I just managed to say some incoherent words, something that made the Superior even angrier. He grabbed me by my neck and against the wall so fast I couldn't even react. Everyone got on their feet and Roxas and Axel tried to stop him. Finally he released me and I fell to the floor panting.

Xemnas stared at me for a few seconds and then turned around, "Number XIV, you better clean all the mess here and the kitchen, NOW. And you better do it all by yourself. Who ever helps you is going to be punished just as harsh as you're going to be." He warned before leaving.

I just managed to stay on the floor as everyone else started leaving the room without a word except for Roxas and Axel. All my hard work, all the practice I had been doing for weeks, all the hours I didn't sleep just to make something for the others…ruined in just a matter of seconds. I got on my feet as tears started falling from my eyes and went to the kitchen searching for something to clean all the mess Larxene had caused.

As I was cleaning everything still with tears on my eyes, Larxene approached to me and threw all the garbage from the thrash can in the table which I had just cleaned a few minutes ago.

"Oh, you forgot a spot, dear." She said before leaving with smile.

I pressed my fists as hard as I could. Even though I wanted with all my soul to yell at her, I just couldn't. I got on my knees cleaning everything, I felt so humiliated at that moment I couldn't stare at anyone's eyes. As I kept cleaning and picking the garbage from the floor, I spotted from the corner of my eye someone else's hand helping me.

I turned surprised and spotted how Roxas and Axel were there cleaning with me. They turned back to me and grinned. It took me a few seconds to react, but then I gave them the sweetest of my smiles. As always, Roxas and Axel were there for me, even against Xemnas's orders.

I got on my feet and hugged both of them, "Thank you guys. The only thing I'm really grateful for in this Organization is to have you as my friends. I love you" I said sincerely as more tears started falling form my eyes.

Roxas and Axel moved my aside so that I could stare directly at their eyes, "We love you too, Xion." They said at the same time and hugged me back.

That's all friends. Now I think the next update for this chapter is going to be for Christmas. If you have any suggestion of other Holidays I should write, please let me know.

By the way, don't forget that "The Organization"'s new chapter is out tomorrow, so stay tuned :D

Thank you for reading, and to end as I always say, please Review!