A Super Smashing Christmas Celebration!
Chapter 3: Celebration Preparation
The next morning, Mario and Luigi were the first ones awake. They sat in the living room, watching snow fall outside and making a fire in the fireplace by throwing Fireballs into it. After a few minutes, Mario looked at the calendar.
Mario: Hey! Today is Christmas Eve!
Luigi: That's right! And tomorrow is Chrismash!
Mario: No, it's not. It's Christmas. Anyway, we really haven't done enough for Christmas so far, have we?
Luigi: I have an idea. Let's have a Chrismash party!
Mario: You mean a Christmas party. But I think that sounds like a great idea! We can tell the others about it when they wake up.
Just then, Master Hand and Crazy Hand floated across the hall. Crazy Hand was singing a Christmas song.
Crazy Hand: On the twelfth day of Christmas, Smash Bros. gave to me
Twelve bumpers bumping
Eleven springs a-springing
Ten Mr. Saturns
Nine Beam Swords beaming
Eight Star Rods starring
Seven Cracker Launchers
Six Heart Containers
FIVE TROPHY STANDS!
Four Super Scopes
Three Stickers
Two Home-Run Bats
And a Smash Ball for victory!
Master Hand: We can't even use any of those items.
Crazy Hand: I know, but wouldn't it be cool to have all of them anyway?
Master Hand: You're weird…
Then the two of them went out of sight.
Mario: Of course, the hands can join in the party too.
Luigi: Great idea!
Later, all 28 Smashers were all together again. Everyone had agreed to the Christmas party.
Mario: Okay, now we need to get everything set up for the party. We need to decide who will do what. Kirby, Meta Knight, and Pit, you three can fly, so you could handle the decorations that are hard to reach. Ness, Lucas, and Charizard can use their fire powers to keep the fireplace burning. Now, who should take care of the food?
Luigi: Without eating it all.
Pac-Man: Aww…
Peach: I can do that!
Mario: All right. Samus and Pikachu, you two can use electric powers, so I think you would be best for taking care of the lights.
Pichu: Pichu? (What about me?)
Mario: Oh yes, Pichu…um…I know you have electric powers too. Oh, why don't you help Peach?
Pichu: Pi! (Yay!)
Fortunately, Pichu forgot that she was being left out from putting up the lights. She just wanted to help in some way!
Mario: The rest of you can help with the other decorations. If you need to help any of the others or anything, feel free to do that too. Luigi and I will also be doing that job. We'll be holding the party in the room for special events, so most of the work will be done in there, but the food will be made in the kitchen, of course.
So, everyone got to work, or at least tried to. With all the different characters working together, there was a commotion somewhat.
Kirby, Meta Knight, and Pit were handling the hard-to-reach decorations, but Kirby and Pit got carried away and started flying all over the room. Ivysaur tried to help out by using his vines to put up the decorations, but Kirby and Pit were distracting some of the other fighters, who ducked to avoid them.
By the fireplace, Ness and Lucas used their PK Fire and Charizard breathed fire to start a fire in the fireplace. But they didn't need to spend much time trying to keep it burning, so they were mostly just watching the antics of the others.
Peach was in the kitchen working on the food for the party. Pichu helped the best she could, and Jigglypuff had also decided to help. Her ability to float allowed her to reach things more easily. Sometimes some of the others who hadn't been given a job came in to help with different things too, but of course, they had to keep Yoshi and Pac-Man from trying to eat all the food before it was even done. Fortunately, Kirby was too busy decorating to bother it.
Samus and Pikachu hung Christmas lights on the walls, with Samus using her Grappling Beam and small Charge Shots and Pikachu using Thunder Jolts to get them to glow. Since Pikachu was small, he climbed up on Samus's shoulders for a better reach. He could see the lights better this way, and he loved how colorfully they glowed! It was a good thing Pichu couldn't see them, because the beauty of the lights would have gotten her excited. Pikachu knew it was nice of her to want to help and she would only try to be helpful, but he also knew that her trouble using electricity could short-circuit the lights.
All this went on for a little while, but eventually Kirby and Pit ended up flying right into a string of lights! Everyone looked at the two characters tangled in Christmas lights.
Mario: Be more careful, you two.
Kirby and Pit untangled themselves, with a little help from some of the others, and then they went back to their work, being more careful this time.
A while later, everything was almost ready. Most of the decorations were up, there was a good, warm fire burning in the fireplace, most of the food was prepared, and glowing Christmas lights were hung on every wall of the room. Mario and Luigi admired the work.
Mario: It really looks like a Christmas party, doesn't it?
Luigi: It sure does. This will be a great Chrismash party!
Mario was about to say something when Pikachu came up to them. He had just turned on the last string of lights in the room and wanted to know if there was anything else he could do.
Pikachu: Pika Pika?
Mario and Luigi couldn't understand what Pikachu was saying, but they guessed that he was looking for something else to do, since they could see he was done with the lights.
Mario: Let's see…everything's about done in here. Why don't you go and see how the girls are doing in the kitchen?
Pikachu nodded and went to the kitchen. Indeed, the girls were all there, though for different reasons. Peach and Jigglypuff were still working on the food but were almost done. Nana was looking out at the falling snow (Popo must have been helping in the other room). Samus was putting the last strings of Christmas lights on the walls; the other lights were all up, so she'd decided to use these ones in the kitchen since there was still work to do there. Pichu was running back and forth between helping with the food and looking out at the snow. Peach and Jigglypuff and Nana were taking turns distracting her from trying to help Samus and possibly ruining the lights.
Pikachu smiled. The delicious smell of the food, the beautiful glowing of the lights, the falling snow, and the teamwork everyone was sharing really helped to bring Christmas spirit to this house. If things stayed that way, he knew this Christmas party would be one to remember.
Pichu saw Pikachu and ran up to him.
Pichu: Pichu Pichu! Pichu! Pi! (We're almost ready! This is going to be so much fun! I can't wait!)
Pikachu: Pika, Pika! (Don't worry, I think it's almost time!)
Soon, everyone had finished their work. Peach, Jigglypuff, Pichu, Pikachu, Samus, and Nana went back to the events room, where the others were waiting. Peach and Jigglypuff carried the food, keeping it away from Yoshi, Kirby, and Pac-Man, and put it on the table, which the others had already set. The room was now fully decorated and ready, and it looked wonderful!
Luigi: We're about ready now, but…isn't something missing?
Mario: Where's DK?
Just then, DK came in the room, carrying a tall Christmas tree.
Peach: That's what we needed! A Christmas tree to decorate during the party!
DK put the Christmas tree on an empty spot in the middle of the room.
Luigi: That's right! That will make the party even more fun!
Mario: All right! Now that everything's ready, it's just about time! Luigi, can you ask Master Hand and Crazy Hand to come here?
Luigi: Okay!
So Luigi went to look for the hands.
Mario: Is everyone ready for the Christmas party?
Everyone: Yes!
Mario: Then let's get started!
