Chapter 2 We Got Bigger Problems
No matter where we come from, we can be ourselves and still be on-
Sharpay Evans hit the snooze button on the alarm clock that sat by her head, her blonde locks never leaving the fluffy pink pillow. She groaned into her pillow, she hated mornings; especially Monday mornings. "Sharpay!" her brother Ryan yells while pounding on the door, she rolls over and pulled the pink leopard sleeping mask onto her forehead.
"WHAT?" she yelled, Ryan pounding on the door was not what she counted on to happen; he usually let her sleep and arrive at the mall whenever, since today was a teacher work day at school. "There's no school today!" Ryan sighed through the door,
"well if you don't want to see what's in the pool-" Sharpay almost jumped from the bed, forgetting her slippers and her silk bathrobe as she tossed open the door.
"What is in my pool?" she asked through narrowed eyes, if looks could kill, Ryan thought.
"You should see yourself, your lucky mom and dad left without noticing it." Sharpay pinched her lips together fighting the urge to scream, as she pushed Ryan aside and ran down to the back yard where her jacuzzi/hot tub/swimming pool was. Everything seemed normal...
That is until she looked inside the thing. "AH!" she screamed, "what is that thing!" Ryan came up to her, peeking inside,
"a deer?" he answered in the form of a question, Sharpay scoffed sarcastically, "looks more like a rat with two sticks in its head." Ryan rolled his eyes, Sharpay had her cellphone suddenly in her hand, she was ready to dial when she looked at what the ...'rat with two sticks in its head' had around its neck. She smiled as her eyes glittered,
"Ryan...look it has a diamond! Around it's neck!" she made a move to grab the animal from the pool but Ryan stopped her,
"Sis, its' not ours...and the deer isn't ours."
She pretended to have sympathy, "so we're gonna let the damn thing drown? That's a diamond Ryan!" her twin sighed, raising his hands in surrender, and backing up.
"Fine, who am I to stop you...but what are you going to when you see it's too small for you?" Sharpay scoffed,
"Diamonds are my best friend Ry, of course it'll fit." Ryan nodded with an upside down smile on his face 'uh huh...right' he was saying without words. Sharpay had put her feet in the water and her hand was out stretched,"come on"-she cooed-"come on you filthy animal-AH!" she slipped into the pool, splashing the water every where.
The deer seemed to...laugh? The creature was laughing? Ryan was laughing too.
"Shut up!" Sharpay screamed, pulling herself onto the platform of the stairs, "Ry, get that thing out of the pool and then get its necklace...I want it."
Merry Christmas from the rich and annoying.
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"Okay, okay...let's not panic." Kelsi said, pacing back and forth, Gabriella was currently sitting on the edge of the trampoline; the sun was up and the house of the Bolton family seemed...too quiet. Jason was pacing alongside Kelsi,
"panic...panic...I'm PANICKING!" Gabriella rolled her eyes, jumping from the trampoline, and looking down at her north pole clothes, then at Kelsi's and Jason's elf garb. Yikes,
"Guys-"
"When Santa finds out we took his sleigh we are so dead!"
"Guys-"
"He'll cut our share of milk and cookies! We Won't get any!"
"Guys-"
"Why'd we have to come-"
"GUYS!" the two elves turned to their friend; who was twirling her hair around her finger. She tapped her foot impatiently, "we have bigger problems to worry about, A) finding comet B) getting the Bolton family onto the nice list and C) making sure to get the sleigh fixed and back home before the 24th." the two elves nodded at the same time, Gabriella rolled her eyes again. "Seriously, do you two rehearse in the bathroom? Stop being...clones, it's creepy."
Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!
"PUPPY!" Kelsi yelled, turning fully at the big, brown chocolate lab that was running toward them, "HUG!" the dog jumped; knocking her to the ground, licking her face. Dog's can sense threats, Kelsi is never a threat unless you get her mad. Really mad. Gabriella giggled, pulling Kelsi up from the ground and pushing the dog off of her. Her icicle crystal glowed, soon enough the dog was talking like it was human.
"You don't look like you're from around here? What's your name? I'm Honey! I belong to Troy Bolton!"
Sometimes Christmas magic is harder to control then what people see in movies. Jason laughed, rubbing Honey behind the ears, she started thumping her feet on the ground. Like the rabbit from Bambi.
Thumper.
"So...Honey, Troy's your owner?" Honey nodded, and barked. Damn it, the Christmas magic wore off. Damn crystal.
Turning quickly, and in a blur of brown fur, Honey ran to the back porch barking-the three elves shyly made their way to the porch, but stood on the ground just five feet away. A middle aged woman with Irish red hair and a cheery disposition came out with the dog roughly 20 minutes later.
"Oh hello...who are you?" She sounded like a sugar commercial. Gabriella smiled,
"Hi, I'm Gabriella Cla-ah...Montez. Gabriella Montez." She used her mother's maiden name. The lady smiled warmly, nodding towards Jason and Kelsi. "This is Jason and Kelsi-call her Kels, oh and if they ever talk at the same time just grin and bear it...they respond well to threats." the two scowled at their friend.
"Well, I'm Genevieve, uh...I was just getting ready to make chocolate chip pancakes-" Jason and Kelsi squealed in delight, running up the porch and in to the kitchen. Gabriella sighed, covering her face with her hand in embarrassment. Genevieve laughed,
"would you like to come in too? My son should be up soon...it's Monday."
Gabriella smiled, "so he has school?" Genevieve shook her head,
"Teacher break...but he still has work to do." Gabriella nodded, her hand instinctively going to her icicle necklace around her neck; making sure its there.
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S GONE?" yelled Santa. The elves that were guarding the sleigh-the ones that told him that the sleigh was missing along with Gabriella and two other elves and a reindeer-backed away. Sure, Santa is all fat and jolly when Christmas comes around but in the middle of November? That's when the stress really takes its toll on the guy.
"Sir?" a guard elf stammered, "I-I...I know where she's going...her icicle necklace left a trace of magic use a few minutes ago." Santa felt his rosy cheeks grow even more rosy-almost purple.
"Then show me... my wife works that area of the workshop, does she know?" Elves nodded. Santa clenched his fists, "show me...and is there a secondary sleigh we can use?"
"Uh...no sir," an elf said,
"then what about Dasher?" the same elf shook his head, "is there any reindeer I can use?"
"Uh...well there is Clumsy." Uh oh. Santa narrowed his eyes, "Isn't he still learning to fly?"
"He's better than nothing sir."
"Good point."
