Chapter 2

"Poyo!" Mr. Krabs awoke to the tiny star warrior in his face. Mr. Krabs screamed, and rolled of his bed. Kirby laughed.

"Kirby, you almost gave me a heart attack!" He stood up. "What are you doing here anyway? Shouldn't you be waiting for Santa? It's only…" He looked at his grandfather clock. It was one in the morning. Mr. Krabs turned back to Kirby.

"It's one in the morning! I'm having another visitor coming, sent by Squidward's ghost, so go on and shoo!" Kirby stayed put.

"Kirby, come on and scat! The pretend first sprit is coming and…" Kirby still didn't move. Mr. Krabs froze and pointed his sweaty claw at the pink warrior.

"Unless you're, nah! You're just a baby warrior, its impossible! There's no way you can be the sprit!"

"Poyo!" The warrior nodded. Mr. Krabs hesitated.

"You mean you are?" Kirby nodded.

"Well okay then. Make it brief then, an old crab like me needs his sleep you know."

"Poyo!" Kirby pointed out the window. Mr. Krabs looked, it was snowing and there were clouds in the night sky. Mr. Krabs looked back at Kirby.

"Yes I know it's snowing; it's December, it tends to do that until March or early April." Kirby shook his head. Mr. Krabs looked again.

"Look, I don't know what you want me to see but…" Kirby began pushing the crab towards the window. Mr. Krabs grabbed the window panes with his claws, forcing him to stay.

"Whoa Kirby! Are you crazy?! You may hate me for hating the holiday, but that's no reason for pushing me out the window to my death. If this is what Squidward told you to do, forget it! I'll die when my time comes, but not now. Please, I'm begging you!" Kirby came up to him and giggled.

"Hey what you're laughing at? Pushing an old feller out the window into the cold is no laughing matter! I thought you were a good cartoon, that frog didn't get in you again did he? You know if you do this, you'll send the readers the wrong message, especially the younger ones!" Kirby giggled again and shook his head.

"Look here, I don't know what sick game you're playing but leave me out of it and let me go back to sleep!" A partridge then flew past, and Kirby sucked it up.

"You're killing an innocent partridge?! Now that's just sick! That frog has gotten into you again all right!" Kirby jumped into the air and turned into Wing Kirby. Kirby took Mr. Krab's claw.

"You're not taking me outside are you?!" Kirby nodded eyes toward the moonlit sky.

"What?! But I'm mortal; I'm likely to fall even if holding on to you. That frog has you under his control! Besides I'm not dress for the cold, I'm still in my P-J-J-J-Js! KIRBY!" Mr. Krabs grabbed Kirby's foot as the two flew off into a time stream.

When the two landed on solid snowy ground again, Mr. Krabs looked at the school in front of them in amazement.

"Hay, I know this school." He looked at the pink star warrior. "This is where I attended when I was in grade school." Kirby nodded. The two looked on as they saw some kid fish playing Broomball.

"Hey!" He pointed to the playful children. A kid tackled a kid who had the ball; they both toppled on one another and laughed. "I know those children! Those were my classmates; those two kids are Billy and Carlos. Hmm, I wonder if they still recognize me." He cupped his claws over his mouth. "Hey Carlos, Billy, what's up guys?" The children didn't hear, instead they broke into a snowball fight. Some building snow forts to hide behind. Mr. Krabs put his claws down.

"Hmmm, I wonder why they can't hear me." Kirby took his claw again.

"Oh, there's more?" Kirby nodded as the two flew into the school into a classroom. The classroom was empty except with desks, in one sat a young crab doing his schoolwork.

"Is that me?" Mr. Krabs asked. Kirby nodded. Mr. Krabs looked at the boy hard at work. "Poor kid. While his friends are outside having a blast, he's cooped up in here. It's not fair I tell ye, it's just not fair."

A little Toadette then rushed in, breathless. The boy crab looked at her. Her pink braids swished with joy.

"Hey, it's Toadette!" The adult Mr. Krabs recognized. "Wonder what she been up to. The excited Toadette smiled excitedly.

"Guess what bro?" She cried. Before the boy could answer, she continued. "You're coming home!" She grabbed the boy's claw and started pulling.

"But I don't understand it sis." The young crab told her. "I though father didn't want me home. He ordered me to stay here and resume my studies remember?"

"Well he had a change in heart!" Toadette said. "He changed his mind; he wants you home with the rest of the family. Now come on, no one should be alone on Christmas." The boy jumped out of his desk.

"Yer right!" He said, and tossed his pencil behind back in his chair. "You go home and tell father, I'll just pack my things and fallow." Toadette smiled and dashed off.

After the young crab zipped his backpack shut with his stuff, he removed his coat from the coat rack and put it on his other snow gear.

After that, he pranced merrily away, humming 'Joy to the World.'

Kirby and adult Mr. Krabs flew into a where house next. They saw a grey gooey sticky blob sitting on a char doing paperwork on a high desk.

"Hey it's Grimer!" Mr. Krabs cried out. Then he called. "Yo Grimer! It's me, Eugene Krabs! Hello? Hmm, I wonder why he can't hear me." Then they heard the clock strike seven. Grimer put his pen down.

"Yo Charmander, Eugene!" Grimer hopped down from his high desk as a 17 year old Mr. Krabs and Charmander came by their boss's side.

"Guess what hoamies?! No more work, it's Christmas Eve. Tell every cartoon to party with us, yeah!" An excited teen crab and salamander jumped up and cheered.

"You're the best friend a salamander could ever ask for!" Charmander told his friends.

"I know." Grimer agreed. "Now chop chop! Let's put the shutters up and get a party going before anyone can say 'Santa Clause." The two saluted and went to work.

Hours later, the whole room was filled with Cartoons, dancing with their loved ones to lovely Christmas music. Kirby and Mr. Krabs saw the tee crab sit all by his lonesome in a chair as cartoons danced away. The teen sighed, wishing he had a date to dance with but sadly he did not.

"Oh I hate looking at myself so depressed." Adult Krabs told Kirby. "Isn't there a lady here with since that can dance with me?" Mrs. Puff then walked up to the teen and held out her fin. Teen Krabs looked at it.

"I see you are a bit lonely." She said. "So, can I offer you a dance with me?" Young Krabs hesitated.

"Take her fin man!" Mr. Krabs encouraged his past self, who obviously didn't hear. "Go on, dance with her. What yer waiting for?"

Finally, after gazing in Mrs. Puff's gorgeous eyes, young Krabs took her fin and the two went to the dance floor. The other cartoons watched the couple as they danced away. The spotlights landed on them.

"Most lovely couple tonight!" Grimer announsed. "Poppy Puff and Eugene Krabs!" Cartoons cheered loudly as Mrs. Puff leaned in and gave the crab a long kiss.

After the kiss, young Krabs felt dazed, and fell to the ground, sighing heavenly and moving his claws up and down like he was in a field of flowers.

"Ah!" Current Krabs sighed. "My first love, I forgot what it was like." He looked at Kirby with question. "Kirby, what happened to our relationship, show me if you can."

The star warrior tried to snap his fingers, and then the two found themselves years later in Mr. Krab's counting house. There they saw a 23 year old Krab sitting in his desk The puffer fish sat in a chair across from him.

"You promised Krabs." Mrs. Puff said. "That as soon as we would hit a certain age range, we would merry." The angry crab looked down at her.

"I never said that!" He shouted. "Besides, if we merry you would force me to give me money away."

"True; but it'll be for a good cause. We can give donations to the less fortunate then us, pay for our children's needs if we have any, pay for our health if we ever get sick, and stuff like that,"

"And wind up being poor?"

"Well, we might get poor, but we'll get more money eventually." Mr. Krabs pounded his desk.

"No, I'll never merry the likes of you then!"

"But you promised."

"I did not! I love me money too much so shut up."

"But…"

"I SAID SHUT UP! I hate you and never ever wants to see you again, good day!" Mrs. Puff gasp, with her heart shattered, she ran off sobbing.

"Bah humcrab!" Mr. Krabs muttered. "Foolish stupid girl, not knowing the real pride and joy is money. Hmmph, I'm better off single." With that, he just continued his work in peace.

"Gosh." Current Krabs said. "I never knew that I was such a jerk. Poor Mrs. Puff, she must be so heartbroken." He looked at Kirby. "Oh Kirby, what have I done?" Kirby took the crab's claw and the two flew to a snow filled prairie. Mr. Krabs looked around.

"What are we doing here Kirby?"

"Poyo!" Kirby pointed to Mrs. Puff. A second puffer fish came up to her. He looked allot like her except he was brown with spots, and a grey mustache.

"Know who I saw the other day babe?" He asked her.

"Who?" She wanted to know.

"Your old cranky friend."

"Oh, is it that jerk, cruel, good for nothing Eugene Krabs?"

"That's the one!" The two puffer fish held fins, as they both laughed. Mrs. Puff then rolled her head on her husband's shoulder.

"Oh I'm so glad I married you instead of that low rate, cold hearted, good for nothing crab." Mrs. Puff said.

"I'm glad you married me too sweetheart." The male agreed. "You're far better with me then with him."

"Oh you said it!" The too then kissed each other on the lips. Current crab sniffed back tears.

"Take me away Kirby." He pleaded. "I can't bear to watch this. It's just too heartbreaking. Please, take me away from this place!" Kirby looked at the sobbing crab and flew him to a final stop.

Mr. Krabs looked up. They were in his house.

"Oh thank you Kirby!" He told him. "You're a good fellow, well good night!" Mr. Krabs was about to go to his room when Kirby blocked his path. The two watched as Pearl went down the stops, humming merrily. They then saw an older Mr. Krabs stopped her.

"Is this yesterday morning?" Current Krabs asked Kirby. Kirby nodded. Then the two watched the scene unfold before their vary eyes.

"Where you think you're going?"

"To Jeanette's Christmas bash." The whale answered. "All of my friends will be there. Now as you excuse me…"

"You're not going anywhere." Peal looked at her determined father.

"Dad, why can't I go? Why do you despise this wonderful holiday?"

"Wonderful?! Pearl darling, this holiday is far from wonderful. It's a waste of money." Peak gasped.

"Dad, how can you say that? Christmas is the greatest wonderful time of the year. Now as you excuse me, I'm going or I'll be late."

"Pearl, I forbid you of celebrating this awful holiday with your friends!"

"Why dad? Why won't you let me be happy for once? You're selfish you know that, ever since Squidward died all you can think about is you and you alone!" Mr. Krabs hesitated a minute.

"Now I'm going and there's nothing you can do to stop me." Mr. Krabs stopped her daughter again.

"Pearl, you're not going and that's FINAL!!!" Poor Pearl had no choice but to well up with tears.

"Daddy, you're soooo uncooperative. I hate you!" Before the crab could comfort his daughter, the whale ran off crying. Mr. Krabs sighed, and hung his head morning. He then gathered his stuff and went to work.

"Kirby, please take me back to the present." Current Krabs begged. Kirby was no longer wing Kirby. "Please?! I can't bear to see my loved ones suffer any loner. Please, take me home! I beg of you!" He held onto the star warrior, crying. "Take me back please, please, please!" Mr. Krabs then fell on the floor crying.

Mr. Krabs woke up moments later to find he was in his bedroom. He stood up from his puddle, and looked around. Kirby was no longer there. He then hopped back onto his bed.

He went to his pillow, laid his head on it, blew the candle out, pulled his covers up, and went to sleep once again.