Keselyx: Dude I'm not getting many reviews. If reviews really mattered to me I might actually be hurt and quit writing! HAHAHAHAHA! Not going to happen. And so here's the third chapter…

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Competitive Gingerbread

The large dining room was full of anxious energy. Everyone sat watching Keselyx. Keselyx was about to shoot the gun that would begin the competition of the century! The two most famous gingerbread house makers were participating in this event. Their names: Zexion (Insert unknown last name here) and Xian Xrabry. These champs ruled the GB court. They knew how it went down.

Keselyx waited for the room to get anxious enough for it to begin. She enjoyed torturing people, well occasionally. "Ready?" She tempted. After getting pelted by 20,000 marshmallows, even though she was nowhere near the mistletoe, she shot the gun. The gun was a mirror gun and ended up heading straight towards a bunny that was flying in the air above the house. Needless to say, there was now a hole in the roof.

The competition began, and was to be 24 hours. Xian and his "lovely assistant" were in the lead. They were working pretty hard. Xiana didn't look like she had much experience, then again, who would work when they could stare at their super hot partner?! Or so that's how Xiana felt.

Keselyx was thinking relatively the same thing with her partner. Though she was seemed to be joking around more than working. Not long after the couple both had frosting in their hair. Keselyx and Kexaj were not a real couple. Keselyx was simply working with him. They were just friends, as Keselyx feared. They were normally too busy to be even friends. So Keselyx was going to take advantage of this time.

Xben and Xfish were having trouble working together. Xfish's fluffy hair kept getting in the way and Xben just had no skill in gingerbread house making. It was not fun to watch. So they were ignored. Even the very observant judges totally ignored them.

Xalex and Xanida chose just to watch. Xalex, though loving candy, decided to set a mature example. Xanida didn't want to participate, especially after Keselyx offered her the job of announcer. "Oh! Kexaj sure took a hit of frosting in the eyes!"

Xalex watched anxiously. He wasn't quite sure why though. Maybe he wanted this competition to be over, or maybe he wanted to be in it. Xalex was really getting tired of his sisters. Xiana was mean and Keselyx was mean, a liar, and mentally unstable. He thought he was free from them when he got married. This was the reason he got married at such an early age. He really is as old as Xiana and Keselyx, but went to get married. He wanted to get away from his harsh parents and his crazy sisters. He didn't have a choice in whom to marry though. For you see, it was a pre-arranged marriage. Xanida and Xalex had such similar last names that their parents decided for them to be married. They didn't seem to mind though, they were friends. One good thing about Keselyx and Xiana freeloading was it could prepare them if they had kids in the future. IF! But no one really wants to think about that.

Xalex could also want to be in the competition. Making gingerbread houses was always fun when he was little. His parents didn't let him eat much candy. They were strict on that, so the kids didn't get much candy. Xalex was always jealous of Keselyx and Xarndew. They always snuck candy. Keselyx occasionally got more than she needed, and gave it to Xiana. Poor Xalex obeyed the rules. Because of the lack of candy in his diet, he began craving candy more and more. This competition was not good for his brain. He had learned not to eat candy, but there it was! SO much candy. How did Keselyx get all this candy? He asked himself. It truly was a mystery. Probably more kingly sponsors… he sighed. Staring longingly at all the sweets.

The other members of the competition were much more interesting.

Roxas was, of course, working with Axel. (I mean whom else would he work with?) They weren't getting too far, mainly because they were feeding gingerbread and sugary sweets to each other. What they had down on the house was a not-so-straight-up, half eaten chimney. Though there was a beautiful gumdrop pattern around the base of the chimney that made up for its half-eaten-ness. The gumdrops formed a snowflake, which represented winter. Winter was of course Roxy's and Axely's favorite season because they didn't need a excuse to snuggle. And so after making the snowflake they began feeding each other and generally flirting.

On the other side of the table Demyx and Zexion were working. Zexion did all the work while Demyx threw out compliments. Both of them enjoyed it. If Demyx had a good enough compliment he'd get a frosting kiss. It was both delicious and sexy. It was also from a pretty emo boy! Who wouldn't enjoy that?! Zexion occasionally got tired of doing all the work, but to motivate him Demyx whispered suggestive themes into his ears or Demyx would give him a back massage. Both of these were enough to get Zexion working. This writer does not know why, though this writer is not sure anyone wants to know.

Farther down the table was Larxene and Marluxia were working. They had been forced to work with each other by Xiana who claimed, "Marly, you need to work with Larxene! Pairs are couple style!"

Keselyx then began backing up Xi, "And your girlish blonde mind will work well with Larxene's logical, brilliant mind!" Keselyx really didn't know what she was talking about, but it worked either way.

The two worked together. Larxene truly wanted to work with Marluxia, it's just recent events have chose her to think otherwise. Marly did not like Larxene, and so he attempted at crushing all of her hopes. He failed. Larxene couldn't give up on him, but after him being so cruel she could hardly work with him. Somehow they got over it. Larxene built the structure and Marly put pretty flowery designs all other it. Marly wasn't exactly enjoying this, but he got over things fast, besides he wanted to win.

Next to Larxene and Marluxia were Xemnas and Xaldin. The reason for this pairing was they both had manly long flowing hair. This made it hard to tell if they were girls or guys. Keselyx and Xiana reasoned that Xaldin looked more like a girl so he was the girl and Xemnas was the guy. That and Xemnas would have plunged the house into darkness, which was something Xanida did not want to clean up. And so Xemnas and Xaldin were paired. Xaldin did all the building. Xemnas was too destructive. This fact of course made it hard to work with Xemnas. Whenever Xaldin got a structure built, Xemnas crushed it.

A thought that may occur to you now is, "Wasn't Xaldin jettisoned out the window?" Well yes, you'd be right if you thought that. If you did not think that you are not observant and get a demerit! Your gold star is gone! You're not a good noodle! Anyway… Xaldin was indeed jettisoned out the window, he lived, because if anyone of the organization died that'd be sad. After getting up after being thrown out of his own "house" (his "house" was more of a castle than a "house"), he got up and ran to Xanida's "house". (Xanida's "house" was an actual house, this write just likes to use air-quotes when reading aloud (little pointy teeth!!!!)) And so Xaldin arrived just in time to work with Xemnas.

Across the table were Xigbar and Vexen. This was quite a match up. It was forced though. The reasoning was, "You are the last two left… Have fun!" And so they were paired. They were tough competition. Xigbar and Vexen, a pirate and a sciency guy. They were cool and nerdy at the same time! (This is not to say science is nerdy, because it is not. This is to say Vexen is a nerd.) They worked while rapping. They sang Weird Al's song "White and Nerdy" it was entertaining the first time, but when they didn't stop singing it they got hit by a chair. Don't worry they didn't get hurt, the chair was made of Styrofoam.

Luxord worked with Lexaeus, but no one really cared. Like Xben and Xfish they were ignored. Saix and others not described were paired up, but they just didn't do anything. They were rather boring and once time was up Keselyx chose to jettison them out the window.

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After 24 hours Keselyx stood up and moved to the end of the table. Everyone was exhausted those still awake weren't doing much. A few weren't working at all, this was mainly Roxas and Axel who were of course cuddling. Keselyx was totally awake though. She wasn't going to waste any time with Kexaj by sleeping. "Time is up!" She shouted. The plates that had the gingerbread houses rose into the air and flew on to a thin judging table.

"This table is the judging table, now to present our judges!" Xanida mentioned.

Keselyx gestured to a spot light on the oven. "That's right the oven! These are some hot judges!"

"That was really bad Keselyx…" Xiana sighed.

"Get new jokes!" Xemnas yelled. Keselyx ignored the criticism.

"And here they are!" Xanida shouted. The oven began to open. Two gingerbread cookies strolled out. They wore licorice sunglasses. They had frosting mouths and gumdrop buttons. One had an ear pierced. They had pants outlined in frosting as well. They were some stylish cookies. They were also a bit insane. Every five seconds they had to say, "Oh no! Not my gumdrop buttons!" It was a habit, according to them.

"Hey Keselyx, baby. What you got for us today?" The one with the ear piercing turned to Keselyx.

"We got some gingerbread house judging!" Keselyx nodded, smiling. "How ya been, G.C.?"

"I've been good. Where are the houses?" G.C. asked.

Keselyx pointed to the judging table. She took G.C. and his assistant over to the table and then began to announce, again. "G.C., me, and his assistant will be your judges this evening!" Half way through this statement a judge's wig appeared on Keselyx's head. G.C.'s assistant also got a wig, but G.C. rebelled against it claiming it would mess up his hair.

Keselyx had already decided the winners a long time ago, she just didn't want to seem unfair. Keselyx sent everyone to got play outside in the snow. They did. When Keselyx turned back to the judging table she found G.C. crying.

"What's wrong?!" She ran over and patted his back.

"My assistant! Someone ate my assistant!" G.C. had been crying over the crumbs of a gingerbread cookie. It was true, someone had eaten the assistant. No doubt someone in the competition trying to threaten G.C. so that G.C. would say they won. But who would do that?

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Outside everyone was having fun. Axel and Roxas built an "Igloo of Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuv" as Demyx called it. Demyx then followed their example with Zexion. Everyone else had started a snowball fight. It was organization people verses non-organization people. The non-organization people were winning. They had Xalex and Xiana the top strategists, Xfish the fluffy haired captain, Xben the good thrower, Xanida the top fort builder in the world, and Kexaj and Xian the cute guys that distracted people.

It was all fun and games until Keselyx came storming out of the house. "WHO ATE G.C.'S ASSISTANT!!!!!" She had shouted so loud that Zexion and Demyx's "Igloo of Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv" had collapsed. Luckily the warmth they had kept them alive as they exhumed themselves.

"G.C.'s assistant?" Xiana asked.

"Yeah!" Keselyx nodded. "Someone ate him!"

Everyone gasped dramatically putting a hand over their mouths. Keselyx nodded, " I know it's shocking! How could someone be so cruel!"

"It was Marly!" Larxene thought out loud. She knew how cruel he could be, and such a good cook could not resist eating a well-cooked cookie.

"I was nowhere near the cookie!" Marly defended. "You of all people would know that, sense you're staring at me all the time!"

Keselyx shook her head. "Marly wanted to win, but he's not cunning enough to try to blackmail a cookie." Keselyx sat in her chair of snow. "Marly sit over there!" She gestured to a group of snow chairs. At the floor of the first row of chairs the word "not guilty" was written. "You too Larxene." They both sighed.

Xfish then spoke up, " I think it was you!" He pointed towards Keselyx.

"Idiot! I was sending you guys out side while the crime was being committed."

"So you were their accomplice!" Xanida decided.

"Huh?! NO! OF COURSE NOT!" Keselyx became frenetic.

"Complicity, huh, Keselyx?" Xiana smirked.

"No! I didn't!" She sighed. " This is getting us nowhere. Ok, who did not come out with you guys when I sent you out?" Zexion, Demyx, Roxas, Axel, and the rest of the organization was directed to the "not guilty" chairs. "It wasn't Xian or Xiana, why would they cheat when they were going to win…" Keselyx sighed. The two moved over to the "not guilty" chairs. The few left were Kexaj, Xben, Xfish, Xanida, Xalex, and Xarndew.

"It's not Xanida, Xfish, or Kexaj." Xiana informed the judge. "They came and founded our fort. Xben and Xalex came out late."

"Uh-huh…" Keselyx nodded. "It was XBEN!!!!!" She pointed at Xben.

"No! I was going to the bathroom!"

"You expect me to believe that Xalex was trying to blackmail the cookies when he wasn't even participating in the competition!"

"Yes…?" Xben knew he was losing. But then a mysterious large figure came to his side.

"It was Xalex." The dark figure exclaimed.

"Xguillermo?" Xalex turned to his whale non-brother.

"Hello, human non-brother." Xguillermo glared. " I know it was you. You never got and sweets as a kid and you couldn't take it!"

Keselyx nodded. "He's right! I remember! You were such a goody goody! And now this… You're a murderer!"

Xguillermo nodded as he began to fade away, no one cared though. No one would miss him.

Xalex looked around suspiciously, "Ok, alright! It was me! I ate the cookie. He just looked so good…" He sighed and was arrested by snowmen that Roxy and Axely had made. Xalex was then taken to a snow prison. They he lived for 7200 seconds, until he was finally let out. Xanida had to pay his fine, which was 2,200 pumpkin and lemon meringue pies.

After the criminal was found they headed inside to hear the judging. After talking with G.C. Keselyx prepared to announce the top three winners and their prizes. "The winners are…"

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Keselyx: Well that was a longer chapter. And my mom kept interrupting so the writing of this chapter was intermittent. I apologize for that. I hope you enjoyed it! Next chapter the winners are announced and the feast begins. Next chapters the second to last, short story, huh?