Author's Note: Okay, change of plans! There will be ONE more chapter after this one, I PROMISE! Okay, we left off with Kirby apparently sneaking out of his room and onto the roof where he plans to see how Santa gets down the chimney for himself! Let's continue!
The Smashers just finished watching It's a Wonderful Life and they all applauded at the heartwarming ending. "Wow, now I understand why it's considered the best Christmas movie ever." Ike said.
"Yeah." Ness said.
"Hey, Ness. How come Kirby didn't watch it with us? He usually loves Christmas movies." Ike asked.
"Well… Kirby was still upset about the Santa mystery and wanted to be alone." Ness replied as he frowned.
Ike sighed, "Poor Kirby."
"I'm gonna go see how he's doing." Ness said as he headed upstairs to Kirby's room. He knocked on Kirby's door. "Hey, Kirby. It's Ness. I was wondering if you…" He opened the door only to find no one in there. Kirby was gone! Ness gasped and called out for Kirby.
Ike heard Ness's calls and rushed upstairs. "Ness, what's wrong?"
"Ike, Kirby's gone!" Ness cried.
"What?!" Ike shouted.
"He was here ten minutes ago and now he's gone! I'm worried, Ike!" Ness started to tear up but Ike kneeled to his height and put his hands on Ness's shoulders. "Don't worry, Ness. We'll find him, okay?"
Ike and Ness left Kirby's room to tell the other Smashers what was going on.
Meanwhile, on the roof, Kirby just made it up there and it began to snow as he looked around the roof. "Okay, made it to the roof. Oh, it's starting to snow. Ah-ha! Here's our skinny little chimney!" Kirby found the thin chimney with some smoke coming out from it. "So, I'm just gonna stay here to see how Santa gets down that little thing." Kirby then shivered from the cold air. "BBRRR! It IS cold! Well… it shouldn't be long now…"
As Kirby looked around in the snowy sky, Ness and Ike were telling the other Smashers about Kirby's disappearance. "Kirby's missing? On Christmas Eve?" Peach asked worriedly.
"Yeah." Ness and Ike nodded.
"Well-a, maybe he's-a in the garage-a." Mario said.
"We're going over to Master Hand and Crazy Hand and ask if they've seen him." Ike said.
"Okay!" Ness and Ike went off as Peach, Mario and Luigi went to search in the garage. Ness and Kirby saw Lucina, Robin, Rose, Shulk, Marth, and Pit. "Guys!"
"Oh, hey, Ike, what's up?" Shulk asked.
"Have you guys seen Kirby? He's missing." Ness asked.
"No, but we'll help you look for him." Lucina said.
"Thanks, guys. We'll ask Master Hand and Crazy Hand while you guys search for him." Ike said. "Okay, good luck, you two!" Pit shouted.
Meanwhile, Kirby sat himself down on a piece of wood and carefully watched the chimney. "Okay, when the sleigh flies in, I'll go up to Santa Claus and I'll say, 'Mr. Claus, sir, is it okay I watch how you get down the skinny little chimney?'" Kirby shivered again from the cold and then yawned. "Boy… I hope he comes soon…" As Kirby said this, his eyes got more and more weary.
The search for Kirby began outside as he was nowhere to be found in the Mansion. Master Hand and Crazy Hand made a search party and said no one is to rest until Kirby is found safely.
"No luck, huh, guys?" Robin asked his friends.
"Nope. And it's snowing harder than ever." Rose said.
"Yeah, and it's really getting cold!" Fox shivered as he zippered his winter coat.
Falco threw on his earmuffs and said, "It's freezing out on a night like this!"
"Don't give up, guys! We're gonna try the backyard!" Ike said as the others spread out to look for Kirby out in the snowstorm.
Kirby is seen fast asleep snoring with some snow starting to pile on him as the echo calls for Kirby could be heard from Ness. "Kirby! Where'd you go?!"
Kirby woke up suddenly and looked at the chimney. "Huh… no, not yet. Oh, gee. What if he's stuck in a chimney somewhere…" Kirby sighed and then fell asleep again snoring softly. More calls for Kirby could be heard from below.
"Kirby!" Mario cried.
"Kirby, where are you?!" Link shouted.
"Kirby!" Megaman yelled.
Meanwhile, Ike was comforting Ness because he was crying and was worried about Kirby while Meta Knight, Master Hand, Crazy Hand, Shulk, Lucina, Marth, Robin, Rose, Pikachu, Julie, and Hank were still looking in the backyard and Fox, Falco, Wolf, Bowser, Peach, Mario, Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, Luigi, Duck Hunt, Ice Climbers (Nana and Popo), Wario, Dr. Mario, Charizard, Megaman, Pac-Man, R.O.B., Captain Falcon, Samus, Villager, Sonic, Toon Link, Pichu, Greninja, Lucario, Yoshi, Sheik, Young Link, Jigglypuff, Pit, Palutena, Donkey Kong, Squirtle, Ivysaur, Diddy Kong, Dark Pit, Mewtwo, Lucas, Red, Snake, Roy, Olimar, Mr. Game and Watch, Little Mac, Bowser Jr. and Rosalina were looking in different parts of Smashville for Kirby.
Now, EVERYONE was looking for Kirby…. except for King Dedede. He didn't know what was going on because he was relaxing in his room. Peach knew he wasn't around to help and angrily said, "Excuse me, guys. I need to have a word with a certain penguin."
Everyone else widened their eyes and knew what she meant!
Peach reached to where Dedede's room was and opened the door.
"Oh, Peach, what do YOU want? He-OW! Ow, ow, ow!" Peach grabbed Dedede by his collar and angrily dragged him outside his room. "What the hell are you doing, Peach?!" Dedede shouted.
"Dedede! I hope you're satisfied! You had to start all that stuff about Santa and tiny chimneys, and you've upset Kirby so much he's gone!" Peach scolded Dedede.
His eyes widened. "Well, I didn't know he'd do anything stupid like that! I was only teasing him!"
"Teasing him?!" Peach yelled.
"Yeah!" Dedede replied.
"Telling him that Santa's not gonna bring anybody any presents because he can't get down that chimney? Now you call that teasing?!" Peach cried.
"Well, he'll come back! Besides, what's the big deal? The little puffball can take care of himself anyway!" Dedede shouted.
Author's Note: WHAT AN ASSHOLE! Sorry, couldn't resist.
Peach gasped as his words. He really didn't seem concerned and worst, didn't feel guilt for upsetting Kirby. Peach was not letting Dedede get away with it at all!
"Now, look here, Dedede. Kirby is pretty much like an innocent child. He's got a nightlight in his room, he sleeps with a warm blanket and he's around all the people that he loves. But here it is, Christmas Eve, and he's out there somewhere in this big city and it keeps snowing and it's getting colder and he could be in serious trouble unless we find him!" As Peach finished, she had tears on her face. "So, what are you gonna do about it?!"
Dedede started to feel guilty but didn't want to show it. "Well… I'm gonna find him and bring him back!" He grabbed his coat and marched down the hallway to join the search. "Hey, Kirby! Where are ya?! It's me ol' Dedede!"
Peach stood there in surprise as she wiped her tears away and followed after Dedede.
"COME BACK, KIRBY!" Dedede's yells for Kirby could be heard in the distance as Kirby was snoring softly and fast asleep with snow covering most of his body! At this point, Kirby could literally freeze to death!
But then… the sound of jingling bells could be heard getting louder and louder, then the sound of hooves and a big sleigh landing on the roof, finally a shadow of a giant, round figure was seen slowly approaching the slumbering puffball. His footsteps in the snow got slower and slower and the shadow was looming right over Kirby. As the mysterious figure tapped Kirby a few times, Kirby's eyes opened and…
Author's Note: (GASP) Another cliffhanger! Oh, crap! I think I hear an angry mob approaching! Only one more chapter left people! Thanks for reading! XD
