A/N: Not the Christmas shopping chapter. That's next chap.
"Guys! Guys!" yelled 3 as she ran into the main room, holding a can of Sprite. "I have some news from the author!"
Everyone else looked over at her. "What is it?" asked 5.
3 stopped and clasped her hands behind her back. "Well, see, since she really needs money, she's going to interrupt our fanfic to advertise other people's fics, TV shows, movies, music, oh, and she's going to have us sing Christmas carols."
7 rolled her eyes. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever--
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A few years after the first generation died…
"So we were created by others?" "Yes. They made us to continue on their mission."
A new, more powerful group rises…
"How are we better?" "Well, we're taller, for one thing."
To destroy the army of machines once and for all.
"These ones are different. There's only one--no, make that two--ways to kill them."
But the second generation has a better chance, for they have things that the first didn't: they are smarter…
"Obviously, if you connect this wire to that one and then hook up this metal with that claw, we should get a charge." "…"
They are faster…
"Ha! Beat you in 5 seconds!" "Curses. My record was 4."
They are stronger…
"Woohoo! New weightlifting champ!" "…you're lifting boulders?"
And they have…
/smashes into rock wall/ "Owwch…"
Wings.
"Hey, flying's fun! Especially when you guys crash!" "Hmmph."
/catchy suspenseful music starts/
Meet W11…
"Ohh, I don't like this, I really don't like this…"
W12…
"Guys! Look! I'm on top of the --WHOA!" /falls behind rock/
W14…
"Why should we trust her? She apparently doesn't care if we live or die."
W15…
"As long as you want me to, I'll be our leader, and that'll only end when I'm no longer alive."
W16…
"Hey, screw this. I'm going to fight."
W17…
"It's good to know that we can figure things out."
W18…
"No one is expendable. No one."
W19…
"Whether I'm your savior or not, I'm just another one of us."
And W20…
"I'll follow you, I'll do what you say. I promise I won't let you down."
These are the Winged. This is their quest.
"We're ready, let's go."
Advanced. A new 9 fanfic. Coming this February.
"I say this now, in front of all who stand with me. While I lead you, none of us will die."
Rated T.
WE NOW RESUME THE REGULARY SCHEDUALED PROGRAMMING.
7 looked up. "3, did the author say anything about advertising her own fics?" she asked, a little irritated. "I don't think she'd be paid for that."
A brown dog poofed in. "No" 10 said cheerfully. "But I wanted to give the readers a taste of something that'll come soon."
Then 10 poofed away. 7 sighed. "Joy. Well, I guess we can try to live our normal--"
Suddenly they all burst into song. "JINGLE BELLS, JUNGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY!! OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH!! JUNGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY!! OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIIIIIIIIIGH!!"
After singing their lungs out, they fell back into our chairs, panting and wheezing.
7 glared at the ceiling again. "I wish she wouldn't do that."
4 yawned and stretched. "Well, I'm going to go outside."
3 raised an eyebrow at her. "Outside? 4, you're even stupider than I thought. Not that I think you're stupid or anything."
4 rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Coming, 6?"
6 leapt to his feet, but then tried to cover it up by hurriedly swiping the chair cushion. "Ow, I think there's a thorn in there--yeah, I'm coming."
That insane smile of 3s lit her face, and she said, "I'll come with you."
6 did a facepalm behind 4. But, since she was shorter than him, it was clearly visible to 3.
3s grin stretched from one side of her face to the other. "I bet there's something interesting out there."
"FFFFFFFFFine" said 4 through gritted teeth. "Come on, 6."
The three of them went out the back door and 3 shut it, her crazy smile just showing for a minute inside the house.
Silence for one moment…
Then the remaining few started singing loudly, "IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS…."
3 followed 4 and 6 across the snow-covered yard and up the little stargazing hill.
"You found this place, 6?" asked 3, looking up at the stars. He nodded, looking proud. "The day we moved in. I go here some nights, just to look up and--"
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6s head squeezed through the test pattern that had appeared. "WAIT! MIJA! AT LEAST LET ME FINISH MY SENTENCE!!" he yelled loudly.
Your author, now in her usual fursona's shape, sighed and said, "Okay, whatever. But hurry up, I have to fit in at least seven more of them."
6 took a deep breath and recited his sentence over, now back at the hill with 3 and 4.
"I go here some nights, just to look up and try and find constellations I know."
Mija cracked her fingers and pressed a button on her keyboard.
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The countdown has begun!
/party noises/
In exactly 10 days, a great cheer will be spreading across the nation, and DO YOU KNOW WHY?"
/person off-screen/ "WHY?"
Because…
/starts singing/ 9's gonna be on DVD and Blu-ray, oh what a joyful time of year! Yes the kids will delight and run to buy, the movie they released 4 days after Chriiiiistmaaaaaas daaaaaaaaaaaaay!!
/applause/
WE NOW RETURN TO YOUR REGULARY SCHEDUALED INSANITY, I MEAN PROGRAMMING.
Mija rolled her eyes. Stupid words, kept messing up.
We rejoin our current subjects 4 and 6, and of course, the hopeless romantic 3.
She was casting glances at her sister and her friend, trying to find a good moment to--"
3 got up from the snowy ground and said "I'm gonna go get some drinks. You guys want anything?"
6 looked up at her. "Yeah, I'll have a Dr. Pepper."
They both turned to 4. "Nothing for me, thanks" she declined.
3 shrugged and said cheerfully, "Suit yourself." Then she skipped down the hill.
4 rolled her eyes and thought gratefully, Finally, my sister isn't poking into my time with 6.
Her stomach gave a lurch when she had that thought.
Then she groaned loudly. 6 glanced at her in surprise. "What?"
She looked at her gray-furred torso. "My stomach hurts for some reason. It's nothing, I'm fine now."
6 still looked concerned. At his worried stare, 4 waved her hand. "Look, I'm fine."
He closed his eyes and turned his face to the sky. Then he opened them and grinned at her. "It's weird. Sometimes I swear I can feel the stars' light."
4 cocked her head and smiled back. "You're pulling my leg."
"No, I'm not!"
In a bush, not far away, 3 was listening to the conversation. She smirked. It was so bloody obvious they liked each other, she could scream.
But she didn't.
She had promised her sister, remember.
Instead, she had pressed the 'Record' button on her phone. She had almost everything they've said since she left to 'go get drinks.'
4 was gazing at the heavens when she realized something. She turned to 6 and said, "You know, we haven't been interrupted by a commercial in a while."
Suddenly, they both started singing, "OH CHRISTMAS TREE, OH CHRISTMAS TREE, HOW LOVELY ARE THY BRANCHES!! OH CHRISTMAS TREE, OH CHRISTMAS TREE, /insert lyrics that I can't remember/!!!!"
6 glared mockingly at 4. "Nice work, genius, now we're cursed!" he said with a grin.
Meanwhile, back at the house, 9 had been sitting at a table, when he saw a pencil and a piece of paper. His eyes shot open wide and he grabbed both writing utensil and white sheet.
He thought for a moment, then started writing.
He grinned widely. "Pfft, yes. Why didn't I think of this earlier? Now she can see my romantic side without being reminded about how big of a klutz I am."
"Who?"
9 jumped a foot in the air. "GAH! …sheesh, 5, don't scare me like that."
5 was leaning against the chair, smirking. "I ask again, who?"
9 shifted uncomfortably. "Well, I uh, you know, I was just talking to myself, just my little--" "7, right?"
9 buried his face in his hands. "Uggh, you can tell?!"
5 rolled his eyes and said, "I guess I'm just perceptive. So what are you doing?"
9 bit his lip. "Umm…"
5 picked up the paper. "'You are as the moon; wonderful, graceful, a light in a cold night.
My heart beats only for you, you are all that is right. You are like a fire; wild, untamed, amazing. I run only to you, for your fire blazing.'"
5 looked at 9, a hint of a grin stealing across his face. "9…"
9 grimaced. "It's god-awful, I know."
5 scratched his head. "The words 'god-awful' don't even begin to describe it. 9, you're freaking 17. 17-year-olds don't write love poems to girls they like, idiot, they try and act cool around them and do the things that make them laugh."
9 folded his arms. "And how would you know?"
5 whistled innocently.
9 rolled his eyes. "You've been watching teenage sitcoms again, haven't you?"
5 widened his eyes and raised his hands. "They can be funny, okay?!"
9 sighed. "Whatever. Acting cool's totally out of the question, I'm such an idiot I'll probably set the house on fire again."
Then he grinned and laughed. "Man, that was a riot, remember?"
"9, it was only two days ago."
"Eh."
He got up and stretched. "I feel like playing video games. HEY, 8!!"
9 met 8 at the drink table, and they grabbed Coke cans and headed for the bedroom.
5 relaxed and watched TV.
Wait a minute…
There was a scream from the other room, and then the two boys ran out and jumped under a table. "It-it-it's after us!!" stammered 9, covering his head with a pillow.
5 turned to the bedroom. There was something just visible in the shadows…
Then it jumped out. It was dark gray, with a bird skull and wicked sharp beak. A shriek sounded from the things throat, and it crept forward on two legs.
"What to do…" muttered 5. He then picked up the coffee table, revealing 9 and 8 underneath ("Hey! Now we're gonna die!!" screamed the boys), and hurled it at the thing. It dodged it, and the coffee table smashed into the wall.
"Phoo!" came a voice. "You don't have to resort to violence. I just wanted to have a little fun."
8 and 9, who had hid behind a chair, poked their heads out.
8 narrowed his eyes. "7?!"
The thing apparently took off it's own head and then 7 was grinning at them, holding the mask under her arm. "Cool, huh? I found it under 4's--"
Suddenly the four of them went rigid and then belted out, "DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY, FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA!! TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY, FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA!!"
7 gasped and coughed, then she said angrily, "I'm going to have a word with our dear author about us singing EVERY FIVE MINUTES!"
She pressed a button in the wall, and then climbed some stairs that appeared afterwards.
A few minutes later, she came back down. "Well, she agreed to stop having us sing, but we do still have to let ads pop in every once and a while" said 7.
8 shrugged. "Better than nothing."
5 coughed. "Anyway, where did you find it, 7?"
"Under 4s bed. It was in a box with this armor thing. Awesome, huh?"
Then 3 came running in. She skidded to a stop when she saw 7. "…you're wearing your present?"
7 looked at the helmet, and then grinned widely. "This is my present? Oh. Okay." She ran and stuffed the armor and helmet back in the box, and shoved it under 4s bed again.
She came out brushing her hands together. "There we go. Good as new." She turned to 3. "So what's the latest with your sis?"
3 thought for a moment. "Well…currentlyshe'''!"
She shot off towards the drink table, grabbed a Dr. Pepper and a Fanta, then ran out the door.
Everyone stared after her for a moment, then went back to whatever they were doing before. It was pretty much normal for 3 to do something like that.
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Skye was a girl who liked watching AMVs…so what did she do when she got sucked into one?
"Hey, am I in…AWESOME!!"
Meeting friends and enemies…
"Wicked, I finally get to meet my idol! And she's fictional!"
With upsides…
"You know, I really like it here. I can destroy things and no one yells at me!"
And downsides…
"So what kind of music do you have?" "…what's music?" "…dammit."
And Skye will join our heros…
As a dog…
Named 10.
"You know, I've always wanted a tattoo. This rocks."
But horrors lurk, horrors that none of them knew about…
"Yes, I can speak. It's something I developed after a while. Not like these morons." /kicks machine/
"Apparently, these machines spun a dream world long ago, that dulled our senses and pulled us to their side." "How is that important?" "They're trying to do it again."
And now…
Only one can save them…
From destruction.
"Whoa whoa whoa, I can't lead you! I'm not even supposed to be here, remember?"
10…
"Well of course I'll help, I kinda have to, don't I?"
It was you all along…
"I'm not leaving until I get all of you out!"
You
Are
The
"I don't know whether this was supposed to happen or not…but I like it!"
Hero
"Oh…crap. We're screwed." "Isn't there something we can do?" "Yeah, scream like little children. That's all I can think of right now."
The Final Hero
A 9 fanfic, featuring 10. Coming in January.
"Not long of a wait! Nope, nope…" Time passes. "…nope, nope, nope, hurry up already, dammit!"
Rated T.
WE NOW RETURN TO YOUR REGULARY SCHEDUALED PROGRAMMING.
4 looked up at the stars, then at 6 with a smile. "Finally a good place to put a preview."
6 rolled his eyes and yelled, "MIJA, YOU'RE ADVERTISING YOUR OWN FICS AGAIN!!"
Then 10 popped in. "Yeah, it turns out I'm being paid for that now" she said, grinning. "But we're done with ads for the night." Then she vanished.
Then 3 came streaking back up the hill. She thrust the Dr. Pepper into 6's hands and then bicycled down the hill, her legs moving incredibly fast, and shot into the house.
4 raised an eyebrow. "What's with her?"
6 shrugged and drank his Dr. Pepper. "Eh. Maybe she had to pause a video game or something. You know what 8 and 9 do when that happens…they unpause it and shoot her character 50 times."
4 laughed. "Yeah, heh."
They sat in silence for a while.
Then suddenly, music started playing in a corner. It was the song You and I, by Anarbor.
You and I
We never get to sleep we're up all day
We're overworked and underpaid
You and I
We're always talking repeats every day
Watching time drift away
As we burn
Away
Without you, there's no reason for my story
And when I'm with you, I can always act the same
Forever, yeah if we're together
We can make it better
4's ears shot up, and she yelled, "3!!"
But 3 didn't saunter out, like she usually did. Instead, it was…
4's jaw dropped. "1?!"
He stumbled around, brushing sticks and leaves off of him. Then he looked at 4. "They paid me to do this" he mumbled.
"Who?" demanded 4. "Tell me!"
He folded his arms. "Let's see…3, 7, 8, and 9."
"Why?" asked 6. 1 shook his head. "I'd rather not say."
4 rolled her eyes. She could guess. "Whatever. Take the radio and leave, please."
"Happy to."
He gathered up the radio and headed down the hill.
6 looked at the clock. "Hmm…it's about 1:00." He looked at 4. "Anything you want to do?"
She shook her head. "Nothing in particular. How about you?"
He shrugged. "Well, we could go somewhere."
"Like what?"
"A restaurant, or a movie, or something."
They heard a cheerful voice in the bushes. "Hell yeah! They show R-rated movies after midnight!"
4 and 6 jumped a foot in the air, then turned around to see 3 leaning against a bush.
"I--you--R-rated--3!!!" 4 tackled her sister.
Laughing, 3 dodged her sister and 4 chased her back into the house. Then 3 yelled, "WE'RE GOING TO SEE A MOVIE!!"
4 covered her sister's mouth. "No, we're not!" The others looked at her. "Please?" they begged.
4 rolled her eyes. "Let's go tomorrow night."
They could agree with that.
And so, eagerly awaiting tomorrow, they headed for the bedroom to play video games until dawn.
A/N: Some 4x6 drama in there, and a bit of 9x7, too. 9's writing love poems XD I got that idea from Bone.
The two fics I advertised, which are TFH and Advanced, are both going to come out next year. Await them D8
Until this afternoon, reviews are lovee,
Skye/Mija/10