(A/N: And now it is Christmas morning! Ooh, the kids are gonna be pretty happy when they wake up! I'll get the chapter going!)
It was finally Christmas Day in the city of Petropolis. Most people were still asleep, but children were waking up, eager to see what Santa brought them. Well, the bad guys are the only ones who didn't get anything, but they're not important. However, since this story is focused on Dudley and Kitty's family, we need to get to their house and find out what's going on!
At Dudley and Kitty's house, George woke up, and it was pretty early, for the sun hadn't come up yet. Still, he remembered what happened last night, and so he knew what today was!
"Annabeth! Get up! Get up! Come on! Get out of bed!" George said to his sister, shaking her a bit so she would wake up.
"No, let me sleep." Annabeth moaned.
"Annabeth! It's Christmas morning! You have to get up!" George told her.
"No! Tell that nasty old bat that she can wait until a decent hour to make the day miserable!" Annabeth said as she pulled the blankets over her head.
"Oh boy..." George realized that Annabeth must've been dreaming about one of her past Christmases, and he knew how miserable those were. He had to find a way to make her realize that those days were gone.
"Annabeth, it's me, George! You're at my house, and the nasty old bat isn't anywhere near here!" George said, hoping that Annabeth would hear and wake up.
At that, Annabeth's eyes opened, and she found that she wasn't in a cold room in a hard bed in that orphanage. She was more than relieved to find herself in the room she shared with her adoptive siblings.
"Oh, thank goodness! It was just a dream! I'm not at the orphanage!" Annabeth said with a sigh of relief.
"Dang! Nobody wants to have a dream like that on Christmas morning." George said.
"You got that right! It's no fun being an orphan on... hold the phone! Did you just say that it's Christmas morning?!" Annabeth started to realize what George said.
"Yes." George grinned.
"WAKE UP, GUYS! IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Annabeth shouted. Then she turned to George and said, "I always wanted to say that and be happy about it!"
"I know!" George smiled.
"Christmas morning?!" Molly asked.
"All right! Let's go see what Santa brought!" Summer cheered.
"Yes! More presents to open!" Max exclaimed.
"This holiday just keeps getting better and better!" Annabeth said as she and her siblings ran downstairs to see what Santa left.
There were lots of gifts under the tree, and it amazed them to see all the presents.
"We've also got the presents in our stockings, and Grandma Puppy's got gifts for us, too." Molly remembered.
"When does Grandma get here?" Max asked.
"Shortly after breakfast. And since the sun isn't even up yet, we have to wait some more." Summer pointed out.
"Ohhhhhh..." the kids groaned. They were getting really tired of waiting.
Their wait will be over by the next chapter, and I won't keep you waiting for it! Stay tuned!
