Yes, I do realize i'm slightly behind with the last one or two. . . But this was the first time I did a story on a timeline, so sue me if I'm a little late. . .
Anyway, here we are at the final story. . . The Grand Finale!
Enjoy!
Mayor Goodway smiled as she looked out over the large crowd gathered in the town square. All of Adventure Bay as well as families from all the nearby towns, even Foggy Bottom, had come to enjoy Adventure Bays Annual Christmas Eve Variety show. "Has everyone had a good time tonight?" she asked.
Backstage, The PAW Patrol could hear the audience roar in response. Ryder flashed a nervous smile at the pups. "Are you pups ready?"
He was met with several smiles. "The question is," Marshall said, "Are you ready?" At that moment, the Dalmatian saw something he had almost never seen in his leaders eyes.
Fear.
Ryder was afraid of preforming.
Marshall smiled. "Ryder, how many times have we practiced this?"
"More times than I can count," the leader said fidgeting with his hands.
"Take a deep breath." The two of them took some of the cold air in at the same time. "Breath out," Marshall said slowly exhaling. "You can do this."
Just as the Dalmatian said the words, they heard the mayor say. "Welcome back to the stage . . . The PAW Patrol Band!" She moved out of the way as Ryder and the pups took their places. The pups stood in front of four microphones in pairs, while Ryder took his place behind a nearby instrument. . . A piano.
The teen closed his eyes, took another deep breath. Then, he let his fingers move across the keys, playing the familiar notes to a well-known Christmas song. After about a minuet of playing, the pups took turns singing lines of the song.
Starting with the newest pup, Dundee. . .
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. . .
Then Everest sang into the same microphone. . .
Jack Frost nipping at your nose.
Rubble sang the next line. . .
Yuletide carols, being sung by choir.
And Skye followed. . .
And folk's dressed up like Eskimos.
Next, Rocky and Zuma sang in perfect harmony. . .
Everybody knows,
Zuma stopped, and let rocky sing the rest of the line solo. . .
A turkey and some mistletoe.
Then Rocky stopped, and Zuma sang. . .
Can help to make a season bright.
Marshall glanced at Ryder and smiled, then sang the next line. . .
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow,
Then Chase sang. . .
Will find it hard to sleep tonight.
Marshall and Chase harmonized on the next line. . .
They know that Santa's on his way.
Then Skye and Rubble did the same. . .
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh.
Zuma and Rocky sang in harmony once again. . .
And every mothers child is gonna spy,
And, Everest and Dundee finished. . .
To see if reindeer, really know, how to fly.
Finally, all of the pups sang the last part together. . .
And so, we're offering this simple phrase.
To kids from one to ninety two.
Although it's been said many times many ways. . .
Merry Christmas. . .
Merry Christmas. . .
Merry Christmas to you.
As they held the last note, and Ryder played the last few notes on the piano, the crowd roared with cheers and applause.
The pups took a bow, and then looked back over the crowd. Marshall walked over to the microphone, and spoke. "Thank you, thank you! Please give another round of applause for our leader and our friend. . ." He motioned with a black and white paw at the piano, "Ryder on the piano!" The teen blushed as he stood up and took a bow of his own.
Ryder came back up, and looked at the crowd. "Merry Christmas everyone!"
I think Ryder said it all. . .
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