Author's Notes: Disclaimer is the same as the last chapter and the whole story; we own nothing except our characters…Oh wait, this chapter will not have OCs. Aha! XD
The only characters featured in this bonus chapter are Chris, one of the campers, and a hired cameraman. So enjoy the very end to this story because after this comes a 'monstrous' new TDI project!
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25 Days of Christmas
BONUS! Day 26: Happy Boxing Day…In Canada
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"Yo, Chris Maclean here and reporting to you live!" The host addressed the cameraman while standing in front of a large mansion. As the camera zoomed in to his face, Chris showed the world his bright shining teeth before continuing his speech.
"Anyways, the Christmas special reunion may be over but not this surprise for one of the lucky campers back at home. You see, the producers were so impressed with the high ratings that they have decided to reward the camper with the most Christmas spirit. The prize…Well, let's keep that quiet until we break the news to the camper. Now I'll just knock on the door and—"
"Chris, what are you doing here?!" The cameraman turned his attention to the resident of the house as she came around from the backyard and glared coldly at the host. "I thought we were through with the stupid reunion already!"
"Ah, here's Heather ready to receive her reward," Chris stated in front of the camera as the view zoomed out to fit both Heather and the host into the same picture. The glare from the queen bee soon changed to an expression of shock at the host's words.
"Excuse me? Did you just say 'reward'? From what exactly?"
"According to the producers, you showed more Christmas spirit than any of the other campers when you were represented to be the Grinch and later dressed like the same character, then agreed to play the part of Ebenezer Scrooge himself. That alone showed more spirit than anyone else, which means you won the secret grand prize!"
Heather took a moment to let Chris's words sink in before facing the camera with a wide smirk on her face. "Hear that? I just won the grand prize of a lifetime! Too bad for you other contestants, but you just couldn't beat me this time! So what did I win, Chris?" She looked away from the camera to discover that a huge dump truck had pulled up beside the mansion, the queen bee's eyes widening at the size of the possible prize amount.
"Here it is, folks! The prize is one hundred…" Chris trailed off. Heather stood beside him in anticipation.
"…billion…"
"Yes?" Heather urged.
"…DOLLARS!..."
"YES!!"
"…worth of gift boxes!" Chris finished with the trademark grin before the back of the truck dumped billions of unwrapped boxes onto the yard in front of the rich mansion. Without noting Heather's twisted expression of confusion and anger crossing her face, the host quickly hopped into the passenger's seat of the dump truck while the cameraman helplessly hanged onto the outside of the door. As the truck drove off, Chris added one more comment to the camera, "Happy Boxing Day from Canada, folks!"
Just as the truck has disappeared from sight, that was when Heather let out the loudest, angriest, most pissed off scream that she had ever expressed in her life…
That became what was forever known as "the shout heard 'round Canada".
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That, my friends, is the finale of this story. With this done, I can finally move on to newer projects. :D Let me know what you thought of this story as a whole, whether you even liked it or not. Cheers!