December 17th not long now...my dog likes to lay by the tree, it's like she is saying I am the best present ever...which is true even though we got her valentines
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Fairy Godmother had organised a Christmas donation event when she found out that Christmas is not celebrated on the isle of the lost, it saddened her that she had not thought of it sooner as well as the former King and Queen.
"So, what are we supposed to do?" Evie asked, she was happy they were doing this she knew she would have loved it.
"We are going to the shops to get basic necessities, toothpaste, toothbrush stuff like that then we are going to get stuff like blankets and pillows, we will also get food" Ben listed. "We are also going to go to the toy shop to get teddies, and toys,"
"Cool, have you done anything like this before?" Mal asked, as they walked outside.
"We have done, we give thank you presents to the public services," Ben said, opening the door to the limo so everyone could get in.
"Sorry we never thought of sending stuff to the isle," Jane said, she felt bad that it was never thought of even though their parents are bad it is not the children's fault.
"It's okay, you didn't know," Carlos said.
"Yeah, I can see why you were shocked to find out Christmas is not celebrated on the isle, it's awesome," Mal said, as they set off to town.
"But still, we should have checked," Ben said.
"Well now you know and you can make a difference you started with us, the next difference you can make is starting Christmas donations for the isle which you are starting today," Evie said, making Ben smile.
"You're right, let's make a difference together," Ben said feeling better.
First the group headed in to get the toothbrushes and toothpaste and other basic necessities.
"Green, purple, blue," Jay said listing the colours of the toothbrushes as he added them to the trolley.
"Ooh, tuti fruti," Mal said as she picked up some toothpaste.
"So many different flavours, let's just get all of them," Jay said.
"Good idea," Carlos said as he grabbed one of each flavour.
After they had gotten the necessities, they headed to go get blankets and pillows they may have gotten more than they needed but that didn't matter the VK's said that it was always cold on the isle so they got enough that every child could have two blankets each. Next, they went to the toy store.
"Teddies," Mal said, as she looked at them.
"Awe, they look so cute the children will love these," Evie said as she started choosing the ones they would donate.
"You can also get stuffed animals if you want," Doug said as he placed a stuffed cat in the trolley.
"Awe, it's like the one I had," Jane said as she picked up a stuffed bunny.
"You think that's enough?" Jay asked, they now had two trolleys full of teddies and were now headed into the toy section.
"Get anything that takes your fancy you can buy for different age groups," Lonnie said, heading over to the board games.
"Snakes and ladders, Hungry Hippos, a doll," Mal said as she placed the items in the trolley.
"What about books can we give them books?" Evie asked, passing some picture books.
"Yeah, that's a great idea," Ben said as he helped Evie choose.
"A squash and a Squeeze is a good book," Doug said, and Evie picked up the book handing it to him.
"We can also head to the book store to get some books for the older kids," Ben said, as they turned to head into another aisle.
When they had left the store they had bags filled with picture books, teddies and toys for all ages, building blocks for toddlers, Legos for the slightly older ones dolls and toy cars, board games for different ages so there was something for everyone, colouring books with an endless amount of pens and rubix cubes as well as other puzzles.
Once they had placed the bags into the limo the group headed to their final destination the book shop, they decided to work their way up in age so they started at age five, getting easy chapter books and some more picture books, when they reached age ten they got some more complex books with more chapters and characters.
"Definitely A Christmas Carol," Jay said, getting several copies for the older kids.
"Morris mouse, these books are good for the early readers," Lonnie said as she got several sets.
After they had finished they headed back to school to wrap all the presents, this was the first time the VK's had ever experienced wrapping something, so it took a few tries before they could do it without any help.
"So fold that piece like this and the same on this side, then fold it up and tape," Jane said as she helped Evie.
"I did it," Evie exclaimed happily.
"You can tie ribbon round like this or put a funky bow on," Doug said as he showed a few examples.
"They are going to love this," Lonnie said happily.
"How are we handing these out?" Mal asked, as she taped down a corner.
"Fairy Godmother is going to, take the barrier down very briefly and send them over there magically, unless you want to hand them out," Ben said.
"Handing them out would be so fun, can we?" Evie asked, wanting to see the smiles on the children's faces.
"Sure," Ben said as he sent Fairy Godmother a quick message.
Once they were finished they put the presents into a large sack much like Santa's and headed towards the limo where Fairy Godmother was waiting, she would be heading there with them to help.
"Ready?" She asked the group nodded and they headed towards the Isle of the Lost.
Once there a the residents gathered round wanting to know what brought the people of Auradon here.
"Everyone we have come bearing gifts for the children," Ben said, as more people gathered round
"You have?" Someone from the crowd asked.
"Yes, and I have brought food for you all there is plenty for everyone and more," Fairy Godmother said the others turning to her with a smile as she had not informed them of this.
"Thank you," an old lady said.
"You are ever so welcome Merry Christmas," Ben said and they started to hand out the gifts.
"What is it?" a bit asked as Evie handed him a present.
"Why don't you open it," Evie said in an encouraging tone.
The boy whose name was James opened his present eagerly, shredding the paper covered in little snowmen.
"A book, I got a book," He said happily giving Evie a hug. "Thank you so much, I love reading,"
"You're welcome," Evie said hugging him back With a smile on her face.
"Thank you, this food will last us months," An old lady said as Fairy Godmother handed her a basket full of food.
""Cool, a board game," A child said once the paper was gone.
"A teddy yet it's so soft," Said another.
"A nail art kit," A child said.
"I hope you like it," Evie said, as she smiled.
"Like it, I love it look at all the designs can do," Dizzy said happily.
Once all the gifts were handed out, and all the food was gone they stayed and talked to the residents, they learnt that the new food barges being sent out were working but it was still hard for some to get enough food to feed their families.
They also learnt that resources for education was needing to be updated yes they were villains but they still wanted their children to be able to read, write and do basic math. The group played with the children for a while teaching them how to play their games and reading to them.
"And they sang to the sea as the all set sail on the tail of the true-blue humpback whale,"Mal read as she finished the story she was reading to the little ones.
"I loved that story, could you come read to us again?" A child asked who was sat up front.
Mal turned to Fairy Godmother who had been standing by listening to the story and nodded subtly.
"Of course," Mal said, glad Fairy Godmother said it was okay.
"YATZEE," James yelled as he won the game.
"Well done, man," Jay said as he gave James a high five.
"Dizzy, these are amazing," Evie said as she admired her nails.
"Thanks, and thanks for all this," Dizzy said, Evie pulled her into a hug.
"You're welcome," Evie said holding her close.
Soon they had to leave and head back to school but not before a final goodbye and Fairy Godmother snapping a quick photo.
"Will we do this every year?" Carlos asked.
"Yes we will," Ben said.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter
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