Battle for Christmas: Part 1

T'was two nights before before Christmas and there was a grand party. All were invited, no one was tardy. Everywhere from the Tooniverse, toons young, old, big and small. Had gathered right now to enjoy this great ball. The event was held in the Unikingdom or specifically the castle. It was and ideal place, or it might have been a hassle. Unfortunately, though, despite the winter cheer. They had no idea that would soon become fear. Something would come that would leave the dead or greatly rattled. Unless they fight for their lives in a great battle.

"Man, Unikitty, you really know how to throw a rager." Lincoln commented.

"Oh please, I can't take all the credit. Pinkie Pie over there helped out a bit." Unikitty pointed out.

"Speaking of Pinkie, where is she?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Oh, she, Puppycorn and Wakko are having a chug-off." Unikitty casually said.

And they were. The pink party pony, the young prince and the middle Warner sibling were currently trying their hardest to down as many gallons of eggnog as they could. All the while, the crowd cheered and chanted "Chug that nog!".

"What?! You know what happened last time! Twilight's gonna kill me!" Rainbow gasped in horror as she went to stop them.

Elsewhere, Mao Mao, Badgerclops, Adorabat and Tanya were hanging out on the platform by the new rail line that was recently built behind the castle. There, the NWR's numbers 1 to 6 were there with other toons chatting with them to take a break from the high energy of the castle's inside. Right now they were talking with the Owl House gang

"So you're telling me you're a wanted criminal back in the Boiling Isles?" Mao Mao asked.

"Hey, you're friends with a former bandit. What's your excuse?" Eda shot back.

"Fair point." Mao Mao relented.

"You know, I like you guys." Tanya said.

"Right back at you, Tanya." Luz replied.

As they chatted, Adorabat was occupied with Gus and Willow with Badgerclops talking with Amity and Lilith.

"Okay, now do me." Adorabat requested.

Gus cast a spell on his vocal before talking.

"I wanna be a hero just like you!" Gus mimicked in Adorabat's voice.

"Do I really sound like that?"

"Yep, just as cacophonic as I remember it." James snarked.

"Nobody asked for your opinion, James." Willow shot.

"So, how're things going with Luz?" Badgerclops asked.

"Things have been... equal parts good and awkward." Amity answered nervously.

"Now, I don't know much about romance, but I'm sure you'll get the hang of this." Thomas assured her.

"What about you Lilith?" Badgerclops asked.

Just then, Lilith walked up to them.

"You were talking about me?" She said.

"What the?!" The badger went as he took a double take at both Liliths.

"Oh, hardy-har, Gus! You're a real comedian!" Amity groaned.

"What do you mean? I was showing Adorabat my impressions." He told her.

Everyone who saw this was instantly weirded out.

"Wait, if that's Lilith and that's not Gus's doing, who exactly IS that?" Luz inquired.

The second they turned to 'Lilith', she turned into a hideous creature with bark like skin covered in green veins and glowing yellow eyes. The creature roared as alll who saw it screamed in terror as it lunged for them. They fortunately able to dodge, but that didn't last as it bounced the real Lilith. She punched furiously at the creatures, but that didn't seem to deter it. It wasn't until Eda knocked it off with her staff was she freed.

"Thanks." She said.

"Don't sweat it." Eda replied.

Before the creature could get it bearing together, Adorabat disoriented it by throwing a smoke bomb at at before Badgerclops trapped it in a net and Tanya further subdued the creature my stuffing it in a sack. With it firmly ensnared, Mao Mao, Luz and King picked it up and chucked the creature into Thomas' firebox, incinerating it.

"What was that?" Luz wondered.

"I recognize that thing anywhere. It's a changeling and I'm just glad we got rid of it." King said.

"At least things can't get any worse from he-EEEEEEEEEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!" Stripe squealed in terror at something.

"Uncle Stripe, what was that?" Bluey asked.

"An expression of terror and surprise?"

"Then why didn't you just say "AH!" like a normal person?" Bandit rebuked his brother.

"Okay then. AAAAAAAAH!" He went.

The others looked to where we was looking and saw three spindly creatures quickly making a break for them. Everyone screamed until the things exploded before the could get any closer, scatting blood and meat everywhere.

"Good thinking setting up all those landmines, guys." Bingo said.

"Are you kidding? After what happened last Halloween, I'm not taking any chances." Dawkins said.

"At least now things can't get any-"

Dylan was cut off when they heard commotion coming from the inside.

"You and your huge snout." Dolly sneered.

They all rushed inside and saw the place in utter disarray, guest were scrambling for cover as monstrous toys ran around terrorizing the place. During the chaos, Mao Mao managed to slash apart some angel dolls and some stuffed animals, which were stuffed with both cotton and Organs. Gradually, several guests joined the fighting, using whatever they could get their hands on as weapons.

For instance, The Dmitrio were dealing with a large teddy bear that threatened to maul them, but were able to dispatch it by stabbing it with candy canes they were sucking on, Annie and Pony were dealing with some toy vehicles by smashing them to bits, Todd and Shawn were wrestling with a demonic jack-in-the-box, etc. Soon, all the toys were thoroughly dispatched, at the expense of a few toons lost because of them.

"Worst. Christmas. Ever." Felicity said as Luz bandaged her arm.

"What the hell is going on here?" Miguel panted in exhaustion as he wiped the blood off his guitar.

Just then, the jingles of bells could be heard outside. That was shortly followed by the thumping of hooves before it all came to a stop. Toons rain outside and saw none other than ole St. Nick himself. However, he looked anything but jolly. In fact, he looked morbidly solemn as he approached approached them.

"S-Santa? What are you doing here?" Cricket asked.

"What happened here? I have a good idea what, but I want to confirm." He said.

"Well, first there was a changeling, a bunch of wendigos, and finally some rabid toys." King listed off.

"I knew it. He's come to settle old scores." Santa sneered.

"Who is?" Athena asked.

"My old partner, Krampus."

Everyone was taken aback by this revelation.

"You know Krampus?" Annie asked.

"I used to work with him. I'd bring gifts to good children, while he punishes the bad by giving them a god scare. But then, over the years, his punishments became far too sever for my liking, so I broke ties with him. However, he didn't take too kindly to this and tried to destroy me, my wife, and our elves, trying to take Christmas for his own. I was able to defeat him, but he vowed to return to settle everything." Santa explained. "And it seems that time has come."

The story left everyone gobsmacked and speechless from the story. Nobody dared say a word until Unikitty chimed in.

"We wanna help." She told him bluntly.

"What? You can't possibly be serious." Santa said.

"Oh, believe us, Santa. Even we're being serious about this." Yakko assured.

"If Krampus thinks he can take away Christmas, he's got another thing coming!" Muffin declared.

"Yeah! What she said!" Socks agreed.

The engines blew their whistles in agreement.

"Santa, you can't do this alone. Let us help you." Percy pleaded.

Before long, toon after toon began declaring their support for Santa and it warmed his heart. Krampus can take Christmas if he can rip it from their cold, dead grasp.