"It's almost Christmas time," Relena thought to herself. "I suppose I should try and of my Christmas shopping early."

Relena pondered about this for a couple of minutes before her 6 favorite people walked in.

Duo, Heero, Wufei, Quatre, Trowa, and Hilde all walked in together. Duo and Wufei were arguing with each other, as usual. Heero had his eyes glued to his laptop, of course. And as always, Quatre and Trowa chatted about some kind of song they had composed together. Hilde was the only person who greeted Relena, but Relena didn't mind. This sort of thing was an everyday occurrence.

Relena giggled a bit as Duo and Wufei finally turned to Heero, asking for his opinion to settle their argument. Heero stared at them for a second before he uttered a "hn" and turned back to his laptop. Duo and Wufei stared at Heero for a few moments before Duo called Wufei 'Wufie'. Wufei yelled injustice and proceeded to chase Duo around the room, threatening to cut off Duo's beloved braid with his Katana. Duo screamed bloody murder as he ran around and around the room, causing such a ruckus that all conversation in the room came to a screeching halt. Finally, Heero pulled out his gun from who knows where and pointed it at both Duo and Wufei (A.N. enter famous death threat ___ here.) Duo let out a small eep and Wufei turned utterly pale. Needless to say, that stopped all forms of arguing. Satisfied, Heero put away his gun and continued on with his laptop, a slight smirk visible on his face. This made Relena wonder if Heero was truly emotionless as he appeared to be.

Relena laughed and shook her head. Oh how she loved these people. They were all so full of life, considering all the hardships they had all been put through, although, she wouldn't trade those days for anything.

True, Relena had been crazy in love with Heero when she was younger. And it was also true that she had hated Duo (for some odd reason, she had the crazy notion that the braided baka was gay and in love with Heero!). But she got over that quickly after realizing Heero wasn't going to return her love. Her notions of Duo's sexual preference were quickly squelched when he began dating Hilde.

And speaking of Duo and Hilde, Relena had believed that the two were going to get married at some point. They seemed so happy together, but for some odd reason, they broke up. Duo and Hilde assured everyone that while they loved each other, it was only on sibling bases. Baffled, the group accepted their reasons and went on with their lives.

"Yes," Relena thought to herself, "I definitely need to get them a great Christmas present. But what in the world can I get them? Nothing seems good enough to give them."

Relena thought about this for the rest of the day. Finally, she decided to do some window-shopping. As she walked down the street, a small shop caught her eye. As a girl who loved to shop, she was sure she'd never seen the shop before. It was possible that it had just been put up, like many shops have, but this particular one seemed old, as if it had been there for several years. She noted to sign on the shop. It was rickety but the name was quite visible: Moon Pegasus.

Shrugging, she almost walked right past it, but something made her stop and instead he walked inside the store. The inside of the store was a surprise to her. She expected the little store to be dank, dark, and dusty, but it was really quite clean and airy.

Relena roamed up and down the isles, just browsing, when something caught her eye. She looked and saw 5 beautifully painted cardboard boxes with very beautifully hand crafted nutcracker dolls.

One box was painted green and white and the front had the name of the doll: The Plant Princess. Another box was painted blue and white with the title: The Water Princess. A third box was painted orange and white with the title: The Love Princess. The fourth box was painted red and white with the name: The Fire Princess. And the last box was painted silver and white and it was titled: The Princess of Life.

Relena was quite pleased with these boxes. She had finally figured out what she wanted for the guys. Quickly, she grabbed them up and headed for the front of the store. On her way up, something else caught her eye. When she stopped to look, she found yet another beautifully painted box with a beautiful doll inside. Inscribed on the front was the name: The Earth Prince.

Relena grinned and snatched this box up too. Boy, her friends were going to be so happy when they saw these gifts.

3 days before Christmas, Relena gave everyone his or her presents. She asked them to open the presents in front of her. She wanted to see their faces when they saw the gifts. Duo and Quatre eagerly opened their gifts and squealed when they saw their gifts. The others were quite dumbfounded.

"Uh, Relena, no offence, but what the heck is this?" Hilde queried.

"It's a doll! Isn't it great? I thought it'd be perfect for you guys, they fit you perfectly!"

Hilde, Trowa, Heero and Wufei sweat-dropped when they heard Relena's enthusiasm. They couldn't give the dolls back now, or they'd break poor Relena's heart.

"We're guys, Relena." Heero said bluntly.

"Teenage guys," Trowa added.

"You'll love it! I swear! Just take it home." Relena exclaimed.

"At least Duo and Quatre like their gifts," Wufei thought to himself with a sigh.

That night, the 6 of them returned to their homes with their dolls. They all had to admit to themselves that the dolls were nice. So they all set about finding a good place to prop the doll up in their room. Duo and Quatre just kept the doll in their arms and drifted off to sleep. As they finally drifted off to sleep, each doll began to glow.

Somewhere, a soft laugh rang out into the darkness of the night.

"Very Soon….."