Hurky: Once again, I am updating out of my schedule, but it's a holiday story, so it must be updated out of schedule.
Sora: Let's finish the story already! There are some impatient readers out there!
Hurky: Quiet! Or I'll write fifty chapters until February!
Sora: Okay, okay!
Sora went to his house to see how his own family was taking his death. He flew into his living room, where Sora's parents sat on the couch and his eighteen year old brother, Ethan, was sitting on the recliner. Sora's mother was crying and Sora's father just sat there, comforting her. Ethan, who was normally mopey,wore a sneer on his face all the time, and sniping remarks at everyone, was actually sad for his younger brother and had no expression on his face.
"Can't believe the burrito face is gone..." said Ethan unbelievably calm as he shook his head. (Sora was the burrito liker before Riku, so when Sora and Riku were about to eat their lunches of a burrito and a slice of pizza one day in middle school, Ethan smushed their faces in the food, so Sora was known as Burrito Face and Riku was known as Pizza Face to Ethan and his friends).
Sora's mother cried even harder. "He-he was my baby!" she sobbed.
"What I'm trying to figure out is...why didn't Sora's doctor ever find the heart condition?" asked Sora's father.
"Because he was a total quack, that's why." said Ethan.
He and Ethan were silent, while Mrs. Hart wailed for her late son.
"I didn't know I actually impacted people," Sora said thoughfully as he sat right next to his mom, but she didn't know her son was sitting there.
"So...when are we burying him?" asked Ethan.
"We've decided it will be on Christmas morning." replied Mr. Hart.
"At least Sora is going to rest in peace." said Mrs. Hart as she pulled out some tissues from a box. "He's probably sitting in a room in heaven, with Grandpa, playing video games with a halo over his spiky head and little angel wings on his back."
"I do have the wings and halo, but I'm not playing video games. I haven't even seen Grandpa!" yelled Sora, referring to Mr. Hart's father, who died four years earlier of a stroke.
"Hey there." said a voice to Sora.
Sora turned around and saw Joel, standing right next to him.
"AHH!" yelped Sora. "Where did you come from?"
"Where do you think?" asked Joel sourly as he referred to heaven. "Listen, I've been given a few days off the receptionist job to help you out until the final day. They said you weren't very smart when you were alive. Why are you watching your family?"
Sora sighed. "Just checking on them." he replied. "Even Ethan's kinda sad, and he always kicked me around like a football!"
Joel took a look at Ethan and jumped. "That freak?" he asked.
"Hey, he's not a freak!" said Sora.
"He looks just like you, only he's really skinny. So skinny, he looks like he has a girl figure!" said Joel. "You have more meat on your bones than this guy."
"JOEL!" cried Sora. "Will you stop insulting my brother? I don't even know why they even let you in heaven if you keep insulting everyone!"
Joel was silent. "Sora, take one last look at for family for now. We have some wishes to grant." he said in a calmer voice.
Sora nodded. He took the last look at his family, who were now silent.
"Let's go." said Sora.
"Who do you want to check out first?" asked Joel.
"Well, you said that I have a wish to grant for an enemy, let's go grant one for the enemy!" said Sora. "Worst comes first."
Joel laughed and snapped his fingers andthe scenery changed toa huge house with a chandelier, stairs that circled the hallway,
"This house looks familiar..." said Sora as he looked around the house. "Is this Burkorini's house?" Scott Burkorini was an enemy of Sora and Riku's from school.
"No, but you have been here before." said Joel.
"You're right, Burkorini isn't this rich, but his mom said to my mom that they remodeled this year." said Sora. "Hey, now I know who lives here! Oarah Bon Sorton! We have to grant a wish for...?"
Suddenly, Oarah, a girl with severely tanned skin and long, blonde hair, wearing a shirt with spaghetti straps and jeans walked into the house with Ansem, her father, who was carrying maybe fifty shopping bags from the mall.
"ANSEM?" cried Sora. "I thought he was dead!"
Joel crossed his arms. "Apparently, when he died, I told him it wasn't his time yet and he, like you, had to grant three wishes for people. Most of the stuff he did before turning to darkness was good." he said. "He was a total jerk to me,but I was forced to send him back to your world..."
"Oh, thank you so much for buying all the Christmas presents for all my friends and getting the stores to wrap them, Daddy!" said Oarah. "And the new clothes for me!"
"No problem, Oarah." said Ansem as he put down the shopping bags.
"I'll take them from here, Daddy." said Oarah as she kissed her father on the cheek, took the bags, and went upstairs with them
Ansem went to his mini bar, made himself a martini, and sat down in a big armchair. The doorbell rang and Ansem put down his drink and went to the door.
"Package for a Mr. Ansem Bon Sorton and family." said a delivery guy as he held up a package.
"Thank you very much." said Ansem as he took the package and signed the paper. Then, he closed the door.
"Who was that, Ansem?" called a voice.
"We got a package, honey!" called Ansem. "From my dear Aunt Betty! Her famous fruitcake!"
"EW!" said Sora, scrunching up his nose in disgust. "Who'd like fruitcake?"
"Ansem." replied Joel. "But watch. I'm permitted to play pranks on mortals. Check it out!"
He snapped his fingers while Ansem took the fruitcake to the kitchen, where his wife was sipping on her coffee. Ansem unwrapped the cake, cut it into slices, and gave a piece to his wife and himself.
"Hee hee!" giggled Joel as they took a bite.
"Ugh!" said Ansem and his wife at the same time.
"It tastes like..." said Mrs. Bon Sorton.
"Vegetables!" said Ansem. He looked at the package and it said, Surprise surprise! Veggie cake!
Sora and Joel both laughed really hard until tears came out of their eyes. Finally, Sora wiped the tear away from his face and stopped laughing.
"Can we go to a bad guy where he actually deserves a holiday wish to be granted?" asked Sora.
"Can do!" said Joel as he snapped his fingers. The next thing they knew, they were in another house.
"Where are we?" asked Sora.
"In Axel's house." answered Joel.
Axel walked in with a sad expression on his face, sat down on his couch and stared at the blank TV screen.
"Gee, what's up with Axel?" asked Sora.
"His girlfriend, Larxene, just broke up with him and he hasn't heard from his family since he moved out ten years ago." replied Joel.
Axel turned away from the blank TV to a picture on a table next to the couch and stared at it. It was of him and Larxene, when they first got together after joining the Organization. He was silent for a good long time. Finally, he picked up his weapons.
"If I don't get a sign, I'll take my life." he said, sounding very depressed.
This would have made Sora happy if he was battling him in Castle Oblivion, but Sora knew what it was like to be dead because he wasalready...well, dead. Sora knew exactly what to do.
"Joel, I'm going to grant his wish to have his family find him and Larxene to come back to him." said Sora.
"You got it." said Joel. He clapped his hands and suddenly, the doorbell rang and Axel put down his weapons as he got up and went to the door. He opened it and found a blonde haired girl wearing the same black cloak as Axel was wearing.
"Larxene!" said Axel, sounding very surprised.
"Listen, Axel." said Larxene. "I'm really sorry about what I said earlier. It was really stupid of me to say that, but I was really ticked off!"
"It's okay." said Axel.
"So, will you be my boyfriend again?" asked Larxene.
Axel smiled. "Sure." he replied.
Larxene stepped into the house and gave Axel one big hug.
"Come on, let's go to Tilmitt's Smoothie Shop!" said Axel. "My treat!"
"YIPPEE!" cheered Larxene.
Sora grinned. "That's one wish down, two more to go!" he said. "I've actually accomplished something here!"
"There we go!" said Joel as he also grinned. "I love to hear people say that!"
"Can we leave now?" asked Sora.
"Fine." said Joel as he snapped his fingers and they were suddenly at Ryo's house...
Hurky: Ooh, what's gonna happen next? Well, find out when I update again soon!
Readers: Aw, come on!
Sora: This is getting pretty good.
Hurky: I'll try to have the last chapter up by Christmas Eve. Have a great holiday!