Hurky: Hey guys! It's been a while since I last updated this story! I was going to write another Christmas story, but I don't have time. Maybe next year. Here's the next chapter of 3 Holiday Wishes!
Sora spent the night in heaven, sleeping on a cloud. He needed some rest to figure out who he will grant his last wish for. He didn't think Hurky needed a wish granted. Her wishes of living in her own house and having lots of friends was already granted when she moved to Destiny Islands from Balamb. He couldn't really grant a wish for Kairi because her main wish was to have Sora there, talking to her, hanging out with her, and everything else, but it would be granted when he came back to life. Well, if he came back to life.
Sora woke up the next morning feeling exactly how he did when he went to sleep last night. Totally clueless. He went over to Joel, who was slumped over his desk, still asleep. Sora rocked Joel gently, trying not to wake him up in a rude way.
"Joel?" whispered Sora.
"Five more minutes..." mumbled Joel. Then, he went back to snoring.
"WAKE UP!" yelled Sora.
Joel shot up. "Huh?" he asked, sounding wide awake. He saw Sora staring at him. "Oh. What do you want?"
"Joel, you know that I've got only four days to grant my final wish." said Sora as he crossed his arms.
"Uh, I hate to break it to you, but you have two days." said Joel.
"WHAT?" cried Sora.
"Yeah, you were blacked out for two days before you woke up in heaven," said Joel.
"Why didn't you tell me?" asked Sora.
"I forgot, so sue me!" said Joel as he threw his hands in the air.
Sora sighed. "Well, we better get going." he said. "You're telling me that I only have two days."
Joel yawned, stood up, and stretched.
"Let's go." he said as he scratched his wings and sat down. "You know, Sora, you don't have to stay in one world to grant wishes. Why don't you go down to Traverse Town, or Neverland?"
Sora sat in the chair in front of Joel's desk. "If I go to Neverland, Tinkerbell will probably wish to be married to Peter Pan." he said. Then, an idea popped in Sora's head. "Or...we can go to Disney castle to see what wishes need to be granted!"
"That's some good thinking." said Joel, sounding amazed. He snapped his fingers and they stood in Disney Castle.
"Why didn't you just snap me to Destiny Islands when I first died and not pull a lever andlet me falldown?" asked Sora with a pout on his face.
"It was more fun to see you fall!" said Joel with a laugh. "I always do that to newcomers!"
Sorarolled his eyesand walked around with Joel. They first went to see King Mickey, who was dealing with a ton of bills.
"Alright, who ordered the massage package, 25 times in three weeks?" yelled Mickey.
"Uh, it wasn't me." said Goofy, who was standing next to Mickey."I think that was Daisy."
Daisy walked in, looking very relaxed. "Ahh, that massage was refreshing!" she said. She turned to Mickey and saw him glaring at her. "What? Can't I get a little rest and relaxation around here?"
"You spent 2 billion munny getting 25 massages in three weeks!" said Mickey. "THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!" (2 billion munny is equivalent to about $2000)
"I think they're really late on theChristmas spirit...and decorations." said Joel.
"What do you mean?" asked Sora.
"Well, I heard that this place always decorated for the holidays right after Thanksgiving, but there's no decorations and Christmas is in two days!" said Joel. "I know because they always broadcasted this on TV for as long as I could remember."
Sora looked around and saw that there were no holiday decorations. Joel was right. There werenoChristmas lights andgarlands ofholly were not strewn everywhere, no sweets insight, and mostof all, thehuge Christmas trees they normally had in every room in Disney castle were absent.
Goofy sighed.
"What's the matter, Goofy?" asked Daisy as she pulled a chair.
"I miss my wife and son." said Goofy. "My son's in college and my wife's away on business in another galaxy, working with their military. I wish I could see them for Christmas."
"I wish that Donald would loosen up." said Daisy. "He's been acting like he has a stick up his big-"
"-Feathery butt?" giggled Goofy.
Daisy laughed. "Yes!" she said.
"Will you two either shut up or leave the room?" asked Mickey. "I'm trying to deal with all the bills here!"
"Mickey, what happened to all that Christmas spirit that you always have every year?" asked Goofy.
"I'm sorry, guys. I didn't mean to upset you." sighed Mickey as he took off his reading glasses. "It's just that keeping things up and running at this castle is becoming more and more expensive."
Minnie stormed in. "Mickey, have you gotten the Christmas cards sent out, yet?" she asked.
"Minnie, I've been really busy." said Mickey as he punched in numbers on a calculator. "I told Pluto to do it."
"Pluto?" yelled Minnie. "All that dog ever does is eat, sleep, and chew up your slippers!"
"He chews up my slippers?" asked Mickey.
"Uh, never mind." said Minnie. "But you haven't even gotten the Christmas decorations up! We were supposed to have them up after Thanksgiving!"
"You know what you need, Minnie?" asked Daisy. "A nice massage!"
"No, Daisy!" yelled Mickey and Minnie at the same time.
Donald walked in, throwing one of his usual fits.
"WAAabbrrrrwaaaaaaaaaa!" he yelled.
"What seems to be the problem?" asked Daisy.
"Huey, Duey, and Louie have done it this time!" yelled Donald. "They wrecked the entire garden and the waterfountainfor the Christmas party! I'm calling their grandmother to pick them up, because I'm sick of dealing with those brats!"
He flipped open his cell phone, but Daisy stopped him.
"Now they're just kids." she said. "They may be a little rebellious, but..."
Minnie sighed and shook her head. "I wish everyone would just...CHILL!"
Sora turned to Joel. "We have to do something, Joel!" he said.
"You can't unless you grant the wish." said Joel as he filed his nails and looked at them. He looked up at Sora. "You can grant the wish of getting things into the holiday spirit by saying, 'Joel, grant their wish,'"
Sora looked back at the Disney Characters, who were now ready to kick each other's asses and start a war, something they haven't dealt with since the 1940s.
"Joel, I'm going to grant this wish." he said.
"Here we go!" said Joel as he clapped his hands.
Suddenly, out of total randomness, the entire castle was decorated in holly garlands and bright lights. Wreaths appeared on almost every wall and door. The garden and water fountain repaired themselves. Candles lit themselves and shone in the dark and dreary rooms. Finally, Christmas trees began to pop up in every room, decorated from head to toe with lights, ornaments, tinsel, and the stars and angels on top of them.
"Well, what do ya know?" asked Goofy as he took off his hat and scratched his head.
"What the-?" asked Minnie, staring at the entire palace in a daze. "How could this be?"
Mickey looked up and smiled. "I guess the holiday magic finally kicked in..." he said.
"Uh, don't we normally decorate the place?" asked Donald. "Because it doesn't normally decorate itself!"
The hugely gigantic doors suddenly opened and in walked Goofy's son, Max, and a female version of Goofy.
Goofy stood up and ran to them. "Gretchen! Max!" he called as he stretched his arms out. "You made it!"
Gretchen, his wife, went into Goofy's arms and hugged. "They let me off early!" she said.
"And Christmas vacation came a little early, too!" said Max. "I was out of school for three days, but then I decided to come here!"
"This calls for a celebration!" announced Mickey. "Margaritas all around!"
"Alright!" said Max.
"...Except for Max, since he's nineteen!" said Goofy.
"Awww!" whined Max.
Sora laughed and turned to Joel. "Well, it's time for me to go back." he said.
Joel smiled and nodded. "But first, we have to get back to heaven to make sure things went smoothly before letting you come back to life." he said. "I might even get promoted for this!"
He snapped his fingers and he and Sora were back in Joel's office. Joel sat down and typed in his computer.
"So?" asked Sora.
"Hold on, this computer's being slow today." said Joel as he waited impatiently for his computer to load. "Ah! Here we go! Says here that you're all set and ready to go back. And for granting other wishes, you get to have snow on your little island."
"Snow?" asked Sora. "Awesome!"
"Yeah, that would be awesome..." said Joel.
"But this means that I won't have wings anymore..." said Sora. "I thought they were cool!"
"Well, you'll get them back when you die and it's actually your time." said Joel. "Now, are you ready to go back?"
Sora nodded. "Thanks for everything, Joel. Even if you're not always in such a cheery mood." he said.
"You're welcome." said Joel. He walked over to the lever. "Now it sayonara!"
He pulled the lever and the cloudy floor underneath Sora opened and he fell to his world.
"BYE!" yelled Joel as he looked down at the falling Sora and waving. "SEE YA IN ABOUT FIFTY YEARS!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" echoed Sora as he fell.
Then, the floor closed up and Joel sat down at his desk. He sipped on a mug of coffee and opened his magazine. "Glad he's out of here." he said. "I still love doing that..." he chuckled to himself.
Meanwhile, Sora finally made it back to Destiny Islands, went through the roof of the hospital, to his room, and went inside his comatose body. He felt himself physically coming back inside his body. He started tomove and he finally opened his eyes.
"Whoa!" he said. He looked around the room and saw that it was empty. The lights were off and Sora saw a calendar that said December 23, 2005. He breathed a sigh of relief.He turned to the clock. It read 10:25 PM. Visiting hours were over, so his friends and family must have come and gone. He touched the blankets covering his body, to prove that he was actually alive again. He found his TV remote and turned on the TV to find the news on.
"So, Mark, how's that weather out there?" asked the anchorman to the weather guy.
"Well, we have a major record breaker here!" said Mark, the weather guy as he stood in front of a map of the islands. "Temperatures have dropped to about 4 degrees below zero! This has never happened in the history of Destiny Islands! Everything is getting frozen out there! And-whoa, we have some breaking news! It's snowing outside! I'm not joking! Take a look outside and you'll see the snow falling!"
Sora turned to the window and saw flurries of snow falling. He smiled. It was great to be back...
Hurky: The next chapter is the last chapter!
Readers: Awwww...
Sora: But I came back to life!
Readers: YIPEE! (all applaud)
Hurky: Well, it's late, so I better go. Laters!