After Rapunzel, Eugene and the elves enter the workshop, they walk down the hall as Rapunzel sight-sees the toy machinery that crafts toys of all kinds, does welding and packaging.

"Wow! I can't believe I'm at Santa's workshop!" she exclaimed in delight.

"I know. I almost can't believe it." Eugene said. "It would be such an honor to meet Saint Nicholas himself. And I'm sure we won't be surprised that much since we already know what he looks like. Round, jolly, wears red and white, red nose and cheeks, white hair, all that stuff."

"I'm especially surprised at the architecture. How did you elves build this?"

"It wasn't hard, actually." Alfred answered. "We based everything on all known architectures."

"Clever!"

"Well, Santa's office is over there." Alfred points at a door. "Let's go see him."

Pascal jumps excitedly as he is eager to meet Santa as well.

Alfred knocks on the door to Santa's office and enters. "Santa, we've brought them here."

Santa turns his chair, shows himself and does his signature laugh.

Pascal looks at him with teary eyes. ("Wow!")

"It's him!" Rapunzel exclaimed.

"Finally! I've been waiting for you two lovebirds to come!" Santa said. "My wife is waiting for us in the dining room. She's prepared food for your liking."

"Great. It wouldn't hurt to have some dinner, right?" Eugene spoke. "After all, it's near dinnertime."

They arrive in a dining room where Mrs. Claus is waiting for them.

"Here we are." Santa said.

"Oh, they finally made it. Take a seat, dears." Mrs. Claus said. "Your dinner isn't exactly ready yet, but it will in a few minutes." The two sit down with the other elves and Santa.

"It's great that you came here just in time. We need to come up with a plan to stop Scrooge McCopper."

Mrs. Claus comes out with a cart carrying five silver platters and gives them to each one. "Here you go, dears. Fresh from the kitchen . Careful, they're hot."

Rapunzel takes the lid off her platter and finds spaghetti and meatballs. The sight of the food made her mouth water. Eugene got the same food as her.

"Well, since I'm on a diet, I get spinach and a turkey sandwich." Teddy spoke up.

"As a leading officer of the elves, I feel I need a diet as well." Alfred said. "So I just got some vegetables."

"And I get turkey, peas and mashed potatoes." Dougie said.

"My wife and I already ate." Santa said. "So, let's get down to the details of discussing my plans on stopping McCopper and his curse."

They begin eating.

"This is really good!" Rapunzel said after she took a bite of her spaghetti.

"I agree with you, Punz." Eugene said. "Mrs. Claus's cooking must literally be the best."

"It is, actually." Mrs. Claus spoke up. "I'm an expert cook. The elves taught me their far-advanced skills, and...well...you know. I'm happy you like it."

Pascal looks at Rapunzel with an expression asking for a bite of her food.

Seeing that face made the princess give in. "Anything for my favorite pet." she said as she picked up some of her spaghetti with a meatball attached to it with a fork and moves it toward the chameleon, who chews the food before swallowing it.

"Now, let's get started with this plan." Santa announced. "McCopper has been on my naughty list for a very long time. He has even learned how to use magic since before he opened his toy company. He is currently using a dreaded curse that he plans to use to turn everyone into scrooges. My diagnostics worker, Grace, says that this curse has already covered 12% of the world and will reach 100% by Christmas Eve. If this happens, then most of the world will be naughty, and I'll have no choice but to cancel my deliveries this year. And judging by what this curse had done in the past, then Christmas might be destroyed permanently."

"Wait, this curse has been casted before?" Eugene asked.

"Yes. The curse nearly destroyed Christmas. The curse is named after the dark man who developed it. This particular man hated Christmas because his family gave him little to no respect, making him a scroogy jerk. Upon discovering the dark magic, he developed the 'Dark Man's Scrooginess' to end it. But while his plan was a success, he died after one of his naughty spawn killed him with a rock. It took several years for Christmas to recover. Since then, I swore to destroy all sources of that curse. And I was able to destroy them all...or so I thought. There was one I could not account for. This particular source was discovered by McCopper, and he is now the only person who knows it. He's hidden the spell scroll so well, even I can't locate it."

"Probably because he hides it with magic." Rapunzel stated.

"Exactly. While we can't find that scroll and destroy it, there might be a way for me to convince McCopper to destroy it himself."

"How?"

"My elves had created a relic in the labs when I first became who I am now. It was meant to help provide miracles to those who wore it. The elves named it 'The Amulet of Miracles'."

"The Amulet of Miracles?" Rapunzel asked. "You mean as in the relic from those Christmas myths?"

"Actually, it wasn't before I became Santa. Back then, it was just a myth. But when I became Santa, the elves turned myth into fact, and created the relic just as the myth portrayed it. The legend says that the Amulet of Miracles was crafted by the Christmas elves before they worked for Santa, and they used it in religious ceremonies to allow spirits to bless the wearer with a balance of peace and good will. The relic allowed the wearer to see the consequences that arise from what they felt was their weakest spot by showing what they have, are, and will result in."

"It's basically 'A Christmas Carol' in a relic." Alfred spoke.

"So you're saying that you intend to have McCopper wear this amulet in order for him to see the Christmas spirit?" Eugene asked.

"Yes. Acknowledging Christmas is the only way for him to change his ways and stop all the evil things he's doing." Santa said. "Reasoning with him is out of the equation."

"Santa, why is McCopper like this?" Rapunzel asked. "Don't you know what he's done in the past?"

"I wish I didn't, Princess Rapunzel, but his past is absolutely painful. He can't even bear to explain the full story to his nephew. He has been through a bad relationship with his family after they disowned him and never wanted anything to do with him. Not even a family of his own was possible thanks to his greed. When he thinks about Christmas, he thinks about family. And he swore off his family after they didn't come to any of his birthday parties in the past. He swore to own the greatest toy company in the world, and he thinks that, in order to do it, he has to cancel holidays off, including Christmas."

"That's horrible!"

"Indeed. His employees even continue to suffer for it since they are underpaid, and they don't get satisfied with their work. Especially since McCopper changed things around. He's been in the business since he made friends with two brothers named Alan and Drakey Weasley, who died after harassing a homeless poison dart frog three years ago."

"Ooohh..." Eugene shivered as he breathes in.

"He even refused to allow anyone else take their place, and just claimed the positions for himself."

"Why did his family disown him?" Rapunzel asked. "And why is he so greedy?"

"Why is he so obsessed with being the best?" Eugene asked.

"I wish I could tell you more, but we have no time." Santa answered. "We simply must get started. We'll be able to see everything he goes through with the Snowveillance Globe in the Diagnostics Room. Trust me, all your questions will be answered.

"How do we begin then?"

"We will start with the plan tomorrow night at precisely 9:00 PM! Any later, and the Amulet will have chance of 87% at changing. When the amulet is put on, it's power will call out the three spirits. This might earn the chance that the ghosts of Alan and Drakey will come and warn him of what happens if he dies without changing. And let me tell you, it's just horrid."

"Why tomorrow?" Rapunzel asked.

"Because the Amulet only works at night around 9:00 PM, and it is now 11:40 PM, so the Amulet will not work properly at that time. My elves will drop you off there at 9:00 PM, and you'll need to put the amulet on him, and make sure nothing goes wrong. And if things should get cold, you'll have to have something to defend yourselves. We'll have some non-lethal weapons ready for you when it's time."

"Santa uses weapons?" Rapunzel asked as the group finished their meal.

"Well, we don't use guns." Alfred answered. "We only use launching cannons. Our prime weapons are coal launchers, which we hardly use. They launch chunks of coal at enemies. But be warned that they can very lethal when not used right. You could end up accidentally stoning them to death. The best way to deal with them is to clock them in the heads and knock them out."

"So we just have to knock them out? That shouldn't be too hard."

"Good. Then I trust we are all in the same page." Santa said. "My elves will escort you to your sleeping quarters."

The elves escort Rapunzel and Eugene to the sleeping headquarters. When they got there, they couldn't believe their eyes. The room is red, white and green, decorated with garland, has a miniature Christmas tree, some night-lights, and some beds with red blankets, and red and white pillows.

Soon, the two are in sleepwear with hot cocoa.

"Wow, Santa sure has great accommodations for guests." Rapunzel said. "He even got us some sleepwear and offered to wash our normal clothes. What a nice person."

"And he got us some hot cocoa and cookies." Eugene said. "And I have to say, it's very warm in here. The elves sure did well with building this room."

"Yeah. I've been getting cold on the way here." Rapunzel stated as she sips some hot cocoa.

"Well, we'll have to finish our hot cocoa fast because..." Eugene started to say but then yawned. "I think it's time we got some shuteye. We have a job tomorrow, and we're gonna need our strength."

Soon, Rapunzel, Eugene and Pascal are fast asleep, wondering what their mission will bring them to.

Looks like the only way to stop Scrooge McCopper and his curse from spreading is to put The Amulet of Miracles on him that'll get him to see the error of his ways.

Hope you enjoyed reading this chapter and don't forget to review! See you in the next chapter!