Back in Whoville, at the Light Maze entrance, Cindy Lou and Groopert were waiting for their other friends to come for their plans. Just then, three kids raced towards the entrance with their bike, trike and scooter where they saw two of their friends waiting for them.
"Alright, you call, we came," Ozzy said with a candy cane in his mouth.
"So, what's up?" Izzy asked.
"Yeah. What's the deal?" Axl added.
"Thanks for getting here so fast, guys. Follow me," Cindy Lou lead her gang through the entrance for a secret meeting.
While silently walked inside the entrance, Axl interrupted, "So, what's the big secret?
"Yeah, I don't have very long. My parents set the timer," Ozzy mentioned.
"Again?"
"Yeah. They decided to have that every night."
"Alright, everybody, brace yourselves! In exactly 48 hours, just before New Year, we're going to do something that no kids have ever done before!" Cindy Lou announced. "We're going to get a man and a woman fall in love with each other!"
"Getting a man and a woman falling in love with each other?" Ozzy inquired in disgust. "Why would you wanna do that?"
Axl slapped Ozzy behind his head, "Duh. Cindy Lou wants to be a cupid." Then, he turned to Cindy Lou, "But you do know it's not Valentine's day.
"I know it's not Valentine's day, and I don't want to be a Cupid. To uh... I just want to get them together."
"Do you know this man and the woman?" Izzy asked.
"Yeah. They are very close to me."
"Why would you wanna do that anyway?" Ozzy asked again.
"It's personal," Groopert tried to cover his friend's secret.
"Yeah, it's kind of personal," Cindy Lou nodded.
"I don't wanna do it if you won't tell me why," complained Ozzy. "It's like capturing Santa all over again."
"Yeah. What do you mean 'personal'?" added Axl.
Cindy Lou exhaled, "Alright. There are two personals: One is very top secret, and two is something that I have to share with all of you." She saw her friends are waiting for her explanation. "The man and the woman I was talking about, and they're very close to me were Mr. Grinch... and my mom."
"Wow! That's crazy!" Ozzy exclaimed.
"Yeah. I told her that!" Groopert told him.
"And I want them to be together," Cindy Lou finished the explanation.
Her friends then looked at each other in concern and quite worry.
"Are you sure about this?" Axl asked.
"What? You don't like Mr. Grinch? You don't want him to be with my mom."
"It's not we don't like him, Cindy Lou," Groopert corrected her. "We like Mr. Grinch. He's awesome."
"Yeah, and he can make amazing gadgets and gizmos. I wish I can be like him," Izzy sighed dreamingly.
"It's just that we're so worried that it's not cool for you if your mom fall in love with Mr. Grinch besides your dad," Ozzy added. "Do you still miss him?"
"Of course I miss my dad. I still love my dad, and I always remember him. But things are a different when he was gone," Cindy Lou sighed. "Ever since Dad died, Mom was so sad, work so hard every night, and took care of us every day. She did all of these things all by herself, and always said she's okay, but she's not. It's just not fair. I don't want her to be like this forever. I want her to have someone to keep her company, and help her taking care of me and my brothers. Besides, Dad doesn't want Mom to be unhappy. I know he wanted her to have someone to keep her happy and company. And I know, Mr. Grinch is the one. I want to be honest with all of you guys. You all have a complete family... I mean, having both parents with you, and I feel so jealous. I'm still happy that my mom and my brothers are the only family I got, but I always feel that something's missing, and I know it was my dad. I don't care if Grinch is gonna be my new dad if that's ever gonna happen. I like him. He's a good and fun guy, as long he keeps my mother happy. My brothers also needed a dad since they never got to meet our real dad. Dad would've wanted this. If my mom is happy with Mr. Grinch, then I'm happy with it."
Her friends stared at her in disbelief. They realized how humble Cindy Lou is, and how good that she's going to accept a new dad in her life, if this will make her mother happy.
"That's beautiful," Groopert said.
"Okay, okay, okay. You convinced me," Axl nodded.
"Count me in, too," Ozzy volunteered.
"Alright, we're in," Izzy added.
"Great. Now let's do this!" Cindy Lou smirked as she led her friends out of the maze.
The gang were riding their bikes and trikes in slow motion to the tune of Run-DMC's 'Christmas in Hollis', until they heard their parents' calls.
"Cindy Lou, it's time to come home!"
"Izzy, it's getting late!"
"Axl, time to eat!
"Groopert, dinner time!"
"Ooh, dinner," Groopert excitingly rubbed his stomach.
"Alright, we'll meet first thing in the morning," Cindy Lou announced.
"Alright" Axl agreed.
"See you tomorrow." Izzy waved them good-bye.
The gang rode away with their bikes and trikes, except for Ozzy, until...
"Ozzy, timer!"
"Okay, mom!" Ozzy groaned as he addled away.
At the edge of the land way of Mt. Crumpit, Aggie dragged the snowmobile outside the cave, the Grinch wore a belt with a monitor on the front, and Max was tied up with a helmet, headphones and cameras on his head and a drone on his back.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" doubted Aggie.
"Do you have a better idea?" Grinch asked.
"Well, I..."
"Ha! I don't think so!" He then turned to Max, "Okay, Max, all you have to do is to get this snowmobile to Donna Lou. Ne careful not to drop. I spent all day building that. I'll be in your ear the whole time, and whatever you're seeing, I'll be seeing on the monitor."
"You better hurry up. I saw Donna Lou is about to leave the house. I think it's her night shift," Aggie said.
"How did you know that? You're not even using a telescope," asked the Grinch.
"I have super vision; a vampire have this power. I'm also a 1/516th vampire. My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents on both of my parents' sides are vampires. That's where I got my vampire powers," Aggie replied.
This quite shock the Grinch, "Wow. You really have a big family."
"I know, right? I'm so proud of myself!" She squealed.
Grinch rolled his eyes, and turned to Max, "Alright, Max, you're ready to launch!" He used a remote control to let the drone fly with Max. "Hold on, and hold on the snowmobile. Try not to drop it, okay?" his mast instructed. Max barked and saluted as he grabbed the snowmobile's hand with his paws, and the drone sent him to town.
"This is not gonna work, Grinch," Aggie crossed her arms.
"It'll work. Trust me," Grinch fought back.
Meanwhile, Donna Lou bent down to kiss Cindy Lou on the cheek, and then, she kissed the twins before turning to the babysitter.
"Are you sure you can handle this, Mrs. Wilbur?" she asked.
"Your kids are gonna be fine, Ms. Who," Mrs. Wilbur nodded. "Just go or you'll miss the bus."
"Right!" Donna looked down to her daughter, "I'll see you in the morning, sweetie."
"I wish Mr. Grinch is gonna babysit us," Cindy Lou complained.
"I know, but we don't want to disturb him. He worked too much for us already. It's time for him to take a break," Donna explained before running towards the street. "I gotta go! Bye Cindy Lou!"
"Bye, Mom!" Cindy Lou waved at her before she and Mrs. Wilbur, carrying the twins, went back inside.
Donna Lou ran as fast as she can to catch up the bus, but it already drove away. She tried to call loudly to the bus to stop and wait for her, but it's already far away. Donna hung her head down in sadness. She's always been like this. Late to catch up the boss, and late for work.
Suddenly, from above, she noticed a cute pink sparkly snowmobile was lowered slowly in front of her. Donna also noticed that Max carried the mobile all the way while tying up with a drone.
"Alright, boy, release it slowly," Grinch commanded from his dog's headphone as Max put the snowmobile down, and he flew away.
Donna Lou made a big smile in appreciation. She knew it was the Grinch who made this snowmobile since he's the best inventor she ever know. Donna waved a Max, which the Grinch saw her on the monitor, happy to see his "friend" happy. He continued to watch Donna taking the snowmobile, and rode it happily on the street without stressing herself. The snowmobile is fast enough to take Donna to work in time.
"See, Aggie? I told you my plan worked," Grinch said proudly.
"Yeah, she really appreciate it," Aggie agreed, watching the scene with her super vision. "But it was supposed to be you who give her the snowmobile! Now Donna thought it was Max who gave her that!"
"That's exactly my point!" He shouted. "If I give it to her in person, I would probably say, 'Hey, Donna, I made this mobile just for you', and she'll think I have a crush on her."
"Which you have."
"But she didn't know that! Listen, Aggie, I already took your advice, gave Donna that snowmobile, and that's it. Everyone's happy! You know? I'm going to bed. Just get Max, and come inside the cave if you want." The Grinch went back in his cave in tiredness, and shut the door.
Aggie was left alone on the edge, and, while waiting for Max, she thought of something to make Grinch open his heart to Donna without turning back. This is a very hard mission than she thought. She also can't force someone to confess his feeling to the one he love. She needed some help.
Later, in her room, Cindy Lou wore her pajamas and fixed her bed, ready to go to sleep. Suddenly, she heard loud taps from her window. She turned around and saw Aggie while holding Max in her arm on her window.
"Oh, Aggie," Cindy rushed to her window, and opened it.
Aggie flew in and sat on a small chair, "Sorry I came here do late, Cindy Lou. I can't use the front door. Your babysitter might not let me in."
"That's okay. I'm not sleep yet, but I'm just ready for bed," The little Who girl closed the window. "So, what's up?"
Aggie started to grunt in frustration, "It's the Grinch! He's so stubborn! He doesn't to listen to me!"
"Why? What did he do?" Cindy asked.
"I was right, Cindy Lou. The Grinch is indeed in love with your mom. He told me," the winged human replied.
"Yes!" Cindy Lou squealed happily.
"But he's too shy to admit it," Aggie continued. "He told me everything. He told me how he met your mother when she was your age. He fell in love with her the day after Christmas. I gave him advice of making a snowmobile for her so she won't be late for her work and miss the bus at the same time, and told him to give it to her in person. And you know what he did? He used Max to deliver the snowmobile to your mother!"
"But did she like it?" inquired Cindy Lou.
"Yeah, she likes it, but that's not part of the plan! I'm just trying to help him admit his feelings to Donna by him giving her the snowmobile face-to-face. It's like he gave her a sign that he likes her, but he didn't listen to me! He's so stubborn and shy!"
"Well, that's really Mr. Grinch. He's always grumpy. And when I invited him to my Christmas dinner, he's too shy and nervous. It's his first Christmas dinner after all."
"I completely understand that. I can't even force him to confess his feelings. That won't work. That's why I came to you because I need help. I don't know the Grinch as much as you do."
"Actually, Aggie, I only know the Grinch for only few days. I don't know him much. The only thing I know about him that he's alone in his cave with Max, he hates Christmas because no one has ever celebrate with him, he's a cool inventor, and he can be a good friend."
"I know. That's the only information I know about him." Aggie got up from the chair, and pace around the room. "This mission is harder than I thought. If I can't complete this mission soon, I can't celebrate New Year with my family."
Cindy Lou felt Aggie's sadness. It would be unfair if a friend, daughter, mother and wife can't celebrate New Year with her family. She has to work fast. The little girl had an idea, "You know, I know one Who who can help us."
At Bricklebaum's house, the door bell rang, and Bricklebaum opened the door, seeing Aggie, Cindy Lou and Max in front of him.
"Well, look who's here!" He was surprise to see three of the Grinch's good friend.
"Good evening, Mr. Bricklebaum," Cindy Lou greeted.
"Come on in. Make yourselves at home," Bricklebaum politely let the three visitors in.
"Sorry for coming here this late," Aggie apologized.
"Oh no. To me, it's not. I always stay awake this late," the joyful Who said. "Would you like some hot cocoa?"
"Thanks, Mr. Bricklebaum, we need some hot chocolate for now," the little Who girl nodded.
When Bricklebaum hot chocolate for his three visitors, Aggie and Cindy Lou drank from their mugs, while Max drank on a dog bowl. "So, what brings you three here at night?" He asked.
"Okay. First off: Grinch admitted it. We were right. He was in love with Donna," Aggie said first.
"I knew it!" Bricklebaum squealed. "Mr. Grinch. That sly dog! Woo!"
"I know. I'm surprised too," Aggie took another sip.
"Me too. I never thought there's someone who likes my mom," Cindy Lou chuckled.
"And second, that's my mission. I have to help Grinch confess his feelings for Donna."
"So, how did it go? Did that green guy make the first move?" Bricklebaum was excited to here the story.
Aggie cleared her throat to explain, "Well, he did admit he likes likes Donna Lou. He told me he had met her when she younger. I gave him an advice of making a snowmobile for her so she won't be late for work and catching the bus everyday. I also told him to give the mobile to her in person, but he didn't listen to me. He just do it his way! He used Max to give the snowmobile to Donna. Now she'll never know his feelings for her! Mr. Bricklebaum, you know Grinch more than we do, we want to know why he acted like that."
Bricklebaum sighed as he sat on his chair, "Mr. Grinch isn't like us or any other Who. He never got out of his cave, except when he needed to buy important things like food and dog food for his dog from the grocery. He never socialized with any Who for a long time or I never seen him socialized with anyone in town. Well, except for me. We have good times together. We talked, shared stories, telling each other's secrets. That's what we best friends for. Mr. Grinch was my neighbor for years."
"Huh, he wasn't kidding when he told me he was alone for 53 years," Aggie felt so guilty. She didn't quite believe of the Grinch's story about him being alone in his cave for decades, but she wasn't so sure until she was told by someone else. "No wonder he was not quite comfortable when I'm around."
"Give him time, Aggie. I'm sure he'll get over his pain very soon, and I'm sure he'll confess his feelings."
"I guess you're right, Bricklebaum. Really, I can't force him to finish my mission. As representative of the element of Imagination, my job is to help people showing what friendship is all about. But in Grinch's case, I'll help him show what love is, and how to use it."
"That's great, Aggie, but you can't to that alone," said the little girl. "I told my friends about this, and they agreed to help."
"Did you tell them about me and this as my mission?" Aggie asked.
"No, I only told them that we should get my mom and Mr. Grinch together."
"Great, because my mission is top secret. No one knows that this is my mission." The winged human then turned to Bricklebaum. "Sir, you have to help me. Grinch was so stubborn, he never listens to my word. I know he'll listen to you."
"I'll do what I can do best," The joyous Who replied.
"Thanks. Thanks to both of you. I need all the help I can get. No. We need all the help we can get," Aggie smiled.
"And we have to finish your mission before New Year, so you can go home," Cindy Lou added.
After few minutes, Cindy Lou and Aggie, who carried Max in her arm, walked out of Bricklebaum's house.
"Are you sure you know your way home?" He asked in concern.
"Don't worry, Mr. Bricklebaum, I know my way," Cindy said proudly.
"We don't have to," Aggie told her.
"What do you mean?"
Without answering the little girl's question, Aggie used her wand staff to zap Cindy Lou to teleport her back to her house in her bedroom, "Don't worry. She's already in her bedroom by now. We'll see you tomorrow at 7:30?"
"You bet. The guy really needs help," Bricklebaum answered.
"Thanks for your help. I really need that. See ya."
Aggie waved at him before flying all the way up to the Grinch's cave while carrying Max.
When the Grinch left the door open for her, Aggie let herself in, and put Max down.
"Alright, Max, I'll see you tomorrow," She said as the dog rushed to the kitchen, where his bed is.
Aggie flew upstairs, until she reached her room at the mid-stairway. When she hopped on her bed, she remembered that she haven't called her family and friends this morning, so she quickly tapped the belly of her penguin wand staff, and it showed three holograms from the penguins mouth.
Three holograms means three divisions of the I team she contacted: the main, which they appeared two days ago, the honorary, and the back-up.
"AGGIE!" They all shouted happily.
"Hey, you guys!" She greeted back to them. "Gosh, I already missed you."
"You haven't contacted us this morning," Burn complained.
"Sorry, I'm a little busy... of finding my mission," Aggie replied.
"You found your mission?" Pirate Izzy inquired.
"Yep, but I'll tell you later. I want to know how are the Honorary and the Back-up are doing!" The leader to the other two divisions.
"We're fine, Aggie. You don't need to worry about us," Numbuh 3 giggled.
"Yeah, but as your friend and leader, I'm still worried. So, how was Martha II doing?"
"Pretty good," Vlad said. "When she got her fangs 10 years ago, I decided to train her full-time, and she was rather well, except she never shut up."
"Grandpa Vlad, she's a teenager. Teenagers are quite rebellious these days. Don't pressure her, like what you did to Dennis," Mavis reminded.
"I don't want to be reminded by an overprotective mother who almost TEARED THE FAMILY APART!" Aggie yelled angrily, until she calmed herself. "Sorry. I was a little stress there. Too much bad memories." Then, she turned to the Back-up, "And how about you guys? How's the egg?"
"Pretty good, Aggie. Quite warm, but it's going to hatch," Marlin held his and Dory's egg.
"I can't believe I'm going to be a big brother!" Nemo swam a loop in excitement.
"Yeah, don't get too excited. You'll get stomach ache if you keep doing this," SmurfWillow warned.
"So, what the mission is all about? What's the friendship problem?" Sally Carrera inquired.
" It wasn't a friendship problem I have to fix..., it's a LOVE problem." Aggie replied.
"WHAT?!" Her team shouted in horror.
"Why the heck your element sent you instead of us?!" Junior yelled.
"I don't know, but the element sent me," Aggie tried to calm the stork down.
"But we represent the Element of Love. It was supposed to be us to fix this problem!" Tulip added.
"I know your upset and confuse, but if the element chose me to fix the problem, then we'll respect that."
"That's not fair! You know that's our job! And besides, it must be hard for you to fix this love problem," the stork growled. "You know what? We're coming there. Where are you?"
"Junior, please, I can handle this. It sounds like you don't trust me."
"We trust you, Aggie, but..." Tulip tried to explain, but Aggie interrupted her.
"Like I said, we have to respect the element. Plus, I have done this before with almost all of you. It wasn't so hard or easy. If you let me do this and trust me on this, I'll finish this mission in no time."
Junior grunted, "Fine. We'll leave you to this, but please, make this possible. We all know you are a very capable matchmaker, alright?"
"Stand down, Junior, you may still be my boss in Stork Mountain, but I'm not there, and I am still your boss in the I team."
The stork just growled and rolled his eyes.
"So, who's having a problem in there?" Ginger asked.
Aggie explained, "His name is Grinch. He lived near the town called Whoville. He never lived within the town. He lived here in Mt. Crumpit in his cave with his dog, Max. He's the town hermit, just like you, honey."
"Thanks for reminding me that, Sweetheart," Red groaned, didn't want to discuss his past. "I think I'm probably related with this Grinch person."
"Grinch, huh? There's another funny word in this universe," SmurfBlossom laughed. "Grinch! Grinch! Grinchy! Granch!"
"SmurfBlossom, remember, it's not nice to play other people's names," La Muerte reminded.
"Yeah. When he was just a kid, he was an orphan. No one adopted him. He saw children at his age celebrate Christmas with their families, and he doesn't have one. So, he lived on his own, hated Christmas for 53 years, and didn't socialized with the Who for a long time." Aggie continued.
"Oh, that's sad." Babs commented.
"I know. I felt his pain. So, he planned to 'steal' Christmas from the Whos to fix something that happened years ago, but when he did, it didn't what he was expecting. One little Who girl, Cindy Lou Who, invited him for Christmas dinner, which it was his first Christmas dinner, and he confessed it wasn't Christmas he hated, it's being alone."
"I think I feel him," Red said.
"Me too," Basil added.
"So do I," Sherlock Gnomes admitted.
"Okay, first, that was sad, and second, the people there are called 'Whos'?" Kitka repeated.
"Yeah. They all look like humans, but different appearances," Aggie described.
"But Grinch's problem was already solved. Why you were sent there to help him?" inquired Kessie.
"That's not actually the problem, Kess," corrected Aggie. "You see, the Grinch has a crush on Cindy Lou's widowed hardworking mother, Donna Lou, but he's to nervous to tell her since he never had socialized with the Whos before."
"Wait. If that's the problem, then it was supposed to be us to be sent there!" Avery realized that. "We represent the Element of Confident. Grinch has no confidence to tell his crush his feelings for her."
"Yeah, but, Avery, I was sent here. Like I said seconds ago, let's respect it."
"Yeah, Avery, elements don't lie, you know," Tyler said.
"Shut up, Tyler!" Avery yelled at her step-brother.
"Anyway, I already started helping him, but it didn't work today," Aggie told her friends.
"Did you give him advice?" Danger Mouse asked.
"Yeah. Building a snowmobile for Donna Lou to get to her work is working, but giving the mobile to her in person isn't working."
"Okay, that's all I got." The white mouse shrugged.
"Aggie, do you really agree to this?" Judy asked. "I mean, his name is Grinch, which means 'an unpleasant person who spoils other people's fun or enjoyment'. Does he really need some friendship?"
"Oh, so you're dictionary now?!" Discord glared at the rabbit cop.
"Yeah, don't be so judge-y," Tootie added. "Like Zootopia, anyone can be anything, you know. Like being a bunny cop."
"Okay, everyone, enough," Aggie halted the argument. "I know the victim is exactly what you think, but that's why I'm here. I also taught all of you how to become friends with everyone despite all of your differences. I even reformed villains into good by teaching them about friendship, and revenge isn't always the answer, right guys?"
"You're right, girl," Joen nodded.
"Meow!" Kat gave her a thumb up with his claw.
"Uh-huh," Dr. Blest agreed.
All reformed villain nodded in agreement, trying to forget their evil days.
"I even teach you guys that family isn't about related and same-blood members, but also the people who are close to you and love you," Aggie added. "Despite our differences by personalities, appearances, and the world we lived, it didn't matter when comes to love and friendship. And Grinch. He never had a friend or a family besides his dog. We can't just leave him like this. Even I can't do it. He deserves to have family and friends like we do. He also deserves a love interest. We all do, even how different we are or even we're all different species. Love is stronger than race. You guys deserve to be my friends, and I deserved to be yours. If we all deserve to be happy, loved, and friended, then Grinch deserves the same as we have."
All of your friends and family stared at her in disbelief and in touch. They realized their leader and friend might be right. They all befriended each other and one another for 20 to 40 years already, and nothing has ever teared them apart before, and no one was alone anymore. If Aggie was right, then the Grinch should have what they all have: happiness, love and friendship.
"That beautiful, honey," Red smiled.
"Okay, okay, okay, you convinced us," Doc sighed.
"Count us in, too!" Skully exclaimed as he flapped his green wings.
"Alright, we're all in, baby girl!" Xibalba winked.
Aggie was so happy that her friends and family are willing to help, and supporting her mission, "Great! Now, let's do this!" Then, she turned and glared at her dark god best friend, "Hey, X! Don't call me baby girl!"
To get started for the plans for bringing two love birds together, Aggie set up a black board, pinned the Grinch and Donna Lou's picture on the upper part, and wrote branches and calculations. It's like she was writing equations about love, while her team observed and thought of solutions of how to bring a man and a woman together, still having their holograms on. That was until their element shards on their IDs blinked with alarm wrist watch sounds.
"Ooh, bedtime," Crimson Red.
"Alright, we'll call first thing in the morning," Aggie turned to her friends before turning off the holograms. "Night, you guys."
"Night, Aggie."
"See you, tomorrow."
"Don't forget to call!"
When her team said their goodnights, Aggie turned the holograms off, covered the blackboard with curtains, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.
I reused the "Power walk" scene for Cindy Lou and her gang from the movie.
Once again, this chapter has crossovers at the end:
Numbuh 3-Codename: Kids Next Door
Burn-Turbo F.A.S.T.
Pirate Izzy-Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Vlad-Hotel Transylvania
Mavis-Hotel Transylvania
Marlin-Finding Nemo/Finding Dory
Nemo-Finding Nemo/Finding Dory
SmurfWillow-Smurfs
Sally Carrera-Cars
Junior-Storks
Tulip-Storks
Ginger-Chicken Run
SmurfBlossom-Smurfs
La Muerte-Book of Life (2014)
Babs-Chicken Run
Basil-Great Mouse Detective
Sherlock Gnomes-Sherlock Gnomes (movie)
Kitka-Penguins of Madagascar
Kessie-Winnie the Pooh
Avery-Dog with a blog
Tyler-Dog with a blog
Danger Mouse-Danger Mouse (tv series)
Judy-Zootopia
Discord-My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Tootie-Fairly odd parents
Joen (My OC)-Oggy and the Cockroaches
Kat-Kid vs Kat
Dr. Blest (My OC)-Penguins of Madagascar
Red-Angry Birds
Doc Hudson-Cars
Skully-Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Xibalba-Book of Life (2014)
Crimson Red (My OC)
This is an advance Christmas gift to all of you viewers. Enjoy this, because there's still another chapter tomorrow. Pls comment.
