Starbases were night on the first day of Christmas break in Epic City, and Epix was beginning to enjoy a party, not at starbases bases or Orange Wolves dorm, but at a house that looks like it's big enough to be a mansion.
"Woohoo!" Pinkie Pie, Timmy, Piper, Hay Lin, and Omi & Ping-Pong cheered riding a sleigh down the hallway.
"Hey, guys." Sarah greets Lincoln, Danny & Jake while she was accompanied by Rebecca, Zarya & Bloom.
"Are you sure they should be sledding in the house?" Bloom asked
"They watch too many Christmas movies," Lincoln answered
"You know, this is the time of year that makes me reflect on what's important. Like friends, and family." Danny smiled.
"And a cookie filled with ice cream and cotton candy!" Mikey jumps up eating the said dessert he just mentioned.
"Eh, I'm game on that." Jake shrugged.
"Hey Lincoln, you wanna try?" Mikey asked with his mouth full.
"No thanks, Mikey." Lincoln declined while Sabrina, Lucky along with Steven & Connie approached Mabel, Rainbow Dash, and Jessica.
"Hey girls. This is a great party to spend our first night on the break." Sabrina greeted.
"Makes me glad Connie here is spending it with us." Steven gestures to his girlfriend.
"Yeah, but who's house is this anyway?" Connie asked.
"Well, some go home on winter break, while rest stay here," Lincoln said
"Yeah, Raph busy sleeping, Leo doing meditate, Donny in the lab with Dexter, I'm...the only turtle who's doing Christmas break day one," Mikey replied
"Bummer. Anyway, why did you ask who's house it is? Because they asked about the broken statue in the hallway, which Jessica, Rainbow & I had nothing to do with?" Mabel asked nervously.
"I mean who puts an extremely expensive statue in the hallway in a hidden corner with literally anyone, again not us, could bump into it and smash it into pieces?" Jessica added just as nervous.
"We don't even know where we got this." Rainbow Dash pulls out a statue's hand which could be the pieces of the said broken statue.
"It was Rainbow's & Rico's idea to do a tobogganing contest." Mabel blurted out.
"Thanks a lot." Rainbow Dash murmured in sarcasm when Rico jumped on her shoulder.
"Sorry." Rico apologized.
(Special guests of the special are Skipper, Private, Kowalski & Rico from the Penguins of Madagascar)
"Remind tell me why they here exactly?" Hay Lin asked.
"Because these four penguins just know stop any crisis, heck..." Lincoln said as Private landed on Lincoln's hand. "Private helped me out on a mission. Thanks, Private."
"You're welcome." Private smiles.
"Glad to see you hippies are enjoying yourselves. Plus, it's a great excuse to get Kowalski out of his lab." Skipper approaches Lincoln. "And it's not about his inventing or experiments."
"It was just an important project, Skipper," Kowalski spoke.
"You mean your obsession with Doris the dolphin?" Jade, Musa, Irma, Chloe & Zoey make a smug look.
"Who you secretly love?" Mabel said with a tease.
"Mabel, don't bother. She decided to keep him in the friend zone. But then again, does he even have a chance with her, to begin with?" Molly joked.
"Isn't that the truth?" Pru adds to the burn.
"Burn." Marco along with Lucky high fives them.
"Guys, give Kowalski a break. He just needs some time away from thinking about Doris." Star said.
"You just had to keep bringing that up, didn't you?" Kowalski scowls at them.
"Sorry about that, Kowalski." Steven apologized while Lucas, Flora & Abigail approach Rarity eating from one of the chairs that are made of marshmallows.
"Isn't this great, Flora? I love being with my friends tonight." Lucas spoke.
"Yes, it is. I'm beginning to like this Christmas party, even after Bloom told me everything that normally happens. Right Rarity? Rarity?" Flora sees Rarity distracted.
"Me too, darling. Especially with Applejack. She looks more buff than usual. Every time I think of her strength or her honest words, it makes me think of Applejack even more." Rarity smiles with a sigh.
"Speaking of Applejack, where is she?" Pru asked
"Making great Christmas food, oh and Gar getting last supplies...be back, dress up a holiday," Lincoln said
"Wait a minute. Rarity, are you crushing on Applejack?" Flora makes a sly smirk.
Rarity blushes. "Well...she does have good manners, spirit, and good body." Last one quiet
"Aww. That is so cute." Abigail cued.
"Uh Rarity, everyone else but Applejack knows you're crushing on her, and she feels the same about you. No surprise since you two are best friends." Lucas points out.
"True..." Rarity nodded
"Why don't we help you?" Flora requested.
Rarity turns to them. "Really?"
"Of course. I'm sure you'll win her over." Abigail said.
"We help you make that happen," Lucas replied
"Thank you, darlings." Rarity smiled.
"Hey, guys. Applejack and Gar are back with the stuff." Toby told everyone.
The door opens up sees Gar and Applejack carrying loads of bags on them while wearing Christmas hats.
"Howdy Y'all. Sorry, we got back so late." Applejack greeted.
"Yeah, finding enough Christmas hats was difficult," Gar explained getting hugged by Chloe.
"Glad you're back, babe." Chloe smiles.
"Tienes frio. It's cold out there." Alma shivered to look outside.
"Yeah, wintertime is hard...that's why I send in the top strongest," Lincoln said
"How you guys not cold?" Mabel asked
"Not sure myself." Gar scratches his head.
"What do you think, Kowalski?" Aisha asked.
"Pretty sure they have just been training so much, body heat keeps them warm," Kowalski said
"Good point." Chloe & Rarity giggled with a blush.
"Ditto." Musa, Alma & Zarya joined in.
"Hey guys, have you seen that virtual sleigh simulator? It's so cool." Emerald spoke.
"Yeah, this party has everything." Dani smiles.
"Well, everything except eggnog. Sorry, Rico. No eggnog chugging contest." Skipper told.
"Aww." Rico sulked in disappointment.
"Not to worry, eggnog is here little bird," Gar said with a smirk, pulling out big eggnog. "I wanna that prize money, take you all on!"
"Eggnog!" Rico called out in excitement.
"Who's up the challenge?" Gar asked
"Oh! Me! Me!" Pinkie Pie volunteers.
"I wanna try one!" Mikey shouts.
"Figures." Nick and Sunset Shimmer respond.
"This is so going on my blog! Hey Buttercup, Roger, Tecna, Kimiko, selfie!" Kamala called over her said teammates for a group selfie.
"Cheese!" All except Buttercup who is annoyed but take a picture.
"She's not done." Roger points to Kamala taking more selfies.
"One more. One more. One more." Kamala kept repeating.
"This is getting annoying," Buttercup said when they heard a buzzing noise.
"What's that?" Roger asked seeing a beeper on Buttercup's wrist glowing red.
"Annoyingly fun." Buttercup quickly took back getting a ding from it.
"Dudes, what's that beeping noise?" Buzz asked.
"It's a naughty-nice meter. I made it for Buttercup so it would make sure she gets on Santa's nice list." Tecna explained.
"That could be a little difficult knowing her temper." Lucky whispers to Kimiko.
"I HEARD THAT YOU LITTLE-" Buttercup roars hears the buzzers. "Grrr..."
Lincoln comforts her. "Buttercup...take a deep breath and count."
"1...2...3." Buttercup breathes calming down, now hearing the ding.
"Hopefully, she plays her cards right, she'll get gifts next week," Tecna said.
"Anyone who wants to ride the indoor ice-skating rink, say "Happy Holidays!" Danny said driving a large passenger golf cart.
"Happy Holidays!" Everyone shouts
Unknown to Epix, there is a security camera at the fireplace hidden from their sight, showing that someone in the house's security room is watching them.
"Happy Holidays. More like "Trappy Holidays"! Because you Epix are gonna be trapped in here with me." The mysterious person in the security room planned.
/
Moments later when they came back into the living room, Epix was enjoying the party.
"I'm next, Pinkie Pie!" Rebecca called out sitting on a marshmallow chair.
"Um, Rebecca..." Penny started.
"I wouldn't sit there," Alma warned.
Rebecca confused. "Why?'
"Because it's melting." Jade, Gwen & Nick all answered to the melting chair.
Rebecca gets annoyed. "Great..."
"Who put that marshmallow chair so close to the fireplace?" Dipper asked.
"Now I'm all sticky." Rebecca stands up with her back and her arms being covered in a melting marshmallow.
"And delicious." Mabel tasted some of the marshmallows.
"Any on my back?" Rebecca turned for them to see marshmallows also on her back.
"Uh-uh,/Yep/A little bit/Oh my goblin, that's sticky." Arkana, Dani, Kowalski & Emerald all answered.
"Hold on, I got ice powers thanks to the Pegasus constellation, so I can try to fix it. Hey Jess, can you help me out?" Pru asked Jessica.
"Sure..." Jessica said stand next to her.
"Hold still, Becc." Pru & Jessica both blew a small cold wind on the parts of Rebecca's body that are covered in marshmallows, making it become frozen solid before it shattered off.
"Geez so cold..." Rebecca rubs her arms.
Gar brings Rebecca a cup of cocoa. "A hot cocoa for you."
"Thanks." Rebecca thanked Gar & the girls.
"Bet you love being the Gormiti Lord of Air, huh?" Pru smiles at Jessica.
"Yep. Gotta love it." Jessica said when Lincoln & Danny came back.
"Great place, huh?" Lincoln asked Danny.
"Yeah. Guys, Lincoln & I know we've only been here for a few minutes, but I think we can call it." Danny added.
"This is officially the best party ever!" They both declared.
"Yeah!" Everyone shouts
From that moment, the anonymous from the security room who is watching with the cameras spoke.
"Glad you're having a good time because this party is about to get very exciting." He gets everyone's attention.
"Uh what? Huh? What did he say? You guys hear something?" Rico, Molly, Steven, Jessica & Gwen asked as confused as everyone else.
"I set up a series of dangerous traps-I mean uh, fun challenges throughout the house. So, you Epix split yourselves into groups and get started." The anonymous voice told.
"What do we get if we win?" Nani asked.
"Uh, uh, a big prize!" The voice answers.
"Ooh, what prize do we get? Is it a giant peppermint-flavored cupcake with vanilla frosting and chocolate sprinkles?" Pinkie Pie licks her lips.
"She always has sugar and sweets on her mind, does she?" Connie whispers to Steven.
"Naw, she just full of energy...legends say she born that way," Steven whispered
"Oh." Connie accepted.
"The prize is you're gonna be trapped in here, and miss winter break, including Christmas next week. Your Holidayolidays will be ruined!" The anonymous voice planned.
"Yeah, like that's gonna happen. Guys, let's split up." Lincoln called out
"Yes sir!" Bloom saluted.
"Critters, we need you to stay here and watch over the living room. Kalama, you & Choko are in charge." Lincoln gets a salute from Kalama & Choko for being in charge of Epix's animals.
"Very well, let the game...BEGIN!" The announcement shouts
Each team got sucked in by a door that appears out of nowhere.
/
Epix Group 1 wandering through one of the hallways.
"Maybe we should try this hallway," Steven suggested when they heard a crash, before turning to see Jessica almost falling when Lucas & Flora helped her up.
"What?" Jessica spoke.
"Did you just break something again?" Lucas questioned.
"Now, not this time...in fact, the whole floor is wooden to me," Jessica said
"And I supposed you just knock over an expensive sculpture with one of the pieces in your hand." Lucas points to the piece he mentioned.
"Huh?" Jessica sees the piece before throwing it away, making it shatter.
Flora hits her head. "Where are we?'
"I think we should go into this room and find out." Connie points to the door they see.
Lincoln's first one takes an open way in another side, sees only...walnuts everywhere. "Wha?"
Everyone sees the type of nuts all over the place and sees the sign. 'Peanut Acres.'
"This is super weird," Lucas said
"Hey, this looks like a place from the Candy Land board game?" Ben asked
"What's with all the walnuts?" Danny asked in confusion.
"Might be something that is a puzzle," Lincoln said
"But what kind of puzzle?" Flora asked.
"A puzzle of the key! Just crack any walnut to find a brown key and brings it to the wooden soldier." Anonymous said
"Hey, there's the wooden soldier right there. It's a nutcracker." Bloom recognized the wooden soldier.
"That's right! And it's the only way to get out! I hope you're feeling nutty. Because this is "nut" a normal rope. To use the nutcracker to escape, you must rely on one a-nutter." Anonymous punned.
"Too bad your sister Luan isn't here, Lincoln. She would've loved those puns." Ben said.
"I have a feeling she might." Connie shrugged.
"So, what are we supposed to do exactly?" Steven asked.
"Crack the walnuts and find the key," Ben answered change into Four-Arms. "Let's do this!"
"Wait a minute, Ben! Let's think first. We can't just smash every last walnut." Applejack stopped him.
"Why is that?" Four-Arms shouts hit a walnut tree just causing flames to hit his face from a wall. "AHHHH!"
"Cause got traps, Ben," Gwen said in annoyance.
"Applejack, good call. You're so observant." Rarity complimented. "I-I mean, your quick warning and thinking were observant. I'm flattering-I mean complimenting you." She tries to retract with a blush.
"Rare, we're gonna work on that." Danny stops her while Flora whispers in Lucas' ear.
"Dude, no kidding. The point is, you'll never find the key! It could take hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades-!" Anonymous believed when Flora & Lucas cracked the first nut they picked up.
"Found it!" They high-fived each other showing they found the key.
"Wait, what?" Anonymous asked.
"It's in the squirrel, who holding in his teeth," Flora said
"Hey, you guys found the key!" Jessica smiled.
"Yeah but...how did you-?" Anonymous questioned in surprise.
"Flora's the Fairy of Nature, and that includes walnuts. And let's just say I have a connection to the natural element of the Forest." Lucas answered meaning to their teammates, they've used their powers.
"Great has nature on our side, let's move," Lincoln said got the key, goes to the door.
"Who wants a walnut?" Lucas asked.
"No thanks." Steven, Connie & Danny denied it before they left the room.
/
Moments later, Group 2 arrives inside of the second room: the gingerbread room.
"Here's one of the rooms, you guys," Blossom called them over.
"If there's a witch, I'm punching the nose." Buttercup said
"Uh, Buttercup ...?" Emerald, Star & Dani point to Buttercup's naughty-nice meter buzzing.
"Oh, come on, it's an evil witch!" Buttercup shouts
"Doesn't sound like an evil witch," Molly spoke.
"Chill, Buttercup. Take a breath and calm down." Chloe told.
"Like this. Breathe in, breathe out." Abigail joins in.
"Fine." Buttercup takes deep breaths. "Better." She calmly said getting a ding from her meter.
"How'd you do that?" Dipper asked.
"They, Arkayna & we have been taking some meditation lessons from Leo." Lucky mentioned.
"We thank him later...taste real." Bubble said while eating a gingerbread house piece.
"First, where are we? Second, is Zoey feeding Nani gingerbread?" Zarya looks at Nani being romantically fed gingerbread by Zoey.
"Yep/Uh-huh/Aww/Cute." Dipper, Lucky, Arkayna, Piper, Abigail & Mabel all answer.
"Taste good, huh babe?" Zoey gets a nod from Nani.
"Girls, might wanna save that romantic feeding for later." Sarah reminded.
"Sorry." Zoey & Nani apologized before separating with a blush.
"Alright Mystery Man, what do we do?" Gar asked
"Uh, guys..." Dipper points to the door shutting and now locked. "Oh no!"
"What just happened?!" Arkana asked.
"I think we're locked in," Marco answered.
"Ya think?!" Alma, Star, Jade & Pru looked at him when Emerald tried to pull the door open.
"By the Hammer of Harmon! You're right! We're locked in!" Emerald worriedly agrees unable to get it open.
"Hey look, it's a clue! Maybe it can help us get out of here!" Sarah picks up a piece of a big piece of gingerbread with a clue on it.
"What does it say?" Bubbles asked.
Finds a secret key in here without causing any damage," Sarah said
"For it lies in these gingerbread walls," Star added.
"Well, guess time break some-" Buttercup said gonna enjoy it, heard the buzz. "Come on!'
"Wait. In these gingerbread walls. Guys, the gingerbread houses!" Dipper suspected.
"I get it. The key must have been baked inside one of them." Emerald agreed.
"I guess we'll have to eat through them all." Abigail figured.
"Who got a big appetite?" Blossom asked
"When it comes to sweets since Pinkie Pie is not with us, my sister is the next best thing," Dipper mentioned when they saw his twin eating a piece of a roof from a gingerbread house.
"That's why I have started to eat this gingerbread house, for the key. And because I love gingerbread houses." Mabel munched on it while Dani was doing the same thing.
"I'm not gonna eat that much. One gingerbread house might be good enough for me." Gar decided.
"Okay, everybody, wake up your sweet tooth and start munching!" Star told when they all begin to eat the gingerbread houses.
"Honey, you got frosting on you," Chloe said looking at Gar.
"Thanks." Gar watch flick it off his face.
"Glad it wasn't a gross way of doing it," Zarya commented as they get to eat.
/
Group 3 has now arrived in the third, where it appears to be empty.
"Guess we got the last room," Toby said.
"Pretty much." Roger agreed.
"Where are at, Skipper?" Private asked.
"Looks like some kind of empty room. But don't be fooled, sometimes normal-looking rooms are perfect for traps." Skipper warned.
"I'm already tired of not knowing what our bad guy is. I could use it for my blog, or my Fanfiction." Kamala complained.
"I'm just glad Pru & Jessica froze the marshmallow off me, otherwise I get a lot of stuff stuck to my back," Rebecca said.
"I wonder what the surprise is. You think we're gonna have to share the prize or each gets our own?" Sabrina asked.
"I guess it depends." Nick shrugged.
"I bet it's a ton of amazing outfits for me if we each get one." Stella fantasized.
"I don't think so, dudette. What do you think, Tecna?" Buzz asked the Fairy of Technology.
"Always a trapped," Tecna said
"Well, at least it's an empty room," Musa stated when the door closed shut and locked.
"Uh-oh!" Timmy & Kamala both responded.
"Not empty for long! You're locked in this room! In a matter of minutes, it will fill up with... eggnog." The anonymous announced.
"Finally! /Eggnog!" Pinkie Pie, Mikey & Rico cheered.
"Guys, that's not a good thing!" Aisha told them.
"Roger, you think we can go dino?" Max asked Roger.
"Doubt it will work! We'd be too big to fit anywhere!" Roger declined.
"Good luck, Epix. Hope you survive eggnog, falls." The anonymous punned when the big faucet begins to start pouring eggnog.
"Oh no, not eggnog! Don't want any in my stylish outfit!" Stella complained.
"I'm afraid we have to worry about your attire, Stella." Kowalski pointed out.
"Yeah, how gonna drink this lovely milk!" Pinkie Pie shouts.
/
Back in the Gingerbread room, Group 2 was still eating through the gingerbread houses to find the key.
"I don't know how much more I can eat." Marco can feel his stomach starting to get full.
"If I keep eating this many gingerbread houses, my butt could get "bigger"." Emerald murmurs to herself.
"Why are you complaining?! Abigail, Chloe, Piper, and I each ate one with a guest house and a three-car garage!" Molly mentioned.
"It's gonna take forever to find the key in any of these houses! Especially without Pinkie Pie, and with Gar slowing down!" Dipper complained while Choko chirped trying to eat his gingerbread.
"As I said, this is as much as I can eat," Gar said giving his gingerbread house to Bubbles.
"How do we know if the key is even in one of these?" Zarya questioned.
"Wait a minute." Abigail knocks on the wall. "The whole room was probably made of gingerbread. Must've been eating through the wrong walls." She suspected.
"Are you sure, Abigail?" Sarah asked.
"Every part of this place is gingerbread, so key have to be metal," Abigail said
"So, we got to eat through the wall." Piper smiled with Choko squeaking.
"Yeah, just this wall," Abigail said
"Seriously?" Zarya raised an eyebrow when they see Mabel starting to eat through the wall.
"Uh yeah. That's why I started eating through this wall made of gingerbread." Mabel licks the frosting off her nose.
"Stop licking like a dog Mabel," Dipper said in annoyance.
"But it's gingerbread!" Mabel keeps eating the wall while the Powerpuff girls, Piper, Dani, Lucky, Abigail, Molly, Chloe, and Choko join her.
Gar shrugged. "Can't beat them, join them."
"Fine." Zarya sighs with defeat.
"We're going to stay out of it." Sarah points to her, Alma, Zoey, and Nani.
"We're already full," Alma whined
"Want me to romantically feed you, Cherokee Flower?" Zoey purrs teasingly.
Nani smirks. "My ginger wants your cream."
"And there they go. Let them have their moment." Sarah giggled.
/
In the Eggnog room, Group 3 tries to find a way out with the eggnog beginning to cover their feet.
"If you want me to stop the eggnog, you'll have to use your noggins." The anonymous punned.
"Seriously?" Sunset Shimmer, Tecna, Rebecca & Skipper deadpanned.
"Come on. Nothing? Noggin?" The anonymous repeated.
"And we thought Luan Loud & Spiderman's jokes were lame," Musa commented.
"My puns were killed in the walnut room. Anyway, to escape you must name every item in the song: The Twelve Days of Christmas." The anonymous instructed.
"That shouldn't be too hard for you, Musa." Private spoke to Musa.
"I'm not singing." Skipper said
"Here goes nothing. Hope I remembered what Bloom told me. And a partridge in a pear tree." Musa starts singing. "Come on, guys. Eleven more to go."
Pinkie Pie spoke the cutest voice. "On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, two turtle dove, and partridge in a pear tree...Hehe, he."
"Ok. This might not be so easy." Kowalski said.
"And we are going to drown in eggnog soon!" Aisha points to the floor.
"This dress would not look good in that." Stella shook her head.
"This is gonna take a while." Rainbow Dash said.
"You think?!" Toby asked.
"Let's singed faster alright!" Rebecca shouted
/
Time skips to at least ten to twelve minutes, Group 3 watches the eggnog go up to their waists.
"Ugh! I give up!" Stella groaned.
"I once thought I drown in this!" Flora brought it up.
"Really?" Nick asked.
"In eggnog?" Buzz added.
"Either that or fruit punch or even carrot juice which Kiko once daydreamed about saving me and Helia from." Flora explained.
"We gotta get outta here!" Roger told.
"Easier said than done at this rate!" Kowalski gets a worried look.
"Ooh, I got an idea! We can drink our way out through the eggnog!" Pinkie Pie suggested excitedly.
"I love this idea already, dudette!" Mikey agrees with her.
"You think that'll work, Skipper?" Private asked.
"I know it will work! Rico!" Skipper signals Rico.
"Eggnog!" Rico begins drinking the eggnog along with Pinkie Pie & Mikey.
"And the rest of you hippies call out for help in case someone hears us." Skipper said.
"HELP!" The rest of Group 3 called out.
/
Outside the hallway, Group 1 wonders until they heard the call for help.
"Wait. Do y'all hear that?" Applejack gets their attention.
"What's wrong, AJ?" Steven looks at her.
"Listen." Applejack whispers when they all heard it coming from the Eggnog room.
"Hey, does anyone else smell... eggnog?" Bloom sniffed.
"Yeah, it is." Jessica agrees while sniffing also.
"It's coming from in there!" Lucas points to the Eggnog room door.
"Rarity, you help me open this door!" Lincoln ordered. "The rest of you stand back!" He warned.
The others stand back as Lincoln and Rarity stand with each other.
"On three! 1...2... 3!" They both opened the door only to see the eggnog was mostly gone.
"What?" Lucas looks in confusion.
"Need a hand?" Connie asked when they saw Group 3.
"Look, the door is open!" Musa sees the door now opened.
"You saved them, Rare! That's my sugar cube!" Applejack pecks Rarity on the cheek.
Rarity blushes hard get hearts in her eyes. 'Yes...'
"Technically, Rico, Pinkie & Mikey all drank a thousand gallons of eggnog to save us from drowning," Tecna spoke.
They see three happy members laying on the ground, they loved it.
"Dudes, did you drink all of that eggnog in one sitting?" Ben questioned.
"And they even licked our clothes or feathers clean," Kowalski added.
"Great eggnog!" Pinkie Pie smiled.
"Finally got a lot of it." Mikey stands up satisfied.
"Eggnog!" Rico then suddenly made a really big burp.
"Let's find the others. Before that, Danny, would you mind?" Lincoln asked to know phase through everything.
"Why?" Danny raised an eyebrow.
"I heard from Tucker you phase through everything even liquid-like eggnog," Lincoln said
"Looks like we don't need that now," Danny said when they left the Eggnog room.
"Alright, time get the last group...Rico, stop licking the floor!" Skipper shouts
"Aw!' Rico pouted.
/
Back in the Gingerbread room, most of Group 2 was still eating through the gingerbread wall, when Buttercup and Lucky noticed Emerald and Chloe now eating chips.
"Where get those?" Buttercup asked
"From the living room," Chloe answered while Gar, Pru, Zarya, and Abigail stopped eating also.
"Plus, we were sick of eating gingerbread. Didn't want my big butt to get bigger." Emerald embarrassingly explained.
"We have a whole damn wall to eat! Forget about the stupid chips!" Buttercup snatches the bag of chips and tosses it around when her naughty-nice bracelet buzz.
"Your naughty-nice bracelet is beeper. And it says you're naughty." Emerald responds.
"I DON'T F#$%* CARE!" Buttercup cursed getting another buzz.
"Another buzz," Abigail commented while Choko starts eating at another gingerbread house.
Buttercup gets pissed. "AH SCREW THIS EATING THING!"
/
The Epix walked through the hallway trying to find the last group until a wall break into pieces seeing only a piss-off Buttercup.
"AAAAH!" Private, Kowalski, and Fluttershy screamed.
"Sweet, sweet freedom!" Pru cheered.
"Muy Bueno, amiga!" Alma complimented.
"You guys sure know how to make an entrance." Bloom chuckled.
"My guess is Buttercup's temper," Marco whispered
"Yep. We were just in there." Star whispers back with a nod from Choko.
"Are you guys alright?" Sarah hugs Lincoln.
"We're fine. Things were complicated for sure." Lincoln nodded while the other Epix critters woke up.
"Well, we're back together and we're all safe. So, let's get outta here." Danny suggested.
"Right. We have enough of this." Nani agreed.
"Ditto on that!" Zoey nodded.
"YOU NOT GOING ANYWHERE!" Announcer said
"What?! Why?!" Sarah questioned.
"This Holiday game is a Holiday trap!" The anonymous revealed.
"Hold on! We did not eat through a damn wall made of gingerbread, just to be trapped anyway!" Chloe scowled.
"You ate through the wall? The key was in one of the Gingerbread houses! You just ate through a regular wall!" The anonymous corrected which leaves Group 2 looking at the wall Buttercup destroyed, dumbfounded.
Buttercup simply takes a deep breath. "I just...gonna tried to take a deep breath."
"That explains the taste." Abigail scratches her head in realization.
"And the nails." Molly pulls a nail out of her mouth.
Chloe looks at his tongue, which is white. "EWWW! PAINT!"
"I should've known that was a stupid idea." Gar wipes the paint of Chloe's tongue with a paper towel.
"Who's idea was it to eat through the wall?" Aisha questioned before she realized something. "Mabel...!" She looks down at Mabel with her hands on her hips.
"Hehe. Oops. Guess my love for Gingerbread got to me." Mabel nervously laughed.
"Come on, Epix! We gotta make a run for it!" Marco grabs Star's hand and starts running towards the door.
"Everybody, out we go!" Lincoln ordered the rest of Epix following Marco & Star.
"Let's roll, boys!" Skipper commanded as the penguins follow suit when suddenly the front entrance and the one to the hallway were blocked with gift wraps as a barricade while the same happens to all the windows with candy canes.
"My place is my control, no one goes in or out! Ahahahahaha!" Anonymous laugh
"Oh no! The doors are all gift wrapped shut!" Pru checks on the entrance.
"And the windows are all candy caned closed!" Jessica finishes looking at the windows.
"Then that means we are trapped!" Hay Lin panicked.
"What do we do now?" Bloom asked.
"Fear me...I am everywhere..." Anonymous said
Choko turns to see something glowing from behind the candy cane, he goes to it as Kamala spots him doing. Both see a light...behind a big door.
*Meow...* Kalama called out to her master.
"Good idea, guys! Epix, Kalama & Choko are pointing to the chimney!" Lincoln gets everyone's attention.
"Great. A fire would be great for us to sit by while thinking of a way out." Molly spoke.
"No, I think Lincoln is pointing out that Kalama and Choko are on the something." Bloom starts to see the plan.
"Right. The fireplace is connected to the chimney. Just like Santa Clause is always known to come down through." Sarah agreed.
"And if Santa Clause gets in through the chimney..." Danny started.
"I think it's obvious where this is going." Skipper along with the other penguins begins to catch on.
"Seriously?!" Jessica & Rainbow Dash both asked. "Jinx!" They said to each other.
"Dude, we're already in! We need to get out!" Lucky interrupted.
"We can use the chimney to get OUT!" Lincoln, Bloom, Sarah, Danny along with Steven & Connie all finished & pointed out.
"OOOOOOOH!" The rest of Epix now understood.
"NOW GO!" Lincoln, Bloom, Sarah, Danny along Steven & Connie all finished.
"Alright, alright. Jeez!" Toby accepted.
"Hold on. Let me check if it's big enough." Lincoln pulls on a set of fireplace tools which turns out to be a lever.
"What the?" Sarah noticed the door turning which shows not only to be a secret passageway door but also switched, revealing the security room and the anonymous along with it.
"Rexona Dockman?" Everyone said in surprise.
"It's BAXTER STOCKMAN! Why do you always get my name wrong?!" Baxter Stockman snapped.
"Why would an evil genius wannabe like you try to trap us in the first place?" Penny asked.
"I always take down a popular team of Epic City..." Baxter answered
"Let me guess. That's us?" Zarya figured.
"Of course, I wanna take you down show that I am most-" Baxter said only to get knockout by Gar.
"So annoying villain we ever face," Gar said in deadpan.
"Nice punch, babe." Chloe chuckled.
"Let's take him and enjoy our day," Lincoln said
"Got you covered, hippie. Rico, tie him up and put in that closet where Epix can remember to find him." Skipper ordered.
"Penny, Alma, Tecna, would you mind helping me unseal the exits?" Kowalski asked hopping onto the security system.
"With pleasure," Penny said
"Si, not a problem." Alma nodded.
"Piece of cake." Tecna smiled.
"I won't just one day to be relaxing, the hot spring perhaps," Sarah said
"There's a hot spring in here?" Bloom smiled widely.
Lincoln facepalm. "Sarah! I gonna surprise them with a hot spring in your base!'
"Hehehe. Oops." Sarah nervously giggled.
"But since we're still here, we can still enjoy the party," Lucas said.
"Sure. It's cool. I love spending the holidays with you guys." Buttercup gets a ding from her bracelet.
"Look Buttercup. Your bracelet just beeped you are nice." Nani spoke.
"YES! Those gifts I want are gonna be all mine next week! In your faces, suckers!" Buttercup gloated getting another buzz.
"I stand corrected." Nani retracted.
"By the Hammer of Harman." Emerald shook her head.
"Spoke too soon." Flora face-palmed.
"And she's probably back to square one," Kowalski added.
"Come on guys, it's just the way Buttercup says... let's not jump to conclusions," Blossom said sees the place opens up. "We're finally getting out of here."
"Since we're still here, how about we still enjoy the party?" Bloom requested.
"Well, this place is kinda fun," Mikey said
"Yep. And I think I'm getting around this place." Jessica accidentally pushed another glass statue, which broke it. "Oops." She face-palmed.
"Girl, we'll work on that," Molly said.
"Let's get this party started!" Pinkie Pie declared.
The Epix begins to cheer as Lincoln looks at Baxter. "But first..."
/
Epix leaves Baxter Stockman tied to a pole outside where the police came to get him.
"Much better," Lincoln smirks.
/
The Epix enjoys the place that is fun without any traps get them.
"Now, this is a Holiday party," Lincoln told Sarah.
"After what we've been through tonight, it's worth it." Sarah nodded.
Sarah blushes. "Finally talk like a teen, few years...you get the same award."
"Eggnog pool, cannonball!" Mikey, Pinkie Pie, and Rico shout jump in the pool.
"Ugh! Really?" Buttercup and Zarya deadpanned covered in eggnog.
"Hey, check out Musa!" Sarah points to Musa about to sing.
Musa was now wearing a female Santa Clause outfit, singing the song she picked.
Musa:
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
At the Christmas party hop
Mistletoe hung where you can see
Every couple tries to stop
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
And we'll do some caroling
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear
Voices singing, let's be jolly
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Have a happy holiday
Everyone dancin' merrily
In the new old-fashioned way
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear
Voices singing, let's be jolly
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Have a happy holiday
Everyone dancin' merrily
In the new old-fashioned way
You will get a sentimental feeling
When you hear
Voices singing let's be jolly
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Have a happy holiday
Everyone dancing merrily
In the new old-fashioned way
Everyone cheers after the song end.
"Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!" Lincoln winked at the audience behind the 4th wall.
Merry Christmas and New Year, let are more greatness in 22.
