December 2 - 23 more days to go!
There was no way Link was playing 'Christmas Truth Or Dare' with the Smashers. For one, the game involved wearing stupid hats and kissing people you wouldn't breathe near. For Link, that meant Snake, and a list of other people he didn't like that much. Well, to tell the truth, he liked everyone. He just didn't like kissing them.
"Come on, Link!" Luigi begged, pulling Link off his chair and sitting him down to join the Happy Smasher circle. "Right, I'll go first. Roy! Truth, Dare, Double Dare, Triple Dare, Command, Military or Cliffhanger?"
Truth was just that - tell the truth. Dare was self-explanatory. Double Dare consisted of two dares with two people, as Triple Dare was three dares with three people. Command was the worst - you had to do the dare, no questions answered. Military meant everybody had to do the dare and Cliffhanger was when two people were chosen and only one of them could be saved.
"Military," Roy grinned.
Luigi thought to himself. "Alright. I dare everyone, including myself, to...do an impression of the person next to you!"
Link was sitting next to Samus. She turned round to him, and glared. Link gave a sheepish smile. There was no messing with Samus - it was practically a law.
"Say one thing, and you're dead," she hissed. Link nodded and everybody stood up. Mario suddenly did a brilliant impression of Peach. Peach imitated Sonic. Sonic took the mickey out of Pit, and the process carried on and on. The room was filled with jingling Christmas hats and laughter and the occasional slap, courtesy of Sonic being portrayed as a fat sloth who played Halo 2 while eating chips.
"ANGEL BOY!" Sonic screamed. Pit flew up to the ceiling, but Sonic just ran up the wall.
"This is boring," Luigi cried over the noise. "Let's do something else."
"I know, I know!" Peach screeched. "Let's play Karaoke again. Me and Zellie will go first!"
Zelda and Peach suddenly jumped up and began singing The Promise by Girls Aloud. Mario and Link and civilized people cheered and clapped, but Snake and Captain Falcon booed and hissed and begged for the girls to headbang and sing a bit of Metallica. Then they finally stopped the girls from singing Up by The Saturdays and began screaming out Enter Sandman.
Nobody said anything after they were finished.
"I think we need to jump and get us all going," Mario sighed, running to his keyboard and playing the instantly recognisable tune of Jump by Van Halen. A party suddenly erupted - Luigi picked up drumsticks and got to work, Young Link slammed the bass to the ground like a railroad track, and Link took lead on guitar and singing.
"Have some holiday cheer!" Mario cried after they were finished.
Link faked smiles and yells of delight while looking at the calendar. Only 23 more days. That wasn't long.