December 22, 2008 :: 3 days to go!

"IT'S CHR--"

"NO, IT IS NOT!! THERE ARE STILL THREE DAYS TO GO!!"

It was early in the morning. Mario, Link, Pikachu and Luigi had fallen asleep after a wild party with takeaways, Truth or Dare, and terrible arguments with Roy. As always, it ended in another massive food fight. Why Peach and Zelda still wanted to live in that house, they'd never know. But whatever the reason, that was a different story, and it was time to get up.

"Urgh..." Link groaned. "What a wild night."

"Damn right!" Pikachu replied, pushing a pizza box off the sofa. "What happened last night?"

"Well..."

Lights were going off, loud music was blasting from Sonic's giant speakers. An early Christmas party had never been so much fun. Link and Pikachu danced, Mario and Luigi just argued. Everyone else, except Snake, was partying with them. The Smashers were finally getting along.

"I don't mind leading the long conga line thing," Snake muttered. "But in a BUNNY OUTFIT?!"

"Pleeeease?" Kirby begged. "It'll be fun, Snakey! You need to lighten up!"

"I don't lighten up. I do my own thing. And that means NOT leading lines in bunny outfits. You do it, if you're so desperate."

"We've all bet on you doing it. You know what Fox is like with bets. Look, there's 'Shake A Leg' by AC/DC playing now! You love that song!"

So Snake lead the line in a bunny outfit, raving to AC/DC's 'Shake A Leg' and everyone cheered. They all sang along, until Sonic changed the song to Soulja Boy and started rapping. But that didn't go so well.

"That happened?" Pikachu questioned. "I don't remember that."

"Well, if it happened or was just a stupid dream, then it was funny!" Link replied. He then sighed in annoyance. "We better clean this all up before Peach and Zelda see it and have a fit."

Unfortunately, Peach and Zelda reappeared at that exact moment on the stairs, looking dishevelled. Their eyes widened, and Peach screamed. Zelda was calm. She always seemed to be, but there was something about her that Link didn't like the look of. Her face was red, as if...she'd been crying.