Chapter 2
"Lea are you sure this is a good idea?"
"Of course it is Ven. What's the matter? Never went sledding before?"
"Not for a long time."
"Don't worry Ven. It'll be fun!"
Lea, Ven, and Xion were trudging up a steep hill while Lea dragged a long sled behind him. After 5 minutes of walking, they finally made it to the top of the hill.
"OK guys! Get in!", Lea said.
Xion got in first and sat in the front, Ven got in second and sat in the middle, and Lea got in last and sat in the back of the sled.
"Ready?", Lea asked them.
"Yeah!", they shouted.
"OK, then here we go!", he said as they leaned forward and the sled went zooming down the hill laughing and screaming their heads off.
"WHOO-HOO!"
"YEAH!"
Ven immediately stopped laughing when he saw something ahead of them.
"Lea, look out!"
Ahead of them was a rock in the middle of their way.
"How do ya steer this thing?!" Ven asked panicking.
"I don't know! Try using your hands!", Lea hollered.
All three of them put their hands in the snow in an attempt to slow them down but it didn't work.
"INCOMING!", Xion shouted as they were within 5 ft. from the rock.
As soon as they hit it, they were sent catapulting into the air.
"I CAN FLYYYYY!", Lea shouted as they flew through the air.
They started falling towards the ground. "No I can't."
"AHHH!"
"D'OH!"
"I'm OK. I just broke the fall with my face."
They landed in a snowbank with Xion flat on her back, Ven landing flat on his face, and Lea landing in the snow headfirst with his legs sticking out of the snow.
"There you are guys!"
"Huh?"
Kairi and Namine walked over to them.
"We've been looking all over for you three," Namine said.
Ven lifted his head out of the snow with some snow sticking to his face making him look like he had a beard.
"Why?", he asked the girls.
"You said that you would meet us at the shelter so we could all sign up to help out there," said Kairi.
"Oh yeah," Ven said as he shook the snow off his face and got up and helped pull Lea out of the snow with Xion and they headed into town.
Meanwhile, the rest of the gang was waiting next to a sign up sheet.
"Hey! Sorry we're late guys!", Kairi hollered as they ran around the corner.
"What took ya so long?", Roxas asked them.
"Well we went sledding and hit a rock and landed in a snowbank," explained Xion.
"Oh."
"Well are we gonna just stand here and do nothing or sign that sheet?", Donald said impatiently.
They each took a turn signing their name on the sheet. After a couple minutes, the sign-up sheet was full and they left the shelter and headed into town.
"WOW! Look at this place!", Ven shouted.
They immediately stopped walking and stared at the place.
Riku did a low whistle. The main part of town was completely decorated with Christmas stuff. There were lights wrapped around the street lamps, wreaths hanging from the store doors, and decorated Christmas trees everywhere.
"Hey check that out!", Sora said as he ran in a random direction.
"Hey, wait up!", Roxas shouted as he started singing.
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Everywhere you go!"
Lea smirked as he pointed to a store and sang,"Take a look at the Five and Ten glistening once again with candy canes and silver aglow."
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Toys in every store. But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be on your own front door!", sang Terra.
Kairi peeked out from behind a tree.
"A group of hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots is the wish of Bonny and Ben. Dolls that talk and go for a walk is the hope for Janice and Jen. And mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again!", sang Kairi.
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Everywhere you go! There's a tree at the grand hotel. One in the park as well. The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow," Sora sang as he ran over to Kairi.
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Soon the bells will start! And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing right within your heart!", sang Riku.
Soon the entire gang joined in.
"A group of hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots is the wish of Bonny and Ben. Dolls that talk and go for a walk is the hope of Janice and Jen. And mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Soon the bells will start! And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing right within your heart! Right within your heart!".
As soon as they stopped singing, a snowball hit Lea right in the face followed by Sora laughing.
"Gotcha!", he shouted.
Lea smirked and grabbed some snow and made a snowball and threw it at him, but Sora ducked and it hit Riku instead.
He wiped the snow off his face and smirked at him before diving at the snow and quickly began making snowballs.
"SNOWBALL FIGHT!", Sora shouted as he began making snowballs too, followed by the rest of the gang.
They dove behind walls for cover.
Ven made the mistake of getting up to throw one and got hit in the face by Terra.
Terra laughed but Ven got him back by throwing a snowball at his mouth.
"MMPH!"
Meanwhile, Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie were watching them nearby.
"How long do you think they'll be at this, ya?", Wakka asked.
"My money's on ten minutes," Tidus said.
"Mine's on fifteen," said Selphie.
"You're on," Wakka said as they kept watching.