Disclaimer: Hurky doesn't own Jeopardy, the toys mentioned or Nightmare Before Christmas.
It took Ryo many hours, but she finally reached Christmas Town at around eight o'clock that night. It was also Halloween Town, but Ryo had used another entrance to land on.
"We're here!" said Ryo as she got out of her seat and put on a pair of gloves, a scarf, and a big pink parka. She noticed that Riku wasn't putting on any extra clothes. "Riku, did you pack any extra clothes?"
"Why bother?" asked Riku.
"Because the weather here is beyond freezing!" said Ryo as she opened the door to the gummi ship and stepped outside. Riku reluctantly stepped outside the ship. He felt a gust of cold wind blow his long, silvery hair around. Riku shivered. But he didn't want to show any weakness. He and Ryo began to trudge in the deep snow, looking for Santa's workshop...
Meanwhile, back at Sora's house, Sora was sitting on the couch in his living room, watching TV. His throat still hurt but now his face was feeling really hot and his head hurt, but he was trying not to show symptoms of being sick. His mom walked in and sat next to him.
"Hi, Sora dear." she said.
"Hey." mumbled Sora.
Sora's mom turned to the TV and saw what her son was watching. "Jeopardy?" she asked in a surprised tone of voice.
"Mm-hm." Sora said.
"You don't normally watch this show." said Mrs. Hart.
"I watch it...sometimes." Sora said.
Sora's mom immediately noticed something about him. "Sora, are you feeling okay?" she asked out of suspicion. "You said that Jeopardy was a really boring show."
"No I didn't." lied Sora.
Sora's mother stood up and began to walk to the kitchen. "Okay then, if you say so..." she said as she walked out.
Sora breathed a sigh of relief. She almost caught him being sick. He felt good knowing that he would not be spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in bed. But it turned out that he wasn't out of the woods yet. Suddenly, his mom came back in and stuck a thermometer in Sora's mouth.
"Mmm!!" mumbled Sora through the thermometer. (He was mumbling the word "Mom.")
"Hold still!" said Mrs. Hart. She waited about one or two minutes until the beep sounded. She took the device out of Sora's mouth and looked at it. "Ah ha! Just as I thought! One hundred and one degrees!!"
"I'm not sick!" protested Sora. "I'm going to-ah...ah...ACHOO!!" He sniffed.
"Off to bed with you, young man!" said Mrs. Hart as she whisked Sora off the couch and to his room upstairs.
In Christmas Town, Ryo walked up to a house that was beautifully decorated with lights and decorations and rang the doorbell. There was a long silence.
"He's not here!" said Riku. "Told ya he didn't exist! Now let's get out of this freezing weather and get some freaking hot ch-"
"Hold your horses there, Riku!" said Ryo, grabbing Riku by the arm. "You're staying here whether you like it or-SANTA!!"
While Ryo was talking, the door had opened and there stood a big, fat man with white hair and a white beard, wearing a red shirt and suspenders. (Basically the Santa in Nightmare Before Christmas)
"Ryo!" he exclaimed cheerfully as he hugged Ryo. "How pleasant to see you! Come on in!! It's freezing! Mrs. Claus made some hot chocolate and cookies!"
He, Ryo, and Riku went inside and saw that there was a fire burning. Riku felt and immediate rush of warmth as he walked in. There were already three mugs of hot chocolate sitting on the table. Mrs. Claus had brought them there as soon as she heard that there were visitors.
"What brings you here today, Ryo?" asked Santa.
"Well, my friend Riku here says that you don't exist, so I'm here to prove it to you!" answered Ryo.
Santa studied Riku for a minute. Riku didn't like Santa's glassy blue eyes burning into him like that.
"Riku Thompson..." said Santa. He pulled out an extremely long list. "Yup. He's on the naughty list, along with his twin brother, Ryan."
"It's Rep." spoke up Riku. "His nickname is Rep."
Santa put away the naughty/nice list and walked over to his computer. He typed something in and read from it as soon as the results popped up.
"Riku Thompson has not been on the good list since 1998, convinced his best friend Sora to tell everyone that he didn't believe in Santa a year later." read Santa with both disappointment and anger in his voice. "He has blown up things, broken rules, told lies, cheated on tests, steals candy from people, offended and insulted people, mooning people, and even made up the fact that Santa has a ho named Marrie Christmas? You should be ashamed to have this kind of file!!"
Riku snickered. "Oh yeah, that story..." he laughed.
Three days earlier...
Kairi had encouraged Sora, Riku, Hurky, Alexa, and Ryo to go down to the hospital to tell Christmas stories to cheer the sick kids up. Everything went well with everyone else's groups, but with Riku's group was where the trouble happened
"And so Marree learned that Santa was married to Mrs. Claus and ran off, fearing that she would never get a single present from Santa ever again," said Riku as he finished his story. "So now, for the past one hundred and fifty years, Santa has yelled, looking for his ho on Christmas eve as he delivers presents, 'Ho ho ho, Marree Christmas!'"
Some kids laughed but others were offended. The nurses kicked Riku out of the hospital and waited there for and hour and a half for his friends. Hurky and Ryo told stories to kids with leukemia while Kairi and Alexa told stories to injured kids. Riku had to tell stories to kids recovering from surgeries while Sora got stuck with the kids with bad colds. Maybe that was how Sora contracted the cold...
"But this year." continued Santa. "You haven't done so many bad things. You were just one good deed shy of the good list."
"Hey, who else I know is on the naughty list?" asked Riku, not caring that he himself was on the bad list.
Santa pulled out the list and read through the names. "Scott Burkorini and Oarah Bon Sorton." he said.
Riku laughed. "Ha ha ha, I knew that they made the list!!!" he laughed. Scott Burkorini was a red haired kid who was a momma's boy while Oarah Bon Sorton was Ansem's spoiled daughter and only child. She looked like the female version of Ansem only she got her mother's blonde hair.
Ryo rolled her eyes. She was Riku's extreme fangirl, but she didn't like the fact that other kids misfortunes were funny to him. "Who made the good list?" she asked.
Santa looked at the other side of the list and read the names. "Sora, Kairi, you, Alexa, Hurky, Roxas, Namine, Hayner, Pence, Olette, Yuffie..." he said. "Shall I continue on?"
"No thanks, Santa." Ryo said, sipping her mug of hot chocolate.
Suddenly, there was the sound of banging cans outside and glass breaking.
"What was that?" asked Riku.
"Must be Jack." said Santa. He walked over to the door and in burst Jack Skellington.
"Sandy Claws!" said Jack. "Christmas time has once again come!!"
"Yes, and I must perform my duties to deliver all the presents to the good boys and girls." said Santa. "What brings you here, Jack?"
"I just wanted to pay a visit to my good friend and adore the beautiful lights and the snow!!" replied Jack in a festive voice. "Oh the excitement!!"
"Jack, I would like to introduce some friends of mine." said Santa. He gestured his hand to Riku and Ryo sitting on the couch. "This is Riku Thompson and Ryo-oki."
"Hi!" said Ryo.
"Hello, Ryo, Riku." said Jack, shaking Riku's and Ryo's hands with his bony hands. "It's nice to meet you."
He took a seat next to Riku on the couch.
"How are the elves coming along on all the presents?" asked Ryo.
"Very busy." replied Santa. "We have been making lots of toys, especially the new Tickle Me Elmos, PS3s, and Nintendo Wiis."
Riku snickered. "He said 'Wii'." he said.
Santa glared at Riku for a minute but then stopped. "You see, Riku, this is why you keep getting on the bad list." he said patiently. "Maybe if you took the time to be more nice and perform more good deeds, you could be on the good list like Ryo here."
He picked up his mug of hot chocolate and took a long sip from it.
"Uh, do you have any more marshmallows?" asked Riku.
"I most certainly do, let me go get them." said Santa, standing up and walking. "WWHHHHHHOOOOOOOAAAA!"
A loud thump sounded and Ryo, Riku, and Jack stood up to see what was going on with Santa.
"Sandy!" said Jack.
"WHO PUT THIS TOY ON THE FLOOR??" yelled Santa.
"Sorry, my bad." said a short little elf.
Next to Santa was a wooden duck toy with wheels on it. Riku and Jack helped Santa get up.
"I hope that didn't-OOOOOHHHH!!" moaned Santa as he was on his feet. He immediately hobbled over to his big armchair and plopped in it.
"What's wrong?" asked Ryo.
"I think I really injured something!" said Santa. "I hope this does not affect Christmas!!"
A short little man dressed in a white coat ran in and checked Santa's ankle. "Oh, this is bad." he said. "Santa really twisted his ankle. With my magic, it will take me about two days trying to heal it!"
Riku turned to Ryo. "Do you know any spells that could heal him or any remedies?" he asked her.
"No, Riku!" replied Ryo worriedly. "The only time I don't bring my remedies..."