Jeremie felt someone shake his shoulder.
"Jeremie! Wake up!" Aelita whispered excitedly. The teenager slowly opened his eyes. "Huh...?"
Jeremie yawned, opening his eyes fully.
"Christmas...?" Jeremie groggily asked.
Aelita nodded eagerly. "Look!" she told him as she pointed at a corner of the room.
Jeremie looked at the corner and his eyes widened seeing presents for both him and Aelita.
"Wow..." Jeremie muttered.
"Let's get the others!" Aelita told him as he placed his glasses back on.
IN ANNE'S DORM...
Anne yawned as she slowly opened her visible eye. She looked around, seeing she was in her dorm. Her eye widened seeing presents in the corner of the room.
Anne sat up quickly, seeing the colorful bundles and bows.
"Holy..." she breathed. Her gaze wandered over to her desk and she gasped. On top of it was Red Dog, but he looked brand new.
"R- Red Dog?!" Anne asked with shock.
Anne suddenly heard a knock on the door.
"Anne? Can you open the door?" Dylan asked from the other side.
"D-Dylan?" Anne asked with surprise.
"Yeah, now can you please let me in?" Dylan asked.
Anne got up off of her bed, and walked to the door. She unlocked it and opened it, letting Dylan walk in her room.
"Did you get your presents, too?" Dylan asked.
She nodded and looked over at her desk. She picked up Red Dog and looked at him with wide eyes as she held the plushie in her hands.
"Is that...? Is that Red Dog...?" Dylan asked with wide eyes.
Anne nodded shakily. "Y-Yeah..." she whispered as she held the plushie close to her. "He looks brand new..."
"Yeah... He looks great." Dylan said.
"You remember when you first got this for me?" Anne asked.
Dylan nodded. "Yeah..." he answered.
Anne smiled.
"But... He was so dirty last night... How?" Anne asked.
Dylan shrugged.
"Maybe Santa decided to fix him for you?" Dylan guessed.
"M-Maybe..."
"Come on, we all agreed to open our presents together at Jer's room." Dylan told her. "I'll help you carry your presents."
"Thanks, Dylan..."
LATER IN JEREMIE'S ROOM...
All of the gang had gathered in Jeremie's room and opened their presents together.
"... And when I woke up, I just found Red Dog clean! He looked brand new like the day Dylan gave him to me!" Anne told the others as she held one of her gifts, Naruto volume 68.
"Seriously?!" Chase asked with shock, while holding his new Walking Dead comic books.
Jeremie smiled softly. He remembered he had whispered to Santa that he wished for Red Dog to be cleaned up as a gift to his friend Anne, knowing how much Red Dog meant to Anne.
"Maybe Santa did it?" Odd suggested.
"Maybe..." Ulrich replied.
Aelita then noticed a small gift in the corner. "Hold on... There's one more..." she called as she picked it up, looking at the nametag. "It's got your name on it, Jeremie."
The blonde genius rode an eyebrow. "It does?"
Aelita nodded and handed it to him. Jeremie opened it and he froze. Inside the gift... was a silver bell. The bell from Santa's sleigh.
The group all looked at Jeremie.
"Jeremie? What is it?" Yumi asked.
"It's the bell!" Jeremie breathed.
Last night was real!
"THE BELL IS REAL?!" Chase asked with shock.
Jeremie noticed a slip of paper in the box also. He picked it up. It read 'Found this on the seat of my sleigh. Better fix that hole in your pocket -Mr. C.'
Jeremie went wide eyed, as his hand went to go and feel the hole in his left pocket.
Jeremie then shook the bell, hearing it ring.
If it rung... Then... He truly believed.
Jeremie went wide eyed as he heard a beautiful ringing noise.
The others could hear it, too.
"Last night was real..." Jeremie whispered.
"Oh wow..." Aelita whispered, with awe.
Jeremie smiled and shook it again, the bell's beautiful sound ringing throughout their ears.
"Wow... It sounds so beautiful..." Yumi breathed.
Anne nodded.
Dylan then smiled. "Anne... Why don't you sing a song to celebrate this?"
"A song...?" Anne asked.
Dylan nodded. "Yeah..."
"I... I guess I can..."
She then cleared her throat before she started to softly sing.
"Children sleeping
Snow is softly falling
Dreams are calling
Like bells in the distance
We were dreamers
Not so long ago
But one by one we
All had to grow up
When it seems the magic slipped away
We find it all again on Christmas Day..."
The group smiled as they sat back and listened.
"Believe in what your heart is saying
Hear the melody that's playing
There's no time to waste
There's so much to celebrate
Believe in what you feel inside
And give your dreams the wings to fly
You'll have everything you need
If you just believe..." Anne sang.
Dylan smiled.
Anne smiled back as she sang.
"Trains move quickly
To their journey's end
Destinations are where we begin again
Ships go sailing
Far across the sea
Trusting starlight
To get where they need to be
When it seems that we have lost our way
We find ourselves again on Christmas Day..."
Chase smiled as he listened to Anne, while thinking about Santa.
"Believe in what your heart is saying
Hear the melody that's playing
There's no time to waste
There's so much to celebrate
Believe in what you feel inside
And give your dreams the wings to fly
You'll have everything you need
If you just believe...
If you just believe...
If you just believe...
If you just believe...
Just believe..." Anne finished.
Aelita smiled and leaned her head on Jeremie's shoulder as they listened to her sing the last parts of the song.
Dylan started clapping, and the rest of the group joined in as Anne smiled.
Dylan then kissed Anne on the cheek, making her blush. "Merry Christmas, Anne."
"Merry Christmas, Dylan..." Anne replied, blushing a deep crimson.
Aelita then smiled, noticing Odd holding a mistletoe above her and Jeremie.
"Odd...!" Jeremie exclaimed.
Odd grinned. "You know the rules!"
Jeremie sighed, but shook his head and smiled. Aelita smirked and kissed him on the lips first, taking him by surprise, but he slowly relaxed. Everyone cheered and whooped at this.
"YEAH!" Ulrich cheered.
"Go, Einsteins!" William laughed.
Jeremie and Aelita then broke the kiss and smiled at each other.
"Merry Christmas, Jeremie..."
"Merry Christmas, Aelita..." Jeremie told her as he held the bell in his hand, its beautiful sound ringing throughout their ears.
It had truly been a magical Christmas... one that none of them would ever forget...
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