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CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
"I'm sorry ma'am" a man behind the hotel lobby desk said, "We don't allow pets." "Please" Penny begged the man, "It's Christmas Eve." "Rules are…" the man said, before seeing the animals, "are those the famous kippens?" "Yes" Penny said. "Well, in that case," the man behind the desk said, "I'll put you in the presidential suite and I'll give you 25% off the room." "Really?" Penny and her mom asked, shocked. "Yes" the man said, "All we ask is we would like a picture of them so we can say that the kippens stayed here." "Done" Penny said, shaking the man's hand. The man ten swiped 2 blank key cards and handed them to Penny. "You're suite is on the 25th floor" the man said. "Thank you so much" Penny said, taking the key cards, "and have a merry Christmas." "You too" the man said, turning back to his work. "Penny" her mom said, "I have to get stuff out of the car. Could you bring the pets to the room and start unpacking?" "Sure mom" Penny said, ushering the pets into the elevator and pushing the button labeled 25.
After Penny opened the door of the suite, all the pets ran in, except for Bolt and Mittens who slowly strolled in, side by side. The suite had 3 king-size beds, an extra large couch, 2 TVs, a fully stocked kitchen, a complete bathroom (including a Jacuzzi tub), a beautifully decorated Christmas tree, a large grandfather clock, and a large window with a perfect view of both the American and Canadian falls. The kippens ran over to the bed closest to the window and gazed in awe at the beauty at the beauty before them. "They must like the view" Mittens said. "Yeah" Bolt said, "It was a good idea to stay here." "I agree" Rhino called. They had not been in the room 5 minutes and Rhino was already on the couch watching TV. "Typical Rhino" Mittens said as she and Bolt went to join him. Just as they got on the couch, Penny's mom entered, carrying several bags. "What's in the bags mom?" Penny asked, looking up from unpacking. "You'll see in the morning" Penny's mom said, "Why don't you feed the pets and then we'll take them on a walk before it gets dark." "Alright" Penny said, pulling a handful of leashes out of the bag she was unpacking.
10 minutes later, after feeding the pets, Penny put on a sweatshirt, and started putting leashes on them. "Bolt," Mittens said, "let's stay behind." "Alright Mitt's" Bolt said. As Penny went to put on Bolt's leash, Bolt backed away. "Don't you want to go on a walk?" Penny asked. Bolt shook his head and looked at Mittens. Understanding, Penny put Bolt's and Mittens' leashes down. "Bolt and Mittens are staying here" Penny told her mom. Rhino poked his head out of Penny's sweatshirt pocket and looked \at them. "You're staying here?" he asked. "Yeah" Bolt said. "We want some alone time" Mittens added. "Alright then" Rhino said, squirming back into the pocket. "You're not coming with us?" Mia asked, walking up to them. "That's right sweetie" Bolt said, getting down on his stomach to look at his daughter, "Mommy and I want some alone time. But we'll see you when you get back and we'll want to hear all about it." "Alright" Mia said, hugging Bolt, and him returning the hug. "Come on Mia" Blaze called from the door, "We're going." "Coming" Mia called back, breaking the hug and joining her brothers and sisters. "Behave yourselves" Penny's mom told Bolt and Mittens as they left the room. "So what should we do?" Bolt asked after the door closed. "Well, we are in a hotel room" Mittens said seductively, wrapping her tail around Bolt's face. Bolt, getting the idea, followed Mittens to one of the beds to spend some time 'together'.
It was about an hour later when Bolt's ears perked up. He was sleeping next to Mittens in the bed when the hotel room door opened and Penny, her mom, Rhino and the kippens entered, causing both Bolt and Mittens to wake up. Rhino jumped out of Penny's pocket and ran to join Bolt and Mittens. "Hey guys" he said after getting up on the bed. "Hey Rhino" Bolt said, rubbing his eyes. "What time is it?" Mittens asked. "7:40" Rhino said, looking at the grandfather clock, "I've got to go. The kids want to watch A Christmas Carol and it starts in 5 minutes." "Alright Rhino" Bolt said. After Rhino got off the bed, Bolt and Mittens decided to follow suit. After they got down, Blaze ran up to them. "Hey Blaze" Bolt said, "How was the walk?" "Great" Blaze said, we went to the water, we went through some underground tunnels, went on a boat ride, and took a hillside train to get back." "Wow" Mittens said, "You guys sure were busy." "Yeah" Blaze said, "So what did you do?" "Uh…" Bolt said, knowing his son was far too young to know such things, "We…uh…" "We got the room ready for Santa Claus" Mittens said. "Thanks" Bolt whispered in her ear. "Who's Santa Claus?" Blaze asked. "Mittens then remembered that she and Bolt never told the kippens about Santa. "You don't know who Santa is?" Bolt asked playfully. "No" Blaze said, looking at Bolt. "He's a magical gift giver" Bolt explained, "He comes around once a year, at Christmas, giving gifts to all good girls and boys." "Really?" Blaze asked. "Yes" Mittens said, "But he only comes when you're sleeping." Blaze then ran off to tell his brothers and sisters about Santa. "Why is it we never told them about Santa?" Mittens asked as she and Bolt went to join their family in the living room. "And he only comes when we're asleep" they heard Blaze say as they entered the living room. "Really?" Mia asked. "That's what mommy and daddy said" Blaze told her. "Wow" Sun and Moon said together. "Alright" Mittens said, "Time for bed." Hearing this, all the kippens got up and ran to the bed. "That was the fastest they ever went to bed" Rhino said, turning off the TV. "They really must want Santa to come" Bolt said, laughing. "Yeah" Mittens said, also laughing. "So, where are you going to sleep?" Rhino asked. "We'll probably sleep with the kids" Bolt said. "But we'll be staying up for a little while" Mittens added. "Alright guys" Rhino said, "I'm going to sleep. I'm kind of tired." "Alright Rhino" Bolt said. "Goodnight" Mittens said. "Goodnight" Rhino said before lying down on the couch and going to sleep. "What do you want to do now?" Mittens asked. "Well," Bolt said, "everyone is asleep." "Yeah" Mittens said, thinking she knew where this was going. "So…" Bolt said. "Yeah" Mittens said, egging him on to finish. "Let's go to the bathroom" Bolt finished. "Yeah…What?" Mittens asked, this not being what she expected. "Well, it's the most private room here" Bolt said. "Oh" Mittens said, as she followed Bolt this time, for some more time 'together'.
About 4 hours later, Bolt and Mittens came out of the bathroom. "Not as comfortable as a bed," Mittens said, "but still enjoyable." "Yeah" Bolt said, looking around the now pitch-black suite, "Looks like everyone is sleeping." Mittens was about to respond when the grandfather clock struck 12. "Midnight" Bolt said as the chimes died down. "Yeah" Mittens said, "Our first Christmas together." "Yeah" Bolt said as he pulled her in for a kiss. After a few minutes, they broke apart. "Merry Christmas Mitt's" Bolt said, looking into her eyes. "Merry Christmas Honey" Mittens said, looking into Bolt's eyes as well. "And you know what?" Bolt asked. "What" Mittens said. "It's also our first Christmas with our family." "I know" Mittens said, almost dream-like. "Well," Bolt said, "let's go to bed. Knowing the kids, they'll wake us up as early as possible." "You're probably right" Mittens said. And With that, they went onto the bed with their kids and fell asleep.
"Mommy, Daddy, wake up" Lightning said, jumping up and down on the bed. Bolt and Mittens got up and saw all the kids sitting, waiting for them to get up. "What time is it?" Mittens asked. "About 7 in the morning" Thunder said, looking at the clock. "Can we go see what Santa brought us?" Boots asked. "Alright" Bolt said, "Everything should be under the tree in the living room." "Just don't touch anything until Daddy and I get there" Mittens said. "Yeah" the kippens all said as they jumped off the bed and ran to the tree. Bolt and Mittens then got up, stretched and went over to Penny's bed. Bolt pulled on the bed covers until Penny got up. "Merry Christmas" Bolt and Mittens said, but all Penny heard was a woof and a meow. "Merry Christmas guys" Penny said, sitting up and scratching the top of their heads. Penny looked over to the bed where the kippens slept and saw they weren't there. "Where are the kippens?" Penny asked Bolt and Mittens. They looked over to the living room and heard yipping. "Typical" Penny said, getting out of bed, "Why don't you go wait with your family and we'll be out in a minute." Bolt and Mittens nodded and went to wait in the living room.
"Good morning" Rhino said as Bolt and Mittens walked into the living room, "And Merry Christmas." "Merry Christmas Rhino" Bolt and Mittens said as they jumped onto the couch. "Mommy, can we open our gifts now?" Boots asked. Bolt and Mittens turned to look at the kids who were sitting in front of the tree, under which were piles of presents, wrapped in brilliant red and gold paper. "Not yet" Mittens said, "Wait for Penny and her mom first." "Alright Mommy" Blaze said. A few minutes later, Penny and her mom came out of the bedroom dressed in their normal clothes. "Now?" Lightning asked. "Go for it" Bolt said. The kippens cheered as they dove into the pile of gifts. Everyone laughed at the sight and started looking for their gifts too. "I found one" Sun said, popping her head out from under the pile. "Me too" Moon said, climbing out from under the tree. One by one, the kippens all popped out and brought their gifts in front of their parents. "Aren't you going to look for a gift?" Mia asked Bolt. "Mommy and I will look in a minute" Bolt said, "You can open yours first." As the kippens opened their gifts, Bolt and Mittens got a little closer and watched. Blaze got a new orange collar, Mia got a new squeaky mouse, Sun and Moon both got new jingle balls, Boots got a new squeaky ball, and Thunder and Lightning both got a bag of treats each. As the kippens were showing each other what they got and went back for their other gifts, Penn was unwrapping gifts of her own. She got a new digital camera, a photo album, and a program for her computer to edit pictures. About 15 minutes later, the kippens were all playing with their new toys, Penny was using her new camera, her mom was drinking a cup of coffee, and Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino were sitting on the couch, watching the kippens. "What did you get Daddy?" Mia asked. "We haven't gone yet" Bolt said, leaving his kids with a shocked expression. "But why" Blaze asked, looking up from a new squeak toy he was playing with. "We have our reasons" Mittens said. "We'll go later" Rhino added. At that moment, Penny put down her camera and looked at the kippens. "You guys want to go for a walk?" she asked. The kippens all ran forward, yipping in excitement. Penny picked up the new retractable leashes the kippens got for Christmas. She attached the leashes to their collars and grabbed her sweatshirt. "You guys coming?" she asked Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino. Bolt shook his head. "Alright" Penny said as she and her mom left the room, "Behave yourselves."
After Penny closed the door, Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino got up and headed to the tree. They each found a gift with their names on them and pulled them out. "Ready" Bolt asked. "Yeah" Mittens and Rhino said together as they started unwrapping the gifts. Rhino got a DVD set of all the original Batman movies. Bolt got a new set of food and water dishes. And Mittens got a very large ball full of catnip. They each went through the gifts one by one, getting things like new toys, dishes, and treats. Eventually, there were four gifts left under the tree. There was one for Bolt, one for Mittens, one for them both, and one for Rhino. Bolt pulled out the one for Mittens and placed it at her paws. "This is from me. Penny brought me to a store with her and when I saw this, I knew it was perfect" he said as he nudged it closer to her. Mittens unwrapped it and gasped. It was a genuine diamond studded collar made of a bright blue silk. "Bolt" Mittens managed to say, "It's beautiful. Thank you." "You're welcome Mitt's" Bolt said. Mittens then pulled him in for the most passionate kiss they ever shared. When they broke apart, Mittens went under the tree and pulled out Bolt's gift. "And this is from me. I saw it while I was out with Penny's mom once" she said, placing it gently in front of him. Bolt unwrapped it and nearly fell over. It was a red silk cloak with gold trim and fastenings. In the bottom right corner, in fancy golden embroidery, was a letter "B". "It's amazing" Bolt said, "I love it." And as he said this, he pulled Mittens in for yet another kiss. As they separated, Rhino pushed the gift for them both out with extreme difficulty as it was almost twice Bolt's size. "And this is from me" Rhino said. Bolt and mittens started opening the wrappings and saw what Rhino got them. Inside was a large red and light blue bed with an embroidered "B+M" under the mouth of the bed. "Oh my god" Bolt said. "Thank you Rhino" Mittens said. "You're welcome" Rhino said. "That just leaves your gift Rhino" Bolt said as he and Mittens went to push it out from under the tree. "We saw this while we were on a walk with Penny" Mittens said. After they got it out, Rhino started tearing away the paper. Once there was no paper left, Rhino screamed. It was a miniature TV with a built-in DVD player. Rhino ran up and hugged Bolt and Mittens then proceeded to hug the TV. "I think he likes it" Bolt whispered in Mittens' ear. "That's the understatement of the century" Mittens whispered back. "Thanks guys" Rhino said, still hugging the TV, "I love it so much." "We knew you would Rhino" Mittens said, "Merry Christmas." And with that, Bolt put Mittens' new collar on her, and she put his new cloak around him, they got into their new bed and went to sleep.
About one hour later, Penny, her mom, and the kippens arrived back into the suite. "I wonder if Mommy and Daddy opened their presents yet" Lightning asked as he and his sibling entered the suite. "Let's go see" Thunder said. All seven kippens ran to the living room and saw their parents in their new bed and Rhino sitting in front of his new TV, just looking at it. "Hi Uncle Rhino" Thunder said. Rhino nearly jumped. He hadn't noticed the kippens enter the room. "Oh, hey guys" Rhino said, "How was the walk?" "Good" Mia said. "What's that?" Blaze asked, pointing to the small TV. "A gift from your Mommy and Daddy" Rhino said. "They got you a TV?" Thunder asked. "Yeah" Rhino said, "Why don't you wake them up so they can tell you what they got." "Okay" Sun and Moon said together. Boots whispered something into Lightning's and Thunder's ears. "Let's do it" they said. The three of them crept over to where Bolt and Mittens were sleeping. "One" Boots said. "Two" Thunder said, all three of them crouching down. "Three" Lightning said, and all three of them pounced on top of Bolt and Mittens. "What the…" Mittens said as she and Bolt were startled awake. "Hi Mommy" Boots said laughing. "Hi Daddy" Thunder said. "How are you?" Lightning asked. "Okay" Mittens said. "So what did you get for Christmas?" Blaze asked, him and his sisters walking up to them. "The same things you got" Bolt said, "And other things." "Like?" Mia asked. "Daddy got this for me" Mittens said, showing her new collar to them. "Wow" the girls said, their eyes growing. "And Mommy got me this" Bolt said, pointing to his cloak. "Cool Daddy" the boys said. "Very regal" Thunder added. "Thanks" Bolt said. "And Uncle Rhino got this for both of us" Mittens said, acknowledging the bed they were in. "Nice" Blaze said. "So how was the walk?" Bolt asked. "Same as yesterday" Boots said. "But we are a little tired" Mia added, yawning. "Why don't you guys go take a nap" Bolt suggested. "Okay Daddy" the kippens all said as they headed to the bed they slept in the previous night. "Daddy, could you and Mommy tell us a story?" Lightning asked, turning around to asked. "Sure" Mittens said. As the kippens got onto the bed, Bolt and Mittens went to see Rhino. "Hey Rhino" Bolt said. "Hey Bolt" Rhino said, "What's up?" "We're going to tell the kids a story. You want to join us?" Mittens asked. "Sure" Rhino said, finally leaving the TV. "So what story should we tell them?" Rhino asked as the three of them walked into the bedroom. "I have an idea" Bolt said. The three of them jumped onto the bed just as the kippens were getting settled. "What story are you going to tell us Daddy?" Mia asked. "A new one" Bolt said as he, Mittens and Rhino sat down. "Ooooooh" Blaze said. "What's it about?" Sun and Moon asked. "It's about loss, love, adventure, danger, and excitement." Bolt said. "It's called The Great Kippen Adventure" Bolt said. And with that, he three adults started to tell the kids the story.
WELL, THAT IS IT FOR "THE GREAT KIPPEN ADVENTURE". CURRENTLY, I AM ALSO WORKING ON A STORY FOR THE BUNNICULA BOOK SERIES AND IT HAS BEEN ON HAITUS UNTIL I FINISHED THIS STORY, SO IT WILL BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK. AT THE MOMENT, IT IS THE ONLY STORY IN THE CATEGORY. ALSO, I ALREADY HAVE PLANS FOR NEW STORIES, WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THE COMING SOON LIST POSTED ON MY PROFILE PAGE. I EXPECT THE NEXT ONE SHOULD BE UP IN A MONTH OR TWO, ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHICH ONE I'LL CHOOSE. IF YOU HAVE A PREFERANCE TO WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO SEE NEXT, I HAVE SET UP A POLL FOR YOU. AND TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LOYAL FANS OF THIS STORY, THE KIPPENS WILL MAKE A CAMEO IN MY ULTIMATE CROSSOVER STORY (DETAILS ON MY PROFILE PAGE). I'LL SEE YOU IN A MONTH OR TWO. TILL THEN, 626and624 IS OUT. PEACE!