CHAPTER #7- What Happened The Night Before Christmas

Everyone at the North Pole was in a panic, Santa Claus was missing. No one knew where he was or what had happened to the famous man. It was December 24th, Christmas Eve and normally they'd be having a big party to celebrate. This always happened before the present delivery began, which would be promptly at 12:00 am, early December 25th, Christmas day. They'd even invited the famous Deadmau5 to perform, with his side kick Prof. Meowingtons PhD.

Rudolph's nose wouldn't light up, because he was depressed. "How will all the people get their gifts? The magic gift sack and sleigh, only work for him, so no one else can do the job!"

"We'll find him, meow. What was his mood like yesterday, meow?"

Blitzen the reindeer sobbed, "he got mad because Mrs. Claus kept trying to give him gingerbread cookies with milk. That was strange, because he always loves eating cookies!"

Deadmau5 took notes creating a profile. "Anything else unusual?"

Comet added, "Santa kept chewing on carrots and ate salad for lunch. Us reindeer are the only ones who like vegetables."

"Mr. Mechanic Elf, you mentioned that the sleigh seemed to have been used? How is that possible, without the reindeer?" Deadmau5 asked scratching his ear.

"This year's new model of the sleigh has been re-designed with an autopilot feature, that allows the sleigh to work without the deer any time, except on delivery day. Santa likes using that throughout the year, for when he visits different countries for new toy ideas."

"I have an idea what might be going on, but I'll explain my theory only after we check the flight logs of the sleigh, meow." Prof. Meowington's Ph. D's whiskers twitched.

Deadmau5 and his furry buddy, followed the Mechanic Elf to the sleigh. They were shown the flight logs and found out where the sleigh had returned from. They knew the city, country and time of where Santa Claus had landed. He was in Dallas, Texas, USA.

"I think that Santa is at a fat farm Deadmau5, meow. There are only a few specialty weight loss spas that he could go to in Dallas, meow."

"How are we going to find him in time and bring him back Meowingtons?" Deadmau5 asked.

"Let me see if I can tweak the autopilot on the sleigh. It's fast enough to get you there and back. But it will only go to his location that was in the flight log. If Santa left there, you're on your own for transportation. The sleigh will return here at 11pm, so don't be late," Mr. Mechanic Elf warned.

"That's awesome!" Deadmau5 said enthusiastically.

Thanks to the sleigh, they got to Dallas in record time. Deadmau5 called in some favours and had his Mau5 horde searching all the weight loss locations in Dallas. It wasn't long before they found Santa Claus. He was at the Cooper Wellness Program health clinic.

"Santa Claus what are you thinking? Why are you here in the first place?" Deadmau5 asked with disapproval.

Prof. Meowingtons PhD. snorted. "He's obviously unhappy with his weight, meow. But what he's thinking, well that's a good question, meow."

Santa sighed, "everyone always says I'm fat. I got tired of being called that. So I came here for some help at slimming down."

Deadmau5 knew that the famous legend needed a pep talk. "You of all people should know that happiness, means loving yourself and being less concerned with the approval of others."

"Well that was actually something I learned here. They reminded me that I make a lot of people happy and that is rewarding in itself."

"Don't forget Santa, that you can also leave coal as a gift for all the haters and negative people in the world, meow." Prof. Meowingtons PhD. reminded him.

"Ho Ho Ho, you are so right!" Santa Claus was laughing happily. "Come on, we have to get back to the North Pole and get ready to make those deliveries after midnight!"

They made it back to the North Pole with plenty of time to spare. Everyone was so excited to have Santa back and the celebration was off the hook! Deadmau5 had everyone dancing. Rudolph the red nosed reindeer was so happy, his nose was flashing to the EDM beats.

"Santa it's almost time honey! Let's get you ready," Mrs. Claus kissed him, making all the elves blush. "I love you just the way you are!"

"We all love you, no matter what you look like!"

Dasher hugged Deadmau5 and gave a hoof to paw tap with Meowingtons. "Thanks to you two, Christmas will again be an epic day. Thank you friends!"

"Hop on the sleigh and I'll drop you off on my route! Don't worry about your gear and kit, this magic bag can deliver it all in a split second. Ho Ho Ho!" Santa chuckled.

As promised Santa Claus and his reindeer dropped off Deadmau5 and his feline buddy. After they said good-bye the pair left the roof of their house and went inside. What they saw was a music producer's dream. The new equipment was all high-tech. Quickly both ran to the window, throwing it open and shouted into the night sky.

"Merry Christmas! And Thank you Santa Claus and crew!"

"Merry Christmas, meow!"