VACATION TIME! I am so excited ^^ Mostly because I get some more sleep for the next 10 days. Yay.

So...my friend said Stantler as the 10th theme. Alright, cool. I had no idea where I was going with this at first XD But I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. But I'm more interested in the opinons of others, so go on and read :P

Stantler

"I can never remember how many there are. Is it…seven? No, that doesn't make sense. It needs to be an even number! Maybe...six?"

"Ash, shut up," Misty sighed impatiently, flipping through the seemingly hundreds of text messages May and Dawn had just sent her. The two younger girls had begun to freak out when they heard Misty was spending the holidays with a certain raven haired Pokémon trainer, and they were now demanding to know what was happening between the two every minute.

"I can't Misty!" Ash groaned, throwing his head back dramatically, "I'm trying to figure out something REALLY important here!"

"And what would that be? Your I.Q.?"

Ash moved his head back to an upright position, and glared directly at the wall in front of him, "you're not funny."

"I thought that one was pretty clever actually."

"Help me out here," Ash inched closer to Misty, his face surprisingly serious. Misty let out a short chuckle, to which Ash growled lowly.

"What could you possibly be thinking so hard about?" Misty rolled her eyes whimsically.

"There's something that's been bothering me all day, and I just can't figure out. I can't! I've been thinking about it really hard, but I can't come up with the answer! So, just help me figure it out."

"Ugh, you're so aggravating," Misty sighed, placing her cell phone on the floor. She turned to look at Ash with slightly narrowed eyes, pulling her knees to her chest. "What is it?"

"Okay," Ash took a deep breath, "how many Stantler does Santa have?"

Misty simply blinked, her wide eyes slowly forming an unhappy glare, "excuse me?"

"I don't remember," Ash shrugged.

"You…" Misty closed her eyes and hung her head for a moment, before swinging back around and taking the cell phone back into her grip, "are an idiot."

"Misty! Come on!" Ash groaned, grabbing onto her arm and pouting. Misty tried her hardest to ignore the pathetic thing, but she couldn't stop her bright green eyes from shifting towards the young man's saddened face.

"You do realize you act like a five year old, correct?" Misty huffed.

"Maybe," Ash continued to pout. He gently stroked a cheek against Misty's forearm, causing her to blush furiously. "Please Mist? Please?"

"There are eight Ash," Misty answered impatiently, "eight."

"Oh, that would make sense, cause then they're even" Ash rubbed the back of his neck, "how do you remember them all, Mist?"

"Their names."

"Oh yeah, I forgot they have names!" Ash chuckled earnestly. Misty rolled her eyes and tapped some more on her cell phone's buttons.

"Tell me what their names are," Ash lowered the phone with his hand.

"Ash, quit it! I'm busy with that!"

"Come on, just tell me their names! Then I'll leave you alone."

Misty narrowed her eyes, "you promise?"

"I swear."

"Alright," Misty smacked her phone down on her lap and hastily recited, "Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Donner, Vixen, Cupid, Comet, Blitzen."

"Oh, cool," Ash smirked, before leaning back against the front of the couch. After a few more moments of silence, Ash leaned back over curiously, "I wonder why he named them that?"

"Ash, you're asking stupid questions again."

"Am I Misty? Am I?"

"Yes, you are."

"Oh," Ash blinked and looked down sheepishly. More silence.

"I mean, why Cupid?"

Misty groaned and smacked her forehead. "Ash. Shut. Up."

"Well, doesn't that make you think of Valentine's Day?" Ash thrust himself forward, raven locks swinging wildly, "'cause that's what I think of. Not Christmas."

"I don't know Ash. They're Santa's Stantler. He can name them whatever he wants."

"But…they're so lame. I mean, what the hell does Vixen mean? Did he make up a word or something?"

"Vixen is a real word Ash," Misty deadpanned mindlessly as she continued to stare at her phone screen, "you would know that if you ever bothered to open a dictionary."

"Oh yeah?" Ash narrowed his eyes, "then tell me what 'vixen' means, if you're such a genius. Hey, since you think you're so awesome because you read, maybe I'll just start calling YOU Vixen! How would you like that?"

"Do whatever you want buddy," Misty shrugged.

"Good, I will," Ash smirked, folding his arms triumphantly.

"Just so you know," Misty rose to her feet, gliding away as she feverously texted May and Dawn back, "the word 'vixen' is used to describe a sexually attractive woman."

"…WHAT?"

We all know Ash doesn't read. It's pretty blatantly obvious XD That's why he needs Misty for the more...logical/book smart things in life ;D

Only two days left...wow that went fast, huh? What will the last two days bring? You'll have to wait and find out... ;D