Thanks for all the reviews!

BlueandSiverMarbleUnicorn: Glad you do 3

AnnabethandPercyJackson17: Yeah. I especially enjoyed the bit about Leo setting himself on fire! I can just hear him screaming...

Leo: *runs in screaming* MY HAIR IS ON FIRE!

Me: Oh. I actually did.

Guest: Actually, the surprise couple is a NON-canon couple that I've made myself.

Guest (are you the same person?): Nope. Frazel comes up later! Glad you love! 3

Runningpool22: Thanks! This is the first one-shot thing I've written!

And now...presenting...THALICO!

Nico: WHAT?!

Me: There's no kiss...

Nico: THANK THE GODS!

Me: ...But there MAY be a TEENSY hug...

Nico: *chases me around*

Me: I OWN NOTHING! BTW SLIGHT SWEARING!

NICO'S JINGLE BELLS

(Nico's POV)

Oh, no. Oh, great. Oh, shit. It was the annual Camp Half-Blood Couples sleigh run. Where you get ASSIGNED a partner! Percy and Annabeth had talked me and Thalia into it. So, here we were, sitting at our tables. Waiting for the assignments to be given out.

"I am SO getting Jason!" said that bitch, Drew. She was busy applying lipstick and making bedroom eyes at said Jupiter kid. Piper glared at her. I just hoped that Drew knew that Piper would hang her for that, after her chasing Leo around earlier. Well, I hoped Piper DID hang her. She would be doing ALL the camps a favor!

"As IF!" Thalia yelled at Drew. Everyone laughed as Drew huffed, and pointed the Finger at Thalia.

"Attention, Campers!" Chiron boomed. The centaur had gotten giddy with the excitement of the holidays, and was wearing a Santa hat. Besides him, Mr. D was wearing one, too. Everyone howled at the sight of Mr. D. That is, until he turned Drew into an anteater. Which just made everyone laugh even HARDER, if possible!

"ATTENTION!" Chiron yelled again, and, this time, everyone stopped.

Chiron cleared his throat, then raised a scroll. "We have already chosen your partners:

Percy and Annabeth." The camp's A-list couple grinned.

"Travis and Katie." They actually looked HAPPY about that.

"Jason and Piper." No surprise.

I nodded off, until I heard my name.

"Njco and Thalia."

"Whoa, WHAT?," we both yelled.

Chiron shrugged. "Hey, I let the Aphrodite cabin pick!"

Me and Thalia both shot glares at the cabin, who became VERY inerested in the ceiling.

"[insert swears here]!" I heard Thalia mutter.

"Campers, please head towards your sleighs!" Mr. D ordered. For once, everyone followed his orders.

Even me and Thalia did. "can you BELIEVE our luck?!" I complained.

Thalia said, "Hell, yeah!"

We both laughed. Then we saw our sleighs.

Actually, we used the camp chariots. And it looked like we were stuck with the Hermes one. The one that would keep us behind everyone else.

Giving us PRIVACY.

I suspected the Aphrodite cabin had something to do with that.

WORST. CHRISTMAS. EVER.

(Thalia's POV)

Oh, c'mon! Fuck the Aphrodite cabin! I was stuck with Death Boy!

As the horses were hitched to the chariots, I marched up to Drew, who, fortunately, was still in her anteater form, and yelled some not-so-nice things.

I thought it was impossible for anteaters to do their lipstick. And look grumpy.

"Campers! Please go to your chariots!" Chiron hiccuped, taking a swig from something that looked suspiciously like eggnog. Except for the fact it was wine-colored.

I don't think it waseggnog.

"Ugh!" Nico moaned. The hitches just weren't connecting.

But we both got in the chariot anyway.

Note to self: Do something nasty to the Aphrodite campers for Christmas.

Why?

Well, for starters, the chariot was meant for ONE person. So that meant me and Nico were...er...squished together.

For another, it was NICO. We are COUSINS.

Plus, I'm a HUNTRESS. I have sworn OFF BOYS. Therefore, I was off-limits. Otherwise, you'd have Artemis to answer to.

And you don't want to answer to Artemis.

And, finally, we had only made it halfway through the track when the horses went BALLISTIC. Ballistic. That's a cool word!

ANYWAY...the horses went ballistic. As in "I SMELL HORSE FEED!" ballistic. They reared back, and drove through the track boderlines. They sailed over the heads of the campers who were on the benches on the sidelines. Including Drew. She dropped her lipstick and SCREAMED.

Can anteaters scream?

The horses sailed over their heads, and headed for the forest. Branches snapped in our faces as Nico tried to regain control of the horses. Unfortunately, he does NOT have The Horse Whisperer's, aka PERCY'S, skill with horses.

Angry dryads yelled and tossed acorns at us.

Note to self: Acorns. HURT.

We finally stopped in a clearing. And then the chariot snapped in two. The horses ran off, leaving me and Nico stranded.

At least we had our weapons.

We both sat in shock for several moments. Surprisingly, I was calm. Like, okay, the horses went ballistic. Oh, well. I've had worse.

However, Nico didn't feel the same. After two seconds, he got up and went on a crazy rant that I would love to include, but I don't know how to spell Italian words. Plus, he said even more swears than I could ever manage. And I shouldn't repeat some of them, too.

He finally ended by kicking the chariot and shouting his own version of "Jingle Bells:"

"DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW,

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY,

I'M RUNNING THE APHRODITE KIDS OVER,

WITH MY BLOODSTAINED SLEIGH!

BELLS ON COCKTAILS RING,

THEIR SPIRITS ARE TOO BRIGHT,

I'LL KILL THEM ALL SO NO MORE COUPLES

WILL EVER HAPPEN TONIGHT!

GET THE FUCK, GET THE FUCK,

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY!

OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RUN

CABIN PINK OVER WITH MY SLEIGH!

GET THE FUCK, GET THE FUCK,

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY

OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RUN

CABIN PINK OVER WITH MY SLEIGH!

OLE!"

After that, he sat down and pouted.

I started laughing. He glared at me.

Finally, I managed, "Best. Jingle. Bells. Parody. EVER!"

Then I offered him a fist bumb. At first, he looked surprised. But then he pressed his fist against mine.

"Let's go back to camp," he decided.

"Agreed."

Normally, it would've taken a while to get back. But all we had to do was follow the trail of destruction the chariot had left.

The Sleigh Ride had finished when we had gotten back. They were already organizing search parties when we showed up. Everyone disbanded, of course, and celebrated a little. Mr. D made a bunch of wine appear, but Chiron, MUCH less giddy, thank you very much, gave him The Look. Mr. D sighed, snapped his fingers, and it became Diet Coke.

We all talked and laughed, giggling about the incident. But one thing was nagging me. "Why did the horses go berserk?" I finally asked. Everyone was silent.

Percy looked at his shoes. Annabeth punched his shoulder "WHAT DID YOU DO?!" she yelled at him. He backed away from her dagger, which was aimed at his right eye.

"Drew was trying to make a better couple than Jason and Piper, so she paid me to tell the horses that there was sugar cubes in the woods!" he yelled.

This time, everyone swiveled to look at Drew. But said bitch was nowhere to be seen.

I could've SWORN I saw the door to the Pink Cabin.

But, as of now, I was gonna celebrate the weirdest Christmas I had ever had.

Nico: Where's the hug?

Me: *hugs him*

Nico: *shoves me off and swears*

Me: T.T

Nico: *facepalms* I CAN'T win...

Deranegd Shadow Fangirl