Hey, I'm back! Again. Oh, and a surprise for NyanCat13 in here!

Enjoy! Still on a roll!

When Gupta arrived back at their burrow, the first thing he did was fly into his sisters arms. She, startled and unexpecting, took a moment to process the situation before fiercely hugging her brother back. "Oh Gupta! I'm so happy to see you!" she practically shrieked.

"Me too!" he smiled widely up at her. "Oh! I brought you something!" he turned and ran to grab something by the door. It was wrapped in a large leaf, topped with a bow made of a flowering vine. She hesitantly took it off, and it unraveled to reveal a huge purple plum, glimmering silver.

"A sugar plum!" she hugged him again. "Oh sweetie, thank you!"

He hugged back. "You're welcome." He suddenly yawned widely, and she smiled.

"C'mon squirt. I'll tuck you in." he grabbed her hand as she led him to his room. It felt like forever since he'd been there; seeing his bed along the back wall, and the right wall full of little hand dug cubbies to put anything cool he might find.

He laid down, and she put the blanket over him. As she did so, he suddenly sat bolt upright and put his arms around her neck. "Love you Krissy."

She smiled and hugged back. "Love you too." He kissed her on the cheek, and she gave him a gentle cuddle. "Now go to sleep. Or Santa won't come by with your presents." He laughed sleepily, eyes slipping closed.

Krishna smiled, bending down to kiss his forehead. "I love you sweetie." She stroked his cheek lovingly for a moment. "More than you'll ever know." And she too, went to bed, but not before hugging all her sisters and parents hello, so glad they were home for Christmas.

-Morning-

Raz grinned slyly as she crept up to her brothers, keeping her hopping steps as quiet as possible. They all had a general sleeping spot along the sides of their cave.

She slapped both paws over her mouth to stifle a joyful giggle. She suck in a deep breath, and… "WAKE UP!" the noise echoed off the walls, her whole family yelped in surprise, leaping up, eyes wide.

The purple joey nearly collapsed laughing, but instead bounced up to her parents. "Come on come!" she chanted. "Santa's been here! Santa's been here! C'mon! Les' go! C'mon!"

Jemal rubbed his blue eyes and bent down to pick up the wiggling child, who was twitching, jittery with excitement. "Aw Raz… iss' earl'eh? Can' weh jus sleep a lil-"

"NO!" she yelled excitedly, squirming to get down. "Come on! Santa came! Les' open presents! Come on come on come on come on!" she squealed. He thought it better to sit her down before she fell down and started to cry. Having had a change of heart, the boys had vowed never to purposefully make their sister cry again, and do all in their power to keep her from doing so. A sister like her didn't deserve to cry.

So the still sleepy adults and teenagers let the hyper little five year old usher them outside, yelling whenever she thought they thought they were going to slow. Which was pretty much every step until they made it to the presents in the middle of the valley. It was huge, much taller than any of them, about eleven feet. "Wow…" the kids shared wide eyed glances. "DIVE!" they all leapt for the presents and instantly disappeared in the peppermint wrapping and holly bows within seconds.

The teens shrugged (even Krishna, who was feeling one hundred percent better). "Oh what the heck?" and they were burrowing through the gifts as well. The parents laughed as they watched them. They were so glad their kids got along now. Almost losing a younger sibling forever can change someone.

Inside somewhere, someone gasped. "Hey look!" Raz's voice cried, and she appeared at the top, pushing presents off the top. After a moment, the reason for her excitement was revealed.

Five long sticks all tie to a tightly woven net of vines, in a circle. It had a tag with her name. "Mah trampoline! Yes!" she pumped a fist and clambered a top to see how it worked. Within seconds, she was bouncing as high as she could, almost touching the treetops. "Best!" bounce. "Christmas!" bounce. "EVER!"

"Raz!" Blayke called up. "Be careful before ye-"

"WOAH!" too late. Lalli screamed and grasped the side of her head as her daughter plummeted toward the ground at an alarming speed.

Raz was sure she'd be flattened, but at the last second, a blur of white flew by and caught the joey mid air. She uncovered her eyes and looked up at her savoir… and promptly froze in terror. It was a teenaged saber, with white fur, shining, intelligent green eyes, and two strange green seashells clipped on her ears. She had her by the scruff, giving her an almost smug look, one brow quirked.

She shook a little, thinking she might be part of her Christmas dinner.

However, surprisingly, she gently put her down and patted her head. She was too terrified to even move, and had no choice but to except it. "There ya go." Her voice was smooth and friendly, giving her a smile that was somehow calming, but her fangs also made it look a little threatening. "That woulda hurt if ya hit the ground, huh?"

She nodded stiffly, still scared out of her wits. "Oh relax squirt. I'm not gonna eat ya."

She gulped audibly. "R-R-Realla?"

"Course not. We might be predators, but even I wouldn't eat a little kid."

She began to hop away backwards. She felt a pair of arms snatch her off the ground, but her gaze remained glued to the deadly predator. What in the world was she doing here?

"Do you… have a pack?" Julie managed to speak, trembling all over so hard it was making Squint, who she was holding, vibrate.

"Uh… yes and no."

"Uh…"

"We just moved here. Got my mom, dad, sister-"

"Mom and dad?!" all the adults yelled. If a teenager saber was dangerous (and they were) adults were extremely so!

"Don't worry, we leave to hunt. You mind us staying here?"

Nobody got a chance to answer, however, as the unnamed saber was suddenly knocked off her feet by a considerably smaller white blur. It turned out to be another saber, with black stripes fanning down her back. "Hi!" she chirped, purring, nuzzling her sister as she sat on her stomach.

The other one forced a smile. "Hi Shira."

And… done! No, not the story. Just this chapter. Hope you guys don't mind me bringing her in. I just had a hard time believing they'd all be friends from the beginning, what with them being predators and all.

Review please!

And yes, don't worry. I will get to more details about the new baby, just be patient. Question, should I include him/hatching in this story, or have that be like a separate one shot? Just a thought, tell me your vote.