A/N- Hello! Welcome to the ninth chapter of Holiday Friends, brought to you by TOBN! It is December 22nd, and I am excited to get this story going! The conclusion, sadly, is drawingcloser, so I am going to have to rush to finish by the deadline! I have a busy schedule drawing up to Christmas regarding family events, so if I don't get this done by then, sorry, but you might have to wait. But let's not hope for that, shall we?

Since at the moment, I am currently in a Sli resort in Barrie, the WiFi sucks, so until I get home, this might be the only story updated. Sorry !

So without thinking of time, let's just listen to what I want from Santa (And FreshTV/Teletoon/Disney since they showed this show.) this year:

"On the ninth day of Christmas, a person gave to me:

Nine Valentines From Ethan
Eight Insults from Erica
Seven Reruns of The Movie
Six Lucifractors
Five Fries From A Pan!
Four Wooden Stakes
Three Bad-Ass Vampires
An Ethan and A Benny
And the Third Season of MBAV!"

Shh, don't tell Ethan! I may or may not have developed a crush on him, but that doesn't mean I'm fan-girling...right? (Don't answer that question.)

Shoutouts to...

MBAV Fan- Aw! Thank you for the greeting:) And now you will find out about Shadow's plan! Review soon Fanfic buddy :)

tomo338- Oh my gosh thank you for calling me a beautiful person :) Made my day. Anyway, glad you loved the chapter and thanks for the review!

So with that, I am finished yapping, and I will let you read Part 1 to The Fight For Christmas!

Disclaimer: I don't own MBAV or its characters, just this plot and my OC Sky. If I did, Ethan would be smooching Benny by the fireplace. Just saying.

ENJOY!

Holiday Friends: Chapter 9: The Fight For Christmas Part 1

Benny floated in the dulled sky, breathing softly. The gang watched in awe and shock as the Shadow continued to levitate the spellmaster's limp body. Thoughts raced through Sky's mind as fast as a race car.

He's really alive...Benny is okay...the Shadow cured him! Sky smiled softly, not knowing the Shadow could have done such a generous thing. Then it hit Sky like a hard brick. She looked up at the dark Shadow, fury rising up inside of her.

"There's a catch isn't there? No way did you bring Benny back alive for no reason whatsoever. So spill Shadow." She sneered. Shadow laughed.

"Right you are Sky! Glad you could figure out. Before that though, Benny still needs a lot of energy to even stay alive. So why not let him rest, don't ya think?" She dropped Benny to a pad of soft snow, leaving a small, pained, grunt from Benny. Sky and the gang exchanged glances as Sarah growls.

"You wake up Benny right now!" She yelled loudly. Shadow chuckled. "Afraid not late-vampire. Unless you never want to see his precious life renewed, you will do what I want. Understand?!" It boomed, loud enough that the whole town could hear its demonic scream. The five teens exchanged nervous looks before nodding slowly.

"Whatever. Have it your way Shadow. Just don't hurt Benny." Ethan said slowly, but with a hint of authority. Shadow laughed once more, its evil laugh sending shivers down Sky's spine. "Glad we all are flexible." It grinned through its black mask.

"I have one last challenge for you before my finale." The gang nervously shared looks of fear as they nod for it to continue.

"There are still all those statues. And now that I chased all the remaining people out of the Winter Festival, they too are all frozen to the core, leaving you five, and Benny, still alive. Which doesn't surprise me at all." The Shadow mustered a eerie laugh as the quintet of the supernatural gang shivered in fear. The Shadow continued to explain its challenge.

"So, in about two hours, I want you to cure all those people. I am giving you 120 minutes...sounds like a lot, right? Remember; time flies by when I'm having fun." It cackled. "Trusting you have the antidote to the frozen outburst of Whitechapel, you have two hours to cure all the frozen people in Whitechapel. If you do succeed, I will hand you Benny. Having failed to do so will leave you frozen to the core as well. You can have fifteen minutes to get prepared. Please remember that I am not just letting you go and cure everyone so fast. The statues are hidden by clues I left around, and I have spread shadows and dark magic around the town, so..yeah!" The Shadow laughed. Do you accept this challenge?"

The supernatural gang stood in silence before Sky coped her fear and masked it with bravery and confidence. "I may not speak for everyone here, but I am speaking for myself. This is a risk I am willing to take. I'm in, alone or not." The gang shifted nervously, before Ethan stood beside Sky and gripped onto her hand.

"I'm in. I will risk it all." Sarah also stepped to their sides, holding onto Ethan's free hand and smiled at him.

"I am in too. Anything for a friend." Then Rory stepped up, grasping to Sarah's hand.

"As frickin' nervous as I am, I am totally going to save Whitechapel!" Erica was last, and she smiled as she held to Rory's hand tightly.

"You bet all my money I am in. And I bet you we will win Shadow." The Shadow clapped slowly, mocking their act of friendship.

"Oh how sweet! A movement in friendship. So touching...and so useless." It laughed. "I didn't need a life story bitches. I just need you to try and win. Fifteen minute head start will start now. I will ring the bells three times, and your two hours of statue and clue searching will begin." It cackled. "Fourteen minutes, fifty seconds guys! Start going, and prepare for you frozen life!" It paused.

"Oh, I forgot to give you all this." It tossed each person some sort of watch. They nervously put it on. "What is this?" Rory mused. "It's pretty cool!" He added excitedly. The Shadow rolled its eyes. "Right. Anyway this is a watch that will count the number of statues in the city. Soon, if there is 0, you come back here in the time being." It laughed.

"I wasted another minute. Thirteen minutes, thirty-four seconds. Chop, chop!"

The gang ran out of the Town Square, Shadow's laugh following them. Sky started to bark out orders.

"Okay guys, we need a plan. Erica, Sarah, Rory. Go to Mrs. Weir's house and ask for all the antidotes for the frozen outbreak. Also, ask my parents, who will be there, about my spellbook. Be fast about explaining and meet us Ethan's house in ten minutes.

Sarah, Erica and Rory nodded and they zoomed off to their destination. Sky pulled out her bike, but sighed. "This is not going to bring me to your house fast enough so we could get supplies. What will we do?" Ethan's eyes scanned the area, before catching a shiny, black motorcycle. He ran towards it, and to his luck, the keys were popped in the ignition slot. He threw on the helmet that sat beside it and tossed Sky the other one. Sky raised an eye of confusion.

"Is it really so convenient that the keys would be in here, and there would be two helmets? Unbelievable. Do you even know how to drive one of these? And Grand Theft Auto does not count." She breathed out nervously. Ethan smiled as he sat in the front, revving up the engines. Sky nervously hopped on as Ethan grinned.

"Well, we are about to find out."

With that, Ethan fired up the motorcycle and drove across the city in a great rush. Sky yelped in surprise as she clung onto Ethan's shoulder. "What the hell?!" She screamed over the rushing wind that flew past her hair. Ethan ignored her and laughed over the blurring snow.

In less than five minutes, Ethan had reached his empty house. Sky took off her helmet as she stumbled off the motorcycle. "W-What was that?" She got out as she felt like she wanted to vomit. Ethan laughed as he took of his helmet as well.

"Well, do you know how to ride that machine?" Sky smiled. "Get what you mean. C'mon, we need to get a lot of water guns and storage." They rushed into the Ethan's house. The house was empty since everyone, including Jane, was at Benny's. Sky dashed up to Ethan's room, followed by Ethan himself, and together, they got a bunch of water guns, and a bunch of Nerf holders that could strap around their bodies. By the time they were finished, they were armed with weapons and were ready for battle. They rushed downstairs, hoping that the three vampires were out. And luckily, they were.

To Sky and Ethan's luck, they saw the three vamps sitting on Ethan's porch, a bunch of antidotes in their hands and in their bags and Erica held a spellbook under her arm. Ethan grinned as they started to pour antidotes into the water guns and strapped some securely to the storage belts, that each person strapped around their body. By the time they were done, they were completely armed and they were ready to kick butt. Sky smiled.

"Okay guys, we are about to go to battle. There are a bunch of clues in the city, and there is a population of about..say...more than one-thousand people in Whitchapel, considering we live in a small town. The watch said that there are at 1000 people. So find clues and get ready!"

They all put their hands in the middle and grinned.

"For Whitechapel!" They cheered.

Suddenly, three bells rang throughout the city, catching the gang's attention. They scattered across the city, hoping to find a single clue that could lead them to victory.

The battle for Christmas had begun.

Sky ran towards the recreation center, the snow rushing through her hair. She finally walked in and rushed through the halls. A note was hung at each door. Sky picked one and started to read it.

Hi Sky! I see you chose the one and only recreation center in Whitechapel. Fantastic choice! It varies in gymnastics too; a childhood favorite.

I bet you Benny's life that you couldn't ace each class in the highest rank...but if you do, I'll consider it.

~Shadow

Sky realized that every note was green, except for one red one, that were hung on the gymnastic's door, the one for the highest rank of gymnasts. That might be where all the statues might be! I have to hurry!

Sky rushed into the gymnastic's door first. She was greeted by trampolines, poles, and ropes. The gymnastic arena brought back great memories, being that she was a gymnast when she was 8. She saw frozen statues everywhere, some jumping on the trampolines, some flipping over the poles, some coaching the youngsters. They all had one flaw; they were all frozen solid. Sky pulled the trigger on the first antidote-filled gun and squirted it at the flying statues in the air. The ice thawed and shattered, leaving the gymnast flipping perfectly to the ground, looking around all dazed and confused as they watched Sky continue.

Suddenly, a bunch of shadows and dark magic twisted and whirled through the air, leaving the people scared. But Sky was ready; she pulled out her spellbook and while curing frozen statues, defended herself by the darkness surrounding her.

Soon enough, there were no more shadows and no more statues. All the people cheered Sky as she victoriously did a triple-flip on the trampoline and landed in the foam pit in happiness. She was proud...Benny would be proud. She smiled at the thought and looked at her watch that the Shadow had given her.

It read about 987. There were a lot of statues to be unfrozen, and Sky felt like she wouldn't have time.

Suddenly, a plan emerged in her mind. She pulled out her phone and started to type fast on her messenger.

Meet me at the satellite, STAT. I have a plan.

~Sky

Ethan drove the motorcycle through the city as fast as he could. He was to cover the library and anything beyond that, so at least he would be covering a reasonable amount of land.

He had decided to keep the motorcycle, knowing that he could just take a driver's test since he was almost 16. Yes it was considered as stealing, but really...he would be able to own a frickin' motorcycle..imagine the attention he would get from Sarah! His heart fluttered just thinking about it. And maybe, with a little more practice, he could actually be able to ride this perfectly!

Enough about my fantasy...let's do this! He parked the motorcycle beside the library and secured the watch on his wrist tightly as he walked in.

"I'm looking for a place...where statues might be hidden.." He murmured to himself before chuckling to how ridiculous it sounded. Suddenly, he saw a small piece of paper onto a book. He took out the book.

Thirty Ways To Get A Girl
By Tosh Menston (I don't believe this is a real person, if so, congrats you are in my book. -TOBN)

Ethan growled; of course the Shadow would choose such a way to haunt him. Instead of reading the book, he looked at the note instead.

Hello Ethan! It's me; Shadow. Like my Christmas present? I do! Read it wisely; you might learn something. ;)

So anywhoo, I see you chose the library. Nice..literal I guess. But if anyone wants to do some hardcore research, computers are not the answer. Old, old, old books might be the case. Then just check them out. Simple, if you have a library card. Might want to get that first.

~Shadow

P.S: I expect you to know that the clue above is way too easy. Wait until you unfreeze five people. Five as your gang...five deaths from shadows beneath the surface. BOO!

Ethan's mind raced. Hardcore research...old books...check them out...library card...what could the Shadow mean? Then it clicked.

There are no computers in the back, and that's where some of the old books are. Then I go to the check-out desk, then the information desk!

Ethan smiled in victory. He rushed down the aisles until he got to the back, seeing a bunch of college students, picking out books for study projects, or so Ethan had assumed, He put on a face of determination as he sprayed the frozen people. The ice thawed as the people unfroze, looking confused and shocked.

Ethan then rushed out of the back of the library and sped to the check out desk.

All of the sudden, random shadows and solids of dark magic swirled around him and the statues. They made a dive for Ethan, but Ethan dodged them, making the solid dark magic crash and shatter into a wall. Ethan used telekinesis to lift up the water guns and sprayed the people all the way at the info desk while he fought off the shadows.

When he finally did, he rushed outside and gasped.

"NO!" He fell to his knees and sobbed.

The shadows had broke the motorcycle.

Well there goes my future love life...He thought sadly as he looked at the watch.

It read 976. He winced. This is gonna take a while...

Suddenly, his phone vibrated. He picked it up and read the new text.

Meet me at the satellite, STAT. I have a plan.

~Sky

Ethan sighed as he started to run across the streets, speeding to the satellite.

Sarah, Erica, and Rory were speeding across the city, knowing they were to meet Sky and Ethan at the local satellite. They unfroze people on the streets as they zoomed. They caught sight of a blurry figure on the other side of the street. Confused, they sped over there. It was Ethan!

"E? What happened to your sick ride?" Rory asked as Ethan sighed. "Shadows and dark magic happened. Tragic." Sarah rubbed his back. "It's okay sweetie. I'll buy you one someday." Ethan smiled as Erica held his hand. Ethan looked at her in confusion.

"Excuse me? What are you doing?" Erica smiled. "Running! C'mon!"

And with that, they sped off, Ethan in tow, a scream echoing the city.

Sky was putting the finishing touches on her machine when a blast of wind almost knocked her, and the machine, over.

"Geez guys! You were about to ruin the machine. Do you know how much work I put into...Ethan?"

Ethan was pale in the face as he stumbled to the ground, gasping for air. Sky gave the three vampires a look. "You should've let him walk..." They laughed as Sarah walked over to him. Erica leaned over to see Sky's invention.

"So what do you have here...a award-worthy machine?" Sky smiled. "Actually, yes." She looked to everyone, including the now-recovered Ethan.

"This is a machine filled with the antidote that can connect to the satellite. On the count of three, push that button and the whole city will be cured. I will keep the snow though." Erica grinned.

"Okay." Rory started a countdown.

"1...2...3!" Erica pushed the button.

A purple wave floated across the city. Sky and the gang cheered. Ethan got up to his feet.

"Okay guys. Let's go and get the Shadow..and Benny! We have...10 minutes to get there, and the Town Square is a 7 minute run approx." Sarah smiled.

"Let's go!"

And with that, they ran out of the satellite room and into the snowy storm once more, seeing unfrozen people as they ran to the Shadow...and Benny.

The five teens finally reached the town square, and not a moment to lose. Shadow sat on one of the benches, bored and amused at the same time. It clapped slowly as Benny's breathing, but still asleep, body lay on the snow. Sky huffed tiredly as her breath floated lazily in the cold air. Shadow smiled.

"Congratulations. I saw you guys at the satellite...clever indeed. You are some tough competition, therefore I will bring my side of the deal into play." Rory smiled as Sky grinned. She ran towards Benny's limp body as Shadow murmured a quiet spell. Sparkles floated over Benny's body and his emerald eyes shot open. He looked at Sky, and scrambled to his feet. Sky smiled at him as he scanned the area quickly. He looked at Shadow.

"S-Sky? W-What is Shadow doing here? What's going on?" Sky tilted her head in confusion as Shadow grinned. "I don't know Benny. But they're all yours. Shadow..multiplied. It's tragic, and only you can stop it."

The gang exchanged nervous and confused looks. "What are you talking about Shadow?" But the remark was too late.

Benny closed his eyes as he swung a punch at Ethan, catching him by surprise as he collapsed in pain. "Ethan!" Sarah screamed as she ran towards Ethan's side, his nose starting to bleed as it covered the white snow.

"Benny?! What is wrong with you?!" Erica yelled as Rory stood in fighting stance. Sky nervously walked towards the new Benny, whose eyes were still closed as he too walked towards Sky.

"B-Benny? What is going on?" But Benny just swung another punch at her, Sky dodging it. Rory looked at the amused Shadow in fear.

"You...you did this, didn't you?" Shadow laughed, its laugh spreading throughout the city.

"Yes vampire. Behold...MY FINALE!"

A/N- I hope you like this chapter...see you at the next part!

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