Before we start things off I just want to thank you all for reading and reviewing my stories! This year has been a really great year and I wish you all a Happy and Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! I will be absent from writing until after New Years as I have to be with my family for the remainder of these days!
A big and special thanks to Jace who's helped me reach this far by motivating and making me smile whenever I read what he writes! Many thanks to you Jace! And many thanks to you all!
Have a safe and happy Christmas!
Christmas Special Chapter Forty Two: A Merry Christmas!
Frost's POV
Hehe. Christmas already in the blink of an eye! Last night I could hardly get any sleep because White wouldn't let to of me because of how cold it was. Who would've thought that it would suddenly start hailing all night?! Damn... And as of now, me, White, Ruby, Jace, Star and Melody were headed towards the shopping centre. Of course, we couldn't go without Sino hiding at the roof of an adjacent business building toppled with winter white snow. She'll make sure that nothing happens to us inside.
At home, half of the others are working on the Christmas party and all have their presents ready to give out tonight. The other half are probably playing around in the snow. I wouldn't be surprised to find Lizzo stuck inside of a block of ice. Let alone Sapphire and Diamond who'd probably have internal frostbite because they thought the snow was sugar. Haha. FrostBitten's with frostbite. That's new. Anywho, I should keep my wits about just in case... And Jace doesn't seem to be too happy shopping. I wonder why.
Upon entering the huge shopping centre, a graceful breeze of warm air slapped us in the face as we walked through the double automatic glass doors, entering the world of warmth and joy. The endless floors of the shopping centre spiralled above the centre where a massive evergreen tree towered, decorated in flashy lights of red and blue and coiled with fluffy white pom-poms. At the very base of it, was a long red carpet that led to a giant red chair where many kids lined up for a chance to see and sit on Santa's lap to make a wish... Hehe. Kids still believe in that?
I sighed, shaking my head slightly as Jace chuckled to the sight to my left before saying something. "Do you believe in Santa?", He asked me in a jokingly manner, causing me to smile and laugh before I gave him my answer.
"Have you ever seen a reindeer fly before let alone pull a man on a sleigh?".
"Haha! Frost! You're hilarious!", Melody laughed aloud before slapping my upper back hard with her right hand, trying to get me to feel less tense. Argh! That fricken felt like a hundred syringes being injected into my bloodstream! Damn her! "Anyway, let's go shopping! We'll split up into two groups! Me, Frost and Ruby are group one whilst Star, Jace and White are group two!", Melody proclaimed cheerfully, obviously possessed by the Christmas spirit which made me chuckle warmly before I looked to my right, smiling happily at White who stared up at the tree with a beautiful, heartfelt gaze... I wonder what she'll like as a gift...
"How much money did Milk end up giving you?", Melody asked me was we strolled around a shop in the bottom floor called 'All In 1' painted entirely in red and fonted in a goofy manner. The insides were MASSIVE! Literally! There was at least thirty rows and columns of shelves stacked up with hundreds of items! Right now, we were in the perfume section for Melody's sake.
I know well that there's a hundred more shops we can go to, but that means we'll have to go UPSTAIRS via my worst fear, an elevator. Heights plus elevator equals my bane! I'll never do it!
"What kind of perfume would Lizzo like?", Melody asked me as Ruby held onto my right hand tightly, looking more like my little sister than a daughter before I turned to my left with a smile plastered across my face.
"Something that smells like happiness", I said cheerfully.
"If you say so. I'm trusting you in this and if I even see a hint of disappointment on her face, I'll double my punishment that I postponed till Thursday. In short, tomorrow", She warned me... Hehe...
After that was over, we headed for the jewellery section where countless of gems sparkled amazingly through their golden glass cases. Thinking what White would admire the most, I chose an onyx stone and a place onyx stone for her, knowing that she's a fan of these things. Things that are dull and negative. Just like our names suggests... Black and White. But too had I'm Frost right now! Hehe... Damn. I'm going off track.
Finally, we exited the shop with shopping bags in hand. In my left hand, was a small, black plastic bag that held White's gifts ONLY. Ruby held her own bag filled with something she didn't let me see and Melody had her's filled up with perfume and a few bottles of bleach for some reason. It was kinda funny.
"Hey! Ruby! Come get a picture with Santa!", Star yelled out at the top of her lungs from up ahead, standing on the red carpet just underneath the tree where White, Jace and her stood, just in front of the old Santa. My eyes widened slightly upon seeing Jace as pity and the sudden urge to laugh my ass off overcame me, but I concealed it as much as possible. In both his hands, were literally FIVE full black plastic bags filled with countless of things that I couldn't see due to the bag being completely untransparent. Chuckling to myself, I looked down to my right at Ruby who had a large smile plastered across her face, slowly looking up at me which made me smile back at her. Gosh... She's so adorable! Her pretty light red eyes are just like White's and her long red hair just amplifies her cuteness a trillion times! Not to mention her sweetness and generosity!... I looked away from her and focused on the Santa behind the others, looking at him closely as I felt some eerie presence emit from him like hot steam... I should check his body temperature, just in case of anything. Hmm... What?! No body heat whatsoever?! What the fuck?! No... He can't be living then?! What is HE?!... Hold on...
The tip of his nose is starting to glow red. More red. Bright red... Blood red?!
"GUY! WATCH OUT!", I screamed out as loud as I could as Jace and White reacted faster than Star who looked to their left just in time to be able to both step aside and watch a blazing bullet whiz by their faces, literally cutting strands of their hairs... S...Shit! What kind of a Santa is that fucking thing?!
"Santa?!", Ruby screamed to my right in anger as gasps emitted from the sidelines, causing an eerie chill to rise up my spinal cord and into my bloodstream. Infecting me with fear and panic. We can't act now. There's too many civilians.
Jace immediately dropped all of his bags onto the toffee coloured, swirly marble floor as White did the same and took many steps back noisily, keeping their eyes focused on the Santa who had the tip of his nose partly opened with hot steam gushing out... A robot? I grit my teeth, clenching both my fists tightly as Ruby let go of my arm and made a full sprint up towards the others, both fists ready to ignite into flames.
"Ahahaha! Ho Ho Ho! Have a merry Christmas!", The Santa exclaimed insanely before holding out his right hand forwards, causing the three to gasp and ready themselves for anything, making me cringe slightly. People began to flee from the place from all floors prior to the explosive force of the shot he did not a minute ago that blew the entrance apart.
"Flame!", Ruby called out at the top of her lungs, scraping her boots against the marble floor harshly, emitting a painful screech that destroyed my ears. Her entire right arm ignited in hot red flames, flickering crazily like razor sharp, living blades before she pulled it up over her head. She pointed the fist down at the ground and at once, she plummeted it down to the marble floor, sending a sheer amount of force and heat as the people around screamed and made a break for the exit, making the Santa laugh maniacally like he enjoyed it. Argh! I can't just stand around and do nothing! "Tear him apart!", She cried, jumping up as the flames transferred to the ground from her entire arm and quickly manifested into the shape of a large, molten hot wolf made of black lava rocks and fire. It was about the same height as Ruby, which was up to my shoulder and it's length is the same as my height... Razor sharp, black spiked prickled from it's back and it's claws stuck out of it's molten black paws of death. The jaws were nothing like a normal wolf. It was all curved to the back, looking more like gut hooks to inflict more pain when tearing out the flesh.
"Hahaha! Not so fast little girl! Behold! My cannons of snow!", Santa cried, making me take action and sprint towards the others as fast as I could, staring at him to see both his shoulders bulge out of his red, woolly coat. In my right eye, I could see them begin to turn a feint orange that slowly began to ramp up to hot red. Shit!
"Guys! He's going to shoot!", I warned them worriedly, reaching into my right pocket to pull out my Night's Melody in the form of a pistol.
"Oh?! So you know! Well then, I guess you'll be the first to taste the power ice!", He exclaimed and turned to face me, causing my eyes to widen a tenfold as I watched two massive mechanical cannons sprout out from his shoulders, both aimed right for me as light blue balls began to form at the dome-shaped barrel. Argh! If it's ice, then I'll be able to shoot it down! If not, then it's game over! The gamble of the day! I'll take my chances and annihilate the projectiles!
Stopping in my tracks like a rock, I flicked out my M1911 handgun up in front of me, closing my left eye as I held it in front of my face and precisely aimed the iron sights at the right barrel. With a heart filled with both confidence and determination, I pulled the trigger, fighting back the furious recoil that bashed its way throughout my entire arm. I grit my teeth, instantly flicking my wrist to the left and fired the second bullet instinctively without a second thought, emitting a loud and powerful boom just like the first. The recoil this time was a lot weaker and the smoke that emitted from the barrel was more transparent and slender, resembling a white serpent that vanished without a trace not a split second later.
Just like that, as soon as he fired his cannons, the
bullets had already struck the projectiles which resulted in an amazing icy explosion which made me smile warmly as I had won the bet. Light blue, icy wind blew from him and rushed all over the place as the last of the civilians exited through the main doors... The police will be arriving soon. Four minutes maximum. By then we should be out with his head on a pike!
"Four minutes! We need to finish this ASAP!", Jace called out at the top of his lungs, holding his ground beside Star to my far right, both standing in a defensive position as non of them brought any weapons. Right now, only me, White, Ruby's pet and Melody have a weapon. But that doesn't mean they're useless! "Get him while he's blind!".
"Roger that Thor!", Melody laughed to my far left as I began a sprint up towards the haze of light blue ice, swinging my arms rapidly from my sides as Flame followed me in suit, causing the ground to lightly shake. All it takes is one shot to the skull! No less! Once I was on the five metre mark I pounced forwards with all my might, extending out my right hand as my entire attire fluttered gracefully. Almost there!
"Bingo!", A voice said from within the haze, making me grunt before suddenly, an enormous amount of wind gushed from within, blasting the fog away into oblivion which made me as visible as the moon itself... Shit! I'm an easy target! "Eat this buddy!", Santa said with a mean, menacing look in his light blue eyes as he held out his right arm straight at me, forcing my heart to skip a beat and sink like a rock down to my intestines... Yep! He's a fucking robot! Where his hand SHOULD be, was the fucking barrel of a shotgun pointed straight at my face! Argh! I can't become a girl just yet!
"FROST! OPEN YOUR MOUTH!", Melody screamed, causing my eyes to open as I instantly did as she said, widening my mouth as wide as I could and at the same time, a calming tune played from my far left right as string tension emitted... Is she trying to make my death more painful?! Or am I missing something?! "SHUT YOUR MOUTH NOW!", She screamed out at the top of her lungs and at once, I shut them as tightly as possible, not expecting to but into a chunk of metal that nearly FUCKING broke my jaws!
A black steel covered my entire face as the gun was fired, thankfully leaving me unscathed by the pellets but that didn't change the fact that my back tooth hurts like a needle was stuck in a thousand times! The force of the impact caused me to launch back a couple of metres, allowing me to spit out the metal shield to my left in anger and disgust as it's taste was horrific and had some sort of musical textures. Words won't be able to describe it, but you get the picture.
I landed on my feet hard, slamming against the ground instead of gliding across which greatly impacted my knees that painfully throbbed like a beating heart.
I glanced over to Melody to my left, giving her a good firm nod before I thanked her from the bottom of my heart. Knowing her, she'd want me to die and become Black Melody. Thankfully, that didn't cross her exotic mind! Hehe! Facing back our opponent, I watched Flame change up to the robotic Santa and pounced onto him, clenching its jaws around his right arm and tore it off as if it was nothing. In the blink of an eye Ruby's pet literally knocked the Santa off of his feet with its tail and chewed on his other arm before finally, going in for the main course. The head and torso!
Brutally was just a fraction of a way to describe what Flame managed to do to the robotic Santa. Shreds of cold steel, red and blue insulated wires, bullets, liquid nitrogen and green fragments of it's AI scattered all over the base of the massive Christmas tree, leaving us all phased to how ferocious Ruby's pet can get. I'd hate to be on the other side of those jaws...
"Is that it?", Star giggled to herself, taking this as something funny as we all turned to face her with serious looks in our eyes. Is that it? She's sounding like she made the fucking thing! "I was expecting it to kill Frost and freeze Jace so I could play with them!"... E...E...EH?! What?!
"Huh?! Wait, what do you mean?! You wanted us to get killed?!", Jace shrieked in shock and fear as he took a couple steps back from Star whilst I blankly stared at her with my jaw dropped...
"More like get you both into girls so me and Melody could have some fun. But Noooo! Frost HAD to anticipate the shots of the canon and ruin the liquid nitrogen I placed inside of my machine. Oh well. At least I still have my spider and skeleton cages for later", She stated and gave me a wink with her right eye... A wink that sent chills down my spine... That... Idiot! What she did was illegal! What went through her mind?! Argh! Damn her! "Hehe. A quad triple sandwich!"... Fuck no! I don't even want to imagine that!... Argh! Why am I turning red?!
"Star! Did you but your head?!", Jace yelled at her, making her turn her head straight at him which made him gulp and take a step back in sudden fear, knowing all too well what Star is able to do. One second your a guy, the next your a girl strapped to a chair! "I... I'm sorry! Don't turn me into a-".
"This is the police! We have the building surrounded! We will forcefully enter the building! All civilians brace yourself!", A loud, megaphoned voice of a commanding officer exclaimed as the constant melody of emergency sirens sounded, approaching at a surprising speed from behind... Shit!
"Out of time!" White called out in worry as I looked down at my pistol clenched in my right hand, giving me a good idea of what to do...
"Guys! Act as civilians! Ruby! Call back Flame!", I cried before holding the gun down to my thigh, pressing the barrel as hard as possible as I gently pressed he black carbon fibre trigger with my index finger, ready to fully pull it back and injure myself, not wanting to explain a single THING to the police. Before my eyes, Flame ignited into a storm of flickering, razor sharp flames and died out into nothing but black, balloon-like smoke... Now!
I pulled the trigger, gritting my teeth to the shocking pain introduced into my very body, and at the same time the painful recoil which sent my hand straight up to my face, literally knocking me out cold for good... Shit! I was NOT prepared for that!... My vision blackened out entirely like a sunken rock deep into the abyss of the Mariana Trench...
White's POV
I lay alone in the grassy plains just outside of our homestead, laying down on my back as the spiky grass prickled my back and neck playfully, getting me to keep a warm smile. Today was a great day. A really great day. Lucky for us, the police sent us home because of some order and Frost is alright now thanks to Serenity. Haha! I can't believe he knocked himself out like that... Hmm... Frost...
My heart thumped a steady rhythm that matched my soul as I stared up into the crystal clear night sky, lost in wonder and amazement to the beautiful colours of he universe. Countless of shimmering stars glistening playfully around the moon as large red and blue clouds of dust towered in the sky. It's hard to believe those are billions of light years in length... We have yet to see everything this realm has to offer. And so as the other realms. I promise to never rest until I uncover everything in the entire universe... I want to do it all with him. Frost. I want to stay with him forever and follow him wherever he goes...
A soft, calming breeze blew from my left, causing he entire field and my hair to dance in it's influence, rustling in an amazing composition... Haha... The present Frost bought for me was smashed, so instead he promised to give me something more special... But... Being with him is more than enough. I love him so much... I remember that one night, he told me about the stars. About how even a few can shine the greatest light through darkness...
Till now, I can't quiet understand how and why Frost doesn't have any dangerous intentions... It's so strange yet... No. Mhm... I want him to stay like that forever...
"AHHHHH! I'm sorry Star!", I heard Chaos scream from far behind, making me chuckle quietly before taking in a deep breath of the cool, calming air that refreshed my lungs.
"You put a fifty cent coin inside of a massive box?! What the hell were you thinking?!", Star screamed out at the top of her lungs right as the front door slammed open and shut at an instant, causing me to blankly blink and reel my head backwards, scraping the tip of my head and white cat-like ears against the spiky grass that I laid on. The world that I saw through my light red eyes was now reversed as I watched a familiar figure approach me slowly, holding two plates and two bottles of soda in their hands... My ears twitched lightly, irritated to the feeling of the grass which forced me to shoot up and raise both my arms over my head, stretching them as the figure's footsteps became audible. It sounded like chips being scrunched up, but only a lot more calmer and soothing to the ears... Ahh! I love stretching my arms and back! It feels so good! I wonder who it is.
Twisting my body to the right, I smiled warmly at whoever it was and to my surprise, it was Frost. My heart skipped a beat as he smiled happily, stopping in his tracks before dropping down to his knees in one fluid motion... I was dumbstruck, deeply staring into his light blue and light red eyes that reflected mine like a mirror. No. Better than a mirror. He blinked, tilting his head to the right as I did so as well. Locked in a trance of love and amazement... He then tilted his head to the left, making me follow him in suit, causing him to laugh quietly and place down the plates and drinks to the side before slowly placing his right hand onto my head...
"Is something the matter White?", He asked me, rubbing his palm against my head in a circular motion which made me blush lightly
and snap me out of my trance. Both my ears twitched and rose up like the blades of a dagger as blinked and gave him a warm smile of happiness and love. "You seem kinda off. Are you tired?".
"No. I'm alright Frost... I'm just surprised to see you out here", I said to him truthfully as he continued to rub my head. The way he did is was unique and felt better than a massage. He did it with love and passion infused inside of his hands.
"Oh. I came out here to give you your dinner", He said, ceasing and pulling his right hand back to himself as I blinked, giving him a look that yearned for more... Aww... I didn't want him to stop. "Sorry White, but you need to eat", he said with a cheerful smile plastered across his face, making me go a slight red before I looked down to my right to see two white, plastic plates of minced meat and vegetables served with white sunflower rice and toe bottles of black soda placed vertically on the ground... Two plates? Wait, he didn't eat as well?
"Frost, why didn't you eat with the others inside?", I asked him, turning myself around to properly face him before I grabbed my plate with my right hand and passed it onto my left, then grabbing the white plastic spork with my right hand and dug in.
"Star tried to drug me with the help of Phase and Melody poured needles into cup of seven up. So I had to resort to coming out here and enjoy a meal with you", He explained simply as he too picked up his plate and dug in, taking in a mouthful of minced meat. In four seconds, he swallowed the food after chewing and asked me a question the moment I fed myself a spoonful of rice and meat. "Want to sleep out here tonight? All the snow is gone from the field"...
I thought about it whilst I chewed my food and found an answer almost immediately. "Sure. It's fine as long as it's with you...", I said, blushing terribly hard as I stared down at my plate in slight embarrassment. I could tell that he too was blushing hard. Hmm... "This is my present from you", I whispered... I'm not acting like my old self anymore... I'm now more feminine and... More meek when I'm just with Frost... Mmm! The food taste so good!
Star's POV
I spoke with Frost's father and he bestowed upon me a syringe that can allow Frost to turn into a girl whenever he wants to! Haha! Now I can abuse him to turn into a girl without having to kill him! Yes! Hehe... Merry Christmas Frost! I hope you enjoy your present well! Melody will be so happy! GAH! If only there was one for Jace as well! Too bad he isn't a spirit like Frost. It would've made things a lot more easier for me...
I wonder if Frost still thinks he's a mortal... No. I think he already knows. After all, you can't die twice... Then again, me and Chaos died and came back because of the Dark Death Life Light logic...
Drago's POV
I think I should postpone their trip a little more and figure out if it's better to go to the south or to the east first. Consider it being my present to them all for giving them some spare time...
Jace cannot leave this city at all costs. If he does, then we'll most definitely lose.
Frost's POV
Hmm? A present from Santa? I sat outside on the grassy plains, a good fifteen metres away from White who was fast asleep. The early morning sun shone it's left half only as the other was obstructed by the towering Mount Winterfall. Pink, fairy floss-like clouds dotted the purple sky amazingly, inducing a magical feeling into my very being as I stared down at the green cardboard box that had a white name tag in the centre... It had my name on it and 'Santa' on the top. It was kinda strange and had me thinking negatively about the box but... It's Christmas Day. So I don't think anyone would try to do something funny.
Slowly, I raised my right hand over the box's light green lid and peeled it open, hearing a distinct metallic click which chilled my bones. But I didn't move at all. Carefully and with dear anxiety, I looked inside to see four aluminium, dark grey cans which made me think for a brief second about what they were... I sighed, flipping the lid over to see FOUR steel key rings which literally caused my heart to skip a beat as sudden realisation smashed me across the face as hard as a freight train on a collision course straight for me... EXPLOSIVE CANISTERS! BOOOOM!... Nothing of myself was left in the explosion that instantly took its toll upon me... Argh! Dammit! I have to become my girl form again!
Jace's POV
From Santa? Please, I'm not going to fall for something like that! Frost was already blown up to bits and came back as a girl! There's no way in HELL that I'll let that happen to me! Damn... Alright... I need to stay calm or else I-
An intense, sharp pain struck the right of my neck, causing me to gasp as my eyes widened in agony... FUCK! I spoke too soon!
"Merry Christmas Jace! I guess things went my way after all!"... STAR! I'll kill her!... GAH!
Quarter's POV
Hmm... That Frost guy's weapon holds a lot of darkness... Maybe he'll have some information about Black Heart. I guess I'll have to go back to their school tomorrow and have a little word with him. If I don't find Black Heart in time, then my father will kill me...
I'm only following orders.