New Year's with Shimmer and Shine:
NOTE: The 4th holiday collaboration story with a friend.
It was 9:00pm, on December 31, 2020, New Year's Eve. At Shimmer and Shine's palace, the magical humanoids and humans were getting ready to celebrate it.
Shimmer: (excited) It's almost the new year, sis!
Shine: (also excited) Yeah, it is!
Leah: I'm hoping the new year will be better than this one.
Zac: Yes, with more places being open.
Zeta: (holding Morain) Does anyone feel like going to Times Square in New York to see the ball drop for ourselves?
Marlin: I love that, dear. But how would we get there?
Shimmer and Shine cleared their throats, and then Marlin noticed...
Marlin: Oh, yeah! We got genies.
Kaz: (nervous) Are you sure it's a good idea to go to New York right now? The coronavirus is still lingering out there.
Zac: Kaz, it won't be too crowded there this year. Some people aren't going there because of that.
William: Besides, we'll have masks on to protect us.
Mary: I've been wanting to go to a public event for months!
Calady: I figure we should all have a snack first before we go!
Shine: All right! I'm ready!
Zeta: (shakes her head) Fine, then.
Everyone had a small snack of a piece of chocolate fudge cake with a cup of apple cider. After they all finished, Leah then said to her genies, 'I wish we were all in New York City, with a limousine to take us to Times Square!'
Shine: Boom Zahramay! First wish of the night! Shimmer and Shine, wish granted, divine! (claps her hands)
With a flash, everyone appeared in an empty area in the city, with a huge purple limousine on the street...
Marlin: (chuckles) Well, this is impressive.
Calady: (shakes his head amusingly) Pretty flashy.
Shimmer: I glad you think so, Calady, because You're going to drive us there!
Calady: Alright, then, let's go!
Everyone then got in the limo, (with Zeta strapping Morain into a baby seat) and Calady, with the GPS (Global Positioning System) tracker, drove all of them to Times Square, where the New Year's Eve celebration was happening. Everyone was wearing jackets, plus Zac and Kaz had black ties on for the event. They were still people there,
but the crowd was smaller due to the pandemic. For the next hour and a half, the magical humanoids and humans mingle with some of the other people there, danced to music to the band, and saw some performers sing songs on stage.
All the lights were beautiful. It was now 11:30pm. Everyone was starting to feel tired...
Mary: (yawning) Wow, I hope I don't fall asleep.
Calady: Mary, do you want to go lay down?
Mary: No, Mom, I'll still gonna stay up.
The gang took some pictures of Times Square to celebrate the occasion. With that, 10 more minutes had passed. The team noticed that Zac was not with them...
Leah: Um, guys, where's Zac?
Zeta: Oh, I thought he was right here.
Shimmer: We need to look for him!
Everyone looked for him amongst the crowd, until William saw something over it...
William: Look over there! A news reporter is talking to Zac.
The gang walked out of the crowd, and saw Zac with a male news reporter...
Reporter: So, how much fun are you having on this night?
Zac: A whole lot of fun!
They went to Zac and the reporter, who noticed them...
Reporter: Are these people with you?
Zac: Yes, they're good friends of mine.
The reporter then spoke to the humans and magical humanoids, asking how they were enjoying the event. Everyone talked to the reporter about this themselves. After the interview was over, 15 more minutes had passed. It was now 11:55pm, 5 minutes
before the new year would begin...
Shine: It's almost time, guys!
Calady: (holding a bottle) Let's all have a bubbly drink to celebrate!
The drink was sparkling water, so everyone had a glass of it. After they all finished a glass of it, it was 11:59pm, 1 minute before the new year would happen. The countdown started, and everyone was counting down from 60. Soon, it got down to 10 seconds. Then the crowd chanted '5-4-3-2-1!', and then cheered when the ball dropped. It was now officially 12:00 midnight, on January 1, 2021...
Wiliam: (happily) Happy New Year, everyone!
Marlin: Same to you, brother-in-law!
Leah: Here's to a better new year! (held her glass up, with everyone doing the same)
The whole gang celebrated with the crowd, as confetti dropped down from above. 'An instrumental version of 'Auld Lang Syne' played, followed by Frank Sinatra's 'New York, New York'. At 12:10am, the gang was ready to go home...
Mary: (yawns) Alright, I'm ready to go to sleep now.
Calady: (whispers) But how can we leave without being seen?
Shimmer: (whispers again) Leave it to us genies!
The team went back into the limo, and Calady got in the driver's seat, But the genies turn the windows black, and had the limo magically drove back to the empty area, where there, it disappeared, and brought everyone back to the genie's palace. Everyone then slept there for the night. They thought it was going to be a great new year.
