A/N: Hello, I'm KingSnow5092. This is my first Jungledyret story after watching the trilogy series and the TV series it became one of my favorite media especially with Hugo and Rita who make a cute couple although my favorite was "Hugo the Movie Star" because it was more exciting than the other series while the other two movies and the TV series were okay the second movie was super awesome in my opinion. Since I've watched the series during the Christmas season I've decided to do a Christmas story about this media also this idea has been in my head ever since I've watched the series also inspired by Hugo the Troll game series and the Felidae movie.

THIS IS MY 10TH STORY SO FAR AND I'M ON THE ROLL SO THIS IS MY 10TH STORY SPECIAL IN THE WAY!

Christmas is one my favorite holidays so I hope you enjoy this story and here's it is.

WARNING: This story has been Rated T for teen readers. This story contains moderate violence, blood, language, dark themes, and intense scary action scenes. If you're 13 or under then please click the back button now but if you're 13 or older then continue on because this story is for teenagers 13 or older only!

Disclaimer: The Jungledyret franchise, characters, movies, and other media of the franchise belongs to the property of A. Film Productions and Miramax Films. The music and songs that are played and sung in this story belong to their owners as well. But however, my own version of the franchise, original characters, stories, AU ideas, my version or parody of the music and songs, and many more non-related stuffs belongs to the property of me! Thank-you and enjoy!

A Very Furry Christmas Night

Chapter 1: Stormy Night

Written by: KingSnow5092

Deep in the heart of Junglandia there was a large cave where two animals slept inside of their names were Hugo and Rita they had been best friends ever since they had first met each other at the city zoo in Copenhagen, Denmark. They had many adventures together like escaping criminals and bounty hunters, being on the ship, exploring the world, being washed out of the jungle after the huge flood, joining the circus, searching for Santa Claus, and many more adventures until they had eventually made their home in Junglandia where Hugo was born. It was their new home inside the secret cave that nobody knows about except for their friends to keep safe from predators and poachers who wanted to go after them.

Hugo was a male yellow koala with black eyes, round ears, a brown nose, sharp teeth, light yellow inner-fur, primate-like arms and legs, and a short bushy tail and Rita was a female red fox with blue eyes, black tipped curved ears, a black nose, sharp teeth, white muzzle/inner-fur, black paws, and a long fluffy tail with a white tip on it. Inside the cave was very large with rocky brown walls, rocky brown floor, and several green moss cushions covering the floor at the end of the cave where Hugo and Rita were sleeping upon peacefully together. It was their home in the jungle where nobody would bother them.

If the weather was rotten then they would go see their human friend named Meatball Charlie who now lives in his ship home near the jungle where he would take care of them and cook them all kinds of food all day long when they were hungry or if there was nothing to eat in the jungle. Meatball Charlie was a male Caucasian-American human with brown eyes, short red hair, big pink lips, freckled face, long nose, slender arms, and legs, wearing a red shirt, blue pants, a chef hat, a white apron, and black boots. He was the first human who was nice to Hugo and Rita and the only human who didn't want to hurt them he was their owner now and promised to protect them no matter what.

Also, with help from Dr. Loongoffer who was now friends with Hugo, Rita, and Charlie he made a protection program to keep Hugo and his friends safe from harm and it worked nobody had been able to capture them ever since. Yes, it was very peaceful for all of them or so they thought when this coming holiday season it will change for all of them very soon.

Rita awoke to the sound of her stomach growling with hunger she opened her eyes, blinked a few times, she got up, yawned, stretched like a cat, scratched her ear, and she sat up from the floor as she looked down and rubbed her stomach as it growled in hunger.

"It must be lunch time." Rita said as she giggled.

She then turned to see her boyfriend Hugo was still sleeping like a baby. She smiled at him, she then walked over to him, she leaned her head down toward him, and she kissed him on the cheek.

"I'll be back soon, Hugo, I'm looking to hunt for my food." She whispered to him.

"OK." Hugo mumbled as he turned around in his sleep.

Rita giggled at this then she walked out of the cave and walked into the jungle to hunt down her lunch for today.

Rita walked deep into the jungle looking from left to right for something to eat she would get some berries, bananas, nuts, and other jungle food that was safe to eat or she would go to her human friend's house to get some of his famous meatball dumplings to eat but she wanted something different for a change like fresh meat since she was a predator after all. She did feel bad for killing the other animals in the jungle for food but she needed to eat to live and luckily for her the other animals understood her reason for hunting in the jungle after all the jungle needs to keep its balance in nature or otherwise there would be too much prey running around in the jungle.

Besides, she was a friendly predator who only hunted to live not like the other predators who hunted for fun and to be mean to the other animals like Sharpclaw the Jaguar or Al the Alligator. She only hunted to live and she was glad that they understood her reason and she knew that she only did it to live after all foxes were omnivores to must eat meat to live and keep their diet in balance but she still felt bad sometimes for hunting. So, sometimes she decided to eat the dead animals like scavengers would so she doesn't feel so bad after all they were already dead anyways so she decided to do that instead but she will hunt live animals from time to time if it was necessary that is.

She then spotted something nearby the lake so she slowly crawled toward the bushes, jumped inside, and poked out her head to get a better look to see a large male gray possum lying down on his back with his legs up and resting in the sun. She licked her lips in delight she had just found her lunch for today! She quickly ducked back into the bushes then she slowly crawled out of the bushes toward the possum until she was close enough to him then she crouched back and pounced on the possum! She held him down as she lowered her head to sink her teeth into him when she noticed that the possum wasn't moving or putting up the fight at all.

Rita was confused by this so she slowly lowered her ear toward the possum's chest but she didn't hear a heartbeat and when she got a closer look at him she realized that it was an elderly possum who had died earlier from natural causes. She sighed sadly as she bowed her head, crossed her heart, and whispered a silent prayer for the possum. After a while, she then raised her head up and she began to chow down on the possum's corpse until there was nothing left but his skeletal remains. She licked her lips and burped after the wonderful lunch she had just had then she walked toward the lake, she lowered her head, and drank the water from it.

She then splashed her face with the water to clean off the blood from it so the bugs wouldn't bother her. After that she looked into her reflection she smiled as she winked at herself.

"Ah, that's much better!" Rita shouted.

She then turned around and was about to walk back to her home when she heard a low growling sound coming from behind her she stopped in her tracks, she turned her head around, and she gasped in horror to see a large male green alligator with yellow eyes, a long green snout, sharp teeth, claws, dark green spikes along his back, large arms and legs, light green underbelly, and a large green tail with dark green spikes on it named Al coming out from the lake and began to walk toward her with a hungry look on his face. She gasped in horror he was one of the mean predators who hunted down animals for fun!

Al had been hunting her down ever since she had first come to the jungle with Hugo. She had thought that she had lost him during the escape from the bounty hunters but she was wrong he was back and this time he was even more hungry than ever!

"Oh shit! I better get out of here before I become his lunch!" She shouted.

She then ran into the jungle with the alligator chasing her down after her.

Rita ran into the middle of the jungle which was surrounded by several trees, large green bushes, a large brown dirt road, and in a middle of the jungle was a large light brown quicksand pit which bubbled like chocolate pudding on the stove most animals would avoid this part of the jungle because of the pit they didn't want to get suck into the quicksand like some of the dinosaurs did in tarpits a long time ago luckily Hugo warned all his jungle friend about the quicksand pit and knew to stay away from it but unfortunately Hugo had forgotten to warn Rita about the quicksand pit after they had returned to the jungle and soon she'll end up into a sticky situation!

Rita was beginning to run out of breath so she stopped in the middle of the quicksand pit, she turned around, and she sat down on the pit as she tried to catch her breath but as she did the alligator soon caught up to her! She gasped as she stared at the reptile with a scared face with her eyes widened and her jaw dropped as she shook in fear. The alligator was about to walk toward her when he noticed what she was standing on his eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped he quickly backed away from the quicksand pit. Al stared at the quicksand pit with a scared face as he shook in fear too. Rita looked at him confused she then looked down at the pit and smiled thinking that it was a mud pit and the gator was afraid of getting dirty.

She grinned evilly then she scooped up some of the sand and tossed it at him as it hit him right square in his eyes! The gator screamed as he tried to wipe away the sand from his eyes he then turned around and ran away from the quicksand pit.

"Yeah! You better run you coward!" She shouted at him.

She then laughed as she closed her eyes at the gator's fear and she thought she was safe now but little did she know is that how wrong she was and how right the gator was to be afraid of the pit because it wasn't a mud pit it was a quicksand pit as Rita began to sink slowly into the pit.

In another part of the jungle, a small male gray possum was leaning against the tree with a scared face as Sharpclaw who was a male black jaguar with yellow eyes, short round ears, black nose, whiskers, sharp white teeth, muscular-figured, black paws, claws, and a long black tail was standing right in front of him with a hungry look on his face with his claw raised in the air ready to slash and eat him.

"Now, I have you my little gray friend any last words before I eat you?" Sharpclaw asked.

The possum stood there motionless until he saw Al coming right up behind the jaguar while trying to rub his eyes to get the sand out of it when he saw that he smiled widely confidently and he turned to the jaguar as he crossed his arms.

"Yeah, look behind you the gator is coming toward you!" The possum shouted as he pointed behind him.

The black jaguar laughed and said. "Yeah right! Do you really think I'm going to fall for that?"

The jaguar then heard a scream coming from behind he then turned around and gasped in horror to see that the alligator was coming right toward him! Al suddenly slipped on some wet mud and began to slide toward the jaguar! The possum quickly climbed up the tree and hid in the hole safe from harm. Sharpclaw's eyes wide grew he tried to run away but it was already too late as the gator bumped into him, they both slammed into the tree, two coconuts fell, and they bonked them on the head! Sharpclaw and Al got knocked out with dazed looks on their faces and their arms around each other like they were drunken friends who had one too many beers at the bar. The possum laughed at this then he ducked back into his hole.

Meanwhile, Rita was sitting on top of the quicksand still laughing until she took a deep breath to calm herself down then she was about to walk away when she felt something pulling her down she looked down to see that her legs were stuck in the quicksand pit she tried to pull them out but to no avail she pulled even harder and harder but she still couldn't get out of the pit then she realized that she was sinking deeper and deeper into the quicksand pit! She gasped in horror she tried to get out but she couldn't and she began to sink up to her waist until she held her arms up into the air and screamed.

"HUGO HELP!" She screamed.

Back in the cave, Hugo awoke from his nap as he stood up, yawned, stretched, scratched himself, blinked a few times, and he smiled to himself.

"Wow! That was a great nap!" Hugo exclaimed cheerfully.

He then turned around to see that Rita wasn't there with him his eyes grew wide as he gasped with his paws covering his mouth he looked around the cave for any sight of his fox friend but she was nowhere to be seen! He quickly ran out of the cave, into the jungle, and swung from vine to vine while calling out her name.

"Rita! Where are you!?" Hugo cried out.

"HUGO HELP!" Rita cried out.

Hugo gasped when he heard her voice he quickly swung toward the middle of the jungle and stood on top of the branch of the tree as he looked down to see the most horrific sight! Rita was up to her waist into the quicksand pit with her arms in the air with a scared face while screaming for help. Hugo slapped himself he had forgotten to warn Rita about the quicksand pit in the middle of the jungle and now she was sinking into it! Hugo then put on the determined face as he clenched his fists together.

"Hang on Rita!" Hugo shouted to her.

Hugo grabbed a vine nearby, he gripped it tightly, he jumped down from the tree, he swung toward the pit with his arm stretched out, he grabbed Rita tightly, he plucked her out of the quicksand pit, they swung toward the entrance area, he let go of the vine, and they both landed on the ground together. Hugo and Rita smiled at each other as Rita wrapped her arms around him into a hug and Hugo wrapped his arms around her pulling her into a hug too. Hugo and Rita hugged each other for a while as Hugo patted her on the back and Rita rubbed her head into his chest as she whimpered a bit from what had happened earlier.

"Are you okay, Rita?" Hugo asked softly.

"Oh Hugo, I was so scared I thought I was going to die!" She said in a scared tone.

"Shh, there, there, it's okay you're safe now everything's going to be okay." Hugo assured her softly.

"Thank you Hugo for saving me." Rita said as she smiled a bit.

"You're welcome Rita after all that's what friends are for." Hugo said softly.

After a while, they pulled away from the hug as they smiled at each other.

"What happened Rita?" Hugo asked her.

"Well, I was hungry so I've decided to go into the jungle for some lunch after I had my lunch I went to get a drink of water but after I did a large gator tried to eat me for his lunch but I was lucky to have him stop chasing me after I was standing on that mud pit over there which made him scared so I chucked some mud at him and he ran off scared of the mud pit I thought that I was safe but I was wrong as I began to sink into that mud pit over there and I almost drowned in it!" Rita explained as she pointed to the pit next to her.

Hugo shook his head and said. "Rita! That's not a mud pit! That's a quicksand pit!"

"Quicksand?" Rita asked as she raised her eyebrow at her.

Hugo nodded.

"That's right quicksand is like mud but softer and stickier it will suck you in if you move around inside of it the more you struggle the harder it is to get out!" Hugo explained.

Rita gasped as she covered her mouth with her paws.

"Well, no wonder I couldn't get out!" Rita exclaimed.

"Yeah, it was kinda my fault too because I forgot to tell you about the quicksand pit in the jungle I'm sorry Rita." Hugo said as he looked down with his arms behind his back in shame.

Rita smiled as she placed her paw on his shoulder he looked up at her smiling face.

"Don't worry Hugo I forgive you after all with you around I won't have to be scared of the jungle anymore." Rita assured him.

Hugo smiled back at her and said. "Thanks Rita and with you around I don't have to be scared of being captured anymore either."

Rita then stood up to his height, she placed her paws on his shoulders, and she kissed him on the cheek after she sat back down Hugo blushed a bright red as he held his cheek with a goofy smile on his face as Rita giggled at this.

"Mama? Do I have to fly?" A voice asked from above.

Hugo and Rita looked around to see where the source of the voice came from until they looked up to see a large female black toucan and a small male black toucan talking to each other about learning to fly the female was the mother and the male was a child she was teaching her child how to fly but the son was too scared of flying because he was afraid that he might fall down and get hurt or worse he could die! The mother was assuring her child would be alright since she promised that she would catch him if anything went wrong. He trusts his mother but he is still scared that she might not catch him in time or something worse might happen to him.

"Now honey it's going to be okay I'll be there to catch you." The mother assured him as she placed her wing around him.

"Do you promise?" He asked.

She nodded to him and said. "I promise."

The young toucan took a deep breath then he smiled at her.

"OK! I'll be brave!" He shouted as he swung his wing across his chest.

She smiled as she nodded to him and said. "I know you will!"

The young toucan walked toward the end of the branch, he closed his eyes, he flapped his wings, he jumped off the branch, he began to fall but he managed to hover above the ground, and he flew around the sky. He opened his eyes to realized that he was flying across the sky! The toucan was proud of himself and his mother was proud of him too! The young toucan flew around for some time until he began to grow tired so he landed back on the nest where his mother was standing in the nest with a smile on her face, tears of joy streaming down her face, and her wings clasped together in pride. He smiled back at her with his wings on his hips he was proud of himself too.

"I did it mommy I flew!" The son exclaimed cheerfully.

"Yes you did! I'm so proud of you!" The mother exclaimed cheerfully.

They both hugged each other as down below Hugo and Rita were cheering and clapping for the young toucan's success of flying but then Rita stopped clapping and cheering as she looked down sadly as memories of her family came back to her like when her mother was proud of her for hunting so well, playing around with her siblings, and other fun memories as well. She felt tears stinging her eyes as she wiped them away then she stood up and walked back to the cave without another word. Hugo stopped clapping and cheering as he turned around to see Rita walking back home slowly and sadly. He frowned when he saw his girlfriend like that so he decided to follow her to see what was wrong with her.

Later, Rita was lying down on the cushions as tears rolled down her cheeks she missed her family back at home in Copenhagen, Denmark and she wondered how they were doing right now her mother was probably worried about where she had gone to and was searching for her all over the place but it would be fruitless because she was in the jungle with her friend and she wouldn't find her in her home country anywhere. She missed her family very much. Sure, her mother can be strict and her siblings can be annoying sometimes but she still loves them and misses them very much she wants to go back home to see them again but she doesn't know how she could do that.

Hugo peered his head into the mouth of the cave with a concerned look on his face then he walked into the cave, he sat down next to Rita, and he placed his paw on her shoulder. She looked up to him with a tear-stained face as she wiped her eyes away from her tears.

"Rita? What's wrong?" Hugo asked.

"I miss my family back home in Copenhagen, Denmark." Rita answered.

Hugo frowned he had forgotten about her family back in her home country he felt guilty for taking her away from her family but they were in danger from Cuppman and his goons he didn't want her to get hurt because of him he was so glad that Rita had told her siblings to get back into the den or otherwise they would've been in danger too. He still remembered after his fallout with Rita that he overheard Cuppman telling his plan to the movie star about how he was going to capture him and get the dogs to eat Rita! It was bad enough the man wanted him because he was a rare animal but wanting to kill Rita was even worse he was probably going to turn Rita into a fur coat afterwards!

"Rita, I'm sorry I took you away from your family." Hugo said as he bowed his head in shame.

Rita smiled as she placed her paw on his shoulder he turned around to face her.

"Don't worry about it Hugo you were only trying to protect me besides it was Cuppman's fault he was after you and probably would've captured me too." She assured him.

Hugo smiled as he nodded his head to her and said. "Yeah, you're right! It was all his fault and he's in jail now for his crimes."

They both nodded in agreement as they smiled at each other warmly.

After a while, Rita frowned sadly as she stood up from the cushions, she walked out of the cave, she sat down on the edge of the cliff, and she looked up at the twilight red sky as the sun began to set and the pink clouds passing by in the sky as she thought about her home and her family. Hugo walked up next to her with a sad face and he placed his arm around her to help comfort her. She sighed as she looked down at the ground and decided to sing to make herself feel better.

Rita: Home, home, I want to go home

Home, home, I want to go home

I'm homesick for Copenhagen,

I'm homesick for my den

I miss all my friends

Back in the city

I'm homesick for my brothers,

I'm homesick for my sister

I miss my adventures

scrolling through the streets at night

As she was singing she looked up at the clouds as she pictured them in shape of the city, her den, her friends, and her siblings as they passed by the twilight sky as she continued to sing.

Home, home, I want to go home

Home, home, I want to go home

I miss my mommy

And hunting with her for food

I miss playing with my siblings

And fighting with them for fun

She continued to picture the clouds in shape of her mother, herself with her mother hunting down food, and herself playing with her siblings as she continued to sing some more.

I have to go home

I have to start trying

It's not fun in here

All alone in the jungle

Home, home, I want to go home

Home, home, I want to go home

After she was done singing, she hung her head low as she broke down in tears. She then turned around, ran back into the cave, she lied down on her stomach on top of the moss cushions, and she sobbed into her arms hysterically. Hugo walked into the cave as he watched his friend cried her heart out he sighed sadly he hated to see his girlfriend like this so he walked up to her, he sat down on his knees in front of her, he wrapped his arms around her as he pulled her into a hug, she accepted his embrace, and she hugged him back. Hugo and Rita hugged as he rubbed her back up and down gently and she buried her head in his chest as she cried into it.

The koala let the fox cry into his chest as he rubbed her back gently to soothe and comfort as he thought about what he could do to help her out then he had an idea maybe he could try to get her back home after all she had helped him get him back to his home in the jungle it was only fair that he helps his fox friend back to her home in the city. He smiled and nodded that what he could do help her out by bringing her back home to the city in Copenhagen, Denmark! But how? Then he remembered their human friend Meatball Charlie maybe he could take them back to Copenhagen, Denmark for a visit! Hugo nodded to himself that's what he was going to do! He was going to help his fox friend get back home to Copenhagen, Denmark!

"Rita, I just had a great idea." Hugo said.

"What's that?" She asked.

"Well, how would you like to go back home to Copenhagen?" Hugo suggested.

Rita lifted her head up to him and asked. "Really?"

Hugo nodded.

"Yeah, after all you've helped me out to get back to my home in the jungle it's only fair that I help you get back to your home in the city." Hugo responded.

Rita smiled widely as she wiped away the tears from her eyes and said. "Oh, Hugo! Thank you! I would love that!"

"You're welcome, Rita! That's what friends are for!" Hugo said, winking at her.

Hugo and Rita continued to hug each other until they pulled away from the hug to smile at each other and let go of one another but then Rita looked at him with a confused face.

"Hugo? How are we going back to the city?" Rita asked.

Hugo placed his finger on his chin and said. "I haven't really thought of that."

"But don't worry we'll think of something!" Hugo assured her.

The fox nodded to him in agreement they knew they'll think of the way to get back home to the city then the two of them placed their fingers on their chins as they thought of the way to get back home to Copenhagen, Denmark.

"Hugo! Rita!" A voice called out.

They turned around to see Meatball Charlie walking toward them as he waved to them. They waved back to him as he stopped right in front of them and knelt down on his knees to their heights to speak to them. "I just wanted to let you two know that Christmas is coming very soon and I was wondering where you two would like to go during the holidays to celebrate Christmas since the jungle doesn't have many places to celebrate the holidays in." Charlie explained to them. Hugo and Rita looked and smiled at each other they knew exactly where they wanted to go for Christmas.

Hugo knelt down on the ground, he wrote "Copenhagen, Denmark" in the dirt, he stood up, he pointed at the words in the dirt to the man, he read it, and he looked up at them as he nodded his head to them. "That's a great place to go in fact my mother lives in that city it would be a perfect place to spend Christmas there I just have to pack up my things, call my mother, and we'll be on our way!" He responded. He then stood up and walked back home to get ready for the trip. Hugo and Rita smiled at each other once again and they high-fived each other they were going back home to Copenhagen, Denmark especially Rita!

"See Rita! I told you I find the way to bring you back home!" Hugo told her.

Rita nodded and said. "Yes, you sure did!"

"Not only that but Christmas is coming! I hope we meet Santa Claus very soon!" Hugo exclaimed cheerfully.

"I hope so too because the last time we didn't get far because of the cold and snowy weather!" Rita agreed, nodding.

"Well, we'll just have to wait and see." Hugo said, shrugging his shoulders.

Rita giggled and said. "Yes, we will see."

Later that night…

The large white ship sailed across the ocean as large gray clouds came rolling into the night sky as snow began to fell and the gust of strong wind blew across the seas there was going to be a winter storm coming very soon but luckily the passengers were safe inside the ship as it sailed toward its destination which was Copenhagen, Denmark. Inside one of the rooms, Hugo and Rita were resting on the bed as Charlie was making them dinner in the kitchen as he was making them dinner they were watching TV in the room it was a Christmas special about the boy named Charlie Brown who was putting on the play but his friends weren't cooperating with him and tried to setup a small Christmas tree which was broken.

They laughed at the part where Lucy was complaining about how Snoopy licked her face and thought she was poisoned by the dog's lick then they turned to face each other with warm smiling faces.

"This is such a nice room with you and me together." Rita said.

"Yeah, it's so warm and cozy in here to snuggle." Hugo said.

They both giggled as they rubbed noses together as they did the door opened to Charlie with a plate full of meatball dumplings they turned around to see their human friend.

"Oh, I'm sorry I'm I interrupting something?" Charlie asked.

Hugo and Rita giggled then they sat up on the bed while staring at their human friend as he placed the plate of meatball dumplings on the bed, he walked toward the door, he closed and locked it so nobody would see them, he then walked back to the bed, and he sat down with his animal friends. The three of them ate their dinner together until there was one meatball dumpling left on the plate Hugo and Rita reached for the dumpling until they noticed that there was only one left, they looked at each other, and they gestured for them to have the last one but neither of them wanted it. Hugo then had an idea, he picked up the dumpling, he tore it apart, he handed one to Rita, she took it from him, and they both ate the dumpling together.

Hugo and Rita hugged as they rubbed their noses together as Charlie stared at them with a warm smile on his face and his hands clasped together at the warming scene before him he was happy to see his friends be together like a couple but then suddenly they felt a large bump as the ship rocked back and forth the trio looked around wondering what had happened then a loud alarm went off all around the room as the three of them looked up to the source of the sound which was coming from the speaker.

"ATTENTION! THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING WE HAD STRUCK A LARGE ROCK AND THE SHIP IS BEGINNING TO SINK PLEASE EXCUATE THE SHIP IMMEDEILTY!" The voice boomed out from the speaker.

The trio gasped in horror after they had heard that then the man quickly stood up, he ran over to the corner to grab his large duffel bag, he swung it around his shoulder, he grabbed his two friends, he carried them in his arms as they held on tightly, he unlocked and opened the door, he ran down the corridor, and they got to the lifeboat area to see the other passengers were panicking while trying to get into the lifeboats for safety. Some were fighting, some were pushing and shoving, some even jumped into the sea to swim for safety, and some were letting other people to get into the lifeboat before they do. Some of them were helping others but some were fighting for their own safety it was chaos on the ship!

Charlie was glad to see that some of the passengers were helping each other but he was very sad to see that some of them were fighting for their own lives letting the others die and he was even scared to see some of them jumping off the ship to swim for safety when the water was very cold and they could drown easily he shook his head what was this world coming to? He then looked around to see a spare lifeboat in the distance with nobody around it! He sighed in relief knowing that he didn't have to fight anyone for the lifeboat so he quickly ran toward the lifeboat, he placed down his animal friends, he all put on their own life jackets, they got on the boat together, they lowered it, and they rowed away from the ship to safety.

A Few Hours Later…

The winter storm had managed to calm down while the snow is falling more gently and the wind was still blowing more smoothly. The waves were slightly rough but not too rough for the three friends to make it to their destination safely. Hugo and Rita were huddled together as they looked up at the night sky gazing at the stars twinkling above after some of the clouds had disappeared as Charlie was rowing the boat toward the docks of the city. The three of them stared in awe at the city before them as it was decorated for the upcoming Christmas season! The Christmas lights had been hung across the buildings, inflatable Santa, reindeer, and other inflatable characters around the city, Christmas reefs hung on doors, trees decorated for the season, "Happy Holidays" banners hung across the city, and many more decorations around the city making it look like a Christmas candy shop for everyone to see.

"We're almost there guys!" Charlie shouted cheerfully.

Hugo and Rita cheered as they waved their arms in the air they were almost to their destination and Rita was going to see her family very soon after they get settled into the house where Charlie's mother lives that is. But then Hugo and Rita heard something in the distance they turned around and gasped in horror to see a large tidal wave coming right toward them! They quickly ran up to their human friend and they shouted and pointed at the wave behind him trying to warn him about the danger that was coming right toward them! Charlie didn't understand why his friends were acting like this as he looked at them in confusion.

"What is it, guys?" Charlie asked.

Hugo jumped onto the man, he turned his head around, and he pointed to the tidal wave coming right toward them after that Hugo jumped off the man as Charlie turned around to see his friends as he understood what they were warning him about.

"Oh, the tidal wave is coming right toward us." Charlie said, nodding.

Charlie continued to row the boat until his eyes widened and he gasped in horror as he suddenly realized what they had just warned him about!

"THE TIDAL WAVE?!" Charlie screamed as he turned his head around to see the wave again.

The trio screamed in terror Charlie rowed the boat very quickly to get away from the tidal wave as soon as he reached the dock the huge wave swept them from underneath the boat and it tossed them across the air and over the docks where Hugo and Charlie landed into a large opened box of rotten fruit which was soft enough to cushioned their landing and Rita was thrown into the opened back of a large blue truck which had pillows inside of them that cushioned her landing too luckily nobody was hurt but they were knocked out from the landing though. As they flew across the sky their life jackets came off from the force with Rita's life jacket landing near the dock, Hugo's landed on top of Rita, and Charlie's near the box of fruit along with the duffel bag as well.

The truck driver came out from the diner as he wiped his mouth with his sleeve from the dinner he had earlier he then walked toward the back of the truck, he closed the door, he walked to the driver side, he opened the door, he got into his truck, he closed the door, he buckled his seatbelt, he started the car, and he drove down the road to make his deliveries to the stores that needed more pillows. A little later, the driver was driving down the road when he hit a speed bump causing the back of his truck to opened a bit as Rita, who was still on the pillow fell out of his truck and he drove down the road without even noticing it.

Rita was still on the pillow with her claws clutched tightly on it and Hugo's life jacket on top of her which stuck to her after it landed on her she was still knocked out from the fall though as she tumbled down the hill, hit a rock, sent flying across the sky, above the train tracks, and she landed on top of a small hill with a large snow-covered orange fox den in front of it. She was back in front of her home where her family lived but she wasn't awake to notice it yet! She was right back home! A young adult female red fox with green eyes, short, curved ears, a black nose, sharp teeth, slightly curved figure, black paws, and a long bushy tail with a white tip named Frida on it walked out of the den after she heard something outside.

"What was that?" Frida wondered.

She then looked down to see Rita lying on the pillow with the life jacket on top of her she smiled as she sighed in relief because she was Rita's mother and she had been looking for her after the humans tried to capture her and Hugo and she was relieved to see her daughter finally coming back home after all these years.

"Rita! You're home!" She shouted quietly.

She then grabbed the pillow with her mouth and she dragged her inside of the den.

Meanwhile, Hugo and Charlie awoke as they moaned in pain, stood up, and rubbed their heads from the fall that they had just taken.

"Hugo? Are you okay?" Charlie asked.

Hugo nodded his head and gave him a thumbs up.

"Good, I'm fine too." Charlie said, nodding.

Hugo and Charlie then noticed something was wrong as they looked around.

"Hang on where's your fox friend?" Charlie asked.

Hugo gasped as he looked around the area wondering where Rita had gone to.

He looked and looked but there was no sign of her anywhere!

"Rita!" Hugo called out.

There was no response.

"Rita!" He called out again.

Still no response.

Hugo ran toward the docks looking from left to right to find anything sign of his fox friend but there was no sign of her anywhere until he spotted something nearby he quickly ran toward it and gasped in horror to see that it was Rita's life jacket soaking wet from the tidal wave. He knelt down on both of his knees, he picked up the life jacket, he examined it, and he gasped in horror as he looked down at the water below the docks fearing the worst that might have happened to Rita. Hugo stared at his reflection with a scared and sad face then he looked back at the life jacket, he closed his eyes, and he held the jacket close to him as tears rolled down his face believing that Rita had drowned during the tidal wave.

"No." He whispered quietly.

Charlie walked up to him to see his koala friend hugging the life jacket close to him with tears in his eyes he knelt down on his knees as he placed his hand on his shoulder he looked up at the man and held up the jacket as he pointed to the water below telling him what had happened to Rita. The man gasped in horror as he understood what had happened to Rita then the man crawled toward the dock and looked in the water below fearing the worst too. Hugo then broke down crying as he hugged the jacket close to himself. Then Charlie picked up Hugo as he hugged him close and rubbed his back to comfort him as tears rolled down the man's face too.

"I'm sorry Hugo I'm really am." Charlie said softly.

Charlie then stood up, he carried Hugo across the docks, he picked up his duffel bag, he swung it across his shoulder, he walked over to the bus stop, they waited for a bus, the bus had arrived, they got onto the bus, Charlie paid the driver, they took their seats, and they drove down to the house where they were going to celebrate Christmas with his mother. But this year it's going to be a very blue Christmas for them without their fox friend Rita or so they thought.

A/N: End of Chapter 1. What a wild ride but we're just getting started! Rita is finally back home to her family but Hugo and Charlie believed that she's dead by drowning in the sea after the wave had taken them over but luckily they'll soon find out that she's alive and well very soon after they found out about that it's going to be a very Merry Christmas for all of them! In the next chapter: Rita wakes up to her family surrounding her she's very happy to be with her family again but she also thinks that Hugo and Charlie had died after the wave had hit them but she too will be wrong after she finds out that they're still alive but an old enemy from Rita's past returns to frame her for revenge after what she did to him! Stay tuned to see more.

Fun Fact #1: The song where Rita sings about wanting to go home is from Madeline and The Gypsies episode from Madeline. I don't own the song it belongs to the property of its owners but I do own the parody of it and this story.

Fun Fact #2: The Charlie Brown Christmas special in this chapter is the Easter Egg to that Christmas special especially the scene where Lucy gets kissed by Snoopy I've always found that scene funny as a child! I don't own the Charlie Brown franchise it belongs to its owners but the reference to it I kinda own and I do own this story.

Fun Fact #3: I'm calling Hugo the koala in this story because he looks more like a koala to me I know that he's a rare jungle species but I like calling him a koala better. I think he might be a koala-primate hybrid but I could be wrong but he still looks more like a koala to me.

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