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A/N: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! I hope everyone's having a great Christmas, and that you're all getting presents! I know I'm super excited for Christmas, and seeing my family and friends! I'm posting a special for this because I love this holiday (Sorry Thanksgiving), and because it's such an important one! We're going to be welcoming the KOTLC characters to it (besides Sophie) and it's gonna to be a lot of fun so stay tune for this chapter. Also, I would like to thank you all for supporting me!
L: Hello once again, L! I really do appreciate your comment and your reply back to me, and I am just so happy right now knowing that people actually enjoy my stories! I don't know if I would have the motivation to write a whole Minecraft story- but I might consider it. I'll probably finish a couple more Minecraft chapters on this story, and I might then start a new story specifically for the KOTLC characters being in Minecraft. But don't get your hopes up, because I'm a very, very lazy person (yes, I admit it), but it is a possibility. I'll just have to figure out how to make the plot line different and a bit slower, considering my characters (Flower) won't be there to teleport them to mansions, but I'll try my best. Feel free to give me any plot line suggestions if you want. Also, I wasn't even considering the aspect of how elves might not even be able to play any violent video games (thank you for bringing that up) and I'm just going to make a exception for Minecraft because I already wrote it, but I'll remember that in the future. And in response to the last portion of your comment, let me just thank you. Thank you so much for that. I didn't really know what people would think of having non-exaggerated characters because usually, that's what the reactions are based on (at least in the reaction stories I read), and I wasn't sure if me writing their characters as being true to themselves would get this story anywhere. But you have proved me wrong, and I'm super happy about that! I really hope you do enjoy this chapter, and any future chapters~
Sarafina-foster-granger: Thank you so much for following and favoriting this story! I hope I continue to post chapters (more regularly) and that you'll enjoy them :D. I want to give you a shoutout for being this story's first follower and for giving me the inspiration to write this. Thank you so much!
Also, a new thing! I'm giving out shout outs!
Shoutout(s):
Sarafina-foster-granger for being the first follower!
Dotalot345 for giving me the Minecraft suggestion!
Hanella for reviewing!
And L for reviewing not just once…but twice! And for continuing to stick with my story :D
And another new thing, I'm going to be asking question(s) for every chapter I post. Today's question(s) are:
What do you want most for Christmas?
Which ships do you ship the most in KOTLC?
Christmas Special: 'Tis The Season To Be Jolly
Me: Hey guys! *waves* Merry Christmas! As you can hopefully guess, today we're going to be introducing our KOTLC friends to the wonderful holiday, Christmas. We're going to be having a lot of fun and I already prepared presents for them. *thinks* Too bad they don't have presents for each other. Oh well. Also, *cringe* I hope I don't have to deal with Keefe's antics today since it's going to get me into more cleanup duties and the last time I had to do that, it wasn't fun. *sighs* Okay, enough talking! Time to let them in. *snaps fingers*
*Sophie, Keefe, Fitz, Biana, Tam, Linh, Marella and Dex appear*
Biana: We're here again?
Sophie: Weren't we in Mine-
Me: Shush. I teleported you out of Minecraft so you can go back to your lives but I'll teleport you back soon for day two. (A/N: Just pretend that this story happened right after they fell asleep in Minecraft Part 1)
Fitz: Nooooo. Please don't do it soon!
Marella: What is she talking about?
Keefe: Basically, Wonderboy over here *points to Fitz* died…what was it? Five times?…in a video game.
Marella: *laughs* I would have paid to see that!
Me: *apologetic* Sorry I excluded you Marella.
Marella: It's fine. I'm used to it. *glances at Sophie*
Sophie: *winces*
*awkward silence*
Me: …Well, um. IT'S CHRISTMAS TODAY!
Keefe: WOOO! IS THIS SOME OTHER FUN HOLIDAY LIKE HALLO- uh…
Sophie: *whispers to Keefe* Halloween.
Keefe: HALLOWEEN!
Me: Ding! Yes, it is!
Dex: *sarcastic* And what do humans do on this holiday? Give each other presents?
Me: THEY ACTUALLY DO! I'm so proud you guessed that, Dex! You seem to have more faith in humanity now!
Dex: No…Wai-
Me: Anyways. I actually don't need Sophie to teleport us this time. I can do that ourselves, and we're going to go to a different place this time to celebrate Christmas.
Tam: Wait. What exactly do you do on Christmas besides give others presents?
Sophie: Basically, Christmas is when you spend time with your loved ones, and you give presents to each other to show your love and how much you appreciate them. There's also a Christmas tree, singing, and a lot of other activities you can do. Oh yeah! There's also snow, and we can make snowmen and have snowball fights and-
Me: Okay, Sophie. I think they get what Christmas is all about. *glances sideways at Keefe* Also…I'm not a fan of Keefe's expression over there.
Keefe: *evil expression turns innocent* What do you mean?
Tam: *snorts* I'm pretty sure everyone except Sophie saw the evil look on your face when snowball fights came up.
Keefe: *raises hands in protest* Hey! I don't even know what a snowball fight is! (A/N: We're going to say the KOTLC characters don't know what snow is)
Tam: But you know what fight means. And since it sounds like a fun activity and not something actually dangerous, I'm sure you're going to be starting a lot of them.
Keefe: *groans* Fine. You got me there, Bangs Boy.
Me: *points finger at him excusingly* So you were thinking about that! *glares at him* Keefe Sencen, If I see you step even one toe out of line, you're going to find that when you get back home, there will be a lot of gulons in your bedroom, and you'll be scratching you head wondering how it got there!
Keefe: Okay, okay! Fear the girl with the conjuring powers!
Me: *smirks* That's right! Also, since we all know about Christmas, it's time to go now! *snaps fingers*
*everyone disappears*
A few seconds later…
*Everyone appears in a house*
Me: *smiles* Welcome to my other house!
Sophie: Why do you have another house? I thought you wanted to stay discreet?
Me: Um. Well, the thing is…my father gave my mom a lot of money before I was born so we have a lot of houses. But they're all under different names to avoid any curiosity from other people.
Biana: Well…it must be nice having a lot of houses, right?
Me: It is! Right now, we're in Reno, and there's a lot of snow here in winter and it's amazing!
Keefe: LET ME SEE! *rushes out of door*
Me: *blinks slowly* …Ok.
Sophie: I'm going to see what trouble Keefe's got himself into.. *exits the house*
Fitz: Wait, Sophie! I'm coming too! *exits the house as well*
Me: Well…guess we're going to start the day by playing in the snow. BUT- *snaps fingers and winter coats appear in hands* Wear this first.
Biana: Is there a sparkly one?
Me: Sure. *hands a sparkly purple one to Biana*
Biana: Tha-
*door slams shut as Keefe, Fitz and Sophie rush in*
Keefe: *shivering* W-WHY IS IT SO COLD?!
Me: Well…if you had not rushed off, you would have known snow is cold, and you would have gotten these. *points at the winter coats*
Sophie: *throws hands up in exasperation* I knew he was going to get into trouble! You know what was the first thing he did when he went outside? *waits for one second before continuing* He got himself covered completely in snow, and at that point, he just realized how cold it was!
Keefe: Hey! You can't fault me for wanting to be enthusiastic about seeing something new! And how was I supposed to know it was cold?
Marella: *sighs* I'll take care of this. *walks over to Keefe as her hands light up with fire*
Keefe: *quickly backs away* Don't get that near me!
Marella: *rolls eyes* Relax. I've been practicing.
Keefe: *eyes her suspiciously* Fine. *walks closer to the fire* Okay. That actually does feel nice.
Marella: See? Just trust me.
Keefe: I guess. It's just that I'm still having nightmares about Fintan and Brant.
Everyone: *shudders*
Marella: I promise I'm not anything like them.
Me: That's good. *glances at Keefe's clothes* But..you might want to put that fire out because the snow's already melted off…and there's a big puddle of water on the floor.
Marella: *puts fire out* Whoops. Sorry about that. Guess I wasn't paying enough attention.
Me: It's fine. *summons gust of wind to air-dry the carpet they were on*
Marella: Woah. My dad can't do that.
Me: *smiles* Like I said, I'm different. But never mind that, wear these. *tosses everyone except Biana a winter coat*
*Sophie wears a white coat*
*Keefe wears a red coat*
*Fitz wears a gold coat*
*Linh wears a silver coat*
*Tam wears a black coat*
*Dex wears a green coat*
*Marella wears a orange coat*
Me: *puts on a blue coat* Okay, now we can go play in the snow! *runs out of the house*
Everyone: *follows*
Me: *goes a few feet away from the house* What do you guys want to do?
Keefe: SNOWBALL FIG-
Sophie: Let's build a snowman!
Fitz: I think we should build a snowman too.
Biana: *elbows Fitz in the stomach* You don't even know what a snowman is! You just want to agree with Sophie.
Fitz: *blushes*
Sophie: *blushes*
Everyone else: Seriously?!
Me: *turns away* Okay, I'm done with all of your Fitzphie mushiness. I'm just going to start building a snowman.
Sophie: *rushes forward, turning away from Fitz* L-Let me help!
Tam: …So how exactly do we make a snowman?
Me: Oh, it's easy! You just make three separate balls of snow. One large, medium and small. Then, you just pile them up on each other which is the hard part, and you add accessories to it!
Linh: Oh that'll be easy! I can feel the snow calling for my attention like the way water does!
Me: That makes sense. Snow is water…it's just uh frozen.
Sophie: Isn't that technically ice then?
Me: *annoyed face* Whatever. It's too hard to explain.
Sophie: Well snow is basically just more melted than ice, so it's less solid.
Me: No wonder you were a prodigy.
Sophie: *flushes* It's only because I'm an elf. Plus…shouldn't we be building snowmen?
Me: Yea, your right! Let's split into teams and let's have a competition to see who can build the best snowmen!
Keefe: I call being on a team with Foster!
Fitz: I'll be on Sophie's team too! We're Cognates after all.
Me: Of course you guys want to be with Sophie.
Tam: I'm sticking with Linh.
Biana: I'll join you guys too.
Me: Guess I'm with Dex and Marella!
A minute later…
Me: Okay. That's one ball of snow! Now, we just need two more balls of snow that are slightly bigger!
Marella: I would help more but my abilities just makes snow melt around me.
Dex: Yea, my abilities aren't of much help either.
Me: We'll make it work! Dex, you can try to invent something that can help shovel snow into a pile or some kind of snow gadget, and Marella, you can go look for some accessories in the house to put on our snowman!
Marella: What kind of accessories?
Me: Uh. Stuff to make its eyes, arms, nose, and mouth. And a hat or scarf would be nice too.
Marella: Okay.
Me: I wonder how the other teams are doing-
*Biana, Tam and Linh are decorating a completed snowman*
Me: HOW DID YOU GUYS ALREADY BASICALLY FINISH?
Biana: Oh. Linh just gathered three balls of snow using her hydrokinesis and then Tam and me used telekinesis to move them in place.
Me: You guys are way too much of a power team and it's totally not fair.
Biana: Wait 'till Fitz sees this. FITZ!
Fitz: What Bian- *shocked*
Sophie and Keefe: *stare at the almost complete snowmen, shocked*
Sophie: How- Nevermind.
Keefe: *looks challengingly at Biana* Fine. Maybe you, Linh and Tammy Boy can make a snowman faster, but our snowman will look better because we got Foster on our team and she actually knows how to decorate a snowman!
Sophie: Hey! Don't put all the pressure on me!
Keefe: Sorry Foster! But I know you can do it! The Mysterious Miss F's gotta have some trick to crushing them!
Sophie: *groans*
Fitz: Don't worry! I'll help!
Sophie: Thanks..
Me: I am so done with this. I'm not a guster for nothing. *uses wind to create a tornado of snow*
*snow piles into three balls of snow*
Dex: Why didn't you just do that from the start?!
Me: Uh. I actually…don't know.
Everyone: *slaps forehead*
Me: Well. Heh. I'm just going to decorate the snowman now- *focuses intently on snowman*
Dex: Okay…well guess I don't need this anymore- *points to completed snow machine*
Keefe: If you don't need it, I'll take it! *snatches the snow machine*
Fitz: You can't just take the opposing team's stuff!
Keefe: There's no rules, and stealing is totally prohibited! *looks at machine* How do I turn this on? *sees red button and starts to press it*
Dex: WAIT-
Keefe: *presses button*
*Mini snowballs start flying everywhere*
Biana: AHH! *hides behind a tree*
Sophie: WHAT DID YOU DO?!
Keefe: I DON'T KNOW! FOSTER, HELP ME OUT!
Sophie: WHAT BUTTON DO WE PRESS TO STOP THIS- *gets hit by a snowball*
Fitz: SOPHIE, ARE YOU OKAY?!
Sophie: *dazed* Yea…I think.
Tam: LINH, YOUR POWER ISN'T GETTING OUT OF CONTROL, RIGHT?!
Linh: *directs any snowballs near her to fly away* I'm fine!
Me: *conjures nearby snowballs away* Linh's got it handled. You need to stop underestimating your sister.
Marella: *comes out of the house* What the hec- *gets hit by snowballs* WHAT DID YOU DO, KEEFE?!
Keefe: HEY, WHY IS EVERYONE ALWAYS BLAMING ME?!
Me: To be fair, you do cause trouble a lot!
Keefe: Oh come on!
Biana: *dodges snowballs* HOW ARE YOU SO RELAXED?!
Me: It's not that bad. It's just like having a snowball fight. You just gotta hit whatever button stops the machine with a snowball of your own. *starts forming snowballs*
Dex: HIT THE ORANGE BUTTON!
Me: *starts throwing snowballs*
Everyone else: *starts forming snowballs too and throwing them*
Linh: *narrows eyes* I think I can hit the button if someone just covers me for a while.
Marella: I got it! *starts melting snowballs around her and Linh*
Tam: Hey! That's my job!
Keefe: Sheesh. You're so overprotective, Bangs Boy- *snowball hits him*
Tam: Whoops?
Keefe: *smirks* YOU SO ASKED FOR THIS, TAMMY BOY! *throws a mega snowball at Tam*
Tam: *falls over and scowls* Where did you get that?!
Keefe: Why? Want another one? *holds up another mega snowball*
Sophie: You guys can have your snowball fight later!
Biana: Yeah. Plus, Marella looks like she might need help-
Marella: *gets hit by snowball* WHY ARE THERE SO MANY?!
Linh: Just hold out a little longer- We only need to get a bit closer.
Me: *starts conjuring snowballs away*
Linh: GOT IT! *a mega snowball hits the orange button straight on*
Sophie: Finally!
Keefe: NOW WE CAN HAVE OUR ACTUAL SNOWBALL FIGHT!
Biana: But our snowm- *gets hit by snowballs* KEEFE!
Me: *sighs* I should not have told him what a snowball fight was…
Keefe: *starts throwing snowballs everywhere*
Sophie: *throws snowballs back*
Fitz: Sophie, wanna team up with each other?
Sophie: *smiles* Sure! Let's get Keefe!
Linh: I'll team up with Tam!
Keefe: I'm with Dex! We'll beat everyone with one of his gadgets!
Me: I'm going solo!
Biana: Guess I'm with Marella then!
Me: Okay, everyone gets a few minutes to set up a snow fort and the goal is to capture the other teams' flag and bring it back to your own base.
Fitz: So it's kinda like base quest?
Me: Sorta. But everyone can defend and attack other teams' bases. Also, anyone whose flag gets stolen joins the team who captured their flag.
Sophie: Isn't that basically just Capture the Flag except with five teams?
Me: I guess. Except instead of fake weapons, we use snowballs!
Sophie: Okay…
Me: *smiles brightly* Any questions?
Biana: Can we tackle people?
Me: Yes…
*All the boys groan*
Biana: *smiles innocently* What?
Fitz: I think tackling should not be allowed.
Me: *stubborn* Well too bad. And by the way, abilities are allowed.
Keefe: *groans* But Sophie will beat us all!
Me: Oh well too bad. Also, the time to start building your snow fort starts…now!
Everyone: *rushes in separate directions*
A few minutes later…
Me: IS EVERYONE READY?!
Everyone: YES!
Me: OKAY, GO!
Keefe: *heads to Sophie's and Fitz's base*
Tam: *goes for Keefe's base*
Biana: *vanishes and goes for Keefe's base too*
Marella: *summons fire*
Me: *cackles* Let the games begin…
At Sophie's base…
Sophie: Fitz. We should split up. You go for Flower's base, and I'll guard.
Fitz: Okay. *sneaks off*
Sophie: *starts tracking everyone's thoughts*
Keefe (Mind): I should stay as silent as possible…or else Foster will find where I am.
Sophie: *smiles and turns towards the tree Keefe is behind and sneaks over towards the tree behind Keefe* *starts throwing snowballs at Keefe*
Keefe: AHHH! *raises hands up in surrender*
Sophie: *stops* and smiles* Got you!
Keefe: Sorry Foster. But- I always have a plan.
Sophie: What?
Keefe: Look behind you.
Dex: *holds Sophie's flag* Hi Sophie! *starts rushing back to their base*
Sophie: What- how?!
Keefe: *smirks* Like I said. I always have a plan.
Sophie: Well, you're not getting away with it! *starts running behind Dex*
Dex: *looks behind and runs faster*
Sophie: *channels strength to legs and tackles Dex* Got you!
Dex: Ugh! Keefe, help me!
Sophie: *turns her head* Huh?
Keefe: Sorry Foster, but I'll be taking that. *takes flag and reaches their base*
Sophie: Great. Guess that means we're helping you guys now?
Keefe: *swings arm over Sophie's shoulder* Yep! Team Foster-Keefe has been reunited! Oh yea, call Wonderboy over too!
Sophie: *blushes and shrugs Keefe's arm off* FITZ!
Fitz: *runs over* What happened?!
Sophie: These two- *points to Dex and Keefe* ganged up on me and got our flag.
Fitz: Ugh. Great. *kicks a pile of snow*
Keefe: Don't be so sad, Fitzypoo. You can join our team and we'll win this thing!
Fitz: *looks at something behind Keefe* Not if my sister has anything to do about it…
Keefe: Wait. What?!
Fitz: Turn around.
Keefe, Sophie and Dex: *turns around and sees Biana running back to her base with their flag*
Biana: *looks behind at them and smiles* Sorry…not sorry!
Keefe: NOOOO!
Everyone: *starts chasing her and throwing snowballs*
Biana: Marella! A little help here!
*Fire melts the snowballs*
Biana: Bye losers- ouch!
Tam: *morphs out of shadows* *smirks* Sorry…but I'll be needing that. *takes flag from Biana*
Biana: Hey! *vanishes and starts chasing after Tam*
Linh: YOU CAN DO IT, TAM! *starts hitting everyone with snowballs rapidly*
Keefe: Oh come on!
Biana: *appears next to Tam and tackles him* I'll be taking what's mine back! *vanishes again*
Tam: *groans* Linh, do you think if you fired snowballs randomly, you'll hit her?
Linh: Maybe.. *starts firing snowballs everywhere*
Sophie: Ouch! Linh, that hurts!
Linh: Sorry! I'm trying to get Biana!
Marella: I don't think so! *summons miniature fireballs to repel snowballs*
Keefe: *whispers to Sophie* You think you can track Biana and try to get her?
Sophie: Maybe… *concentrates* Found her! She's over there! *points to a area dangerously close to Marella and Biana's base*
Everyone on Keefe's team: *starts throwing snowballs there*
Biana: OUCH! *appears*
Keefe: GET THE FLAG!
*Flag disappears*
Everyone: …Where did it go?
Me: *comes from behind my snow fort, holding the flag* You know I can just win this whole thing with my conjuring..
Biana: Hey! That's totally not fair!
Me: True. So that's why…I'm eliminating myself from this game and that's also why whoever gets that… *A gust of wind blows the flag super high up in the air towards the center of the field* …wins all.
Everyone: *starts rushing towards the flag*
Tam: Linh! Can you possibly hit it out of the air with a snowball?
Linh: Sure, just give me a minute to concentrate..
Keefe: I don't think so! Sophie, let's teleport up there!
Sophie: Wait…what?!
Keefe: *starts running forwards with the rest of the team*
Dex: Keefe, this is either going to be a super good idea or a really bad one.
Fitz: I think it's going to be a really bad one!
*They all disappear*
*They reappear right next to the flag and the flag starts floating away*
Fitz: Wait. What's going on?
Dex: Who cares?! Sophie, teleport us out before we hit the ground-
*They all disappear and reappear on the ground*
Sophie: What happened?
Me: Tam's being smart and using telekinesis which apparently no one else thought of. *glares at everyone but Tam and Linh* You guys really do underestimate the power of elvin skills.
Keefe: Whatever. *starts hitting Tam with snowballs*
Tam: Ouch- DUDE! *concentration breaks* What is your problem?
Keefe: I'm trying to prevent you from winning! Sophie, get the flag!
Sophie: *uses telekinesis and catches the flag*
Me: KEEFE AND DEX'S TEAM WINS!
Keefe's team: *cheers*
Everyone else: *groans*
Me: *looks at watch* That was a good game guys! But…it's already like 4 in the afternoon so let's go inside the house.
Everyone: *nods in agreement*
Tam: I can't believe I got beat by Keefe of all people.
Linh: Oh come on Tam. If you could just get over your rivalry with Keefe, you'll see that you and Keefe are basically the same person.
Tam: *scowls* There's no way that we are at all the same!
Marella: *passes by* Keep telling yourself that…
A few minutes later…
Me: Okay, guys! So I already set up all the stuff for Christmas in the living room so follow me. *exits front area and heads into another room*
*everyone follows*
Sophie: *enters room* Is that a Christmas tree?!
Everyone: *looks at the tree in the center of the room*
Me: Yep! It took me a while but I got all the ornaments, lights and even the star on it!
Everyone but Sophie: …
Fitz: …Is this it? I was kinda expecting…a bit more…
Sophie: *glares at Fitz* Unlike elves, humans aren't insanely rich so they have to result to this.
Biana: But Flower is rich.
Sophie: *groans* It's just holiday spirit, you know? All about love, and fun. *hesitates* Christmas isn't really about the money or the looks, it's about giving and sharing.
Me: *smiles* Exactly. It isn't about the cost of the gift, or if the gift is super great. The value of the presents don't matter…it's the thought that counts.
Biana: I guess. *looks around at everybody and smiles* It's like how I wouldn't trade our friendship for anything in the world!
Me: See? You get it!
Linh: *smiles* I agree!
Everyone else: Same!
Sophie: But…should we have gotten presents for today?
Me: Oh no worries. I got everyone some presents! *points towards the bottom of the Christmas Tree*
Keefe: Woah! Can we open them?!
Me: Su-
Keefe: *starts searching for his presents*
Me: -re…okay.
Keefe: Hey Foster! I found yours!
Sophie: Let me see… *comes over to Keefe*
Biana: Sophie, watch ou-
Sophie: *trips over a gift* Ouch!
Keefe: *catches Sophie* You okay, Foster?
Sophie: *blushing hard* Y-Yea, I'm fine.
Keefe: Whose gift did you trip over anyways?
Sophie: *looks at the gift* Oh wait. It's your gift!
Keefe: *teasingly* Wow Foster. Seems like you can't help but fall over anything related to me…
Sophie: *blushes ever more* You wish, Keefe.
Me: Okay. I also don't need to see any SoKeefe mushiness so let's just open the gifts.
Tam: *raises hand* I second that.
Keefe: *rolls eyes and lets Sophie go* You're just jealous, Tammy Boy.
Tam: *raises one eyebrow* Oh really?
Keefe: Yea, because you can't get the girl you like-
Linh: *slaps forehead* Here we go again…
Me: *mutters* Oh no way am I listening to this. *loud voice* Let's just open the gifts!
Tam and Keefe: *glare at each other before focusing on gifts*
Fitz: *opens gift* Woahh cool.
Sophie: *peers over* What did you ge- HOW'D YOU GET THAT?!
Marella: What did Mr. Golden Boy get?
Sophie: H-he got a-
Fitz: *smiles* Spyball!
Everyone: *turns to look at Flower*
Me: What?
Dex: How'd you get a Spyball? They're so well protected by the Council!
Me: Well, the Black Swan was able to get one…
Keefe: Yeah. But the Forklenator and the rest of the Collective are pretty powerful!
Me: *snaps fingers and Spyball appears in hand*
Everyone: Oh.
Me: *snaps fingers and Spyball disappears* Well…everyone else, open your gifts!
Biana: *opens gift* EEEEEEEKKK!
Everyone: *stares at her weirdly*
Biana: Look. At. This. *shows everyone a teal jewel encrusted tiara* Isn't this so pretty?
Linh: Oh it is!
Tam: …Is this just a girls' thing?
Fitz: Yes.
Sophie: Uh…not for me.
Me: Yea, I agree with Sophie. I'm not a fan of that.
Fitz: Then why'd you get her that?
Me: *sarcastically* Oh I don't know. She's totally not the kind of person who likes tiaras.
Fitz: …
Dex: I'm beginning to like Flower a bit more.
Tam: Same.
Me: *smiles* Why thank you.
Linh: *opens gift* Oh Tam~
Tam: Yes…?
Linh: Princess Purryfins is going to have a Murcat friend~
Tam: *groans* Why did you have to get her that? Literally anything but that would be fine.
Me: Well too bad.
Tam: *opens gift partway* This better be good-
Keefe: *snatches gift* Here, Bangs Boy. Let me see first. *opens the rest of the gift* Dude. Did you get him hair products?
Everyone: *laughs*
Keefe: Makes sense, Bangs Boy.
Tam: *snorts* You're one to talk.
Keefe: Hey. You do not insult The Hair.
Me: *rolls eyes* Sometimes I feel that you and Tam spend more time on your hair than the girls do.
Biana: Yea. Even more than me.
Keefe: Whatever. *starts opening his present* My present better be more awesome than Bangs Boy's.
Tam: Wow.
Keefe: *opens present* Oh yes! *cackles evilly*
Sophie: …What did you get him, Flower?
Me: Oh. Just some pranking supplies.
Fitz: That…was a really bad idea!
Me: Oh well. I'll just um confiscate his stuff until he goes back home.
Keefe: Wait…what?! *gift disappears* NOOOO!
Me: *smiles apologetically* Sorry..
Keefe: *gloomy*
Sophie: Hey, cheer up!
Fitz: Yea. You can prank your dad at home.
Keefe: I guess.
Sophie: Here, you can open my gift for me.
Keefe: *instantly happy* Give me it. *opens gift*
Sophie: *peers at gift* Woah.
Keefe: What is that?
Sophie: A phone…
Keefe: What's that?
Sophie: It's like my iPod except it's pocket size and it's way cooler.
Dex: Cool. Can I see that when I get back home?
Sophie: Sure.
Me: Speaking of which, don't you and Marella want to see what you got for Christmas?
Dex: I guess.
Marella: I hope mine is as awesome as everybody else's. *opens gift* …What is this? *takes out a machine like thing*
Me: I made it myself actually. It's supposed to help soothe emotions and help keep control of the emotional part of your brain.
Marella: *eyes light up* This can help my mom?
Me: I hope.
Dex: Can I see?
Marella: ..Sure.
Dex: *examines machine* I think it'll work. But I can try to improve it now that I have a base model.
Marella: *smiles in relief* Thank you so much, Dex.
Dex: *blushes* No problem.
Me: Okay. Speaking of which, open your present Dex.
Dex: Okay.. *opens gift* Woah. Are these all human gadgets?
Me: Yea. You can tinker with them or do anything you want with them.
Dex: *examines them* That's so cool! I didn't know humans made so many advances in technology in the past two years or so.
Me: Yea, they did. *sighs* Too bad they can't come to peace as easily as your world can.
Sophie: I think humans could actually come to peace if they weren't so greedy.
Me: I agree. But- enough about humans. Now that we've opened our gifts, what do you guys want to do? We only have time for one more activity so do you guys want to sing Christmas songs or watch a Christmas movie?
Sophie: I say let's watch a movie.
Everyone else: What's a movie?
Me: Uh. It's like a video or projection of a story.
Sophie: Yea. It's too bad elves don't have that in their world. It's a good way to spend time with your friends or family.
Keefe: Well, if Foster thinks movies are good, then I vote for movies.
Me: Does everyone else agree?
Everyone: Sure.
Me: Okay…we'll watch The Grinch then.
Sophie: Ooh. I love the Grinch.
Me: Yea, there's a new movie of it. *turns on TV with the remote*
Dex: Huh. So that's how humans turn on projections? Interesting.
Me: Yeah. There's a TV in your gift for you to examine. *sees Dex open his mouth to say something* Also, don't ask me how a TV works because I have no clue.
Dex: Oh.
Me: *puts the Grinch on the TV* Okay, enjoy! *goes off to make hot chocolate*
*Sophie moves to sit on the carpet, and Keefe sits next to her.*
*Tam, Linh and Marella sit on the edge of the carpet*
*Biana sits on the end of the sofa and Fitz sits in the center of the sofa*
*Dex is tinkering with the gadgets in his gift*
*The Grinch movie starts*
A few minutes later…
Me: So hey guys.
Biana: Shhh. We're watching the movie.
Me: *blinks slowly* Okay…apparently this is super interesting to you guys. But…I have hot chocolate.
Sophie: Ooh. Let me have some. *reaches to grab some for her and Keefe*
Keefe: *takes the hot chocolate* What is this?
Sophie: It's like Cinnacreme except not as delicious, I guess?
Keefe: *drinks some* Hmmm…not bad. I could actually use this for pranks.
Sophie: *shoots Keefe a look* Don't you dare.
Me: Keefe. *glares* Just drink your hot chocolate or else. I'm still deciding if I should let gulons into your room considering you turned on that snow machine earlier.
Keefe: *chuckles nervously* Yea…maybe I won't use this for pranks.
Me: That's right. *hands the hot chocolate to everyone else*
Biana: *sips the hot chocolate* Ouch. It's hot.
Fitz: *rolls eyes* It's called hot chocolate. What did you expect?
Biana: *glares at Fitz and dumps hot chocolate on him*
Fitz: OW! WHY IS IT SO HOT?! *rushes to the sink*
Biana: *calls after him* It is called hot chocolate.
Fitz: *yells back* I'll get you back later, Biana!
Marella: It isn't that hot.
Linh: Yeah, it isn't.
Tam: *complains* That's because you're a hydrokinetic and you're a pyrokinetic.
Linh: *summons a water sphere and hits Tam in the face with it*
Tam: Linh!
Linh: Next time, I'll be using the hot chocolate.
Tam: *rolls eyes*
Dex: You guys are way too overdramatic when it comes to even the smallest thing. It's just a drink.
*Everyone glares at him*
Dex: What? It's true.
Me: Yeah, it is.
*Everyone glares at Flower*
Me: Hey. You can't fault someone for telling the truth.
Biana: *sighs* I guess.
*Everyone goes back to watching the movie*
Me: *heads upstairs to have some privacy* I hope they don't get into any trouble when I come back…
An hour later…
Me: *comes back downstairs* Sooo…you guys didn't make a mess, righ- *stops in shock*
Keefe: Um. Whoops?
*The living room floor is covered with pillows, ornaments, and paper and the Christmas tree had fallen over*
Me: What. Did. You guys. Do?
Sophie: Um. We had a um-
Keefe: War.
Me: What- why?
Keefe: Basically, Wonderboy over here… *points to Fitz* …wanted to get revenge on Biana for pouring hot chocolate on him. Sooo it turned into a boys vs girls war.
Me: Oh come on- You guys should have totally invited me!
*Everyone blinks slowly*
Sophie: You're not mad at us?
Me: Seriously? *snaps fingers and everything goes into the void* Cleaning this up with my abilities is a piece of cake.
Everyone but Sophie: *confused* Huh?
Sophie: It's a human phrase.
Me: Yea. Anyways, it's- *looks at clock* -11:48 now…so you guys should get back home.
Keefe: Wait. But we don't have a winner yet.
Me: *summons gust of wind*
*All the boys gets knocked against the wall*
Me: *smiles* Now we do.
Fitz: *groans* Did you really have to mention that?
Keefe: *smiles weakly* Sorry?
Me: *smiles* The End.
A/N: Hope you guys made it to the end of the chapter :D. I'm sorry if the ending wasn't that great or just this chapter overall. I'm kinda having a writing block, and I'm also writing other stories right now so I keep getting confused and mixing my writing styles all up (and sorry if this chapter wasn't as funny as I wanted it to be). But overall, I did enjoy writing this (especially the snowball fight part) even if I was on a bit of a timeline…but it just makes me write more which is good! I actually do have winter break now (yes, I'm still in school) and I can finally relax a bit more! No guarantees to posting more regularly though, because I'm probably even more lazy now :p. But, nevertheless, happy holidays and Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, or whatever winter holiday you celebrate! (Sorry, I don't know many others) I'm hoping I'll be able to post some new chapters soon; I'm currently working on Part 2 of the Minecraft adventure, and I'm also working on another chapter as well! So fingers crossed for that! Also, (this is unrelated) but I do actually want to answer my own questions that I asked at the beginning of this chapter.
For my first question, I think the thing I want most for Christmas is either books, technology items, or to be able to see my friends and family especially during COVID. I do also wish for COVID to end soon because it's ruining many lives, and it seems to be getting worse. I hope everyone is doing fine, and that you're all doing well. Stay safe and well!
For my second question, I have to say there's a lot I can say on this subject. Let me just start off my saying that I totally ship Tiana! Tam and Biana are just so cute together, and I'm pretty sure I basically read every fanfic about them! (Yes, I am obsessed. Even after like 2 years of shipping them lol). I love them so much and I totally think they both have a crush on each other (fingers crossed they end up with each other); I think Unlocked proves Biana might like him, and Tam seems to like Biana in Neverseen (Plus other books)…but you don't have to agree with me. Just my opinion :). Also, I used to ship Fitz with Sophie but now I ship Sophie with Keefe. THEY ARE SO CUTE! Team Foster-Keefe for the win! Plus, Fitz has got some serious anger issues ._. So I'm not too keen about having Sophie and him be a couple. Plus, he probably would fuss over Sophie's Unmatchable status while Keefe wouldn't care at all. (Just my opinion). I think those are my main two ships, and I'm not sure about the other ships: Dex and Marella, Fitz and Linh, Linh and Wylie, etc. I guess I don't have a personal grudge against Fitz and Linh and they ARE cute together but… I don't ship them. My reason is that the Matchmaking System would never allow Fitz and Linh as well as Biana and Tam to happen. If you think about it, if one of them were to get married, that makes their brother or sister siblings in-law with the other. For example, if Tam and Biana married, Fitz would be a brother in-law to Tam and Linh, and if Tam and Biana were to ever have children, wouldn't that make them blood related? And then, the Matchmakers won't allow Fitz and Linh to be matched together because they're technically siblings by law. Or maybe I'm wrong. But isn't that how it kind of works? Also, for the other ships, I personally don't see the hints of Marella and Dex liking each other but… sure! And Wylie and Linh do seem to be good friends, so I don't got any objection. Honestly, I don't really have an objection against any of the KOTLC ships (LGBTQ+, normal, etc.), but there are just some I prefer more, and some that I just don't see the romantic connection in…so with that, my ships are basically wrapped up :D.
So sorry for that ranting, and see y'all next chapter~
And please review or give me any chapter suggestions!