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______Once upon a Christmas, there lived an old granny and her granddaughter in a small house in a small village. The old granny was poor and had not much to give her granddaughter Raltsu for this Christmas. Therefore the old granny was sad. The old lady sat across of Raltsu at the small table in their small dining room. Raltsu was drawing and coloring herself and her grandmother on a piece of recycled paper.

______Raltsu's grandmother went out to go look for a small gift to put a smile on Raltsu's face. "My sweet child, stay home safe and watch the house while I am gone," the old granny said. She left the house and alone was Raltsu sitting at the small dining table as she drew herself and her grandmother.

______Raltsu stood up and looked out the window. The sky so clear and white, the snow has yet to fall. "Mama, papa, I wish you were here to spend Christmas with me and grandma," Raltsu said softly to herself. She began to reminiscence of the last day that she ever saw her parents before they had passed away. A tear drop rolled down her soft cheeks and down her chin, it went.

______Meanwhile, the old granny was looking through the windows of toy stores. She looked down, sad and guilt. Every time she spotted her eye on an item, it was too expensive for her to afford. The old granny passed stores and stores, the more she passed them, the more sad she was. With her chin down and her eyes tearing, she stood by the sidewalk still as Gaians passed by.

______Suddenly, a little girl appeared in front of the old granny. "You like my shirt? It took me, like, forever to figure out how to put it on," the little girl said. The old granny looked up and wiped her tears. "I'm sorry, what?" the old granny replied. The young girl smiled. "Oh my god! It's you! You're Carol. My mother still idolize you a lot. She talks about you all the time, " the little girl looked inside her store," well don't just stand there. Come in, please." The old granny was sure that her past has been erased and not to be remembered. She was the village's heroine. The old granny was known for her honorary skills and strength to protect her village when she was a young woman.

______With a shrug, the old granny went into the store. In a great clear voice, a lady at the cash register said," Welcome to Gambino Oufitters! Don't hesita -- . Wait! Carol, the hero! Well, hi! It's been years. Nice to meet you, I'm your biggest fan. Name's Sasha, at your service. How can I help you?" The old granny smiled slightly and nodded. "There is something on my mind that I have been trying to find. I'm looking for an item to be cheap, cute, and warm for my sweet granddaughter at home," the old granny said.

______Sasha was on her way looking around her store. A big grin went across her face as she picked up a beret. "I got just the thing. Look at this. It's a White Knitted Beret, a warm hat with lovely hand-made appearance, decorated with a pale flower. And it's only 4,080 gold and or 68 Gaia Cash," Sasha said excitedly. The old granny gave Sasha a blank stare. Then she frowned. Sasha raised one eyebrow in confusion, "You don't like it?" The granny looked down and said," It's not that, it's just that I can't afford it." Sasha looked to the side. "Well, I can just give it to you. It's an honor to give you this. Merry Christmas, Carol. You've done so much for us Gaians in this village.You deserve this and so does your granddaughter." Sasha handed over the beret and the old granny hesitantly took the beret. "Thank you so much," the old granny said.

______The old granny finally made it home. When she came back, Raltsu was on the couch fast asleep. The old granny smiled and hid the beret high up in the closet where Raltsu cannot reach or see. She, then, carried Raltsu into her bed and tucked her in.

______The next morning, the old granny sent Raltsu to go shopping for a loaf of bread. The old granny wanted to send Raltsu off so that she can wrap Raltsu's beret. Raltsu was on her way to the store.

______It was cold and windy that day that Raltsu was sent to buy a loaf of bread. Raltsu walked on the sidewalk where there was not much Gaians rushing into stores and buying presents for their loved ones. Along the path that she took, she passed a mysterious man with a long black cloak. He hid his face under the shadows of his hood. He snarled at Raltsu as she passed by. Raltsu took without a care and ignored his rudeness. She bought her loaf of bread and was on her way back home. Just then, she saw the Buttercup Cafe. Raltsu was amazed by all the yummy goodies that Rina, the store owner, had in stock. Raltsu had some extra change from the gold that her grandmother had given her to buy the loaf of bread. So she went in and bought a Sweet Pistachio Cupcake for her grandmother.

______Raltsu walked out of the store and began walking home. Suddenly every Gaian began to panic. Raltsu had no idea of why they were running around. One of the Gaians looked at Raltsu. "Sweet! Sweets! She gots them sweets!" they cried out. Raltsu looked at her cupcake that she had just bought. She hid her cupcake quickly and ran home. When she got there, she saw the front door slightly opened. Raltsu walked slowly towards the door and pushed the door with caution. She knew something was wrong. She went inside and looked around. Her grandmother was nowhere to be found. Raltsu passed the table with her half-wrapped beret. She stopped by it and stared at the gift. With a worried face, she ran out of the house to search for her grandmother.

______As she was looking around the streets and near-by places from her small house, there began to be a quake. Raltsu noticed that not only her grandmother was missing, but the rest of the Gaians. Raltsu peeked into the window of other Gaian's homes and there were no one. The meals were uneaten, the television were still on, and the water of the sinks are still rushing. Raltsu was confused. The quake was getting louder and closer. She looked at the fog of the streets. A shadow of more than one was coming closer. In lead was the man in the cloak. He grinned and said," I, Zero, have now removed all the sugary treats from Gaia." Then he spotted Raltsu's cupcake. He yelled in anger and commanded his Zero Bot Army to retrieve the cupcake from Raltsu. Zero walked back into the fog and disappeared. The Zero Bot Army marched towards Raltsu. She was cornered by them. It was no choice but to fight them all. Raltsu put the cupcake in a GLAD container and put it in her sidebag, along with her loaf of bread. She clenched her fist and was ready to fight.

______Raltsu fell back. The Zero Bot Army seemed to have not been affected by her small punches. She got back up on her feet as they continued to march forward. She threw another punch with more force.

______Raltsu smiled when she injured some of the Zero Bots. She cracked her knuckles and clenched her fingers into a fist. Now she knows how much strength to put in her punches.

Enemy: Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
HP: 23

AC rolled: 17
Attack successful

Enemy: Zero Bot Army
HP: 6

Daily attack: 1 of 2

Enemy: Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
HP: 6

AC rolled: 13
Attack successful

Enemy: Zero Bot Army
HP: 0

Daily attack: 2 of 2 - No more attacks left today.

______The next morning, Raltsu woke up. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. "Grandma? Could you --..." Raltsu paused. It all came back. Her grandma was not around and so was every Gaian in the village. It was empty as the desert. Raltsu looked down," I almost forgot." She stood up from the couch and charged to her bedroom. She put on warm clothes for the days to come. She knew that she couldn't just stay here while the village is in danger. She needs to move on about to be able to find the others and her grandma.

______Raltsu wore a warm white slumber nighties, fuzzy white boots, thick white gloves, and put on her red bow. She was ready to leave, but before doing so, she packed some food for her. Raltsu was unsure of how long she would be on her journey so she took as much canned food and beef jerky as she can carry in her side bag. Even though her GLAD container of the cupcake was taking up most of the room in her bag, she still kept it in her bag because if she found her grandma on the way, she could give her grandma the cupcake.

______ She was finally on her way. Raltsu looked around to make sure that it was safe. The fog had cleared up. The streets were empty. No one was at sight. Raltsu closed the door behind her and locked it with her spare key that her grandma had left for her. She put the spare key on her necklace. She wore the necklace with the spare key to keep it safe. With more caution she put her necklace behind the collar of her PJ's so that her necklace won't be caught into anything.

______Raltsu walked onto the empty quiet sidewalk. The wind blew and whistled. She looked from side to side and angle to angle. She continued to peek over into the windows of homes. There was still no sight of Gaians. She continued looking for Gaians and her grandma.

______Raltsu was walking around the village. She heard foot steps coming closer. She ran behind a building. She clenched onto her club. She peeked over. There he was, it was Zero. He had Rina in handcuff with long chains. "You won't get away with this. Justice is always served," Rina said. Zero smirked and ignored Rina's words. They walked a bit farther. Raltsu came out of hiding and followed behind them.

______Then Zero just stopped walking. Rina fell due to his sudden stop. Raltsu ran behind another building immediately. "You can come out now. I know you're there," Zero said. Raltsu began to sweat. She closed her eyes and then opened it. This time, with courage, she came out of hiding and faced Zero. He laughed. Raltsu held her club close to her. "Let go of Rina and give us back our sugary sweets!" Raltsu screamed. Zero continued to laugh. Then, from behind, Rina bit his arm as hard as she can. He let out a loud, hard, scream. Rina ran behind Raltsu. Zero's eyes were fierce as fire.

______He stared straight into Raltsu's eyes. Right then, something happened. Raltsu fell into a black and white, gray-scaled dimension. She was in Zero's memory. She found herself in a room full of Gaians. They were at a bar. It seemed to have been a party or celebration. She walked around some more. There he was, Zero stood in the corner. All the Gaians gathered. Zero, a few minutes later, had joined the crowd. Everyone was eating pie. They had some jokes and laughs. Zero didn't seem to find them as funny. Zero asked to have a piece of pie. One of the Gaians smiled and said,"Why don't you have a whole pie?!" Then the Gaian pied Zero in the face. Everyone laughed. Zero looked around him. The laughter raged him. Then another Gaian pied him again while saying," Why don't you have another pie?!" Zero has had it, he couldn't take it anymore. He wiped the pie off his face. Then he shoved through the crowd as they pointed and laughed at him. He ran out the door with anger and said,"This is not the end!? Next time, a storm is coming. And this village will suffer by my hands!!" Zero slammed the door hard behind him. The scene began to swirl towards the door of which Zero had left from. The scenery was sucked into that door. Rotating back out from Raltsu's eyes.

______She was out of Zero's memory. Raltus shook her head into the present. Zero was still in front of her filled with anger. He roared. From behind him, the Zero Zombie Army had appeared. "Attack!!!" he screamed wildly. His saliva dripping from his mouth as if he was rabid. The Zero Zombie Army closed in as Zero left the scene.

______Raltsu broke Rina's chains. "Run behind that building and stay there," Raltsu ordered.

______Rina sighed. "Nuh-uh, little girl, you're not doing this by yourself. We're in this together," Rina said. Rina used her long broken chains as steeled shained whips.

______Raltsu raised her eyebrows. " Then what happened earlier when you were captured?" Raltsu asked.

______"They knocked me from behind, that's no fair," Rina explained. Then she smiled.

______Raltsu and Rina were back to back as the army surrounded them. "Ready?" Rina asked.

______Ready!" Raltsu replied. Raltsu charged at the Zero Zombie Army with her Oni Club.

______"Nice hit," Rina said as she used her whip to keep the zombies away.

______"Thanks, but it's too early to celebrate," Raltsu said. Raltsu jumped up and thrusted her club at the Zero Zombie Army.