Just something I wrote up real fast for fun since its Xmas eve. Its not all that great but I thought you guys might like to give it a read.
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T’was the night before Xmas and all through the guild was the clatter of hoofs and the jingle of bells. All of this noise and all of this fuse was from one single source, from one special reindeer girl.
”My daddy is coming! The big man in red!” she shouted through the doors. “Everyone get up, get up out of bed!”
As the guild mates were roused from their once peaceful sleep, all the guild mates shuffled to there doors, including one sheep.
Little Ayaji rubbed at her eye, “Whats all the noise about?”
“I don’t know.” Mutter Club. “But that reindeers gunna die.”
“My father is visiting!” Radjulon answered as she shoved candy canes in half open mouths. ”No duh.” Snapped the Vice captain as she placed a hand on her gun. “Its Xmas eve and he comes every time, let us sleep in peace or I swear you’ll not see new years.”
”No my cranky friend!” Rad did laugh, “Its more then just that, He’ll stay as a guest once he’s finished with gifts! My father is coming for a real visit this year.” She frolicked between a half asleep Kazu who leaned on Ayaji and motioned them forward. “I made a special dinner come on now y’all.”
With murder in her eyes club did step forward but it was the hand the boss the stopped this Xmas massacre. “Now now club, I know you are tired, but she never sees her father so lets all just go along, even if it is this late hour.”
With a sigh club let her arms fall down slack. “Your only on her side because you know if we throw Santa out his mood will sour.”
”Damn Straight.” Maeth did answer, hands on his hips. “I’m sick of getting stiffed.”
“Well…” Rad started to speak. “Daddys does not look kindly on those with your belifes. Those you want to rule gaia can only be evil at heart.”
Club just shrugged, guilty as could be, but the other guild mates stared at the thought of what would be under their tree.
“Well let’s not dally any longer, hurry hurry each of you! My father will be here all so very soon.”
The guild mates did wanderer into there grand hall, expressions set to wonder as the new glow of it all.
”You decorated?” Asked ayaji as she picked at a wreath.
”Oh no, I bribed the cat girls that keep beneath.”
”My cat girls?!” Started Maeth in a rage but his voice soon faultered as he saw one dressed as a elf maid.
Club shook her head at all the Xmas joy. “…if anyone needs me I’ll be asleep.”
”Why club!” Started Radjulon, “Why are you so eager to go curl up in a heep?”
“To be honest I hate this sort of thing. All these lights and decorations they just seem so stale. The fake niceness and songs is like a chalk board with a nail.”
“Theres no such thing as brothery love, people just act nice to get lots of free stuff.”
And with these harsh words Rad did frown. “That’s not true club, and I’ll prove it if you don’t run off in a huff.”
”Prove it?” scoffed club as she yanked a candy cane that held kazu up. “You’ll just end up in a crying fit.” Using the cane to pull close a chair club sat down with a all too somber stare. “Your heads full of sugar plumbs, your heart full of Xmas joy, just face it Rad, were from two different worlds. Your father is Santa, the nicest man around. How could you ever understand how Xmas would make me feel? I havn’t seen Santa since I was just three.”
”Wow, you hit the naughty list that young?” Asked ayaji between gingerbread men. “I never imagined you evil even back then.”
“I wasn’t…I think, not when I was still small. But that didn’t matter, I was forgotten is all.” Club gave a shrug and sat back, resting her hand on muffy’s head. “And after that year he never visited my hall. “Year after year I had hoped and prayed, I tried to be real good but was scorned instead. So that’s when I decided to give up on it all. If Santa had forsaken me, I’d take every one else down in my fall.”
And so the sad truth on the Vice captains world grudge was made, and poor Radjulons heart broke, a mistake had to of been made. “My father would never forsake you! He loves all children big and small!”
”Oh then when was the last time he gave you a call?”
”W-well he was a cow for a bit and hoofs can’t dial phones!”
”Tell that to muffy who keeps maxing out my credit card. Face Rad your father can only do so much, there’s no Xmas miracle, not for us bunch.”
With a scrooge in their bunch and the time passing quickly it was then the group heard a stirring from the chimney.
”Daddy!” Cried Radjulon as she rushed to the opening, and down with a great WHUMP came a old scoot covered sack. As the sack rolled out and with a loud HO HO HO came the fat man himself with a big box with a bow.
”My little darling!” he laughed as he scooped up his cloven daughter. “A Merry Xmas to you and now lets party!”
The guild members did gawk at the big mans presence; this was really Santa, the great Saint Nick himself.
In a dark glower Club did rise from her chair. “Oh merry ******** Xmas then, and enjoy your new year.” As she started to storm back to her bed oh so warm she couldn’t believe that she had been wrong. So Santa had come, Rads words had been true, he really did care, so why was she so blue?
”Who was that?” Santa asked his little girl.
”That was our Vice captain but she lacks Xmas cheer.”
”Impossible!” Cried Santa. “There’s no Gaian that on Xmas can frown!”
”She says hates Xmas.” Ayaji said sadly. “It seems that even know her Xmas is going Badly.” Sitting on Santa’s lap Rad did sigh. “I just wish we could show her a proper good time.”
Sliding up beside Santa Maeth did smile. “Say santa I bet a present would bring about that goal.”
”Nice try Maeth but your still only getting coal.” But Santa gave a great laugh, “But I have all your gifts right here in my bag.”
Muffy baa’ed at Santa’s feet, staring up hopefully. “Oh don’t worry my boy, I’d never forget such a special sheep.” As presents were passed out the guild mates did squee, and each gathered around there light up Xmas tree.
One after each other they did open the boxes, kazu got a big bone and ayaji a new locket. Maeth got his coal as did l33t, and radjulon got new slippers for her feet. Muffy was gifted new shampoo for his hair and the guild was all content as they sat in there lair. All the guild that is but for one certain member, For club you see had not been remembered. She sat on the stairs and watched the Xmas joy, the memories of childhood hardly being coy. She hated Xmas because she hated being left out, but she couldn’t bring herself to speak out. Slinking away into the shadows she’d give in this year, but come next time she’d make sure Santa knew fear.
“Daddy.” Said rad as she looked at her slippers. “Surely you still have one more gift…” She glanced up hopeful.
”Oh the cat girls have already been taken care of dear.” He said with a grin.
”No daddy, you see, we’ve forgotten a kin.”
”Forgotten a tyke have I?” Santas face turn grave. “Lets see now, there was Maeth and Ayaji, Kazu then L33t, Quinth and Lothin, Miko and the sheep.” As he listed off the guildmates he nodded his head. He named them all save for the one still in bed.
”Santa did forget her.” Said kazu as he hugged his bone. ‘No wonder she’s so bitter, he remembered us all.”
”Forget who?” Asked Santa now fully concerned, he prided his recorded as much as his yearly return.
”Our vice captain, the one from before. She says you never come to her any more.”
Santa did remember the girl with the glower and frowned as he realized they had opened presents without her. “Radjulon take me to this girl, if I’ve failed in my duty I must set this right. She’ll have the best present on this cold Xmas night.”
Tucked away with her head under a pillow Club heard the knock on the door, “Go away till after winter!” Rolling over in bed she seethed to herself. “I will not pare take in your stupid holiday, Just leave me alone and here I will lay.”
Santa frowned at the tone and opened the door with out a knock, after all he could fit down chimneys so was one small lock.
Club sat upright in bed, tears on her cheeks. “Just get out!” She snapped. “Or I swear I will shoot.”
But Santa showed no fear as she went to her bed and then he placed his glove hand on her head. “Come now club, what kind of talk is that?”
”Daddys has something to say.” Spoke rad as she pulled down on her hat. “So give him a chance, just hear him out. Then we will leave you alone and you can pout if you want.”
With a sulk she pulled her blanket close. “All right fat man, talk, I guess I have no choice.” And with that Santa once again found his voice.
”I remember you now, you were such a tiny thing. All those years long ago when you asked for one thing. Do you remember what you asked for when you turned three?”
”That was years ago, do you know how many things that could be?”
”Oh but it was a very special thing. Something I remember well.’ And from thin air he pulled a poorly written letter. “It says,” he read. ”Dear Santa how are you? My name is clubanimon and I am no longer two. I’m writing this letter to ask something of you. There is only one thing that I want from you this year. You can’t wrap it up in ribbon or buy it in the store, but it’s the one thing that I couldn’t want more. I want my friends to have a merry Xmas, and for that happiness to last. I want for them to always be safe, and that their friendships they will always keep. So please Santa please, make this one wish true. That my love ones always know that Xmas joy is true. I ask for this and nothing more, for the rest of my life, love this one little girl.” Club stared in a strange sort of horror. This was all a joke, some sort of prank. But the warm smile of her guild mates was what made her heart sank.
”See club, you got your Xmas wish! We all love Xmas now come try the fish!” Aya waved there dinner about. Club bowed her head. “ALL OF YOU GET THE HELL OUT!”
Surprised by the out burst they all stood and stared. “But club, its ok now, we all know you care. You selflessly gave up you Xmas gifts, you’re the best type of gaian.”
”Oh you’re all full of s**t.” Club got of bed, arms over her chest. “I wrote no such thing.” She pointed to santa. “My father wrote it for me you bunch of idiots. I couldn’t even read till I was six. How does a three year old write such a letter?!”
”Ah…good point.” Said a slightly redder santa. “I suppose that thought slipped my mind…well it’s the thought that counts?”
”I’ll give you to the count of nine.”
Santa held his hands up to the angry blue girl. “I’ll tell you what, this year I’ll give you anything in the world.”
And clubs anger faltered, though just for a moment. “Any thing?”
”Yes, I swear on my red suit.”
”Dear god!” yelled Maeth. “The keys to the world!”
Club shoved him aside at his desperate pawing, she could have any one gift and a plot was dawning.
”Wow club.” Said rad. “My dad hasn’t done this since the tiny tom blunder.” Santa coughed trying to hush his daughter.
“Ok santa.” Club said after awhile. “I know what I want, and it should bring me a smile.”
”Wonderful.” Said Santa as he gave her a hug.
Kazu and Ayaji clung on to one another. “I have a bad feeling.” They spoke as though one. “This maybe be a bad Xmas in the end after all.”
”Santa what I want this year is-“ she paused for dramatic effect. “Is to go ice skating with my family and friends.”
Her guildmates un coiled from there curled of postions of fear.
”What?!” Snapped Maeth, not believing his ears. “That’s all you want?! Some stupid Ice party!”
”Hey! My dads always busy and I think its fun!” Club glared as she looked to her Boss. “Would you rather I wished you had a permanent case of the runs?!”
”…Ice skating oh boy!” Said maeth with a cheer. And off the group did gather on the guilds frozen pond and strangely enough Clubs father was there.
”I…was asleep at home I thought. Oh hello muffin…why arn’t I dressed?”
”Merry Xmas father, here wear my vest.” And tucked beneath a snow covered pine was a pile of skates. And so they did play on the ice over pond and for the first time in a long time it was a good time for all.
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T’was the night before Xmas and all through the guild was the clatter of hoofs and the jingle of bells. All of this noise and all of this fuse was from one single source, from one special reindeer girl.
”My daddy is coming! The big man in red!” she shouted through the doors. “Everyone get up, get up out of bed!”
As the guild mates were roused from their once peaceful sleep, all the guild mates shuffled to there doors, including one sheep.
Little Ayaji rubbed at her eye, “Whats all the noise about?”
“I don’t know.” Mutter Club. “But that reindeers gunna die.”
“My father is visiting!” Radjulon answered as she shoved candy canes in half open mouths. ”No duh.” Snapped the Vice captain as she placed a hand on her gun. “Its Xmas eve and he comes every time, let us sleep in peace or I swear you’ll not see new years.”
”No my cranky friend!” Rad did laugh, “Its more then just that, He’ll stay as a guest once he’s finished with gifts! My father is coming for a real visit this year.” She frolicked between a half asleep Kazu who leaned on Ayaji and motioned them forward. “I made a special dinner come on now y’all.”
With murder in her eyes club did step forward but it was the hand the boss the stopped this Xmas massacre. “Now now club, I know you are tired, but she never sees her father so lets all just go along, even if it is this late hour.”
With a sigh club let her arms fall down slack. “Your only on her side because you know if we throw Santa out his mood will sour.”
”Damn Straight.” Maeth did answer, hands on his hips. “I’m sick of getting stiffed.”
“Well…” Rad started to speak. “Daddys does not look kindly on those with your belifes. Those you want to rule gaia can only be evil at heart.”
Club just shrugged, guilty as could be, but the other guild mates stared at the thought of what would be under their tree.
“Well let’s not dally any longer, hurry hurry each of you! My father will be here all so very soon.”
The guild mates did wanderer into there grand hall, expressions set to wonder as the new glow of it all.
”You decorated?” Asked ayaji as she picked at a wreath.
”Oh no, I bribed the cat girls that keep beneath.”
”My cat girls?!” Started Maeth in a rage but his voice soon faultered as he saw one dressed as a elf maid.
Club shook her head at all the Xmas joy. “…if anyone needs me I’ll be asleep.”
”Why club!” Started Radjulon, “Why are you so eager to go curl up in a heep?”
“To be honest I hate this sort of thing. All these lights and decorations they just seem so stale. The fake niceness and songs is like a chalk board with a nail.”
“Theres no such thing as brothery love, people just act nice to get lots of free stuff.”
And with these harsh words Rad did frown. “That’s not true club, and I’ll prove it if you don’t run off in a huff.”
”Prove it?” scoffed club as she yanked a candy cane that held kazu up. “You’ll just end up in a crying fit.” Using the cane to pull close a chair club sat down with a all too somber stare. “Your heads full of sugar plumbs, your heart full of Xmas joy, just face it Rad, were from two different worlds. Your father is Santa, the nicest man around. How could you ever understand how Xmas would make me feel? I havn’t seen Santa since I was just three.”
”Wow, you hit the naughty list that young?” Asked ayaji between gingerbread men. “I never imagined you evil even back then.”
“I wasn’t…I think, not when I was still small. But that didn’t matter, I was forgotten is all.” Club gave a shrug and sat back, resting her hand on muffy’s head. “And after that year he never visited my hall. “Year after year I had hoped and prayed, I tried to be real good but was scorned instead. So that’s when I decided to give up on it all. If Santa had forsaken me, I’d take every one else down in my fall.”
And so the sad truth on the Vice captains world grudge was made, and poor Radjulons heart broke, a mistake had to of been made. “My father would never forsake you! He loves all children big and small!”
”Oh then when was the last time he gave you a call?”
”W-well he was a cow for a bit and hoofs can’t dial phones!”
”Tell that to muffy who keeps maxing out my credit card. Face Rad your father can only do so much, there’s no Xmas miracle, not for us bunch.”
With a scrooge in their bunch and the time passing quickly it was then the group heard a stirring from the chimney.
”Daddy!” Cried Radjulon as she rushed to the opening, and down with a great WHUMP came a old scoot covered sack. As the sack rolled out and with a loud HO HO HO came the fat man himself with a big box with a bow.
”My little darling!” he laughed as he scooped up his cloven daughter. “A Merry Xmas to you and now lets party!”
The guild members did gawk at the big mans presence; this was really Santa, the great Saint Nick himself.
In a dark glower Club did rise from her chair. “Oh merry ******** Xmas then, and enjoy your new year.” As she started to storm back to her bed oh so warm she couldn’t believe that she had been wrong. So Santa had come, Rads words had been true, he really did care, so why was she so blue?
”Who was that?” Santa asked his little girl.
”That was our Vice captain but she lacks Xmas cheer.”
”Impossible!” Cried Santa. “There’s no Gaian that on Xmas can frown!”
”She says hates Xmas.” Ayaji said sadly. “It seems that even know her Xmas is going Badly.” Sitting on Santa’s lap Rad did sigh. “I just wish we could show her a proper good time.”
Sliding up beside Santa Maeth did smile. “Say santa I bet a present would bring about that goal.”
”Nice try Maeth but your still only getting coal.” But Santa gave a great laugh, “But I have all your gifts right here in my bag.”
Muffy baa’ed at Santa’s feet, staring up hopefully. “Oh don’t worry my boy, I’d never forget such a special sheep.” As presents were passed out the guild mates did squee, and each gathered around there light up Xmas tree.
One after each other they did open the boxes, kazu got a big bone and ayaji a new locket. Maeth got his coal as did l33t, and radjulon got new slippers for her feet. Muffy was gifted new shampoo for his hair and the guild was all content as they sat in there lair. All the guild that is but for one certain member, For club you see had not been remembered. She sat on the stairs and watched the Xmas joy, the memories of childhood hardly being coy. She hated Xmas because she hated being left out, but she couldn’t bring herself to speak out. Slinking away into the shadows she’d give in this year, but come next time she’d make sure Santa knew fear.
“Daddy.” Said rad as she looked at her slippers. “Surely you still have one more gift…” She glanced up hopeful.
”Oh the cat girls have already been taken care of dear.” He said with a grin.
”No daddy, you see, we’ve forgotten a kin.”
”Forgotten a tyke have I?” Santas face turn grave. “Lets see now, there was Maeth and Ayaji, Kazu then L33t, Quinth and Lothin, Miko and the sheep.” As he listed off the guildmates he nodded his head. He named them all save for the one still in bed.
”Santa did forget her.” Said kazu as he hugged his bone. ‘No wonder she’s so bitter, he remembered us all.”
”Forget who?” Asked Santa now fully concerned, he prided his recorded as much as his yearly return.
”Our vice captain, the one from before. She says you never come to her any more.”
Santa did remember the girl with the glower and frowned as he realized they had opened presents without her. “Radjulon take me to this girl, if I’ve failed in my duty I must set this right. She’ll have the best present on this cold Xmas night.”
Tucked away with her head under a pillow Club heard the knock on the door, “Go away till after winter!” Rolling over in bed she seethed to herself. “I will not pare take in your stupid holiday, Just leave me alone and here I will lay.”
Santa frowned at the tone and opened the door with out a knock, after all he could fit down chimneys so was one small lock.
Club sat upright in bed, tears on her cheeks. “Just get out!” She snapped. “Or I swear I will shoot.”
But Santa showed no fear as she went to her bed and then he placed his glove hand on her head. “Come now club, what kind of talk is that?”
”Daddys has something to say.” Spoke rad as she pulled down on her hat. “So give him a chance, just hear him out. Then we will leave you alone and you can pout if you want.”
With a sulk she pulled her blanket close. “All right fat man, talk, I guess I have no choice.” And with that Santa once again found his voice.
”I remember you now, you were such a tiny thing. All those years long ago when you asked for one thing. Do you remember what you asked for when you turned three?”
”That was years ago, do you know how many things that could be?”
”Oh but it was a very special thing. Something I remember well.’ And from thin air he pulled a poorly written letter. “It says,” he read. ”Dear Santa how are you? My name is clubanimon and I am no longer two. I’m writing this letter to ask something of you. There is only one thing that I want from you this year. You can’t wrap it up in ribbon or buy it in the store, but it’s the one thing that I couldn’t want more. I want my friends to have a merry Xmas, and for that happiness to last. I want for them to always be safe, and that their friendships they will always keep. So please Santa please, make this one wish true. That my love ones always know that Xmas joy is true. I ask for this and nothing more, for the rest of my life, love this one little girl.” Club stared in a strange sort of horror. This was all a joke, some sort of prank. But the warm smile of her guild mates was what made her heart sank.
”See club, you got your Xmas wish! We all love Xmas now come try the fish!” Aya waved there dinner about. Club bowed her head. “ALL OF YOU GET THE HELL OUT!”
Surprised by the out burst they all stood and stared. “But club, its ok now, we all know you care. You selflessly gave up you Xmas gifts, you’re the best type of gaian.”
”Oh you’re all full of s**t.” Club got of bed, arms over her chest. “I wrote no such thing.” She pointed to santa. “My father wrote it for me you bunch of idiots. I couldn’t even read till I was six. How does a three year old write such a letter?!”
”Ah…good point.” Said a slightly redder santa. “I suppose that thought slipped my mind…well it’s the thought that counts?”
”I’ll give you to the count of nine.”
Santa held his hands up to the angry blue girl. “I’ll tell you what, this year I’ll give you anything in the world.”
And clubs anger faltered, though just for a moment. “Any thing?”
”Yes, I swear on my red suit.”
”Dear god!” yelled Maeth. “The keys to the world!”
Club shoved him aside at his desperate pawing, she could have any one gift and a plot was dawning.
”Wow club.” Said rad. “My dad hasn’t done this since the tiny tom blunder.” Santa coughed trying to hush his daughter.
“Ok santa.” Club said after awhile. “I know what I want, and it should bring me a smile.”
”Wonderful.” Said Santa as he gave her a hug.
Kazu and Ayaji clung on to one another. “I have a bad feeling.” They spoke as though one. “This maybe be a bad Xmas in the end after all.”
”Santa what I want this year is-“ she paused for dramatic effect. “Is to go ice skating with my family and friends.”
Her guildmates un coiled from there curled of postions of fear.
”What?!” Snapped Maeth, not believing his ears. “That’s all you want?! Some stupid Ice party!”
”Hey! My dads always busy and I think its fun!” Club glared as she looked to her Boss. “Would you rather I wished you had a permanent case of the runs?!”
”…Ice skating oh boy!” Said maeth with a cheer. And off the group did gather on the guilds frozen pond and strangely enough Clubs father was there.
”I…was asleep at home I thought. Oh hello muffin…why arn’t I dressed?”
”Merry Xmas father, here wear my vest.” And tucked beneath a snow covered pine was a pile of skates. And so they did play on the ice over pond and for the first time in a long time it was a good time for all.
