Tempmas 2012 Week 3: You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

[DeShelly]

should we post our story here?..or in pm?

edit:saw others post..guess i hav to post the story here..also..does dragonball z/One piece/pokemon..etc characters count as video game characters as well?..

post the story here

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Can we also use internet celebrities, such as Sonichu, within our story?

Yeah...I guess. as long as two of the main characters come from an actual video game.

Also: Pokemon was a game before the Anime, so yes. Others like DBZ or One Piece, no. That does not count.

 

[noob killer]

damn guild you had the same thought about gears
well heres my entry
a gears Christmas

twas the night before Christmas and the locust were going

mad. Marcus and dom were sitting down enjoying a cup of coco when

all of a sudden they hear an explosion, dom and marcus rose to

their feet and looked at each other.

dom said to marcus "what the hell is going on."

marcus replied "i don't know, lets check it out."

they went outside and looked around and as they surveyed

the land they noticed something amiss. the locust were charging the

land storming houses and killing people and taking thier Christmas

gifts.

dom said to marcus " marcus we must stop them or they will ruin

Christmas."

marcus replied " i know dom, lets do this quickly before they piss

me off"

they went back inside and grabbed thier lancers. they also

contacted baird, cole, and carmine and asked them to get to thier

location quickly. when they arrived baird was dressed as santa and

said to them "ho ho ho what the fuck is going on"

marcus replied "the locust are coming and trying to ruin our

Christmas what the hell do you think"

baird replied " santa is going to give them a some coal and burn

them with it."

marcus said "ok alpha team lets move"

they began to move toward the locust and planned out what they were

going to do. they finally got to the locust and as they did they

were spotted and they immediately started killing the locust off.

when they finished dom asked "so whats everyone doing later? we

should have a Christmas party"

they all liked the idea so they went home and had fun. carmine

decided to decorate a tree and when he got done went to turn on the

power and was shocked to death.

marcus yelled " nooo carmine, damn it another dead carmine"

dom replied "we should enjoy this night for carmine he would of

liked that"

so they had fun and all was well and Baird yelled " marry Christmas

and all that good stuff now lets eat"

they ate and enjoyed the Christmas eve night and were totally

happy.

the end
merry Christmas tempers

 

[riceball7852]

Here's my story, hopefully you guys can catch this parody and moral values!
Happy Holidays guys!

Once Upon a DNA Splicer…

Spoiler

As the two week winter break began, a child named Wilson decided to spend most of his time with his newly purchased DS games, much rather than spending time with his friends during the holidays. One of the many recently bought DS games, Pokemon Black 2, is the game that had Wilson to be completely immersed into the digital dimension of enslaving organisms into fine encapsulating devices.

Wilson compulsively played the game, which had consumed his entire first week of winter break. After a long week of gaming, Wilson realized that it was Christmas Eve already.

“Oh golly!” said Wilson, “I have finally defeated this extremely addicting, yet tedious game! This has to be one of my greatest accomplishments for this holiday season!”

After knowing the concept of the DNA Splicer, a item that allows the Pokemon to fuse into one being, Wilson began to ponder out many different possibilities and combinations. But much to Wilson’s dismay, the DNA Splicer is only compatible to the legendary Pokemon, Kyurem.

After a long week of hardcore game playing of Pokemon, Wilson had finally came to a fine conclusion of his Christmas wish, allowing the DNA Splicer to fuse with many different Pokemon, even along with other game franchises. This, finally, had resulted Wilson to go to a nearby local mall to meet with Santa Claus.

After the distressing wait of two minutes in line, Wilson shove off a little child off of Santa’s lap and was ready to express his holiday wishes.

“Ho ho ho!” spouted Santa, “What are your wishes, you young and feeble child?”
“WHAT I WANT-” shouted Wilson, “-IS THE WHOLE GAMING WORLD TO BE UNDER MY COMMAND IN POKEMON BLACK 2!”
“As you wish you mentally insane imbecile!” said Santa, “Merry Christmas to you!”

As Christmas came by, Wilson turned on his DS, discovering that there was something really peculiar with his Pokemon game. Mario, Link, Sonic and all the other famous game characters are encapsulated in his new Christmas wish. Realizing a vivid, yet tacky Christmas tag near his DS, Wilson read it out loud:

‘Use the power of the DNA Splicer---and true magic will come to you! -FROM: Santa’

This gave Wilson many heinous intentions where he began to fuse many famous cameos, producing horrendous results. Starting with Pikachu and Sonic, Wilson was hoping to one day to create a new superhero that might help him with his social life, such as finding a girlfriend.

“Come forth Sonichu!” cried Wilson, “Come and spark to the infinite!”

Instead, of Sonichu, the game spewed out a message:

“Sonic and Pikachu has successfully been fused. Pikanic has been created!”

Wilson shrieked like a banshee after realizing the digital abomination that he had created. Wilson turned off his DS, and ran to the nearest game shop with his corrupted Pokemon Black 2 in grasp. After selling his game and receiving some cash, Wilson decides to hang out with his friends, trying to forget this entire incident.

“Surely, this incident won’t come back and haunt me for the holidays”, Wilson thought, as he finally began to have a life for once.

Hope you guys learned a valuable holiday lesson!

 

[Sterling]

Spoiler: Terrestria - The Night Before Christmas

It was the night before Christmas and the players were just getting started. Parties raged at all the hot spots in the city. The bars, the clubs, all of them filled to the brim. The snow outside fell in sheets and blanketed the landscape, as the footsteps of a single man faded into the storm. He trekked across the plains with but one thought. A single purpose: To get home and spend Christmas with his family.

Silver had stayed a bit too late at his friend's party. As soon as Alex passed out, he bounced. Determined to make it home in time to bid his kids good night, he slogged through the waste deep snow drifts and frozen rivers. Finally he came to the Great Pine Forest. The natural divider of the plains and mountains. His cottage lay within the confines of the forest. As he stepped into the forest, he was buffeted by a strong wind and took a tumble into a rock.

When Silver awoke, the storm had stopped. The fresh coat of snow was smooth and unblemished. In the distance Silver could see the lights of a walled city. He decided to check it out. As he walked up the path, he was stopped at the gates by two guards dressed in an odd fashion. Their leather and fur armor looked war and cozy. The steel helmet gave them an air of intimidation and anonymity. Their shields decorated with the head of a majestic steed.

"Halt, who goes there?"

"Silver, a traveler who has lost his way. Does this town keep a warm inn?"

The guard laughed, "It does indeed. Warmth is a way of life for the Nords. Asking that is like asking whether a sweetroll is sweet."

Silver bowed and replied, "My apologies. I did not mean to insult. By the way, what city is this?"

A female voice called up behind him, "It is the city of Whiterun. I can see you're lost and unarmed. That's suicide in this land."

The guards stiffened at the sound of the voice. "Dovakiin, Thane of Whiterun. Welcome back, the feast is just beginning all we need is you."

"Thank you. You may open the doors to this traveler as well. He is no harm and I'd like to speak with him."

The guards saluted and parted the doors. The Dovakiin led Silver to a small cottage and welcomed him inside. "Welcome to my humble abode. This is my Housecarl Lydia."

Silver held out his hand to the heavily armored yet pretty woman. She accepted his handshake and smiled as she addressed her master, "Welcome back my Thane, the feast is about to begin. I've come to escort you."

"Go on ahead, I have something I wish to discuss with this man."

"As you wish."

When Lydia had left, the Dovakiin removed her helmet and revealed her stunning features, then shook her head. Her long red hair trailed behind her. "I am the Dovakiin, slayer of dragons and champion of the Empire. Who are you?"

"I'm Silver, I am a hero of Justice and I uphold the values of truth and love. My reach extends to the stars above. I'm the champion of Terrestria."

"Where on Nirn is that?"

"Well... Wait Nirn? Terrestria is a world not a city or state."

This seemed to shock her. She shook her head, and then counted on her hands. "This must be the prophecy the Elder Scroll foretold. Quickly, what weapon do you wield?"

"Bow and arrow. Though I seemed to have misplaced them."

The woman quickly walked up the stairs. She began to rummage around in a chest and pulled out a strange white bone bow and a quiver of arrows tipped with the same bone. "Here, I need you to take these. A dragon named Alduin will soon arrive and I'll need your help to drive him off. This is the only way you can return to your world."

The harsh roar of a large animal echoed in the distance. "Quickly, we must drive him off!"

The two stepped out into the cold and took their battle stances. Alduin's fell black form could be seen against the clouds. He descended and began speaking in a strange language. It seemed to vibrate Silver to his very core. The Dovakiin called out, "Not today Alduin." Then she shouted, "JOOR-ZAH-FRUL!"

Alduin began glowing a sickly blue, and Silver began firing arrows off into the beast's body. One, two, no three arrows flashed into his chest in the blink of an eye. The beast let out a roar of pain that seemed to shake time itself as he struggled to maintain flight. Soon he crashed into the ground and the Dovakiin pulled out a dueling saber and began to flay him alive. Suddenly, Silver saw his wife April holding the sword and skinning the dragon. Her red hair seemed to grow with each thrust, and each dodge. Then he saw two kids exit Honeyside.

"Glen, Mia, " he said as he saw his two children. Silver's breath seemed to get caught in his throat as he watched the dragon turn his attention to the kids.

Silver held out his hand and yelled at the top of his lungs, "NO!" His adrenaline kicked in as he nocked an arrow into the string and lined up the shot. The burst of superheated fire began to crawl out of the monster's mouth. As the arrow pierced his skull and ended him, Silver placed himself into the line of the fire and protected the kids.

When the fire was gone, no trace of Silver remained. The Dovakiin ran up and hugged her children as she silently thanked Silver for his selfless deed. There were some things the Elder Scrolls just didn't say.

Silver awoke to a mouthful of snow. He was completely buried underneath as though it were his grave. As he popped his head up, the sweet smell of turkey caught his nose. The Great Pine forest loomed in front of him like it had before. This time he was going home.

When he opened the door, his children swarmed around his legs. Both were asking what took him so long and his wife April came over and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. Her hands still gloved by oven mitts. "Welcome back honey," she said as she led him into the dining room. As he sat down, an item he'd never seen before caught his eye. Over the mantle piece hung a white bow made of bone and a quiver full of bone arrows.He smiled, maybe it hadn't been just a dream.

 

[Blaze163]

A writing contest, eh? I'm in, but since there's a 500 word limit I can't enter any of my currently active projects since the shortest that's even nearing completion is well in excess of 50,000.

Does it HAVE to be a story, or will a festive gaming poem work? 'Cause I have the Gamer's Prayer around here somewhere, if I can enter that.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Sure, I'll allow poems. As long as it abides by the rules in OP.

 

[DJPlace]

how the great mighty poo stole x-mas.

on poo mountain the Great Mighty Poo saw the Mii's singing there x-mas songs. but they would never shut up even all year.

every day the mii's sing x-mas on easter on halloween on what ever day i'm getting sick of this stuff. he saw that santa would drop off gifts every years to the mii's and

also the great mighty poo never gets anything from santa. so he decides to dress up has santa and stalk the mii's and steal all the gifts and flush them down his mouth

that will teach those little dastards who's the boss they will never sing again. i hate mii's with a passion sure there look alikes but still look alikes are lame who ever

made a look alike of me shall feel me pooey wrath!! so the great mighty poo dress has santa sets off for mii town. he plunders the house he's throws his own stuff at

people and other things until this little mii girl comes out her name was nikiki from swapnote. santa what are you doing throwing your poo and our poor town. well

great mighty poo said i'm scating the place up for those nasty little drunk squrial's great mighty poo said. no your not said nikiki your a piece of poo. but i know what

you were hearing use singing but that was not us. it was the avatar city from the xbox360 those jerks killed rareware you should go after them not us. wait says great

mighty poo let me you hear sing. she sings frosty the snowman. well i'll be yamed so the great mighty poo. time to active my GMP self kill attack on that town. there's

no

reason to live any longer since there's never going be no more games for me or conker or banjo or the battletoads or mr pants. with a tear in his eye the great mighty

poo says i will leave and show bill gates the fury of my GMP fare well. with that the GMP goes to xbox avatar city and blows him self up and all of xbox360 cease to

exist so if you play your xbox360 beware of the spirt of rareware and you 360 may squit out a great mighty poo.


two people in this were.

great mighty poo=conker's bad fur day
nikiki from swapnote from nintendo 3ds eshop

hope you enjoyed my rip off of the grinch enjoy this scat of a story.

 

[SD456]

Here is my entry;

Spoiler

The first snow in Mushroom Kingdom​

​

Winter came to Mushroom Kingdom, the little Toads didn’t know why they are freezing, they thought that the Stars aren’t shining powerfully enough, to heat up their planet.

After a few weeks into the Winter months, a little toad rushed into the Princess Peach’s room, talking about some ice cold Stars that are started falling from the skies. The Princess know what was it and she explained to the little Toads.

Now they know what Snow is, they know what it means to celebrate the Christmas.
They needed a big Christmas tree, they asked the best heroes in the world to help them finding this tree; Mario and Luigi.

They helped the Toads finding the biggest and most beautiful Christmas tree in the world.
After three day of fighting with the weather and the mean Goombas, they found the biggest and most beautiful Christmas tree. The Toads helped them moving back to the Mushroom Kingdom.

They dressed up the Christmas tree in a hurry. At the top of the tree there was a Grand Star, singing beautiful Christmas Carols from the brightest mornings, until the darkest nights.

A day after, the little Toads gathered around the biggest and most beautiful Christmas in the World, making the biggest and most beautiful circle in the world. They started singing with the Grand Star. Mario, Luigi and the Princess started dancing and danced all night long, until they fallen asleep.

When they got up, there were present everywhere, for each little Toad, for everyone.
The Grand Star on the top of the Christmas tree started singing, and everybody celebrated the first Christmas in the Mushroom Kingdom, even the mean Goombas.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! ​

 

[Silverthorn]

Here's my entry. It's just under 500 words(I think ).

Spoiler: The M Incident

As all the Nintendo and Sega heroes were happily gathering together and preparing for Christmas, a strange incident occurred. They suddenly started to feel dizzy, and many of them fainted or started to behave strangely. In a flash of recognition, Mario realized that this were the symptoms of mushroom overdose. THIS FUCKTARD TOAD HAD MADE MUSHROOM CAKES!
Soon, all had passed out or were tripping peacefully, except for 4 of them: Mario, who had developed a natural resistance to all narcoleptic and hallucinogen substances over the years due to almost permanent consumption, Link, who was on a very strict Lon Lon Milk diet, Sonic, whose incredible speed had surprisingly been transferred over to his brain through the effects of the drug, thus transforming him into a genius, and finally Wario, who could eat basically anything and survive.
Sonic, whose substantial IQ increase had come as quite a shock at first, began speaking:
“Listen guys, we’re in deep shit right now: Peach hasn’t baked anything yet, we don’t have a Christmas tree, and at this rate, none of them is gonna be able to recover soon enough, so basically we’re fucked up. Got it?”
Mario: ”IT’S-a-ME, MARIO!”
Link: ”…….”
Wario: “Grmgnhgneh…”(picks his teeth while eating another cake)

Sonic went on: “So here’s what we’re going to do: Mario, you will go search for Dr.Zed so that he can patch up everyone fast and cheap. “
“Link, you’re going to ask Marcus and Dom to cut a nice Christmas tree with their badass chainsaws.”
“As for you, Wario, you go and fetch Cooking Mama so she can finish preparing the feast-“
Wario: (suddenly realizing what’s happening)”WHAT THE HELL! You want us to invite those FUCKING PUNKS THAT COME FROM FUCKING CASUAL AND FPS GAMES!THERE’S NO WAY I’M GONNA ACCEPT THAT!”

Sonic: ”What kind of nonsense are you spouting, Wario. It is time for us to be more tolerant and accept the fact that they are also fully-pledged video game characters as well.”
(Turns toward Mario and Link)”Don’t you agree with me, you two?”
Mario: “LET’S-a-GO!”
Link: “……”
(Turns toward Wario again)”See, Wario? Everyone agrees with me. You’re the only with such old-fashioned and outdated opinions. It’s time for you to change your way of thinking and stop being so narrow-minded.”

After some reluctance, Wario finally accepted to go along with the plan. Soon the reinforcements came and with the help of Marcus and Dom a wonderful Christmas tree was erected, while Cooking Mama made a fantastic meal and the others were being cured thanks to Zed’s radical but nevertheless effective help. In the end, all of them were finally back on their feet and were able to spend a wonderful Christmas happily together, with only a few lost neurons and mild brain concussions. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

And the morale of the story:

Spoiler

People are stronger together
We should all be tolerant
DON'T INVITE TOAD TO YOUR PARTY!

Didn't realize it's only my 3rd post. 'Guess I'm a real forum lurker .

 

[Blaze163]

Decided to do something original rather than using my Gamer's Prayer, so here's my entry. In keeping with the rules it contains two game characters (Although only Nagase is referred to by name, it's obvious who the others are so TECHNICALLY....), it's just barely above the 500 word limit (513, I think), and it is of course holiday themed. With that in mind, I proudly present to you 'A Christmas Dogfight'.

Spoiler

In the beauty of a perfect starry sky, the shadow of a reindeer drawn sleigh moved slowly across the pale silver dish of the full moon, bells jingling as the chubby man at the helm made his way across the world on his quest to bring joy. With a chuckle, he urged his strange propulsion system onwards.

A roar of powerful engines split the calm as four F14D Super Tomcat fighters, resplendent in their black and red liveries rose from the tiny tropical island far below. The tight formation closed in around the sled, and the radio on its dashboard crackled into life.

“Unidentified...umm...sled? You are in violation of Osean air space. You are ordered to land immediately. We will escort you to Sand Island air base. If you resist, you will be fired on. Lower your...umm...landing gear, if you have any, if you understand.”

The sled pulled sharply to starboard, suddenly gaining a huge burst of speed. The pilot of the lead fighter sighed and shook his head. He’d seen some strange things as a part of Razgriz Squadron, but a flying sled dragged by reindeer? This took the cake. Just for once it would be nice to see something in the skies that wasn’t trying to kill him, but it wasn’t going to happen tonight, it seemed.

The fighter formation broke apart as they gave chase, afterburners blazing against the deep azure of the midnight sky as they struggled to keep up. The fighter that had been on his left wing, flown by his trusty partner Kei Nagase, locked on to the fleeing anomaly and fired a missile, leaving a billowing streak of white smoke as the deadly weapon closed in on its target.

The sled broke hard right and dropped what the pilot assumed was some sort of hallucination caused by the stress of all his recent adventures. The missile hit the strangely wrapped package-like object and detonated in a brilliant crimson flare as Kei swore over the radio. Several more of the strange parcel-shaped decoys dropped from the sleigh, and Kei’s fighter pulled up and fired its afterburners again to evade them.

The lead pilot closed in on the enemy and flicked a small red switch on his flight stick, switching to his machine guns. The reticule on his head-up display changed to a bright green circle that tracked his wildly bucking target, and he squeezed the trigger as the strange vessel pulled across his line of fire. His cockpit rumbled as the machine gun sent deadly armour piercing rounds lancing into the rear of the sleigh, tearing holes in the crimson painted panels as smoke burst into the starlight.

A hand rose from the front of the sled, holding what appeared to be a white flag. It seemed his opponent had chosen to surrender after all. The fighters reformed their formation around the damaged vessel and signalled towards the lights emanating from the island below.

As the fighters escorted their prisoner towards the base, they couldn’t help but notice that the moon was suddenly veiled by dark clouds...

Not my best work, but I'm not used to working within a word limit. Even when I was in college I would flagrantly disregard them. But that's my entry. I hope you enjoyed it. Took me about half an hour or so.

I can also upload the Gamer's Prayer, if requested. I'm sure I have the original file around here somewhere...

 

[tenentenen]

Here's mine. I tried really hard to fit the gameplay of the source characters into the prose of the poem/story.
Hope you like it.

Professor Layton and the Tricky Christmas

Spoiler

Professor Layton and the Tricky Christmas​

​

"What a wonderful party," The Professor turned to Luke.​

"And a present for each of us, how nice of The Duke."​

The ballroom glistened, from the lights and the tree.​

"You mean," started Luke, "There's a present for me?"​

"Luke, do I see that you are exited for presents, just like all little boys."​

"Of course not Professor, Gentlemen don't need any toys."​

The Professor explained, "The Duke does this every year."​

"He's constantly filled with holiday cheer."​

The Duke of Rampkin was known for his parties world round.​

Emmy finally spoke, "He's invited every person in town"​

"Which reminds me of something, a puzzle, in fact."​

"Do you think you can solve it? The answer's abstract."​

"I can solve anything!" piped Luke, giving his hat a straighten.​

"No puzzle can stump the apprentice to Layton!"​

"I'll only ask it once, and I'll ask it loud and clear,"​

"Exactly how many seconds are there in a year?"​

"Just let me do the math" said Luke, preparing some brain power.​

"Sixty seconds in a minute. Sixty minutes to an hour"​

"Twenty four of those in a day..." trailed the boy, rather perplexed.​

"7 days in a week..." he sputtered on, but in the end he was vexed.​

The Professor hinted, "If you look at it differently, the math is easy to do"​

"Think about the meaning of 'seconds', and the answer will become clear to you."​

Luke thought for a moment, Then smiled with a glint in his eyes.​

"I think I've got it!" Luke scoffed, "What a clever puzzle for you to devise."​

"The trick is that you meant 'second', like 'a month's second day.'"​

"It was The Professor's hint that gave it away!"​

"If it's the second day of a month then the answer is clear."​

"Because if there's twelve months then there's twelve seconds a year."​

“That puzzle could have stumped smart men.”​

“But nope, not me. Layton's Apprentice Strikes Again!”​

"Wow." Emmy said, "It seems that you've solved this one."​

The Professor cleared his throat, "Now, let's not jump the gun."​

“Critical thinking is the key to success”​

“But on to the answer, I needn't digress.”​

"There's one crucial detail that was just out of your view."​

"A second's a second, but a twenty-second's one, too.”​

“So you see, it seems we've we've gotten to this puzzle's core.”​

“The number of seconds in a year is not twelve, but double that.​

Twenty-four.​

“We did our puzzle, now now the party can start, because”​

“After all, that's what a gentlemen does.”​

Then from the stairs, the sound of trumpets were heard.​

And a man shouted out, “Please welcome Duke Rampkin the third.”​

Rampkin waltzed down the stairs until he reached the bottom and paused.​

People began to clap, and he said “Now, hold your applause.”​

Rampkin spoke loudly, “For my darling Duchess is coming as well.”​

She came down the stairs, and he continued to yell,​

“I'm glad you could make it to my party on Christmas Eve.”​

“Please, open those presents that you've each received “​

“Finally!” Luke exclaimed. He opened his gift, and others followed.​

And inside the box was a shiny sphere that was hollow.​

Rampkin continued, “See the Christmas tree is bare”​

“I want you each to hang your ornament, and hang it with care.”​

Each hung their gift, and the tree glistened more.​

It was a genuine treat, and a sight to adore​

They all looked up, everyone except one bloke.​

It was The Professor, he just smiled as he quietly spoke.​

“I'm glad we're all here together. Emmy, Luke.”​

“Merry Christmas gentleman, and gentlewoman, “​

“And Merry Christmas to the Duke”​

 

[Sterling]

Decided to do something original rather than using my Gamer's Prayer, so here's my entry. In keeping with the rules it contains two game characters (Although only Nagase is referred to by name, it's obvious who the others are so TECHNICALLY....), it's just barely above the 500 word limit (513, I think), and it is of course holiday themed. With that in mind, I proudly present to you 'A Christmas Dogfight'.

Not my best work, but I'm not used to working within a word limit. Even when I was in college I would flagrantly disregard them. But that's my entry. I hope you enjoyed it. Took me about half an hour or so.

That's pretty good. Really and truly, the 500 word thing is just a guideline. Most of the other entries had at least 700 words and mine has about 1000 (Skyrim x Terrestria crossover). I'm not sure why there would be a limit imposed this time since in the previous Tempmas competitions there was none.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Thread CLOSED! I'll announce the winners after Christmas.

Nvm...forgot what day it was.

 

[Adithya]

I am sorry abt the number of words..it may be a little over 500 words because i used a lot of short words...but i think it is a short story..so,here goes...

CHRISTMAS CANDY
It was the 24th of December. The night was cold but the streets of New York were filled with joy and lights. Everyone was happy and busy with their preparations for Christmas. Excitement was in the air. Every face had a smile on it. Every face but one. Our little Vergil's. He was very unhappy and sad. He lived there on the streets all by himself, not having a home or a place to go. But that's not what had upset him. It was the fact that his brother lived thousands of miles away and he couldn't spend the holiday with him. He had nobody to call family. He did not even have a friend. All the other kids on the streets were bullies and had someone for them. But Vergil didn't.
So he was walking down the street, looking at all the happy faces. He saw people dressed up as Santa Claus and spreading joy. People trying to sell various things and earn a bread for the holiday. People doing carols. But that didn't cheer him up. After walking down the road for a few minutes, he noticed something. He saw, inside a bright and well decorated store, was a Santa listening to all the wishes of small children. He stood there listening as he didn't have anything to do.
A little girl went up to Santa, sat on his lap and said "Santa. My name is Jill.". The Santa asked"And has Jill been a good girl throughout the year?". She nodded her head and said "Yes Santa. I have been good throughout the year. I just want a big lovely teddy bear". "Ho ho ho! Okay my dear little girl. You will get your big teddy!". He smiled and went on to the next kid in the line. The line was quite long. But Vergil stood there listening to every single child. He came close to smiling. After the last kid went, he was about to leave when he heard "Ho ho ho! Come here my boy. Don't you want anything for Christmas?". He turned and saw the Santa asking him to come to him. He went. Santa asked him what he wanted. He said "Santa, all I want is to be happy and enjoy the holiday with my brother.". He continued " And if possible, I want to have a power with which I could do just about anything". Santa smiled and said "Don't worry child. Your wish will come true. Just have faith".
So Vergil, with a happy mind and heart, went to the place he usually sleeps. The next was Christmas. Vergil was woken up by all the noise on the streets. Even though he was up, his eyes were filled with sleep and he was blinking rapidly. Suddenly the noise reduced a little. He didn't pay much attention as he was still struggling to stay awake. He blinked again. The noise reduced even more. That caught his attention. When he finally opened his eyes, he was two giant candy canes in front of him. He was shocked to see them. Worried wondering if that was his fault, he turned towards a broken box and blinked thrice. Poof! It turned to a candy cane. He got scared. But then he started thinking "maybe I can finally have some fun!". And so he woke and set out for a walk.
He saw the bullies running towards him. He panicked and started to run away. But the bullies caught him and threw him to the ground. He was very scared and looking at them, he blinked thrice. Poof! They were turned into candy canes too! He was frightened but then later he thought "Now no one can hurt me! I can have a lot of fun with this and no one will try to do anything to me". So went, turning every happy face into a candy cane. He did it not because he could but because he was jealous and angry that he didn't have anyone to spend his day with. As he continued, his jealousy turned into frustration and he started turning everybody into candy canes. At first he felt guilty but now he started enjoying it. It started becoming so bad that He started to seem like a villain.
Thus went on for hours until he heard a voice shouting "Vergil, stop!". But he was overtaken by the madness and power. He said "Why should I? I am enjoying this! This is the most fun I've had in years!". The person who stood up against him was tall, wore a red coat and had a long shiny sword. But Vergil was not scared. The unknown person drew his sword and said "Stop this or I will have to kill you!". Vergil happened to know this person. So he smiled and said "Come at me if you can, Dante!". Dante, the name of the mysterious person who stood up against Vergil, charged towards him. His speed was so great that it was too good to be true. Vergil was quite good at dodging every single slash from Dante's sword.
"You've become quite good, Vergil!" said Dante. Vergil smiled and said "Thank you, brother!". It turns out that Dante was Vergil's brother! They fought like there was no end. Vergil started to get angry. He decided to turn his brother into candy cane too. At the first try, he missed. But when he tried the second time, Dante put his sword rite in front of Vergil's eyes. Seeing his own reflection on the sword, he turned himself into candy cane. "I'm sorry, brother. This is not what I wanted. Forgive your brother. Merry Christmas" were his last words!
Realizing that he's slowly turning into candy cane, he was extremely afraid. Suddenly the entire world started to shake. It felt like a terrible earthquake! Everything was breaking down.Vergil closed his eyes in fear. When he opened them, he found his brother waking him up. His brother was shaking him and shouting "wakey wakey sleeping beauty! Look who's here!". Vergil looked around and realized something. Everything that had happened to him was nothing but a dream. He started laughing not realizing who's in front of him. When he stopped laughing and when he did realize who was in front of him, his eyes filled with tears. He started crying. Tears if joy flowed down his cheeks as he hugged the one person he wanted to be with. His brother hugged him. He picked him up from the ground and dusted the dirt on him. Vergil felt extremely happy in his heart. He was going to enjoy the holiday with his brother!. He asked him "Dante, how did you get here?!". Dante replied "well I missed you buddy. So I got here as soon as possible." "I missed you too! Thank god you're here!" said Vergil with a big smile on his face. They started walking through the streets which was filled with joy and the sounds of bells ringing. Now this finally seemed like Christmas. As they were walking Dante asked "Why were you laughing so hard when I was waking you up?". Vergil laughed and said "Oh that! That's a long story. So it started....".

 

[EthanObi]

Thread CLOSED! I'll announce the winners after Christmas.

Nvm...forgot what day it was.

Lol, And this is why you don't drink spiked egg-nog at Almost 4 in the morning.

 

[Nathan Drake]

I'll just go ahead and give an entry. Screw word count. If it's too long for some reason, welp, sorry. It shouldn't be too far over 500, so I figure it should stay in the guidelines.

Spoiler

As the snow drifted past his window, Nathan Drake rolled over in his sleep, becoming further wrapped up in his blankets. The night was transitioning into the most anticipated day of the year as the world slept, unaware of whatever may come in the dead of night. The mansion Nate had come to occupy with Sully was of the highest caliber, but far from inconspicuous. His enemies had none too difficult of a time coming to locate such a landmark, and time wasn't even taken off for Christmas.

Nate woke with a jolt as a beam crashed to the floor next to him, the window blowing glass inward. Reaching for his pistol, he yelled for Sully only to have his cry drowned out by the sound of another explosive hitting its mark. Trying to gather a quick glance through the smoke, it seemed there was a small army outside clearly being led by a man who could not be distinguished from the rest in the haze. Firing off a couple of rounds into the smoke, Nate ran into the hallway, leaping over collapsed beams and holes in the blown open floor. As he got into the hallway, he made his way to Sully's room.

Kicking the door in, Nate was thrown back into the wall of the hallway by an explosion. He let out a scream:

"SULLY!"

Shambling into the collapsed room, Nate was surprised to see that Sully's bed had already been abandoned. Even more surprised was Nate to find that seemingly a line of pointy-eared midgets dressed for the holiday were making their way in, assault rifles slung over their backs. Nate shot at them, backing into the hallway and running towards the downstairs in the direction of the emergency bunker. If he was going to be anywhere, Nate knew he'd be there. Entering the code, he rushed into the room, closing the door of reenforced steel behind him. Looking around, Nate realized something was wrong:

"What the hell? Where is that old bastard?"

Sully was nowhere to be found. Thankfully, there was ammo to be found, as well as an emergency tank just for times like this. The adept treasure hunter crawled into the tank, got outside, and began blasting. "Sorry Sully," Nate muttered as he left the mansion behind him, moving towards the small army. Getting closer though, he began to realize just how accurate that was. Ahead of him was a full army of what seemed to be elves, straight out of Christmas stories he had read in the past. At the head of the army, seeming to command them all, was somebody Nate had never expected. Dressed in the traditional red and white garb of the judgmental present bringer himself was Victor Sullivan.

Not having time to take it all in, Nate began to ignite the hoards of elves. Thinning out their ranks, he thought he had the victory sealed. Suddenly, his aim shifted to the red suited Sully and a moment of hesitancy spelled the end for his tank. Several rockets later, Nate just escaped the tank in time. Taking out the last few elves with some careful pistol shots, he found himself face to face with Victor Sullivan: Santa himself.

Nate stuttered, "I've had to fight zombies and mystical guardians before, but elves? What the hell, Sully? And why are you dressed like that and attacking the mansion?"

Santa Sully began to explain: "I've traveled with you for years trying to hit it big. It's not easy paying for toys for all of those ungrateful bastards, and I needed cash. That, and those damned reindeer are ruthless. Look at my left hand! Two fingers gone because I couldn't pay Comet what I owed him. Don't even get me started on Blitzen, that thieving crook. Where was I again? Oh yeah! So I traveled with you for awhile, treasure hunting and trying to hit it big. While with you, I found you to be the naughtiest person on the planet. Killing ruthlessly, stealing, breaking in to places, and only looking out for your own hide has earned you a place on the ultimate naughty list. Coal doesn't begin to cover what I owe you, so I recruited my army to bring you your 'gift'. Sorry Nate, but you've gotta die."

Nate threw himself behind cover, trying to figure out his next move. Shotgun blasts ricocheted off of his cover as Santa drew closer and closer. Suddenly, the blasts stopped and thinking it was his chance, Nate ran out from his cover. Ready to tackle Santa, Nate stopped dead in his tracks. Standing where Sully once was stood a different red suited man. Standing in his way was Mario! Mario made a mighty leap, aiming right for Nate's head.....

Nathan woke with a start, looking all around him. His house seemed to be in one piece. Faintly hearing his name, he tucked his pistol into the back of his pajama pants and headed for the downstairs. As he arrived downstairs, he saw Sully sitting by the tree with gifts at the ready.

"You won't believe this," Nate began as he recounted the story from his dream the night before.

"That's ridiculous! You know we don't have a tank here. And if we did and I was Santa pulling something like that, you really think that I wouldn't have my elves sabotage that first?" Lighting a cigar, Sully stood up, looked at Drake, and said with as much warmth in his voice as he could muster: "Now let's go get the greatest gift of all. That is, the gift of hos."

~ Fin

 

[bowser]

Ok here's my entry:

Spoiler

Mario & Luigi: Return of Donkey Kong

It was a cold winter's night on Christmas Eve. Mario and Luigi sat huddled around the fire, sipping hot Shroom juice. "Mario, this juice isn't helping. I need something stronger to warm me up from the inside", said Luigi. "Well then, let's break out the Shroom ale!", said Toad excitedly. Mario poured everyone a glass of strong ale and they sat back contentedly, watching the flickering lights on the Christmas tree.

Suddenly, there was a frantic knocking on the closed hatch of the pipe that served as the entrance to their quarters. "Mario! Mario open up quick!", yelled a muffled voice. Mario dashed to the entrance and sprung the hatch. The wind blew Lakitu inside and knocked over Toad and his glass of ale. "Lakitu, what's wrong?", asked Mario. "It's Princess Peach, she's been kidnapped!", breathed Lakitu. Luigi rolled his eyes and said, "What again? Now? This is getting old. What's Bowser's hare-brained scheme this time?"

"But it's not Bowser, it's Donkey Kong!", said Lakitu, shaking uncontrollably. "WHAAAAAT?!" everyone yelled jumping out of their seats. "I shot a video of the kidnapping" said Lakitu and played it back for everyone on his camera. "That stupid ape, what's gotten into him?" screamed Toad. Mario stood frozen, remembering the horrible events from over 30 years ago. "Why is he kidnapping Peach? He's on our side now!" asked Toad. Lakitu said, "Apparently Donkey Kong was getting some target practice and something went wrong while shooting out of a barrel. He landed on his head and blanked out. When he woke up, he was really angry and couldn't remember anything. Suddenly he just took off."

"Great, he got amnesia and now he's back to his old self and decided to kidnap Peach", said Toad. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!". Mario snapped out of his reverie and ran to the door. "Aww man, but it's Christmas Eve!", moaned Luigi. "I don't give a flying Koopa what it is!", yelled Toad. "Move it!". "Luigi! Let's go!", called Mario. "OK", said Luigi hesitantly and started for the door. "Everyone follow me!" said Lakitu and sped off into the night. Everyone dashed after him. "So, where are we going?", asked Mario as he caught up to Lakitu. "He's got Princess Peach in a cage on top of Kong Mountain. There's a spiral path leading to the top." said Lakitu.

After an hour they reached the base of Kong Mountain. There was a long, steep, winding path. It was slippery with snow and ice. At the very peak, there was a fire burning. Luigi, who was still holding his ale, drained his glass and got a determined look in his eyes. They all quickly started up the slope.

When they were halfway up, the ground suddenly started shaking. They heard something big bouncing their way. Lakitu quickly flew up ahead to see what it was and came back quivering. "Donkey Kong is rolling giant snowballs down the path!", he said. "Great" said Luigi. "Where's a fire flower when you need one?". Mario said, "Ok everyone. Follow my lead and time your jumps just right! I've done this before, it's nothing we can't handle." "But I can't jump that high!" said Toad, quivering on his stubby legs. Thinking quickly, Mario picked up Toad and threw him onto Lakitu's cloud and said "Let's go! Lakitu, stay up high out of reach of danger!".

Following Mario's lead, they dodged and jumped their way through the deluge of snowballs. As they got closer to the top, the snowballs stopped, and they heard a new noise. Lakitu flew ahead once again and came back to report that Donkey Kong was now throwing flaming barrels. "Ohhh no!", said Luigi and turned around getting ready to flee back down the mountain. "Luigi!" called Mario. "Remember our drill maneuver? We'll just burrow into the ground and let the barrel roll right over us!". "OK!" said Luigi happily and they continued up the mountain.

When they reached the peak, Donkey Kong flew into a fury and started stomping his feet and thumping the ground with his fists. He looked demented and there was no hint of recognition in his eyes. "Maaarriiioooo!", called Peach. Toad said, "I think we need to hit him on the head again to rid him of this madness." "Yeah, but with what?", wondered Lakitu.

Suddenly, Bullet Bill flew out of the darkness, hitting Donkey Kong and knocking him senseless. "WHAAAAT?!" yelled everyone.

"MWA HA HA HA!", laughed a new, familiar voice. Bowser landed his airship on the peak and jumped out, shaking the ground as he landed. "So it's true. Donkey went wonky and kidnapped Peach. He did the dirty work for me and even gift-wrapped my present!", he said, pointing at Peach's cage. "This is the best Christmas ever!". Just as Bowser turned around and prepared to leave, Donkey Kong slowly sat up. Looking around, recognition filled his eyes, followed by shame at what he had done. He quickly bounded to his feet, ready to trounce Bowser and atone for his actions. Bowser quickly grabbed Peach's cage and made to jump into his airship. Mario sprang forward and threw himself onto Bowser's tail, grabbing it and holding on tightly. Bowser tripped and let go of the cage which started to roll down the peak. Luigi ran after it and managed to grab one of the bars of the cage. Lakitu helped pick it up and set it right side up.

Meanwhile, Mario was still holding on to Bowser's tail. As Bowser got to his feet, Donkey Kong ran up and punched him on the jaw with both fists, knocking him out. "You can do the honors, Mario", growled Donkey Kong. "Yeah! OK!", said Mario with relish, and started spinning Bowser around by his tail. Mario spun faster and faster and finally released Bowser, throwing him off the top of the peak.

Turning toward Peach (who had been released by now from her cage), Donkey Kong bowed and asked for forgiveness. Peach graciously accepted and kissed everyone on the cheek for saving her. They all went back to Mario and Luigi's quarters and had a very Merry Christmas.

THE END

I hope it's not too late, the deadline is 11:59 PM PST right? The OP doesn't specify.

 

[Nathan Drake]

I hope it's not too late, the deadline is 11:59 PM PST right? The OP doesn't specify.

It was PM, no worries. Your entry was in on time.

Just to note, since our lovely mod hasn't popped in yet:

Entries are now closed. Winners should be announced after Christmas.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Alrighty! Thread closed for real this time. Remember, I will announce the winners on the 26th.