A Green and Red Christmas

[The Count]

Congrats and thanks on the new chapter. Only problem is the sizing issue's still affecting the reading of your posts Maddie. But it's great to read something of yours again. We miss Diamond Cities and you and the Mayhem at the dorms. At any rate, thanks again and have a happy holiday season.

 

[PuppyLuver]

Fwee! Another chapter! This one’s a bit of a quickie.

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A Green and Red Christmas

by PuppyLuver and ZootyCutie

“Um... uh...” Kermit had hoped this wouldn’t happen, but it happened. The jester had found the guest star. The stalker had cornered his prey. Snape had killed Dumble—wait, what? Oh well. Either way, there was nothing Kermit could do about this just yet. He had to introduce the next act! The frog ran out on stage to give the band a quick introduction. “Now we have Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem!” he exclaimed to the audience, before he ran backstage to get a crowbar in case David needed it.

The curtain lifted, revealing the Electric Mayhem in all their glory. The band started playing a jazzy tune as Floyd Pepper shouted out, “This here goes out to Kris Kringle! He's one jolly dude!”

“Hey, Mr. Kringle is soon gonna jingle
The bells that'll tingle all your troubles away
Everybody's waiting for the man with the bag
'Cause Christmas is coming again

He's got a sleigh full, it's not gonna stay full
Stuff that he's dropping every stop of the way
Everybody's waiting for the man with the bag
'Cause Christmas is coming again

He'll be here
With the answer to the prayers
That you made through the year
You'll get yours
If you've done everything you should extra special good
He'll make this December the one you'll remember
The best and the merriest you ever did have
Everybody's waiting for the man with the bag
'Cause Christmas is coming again”

Floyd momentarily stopped singing to let some of the other band members shine. “Let's kick it!” he exclaimed, as Zoot performed a sax solo. “All right Zoot! Groovy baby! Ladies and gentlemen, Zoot!”

“Thank you!” said the blue-haired saxophonist. “Thanks.”

After Zoot’s moment in the spotlight, Dr Teeth played an impressive string of notes on his piano. “Run with it, Dr Teeth!” Floyd exclaimed, smiling. “Yeah!” Next, Animal performed a drum solo, and what a drum solo it was. “Hit that groove Animal! Yeah! He's comin' to see you too!” That was supposed to be Animal’s cue to stop, but he didn’t stop. He just kept drumming, steadily getting faster and louder. “Whoa!” Floyd shouted. “Easy, man!”

“THE BAG! THE BAG!” Animal bellowed, continuing to drum crazily.

“Animal! Animal! Take your tablets...”

“ONE! TWO! THREE!” The music started up as normal, and Floyd continued to sing.

“That cool cat Kringle is soon gonna jingle
All the bells that'll tingle all your troubles away
Everybody's waiting for the man with the bag
'Cause Christmas is here again

He's got a sleigh full, and it's not gonna stay full
Got stuff that he's dropping every stop of the way
Everybody's waiting for the man with the bag
'Cause Christmas is here again

He'll be here
With the answer to the prayers
That you made through the year
You'll get yours
If you've done everything you should extra special good
He'll make this December the one you'll remember
The hippest and the grooviest you ever did have
Everybody's waiting, they're all congregating
Waiting for the man with the bag” The band did their big finish and ended as the audience applauded.

“Okay, take five,” Floyd told his fellow musicians. “Miss Fatback’s on.”

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Told you it was a quickie. Okay, bye!

 

[ZootyCutie]

*w00t* Great one!

 

[The Count]

*Applauds. Post more! Post more!

 

[PuppyLuver]

I'm glad you guys like it! ... *pokes Maddie* Hey. Your turn.

 

[The Count]

OK, um... So Christmas is long-gone by now. But could we please get an update to this green & red readable? Thanks.

 

[PuppyLuver]

I can't do anything until Maddie does chapter 8... *pokes Maddie again*

 

[The Count]

Mmm... Here, lemme help. *Pokes Maddie with poking stick. You think this is workin'? Cause I have the muffin cannons greased up... And the penguin cannons on backup too. *Aims both at she who is cutie over Zooty.

 

[The Count]

*Poke poke poke Maddie. Update pwease? We need more fanfic! When do we want it? When it can get posted!

 

[PuppyLuver]

Important update time!

Okay, since Maddie's been having problems here and won't be able to get a new e-mail to fix these problems, she's given me permission to take over writing the rest of the story version of A Green and Red Christmas by myself. I have all of the planned out dialogue and actions in Word, I just have to clean it up and make it look nice for the 'net. I WILL NOT FAIL YOU, MADDIE!

And yes, I edited Bowie's line about the Christmas song to encompass my after-I-wrote-that-line realization of his Bing Crosby collab.