The Hiver Arc

The Hiver Arc is the first arc of the Fighting Game of Everything lore. It is being written by Brit'N'Game Jamie and IndieStudios, with some contributions from The James. It covers the first 2 chapters.
==Characters==
=== Protagonists===
*Nikocado Avocado
*Angry Kid
*Mr. Krupp/Captain Underpants
*Knuckles the Echidna
*Ranger (TDX)
*Gladiator
*Celebration Battler
*The Scout
*The Heavy
*The Engineer
*The Spy 
*Squidward Tentacles
===Antagonists=== 
*Jack Horner
*The Baker’s Dozen
*Black Hiver
*Fusecoil
*Wario
===Others===
*Ethical Bug
*George Beard
*Harold Hutchins
*GDA Soldiers
*The other Mercenaries (The Soldier, The Pyro, The Demoman, The Medic and The Sniper)
*Orlin Home
*Speccy
*Sonic the Hedgehog
*Tails the Fox
*Waluigi (post credits scene only)
*Dirk Dinkum (post credits scene only)
*Buckley (post credits scene only)
*Blocky (post credits scene only)
===Mentioned===
*Plankton
==Synopsis==
Note: This is a first draft and could be improved later.
===Chapter 1: The Sadistic Holiday Demon===
The arc begins on December 21, with Jack Horner in search of the Wishing Star, having gotten lost due to forcing his sacrifical Baker's Dozen to use a map different to the official map (which they lost to Puss in Boots) and distractions from his "conscience", the Ethical Bug, trying to convince Jack to find happiness in a different way. In a dark but somewhat winter-y place, he discovers a book entitled The Olden Guide to Conquering Christmas - seeing this as a oppurtinity to make his greatest Christmas wish come true (obviously not to give anything, but to get everything), he recites a ritual that brings a Bugs Bunny-akin creature to physicality. The creature, naming himself the Black Hiver, demands to know what Jack's deal is. Jack declares his wish for all magic, and Black Hiver agrees on the condition that Jack collects enough souls for him (the exact amount is currently unspecified). Jack, without a second's hesitation, agrees, allowing the Hiver to begin his reign of horror.
Across the realm, we are introduced to the protagonists. The first is Nikocado Avocado, who is filming one of his infamous mukbangs. As he eats while talking to the camera and acting like an infant, a pebble is slung at his window, shattering it and getting into his food. He at first simply fake cries and continues recording, but when another pebble hits his food, his angrily goes to find the source of it. It turns out the pebbles were being flicked by Angry Kid, for no other reason than to mess with Nikocado, and the 2 get into a fight. Nikocado emerges the winner and Angry Kid chooses not to pester him further, but both of them notice the sky suddenly getting darker.
We are introduced to George and Harold, both of whom are coming out of their elementary school after being forced to take classes on what should be a school break as punishment for their pranks. Having noticed Angry Kid flicking pebbles at Nikocado and the sky getting darker, they conclude that there is a supervillain plotting something. They turn to their principal Mr. Krupp, and with the snap of their fingers, turn him into their superhero Captain Underpants. Upon reaching the area where the danger is seemingly coming from, the Waistband Warrior discovers that the "supervillain" is actually Fusecoil, tossing his coils and causing chaos. The 2 battle, but when it seems that the Captain is about to win, Fusescoil's soul is suddenly stolen and taken to a different world. Realizing loads of different people running for their lives, Captain Underpants sets out to save the day.
Elsewhere, Wario is sneaking around treasure hunting, eventually discovering the Master Emerald and planning to add it to his priceless collection. This sparks the ire of its protector, Knuckles the Echidna, and the 2 begin to fight for it. During the height of the battle, Knuckles realizes the darkening sky, but not soon enough to stop Wario's soul from being taken. Shocked, he begins looking for answers. Jack Horner, unsatisified with the amount of souls he has garnered for the Black Hiver, formulates a new plan to gather the rest of the fighters. It turns out that the day they all come together will be December 25...
As the situation gets more dire over the next few days, the GDA sends their soldiers, including Ranger, to deal with the threat. Ranger encounters Gladiator and the 2 brawl, until the arrival of Celebration Battler running for his life - they agree to put aside their strife and help him, forming an alliance.
Elsewhere, the mercenaries of Team Fortress are off work, celebrating their Christmas holiday together. A Scoutbot suddenly appears on 2Fort, and The Scout, believing they forgot to kill it during a robot investation, rushes out to the battlefield to deal with it. However, he runs into Squidward Tentacles, who is trying to find out what's going on, and believes he is hiding the Scoutbot. The 2 battle, but afterwards discover hordes of soulless minions approaching them, including the Scoutbout. Although an unimpressed Squidward sees this as just another one of Plankton's schemes, the Scout is reminded of the Black Hiver's attack during one of their Christmases, including having his soul stolen from him. Fortunately, Captain Underpants sees them and escorts the 2 away before the minions can get to them.
Back in their base, The Heavy, The Engineer and The Spy notice that Scout hasn't returned and begin searching for him. They encounter Ranger, Gladiator and Celebration Battler, and both teams, thinking each other to be enemies involved in the threat, engage in a 3v3 battle. Afterwards, they encounter Scout and Squidward, who are dropped off by Captain Underpants, as well as Nikocado and Angry Kid, who have been trying to avoid the carnage the whole time. Now that all of his targets are together, Jack Horner sets his plan into motion. A painting depicting the Black Hiver appears out of nowhere, pulling everyone into a different realm. Knuckles notices this and rushes in to try and save them, but is futilely sucked in as well, concluding Chapter 1.
===Chapter 2: The Battle for Christmas===
Out of the painting, the team drop into a different realm, with Nikocado getting separated from them, resembling a Christmas-y town being abolished. Most of the team, sans the merceranies (who have experienced this before) and Ranger (who is trained to deal with threats on this level), look around in fear before noticing Jack Horner standing before them atop a Christmas tree with the Olden Guide book. Squidward screams at him demanding why he sent them all here, and Jack introduces them to the Black Hiver, who has taken on a far more monstrous form - the sight of him causes Nikocado to faint. Captain Underpants notices Fusecoil's soul in his possession, and Knuckles too notices Wario's. Scout tries to convince the team to stick together to fight the Hiver, but the team ignores him and splits into teams - Captain Underpants carries Squidward and Angry Kid to an igloo while Scout follows, Gladiator and Knuckles run towards the gingerbread houses, while the rest (sans Nikocado, who is still out cold) stick together to fight the Hiver.
None of the groups fare well: Engineer has his soul stolen and reforged into a minion, Gladiator and Knuckles are forced to fight off hordes of gingerbread men before the Hiver burns them to a crisp, Captain Underpants is turned back into Mr. Krupp and sliced in half by a pirate, and Angry Kid is too transformed into a minion after getting distracted. Squidward tries to escape, but collides with Spy and Ranger, indirectly allowing the Black Hiver to kill them as well. Heavy works to continue fighting, but goes down to sentry guns built by the Engineerbot (the minion made out of Engineer, duh). Celebration Battler and Scout, 2 of the last 3 survivors, encounter each other in the area where Nikocado landed as the mukbanger wakes up.
Having swiped it from Heavy's corpse, Celebration Battler convinces Nikocado to eat his last sandwich, getting him ready to help fight off the Hiver's minions. After defeating the Scoutbot he encountered in 2Fort earlier, Scout downs a special can of BONK! Atomic Punch, giving him super strength and the power of flight. He grabs Celebration Battler and Nikocado, and the 3 almost reach the tree when Scout's time limit runs out. The Nutcracker, having come back to life after its defeat, fires a flaming walnut at the trio and knocking them upwards. Scout, realizing that losing his soul again is inevitable, helps Celebration Battler throw Nikocado up to the final battle before both fall to their deaths.
Jack Horner, still a few souls short of his wish, begins sacrificing his remaining Baker's Dozen (some were indirectly killed by Hiver) as well as the Ethical Bug, placing him at one soul left. Nikocado and the Black Hiver engage in a fight, which the Hiver begins to lose. Jack tries to kill Nikocado himself for his last soul, but the reeling Hiver reveals to Jack he had been playing him the whole time and proceeds to take his soul instead, before slamming down his fist on Nikocado, killing him. However, the vengeful spirit of Jack escapes the Hiver's grasp and possesses Nikocado's body, allowing the fight to continue. After a battle of villain against villain, the Hiver's cage containing the souls is destroyed, freeing the souls and allowing them to fly around the Hiver, giving Jack time to grab the Olden Guide and reverse the ritual, killing the Hiver and bringing an end to his reign.
The souls all return to their individual bodies, and Jack gives a lying speech about realizing his mistake and expects their thanks for "saving everyone". However, they instead beat him up as payback for starting the whole thing, and all (including the Ethical Bug) abandon him in the Hiver's realm as he curses them. The team finally leave the realm to celebrate Christmas in peace - at the mercenaries' base, with some guests invited (Orlin Home, Speccy, the GDA and Team Sonic)!
====Post-Credits Scene====
On Boxing Day, Wario decides to visit his brother Waluigi to tell him everything that happened and why he didn't see him on Christmas. However, he discovers Waluigi tied up in his house's basement, and is informed a stranger tied him up. They agree to uncover who did it - but first, they agree to look for gold.
Elsewhere in an Amazon rainforest, Dirk Dinkum and his assistant Buckley are hunting for animals to poach. They discover a rare creature, and Dirk makes a move to capture it - but is swiftly stopped when the creature attacks back.
"Hey guys! For a prank..."
==Trivia==
* The plot point of Jack Horner summoning the Black Hiver was the first piece of lore Brit'N'Game Jamie created for The Fighting Game of Everything, hence why in-game, Jack Horner is unlocked via defeating the Black Hiver.
* The timeline beginning on December 21 is a reference to the release date of Jack Horner's movie of origin, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (December 21, 2022).
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