Pet School & Faitthful Omens: The Holidays

‘’I can’t believe Christmas is only one week away!’’ Peaches ran to her sister, Spooky, who was watching their glider siblings play under the Christmas tree. Creme was baking cookies. ‘’Pixie, Casanova, be careful. Don’t break any ornaments.’’

 Pixie was a teal glider with a purple underbelly. She had eyelashes and navy eyes. Casanova was black with a white belly. She had teal eyes. Creme was a purple sheep. She was wearing a red and white striped scarf and a red and white Santa hat. Spooky ws a deep purple with lime green belly. She had pink eyes and eyelashes. Peaches was coral with pastel pink under her. She had pastel yellow X eyes.

 Anyway, Spooky didn’t seem content. Nobody knew why. Perhaps it’s because she’s tired of Casanova singing Christmas carols? Maybe it’s because she’s on ‘’Picking Up Any Broken Ornament Shards’’ duty? Casanova ran up to Spooky.

 ‘’Want to help Pixie and I decorate around the house?’’ She asked. In the story they are in, Pet School, Pixie and Casanova hate each other’s guts, but in reality they are inseparable. ‘’Always double trouble when they’re together, which is always.’’ Creme, an author, and the four pets’ mama, always quotes.

 ‘’Bah, humbug.’’ Spooky says. ‘’It’s boring. Red, green, red, green, with a tint of gold or silver. Do it yourself!’’ She shakes her head.

 ‘’Okay,’’ Pixie said, suddenly next to Casanova. ‘’How about we pl- GAH!’’ Pixie yells loudly.

 ‘’Pixie, what’s wrong?’’ Creme runs up and jumps on the couch the foursome are sitting on.

 Sobbing, Pixie replies. ‘’Spooky broke my favorite pair of mittens while scratching them. They are still on my paws and my paws are aching!’’ Pixie wept.

 ‘’All right, sweets, it’s okay, dear, now now,’’ Creme whispers. ‘’It’s okay.’’

‘’But it hurts!’’ Pixie cries. ‘’It’s fine, Pixie! Spooky will get what she deserves,’’ Casanova beams.

 ‘’Spooky, why did you do that?’’ Peaches asks.

 ‘’I didn’t have to, nor did I wanna,’’ she replied. ‘’Shoo.’’

 ‘’Want to check our stockings? We didn’t do it yet. I hope Santa brought me Twizzlers!’’

 ‘’Okay, sure. Just because candy’’ Spooky said.

 While walking, Peached asked, ‘’Where did you even get ‘Bah humbug’ from?’’

 ‘’It’s in a book mama Creme gave me,’’ Spooky said. ‘’The book is called ‘Cozy Christmas Carols’.’’

 Ah, that made sense. Spooky was a bookworm! But why did she say that? In cartoons she watched, it was always a bad thing, symboling annoyance. *Maybe she just misunderstood,* Peaches thought.

 When Peaches got her Twizzlers (yay!) and Spooky got her candy cane, Peaches decided to get Peaches and Casanova’s candy.

 ‘’Yay, snickers!’’Pixie said, digging in. Her paw was swollen and red.

 ‘’Mama, what’s wrong with Casanova?’’ Casanova asked.

 Creme shook her head. ‘’I don’t know. But swolleness usually isn’t a good sign. I am going to take her to Gabby’s Animal Hospital. Care to join me, girls?’’ Creme said.

 Going on a trip all together was always a treat, even for the grumpiest of days. ‘’Sure!’’ the three pets said.

 While waiting, Creme registered Pixie. Soon, Pixie went into the room, Creme wanting to go in. It was almost an hour, when the doctor and Creme went out of the room. Creme’s eyes were filled with worry,and Pixie was on her back.

 ‘’Make sure her cast doesn’t get wet,’’ she said. ‘’Armadillo lizards are really strong. They can easily shatter an animal as weak as a glider’s bones.’ You are lucky it is only a fracture. The cast will be removed in four weeks. Come back in two,’’ the doctor said.

 Uh oh. Fractures aren’t good.

 It was bedtime. Spooky almost fell asleep. When she saw a glittering light. It was a snowman, with a light blue tophat and a red stripe. He had blue Fire Fairy Wings, the ones in Epic Wonders but for pets.

 ‘’Who ARE you?’’ Spooky asked. She was scared, and quiet, trying not to wake up Pixie.

 ‘’Hello,’’ the Snowman-Fairy deeply said. ‘’I am the Snowman of the Past, and I’m here to show you your past mistakes. Hold my.. stick-arm.’’ Spooky was nervous. She carefully placed her paw on the snowman’s arm. She was teleported. It was noon.

 ‘’I am SO excited!’’ Pixie said, frosting a gingerbread-man cookie. Wait, it as purple with lime-green buttons, and the face was pink. Was it her?

 ‘’My favorite lizard sister, Spooky, will ADORE these cookies!’’ she yelped in delight. ‘’Vanilla, with coconuts and almonds.. In the original gingerbread cookie, all at once! Spooky will love them, I hope. This is her favorite recipe.

 ‘’I-I didn’t k-know I meant s-so much to h-her..’’ Spooky stuttered. She watched as Pixie softly hummed ‘’All I Want for Christmas’’, finishing frosting the cookie. It was beautiful. ‘’PIXIE! I’M SORRY!’’ Spooky said, and noticed that her paw wasn’t red, swollen, or in a cast. ‘’Why aren’t you responding? Is this in the past?’’

 The snowman flew by her. ‘’Yes, I don’t lie to my victims,’’ he joked. Go back to bed. G’night!’’ the snowman said.

 ‘’WAIT!’’ Spooky said, but in an instant she was back in bed. ‘’Might as well get some sleep,’’ Spooky said. The second she closed her eyes, a second snowman appeared, this time with a green and yellow hat.

 ‘’Who are you?’’ Spooky asked.

 ‘’I am the Snowman of the Present. Hold my arm, please!’’ And Spooky did just as requested. *Poof*. They were in the glider’s room. ‘’Casanova, why would my favorite lizard-sister d this?’’ she cried. ‘’I wish I knew her motives.’’ Pixie cried.

 ‘’It’s not your fault! Spooky will get her revenge!’’ Casanova growled.

 ‘’But.. How?’’ Pixie asked.

 ‘’You’ll.. See.’’

 ‘’SORRY! SORRY! IT WASN’T ON PURPOSE!’’ Spooky cried.

 ‘’But it *was* on purpose,’’ the Snowman said.

 ‘’Let’s go home, please,’’ Spooky begged.

 ‘’Sure.’’

 Spooky finally closed her eyes and snored. Not even fifteen seconds passed when a final snowman came.

‘’Let me guess, Snowman of the Future?’’ Spooky snorted.

 ‘’Correct,’’ the Snowman said. ‘’Well, no explanation, No time! You must know what to do by know.’’ Spooky touched the Snowman’s arm.

They were in a graveyard. ‘’D-did Pixie die?’’ she said, voice quivering.

 ‘’Read the engravings.’’

 ‘’Spooky Cuteface0.. WAIT.. ME? WHY ME?’’ she wailed.

 ‘’As part of revenge, Casanova put your favorite toy by the fireplace, Their intention was to get you all in soot but.. When you were finding it, and you found it, the fireplace was lit. You fell in the fire and..’’

 ‘’WHAT?’’ Spooky cried. No.. ‘’HOW CAN I FIX THIS? P-PLEASE?’’

 ‘’You can apologize, be nicer, and hide your toys,’’ the Snowman said.

 ‘’Will do.’’

 It was Christmas Eve. The four of them were sitting by the fireplace, drinking hot cocoa and laughing.

 ‘’You better go sleep,’’ Creme said. ‘’Santa will be giving gifts.’’

 ‘’But mommy,’’ Pixie whined.

 ‘’But mommy,’’ Spooky repeated. ‘’The best gift is us together!’’

 The next day, they all opened presents. Pixie got a plushie in the shape of a gingerbread man. Casanova got one in the shape of Santa Claws. Peaches got one in the shape of a reindeer. Spooky got one in the shape of a snowman.

 All though they got many other gifts, those were their favorites.

 Spooky named her snowman Present, not because of the gifts, but because of the second snowman she had ever met.