Holiday Special 2017

The **Holiday Special 2017** is the second Christmas sidestory of *Pokémon Reset Bloodlines,* and sixty-third sidestory overall.

Like the previous one, it is a collection of short Christmas snippets featuring different main and side characters. It was published by Fox McCloude, with additional snippets written by Resetverse authors Crossoverpairinglover, Viroro-kun, Partner555, Shadow Ninja Koopa, BRANDON369 and Edinosaur25, along with Fanfiction members Jigsawpunisher and Zeeklaerers, and an omake by Spacebattles member Vinylshadow.

## Plot

In Sinnoh, to the bemusement of Professor Carolina, Cynthia ponders all the different aspects of Christmas and the impetus behind it.

In Sunnyshore City, Flint, Crasher Wake and Fantina prepare to give the "Three Christmas Ghosts" act another shot to cheer up Volkner. When Flint sneaks into the gym, he finds a happy Volkner who asks for Flint to close the gym for him as he is planning to go out for Christmas dinner. Surprised by this, Flint asks Fantina if she knows anyone else who might need Ghosts of Christmas treatment.

In an unnamed city, Celebi flies through the shadows and marvels that no matter how things change the holidays have stayed the same.

In Vaniville Town, Serena spends some time making Christmas cards and cookies while thinking of Ash. Grace then arrives home with Y in tow. When Y notices that the card for Ash looks nicer than the rest, she along with Grace tease Serena about her crush.

On Cinnabar Island, Blaine finishes up a gym battle against Fergus. He and Alish then talk a bit about her plans for a journey and then head home to make Lava Christmas Cookies.

In Alola, Lillie thinks back on a holiday from when she was younger where she woke up late at night and found her mother fussily working on the Christmas tree claiming it wasn't perfect. Lillie told her it looked like it was to her. Giving into her daughter, Lusamine took Lillie back to bed before returning to her own and making love to her husband.

In Lumiose City, Meyer gives Clemont some hot chocolate before the two go outside to find that Bonnie has collected many girls in hopes to match them romantically with her brother.

On the Laramie Ranch, the Laramie clan along with Rex, Dex and Hex sing "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

In Castelia City, Emmy picks up Gray to go to a Christmas party.

Outside of an unnamed city, Lorelei and Frey walk to an area that Krysta asked them to go to. Once there, they find a private skating rink surrounded by Ice sculptures of various Pokémon which must have been made by the Bloodliner. Krysta watches them from a ways off and is happy to see Articuno fly over the rink and sprinkle some fresh snow over the couple. Krysta then quietly wishes her friends a Merry Christmas thinking that her work to make this all happen was worth it.

In Crimson City, Tsurugi writes a letter to Santa Claus hoping for Bloodliners like her to be accepted by society. Her mother, Katana, then tells her its time to go to the Fisher Clan Christmas party.

In Big Town, The Pichu Brothers look at the Christmas trees entered in the Pokémon Christmas Tree contest but are underwhelmed. Pichu Big suggests that they enter it themselves, so they gather their posse and a tree and run back to the competition. The Pokémon put on a performance while decorating the tree and when it looked like they were going to win, Pichu Big signals for a group of Voltorb to drop from the tree and explode for a finale. This destroys all the trees and a now angry crowd chases the Pokémon away.

In Kalos, Astrid worries over what type of hat she should buy Mabel for Christmas. Korrina helps calm her down stating that whatever she buys, their "Granny" will love it.

In Po Town, Guzma holds a meeting with the Team Skull members to go over the teams plans for the holidays. He starts by forbidding practicing the "gift of the Magikarp." Then he brings out a tree decorated with ornaments from many different holidays, so that everyone can feel included. He follows this by bringing out a Goomy dressed like him and asks who is responsible for it, with a female grunt claiming the Dragon-type to be her "Goozma." Guzma then reminds everyone to stop pretending to be Santa and climbing on the roof because they keep getting injured, thinking that Plumeria would make him to do it anyways. Finally he reveals his new Vikavolt, before gifting her eight children to the Team members present. Plumeria then hands him a Santa hat reminding him he can't get out of his duty.

In Canalave City, Byron does some work in his gym before he has to head to Oreburgh City to spend the holidays with his family. When he goes to find his son, Roark's gift right before leaving he is unable to find it. He has his Bronzong help him locate it and then flies to the other city on his Skarmory. He helps his wife prepare the house for Christmas dinner which they all enjoy after everyone arrives. Byron then hands out his gifts, finishing with his present for Roark. Roark opens it to find a Poké Ball that he soon opens to reveal an Archen. The family then promises to train together the next day.

In Driftveil City, Clay yells at one of his workers about the decorations being crooked. He is then pacified when a familiar Tranquil flies around straightening them out.

In Crimson City, Jin Jouda attends the Fisher Family Christmas party, where is tries to figure out why Jeanette took a liking to his son, A.J. He then watches the teenagers' Pokémon push them together under mistletoe, forcing them to kiss. He then talks to Kazuto Fisher, whom he decides must have been previously aware of the Pokémon's plan. He questions the other father on his thoughts on their children being together, to which Kazuto replied that it was the same for his wife himself.

In Frodomar City, Ritchie and Silver Raylight leave the local Battle Club after Silver had won the holiday tournament. They then do some grocery shopping before stopping at a store to buy Ritchie's mom, Regina, a cookbook for Christmas. To their surprise she grabs the book at the same time, effectively ruining the surprise. Regina, happy with their thought, offers to thank them by making something from the book in addition to their planned dinner.

Agi and Agoston return to their home with their newborn daughter Joli. Who to their surprise burps out a cloud of Poison Gas.

Long ago, Tobias leaves a town where he just unintentionally created the holiday Christmas. Santa Claus then appears before him and explains how that is even possible for Tobias knew about Christmas before he ever created it. Tobias then decides he needs a drink and gets his accompanying Clembot to find a world with rum.

In Almia, Barlow and his partner Makuhita make a snowman before destroying it with a tackle.

In Po Town, Macross tells Sketch and Odlaw about her trials to get a Carnivine for another Team Skull Grunt. Only to reveal it and find out she captured a Weepinbell instead on accident.

In Unova, Georgia visits the orphanage she grew up in to celebrate becoming a full fledged Dragon Buster.

In Kanto, Aurora thinks back about a Christmas she spent with her dad before he found out she was a Bloodliner, and her guilt on being the reason he is dead. She then tries to cheer herself up by thinking about her new family.

At Mount Auburn, Pendula climbs the slope atop her Magnezone. She finds Vermell at the mountain's peak and convinces him to talk to her by calling him "brother." She then works on convincing him to join the "Mabel's Grandkids Association." Despite Vermell's negative history with family, she eventually wins him over enough to at least come meet everyone. Later on Pomace Mountain, Vermell fits right in with the family and they celebrate the holidays with each other.

In Cerulean City, the local Officer Jenny finds Misty in front of a bakery looking longingly at some cake. Knowing that the girl wouldn't have a happy holiday at home, the policewoman buys the youth a slice of cake as a gift.

In Oblivia, Nema helps her parents clear the snow from their front yard. When using a shovel feels weird to her, she tries using her hands and finds digging through the snow much easier.

In Eindoak Town, Damon walks down the street towards his family home. When he gets there he finds the windows dark and no one home, but his mother and sister, Carlita and Juanita soon arrive home and then invite him inside.

In Sinnoh, Volkner and Sho make their way to Sho's home. Sho teases the gym leader about his and Elesa's relationship a bit before they arrive and are welcomed inside for dinner.

In Lumiose City, AZ reflects on the irony of the holidays celebrating the goodness of humanity, when it is nothing of the sort. A small girl, Emma, offers him some bread so he wouldn't be alone and hungry. The act caused AZ to feel some warmth in his heart he had not felt in a long time, so the man offered to tell Emma a story of long ago.

In HopHopHop Town, Anna watches Arnold and Laila have a snowball fight.

In Kanto, Anabel is sad that she could not sing like the carolers that visited their home. Her uncle sensing this, cheers her up and convinces her to sing for him.

In Nimbasa City, Betty gets woken up from a nightmare by Jamie. Later her and her mom, Elizabeth, talk about giving Betty's Palossand to Shauntal.

In Kalos, Alain weathers a storm in a mountain cave with his Charizard. He thinks about a previous Christmas where something similar happened to him and Professor Sycamore. He considers calling the professor before deciding against it and splitting a chocolate bar with his Charizard.

Outside their home, Kyle Narec trains with his daughter Evanna while it snows.

In the Orange Islands, One Eye wakes up to the sound of explosions. He exits the cave that he and his Crash were sleeping in and sees fireworks in the sky. He apologizes about the humans to an egg they rescued before going back to sleep.

In Gringy City, Belladonna takes some free doughnut samples from a local bakery that had set some out for the less fortunate.

In Palmpona, Fitzdane walks through the town and thinks about the differences between Johto and Kalos. He then thinks about Ciel and whether she will like the Christmas gift he bought her or not. The two then run into each other on their respective walks and exchange gifts.

Inside her home, Vedia watches kids sledding on a nearby hillside. Her tutor demands her attention once more, and then Vedia laments how having money doesn't mean much when she has no close family or friends to share it with.

In Geosenge Town, Professor Ota chases a young girl who has stolen his tablet. He finds her in an old tent reading the text on it. Surprised that she can read it, he interrupts her only to be attacked by an Ancient Power. He talks with her and offers to teach her more about history if she returns the tablet. She agrees and reveals that she has no name. He names her Eve on account of it being Christmas Eve.

In Vien Town, Kinkaid dismisses his class for the Christmas break after reminding them not to run in the hallways.

In the Team Aqua and Team Magma Hideouts, Archie and Maxie reminisce to Shelly and Courtney respectively, about when the two worked together as a part of Team Zenith before breaking off and creating their own teams.

In Almia, Sven and Wendy have a toast to the new year.

In the dorms of the Kanto Pokémon Tech branch, Giselle tries to write Joe a Christmas card but struggles to find the right words. She eventually decides to just phone him instead. During the call she apologizes for her earlier behavior and invites him to the Pokémon Tech Christmas Ball as her date. Joe questions her motivation for this, so Giselle confesses her romantic interest in him. Joe then agrees to go with her to the ball before the two hang up.

Outside New Bark Town, The Dude stands in wait for trainers to come by so he can teach them how to capture Pokémon. MissingNo materializes beside him and the two briefly talk about the glitch underestimating "side characters." MissingNo then angrily leaves while glitching The Dude's Poké Balls to indefinitely duplicate. Inside the small town, Joey and Tristan lament on them not being able to capture enough common Pokémon for the giveaway that they had planned. The Dude then walks up to them with a bag of Poké Balls that he claims are filled with Rattata and offers them for the giveaway. The boys thank him and the three work together to gift the Pokémon to new trainers.

In Almia, Jolanka decorates a Christmas tree until her daughter, Jane, arrives and gives her a Christmas present.

In the Safari Zone, Tommy thinks about Christmases he had before he got separated from his parents. His Kangaskhan mother then arrives home in their cave and covers his eyes. While Tommy is unable to see, some other Pokémon enter the cave and prepare to what Tommy soon finds out to be a display resembling what he described to his Kangaskhan mother as his fondest memories of the holidays. The parent and child then hug, happy to be together.

In Hoenn, Sapphire hears about a big Christmas raffle going on the next day. When she gets to the raffle she uses her Bloodline ability to figure out the time that the probability to win the raffle is best before taking her turn. This wins her the raffle and the large monetary prize that it comes with.

In Rustboro City, Sawyer and Wally's Gallade meet for sweets. Gallade asks for Sawyer's help coming up with a gift for Wally. Later Gallade visits Wally in the hospital where the Psychic-type gives his trainer a Technical Machine. Gallade then realizes that the gift only benefits himself and apologizes. Wally denies the need for an apology because Gallade got it to help Wally be a stronger trainer. The two then plan on using it to help Gallade learn some new moves before an upcoming battle.

In Unova's Elite Four building, Grimsley heads downstairs to find something to eat before bed. To his surprise he sees a light on in one of the room, which is odd because he had thought everyone else had home for the holidays. When he enters the room he finds Shauntal reading a book. He interrupts her and she reveals she was unable to procure a flight home. She asks him if he has any Christmas stories, and he reveals he does and proceeds to begin telling them.

In Anistar City, Calem finds himself at an old man's house. He had previously left a Chespin at with the man who was nearing the end of his days, so when he got a letter saying his time had past and it was time to pick up Chespin, he was sad but did so promptly. When he entered the house he found Chespin's Poké Ball and a letter. The letter asked Calem to take Chespin to see Anistar's sundial on Christmas day as the man had promised to do so before he met his end. On Christmas, at the sundial, Calem was happy he was able to fulfill the man's last promise.

In Catallia City, Ito Jenny arrives back to her home and finds a Christmas present from her Neko Hachi waiting for her on her kitchen table.

In Almia, Kellyn and Kate walk through a snowy forest. When Kellyn's Styler runs out of power, Kate charges it up with her Bloodliner abilities. The two then express their appreciation of her power and that she can actually use it in front of him.

In Pallet Town, Delia relaxes after going through a bunch of prep work for the Pallet Christmas Party. Ash then brings her the mail before answering the door to find Daisy Oak there with a Christmas cake for the party. Daisy notices that Ash has a postcard from Serena and she teases him about having someone special. Ash leaves to take the cake to the restaurant while Delia and Daisy visit a bit. When Daisy leaves, she thinks on how Ash has grown and that she is happy he might have been able to attract a nice girl his age.

In Fiore, Rosebay gives Professor Hastings an anonymous postcard. The professor immediately recognizes the writing as his friend Professor Oak's.

In the Drowning Woods, Gengar rests in their group's turf, until a Haunter comes and informs him of some beginner trainers who have entered the forest. They then plan to assault the trainers using their usual plan.

In Mahogany Town, Frederick Swietenia enters his office and finds William Stronger there waiting for him. Frederick gets mad at the man, because if it was known The Bloodliner Hunter entered his office it would be a political nightmare. The two talk for a time and Frederick promises William supplies if he helps eradicate the Bloodliner population in Johto,

In the Aether Paradise, Lusamine enters a room where she has all of her beautiful Pokémon eternally frozen to preserve their perfection. She laments that she could not bring Nihilego back to her this year, but she is happy that she can dance and spend time with her "children."

On Route 128 in Sinnoh, A young future Bloodliner King falls into a tomb of an ancient civilization. There he translates an ancient prophecy that inspires him to change the world. Decades later, he thinks back on the work he had put in to get to where he was and find the history of thousands that could potentially give him children.

## Non-canon Omake

In Arceus' personal dimension, Santa Claus, Mew, Celebi, Victinni and Meloetta deliver Christmas gifts to the Alpha Pokémon.

## Continuity

* The events of the snippets starring Blaine and Alish, the Laramies with Rex, Dex and Hex, Astrid and Korrina, Pendula, Vermell along with Mabel and her grandkids, A.J. and Jeanette with their families, Barlow and Makuhita, Aurora, Anna, Arnold and Laila, Elizabeth and Betty, Kincaid, Sven and Wendy, Giselle, MissingNo with the Dude, Joey and Tristan, Jane and Jolanka Jackrum, Wally and Gallade, Kate and Kellyn, and Professor Hastings, all take place during "Year One" of the main story.
* The events of the snippets starring Flint and Volkner with Fantina and Crasher Wake, Volkner and Sho's family. Clay, Fitzdane and Ciel, and William Stronger and Frederick Swietenia, all take place during "Year Two" of the main story.

## Trivia

* This is the sidestory written with the largest amount of contributors, having six of the seven then-active writers of the Reset Bloodlines universe, one that would eventually join later, two readers in Fanfiction and one Spacebattles user, for a total of nine individual writers.