Guess who it is again~ Me! The anonymous new character! I told you that I would be back! The author still won't let me reveal myself, but that's okay. We can still talk and have some fun ;)

So, looking back at that last chapter... let's just say that there's a first time for everything. It was her first time writing a 'passionate' boyxboy scene. At least she tried! It's odd because she thinks of these things all the time, I guess writing it down is harder...

Anyway! I hope you enjoy this Christmas special! (And it will probably be an über long chapter, so bare with her) See you again soon!

Heads up, Translations are at the end of the chapter!

Arrivederci!

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It was afternoon now and I couldn't be more happy. Alfred, Mattie, and I were sitting around the fire and singing. I have no clue why or where they got these songs from, but I love them.

When the singing settled down, Alfred decided to roast marshmallows. He found these metal rods with prongs on the ends. Then he found a big bag of marshmallows from the pantry.

"Heads up Mattie!" He called as he threw the bag at him.

This time Mattie caught it easily. When we gathered around the fire, Kumajirou nudge me in my back. I looked at him and rubbed his ears once more. I'm pretty sure that Kuma likes me.

"Do you like marshmallows?" Kuma asked.

"I-I'm not sure, I've never h-had them before..." I sadly said.

"Never had them before?!" Alfred's jaw dropped. "Dude," Alfred took the bag from Mattie and ripped it open. "Eat. Marshmallow. Now."

He brought the bag down to my level and I reached in to grab a fluffy marshmallow. I popped it on my mouth and tried to chew.

"Ish reullry schickey" I managed to say.

"...What?" Mattie, Alfred, and Kumajirou said in unison.

"I-it's really sticky!" I laughed after I swallowed.

"Oh!" Al said as he stuck a marshmallow on a metal prong.

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For the rest of the day we roasted marshmallows, told stories, watched movies, and kinda forgot about Iggy and Francis. Then, when night came around we all settled down and went to our rooms. Right now I'm writing in my Adventure Diary about all that we did today. As I write, I notice the quiet whisper of the wind and the low murmur of the heater. I have a feeling that many more fun days like this will come in the future.

~ 3 snowy weeks later ~

"DUDE!!" Al exclaimed as he hugged Iggy from behind, "It's almost CHRISTMAS!!"

"Yes yes, we heard you the first thousandth time you said it," Iggy mumbled as he was freed from Alfred's grasp.

"But we haven't even bought a tree yet!" Alfred whined.

"We have an artificial one downstairs," Iggy carelessly said as he sipped his tea.

"But it won't be the same..." Alfred gave him the puppy eyes.

"Al, remember what happened the last time you bought a real Christmas tree?" Mattie softy pressed.

"It wasn't my fault that a chipmunk family was still living there! It would have been better if they could sing though..."

Iggy sighed and I gave Al questionable look. Singing chipmunks? I think I'm missing some kind of reference...

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I was sitting on the couch thinking to myself as Francey-Pants came over and sat with me. I was in such a trance that I didn't catch the first part of what he said.

"... Joyeux Noël Olivine."

"Huh?" I cocked my head to the side as I looked at him.

"Joyeux Noël, it means 'Merry Christmas' in French" He explained.

I noticed that he was holding a small object out to me. I found out that it was a cute, red rose shaped hair clip. I happily retrieved the gift and felt my cheeks blush a pinch.

"Joyeux Noël et Merci Francis." I sheepishly said as I stood up and kissed his cheek.

"De rien, I didn't know zhat you knew French!" He realized.

"I-I didn't know either." I smiled as I sat back down.

I put the clip to my hair and tried to use it. But it wasn't long until Francis had to help me. When it was in the perfect spot, he pulled out a blue, white, and red striped pocket mirror that read 'Simply Beautiful' to show me how I looked. As I looked at my reflection, I noticed my eyes turn a light pink color. But as fast as they changed, they went back to their rainbow state. I gave Francis the nod of approval and he put the mirror away.

"D-Do you always have a m-mirror with you?" I asked.

"Of course! 'ow else am I supposed to look at my silky soft 'air?" He answered while looking in his mirror and playing with his hair.

I laughed as Iggy made an annoyed sound.

"Angleterre, you're just jealous because your 'air isn't silky like mine." Francis teased.

Iggy shot daggers out of his eyes (figuratively) and protested.

"I could never be jealous of a twat like you." He said coldly.

"'e doesn't mean it," Francis whispered to me. "'e's just on 'is man period."

"Not I'm not! And yes I do!" Iggy became flustered, he cheeks red with embarrassment.

"Aw~ Angleterre, you're so cute when you're mad."

"Sh-shut up!" He retorted as he tried to hide his rosy red cheeks.

~ Time skip ~

"Wh-What exactly i-is Christmas?" I asked Alfred as he put a red... ornament? Yeah that, on the tree.

"Christmas is like totally the best day of the year! An awesome dude named santa goes to people's houses on the night of Christmas eve with a sleigh full of presents. So when we wake up on Christmas morning, you see a shit ton of presents under the tree!" Alfred excitedly exclaimed.

"Alfred! Language!" Iggy scolded.

"Oh, sorry! Dudette, don't say shit."

"Noted," I smiled innocently as Iggy sighed and mentally facepalmed himself.

I noticed some... candy canes? Yeah those, on the floor-- haha... I say that a lot --and I grabbed a few as I hung some on the lower parts of the tree. Everything was fine until I wanted to reach a specific spot that was too high for me. I stood on my tippy toes and stretched my arm to try to get more height, but it was no use. As I was about to give up, I felt a pair of strong arms lift me off the ground. I placed the candy cane where I wanted it and looked back to see Alfred holding me up.

"Th-Thanks Alfred."

"No prob bro."

"D-Don't put me d-down yet, I still have m-more candy canes."

"Kay"

All around the tree, Alfred held me up until I ran out of candy canes. When we decided that it was perfect, Alfred put me down and we took a step back to look at it. The tree was decorated with many colorful ornaments, long sets of tinsel, and carefully placed candy canes. Although, it was missing something at the top of the tree. And I think that Alfred was thinking the same thing.

"Dudette, hold this for a sec." Alfred gave me a big yellow star and I held it tight as he picked me up.

He brought me towards the top of the tree and I carefully placed the star at the point. As he pulled me back to him, I glanced at the beautiful tree. My mouth agape at its glory, even though there weren't any lights on it, I could see shiny lines emitting from it.

~ Night of Christmas Eve ~

"I'm too excited to sleep..." I heard Alfred moan as I passed by his room.

He's been so psyched about Christmas that that's all that's been on his mind. Now since the day is almost here, he's too excited to do anything.

"G-Goodnight Alfred." I softly said.

"Night dudette!" He called.

A smile tugged at my cheeks as I continued on my way down the hall. When I reached Iggy's room, I knocked on his door and waited. It wasn't long until I saw him open the door.

"D-Down here!" I laughed.

He bent down to my level and rubbed my head.

"I-I just wanted to say goodnight. Oh! A-And I almost forgot!"

I quickly dashed off to my room to retrieve my Adventure Dairy. When I came back, he was still there. He accepted my Diary and thanked me.

"I'll be sure to read this tonight. Goodnight Olivine."

"G-Goodnight~"

Then I was off again. This time, I kept walking until I came upon Francis's room. His door was open a bit, but I still knocked.

"Come in~!" He called.

As I entered, I saw him sitting on the bed as he was letting his long hair down. When he realized that it was me who walked in, he grabbed a pillow, brought it to his chest, and propped his self up on the edge of the bed so his head could reach my eye level.

"Olivine, I 'ave a question." He said.

"O-Okay, what is it?"

"Is zhe green part of you 'air natural?" He asked, taking a lock of my hair for examination.

"Yeah, it's been that was for as long as I can remember." I answered as he released the lock of hair.

"Well, I zhink zhat it's très beau. Ah! one more zhing, où avez-vous appris à parler français?"

"Je ne ai jamais appris, je vous ai entendu et ce juste genre de cliqué." I answered.

"Well zhen, maybe you have some French blood in you." He smiled as he tickled my sides.

"I-I just came in to say Bonne Nuit."

"Bonne Nuit, ma petit Olivine" Francis kissed my forehead and my cheeks felt hot.

As I walked out of his room, I heard him laugh to himself. I get to worked up over the simplest of things...

Last stop, Mattie's room! When I came upon his door, I was greeted by Kumajirou. He looked at me with a sleepy gaze.

"Who are you and why are you up?" He asked in his high pitched voice.

"I-I'm Olivine and it's not that late." I said.

He crawled back into Mattie's room and I followed. Mattie was putting away something and he didn't hear me come in.

"M-Mattie?" I spoke.

"Eh? Oh, hey Olivine." He stopped moving so he could hear me.

"Mattie... parlez-vous français?"

"Oui, je parle français. Pourquoi demandez-vous? Wait, why do you know French?"

I shrugged my shoulders, "I-I dunno, it's a long story... I-I just came in to say Bonne Nuit."

Mattie walked over to me, bent down to my level, and hugged me.

"Bonne Nuit et Joyeux Noël" He whispered into my ear.

"Joyeux Noël," I whispered as I hugged him back.

~ Another T.S. , Olivine's room ~

I want cookies...

I don't know what time it is, but I really want some cookies. Although, they might keep me up... ehh I'll risk it!

I softly threw off the covers and slowly crawled out of bed. Then I quietly tip-toed down the hallway, careful to not make a sound. Everyone was sleeping and the only noise was the soft shuffling of my bare feet. As I made my way downstairs, I noticed that there weren't any presents under the tree yet. It must still be a bit early for Santa to come.

My journey stopped when I reached the kitchen. I looked around in the dark room for any sign of a box of cookies. I quietly opened the pantry and found nothing of the sort, I closed it and kept looking. Then, a square object caught my eye. I found the box of cookies, but they were on the counter, out of my reach... Shit...

Just as I was about to get a chair, I heard a soft voice.

"Olivine?" Mattie's voice was already so quiet that he didn't even need to whisper.

"W-Was I too loud?" I whispered.

"No, when I woke up I noticed that your door was open. So I figured that you'd be down here. Why are you down here?" Mattie asked.

"I-I had a cookie craving..." I softly answered. "B-But the cookies a-are too high."

"The sugar might keep you up... but I guess I can let you have one." He gave in as he picked me up.

He lifted the flap and put a cookie with red and green sprinkles in my hand. As I started nomming on my cookie, Mattie started stalking.

"Olivine, I'm going to go home after Christmas." He said with a nostalgic look.

What? Mattie's... leaving?

"You're leaving me?" I stopped nomming.

"Yeah, Alfred and I came home to spend time with our family for the holidays. Plus, Papa always says that he misses me..."

"M-Mattie... where do you live?" I sadly asked.

"I live in an awesome place called Canada. It's a little far from here, but I'm sure that you can visit if you ask Arthur." He answered as he brushed the hair out of my face.

"C-Can I come with you?" I asked with a wishful expression.

Mattie's eyes widened as he asked, "You want to come to Canada, eh?"

"Of course~ h-how else am I supposed to get m-my fix of homemade pancakes and maple syrup?" I happily said as I finished my cookie.

Mattie smiled as he wiped the crumbs off my face. "Alright, Let's ask Arthur in the morning if it's alright for you to come."

I have him the nod of agreement as he closed the flap on the box of cookies. Then he took me back upstairs to my room, tucked me in, and returned to his room. I was asleep before he even left the room.

~ Xmas day ~

"Olivine! It's Christmas day yo! Alfred yelled as I simply ignored him.

"Come on! Don't you wanna see what presents are under the tree?!" He pressed as he shook me.

"Unn... presents? I groggily spoke.

"Yeah dudette! The best part is waking everyone up! Come on let's go~!" He announced with his signature grin.

I was released from my bed's grasp as we walked into the hallway and chose our first victim.

"Let's do Mattie's room first." Alfred almost whispered as we stood in front of his door.

Alfred opened his door to see an already awake Canadian.

"Awe~ you ruined the fun!" Alfred whined.

"I woke up extra early because I remember what you did to me last year when I overslept..." Mattie's face saddened as a bad memory of his reappeared.

"But it was funny!" Al obviously couldn't read the hurt expression on Mattie's face. "Anyway, let's go wake up Iggy, his reaction is the best!"

And off we went. When we were in his room, we waited until we got super close to his bed. Then Al put me in his bed since I'm a tad short, then without warming...

"MERRY CHRISTMAS IGGYBROWS!" Al excitedly bellowed as he jumped on him.

"Merry Christmas Iggy!" I yelled as I jumped on his chest.

Iggy yelped as he realized what just happened. Iggy had an annoyed look on his face as he stared at Alfred.

"B-Bloody hell Alfred wha--" He paused as he looked at me, his frown turning into a sheepish smile.

"Merry Christmas Olivine," He said as he rubbed my head, making me smile more.

"What?! I don't get a merry Xmas?!" Al whined as he stood up from his place on the bed.

Iggy sighed before he gave him a Merry Christmas. Then Al and I made our way into the hallway to wake up Francey-Pants. Although, Mattie had woken him up for us. Al was bummed out about that, but he quickly perked up when I reminded him about the presents.

I was the first one to make it into the living room, and a wonderful sight blew my mind.

"W-Woah! There's so many presents!" I exclaimed as I ran over to the tree.

"Woah! I must have been good this year!" An overly excited Alfred said.

There were many neatly wrapped presents of all shapes and sized stacked under the tree. Many colorful boxes of wonders filled my sight. I can't even explain the amount of joy I feel right now. I wanna see what I got!

"C-Can we open them now?" I asked Iggy.

"Alfred's already beat you to it." Iggy said as I glanced over to see Alfred ripping open one of his presents.

"Dude no way! I got hamburger shaped earmuffs from Santa!" I think Alfred is more of a kid than me.

"Olivine," Iggy said as he pulled out a present from the tree. "I think that this one is for you."

This present had green wrapping paper with yellow stars on it, red ribbon held it together as a nice red bow sat on top of it. Beside the bow laid a little tag that said 'From: Santa To: Olivine'

I tore off the wrapping paper with curiosity. Then my face lit up.

"I-It's an art kit!" The words left my mouth.

I saw this same art kit a few weeks ago at a store that Alfred brought me to. It had many different colors and shades of colored pencils, markers, pastels, and paints. It also had different kinds of paper like bristol, sketch, and construction paper. I sometimes doodle in my AD and DJ, now I can doodle freely!

I got two more presents from Santa, I got a My Little Pony activity coloring book with hundreds of stickers and I also got a box of snickerdoodle cookies. Food as a Christmas present? I accept this holiday.

Just as I was about to open my box of awesome cookies, Alfred caught my attention.

"Merry Christmas Olivine!" He said as he pushed a medium sized present to me.

The present was hand wrapped and it was multicolored with little hamburgers on it. Yellow ribbons surrounded it and it had a pink bow on top. The little tag on it read: 'From: The HERO! To: My sidekick!'

I tore through the wrapping paper to find a box, when I opened it, a smile tugged at my face.

"I-It's Fluttershy! "

"Since you liked her so much I thought that I'd give her to you."

"Thanks s-so much Alfred!" I hugged him so hard that he almost fell backwards.

When we parted, I grabbed Fluttershy and hugged her close. I have a cuddle buddy now!

"Olivine," I heard Iggy say as he tapped my shoulder.

He handed me a rectangular looking present with wrapping paper that had little crowns on it. Red and green stripped ribbon held it together as a yellow bow rested on top. I ripped it open and found two cool things.

A wand with a rainbow stripped star at the tip, and a hand written book with simple spells inside.

"Thank y-you so much Iggy! I can learn s-spells now~!" I thanked as I hugged him.

"It's my pleasure. After you master those spells, I'll write you a new one with slightly harder ones." He said as he rubbed my head.

As we parted, I heard someone else call my name. This time it was Francis. He handed me a medium sized rectangular shaped present. The wrapping paper, ribbon, and bow was blue, white, and red stripped. I shook the present and I could hear a lot of little somethings thing shaking around. When I ripped open the paper, A box that read perler Beads looked back at me.

"You can make all kinds of different creations with it. I made zhis a few days ago." He turned his head to the side to show me a little bow that had a blue, white, and red stripes on it. It acted like a ponytail holder and it made him look cute.

"You can come to me when you want to make anything." He winked.

"Merci Francis~!" I happily thanked.

"Olivine," I heard Mattie softly call, "I have a present for you too."

I turned to him and he handed me a small rectangular sized present. It was red and white with maple leaves on it. The ribbon was red and a white bow rested on top. When I opened the present, I found a box. When I opened the box, I found a red sweatshirt with a white maple leaf on the front. The sweatshirt was just like Mattie's, but in my size... kinda. I was so ecstatic that I immediately put on the sweatshirt and looked down at myself. The sleeves were a little long and it came down over my knees, but I still love it!

"It's a little big, but you'll grow into it." Mattie comment.

This is where my excitement overloads.

"Merci Mattie! Merci! Merci! Merci beaucoup!" I jumped into his arms and snuggled into them.

"De rien Olivine," Mattie laughed.

As I released him, I looked at everyone and released something.

"I-I don't have a-anything for you guys..." I sadly said.

Alfred thought for a second before he pulled off a red bow from a present and stuck it on the side of my head.

"There, you're our present!"

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Arrivederci= Goodbye (Italian)

Joyeux Noël et Merci Francis= Merry Christmas and thank you Francis (French)

De rien= You're welcome (also French)

Très beau: Very Beautiful (French again)

Où avez-vous appris à parler français?= where did you learn to speak French? (Obviously you know by now...)

Je ne ai jamais appris, je vous ai entendu et ce juste genre de cliqué= I never learned, I heard you and it just kind of clicked. (I can't even...)

Bonne Nuit= Goodnight (-_-)

Ma Petit Olivine= My Little Olivine (out of order...)

Parlez-vous français= Do you speak French? (Bruh, really?)

Oui, je parle français. Pourquoi demandez-vous?= Yes, I speak French. Why do you ask? (...do I really?)

Merci Beaucoup: Thank you very much (...)

5o% of the translations are from me and 50% is from google translate.

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Oh mah gawd~ thanks so much for reading this über long chapter!

Merry Christmas everyone! Sorry for all the time skips! I hope I didn't butcher France's accent too much, bare with me...

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