The Mercury Nightmare Before Christmas ch12

Chapter 12
+Town Hall+

"It goes something like this." Greg happily told the band before he played 'Jingle bells' on some sleigh bells that he held in his right hand. "How about it? Think you can manage?" Greg then curiously asked the band causing Chiquon, Octave and Uta to try and play the song in a depressing tone.

"Next!" Mayor Diamond yelled happily through his megaphone as he looked down at the band.

"Ha-ha. Fantastic!" Greg happily told the band as he placed the bells around Chiquon's neck. "Now, why don't you all practice on that and we'll be in great shape." Greg happily told the band as they began to walk off just as Amy walked over to the skeleton.

"Amy, I need your help more then anyone's." Greg seriously told the ragdoll. "You certainly do, Greg. I had the most terrible vison." Amy worringly told her friend as Greg turned away from the ragdoll and began to dig into a dark blue trunk that held some things from Sapphire Town. "That's splendid!" Greg happily told Amy. "No! It was about your christmas." Amy sadly told Greg as she walked over to him. "There was smoke and fire..." Amy began to explain to Greg before he interupted her. "That's not my Christmas." Greg chuckled as he stood up and then faced Amy. "My christmas is filled with laughter, and joy." Greg began to tell Amy as he turned away from her once more and then began to dig into the box until he found the photo of himself.

"And this." Greg then happily told Amy as he showed her the picture. "My christmas outfit." Greg happily told Amy as he covered the picture with a picture of himself dressed in Preston Whitmore's christmas outfit. "I want you to make it." Greg happily told Amy who didn't want Greg to go through with his plan. "Greg, please listen to me. It's going to be a disaster." Amy pleaded with the skeleton. "How could it be? Just follow the pattern. This part's red, the trim is white..." Greg asked and then began to explain to Amy before she interupted him once more. "It's a mistake, Greg." Amy worringly told Greg. "Now, don't be modest. Who else is clever enough to make my christmas outfit?" Greg happily told Amy as the mayor's voice filled the air causing the skeleton to hand the picture to Amy and then gently place his hand on her back causing Amy to sigh sadly. "I have every confidence in you." Greg happily told Amy as she began to walk away from the skeleton.

+With Amy+

"But it seems wrong to me, very wrong." Amy sadly told herself as she walked down the stage just as Greg reached into the chest and took out a nutcracker.

+With Greg+

"This device is called a nutcracker." Greg began to tell a daimon named Darumah before they heard three people calling for Greg.

"Greg! Greg! We caught 'im! We got 'em!" Seiya, Yaten and Taiki happily told Greg as they led the walking tub which had a large sack in it, into town hall and over to the middle of the aisle.

"Perfect!" Greg happily told the trio as he walked over to them. "Open it up, quickly." Greg then happily told the three girls causing Taiki to pull a rope that was hanging from the bag causing it to open and a large grey bunny to hop out of the bag and then land by the bathtub causing Greg to gasp.

"That's not Preston Whitmore." Greg calmly explained to the teens. "It isn't?" Yaten curiously asked Greg. "Who is it?" Taiki then curiously asked Greg as the large bunny hopped over to the stage just as Darumah turned around.

+The stage+

"Bunny!" Darumah happily told the large bunny causing him to squeak in fright before he turned around and then quickly lept back into the sack where he began to shake in fright.

+With Greg and the trio+

"Not Preston Whitmore." Greg angerly told the trio as he put his hands on his hips. "Take him back." Greg then angerly told the trio.

"We followed your instructions." Seiya nervously explained to Greg as Yaten nodded. "We went through the door." Taiki then nervously explained to Greg as the skeleton glared at them.

"Which door? There's more then one. Preston Whitmore is behind the door shaped like this." Greg explained to the trio as he tried not to lose his temper as he reached into his jacket and then took out a christmas tree shaped cookie which he then showed to the teens.

"I told you." Yaten angerly told Seiya as she grabbed the leader by her throat and then began to choke her causing Taiki to attack Yaten causing her to free Seiya before the three teens began to fight each other causing Greg to shake his head before he made a scary face and roared at the teens causing them to stop fighting.

"I'm very sorry for the inconvinence, sir." Greg cheerfuly told the still shaking sack after he walked over to the edge of the bathtub and then looked down at the sack before he looked back at the teens as the tub began to walk away from Greg.

"Take him home first and apologize again." Greg then ordered the teens as the tub walked passed the teens causing them to follow it. "Because with Preston Whitmore when you fetch him. Treat him nicely." Greg then told the teens.

"Got it." the teens told Greg as they followed the bathtub out of town hall. "We'll get it right." Yaten began to tell Greg. "Next time." the trio then told Greg at the same time.

+Dr. Sweet's lab+

"You will be a decided improvement over Amy." Dr. Sweet growled at his newest project before he was interupted. "Master, the plans." Dr. Sweet's assistant Edgar told his master causing Dr. Sweet to turn around and see his assistant place a large design plan on a nearby table. Dr. Sweet then got up from a chair by a large slab and then walked over to the table. "Excellent, Edgar." Dr. Sweet happily told his assistant.

+By Greg's house, Town square+

As the town's clock struck 10 o'clock, some of the youma added a small sign to the sigh under the town clock's face that read:

035

Days to Xmas

Happy muttering then filled the air as the youma gathered around the town square and began to set up long tables and then began to open large crates filled with strange objects as they began to sing as Amy sat in an unused room in town hall and began to work on Greg's suit.

Youma: This time

This time

Youma ghosts as they flew out of one of the wells: Making Christmas

A youma as she pushed a wheelbarrel filled with pumpkins passed the well: Making Christmas

Mayor Diamond as he rode the sled down a wooded track nearby: Making Christmas

Making Christmas is so fine

Zoisite, Racy and Dovlin as they layed down the track: It's ours this time

It's ours this time

And won't the children be surprised?

Mayor Diamond and the youma: It's ours this time