....

- COME BACK HERE, YOU DEFORMED TELETUBBIES MONSTER!!

Spruce was chasing the ipad thief. The little critter giggled and slided on its stomach to go faster and lost Spruce.

Unlucky him, the child was smart enough to set a trap; the snuggly hug whimpered when it found itself with no way out since the purple haired boyband star had lead him between two houses.

- Hehehe, got ya~ Spruce smirked evily.

He managed to grab the creature in his arms and both fighted for the ipad; Spruce won as he pushed the creature off his hair, face first in the white blanket of snow.

- I believe this belongs to ME ! He giggled, AWE MAN, YOU BROKE IT !! He noticed the crack on the screen.

Seeing his new toy taken away, the snuggly hug started to sob.

Hearing the call of their friend, all of the snuggly hugs came behind Spruce, like one single army, ready to fight, and make him PAY for his crimes.

- Oops- AAAAAHH!!!!!!

It was now his turn to get chased by the snuggly hugs.

....

Still trapped in the bag of presents, John Dory was biting into the fabric to maybe manage to torn it open.

- GNRR! Just open up ! I need to find 👹R H O N D A👹 !!!

...

- ohhh, now that im alone in the dark, I get why its scary... He remembered all those times he made fun of Floyd, HELLLPPP!!! Huh?!

he pressed his ear against the fabric... was that Clay's ear piercing screech ? It sounded like his annoying high pitch; he manages to torn a little hole in the bag, finally, only to see Clay on a swag stag, rushing at full speed in direction of the bag of gifts he was trapped in.

- ... He's just Clay-

- TURN ! TURN !! Clay pulled on the swag stag's antlers, AAAA-

The group of deers crashed against the huge bag, causing it to burst open in a cloud of colors and glitters. John and Clay somehow fell on each other and held into one another.

- Heyyy, JD ! Clay smiled.

- Hey Clay, John waved.

They realized that they were 20 meters above the ground.

- ....AAAAAHHH!!!

Both screamed until they crashed onto a roof. The big collision made them fly right through a window.

CRASH!

At the exact same moment, Spruce came by the corner of the hallway, rushes to hide behind the wall while the snuggly hugs still chassing him passed without seeing him. He then saw his brothers that just crashed on the ground.

- Oh my ladies ! Are you guys okay ?? He whispered, scared the Snuggly Hugs would hear them.

- Urgh... Yea... Clay was obviously in pain.

- Ouch... John Dory's body felt like jello at this point, Wait... 1, 2.... Where are Floyd and Branch ?? He looked around him, getting a bit worried since those crazy, dangerous Swag Stags were still going free.

As those words left his lips, one of the treadmill activated; coming from it were Floyd and Branch wrapped in gift paper from hair to toe.

- MM!! Floyd's little voice complained.

Spruce hurried to open the package to free the two younger brothers. The toddler quickly opened Branch's box next to him. The baby just gasped for air.

- Phew ! We survived Branch ! Floyd cheered.

- FLOYD ! There you are !

They helped their off the treadmill, John Dory touched every forehead as he counted them;

- 1, 2, 3 aaannnnd 4 ! He sighed in relief hugging all of them in a group hug, okay... everyone's here... for once, he glared at Branch that giggled.

- Guys, look at that !! Floyd pointed

Everyone turned their attention to the giant door behind them. It read "Lists and classifications."

- I think we found what Clay was searching for ! He finished, The naughty list is probably in there ! I don't even know how I know since I can't read...

- HEY YAAAA!! Clay jumped, celebrating, LETS OPEN IT !! WOOHOO !!

He immeditely jumped on the handle and pulled on it with all his might; only he wasn't strong enough. Floyd joined his force to his but there was nothing to do; the door was locked.

- I think there's a password... Spruce said, if... Santa Paws did exist... WHICH HE DOES NOT, he would close the door for sure.

- OH I KNOW THE PASSWORD, Let me try! .... John Dory pushed Spruce on the side.

....

👹 R H O N D A A A A A A 👹

Crickets, the door was still closed.

- ....Do we need another baby fart? Clay asked, a bit scared while Branch just tried to eat his ear.

- No way ! Spruce shook his head.

- Maybe the door likes Brozone? What if we sang a song to it? John Dory took a radio out of his hair.

All the brothers for once agreed to a similar idea. They went in position, Branch in the middle of it all as their mascot.

- In 3, 2, 1 !

Deck the halls with boughs of holly !

Fa la la la la, la la la la (fa la la la la, la la la la)

'Tis the season to be jolly !

Fa la la la la, la la la la (fa la la la la, la la la la)

- SING IT, FLOYD!! Clay cheered for the next line.

...Don we now our gay apparel !

Fa la la la la, la la la la (fa la la la la, la la la la)

Troll the ancient merry carol! ROBOT STYLE.

Fa la la la la, la la la la !

- La la la la, la la la la !!! Branch sang the last, highest angel note so beautifully you immediately understood why he was part of Brozone even as a baby.

Its wooden heart probably under a charm, the heavy door slowly opened; the true key being harmony. The 5 brothers gave each other high fives and walked inside...

- Da da, da da da, da, da da... Clay was humming the theme of "Mission Impossible"

It wasn't a problem until Branch joined;

-

...NA NA NA, NA NA NA-

- SHUT UP ! We're gonna get caught because of you two ! Spruce was recording with his broken ipad.

- You should record that !! John seemed amazed by something behind him;

There, in all its glory, was a magnificent library with thousands of books, up to the celling. It was impossible to count them all because the quantity seemed endless !! Clay even himself that liked so much to read and never saw this much before in the Troll Tree's library !!

•──────✦❅✦──────•

- So we really found Santa Paws' list ?

Bruce shrugged;

- I don't know, it never happened in my memory, He said, but these three are convince that we get gifts magically !

- AND WE DO !! I got a gift for every single of you ! John Dory got down from the ladder leading to his bed with the packages he had got from there.

- OOOO !!! Floyd clapped his hands, GIMME, GIMME !!

- 1, 2, 3.... Uh... Where's Branch... 4 ! He gave Branch the last box, wrapped in paper with scotch all over it.

Everyone opened their gift while John recorded with a camera. Bruce took a mug out of his, and glared at his older brother;

- Why is there your baby face on it ?

In fact, there was JD's square face as a kid on the mug he was holding.

- Because you will always be able to remember me, every morning when you drink your coffee ! John smiled proudly.

- Awe thanks man, Clay took a ukulele out of his own gift, having the bigger one, I just don't know how to play it...

- Oh ! That's easy I'mma show you !!

He sat down with Clay to show him the 4 main strings;

- My, dog, has, fleas !!~ He playfully pinched each string.

Clay took the little instrument back, interested;

- Ooo!! Let me try.

Two seconds later, he was jumping around the van singing dramatically that his dog had fleas... maybe this gift had been a bad idea.

- Thanks for the fairy doll, John ! Floyd side hugged his older brother, emotional; he had always wanted this one as a child and the turquoise haired troll had waited years to give it to him.

- Meanwhile, I got a pacifier... Branch raised an eyebrow, confused.

- I mean... John was a bit akward, I waited years to give those to you guys... he chuckled.

Branch noticed how John felt bad, and to rassure him that he appreciated the attention, and care to give them those even after these years, he placed the pacifier in his mouth;

- I love it still, he smiled, Thanks !

John smiled, tears in the corner of his face, emotional.

- Hey the story isn't over yet !! Floyd told them, Let me tell this part...

•──────✦❅✦──────•

The five of us had found the most magical object of all times; the list of Santa Paws. Astonished, we explored the quiet room, with a new game in mind...

- First to find his name wins !! Clay sprinted to the naughty list section with Branch in his arms.

All they had to do now was change's Clay name, find Rhonda in the classification section and then go back home... but finding their names sounded like a fun game !! The three last of them took direction of the good kids list.

- THAT WILL BE ME CAUSE I'M THE OLDEST !! MOVE OUT OF THE WAY !

- NO ME ! I'LL WIN!

- YOU GUYS FORGOT I STILL GOT BABY FAT, ITS NOT FAAAAAAAAIIIRRR !!

Ready to win, each of us went to the search of our name... looking through all the classified books and causing a massive disaster in the room as we throwed away every unsatisfaying result..

- John Dory... John Dory... C'MON ! Who the hair calls their child after a fish?? I should be the easiest to find !

Next to him, climbed up on a ladder, Floyd took one of the books out in his little hands and searched for familiar names inside of it... only he wasn't that good at reading yet.

- Spruce, I found you !

- WAIT REALLY.

He happily shows the name "Bruce" to Spruce.

- No thats "Bruce" Floyd-

- LEARN HOW TO READ, Clay shouted from the other side of the room.

- Well maybe Santa wrote your name wrong ! Everyone makes mistakes, Floyd tried to be comprehensive.

- NO WAY !

John Dory giggled in the background, Spruce glared at his older brother;

- DO NOT ENCOURAGE HIM.

- He's right BRUCE, John mocked, laughing loudly, Santa probably got your name wrong !

- DONT YOU DARE LAUGH JOHNATHAN JOHNSON JAMES JAKE JOSHUA JEREMY JACOB JACK JACKSON JOEY JOHN SQUARE AMAZON BOX DORKY DORY ANDRÉ TIMBERLAKE, the 10 year old named all the names he knew that started by J as a payback.

As they started to fight in the distance, Clay was searching his name with Branch in the naughty list.

- Ya know Branch, I'm pretty sure if we search by alphabetic order we are gonna find my name more quickly than JD, Spruce and Floyd ! You know I had a 100% in reading at the sad book club ! ... he explained proudly.

He kept searching but how could you expect him to find his focus with all the screaming ??

THUD !

All the books fell from their shelf, on him when he heard the huge sound; he was angry until he heard Floyd's crying, one type of crying that would freeze your blood even from the sensible child. Clay forgot about his motivation to be here in the first place and rushed to his toddler brother, terrified;

- Oh no! FLO??? FLO, ARE YOU OKAY???

Meanwhile, Branch tried to follow but fell on his big head, through the books that fell on the ground he found a pretty interesting one and carried it before he followed the golden haired kid.

Floyd was sobbing so loudly because he had fell from the ladder. When Clay joined his brothers, Spruce was holding him and rocking him back and forth, holding his arm that looked in a weird position. Clay brought his hands in front of his mouth, shocked.

- MY ARM HURTSSSS, WA-AAAAAA !!!! The toddler cried, his crazy, panicked struggling held back by Spruce so he wouldn't hurt himself more.

- What happened ?? Clay asked Spruce.

- He just fell ! John rolled his eyes before Spruce could answer, Stop crying so loudly, or the snuggly hugs are gonna come right in here !!

- John !! Clay couldn't even believe his oldest brother could be this insensible, Gentle, ever heard about it ?? He's hurt, idiot !

He pushed John Dory aside, not caring about anything else but the poor Floyd in pain at the moment.

- Hey hey !! Floyd ! Floyd look at me ! deep breathes, bro ! In and out ! He demonstrated the little pink haired troll how to do it.

Floyd met hiz gaze, his lower lip trembling as tears rolled down his cheeks. He did his best to match Clay's slow breathing. Branch had appeared at the same moment and walked up to Floyd, hugging his leg to calm him down.

- Okay, you're really good at it, right? Can you show me where it hurts ? Clay gently asked him.

Floyd shakily showed his arm to Clay, sobbing loudly because it hurt to move it; it was swollen, bit purple. Clay tried to stay calm to not scared Floyd. He had read many books; he could surely do something about this.

John Dory meanwhile, just rolled his eyes; he was certain, convinced that Floyd wasn't even hurt ! He always cried for every reason! They should hurry up because he really wanted Rhonda and all this time they took to handle Floyd's complaining were taking all the time they had to find his christmas gift !

Spruce and Clay eventually were wrapping a icepack they made with ice found by the window, to place it on Floyd's arm, wrapped in Spruce's scarf. Branch had pushed the book he had found in front of John as he did not really cared about it anymore.

John took the book and gasped.

- oh no... Guys?

- If it's to talk about Rhonda, keep your mouth SHUT ! what do you want? Spruce was very upset, still hugging Floyd that was finally calming down while Clay gently caressed his magenta hair, singing a lullaby.

- Uh... bad news....

He showed them the list... all their names were on there, written in black on the old paper.

Branch couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw his name.

- ....... We're all on the naughty list?? Even BRANCH???

Everyone stared at the baby, worried about his sanity and what was going on in that massive, giant, enormous head of his.

- Wait... I'm on the list too??? Floyd was sobbing, not understanding what it meant.

- Aww Floyd its just... a piece of paper... Spruce was still rocking him.

- Not just any piece of paper !!

Spruce sighed... he was starting to believe just a bit in Santa Paws now... John looked down at his brothers names on the list and he started to FINALLY feel bad... he thought back of what he had asked them to do; it was probably because he brought them on this trip, and now that he was facing the consequences, he did not wanted to ruin everyone's christmas because he had been acting like an... an ass !! He looked at Floyd's arm, wrapped in the ice pack... how had he been so selfish ??

Out of sudden, the door of the library opened and someone came inside of the room. All the brothers hide themselves in fear and tried to see who it was; but all they could see were their shadows on the wall; a huge form was talking with a snuggly hug. The character had a deep but gentle voice.

- All the gifts are destroyed ! The creature that had been chasing Spruce earlier complained, The swag stags are missing ! And... the list ! The list oh no look it's a disaster !! They saw the mess the brothers had as well made there, What are we gonna do Santa Paws ..?

- Santa paws?... Floyd whispered, Clay placed his hand over his mouth.

- If we don't find a way to prepare everything before the sun rises... there will be no christmas this year. C'mon, Snuggle, Santa Paws gently guided him out of the room, let's start clean up this mess...

The huge door closed again.

- Well... now we just gotta remove our names from the list, right ? Clay looked at them.

- But... It feels wrong... Spruce admited.

- I want to go home... Floyd yawned, exhausted by the adventure.

Branch whimpered.

John looked down at their names on the naughty list once again... he had completely forgot about Rhonda at this point. His brothers needed him.

- Forget about that, we need to help Santa !

- What ?? Spruce was surprise by the change of mind.

- I mean... we could.. but... how ? Clay tried to think of a solution.

John Dory picked up Baby Branch and smirked with an idea...

...

Soon enough, the baby was wearing a fake white beard with, instead of his snow suit, a big red coat and hat. You could have confused him with a little snowbear in this Santa Paws outfit.

- That's never gonna work- Spruce tempted to get his brothers in the mind set he liked to call reality.

- It's gonna work !! Clay giggled, according to those identity papers, Branch looks like an adorable Santa Paws !

- A pretty little one !! Floyd leaned forward to look at him, Isn't this outfit a bit large for him??

John Dory pushed a board in front of the Brozone members; he had drawn a plan on it of what they would do.

- OKAY FOCUS !! Operation " Save Quickly the Universe and Accomplish Real Epicness" !!

- So.... operation square ? Floyd made a short name for it.

- EXACTLY ! Hold on- John realized his curse.

- OKAY, LET'S GO!! Clay grabbed them with his hair and they all rushed out of the library to start their plan.

•──────✦❅✦──────•

The main town was a mess; all the gifts had been crushed and throwed on the ground by the swag stags that were missing now. The snuggly hugs were picking up what was left of the hard work they had lost in just the last hour.

- What are we gonna do? One of them, a white and purple one asked.

- SANTA PAWS HAS A SOLUTION, an unfamiliar voice answered the creature.

Brozone was on top of the hill, with Santa Paws [well actually, it was Branch!!] Sitting in John Dory's hair as he nibbled his goggles. The snuggly hugs grew curious to see trolling in their village !

The siblings walked to the group of creatures that curiously surrounded them, they were lucky the Snug-a-lug cousins hadn't the real Santa's memory to remember their names !!

- Trollings ? One of the youngest ball of fur asked.

- Yeah ! We are trollings, Santa Paws here called us to help you guys and fix Christmas !! John explained, holding Branch in the santa costume.

- ᵂᵉ ᵃʳᵉ ˢᵒ ᵈᵉᵃᵈ⁻ Spruce whispered to Clay.

The Snuggly hugs approached Branch and looked at him curiously... Floyd was tempted to go pick him up to protect him from those critters.

- Hm... why is he blue ?? One of the snuggly hug asked John.

- Uhhh.... He wanted to look like smurf cat ? Clay tried an explaination.

John Dory facepalmed.

But the explaination was believable for the snuggly hugs, as they were happy Santa Paws was back to help them fix the mess. Everyone cheered loudly.

- WHAT'S THE PLAN, SANTA PAWS ??

Branch just stared at the snuggly hug in front of him, cooed and tried to eat its nose;

- BAAAHHH, He wouldn't let go of what he thought was a plush.

- AH- Floyd pulled Branch away, He means uh... Operation Square ! Yeah ! Floyd giggled, We are all gonna work together !!

- Are you seriously going to listen to what those kids are saying ? One rather grumpy snuggly hug asked everyone.

- YEP, REMEMBER LIFE IS GREAT.

- AND DON'T LISTEN TO GRUMPY !! Everyone cheered.

- That would make a great song-- Spruce thought out loud.

- I GOT A BETTER ONE !! The optimistic snuggly hug took Branch from Floyd's hand hold and showed him to the crowd, LET'S SAVE CHRISTMAS... IN A MONTAGE!!

Who's got a beard that's long and white?

Santa's got a beard that's long and white !!

Who comes around on a special night?

Santa comes around on a special night !!

Special night - beard that's white

Must be Santa, must be Santa !
Must be Santa, Santa Paws !

- Welp, they really believe Branch is Santa Paws ! Clay couldn't believe it.

First part of the plan was to find the Swag Stags back, 8 of them, and get them back to Santa's sleigh. The snuggly hugs, with the help of the Brozone brothers, quickly made search teams to find each missing deer back... with John Dory's help and knowledge of Swag Stags, they found all the pack back very quickly !!

Who wears boots and a suit of red?

Santa wears boots and a suit of red !!

Who wears a long cap on his head?

Santa wears a long cap on his head !!

Cap on head - suit that's red
Special night - beard that's white

Must be Santa, must be Santa

Must be Santa, Santa Paws !!

Next step was the good and naughty list... it was a complete mess !! Only, Thanks to Clay's 100% at reading in the sad book club, it was the easiest thing to do ! Quickly, the middle child helped the snuggly hugs place the list in alphabetic order, and the room was soon clean as if it had never been touched !

Who's got a lil purple cherry nose?

Santa's got a lil purple cherry nose!!

Who laughs this way: "Ho-ho-ho"?

Santa laughs this way "Ho-ho-ho"!!

Ho-ho-ho - cherry nose
Cap on head - suit that's red
Special night - beard that's white

Must be Santa, must be Santa

Must be Santa, Santa Paws !!

Third part of the square operation was to prepare all those gifts and wrap them before placing them in the sleigh! Spruce insisted to make the gifts wrapped in a fancy way, even if they had not much time left, and Floyd made sure that the gifts were the ones the Trolls had asked for; it was all images ! No need to read !! Surprisingly, since they worked together, everything was soon ready !

Who very soon will come our way?

Santa very soon will come our way !!

Eight little reindeers pull his sleigh??

Santa's little reindeer pull his sleigh!!

Reindeer sleigh - come our way
Ho-ho-ho - cherry nose
Cap on head - suit that's red
Special night - beard that's white

Must be Santa, must be Santa
Must be Santa, Santa Paws !

MUST BE SANTA, MUST BE SANTA
MUST BE SANTA, SANTA PAAAWSS !!

- I CAN'T BELIEVE IT !! John cheered, we actually did it guys !

The main town was back at its clean and joyful christmas vibe; the lights were glowing like gold reflecting on the snow and the giant tree full of decorations stood proudly in the middle of it all. In the sleigh were all the Swag Stags were attached to were the gifts all wrapped and ready to be delivered. The brozone brothers were all pretty exhausted, but satisfied with what they had done that one special night of the year; they had made a mistake, but fixed it... Christmas was saved !!

- The Square operation worked !! Clay throwed his frist in the air in victory, WOOHOO !!

- Yeah ! We did it, bros !! Spruce was now believing way much more in this Santa Paws' thing.

- WEE !! Branch bounced cutely.

- We couldn't have done it without each other ! Floyd got emotional, I love you guys !!

They all hugged each other, the snuggly hugs cheered.. until.

- Ahem-

Another critter, looking like a cuddlebear that had the size of Clay was staring at them, its red outfit could tell in fact, who he was...

- oh sh- Clay cursed under his breathe.

IT WAS SANTA PAWS !!

- SANTA !! Branch cheered, clapping his hands.

- UHHHH, John Dory grew nervous.

- What's going on here boys? The legendary character asked them, looking a bit confused.

- Uh, um-

- Well now what, genius ?! Spruce smacked the back of his square head.

- Guys, I think I peed my pants ! Floyd whispered to them, scared they were in huge trouble.

- Uhmmm.. John hesitated, WAIT, idea! He turned around; Give us one second Mr. Paws !

Santa just stared at them.

Thinking no one could now hear him, John explained his point of view to his brothers;

- We can't tell him what we were trying to do or he really won't get us off that list !

- Well then, what're we gonna say J, that we were just "looking around"? Spruce was exasparated by John's acting at this point.

- I think we should just leave- Floyd was about to pull on Branch's finger to make another portal.

- No way ! Clay stopped him before they killed all of the snuggly hugs and their leader with Branch's suffocating and probably toxic farts.

- But lying is wrong ! Floyd looked at John straight in the eye, You can't lie to Santa Paws, John !

- Hey, we're not going anywhere we've worked TOO hard to get here-

- And what if Grandma learns we're gone!?? Floyd kept arguing, tired that no one paid attention to him so he used his big voice, She was already stressed out and what are we giving her ?? We ran off !! I'm scared you guys ! We shouldn't have done this thi- this isn't RIGHT !

- Floyd, you're a good kid, right?

- Y..yeah?

- ... and a good kid helps his brothers out if they need it, right? John found his weak point.

The poor toddler frowned and stayed silent.

- Guys, I don't think you're fully comprehending that this is incredibly STUPID- Spruce was loosing it, this is LITERALLY, A PRODUCT, OF OUR IMAGINATION!!!!!

- Weren't you believing in Santa Paws two seconds ago ? Clay pulled on his vest.

- NEVER SAID I DID.

- Hey! We're doing this! John Dory told them.

- How, JD, TELL ME HOW

- We'll just-

- 'xcuse me boys- Santa Paws tried to get their attention again.

They all turned around with an nsync mouvement.

- Just a guess but .. were you trying to get yourselves off the naughty list by any chance ?

- What?! Pssh, no no no way! John giggled nervously, Why would we sneak out of our home and come all the way here just to do that ?!

- Yeah ! John Dory wanted to get Rhonda, that's why we came here, Floyd smiled not understanding the situation, OH! and Spruce wanted to proove that you weren't real ! And Clay right there wanted to get his name on the good kids list because he didn't meant to be a bad kid and ... also help you solve your tacos envasions! He mispronounced, .... And Branch wanted to meet you !

All of their brothers slowly turned their heads toward the 4 year old as he innocently told why they had travel all the way to the North Pole.

- ..... Bro, what the f-

- Fudge, Branch spoke as he randomly found chocolate on the ground.

...

Santa just facepalmed.

- NO ! We're actually here tooooo.. give you a present of our own!

John Dory was still trying to save their butts, of course he was--

- Really now? Santa Paws sighed, discouraged by all of this.

- But we didn't get anythi- Clay started before he got cut in the middle of his sentence by the oldest child.

- IT'SSSS A SONG !! YAYA!! and we wrote it just for you !!

- A song, huh?

- That ain't true ! Floyd was being innocent again, we didn't write a so-

John Dory slapped his hand over his mouth immeditely before he could expose them;

- Yep we did ! He chuckled nervously, See, we're actually a boyband called Brozone and-

- Yes, I.. I know who you are- Santa Paws insisted.

- You.. do?

- Of course, he pointed to each of them, John Dory, Clay, Spruce, Floyd, and the little Baby Branch ! I know who all of you are, it is my job to know everything and everyone after all, I'm Santa! The cuddlebear said proudly.

- Right, right! Duh, silly me! John chuckled nervously again, anyways, you work so hard and we decided that, why not give Santa a gift of our own, right ?! So here you go Santa, our own Christmas song slash gift we made and rehearsed for you !

He turned to his little brothers again;

- Okay guys, you ready?

Spruce whispered aggresively;

- NO! We didn't rehearse ANYTHING are you INSANE ?!

- We're dead, we're dead, we're so dead! Floyd was hyperventalizing.

- Can't I just give him this leftover Branch has instead? Clay proposed

Branch was still sucking the fudge chocolate he had found on the ground. He stared at them with his huge eyes, curious.

- No! Branch, let go of that ! He took the fudge and throwed it away, Guys, we're doing this! It might make him change his mind! Just follow after me okay?!

The trolling with goggles turned around once again

- OKAAAYYY, HERE IS YOUR PRESENT SANTA PAWS !!

He thought quickly of a song... and the best option found itself to be the song Floyd had been singing to them earlier, but as an upbeat version of it.

- Alright Brozone !! Ready to sing our song? John started the beat, I'll say we are, yeah, let's sing it now!

He called everyone;

- Okay, Spruce ?

- URGHHH, Okay...!

- Okay, Clay?

- Hmm...Agree.

- Okay, Floyd ?

- O- Okay ?

- Okay, Branch ?... Branch ?? John looked around them for the baby since he was still missing.

.....he was still eating the fudge.

- BRANCH !!!

- Ooooo-kay !! Branch got into the middle of the group to sing with them.

Christmas, Christmas time is near
Time for toys and time for cheer
We've been good, but we can't last
Hurry Christmas, hurry fast !

- Want a plane that loops the loop, Spruce did the cartwheel

- Me, I want a hula hoop !! Clay mimicked the hula hoop.

We can hardly stand the wait
Please Christmas, don't be late !!

- Okay, bros, get ready ! John whispered to them, he gently patted Spruce's back, that was very good, Spruce !

- Naturally! He sassed.

- Awesome job, Clay !

- I REALLY DO WANT A HULA HOOP.

- Very good, Floyd !

- Hehehe-- The toddler giggled akwardly.

- Ah-Branch, you were a little flat-
Watch it- Branch?... BRANCH? BRANCH!

- Okay !! Branch popped from Floyd's hair.

Want a plane that loops the loop !

- I still want a hula hoop ! Clay sang, please note that- he whispered to Santa Paws.

We can hardly stand the wait
Please Christmas, don't be late
We can hardly stand the wait
Please Christmas, don't be late !!

- Very good, boys- Santa tried to stop them.

- NO, Let's sing it again! JD throwed his arms in the air.

- Yeah, lEt's siNg it agAin ! Spruce mocked.

- No, that's enough, let's not overdo it- Santa Paws insisted.

- What do you mean overdo it? We gotta sing it again! John Dory was really nervous about the trouble they were in.

- Now wait a minute, boys--

- Yeah, let's beat it, I'd like to sing it again ! John still didn't listened as he grabbed Floyd's mouth corner to make him say those words, wait, where did Branch go-

- BOYS !!!

The music stopped. The brothers all were quiet now.

- ....So, was that amazing or what?! John Dory giggled.

- It was beautiful, I enjoyed every second- Santa Paws started.

- GREAT, COOL! Yeah merry early Christmas!

- But.. you're staying on the list.

- Oh okay that's grea- WAIT HUH???

But they had worked so hard to get here !! And how was he suppose to get Rhonda if he stayed on the naughty list?? And his brothers that he brought along with him?? They did not deserved this !

- That's what this was about, wasn't it?

- NO !

- YES

JD stared at Clay with wide eyes of surprise and shock; what was he doing??

- What, want me to lie? That's not gonna get me off the list, Clay glared at him.

- Yeah because you're definitely not already up there for numerous things worse than lying- Spruce reminded him.

- THOSE ACCIDENTS...  aren't important right now!

- BUT I-IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LIST! WE REALLY WANTED TO SING THAT FOR YOU, IT WAS OUR CHRISTMAS GI-

- Big bro ? Give it up, he knows already, Floyd gently held his hand.

- I.. but.. he gave up at Floyd's gentle hold, But how ? Did you know this whole time? He asked Santa.

- I told you I know everything, didn't I?

John Dory sighed, defeated. He would never get himself and his brothers off that list !! Would he ??

- I apologize boys, I thank you for fixing your mistakes, but.. nothing's changing, you're staying on that list.. all of you. Unless you can somehow figure out as to why you're all on the list in the first place before Christmas arrives.

Figure it out ??

Santa Paws walked up to his sleigh and John Dory realized ;

- Wait... But I do know !!

His brothers looked at him, confused. Santa Paws turned his gaze toward him.

- I'm listening?

Nervously, John Dory looked down at the ground; he had never been that good with admiting he was wrong, but if it was for his brothers, he could do this !!

- It's... It's because we stresses Grandma Rosiepuff out, and all the time ! He explained, and we always fight with each other... we are brothers, we shouldn't be so mean to one another !

His brothers felt bad, realizing that he was right; they had been fighting a lot recently !

- But... Look at what we did tonight, Floyd said, we fixed Christmas ! Because we stopped fighting !

- YEAH ! We respected the bro-code ! Spruce placed his hand on John's shoulder, And John even thought of us before his gift...

- Yeah, I was selfish to only think of what I wanted ! John admited, I should have enjoyed what I had.

- MRRR ! Branch glared at Santa, mad that their efforts weren't recognized as he grabbed John Dory's hand, standing on his little feet and stomping it on the ground.

-... Wait guys... I- I can stay on the list, Clay said, I been a bad kid, but them? No, I think they prooved you otherwise tonight.

John Dory hugged him, not wanting his brother to take all the blame. Santa Paws considered the words of the family, and smiled gently.

- Yeah, now you have.

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Santa called to make sure I'm prepared
He said, "Winter love's spreading everywhere"
Summer came and took off with the spring
So now we start the Christmas caroling...

John Dory listened to Floyd's gentle song, every brothers was sitting in the back of Santa's sleigh as they flew above the land. Spruce and Clay were falling asleep to his lullaby without telling him to shut, and Branch was sleeping in JD's arms, wrapped in a blanket.

I'll find my way back home and light up every tree
We will hang our stockings for you and one for me
'Cause Santa called to make sure I'm prepared
He said, "Pack your bags and tell them, you'll be there"...

- Hey Floyd ?

The kid looked over at his sibling, and smiled;

- Yeah ? He looked so pure, so happy.

Both siblings stared at the stars for a moment, quietly appreciating the colors of the northen lights and the presence of each other.

- I think this song would be a great gift for Grandma, John told him.

Floyd smiled, blushing because not only of the cold, but because he was touched that John thought his song sounded great.

- Thank you ! That means a lot to me !

- And... you think you would help me write Brozone's next album??

That made the toddler's heart brust in joy, he jumped on John's shoulder to hug him tighlty;

- YES ! I would love to !!

- O-Okay ! John giggled, patting his head, Then cmon ! Finish this one for Grandma !!

I'll be home (home) with my love this Christmas !
I promise, I promise...
I'll be home (home) with my love this Christmas !
I promise, I promise I'll be home...
Home (I'll be home), I'll be home...
(I'll be home)

Santa called to make sure I'm prepared
He said, "Wrap the gifts with all your love and care"
The winter blows the snow up in the sky
But I won't let the wind delay my flight!!

I'll be home (home) with my love this Christmas
I promise, I promise...
I'll be home (home) with my love this Christmas !
I promise, I promise I'll be home (home)...
I'll be home (home) I'll be home...

I promise, I promise,

I'll be home !!

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The morning came, and John Dory opened his eyes.

He raised up in his bed, scratching his head confused... what happened to Santa's sleigh and the northen lights ?? He was back in his bedroom ! In his bed !! Had this whole adventure been a dream ??

To make sure everyone was there like every morning, he climbed off his ladder and counted everyone;

- 1..2..3...

... Branch was still missing !

- GUYS! WAKE UP ! John Dory shook Clay;

- Uhm.. what? Clay's eyelids slowly opened as he removed a book that was opened on his face, exhausted.

- I think Branch got kidnap by Santa !!

- SANTA AIN'T REAL!! Spruce yelled.

So this had been all a dream ??

- What are you talking about ?? Floyd woke up, first; Branch is right there, he gestured to the baby that was of course, sleeping in his bed, and second... how do explain this if Santa ain't real ??

Floyd showed his broken arm.

All the brothers gasped in amazement; there was their proof !! This hadn't been a dream !!

- No way ! We probably all shared a dream ! That's a thing ! And...

Spruce took his ipad out of hair... only to realized that it was broken.

- No... nonono !! My proofs ! The purple haired troll gasped.

- Floyd's arm ain't enough for you?? Clay asked, jumping excited, because this was enough for him.

- THAT DOESN'T PROOVE ANYTHING !! ... This said... IT'S CHRISTMAS MORNING GUYS !! He jumped from his upper bed and rushed out the room.

- YOU'RE RIGHT !! John Dory pulled Floyd out of his bed, CMON LET'S GO WAKE UP GRANDMA !!

- YAAAAYYY!!! Floyd happily took Branch with him, the baby was still closing his eyes lazily.

The boys all sprinted down the hall, right into Grandma's bedroom to wake up the woman;

- GRANDMA WAKE UP.

- IT'S CHRISTMAS !!

- WEEEEE!!!

- YOU GOTTA GET UP, WE GOTTA GO CHECK THE TREE !!

- AND IF MY SANTA PAWS 3000 WORKED !!

Everyone glared at Clay.

- What?? This is very serious researches ! I gotta keep my reputation ! He told them.

Of course their grandmother woke up to all this excitement. She got up, glad to see everyone in such a good mood.

- O-Okay ! Let's go check the tree now, shall we ? She chuckled.

- YAYY!! The brothers all cheered.

As she got up she noticed with horror the arm of the second youngest child... was it BROKEN??

- Floyd, honey, what happened to your arm?

JD and Spruce's eyes grew wide;

- Uhhhhh-

- We were playing outside and he was being clumsy and he ran into a wall! Clay tried to save the situation.

Would she believe a story about a Naughty List Library?? He did not think so.

-...how did he break his arm running into a wall? Rosiepuff raised an eyebrow.

- Uhhhhh-

And of COURSE, Floyd had to be himself again;

- That's not what happened! The 4 year old let the lady wrap his arm in a better bandage, I was trying to find my name in the good list and the ladder started falling and I-

Clay slapped his hand over his mouth to stop him;

- AHHHH FLOYDIE, YOU JUST LOOOVE TO COME UP WITH STORIES DONT YA BUDDY?? HAHAAA YEAH WE ALL DOOOO...

Rosiepuff finished the bandage and raised an eyebrow, confused.

- What stories? I'm only saying the truth! Floyd said, We should always tell the truth, right guys ??

- Haha Floyd you can shut up now-

- But that's the truth !! Even Branch saw what happened! Right Branch?!

Branch made a thumbs up.

- ...you're asking that to a baby. A BABY!!!! Spruce cried out, I HAD ENOUGH OF THE CRAZYNESS OF THIS WORLD !!! WHY DOES THE BABY KNOWS HOW TO DO A THUMB UP !!!??! He hit his head just once againsnt the wall.

-... can someone just tell me what really happened-

- That is what happened! Floyd insisted, Spruce and John were fighting ... and they made me fall !

- THEY DID WHAT, Rosiepuff couldn't believe this.

- Yeah! Then I broke my arm! He smiled widely and gestured to his arm.

The grandmother slowly turned to the two older brothers, upset. They gulped in fear.

- ...welp, I can proudly say I ain't do nothin for once- Clay walked out of the room.

...

Soon they were all in the living room, grateful to see that their names had changed list... they all had presents waiting for them !! Floyd was happy to discover his very own makeup items in a package, including eyeliner... Clay jumped in excitement when he realized that he had received a hula-hoop, and Spruce couldn't be more happy to receive a new ipad... Branch himself had a new set of baby toys all for himself, as well as a Crocko the Crocodile plush !!

John Dory had opened a new pair of goggles, but he didn't see what he had wanted the most anywhere... had he stayed on the naughty list ?? He was saddened by the thought... Spruce noticed he looked sad and understood why immediately, he hugged him... and John sobbed into his brother's shoulder.

- Hey, John ?

John looked up at Grandma that was smiling... he got confused, why so happy ?

- Look ! Santa Paws wrapped the door of the closet in wrapping paper !!

John frowned in confusion, chasing his tears and looked over at the closet... it was indeed wrapped in wrapping paper. He walked up to it and saw that his name was written on a little paper letter, around the handle.

- OOOHH !! What does the letter says, John ??! Clay tried to read it, excited.

The trolling felt his heart jumping; could it be ?? He didn't dared hope...

He took the note and read it out loud...

This gift is for a special trolling that learned something really important; family is forever. By giving you this special gift, I trust you to always take care of her.

Merry Christmas JD !

Santa Paws -

- No way... John Dory breathed out.

He opened the door.

The closet seemed empty... until a little critter ressembling a armadillo mixed with a soccer ball, a cat, and other stuff ran between his two legs, rushing away in a blast of orange and red to run around the pod.

His brothers gasped in shock, speechless, and John let out the biggest scream of joy ever heard in trolls village;

- IT'S... IT'S.... RHONDAAAA !!!

Laughing like a maniac he ran after it to try and catch the critter which she ran away from him, terrified since she was still a baby. The brothers were all happy for him and everyone tried to catch the critter that was already destroying the pod

- COME BACK HERE 👹 R H O N D A A A 👹

- ... Oh my- Grandma was shocked.

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In the safety of an all grown up and tamed Rhonda, all the brothers were laying down in improvised beds. The last asleep were Branch and John Dory.

Floyd was asleep, breathing softly with his head on Branch's shoulder while the youngest was listening to the end of the story that John Dory was telling;

- ...And so I got Rhonda ! He smiled, giggling as he sat down in front of him with a pillow in his hands, but the important thing is... I was so focus on what I wanted, that I completely forgot about what I had already.

Branch looked at Clay, Bruce that were snoring, and Floyd still sleeping with his head on his shoulder. He pulled a blanket on his brother's shoulder, while John Dory placed the pillow on the ground. Both siblings layed down his head on the pillow and made sure he was comfortable enough. Branch stared at the bit of white lock of hair on Floyd's head with a pinch in his heart.

- Looks likes you learned your leason twice, Branch teased

John Dory rolled his eyes and throwed a pillow at him;

- Well, I'm not the only one... he layed down himself next to Clay, even though it was not exactly what you wanted... it was a pretty sick christmas right ?? John Dory mentionned his earlier state cleverly.

Branch rolled his eyes and placed his pillow next to Floyd's. He looked back at John;

- Haha, very funny, JD, he said with a gentle sarcasm.

He looked at the celling.

- ... Thanks for today, and everything actually, he smiled softly.

John Dory let out one of his characteristic joyful giggles;

- You're welcome.... Now go the fuck to sleep !! He closed the light.

Branch giggled, shifting in a more comfortable position. As his sickness would completely go away... he realized his christmas hadn't been so bad afterall.

The wind had calmed down and was still blowing softly on Rhonda's carapace... just enough for a certain pink troll to make her way to the van and kick the door open;

- MERRY CHRISTMAS, BROZONE !!!! Poppy woke everyone up in a commun jolt.

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And merry christmas to y'all :3