A Christmas Tale

Cb's Story 1: Too Many Elements

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." Cb begins as Luke shakes his head "No! We're not going there!" Cb pouts before starting again "Okay then: I feared to go very far from the station" "Third person please, and wrong holiday dingus..." Tet raises her finger as Cb but flips the page over "They found a wardrobe that led to a magical place..." "Ummm..." Kie begins but Cb throws a menacing glare at him before tearing the page in half as he picks up another. "A long time ago a couple miles away from the nearest station was a man who was hiding in his wardrobe...

"What am I doing in here?" The farmer knocks on the inside of his wooden box as he hears a voice from the other side "God, is that you? Has my time finally..." The farmer is cut off but the door swinging open as an unimpressed farmer's boy who stares at him with a dead look "good to know our coats are comfortable for you to slack off in..." His pupils are dark and cold as if he has experienced the farmer's lack of a commitment a thousand times over. The farmer jumps free, pulling a coat with him as he shoves his arms inside. The boy does the same, still staring at the farmer who energetically asks "Have you found a solution to our problem?" The farmer boy just stands there and shakes his head. "You can't grow them in winter, I'm sorry but you're not going to be able to change the weather just to grow potatoes..." The farmer looks away "I'm disappointed in you!" he taps his foot with sorrow as he leaves the room, grabbing a sickle from the door as he moves into the frozen fields. The boy follows close behind, picking up his shovel and pulling up his hood as his golden brown hair is concealed from the snow. The farmer grabs something from him inside pocket, pulling out a brown hat that matches his coat as he places upon his head with perfect symmetry. They begin their walk to the fields, finding a load of frosted green leaves poking from the soil as the farmer's expression changes "It's about time to take in the crop isn't it? What are we planting in its stead?" He asks as the boy just looks up at him with concern "You don't know what we're planting!? How will we plant if we don't have any seeds?" He waves his arms around frantically as the farmer just smiles "I'm sure it'll all work out for the better." The farmer smiles as they hear a light buzzing from above them. They look up, seeing a cow-shaped object floating above them as the farmer's boy shouts "Chase? S-should we chase it?" The farmer nods as they watch it move away before something red slams into the side of it and it falls to the ground. It lands with a squish as the hard object slams into the cabbage patch "My cabba...!" The farmer begins to yell at the top of his lungs before he's cut short by the boy hitting him on the foot with his shovel "Those were my idea, don't take credit for my cabbages!" The farmer looks down at him "I guess I'll half check the quote from the bucket list then... couldn't even let me finish..." The farmer mumbles as he waddles through the remainder of the field towards the cow. He places his hand on the side of it to find it icy to the touch. "What kinda cow is made of metal?" the cow's horn begins to smoke as a robotic sounding moo is released "It's alive! I'll grab my gun!" The farmer sprints away as the boy just pushes it onto the field, trying to salvage what he can from the wreckage as a seed unknowingly slips past him and buries itself under the soil. The boy grabs the handle of his shovel with both hands, swinging at the ground at full force as he evens out the soil, destroying any evidence of the crash in the first place. The boy sighs as he raises his shovel and places it over his shoulder with a heave. He walks over the bovine object as he swings his metal studded boots towards it, a loud clang erupting from the earth as it vibrates from the powerful kick. Luke could almost swear he heard a painful groan as he did it but decides against investigating it as he walks back to the barn to see where the farmer disappeared off to. He begins to move back, inspecting all of the plants as he sees another crater, this one is a lot smaller than the first and it seems to still be smouldering. He blinks and it disappears as he stares at the spot where it used to be. A dusty substance blows through the air back to where he came from as he jogs over to the now clear patch of field. He places his hand on the ground, scanning along all of the green leaves of the cabbages until he finds a bright red shoot. He grabs it, pulling it up as the ground cracks and breaks. At first, he thinks it's a carrot but the further he pulls, the easier it is to see a pale glow emitting between the red and green. He jumps back, throwing it upwards as he preps his spade for a swing. "Wait wait waai..." the flying tiny vegetable begins to speak as its eyes close in fear. A small clang can be heard as she lands, opening her eyes to the boy staring at her. He examines the little girl, she wears a green and red accented winters jacket with a pointed hat that almost covers her triangular ears. She sits there, her crimson hair blowing slightly in the glittery wind as she looks dispaired. "This is not the elf you are looking for..." she waves her hand in front of her as the boy just tilts his head. "You're an elf?" He pokes at her and she blocks his finger. "No touchy touchy!" she squeals as the boy nods "That old farmer has finally got to me... Well, I guess no matter how much I hate it, it was bound to happen eventually..." He places the elf on the floor as he walks away, leaving for the house. He turns to face the barn, finding an unusual stream of smoke as he runs towards it. "What has he done now? How did he manage this in such a small amount of time!" The boy feels like he's going insane as he runs over, finding a black car that's smoking from the hood parked in front of the door.

..."What the...? This is all over the place!" Tet stands up "How did you manage to tangle so many plots..." A marshmallow flies into her mouth as Cb just wags his finger "Patience you must have my young padawan. Make sense it will soon." Tet just shakes her head "First of all, I'm older than you... Second of all, I haven't seen the films so... I don't get it..." Cb smiles in response "Neither has the writer so it's all good!" "what?" "Let's continue!"