Patch and the Santa Pups

chapter 6

Patch is now running with the Santa Pups as they had some work to do now like Scooby Doo.

"We have to get to the reindeer!" Patch told the others. "I bet they're still in the barn, and the owner is gonna sell them since Mrs. Claus got arrested for trespassing!"

"Then we better try and stop him." Noble said.

"We have to," Patch told them. "We can do it, everybody, we can save Christmas!...Wow, I sounded just like Junior Asparagus."

"Who?" The Santa Pups asked.

"I'll tell ya later, come on, let's get to the barn." Patch replied.

"All right." The Santa Pups agreed.

They soon came into the barn while the reindeer looked worried about Mrs. Claus.

"Eddy and Eli, boy, are we ever glad to see you!" Hope smiled to the elves.

"Yeah, because we have a serious problem." Patch said.

"Okay, I'm just gonna come out and admit it," Noble sighed. "I think we messed up big time, and granted a very bad wish."

"Well, I'm not gonna say you didn't cause a lot of trouble, but we'll get to that later," Eddy told him. "Right now, we have to reverse that wish before it's too late."

"Yeah, but to do that, we'll need to find Carter." Patch said.

Suddenly, the owner of the barn came inside. "This is private property!" he scolded Eli. "What are you, reindeer rustlers?"

"Allow me to introduce us," Eli smiled. "I'm Eli, and this is Eddy, and we're Santa's head elves, and we're here to save Christmas."

Patch nodded before he saw Eli turning on the radio of the ice cream truck.

'Um, hello, Pineville, this is Carter.' A familiar boy's voice spoke first, sounding nervous.

'And Sarah Reynolds broadcasting live over 87.9 excellent on Pineville Radio.' Sarah's voice added.

"How did they get in the radio station?" Patch asked.

"Maybe Mrs. Claus helped them," Jingle replied. "Oh, I wish I could be there so I could sing a carol for everyone to hear."

"Um, Jingle, how about you wait for another time?" Patch suggested.

"Well, okay." Jingle replied softly.

"That's Mr. Reynolds' children, and they're trying to bring Christmas spirit back." Eli told the barn owner.

'And this is the Annual Christmas Radio Show.' Sarah and Carter announced together in unison, Carter sounding a lot happier now.

"Carter sounds happy, but I get the feeling he's about to reveal something." Patch said.

"The tradition started by our grandfather, over 60 years ago," Cartner began. "It was made special by our mom, Michelle Reynolds. My sister and I are here to carry on the tradition."

"I know you're all busy, and some of you may be feeling a bit sad, but we need your help to bring Christmas spirit back to our town." Sarah added.

Patch waited in suspense as he had a theory about Carter having a confession on the radio. Carter soon confessed what had happened and why everybody was so miserable on their favorite holiday. And where his father was soon back at the radio station.

"It's all my fault," Carter sighed. "Until my mom passed away, it didn't feel like it was right to celebrate, so I didn't. I don't know how exactly, but I did. I made you all feel the way you do, 'cuz I wished that Christmas Spirit would go away, and it did. It's like a flu, a Christmas Flu. It spread to the people I know, the people I met, to the people they met. And I know, that if my mother were here, she'd want us all to be happy, and celebrate Christmas with the people I love-" he then stopped as he sounded like he was going to cry to see his father. "To remember by keeping the spirit of Christmas alive in Pineville..." he then took off his headphones to go to his father and hug him. "I love you, Dad!"