A Fransmas Tale (A Christmas Special 2018)

Jolly Thoughts

   It was a cold and windy midnight. I was unaware of it but, because I stayed up until I was at the separation line between one day and another day called midnight, it was now the first hour of the first day of December. Usually, I would not be up this late and would be in bed by nine o'clock but, recently I have had a lot to do and not enough time to do it in a day—all apart of being all grown up, I guess. I didn't even realize how late it was until I looked closely at the clock above me that was only slightly visible because of the light from the desk lamp I had on. The desk lamp was the only source of light in my house beside the glowing fire crackling from a distance.   

  "Oh no!" I silently gasped. I quickly looked back at the clock to make sure that I read it right. I did. I quickly glanced back at my work on my desk and swiftly observed the papers scattered out across my desk. 

  It will have to wait, I thought. I grasped the dangling light switch string and clicked the desk lamp off. I then realized how dark it really was, it was pitch black in the house.

  I stood up promptly and slowly stumbled into my room. I fumbled for the light for ten whole seconds until finally finding the light switch and turning on the light only to have my eyes reflexively squint from the overwhelming light flooding in. I grimaced while difficulty trying to move around my room and open my drawer; they were untidy folded, sprawled out clothes (mostly consisting of blue with light purple striped sweaters). I sighed at the sight, my room back when I was living with the Dreemurrs as one of their children, was almost always tidy. My adoptive mother, Toriel was most of the reason I was always so clean; she was a wonderful mother. 

  Now my room was filled with overflowing boxes and scattered items across the room, and the worst part is: I do not even have the time to get it all organized! I guess this was not the best time to decide to move. Don't get me wrong, I loved living with Toriel, but I was eager to have my own private setting, just like my older brother. But when I started moving, all of a sudden, work just started pilling up. I guess they wanted me to get as much work done as possible before the holiday break. 

  Man, politicians, I thought while silently chuckling. I did not know what I was in for when I agreed to be the ambassador for the monsters. It wasn't too difficult when I was young, fairly easy actually. But the older I got, the more difficult it was for me. I just think the Government didn't want a minor making complicated decisions about the future and did not want to overwhelm a young girl who does not understand politics as much as she should. It is all fine though, I do not really mind all the work I get, just a step closer to getting monsters more socially accepted. Speaking of which, monsters being seen in public is now almost completely normalized; for the most part, no one is really disgusted or even less, shocked when seeing a monster out of the blue. It is not perfect though, a lot of hate and discrimination against monsters is still alive but at least we have made lots of progress over the seven years of fighting for monster's rights.  

  Once I got my striped pajamas on (yes I know, even my pajamas are striped), brushed my teeth, washed my face and brushed and braided my hair, I flopped sideways onto my mattress. I did not yet get my bed from my previous bedroom, so I was just stuck with a mattress for now.

  My thoughts began to spring forward as soon as I settled into a comfortable position. I wondered what my brilliant-minded monster friends could be planning this year for Christmas. Every year my friends get together to create a hugely polished Christmas party for all their friends. My amazingly 'cool friend' (as he calls himself), Papyrus is the one who made this happen. Once he heard about 'the most wonderful time of the year', he was more determined than I ever was about anything to make it literally the most wonderful time I have (and all of our other friends) ever had any year. Hehe, he really was a cool dude.