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The Forgotten

We are everywhere.

by ers123456789
Christmas on the Citadel

I hadn't meant to come. I had intended to drift around, thinking my own thoughts. Alone on Christmas is fine with me...

by wicked_summer
A Special Christmas

He pondered for a moment. "Interesting. You know what I just realized? This is Kudo's first Christmas with us!"

by jockylocky
The Watchmaker

The various ticking of these clocks became so loud in his ears that Reese could no longer hear the wind outside or the hum of the feeble heater. He closed his eyes...

by playmobil_is_my_life
A Day of Giving Mystery

From across the table his sister glanced up mournfully. "It's Happy Valley, Meti. All the snow has vanished..."

Also by chivo

by anjie

Kristoff's Wish

The Cloud Lenny sighed. It was Christmas time again. Many Pets wished and longed and dreamed of being rich for the holiday season, of how happy all the money could make them...

by taipeiss
Fate(Choice)

"That's incredible," said Noel, shaking his head and smiling. "I always knew you could do it, Faye." The Christmas Bori had been friends with the yellow Bruce as long as they had known each other...

by reggieman721
Three Baby Kacheeks Stocking Adventure

"Oh, I wouldn't eat stockings if I were you," said Christa Kau. "I tried it myself once when I was young. I ate one off a vine that it was growing on..."

by sarika_ambrielle
Raindorf Revenge

Clyde Raindorf was a very proud Snow Raindorf. He was also a very grumpy Raindorf...

by jacqds
The Greatest Gift

"It wouldn't be a bad thing," said the mother as she leaned forward slightly. "Helping the poor, lost pets in the Pound could be good for you..."

by mew_mew_matrimony
Pride Comes Before a Ball

This is the story of how a vain, proud Uni learns how to have fun and makes King Skarl laugh!

by tallydepp
The Day of Giving

Through the empty and forbidding streets he trudged, clutching his coat close to his person. What he wouldn't give for a warm mug of hot chocolate...

by kataangrules
The Greatest Gift

As always, she had become hypnotized by the beauty of the reef. She could lose herself in this wonderful world another day. Right now, she had a mission...

by reveirie
A Drop of Rain

But these Yooyuball players were in an entirely different league. They had both natural ability and skills that had been practiced and built up over the years. Violet tried not to be intimidated...

by costa_rican_girl
Secret Santa Secrets

When an average disco Chomby decides to put together a secret santa for her family, she gets more than she bargained for...

by brokensilent
Real Dreams

Tundra hated Christmas. All the normal Neopians were happy and merry, while abandoned pets sat lonely in their cells, freezing to death...

by silveryskies
Markers and Scissors

I was purposeless. I was plain. I was only given to annoy whoever got me as a gift. I was either a joke Christmas gift or an insult...

by yellowsugardog
Hyperion: The Holiday

"These cards? They're backed up at the factory. We probably won't have them in stock again till after Giving Day, maybe even after New Year's..."

by micrody
The Magic of Christmas Eve

"When I was little, what I would do is send a letter up the chimney," Brigitte was explaining. "They go straight to Santa Kaus..."

by queen_starshine
A Terror (Mountain) Christmas

"Come on, Arpheo, the tree looks fine the way it is," Orpheus said. He wrapped a warm scarf around his neck. "Char, Isca, and I are going up to the Advent Calendar. You're coming, right?"

by aisha_enchantress110
A Christmas Gift

"I hate the spelling bee," whispered Kaz behind his cupped paw as Jimmy reeled off the spelling...

by raizindaroof
One Bite Won't Hurt

The red Aisha stood out like a sore thumb. She stood alone under a tree at the bottom of the rise, watching the Bruces soaring down the hill and laughing and pitching snow at each other...

Art by nut862

by nut862

 
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"Markers and Scissors" by yellowsugardog
I did not understand the hype about Christmas. The joy, the excitement, or the pleasure. I had only watched people unhappy. In turn, this made me unhappy. I was just unwanted. The most unwanted gift in Neopia, now even more unwanted then a pile of dung. I was purposeless. I was plain. I was only given to annoy whoever got me as a gift...




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