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Merry Christmas everybody~
Know it's a touch early but due to work dunno when I'll be able to wish all of you a Merry Christmas proper... so will just give you a gift now~
After that miserable, awful, no good Halloween... I felt it was only proper to give Cody, Teddy, and the others a happy Christmas. So that's what I did~ This is my attempt at a sweet, warm, and adorable Christmas story~ What's in it you might ask? Read to find out~ ^_^
Anyway please enjoy, fav & comment, and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Arya, Cody, their parents, and Violet owned by
Ozzie-boxer
Other characters owned by me
Pokémon owned by neither of us
It was Christmas time in Viridian city. Festive colors of green and red were everywhere. So were large chubby mon of numerous species dressed up as Old Saint Nicholas to the wonderment of aaaaaaall the tiny mon around… save for one. Cody had long stopped believing in Santa Claus. Due to his rough life in the numerous orphanages he grew up in the growlithe boy had lost that sense of wonder after the third Christmas of unfulfilled requests to Santa for a nice mommy & daddy to adopt him or for something to help him potty train. He knew Santa wasn’t real and that the adults bought, hid, and put the presents under the tree when the kids were asleep. Yep, he knew Santa wasn’t real BUT he was having to pretend to believe in him since his four year old sister Arya DID believe in the fat, jolly bringer of gifts… and the little houndour wasn’t the only one.
It’d come as a shock to Cody when he found out his little cyndaquil cousin Violet still believed in Santa… and how vocal the shy, timid, crybaby was had come as an even bigger shock. He’d just watched her and Arya gushing about seeing Santa at the mall and how they’d been good and what they wanted to tell him in utter stupefaction… up until they turned and dragged HIM into the conversation. He couldn’t bear to let them down… so he’d put on a big dumb grin, nodded in agreement, and acted like what he thought some silly little kid eager to see Santa would. It’d been humiliating and he’d felt a little dirty doing it (and not in the “my diaper needs a change” kinda way), but it made the girls happy so it was worth it. And they weren’t the only ones…
Cody was actually LESS surprised to find out Teddy still believed in Santa then he’d been to find out Violet did… and he felt a little guilty about that since it meant he was still thinking of the litleo as a little kid. But he’d heard Teddy talking about “Santa visiting” and stuff like that… and he’d sounded genuinely happy. Which was sadly, ever since that match, far too rare for Cody to DARE do anything to risk making it go away. So he just forced a big baby smile and acted like he was the age his plastic, disposable undies hinted… if they still believed in Santa then he did to. No matter HOW humiliating it was.
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Teddy had stopped believing in Santa years ago since, despite how his mommy, big sis, and cousins treated him, he wasn’t a naïve little kid anymore. He knew his parents and aunts and uncles got the gifts and put them under the tree… but he still liked Santa anyway. For no reason in particular… but it was a fun, sweet story to play along with in general… which is why he didn’t mind playing along when he’d found out his little cousins believe in Santa. He’d kinda expected Violet and Arya to still believe… but it’d come as a shock to see the big, silly smile on Cody’s face as the growlithe puppy loudly proclaimed his belief in Saint Nick. Even Vanessa had been surprised to find this out. Teddy had just assumed the poor puppy had stopped believing after so long in the orphanage… but this just meant he’d enjoy the “Family Christmas Tradition” all the more. He and Vanessa had been dropping hints of it to the three little fire types for a while now about “Santa’s Visit” and there being a reason why they weren’t going to see him at the mall…
But Teddy couldn’t wait to see their faces when they see the surprise… heck, he was looking forward to it more than usual this year too. After so many miserable things it’d be nice to see him again and maybe feel a little better… but the litleo was fine waiting till the big night since he knew all the adults had been planning this for a while now~ He’d just have to be patient.
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“How come daddy didn’t take us to see Santa? I wanna see Santa!”
“Yeah! I wanna tell him what a good girl I’ve been and what I want for Christmas!”
“Yeah, yeah! I’ve been a good girl tuuu! I wanna tell him!”
“You’ve been good too, right Cody? You want to see Santa too, right?”
Despite marveling how much Violet, who was supposed to be 14 years old, was acting just like his 4 year old sister Arya Cody was quick to nod and reply. His cheeks puffed out in a childish pout as he said “U-uh huh! I been good, wanna see Santa!” while trying not to make a disgusted face at the words coming out of his mouth. He was pretty sure he HADN’T been good, with what he’d done to Teddy and all that, but it was what they wanted to hear so he fibbed. It wasn’t the most degrading thing he’d done today. Not when he was wearing a set of footed jammies, complete with cute neck and wrist frills and a drop seat, that matched his baby sister’s exactly. The fact that the only difference between their outfits was Arya’s nighttime diapers, since his little sister still had trouble keeping her bed dry at night, were thinner than Cody’s super thick pair just made it worse. He was dressed like a big dumb baby and he was having to act like one too… not a good time for the puppy. At least his visible disgust at this helped make his babyish pouting about not “Getting tu see Santa” more convincing…
Not that Violet was looking any more mature than he was since the cyndaquil was sitting on her thickly padded tushie on the living room rug right alongside him and Arya. The fact she was in a footed sleeper, complete with snaps in the crotch where it bulged over her diaper, helped with the infantile look. it being a charmander themed character sleeper complete with a hood, which she had up, and plush tail cover complete with plush flame, which Violet was snuggling, just finished the whole picture of three toddlers all sitting on the rug in their jammies. An adorable image… if Cody hadn’t been one of them. The fact the “Big Kids” were over on the couch just made it more embarrassing as Cody turned to look at his other two cousins, trying not to pout at the unfairness of it all…
Not that he WANTED Teddy to be diapered like he and the little girls were though. He already felt the litleo being in bedwetter pants, for some silly reason about having had accidents before back in the day like when he’d been diapered on Halloween, was a little much. The fact he was wearing footed character jammies, Charmeleon themed ones to go with Violet’s since she looked up to the lion cub like a big brother figure (which Cody found adorable), didn’t help any even if Teddy’s were the model for older kids without the snaps in the crotch and he didn’t have the hood up. Vanessa was sitting next to her “little brother” and wearing a slightly frilly nightgown that would have looked kind of silly if the growlithe hadn’t gotten used to his older cousin’s odd taste in outfits by now. With the big, bright decorated tree with the presents under in the corner the whole scene looked like something out of those Christmas picture books Cody had got read to him again and again over the years… which immediately made the puppy suspicious that there was something going on.
Cody knew there was going to be a big sleepover on Christmas Eve at Vanessa’s house, since it was bigger than Teddy’s home or his apartment, so all the “Kids” could open their presents together come Christmas morning… so why were they having a sleepover there the week before? Why did all the grownups make them put on their jammies so early? Why were Vanessa and Teddy smiling like they knew what was gonna happen? They were obviously in on whatever was being planned but he’d been left out alongside the toddlers (after seeing her act like this it’d take till after Christmas for Cody to see Violet as not being in the same age Group as Arya)… and that left the puppy very, very, VERY annoyed. He was a teenager! He was 15 years old his tiny size, baby body, and diapers be darned and he deserved to be treated like it! The only thing that kept him from waddling off to find mommy or daddy and demanding to be told what they were scheming was that he’d been asked to wait on the rug with the girls… and he couldn’t figure out how to sneak away without both of them noticing and asking where he was going. So he was stuck till-
Just then there was the sound of the door opening and the light blowing of the snow outside before it shut indicating somebody had just come in. Further derailing Cody’s pouting and sulking was a deep, unfamiliar voice in the front hall going “Ho ho ho~” as he heard the sound of boots approaching. Two sharp intakes of breath from the toddler girls sharing the rug with him was the only warning he got as a very plump and rounded pyroar wearing a full santa outfit, complete with powder to make the lower part of his flowing beard a snowy white, entered the room… followed by Arya and Violet letting out a squeal so loud it felt like he got hit by a Supersonic as the growlithe collapsed forward. He ended up in a crawling position after barely managing to avoid landing on his face. Crawling forward in his confusion Cody felt little hands push him along… his ears ringing too badly to make out WHAT Arya was actually saying to him as she eagerly led the confused, crawling puppy along right up to see “Santa” like HE was the baby sibling. As he crawled Cody could see Violet busy waddling over to the couch, her padded bottom wiggling rapidly with how fast she was going, and grabbing Teddy by the paw to pull him over to see Santa too… but the dazed puppy didn’t get to think any further about this as a pair of white gloved paws gently scooped him and Arya up.
Cody squirmed on reflex as he was cradled to soft fur of the pyroar’s santa costume as the mon spoke in a deep, jovial tone “Ho ho ho! This must be little Cody and his sister Arya~ Hope you like being part of your new family~” he asked, which snapped the puppy out of his daze since whoever this was knew his name, Arya’s name too. Meanwhile his little sister was too busy giggling her head off to care as the little houndour looked up to Santa in awe. Snuggling them close for a moment and chuckling warmly Santa carried them over… and handed them off to their parents. Sitting cradled in his mommy’s arms Cody finally realized his wide-eyed expression had to have made him look like a baby awe struck to be meeting Santa. Which made his cheeks flush pink in shame even as the chubby pyroar turned to address the third little one “And this must be Violet, ho ho ho~ Hello little one~” he cooed as he scooped the cyndaquil, who was giggling just like Arya and talking faster than Cody had ever heard her speak, up and playfully bounced her in his hands for a moment or two before handing her off to Vanessa’s mommy.
“And here’s little Teddy, not quite so little anymore though~ Ho ho ho~ Growing bigger every time I see you~” Santa said a tone of pride in his voice as he gently rubbed the litleo’s head… the tiny happy smile on Teddy’s head removing any questions or protests Cody might have had over this whole situation. “And it looks like Vanessa has grown some too, you’re becoming quite the young lady aren’t you~? Ho ho ho~” Santa laughed as the vulpix giggle and curtsied lightly. Suddenly Cody’s mommy carried him over to the couch… as his daddy did the same for Arya and Vanessa’s mommy did the same for Violet. They found themselves sitting next to each other, Cody between Violet and Arya, with Vanessa and Teddy joining them at the end of the couch. The litleo’s chubby and cute pyroar mommy stepped forward to stand before them, a broad, warm smile on her round race “Now, who wants to tell Santa what they want for Christmas~?” she cooed, almost purring, as she leaned down with her hands on her knees to dote over the three smaller kids. Cody was a little curious if Teddy was doing the same as he forced himself to pipe up “Me! I du!”… but he couldn’t hear his lion cub cousin over the excited squeals of the little girls on either side of him.
“Okay then~ You’ll get to take turns sitting on Santa’s lap and telling him what you’d like~” Teddy’s mommy cooed, motioning to one of the larger chairs in the living room where Santa had taken a seat and was waiting with a smile. “Arya gets to go first, then Violet, then Cody, then Teddy~ Okay?” she continued explaining as Cody nodded on reflex, looking very hard at the pyroar in the chair even as his little sister waddled over and eagerly climbed up into his lap. The growlithe couldn’t shake the feeling he’d seen him somewhere before… but he was completely unable to remember WHERE. Kicking his legs and rocking back and forth on his bottom Cody unintentionally imitated a nervous or impatient baby as he struggled to place where he’d seen the lion. It felt like it should be obvious but he just couldn’t recall… as he found himself sucking away at his thumb in frustration. He hated not being able to remember stuff like this since it made him feel dumb and more like a baby… unfortunately he was so focused on trying to remember he was caught completely off guard, completely with an undignified squeak, when mommy scooped him up and gently plopped his padded posterior on Santa’s lap.
“Ho ho ho~ Now Cody, I know you’re a sweet, bouncy baby boy-” Santa punctuated this by gently bouncing Cody on his knee a little “but have you been naughty or nice~?” he asked… as Cody just sat there, mouth open a little from his thumb having fallen out as he stared. He just realized that while he’d been pretending to believe in Santa to keep his baby sister and cousins happy… he’d never really gotten around to figuring out what he’d ask for from him if he was forced to sit on Santa’s lap at the mall. The puppy wasn’t used to getting any Christmas presents, meaningful ones anyway… he’d gotten a few baby toys and clothes as gifts at the orphanages, so he had no clue what to ask for. Curling up in embarrassment Cody wracked his brain for something to say, his thumb slipping back into his mouth once more… till Santa spoke up “Seems we have a shy baby here~ Arya, do you know if your brother has been naughty or nice~?” he asked the little houndour clambering up to hear what her brother wants for Christmas… as Cody just now realized he probably looked the same way Violet normally acts when she meets strangers. Like a shy scaredy baby. The thought made him flush pink with embarrassment.
“Uh huh! Cody is da bestest Santa! He’s been nice! And he likes Mark’s Marks a lot! Could he pwease hava Mark’s Mark’s toy!” Arya yipped eagerly, her stubby tail wagging as she did so. The large lion chuckled and stroked his beard with one paw as he smiled down at the growlithe on his lap “Would you like that Cody~?” he asked, as the puppy’s blush grew since Arya was right in that he DID like that show… he just didn’t like the fact a complete stranger knew that now. “U-uh huh…” he finally lisped around his thumb. “Ho ho ho~! Well alright then~” Santa said, smiling warmly to the humiliated pup. “Now, don’t forget to thank your sister~” Santa cooed, gently tickling under Cody’s chin with one finger and unintentionally degrading the puppy even more. "... t-'ank yu Awya..." the growlithe managed to squeak, remembering how Petie started lisping just like this whenever he got super embarrassed of flustered. At least this was over and it couldn’t get any worse though Cody though as he shifted on Santa’s lap… and went stiff when he felt a soggy squish.
Worse, Santa felt it too and lifted the puppy up to check Cody’s diaper with a gentle poke. “Ho ho ho, three for three~ This little one needs a dry diaper too~” he said with an amused laugh as Cody’s face blushed so thoroughly he was afraid it’d stay pink while his lip quivered and he fought the urge to complete his baby appearance by crying. He was Arya’s big bro, he was da big bro, not a baby… no matter how much it seemed like he was.
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Teddy dearly loved his uncle Richard, or Richy as he’d called him when he finally hit the verbal stage, but the pyroar lived on a different continent and had to travel constantly so visits were rare. But this just meant Teddy loved his uncle’s guaranteed appearance around Christmas much more, even if he’d figured out the “Santa” who showed up first was just his uncle in costume. It’d been part of their Christmas tradition since as long as Teddy could remember… instead of going to the mall to see Santa his uncle would show up in costume and they’d tell him what they wanted for Christmas, mommy would take a photo, and a little bit later his uncle would come back in his normal clothes and they’d have cocoa before doing the other family Christmas tradition. The litleo looked forward to it every year… but this year he’d get to share it with his new little cousins too. A thought that managed to lift Teddy’s spirits even through his thick depression.
It’d been a different experience watching other kids sit on his uncles, er “Santa’s” lap. It’d just been him and Vanessa for so long and his big sis had outgrown it a few years ago. He’d watched his dad set up the camera first since the ninetails had been in charge of taking the photos of this, which got stored away in a special Christmas album he and Vanessa’s family shared, before watching Arya scramble up onto “Santa’s” lap, a paw on her posterior helping the puppy the rest of the way up. He then got to watch the puppy talk a mile a minute as she eagerly proclaimed that she’d been nice and started into what she wanted for Christmas in an adorable display he couldn’t help but giggle at alongside Vanessa. He could even see her quilava daddy nodding a little in the background just out of her sight meaning Arya was gonna be a happy pup when she opened her presents up come Christmas morning. Though it looked like she’d been a little too excited to see Santa as his uncle loudly proclaimed her soggy, just like he used to do to Teddy when the cub was in diapers, when he lifted the houndour puppy off his lap and handed her to her father.
It was Violet’s turn next and after seeing the little diapered cyndaquil barely be able to talk to strangers and outright hide behind him or Vanessa it was kinda shocking for Teddy to see her scramble over even faster than Arya did and clumsily clamber up onto “Santa’s” lap. Teddy was even more surprised to hear her loudly proclaim “I wanna puppy!” as he looked to Vanessa, curious if that was even possible. He found she was looking to her parents obviously wondering the same as they were giving similar looks to each other. Teddy wasn’t actually sure if Violet would get what she wanted this year… which he felt a little bad about. Before he could think much on this though he saw her stand up on “Santa’s” lap, her legs and padded butt wobbling, and lean as far as she could (while the pyroar lowered his head to meet her) to whisper something into his ear. Curious as he was there was no way for Teddy to overhear what she said… and the smile on his uncle’s face just made him want to know even more, but it’d be naughty to ask about something Violet obviously wanted to keep secret. His uncle declaring a second soggy butt finished of Violet’s time on is lap as he handed the Cyndaquil off to Vanessa’s mommy.
It was Cody’s turn next and Teddy actually had no clue how the growlithe was gonna handle this… but if you’d asked “be so shy he had to be carried over to Santa by his mommy” wouldn’t have been any of his first few guesses. There was something endearingly adorable and innocent about Cody sitting there, too nervous to talk to Santa about what he wanted and sucking his thumb innocently. Especially when Arya, who’d insisted she wait to get changed till Cody saw “Santa”, waddled over to help her ba… er… brother. Teddy stifled a giggle, he’d almost thought of Cody as Arya’s baby brother there… he’d actually never seen the puppy look this nervous and innocent before. He could only wonder what awe was going through his fuzzy head at getting to meet “Santa”~ Anyway with Arya’s help Cody finally let “Santa” know what he wanted, Teddy had watched Mark’s Marks with Cody more than once since the puppy liked it so much so that wasn’t a surprise, and was declared soggy just like the girls… meaning it was the litleo’s turn next.
“I’m gonna go help auntie and uncle change Cody and Arya, okay~?” Vanessa suddenly said, lightly hopping up and giving Teddy a little wink as he looked to his big sis in confusion. Watching the vulpix follow Cody & Arya as they were carried off for a change Teddy also noticed Vanessa’s mommy carrying Violet off for a change as well with Vanessa’s daddy following. It finally dawned on him he was alone in the living room with mommy, daddy, and Uncle Richy. Now feeling incredibly self-conscious with the knowledge that the eyes of everybody in the room were on him Teddy timidly slipped off the couch and padded over to his uncle. Climbing up onto the pyroar’s lap Teddy could visibly remember the smell and feel or the fur suit and the sensation of his uncle’s warmth from all the previous times he’d done this over the years… and as a paw slipped under the litleo’s chin to lift his head so he could look “Santa” in the eyes the question of “So my little king of the jungle, have you been naughty or nice~?” emotions came surging back to Teddy in a maelstrom.
The childish joy from all the past Christmas’s where they’d done this and his happiness at seeing his uncle again mixed with all his guilt, sadness, and anger over what had happened at the match and been happening at the PCA. By the time his uncle asked “And what would you like for Christmas?” the lion cub was trembling softly. Finally giving into his emotions Teddy threw himself forward… and buried his face in his uncle’s chest while he wrapped his arms as far around the plump lion as they could go in a big hug. Feeling his uncle wrap his arms around him in return Teddy, for all his loathing being treated like a child, allowed himself to slip back into a younger mindset… just this once. He was safe in his big strong uncles arms, everything was right with the world.
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“-so Santa KNEW Teddy’s uncle was gonna visit and had him help make sure we’d all be nice and check what we wanted for Christmas! That’s why he looked like Teddy’s uncle and Teddy’s uncle showed up after he left!”
“Oh… okay, dat makes sense!”
“Yep! Santa is magical after all!”
Sitting nearby, once again sharing the rug with Arya and Violet, and listening to the girl’s talk Cody was silently wondering how long it’d take before he could think of Violet as anything other than being a 4 year old after all this. The growlithe was well aware of the irony of thinking this while sitting on his diapered bottom and nursing from a baby bottle, but his pediatrician, er… his doctor had put him on a regular medicine regiment and this was the easiest way for the puppy to take his medicine thanks to his suckling reflex. Looking around as he nursed Cody could see Teddy sitting with his mommy and uncle (who was now sporting a positively tacky Christmas sweater over his chubby form and a pair of slacks) while leaning against his uncle as blissful and happy as the puppy had ever seen him… and if Cody was hearing correctly the kitten was even purring for good measure. It was so cute and happy it was almost worth all the humiliation he’d been put through pretending to believe in Santa… almost anyway. He also couldn’t help but notice how chubby and cuddly looking both the grown lions were which made it clear exactly where Teddy got his cute little kid looks from.
Laying back on the carpet Cody cradled the baba with all four of his limbs, having embarrassed himself enough already he didn’t care how infantile this made him look, as he closed his eyes and nursed. He always felt relaxed drinking like this and that would help him forget all of the embarrassment… maybe. Either way with the whole Santa thing done the rest of the night, however short it’d be if he had to share his bedtime with Arya and Violet like normal, should be uneventful. Just as Cody let himself think that his baba was pulled away as the puppy let out a little burp and his eyes snapped open to see his mommy holding the empty baby bottle and smiling down at him… which would be normal. Her gently lifting him to his feet and waddling him over to stand in a row with Arya and Violet though wasn’t as he noticed Vanessa’s father was carrying three little boxes in his paws… while Vanessa’s mommy was handing two similar but slightly more worn boxes to the vulpix and Teddy.
“Our families have had a tradition ever since Vanessa’s first Christmas-” The vulpix’s minccino father said as he gently handed the boxes out, each having the name of one of the baby fire types on it “that we made into a full tradition come Teddy’s first Christmas~ Go ahead, open them up~” he urged, smiling warmly to Cody and the girls. Not sure what to expect Cody popped the box open, hearing his dad help Arya with opening hers to his left, and found… a Christmas ornament? It looked like a standard round bauble with a little gold loop to hang it with even if the colors were weird since orange with a black stripe seemed more like it was suited for Halloween. Gently pulling the smooth ornament out by its hanger Cody let out a little gasp of surprise as it rotated slightly as he lifted it and the light caught the indentation in the sphere. It was shiny and the indentation was etched to almost glow from the reflected light… while the baby blue glass sphere with a little blue poke-egg charm in the center of it DID glow from the light.
Hearing similar gasps to his left and right Cody looked and saw Violet and Arya were also holding ornaments like his, though their colors were different (the growlithe FINALLY realized the orange and black were to represent his fur and markings when he saw the girls got colors to represent them as well) and the center crystal in their ornaments were pink. “They’re supposed to be for new babies-” Teddy said, Cody nearly jumping in surprise as the lion cub had snuck up on him, holding up a brown and tan ornament with a blue crystal, “but me and Vanessa always hang up our ornaments to finish off the Christmas tree… and we wanted all of you to be part of that too!” the litleo finished with a happy smile as Cody felt his lips start quivering. He’d spent so long being moved from orphanage to orphanage the growlithe had given up on being part of a family… let alone taking part of any “Family Traditions” like this. But here he was, he had his own special ornament, and he was gonna get to hang it up on the tree alongside his sister and cousins…
Cody was only vaguely aware of his daddy catching the ornament ornament as he dropped it while suddenly turning and hugging Teddy, burying his face in his litleo cousin’s chest and jammies while crying tears of joy for once. Cody was vaguely aware of Teddy wrapping his arms around him and hugging back along with numerous paws, both big and little, gently rubbing the growlithe’s head and back soothingly as he sobbed till it had quieted down to sniffling. Letting go of Teddy and clumsily plopping backwards onto his bottom with a crinkle Cody wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his footed pajamas, and the dexterity of a toddler, as he tried to properly say “Thank you” through his sniffles. It came off as lisping and babbling… but they seemed to know what he meant as the warm smiles the puppy received both comforted Cody and threatened to drive him to more emotional tears. Seeing daddy have to gently hold Arya’s ornament for her, the ornament was smooth and slick while she was an overly excited puppy after all, after she nearly dropped it for a fifth time managed to get a weak giggle from him as he regained his composure.
“Maybe it’s better if you hang up Cody and Arya’s ornament.” Vanessa’s dad commented to the quilava, smiling before placing a grey paw on his daughter’s shoulder “Normally the oldest goes first… cause Vanessa always hung her ornament up and was halfway through trying to help Teddy hang his up since the first time we did this~” he explained as Vanessa blushed slightly, something Cody hadn’t seen before, before daintily hanging her ornament on the tree. Teddy promptly stepped up next, Cody would protest about him being a year older than the cub… but sitting on the floor in a diaper and footed jammies wasn’t a good arguing position, and hung his ornament a on the same level as Vanessa’s but a little way away from hers. “Okay Buddy-“ Cody immediately looked up to his daddy as the quilava spoke, smiling down to his son “just point where you’d like me to hang this and I’ll put it up for you, okay~?” Normally his dad didn’t baby him like that… but between how infantile he was acting and how emotional he felt Cody didn’t bother to question it. Instead the growlithe just went along with it as he popped his thumb in his mouth, pointed with his free paw, and lisped out “Thewe!” as daddy hung his ornament… next to Teddy’s.
Cody, along with everybody else, turned to look at Violet next as the nervous cyndaquil eyed the tree… at least until Arya spoke up “I wanna go next! I wanna go next!” she yipped excitedly, too little to really care that Violet was older than her despite how the other girl was acting. After looking to Violet, who timidly nodded to let them know it was okay, Daddy just chuckled “Okay then, now Princess-“ he started to say before Arya beat him to the punch. “There daddy! Next ta Cody’s!” she squeaked excitedly, eagerly hopping in place and pointing, as the quilava chuckled and complied. Giggling at his baby -even if he was having to remind himself he was in fact older than her- sister’s antics Cody looked back to see if Violet was ready to put her ornament up and found her handing it to Vanessa before whispering something into the vulpix’s ear. After giggling and nodding Vanessa walked over to the tree again, an amused smile on her face, and hung Violet’s ornament up where it’d be difficult for the tiny cyndaquil to reach… right between her’s and Teddy’s, creating a proper row of five ornaments hanging from the branches and swaying lightly, the crystals glowing and twinkling softly in the lights of the room and the tree.
Looking at them gently dangling from the tree Cody found himself tearing up again… he had a family… a big family… before he could start crying though he found himself gently gathered up in his mommy’s arms. He also saw daddy scoop Arya up while Vanessa’s mommy picked up Violet. Curious what was going on now Cody found himself carried over to the couch in a little procession as the adults, including Teddy’s daddy -who Cody just now noticed had filmed the whole thing at the tree- as they all settled onto the couch. Cody found himself laying on his mommy’s lap as she gently rubbed his back and bottom with her paw. Looking over his shoulder the growlithe saw Arya was on daddy’s lap snuggling into him, Violet was sitting on Vanessa’s mommy’s lap as Vanessa sat next to her with the fox’s daddy on the other side of his daughter. Looking back the other way Cody saw Teddy was next to him… splaying across both his parents laps and happily basking in their attention as his mommy gently rubbed his bottom and his daddy gently rubbed his head. The couch was completely full, almost to the point of being cramped… yet it didn’t feel that way to the puppy.
He finally noticed Teddy’s uncle wasn’t there… just as he spotted the pyroar standing by the tv and slipping in a DVD. While it popped up on the screen to show it was a collection of old cartoon Christmas specials Teddy’s uncle walked over and turned out the lights leaving only the soft glow of the tv and the twinkling of the Christmas tree to illuminate the room as the pyroar settled into a chair. Even before the first special started playing Cody could recognize the sound of Violet and Arya snoring softly. It seemed they’d worn themselves out being excited over Santa… though between how cozy this was and his mommy soothingly rubbing his bottom Cody likely would be following them off to dreamland soon too. Before he got too sleepy though he leaned forward to gently whisper “This is da best Christmas ever~” to Teddy… as, to Cody’s shock, the litleo leaned forward and gently nuzzled his head while whispering “Merry Christmas baby brother~” back to him. The “baby” part of it didn’t matter to Cody, not right now. No, all the little growlithe cared about was that Teddy called him brother… which just seemed to finally make it believable to Cody that they accepted him as a member of their family.
Smiling broadly as his eyes drooped and his thumb slipped into his mouth Cody idly wondered if there wasn’t something to this Santa thing as he slipped off to sleep… after all, he’d finally gotten what he’d been asking for~
Merry Christmas~
Know it's a touch early but due to work dunno when I'll be able to wish all of you a Merry Christmas proper... so will just give you a gift now~
After that miserable, awful, no good Halloween... I felt it was only proper to give Cody, Teddy, and the others a happy Christmas. So that's what I did~ This is my attempt at a sweet, warm, and adorable Christmas story~ What's in it you might ask? Read to find out~ ^_^
Anyway please enjoy, fav & comment, and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Arya, Cody, their parents, and Violet owned by
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PCA – A Wonderful Christmas TimeIt was Christmas time in Viridian city. Festive colors of green and red were everywhere. So were large chubby mon of numerous species dressed up as Old Saint Nicholas to the wonderment of aaaaaaall the tiny mon around… save for one. Cody had long stopped believing in Santa Claus. Due to his rough life in the numerous orphanages he grew up in the growlithe boy had lost that sense of wonder after the third Christmas of unfulfilled requests to Santa for a nice mommy & daddy to adopt him or for something to help him potty train. He knew Santa wasn’t real and that the adults bought, hid, and put the presents under the tree when the kids were asleep. Yep, he knew Santa wasn’t real BUT he was having to pretend to believe in him since his four year old sister Arya DID believe in the fat, jolly bringer of gifts… and the little houndour wasn’t the only one.
It’d come as a shock to Cody when he found out his little cyndaquil cousin Violet still believed in Santa… and how vocal the shy, timid, crybaby was had come as an even bigger shock. He’d just watched her and Arya gushing about seeing Santa at the mall and how they’d been good and what they wanted to tell him in utter stupefaction… up until they turned and dragged HIM into the conversation. He couldn’t bear to let them down… so he’d put on a big dumb grin, nodded in agreement, and acted like what he thought some silly little kid eager to see Santa would. It’d been humiliating and he’d felt a little dirty doing it (and not in the “my diaper needs a change” kinda way), but it made the girls happy so it was worth it. And they weren’t the only ones…
Cody was actually LESS surprised to find out Teddy still believed in Santa then he’d been to find out Violet did… and he felt a little guilty about that since it meant he was still thinking of the litleo as a little kid. But he’d heard Teddy talking about “Santa visiting” and stuff like that… and he’d sounded genuinely happy. Which was sadly, ever since that match, far too rare for Cody to DARE do anything to risk making it go away. So he just forced a big baby smile and acted like he was the age his plastic, disposable undies hinted… if they still believed in Santa then he did to. No matter HOW humiliating it was.
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Teddy had stopped believing in Santa years ago since, despite how his mommy, big sis, and cousins treated him, he wasn’t a naïve little kid anymore. He knew his parents and aunts and uncles got the gifts and put them under the tree… but he still liked Santa anyway. For no reason in particular… but it was a fun, sweet story to play along with in general… which is why he didn’t mind playing along when he’d found out his little cousins believe in Santa. He’d kinda expected Violet and Arya to still believe… but it’d come as a shock to see the big, silly smile on Cody’s face as the growlithe puppy loudly proclaimed his belief in Saint Nick. Even Vanessa had been surprised to find this out. Teddy had just assumed the poor puppy had stopped believing after so long in the orphanage… but this just meant he’d enjoy the “Family Christmas Tradition” all the more. He and Vanessa had been dropping hints of it to the three little fire types for a while now about “Santa’s Visit” and there being a reason why they weren’t going to see him at the mall…
But Teddy couldn’t wait to see their faces when they see the surprise… heck, he was looking forward to it more than usual this year too. After so many miserable things it’d be nice to see him again and maybe feel a little better… but the litleo was fine waiting till the big night since he knew all the adults had been planning this for a while now~ He’d just have to be patient.
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“How come daddy didn’t take us to see Santa? I wanna see Santa!”
“Yeah! I wanna tell him what a good girl I’ve been and what I want for Christmas!”
“Yeah, yeah! I’ve been a good girl tuuu! I wanna tell him!”
“You’ve been good too, right Cody? You want to see Santa too, right?”
Despite marveling how much Violet, who was supposed to be 14 years old, was acting just like his 4 year old sister Arya Cody was quick to nod and reply. His cheeks puffed out in a childish pout as he said “U-uh huh! I been good, wanna see Santa!” while trying not to make a disgusted face at the words coming out of his mouth. He was pretty sure he HADN’T been good, with what he’d done to Teddy and all that, but it was what they wanted to hear so he fibbed. It wasn’t the most degrading thing he’d done today. Not when he was wearing a set of footed jammies, complete with cute neck and wrist frills and a drop seat, that matched his baby sister’s exactly. The fact that the only difference between their outfits was Arya’s nighttime diapers, since his little sister still had trouble keeping her bed dry at night, were thinner than Cody’s super thick pair just made it worse. He was dressed like a big dumb baby and he was having to act like one too… not a good time for the puppy. At least his visible disgust at this helped make his babyish pouting about not “Getting tu see Santa” more convincing…
Not that Violet was looking any more mature than he was since the cyndaquil was sitting on her thickly padded tushie on the living room rug right alongside him and Arya. The fact she was in a footed sleeper, complete with snaps in the crotch where it bulged over her diaper, helped with the infantile look. it being a charmander themed character sleeper complete with a hood, which she had up, and plush tail cover complete with plush flame, which Violet was snuggling, just finished the whole picture of three toddlers all sitting on the rug in their jammies. An adorable image… if Cody hadn’t been one of them. The fact the “Big Kids” were over on the couch just made it more embarrassing as Cody turned to look at his other two cousins, trying not to pout at the unfairness of it all…
Not that he WANTED Teddy to be diapered like he and the little girls were though. He already felt the litleo being in bedwetter pants, for some silly reason about having had accidents before back in the day like when he’d been diapered on Halloween, was a little much. The fact he was wearing footed character jammies, Charmeleon themed ones to go with Violet’s since she looked up to the lion cub like a big brother figure (which Cody found adorable), didn’t help any even if Teddy’s were the model for older kids without the snaps in the crotch and he didn’t have the hood up. Vanessa was sitting next to her “little brother” and wearing a slightly frilly nightgown that would have looked kind of silly if the growlithe hadn’t gotten used to his older cousin’s odd taste in outfits by now. With the big, bright decorated tree with the presents under in the corner the whole scene looked like something out of those Christmas picture books Cody had got read to him again and again over the years… which immediately made the puppy suspicious that there was something going on.
Cody knew there was going to be a big sleepover on Christmas Eve at Vanessa’s house, since it was bigger than Teddy’s home or his apartment, so all the “Kids” could open their presents together come Christmas morning… so why were they having a sleepover there the week before? Why did all the grownups make them put on their jammies so early? Why were Vanessa and Teddy smiling like they knew what was gonna happen? They were obviously in on whatever was being planned but he’d been left out alongside the toddlers (after seeing her act like this it’d take till after Christmas for Cody to see Violet as not being in the same age Group as Arya)… and that left the puppy very, very, VERY annoyed. He was a teenager! He was 15 years old his tiny size, baby body, and diapers be darned and he deserved to be treated like it! The only thing that kept him from waddling off to find mommy or daddy and demanding to be told what they were scheming was that he’d been asked to wait on the rug with the girls… and he couldn’t figure out how to sneak away without both of them noticing and asking where he was going. So he was stuck till-
Just then there was the sound of the door opening and the light blowing of the snow outside before it shut indicating somebody had just come in. Further derailing Cody’s pouting and sulking was a deep, unfamiliar voice in the front hall going “Ho ho ho~” as he heard the sound of boots approaching. Two sharp intakes of breath from the toddler girls sharing the rug with him was the only warning he got as a very plump and rounded pyroar wearing a full santa outfit, complete with powder to make the lower part of his flowing beard a snowy white, entered the room… followed by Arya and Violet letting out a squeal so loud it felt like he got hit by a Supersonic as the growlithe collapsed forward. He ended up in a crawling position after barely managing to avoid landing on his face. Crawling forward in his confusion Cody felt little hands push him along… his ears ringing too badly to make out WHAT Arya was actually saying to him as she eagerly led the confused, crawling puppy along right up to see “Santa” like HE was the baby sibling. As he crawled Cody could see Violet busy waddling over to the couch, her padded bottom wiggling rapidly with how fast she was going, and grabbing Teddy by the paw to pull him over to see Santa too… but the dazed puppy didn’t get to think any further about this as a pair of white gloved paws gently scooped him and Arya up.
Cody squirmed on reflex as he was cradled to soft fur of the pyroar’s santa costume as the mon spoke in a deep, jovial tone “Ho ho ho! This must be little Cody and his sister Arya~ Hope you like being part of your new family~” he asked, which snapped the puppy out of his daze since whoever this was knew his name, Arya’s name too. Meanwhile his little sister was too busy giggling her head off to care as the little houndour looked up to Santa in awe. Snuggling them close for a moment and chuckling warmly Santa carried them over… and handed them off to their parents. Sitting cradled in his mommy’s arms Cody finally realized his wide-eyed expression had to have made him look like a baby awe struck to be meeting Santa. Which made his cheeks flush pink in shame even as the chubby pyroar turned to address the third little one “And this must be Violet, ho ho ho~ Hello little one~” he cooed as he scooped the cyndaquil, who was giggling just like Arya and talking faster than Cody had ever heard her speak, up and playfully bounced her in his hands for a moment or two before handing her off to Vanessa’s mommy.
“And here’s little Teddy, not quite so little anymore though~ Ho ho ho~ Growing bigger every time I see you~” Santa said a tone of pride in his voice as he gently rubbed the litleo’s head… the tiny happy smile on Teddy’s head removing any questions or protests Cody might have had over this whole situation. “And it looks like Vanessa has grown some too, you’re becoming quite the young lady aren’t you~? Ho ho ho~” Santa laughed as the vulpix giggle and curtsied lightly. Suddenly Cody’s mommy carried him over to the couch… as his daddy did the same for Arya and Vanessa’s mommy did the same for Violet. They found themselves sitting next to each other, Cody between Violet and Arya, with Vanessa and Teddy joining them at the end of the couch. The litleo’s chubby and cute pyroar mommy stepped forward to stand before them, a broad, warm smile on her round race “Now, who wants to tell Santa what they want for Christmas~?” she cooed, almost purring, as she leaned down with her hands on her knees to dote over the three smaller kids. Cody was a little curious if Teddy was doing the same as he forced himself to pipe up “Me! I du!”… but he couldn’t hear his lion cub cousin over the excited squeals of the little girls on either side of him.
“Okay then~ You’ll get to take turns sitting on Santa’s lap and telling him what you’d like~” Teddy’s mommy cooed, motioning to one of the larger chairs in the living room where Santa had taken a seat and was waiting with a smile. “Arya gets to go first, then Violet, then Cody, then Teddy~ Okay?” she continued explaining as Cody nodded on reflex, looking very hard at the pyroar in the chair even as his little sister waddled over and eagerly climbed up into his lap. The growlithe couldn’t shake the feeling he’d seen him somewhere before… but he was completely unable to remember WHERE. Kicking his legs and rocking back and forth on his bottom Cody unintentionally imitated a nervous or impatient baby as he struggled to place where he’d seen the lion. It felt like it should be obvious but he just couldn’t recall… as he found himself sucking away at his thumb in frustration. He hated not being able to remember stuff like this since it made him feel dumb and more like a baby… unfortunately he was so focused on trying to remember he was caught completely off guard, completely with an undignified squeak, when mommy scooped him up and gently plopped his padded posterior on Santa’s lap.
“Ho ho ho~ Now Cody, I know you’re a sweet, bouncy baby boy-” Santa punctuated this by gently bouncing Cody on his knee a little “but have you been naughty or nice~?” he asked… as Cody just sat there, mouth open a little from his thumb having fallen out as he stared. He just realized that while he’d been pretending to believe in Santa to keep his baby sister and cousins happy… he’d never really gotten around to figuring out what he’d ask for from him if he was forced to sit on Santa’s lap at the mall. The puppy wasn’t used to getting any Christmas presents, meaningful ones anyway… he’d gotten a few baby toys and clothes as gifts at the orphanages, so he had no clue what to ask for. Curling up in embarrassment Cody wracked his brain for something to say, his thumb slipping back into his mouth once more… till Santa spoke up “Seems we have a shy baby here~ Arya, do you know if your brother has been naughty or nice~?” he asked the little houndour clambering up to hear what her brother wants for Christmas… as Cody just now realized he probably looked the same way Violet normally acts when she meets strangers. Like a shy scaredy baby. The thought made him flush pink with embarrassment.
“Uh huh! Cody is da bestest Santa! He’s been nice! And he likes Mark’s Marks a lot! Could he pwease hava Mark’s Mark’s toy!” Arya yipped eagerly, her stubby tail wagging as she did so. The large lion chuckled and stroked his beard with one paw as he smiled down at the growlithe on his lap “Would you like that Cody~?” he asked, as the puppy’s blush grew since Arya was right in that he DID like that show… he just didn’t like the fact a complete stranger knew that now. “U-uh huh…” he finally lisped around his thumb. “Ho ho ho~! Well alright then~” Santa said, smiling warmly to the humiliated pup. “Now, don’t forget to thank your sister~” Santa cooed, gently tickling under Cody’s chin with one finger and unintentionally degrading the puppy even more. "... t-'ank yu Awya..." the growlithe managed to squeak, remembering how Petie started lisping just like this whenever he got super embarrassed of flustered. At least this was over and it couldn’t get any worse though Cody though as he shifted on Santa’s lap… and went stiff when he felt a soggy squish.
Worse, Santa felt it too and lifted the puppy up to check Cody’s diaper with a gentle poke. “Ho ho ho, three for three~ This little one needs a dry diaper too~” he said with an amused laugh as Cody’s face blushed so thoroughly he was afraid it’d stay pink while his lip quivered and he fought the urge to complete his baby appearance by crying. He was Arya’s big bro, he was da big bro, not a baby… no matter how much it seemed like he was.
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Teddy dearly loved his uncle Richard, or Richy as he’d called him when he finally hit the verbal stage, but the pyroar lived on a different continent and had to travel constantly so visits were rare. But this just meant Teddy loved his uncle’s guaranteed appearance around Christmas much more, even if he’d figured out the “Santa” who showed up first was just his uncle in costume. It’d been part of their Christmas tradition since as long as Teddy could remember… instead of going to the mall to see Santa his uncle would show up in costume and they’d tell him what they wanted for Christmas, mommy would take a photo, and a little bit later his uncle would come back in his normal clothes and they’d have cocoa before doing the other family Christmas tradition. The litleo looked forward to it every year… but this year he’d get to share it with his new little cousins too. A thought that managed to lift Teddy’s spirits even through his thick depression.
It’d been a different experience watching other kids sit on his uncles, er “Santa’s” lap. It’d just been him and Vanessa for so long and his big sis had outgrown it a few years ago. He’d watched his dad set up the camera first since the ninetails had been in charge of taking the photos of this, which got stored away in a special Christmas album he and Vanessa’s family shared, before watching Arya scramble up onto “Santa’s” lap, a paw on her posterior helping the puppy the rest of the way up. He then got to watch the puppy talk a mile a minute as she eagerly proclaimed that she’d been nice and started into what she wanted for Christmas in an adorable display he couldn’t help but giggle at alongside Vanessa. He could even see her quilava daddy nodding a little in the background just out of her sight meaning Arya was gonna be a happy pup when she opened her presents up come Christmas morning. Though it looked like she’d been a little too excited to see Santa as his uncle loudly proclaimed her soggy, just like he used to do to Teddy when the cub was in diapers, when he lifted the houndour puppy off his lap and handed her to her father.
It was Violet’s turn next and after seeing the little diapered cyndaquil barely be able to talk to strangers and outright hide behind him or Vanessa it was kinda shocking for Teddy to see her scramble over even faster than Arya did and clumsily clamber up onto “Santa’s” lap. Teddy was even more surprised to hear her loudly proclaim “I wanna puppy!” as he looked to Vanessa, curious if that was even possible. He found she was looking to her parents obviously wondering the same as they were giving similar looks to each other. Teddy wasn’t actually sure if Violet would get what she wanted this year… which he felt a little bad about. Before he could think much on this though he saw her stand up on “Santa’s” lap, her legs and padded butt wobbling, and lean as far as she could (while the pyroar lowered his head to meet her) to whisper something into his ear. Curious as he was there was no way for Teddy to overhear what she said… and the smile on his uncle’s face just made him want to know even more, but it’d be naughty to ask about something Violet obviously wanted to keep secret. His uncle declaring a second soggy butt finished of Violet’s time on is lap as he handed the Cyndaquil off to Vanessa’s mommy.
It was Cody’s turn next and Teddy actually had no clue how the growlithe was gonna handle this… but if you’d asked “be so shy he had to be carried over to Santa by his mommy” wouldn’t have been any of his first few guesses. There was something endearingly adorable and innocent about Cody sitting there, too nervous to talk to Santa about what he wanted and sucking his thumb innocently. Especially when Arya, who’d insisted she wait to get changed till Cody saw “Santa”, waddled over to help her ba… er… brother. Teddy stifled a giggle, he’d almost thought of Cody as Arya’s baby brother there… he’d actually never seen the puppy look this nervous and innocent before. He could only wonder what awe was going through his fuzzy head at getting to meet “Santa”~ Anyway with Arya’s help Cody finally let “Santa” know what he wanted, Teddy had watched Mark’s Marks with Cody more than once since the puppy liked it so much so that wasn’t a surprise, and was declared soggy just like the girls… meaning it was the litleo’s turn next.
“I’m gonna go help auntie and uncle change Cody and Arya, okay~?” Vanessa suddenly said, lightly hopping up and giving Teddy a little wink as he looked to his big sis in confusion. Watching the vulpix follow Cody & Arya as they were carried off for a change Teddy also noticed Vanessa’s mommy carrying Violet off for a change as well with Vanessa’s daddy following. It finally dawned on him he was alone in the living room with mommy, daddy, and Uncle Richy. Now feeling incredibly self-conscious with the knowledge that the eyes of everybody in the room were on him Teddy timidly slipped off the couch and padded over to his uncle. Climbing up onto the pyroar’s lap Teddy could visibly remember the smell and feel or the fur suit and the sensation of his uncle’s warmth from all the previous times he’d done this over the years… and as a paw slipped under the litleo’s chin to lift his head so he could look “Santa” in the eyes the question of “So my little king of the jungle, have you been naughty or nice~?” emotions came surging back to Teddy in a maelstrom.
The childish joy from all the past Christmas’s where they’d done this and his happiness at seeing his uncle again mixed with all his guilt, sadness, and anger over what had happened at the match and been happening at the PCA. By the time his uncle asked “And what would you like for Christmas?” the lion cub was trembling softly. Finally giving into his emotions Teddy threw himself forward… and buried his face in his uncle’s chest while he wrapped his arms as far around the plump lion as they could go in a big hug. Feeling his uncle wrap his arms around him in return Teddy, for all his loathing being treated like a child, allowed himself to slip back into a younger mindset… just this once. He was safe in his big strong uncles arms, everything was right with the world.
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“-so Santa KNEW Teddy’s uncle was gonna visit and had him help make sure we’d all be nice and check what we wanted for Christmas! That’s why he looked like Teddy’s uncle and Teddy’s uncle showed up after he left!”
“Oh… okay, dat makes sense!”
“Yep! Santa is magical after all!”
Sitting nearby, once again sharing the rug with Arya and Violet, and listening to the girl’s talk Cody was silently wondering how long it’d take before he could think of Violet as anything other than being a 4 year old after all this. The growlithe was well aware of the irony of thinking this while sitting on his diapered bottom and nursing from a baby bottle, but his pediatrician, er… his doctor had put him on a regular medicine regiment and this was the easiest way for the puppy to take his medicine thanks to his suckling reflex. Looking around as he nursed Cody could see Teddy sitting with his mommy and uncle (who was now sporting a positively tacky Christmas sweater over his chubby form and a pair of slacks) while leaning against his uncle as blissful and happy as the puppy had ever seen him… and if Cody was hearing correctly the kitten was even purring for good measure. It was so cute and happy it was almost worth all the humiliation he’d been put through pretending to believe in Santa… almost anyway. He also couldn’t help but notice how chubby and cuddly looking both the grown lions were which made it clear exactly where Teddy got his cute little kid looks from.
Laying back on the carpet Cody cradled the baba with all four of his limbs, having embarrassed himself enough already he didn’t care how infantile this made him look, as he closed his eyes and nursed. He always felt relaxed drinking like this and that would help him forget all of the embarrassment… maybe. Either way with the whole Santa thing done the rest of the night, however short it’d be if he had to share his bedtime with Arya and Violet like normal, should be uneventful. Just as Cody let himself think that his baba was pulled away as the puppy let out a little burp and his eyes snapped open to see his mommy holding the empty baby bottle and smiling down at him… which would be normal. Her gently lifting him to his feet and waddling him over to stand in a row with Arya and Violet though wasn’t as he noticed Vanessa’s father was carrying three little boxes in his paws… while Vanessa’s mommy was handing two similar but slightly more worn boxes to the vulpix and Teddy.
“Our families have had a tradition ever since Vanessa’s first Christmas-” The vulpix’s minccino father said as he gently handed the boxes out, each having the name of one of the baby fire types on it “that we made into a full tradition come Teddy’s first Christmas~ Go ahead, open them up~” he urged, smiling warmly to Cody and the girls. Not sure what to expect Cody popped the box open, hearing his dad help Arya with opening hers to his left, and found… a Christmas ornament? It looked like a standard round bauble with a little gold loop to hang it with even if the colors were weird since orange with a black stripe seemed more like it was suited for Halloween. Gently pulling the smooth ornament out by its hanger Cody let out a little gasp of surprise as it rotated slightly as he lifted it and the light caught the indentation in the sphere. It was shiny and the indentation was etched to almost glow from the reflected light… while the baby blue glass sphere with a little blue poke-egg charm in the center of it DID glow from the light.
Hearing similar gasps to his left and right Cody looked and saw Violet and Arya were also holding ornaments like his, though their colors were different (the growlithe FINALLY realized the orange and black were to represent his fur and markings when he saw the girls got colors to represent them as well) and the center crystal in their ornaments were pink. “They’re supposed to be for new babies-” Teddy said, Cody nearly jumping in surprise as the lion cub had snuck up on him, holding up a brown and tan ornament with a blue crystal, “but me and Vanessa always hang up our ornaments to finish off the Christmas tree… and we wanted all of you to be part of that too!” the litleo finished with a happy smile as Cody felt his lips start quivering. He’d spent so long being moved from orphanage to orphanage the growlithe had given up on being part of a family… let alone taking part of any “Family Traditions” like this. But here he was, he had his own special ornament, and he was gonna get to hang it up on the tree alongside his sister and cousins…
Cody was only vaguely aware of his daddy catching the ornament ornament as he dropped it while suddenly turning and hugging Teddy, burying his face in his litleo cousin’s chest and jammies while crying tears of joy for once. Cody was vaguely aware of Teddy wrapping his arms around him and hugging back along with numerous paws, both big and little, gently rubbing the growlithe’s head and back soothingly as he sobbed till it had quieted down to sniffling. Letting go of Teddy and clumsily plopping backwards onto his bottom with a crinkle Cody wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his footed pajamas, and the dexterity of a toddler, as he tried to properly say “Thank you” through his sniffles. It came off as lisping and babbling… but they seemed to know what he meant as the warm smiles the puppy received both comforted Cody and threatened to drive him to more emotional tears. Seeing daddy have to gently hold Arya’s ornament for her, the ornament was smooth and slick while she was an overly excited puppy after all, after she nearly dropped it for a fifth time managed to get a weak giggle from him as he regained his composure.
“Maybe it’s better if you hang up Cody and Arya’s ornament.” Vanessa’s dad commented to the quilava, smiling before placing a grey paw on his daughter’s shoulder “Normally the oldest goes first… cause Vanessa always hung her ornament up and was halfway through trying to help Teddy hang his up since the first time we did this~” he explained as Vanessa blushed slightly, something Cody hadn’t seen before, before daintily hanging her ornament on the tree. Teddy promptly stepped up next, Cody would protest about him being a year older than the cub… but sitting on the floor in a diaper and footed jammies wasn’t a good arguing position, and hung his ornament a on the same level as Vanessa’s but a little way away from hers. “Okay Buddy-“ Cody immediately looked up to his daddy as the quilava spoke, smiling down to his son “just point where you’d like me to hang this and I’ll put it up for you, okay~?” Normally his dad didn’t baby him like that… but between how infantile he was acting and how emotional he felt Cody didn’t bother to question it. Instead the growlithe just went along with it as he popped his thumb in his mouth, pointed with his free paw, and lisped out “Thewe!” as daddy hung his ornament… next to Teddy’s.
Cody, along with everybody else, turned to look at Violet next as the nervous cyndaquil eyed the tree… at least until Arya spoke up “I wanna go next! I wanna go next!” she yipped excitedly, too little to really care that Violet was older than her despite how the other girl was acting. After looking to Violet, who timidly nodded to let them know it was okay, Daddy just chuckled “Okay then, now Princess-“ he started to say before Arya beat him to the punch. “There daddy! Next ta Cody’s!” she squeaked excitedly, eagerly hopping in place and pointing, as the quilava chuckled and complied. Giggling at his baby -even if he was having to remind himself he was in fact older than her- sister’s antics Cody looked back to see if Violet was ready to put her ornament up and found her handing it to Vanessa before whispering something into the vulpix’s ear. After giggling and nodding Vanessa walked over to the tree again, an amused smile on her face, and hung Violet’s ornament up where it’d be difficult for the tiny cyndaquil to reach… right between her’s and Teddy’s, creating a proper row of five ornaments hanging from the branches and swaying lightly, the crystals glowing and twinkling softly in the lights of the room and the tree.
Looking at them gently dangling from the tree Cody found himself tearing up again… he had a family… a big family… before he could start crying though he found himself gently gathered up in his mommy’s arms. He also saw daddy scoop Arya up while Vanessa’s mommy picked up Violet. Curious what was going on now Cody found himself carried over to the couch in a little procession as the adults, including Teddy’s daddy -who Cody just now noticed had filmed the whole thing at the tree- as they all settled onto the couch. Cody found himself laying on his mommy’s lap as she gently rubbed his back and bottom with her paw. Looking over his shoulder the growlithe saw Arya was on daddy’s lap snuggling into him, Violet was sitting on Vanessa’s mommy’s lap as Vanessa sat next to her with the fox’s daddy on the other side of his daughter. Looking back the other way Cody saw Teddy was next to him… splaying across both his parents laps and happily basking in their attention as his mommy gently rubbed his bottom and his daddy gently rubbed his head. The couch was completely full, almost to the point of being cramped… yet it didn’t feel that way to the puppy.
He finally noticed Teddy’s uncle wasn’t there… just as he spotted the pyroar standing by the tv and slipping in a DVD. While it popped up on the screen to show it was a collection of old cartoon Christmas specials Teddy’s uncle walked over and turned out the lights leaving only the soft glow of the tv and the twinkling of the Christmas tree to illuminate the room as the pyroar settled into a chair. Even before the first special started playing Cody could recognize the sound of Violet and Arya snoring softly. It seemed they’d worn themselves out being excited over Santa… though between how cozy this was and his mommy soothingly rubbing his bottom Cody likely would be following them off to dreamland soon too. Before he got too sleepy though he leaned forward to gently whisper “This is da best Christmas ever~” to Teddy… as, to Cody’s shock, the litleo leaned forward and gently nuzzled his head while whispering “Merry Christmas baby brother~” back to him. The “baby” part of it didn’t matter to Cody, not right now. No, all the little growlithe cared about was that Teddy called him brother… which just seemed to finally make it believable to Cody that they accepted him as a member of their family.
Smiling broadly as his eyes drooped and his thumb slipped into his mouth Cody idly wondered if there wasn’t something to this Santa thing as he slipped off to sleep… after all, he’d finally gotten what he’d been asking for~
Merry Christmas~
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