CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE! This chapter is here as an introduction for the characters. Also an announcement for my Tragic Valentines readers, I'll be putting that story on hold TEMPORARILY! I will come back after the holidays! Promise! So this is a parody of the Nutcracker. Right now the characters are using their real names instead of their troll names. What are their real names?

Anna - Poppy

Gwen - Suki

Ron- Cooper

Aino - Satin

Caroline - Chenille

Kunal - Guy Diamond

James - Biggie

Walt - Smidge

Albert - Fuzzbert

Basically their voice actors names! Albert being an exception. Reasons aren't important. Just know they'll be called by their troll names later on in the story.

Narration

Once Upon a Time, A young girl named Anna lived with her small family in her humble home. She was cared by her loving single father and only little sister Gwen. The two young girls loved to celebrate every holiday after holiday, but their favorite had to be the most jolly of them all. Christmas! Yes the girls loved to celebrate this day every year ever since they were young. Their mother use to celebrate with her daughters every year. Making sugar crystals, to gracefully dancing among the ice. And even after their dear mother died, these two girls sticked together like one. Through silent nights and jingle filled days.

In a theater

A girl no older than 26 was nervously waiting back stage. She was pale with pink eyes. Her pink hair was tied up into a neat and tight bun. She wore a ballerina outfit and anxiously waited.

"Nervous little Poppy?" another girl came in. She had very curly hair that was dyed orange and had white headphones that held her hair back.

"You kidding me Gwen? You know I don't like being called Poppy. That's too childish," She responded with a laugh," and as for your question…. I'm absolutely terrified!"

"Next!" she heard the judge's call.

"Good luck Anna," Gwen smiled. Anna smiled back before going on stage. She walked to the middle and introduced herself.

"The names Anna Kendrick and I like to audition for the Nutcracker,"

"Proceed," the judge told her.

Play the Overturn music

Anna took a deep breath in and out. She popped up onto her toes and twirled across the stage. She kept her focus on her balance as each spin got faster. She kept it as steady as she can, while looking very graceful. She attempted a leap in the middle but wobbled on the landing. She gave a nervous smile to the judge hoping that wouldn't affect her. She regained her balance and tried out a few new moves. At one point she made a wrong step causing her to tumble. She quickly regained her balanced and continued with her dance. Anna tried to keep focus on the steps but her balance was already off and only got worse as she kept going. Finally at the end, her foot accidentally tripped over the other making her fall flat off the stage.

Music scratches off

"Are you ok?" the judge looked down to see her.

"Yes!" Anna clumsily got onto her feet and wobbled back onto stage," sorry about that? Should've practiced more."

"Thank you for coming, I'll call you if needed," The judge told her. Feeling very disappointed in herself, she took a bow and quickly made her way out the theater.

"Hey, don't be so down. There's always next year," Gwen caught up with her sister.

"Gwen, you saw me. I completely failed that audition!" Anna sighed," Honestly, professional ballerinas make it seem so effortless. They can easily look like their dancing on clouds."

"Well we can talk about this later. We have a bag of decorations…." Gwen showed her the shopping bags and smirked," And a lonely tree just waiting to have them all over it!"

The girls giggled and continued the walk.

At a house

An old man was on the roof trying to decorate his house with flashing lights. Once he was done he climbed down the ladder and looked at his work. He grabbed two electric cords and plugged them in making his house light up with green and red.

"Haha! Beautiful!" the man proudly looked up at his masterpiece.

"Hey! Peppy!" a neighbor called. Peppy looked at the other side of the street to see another old man waving back at him.

"How you do Mr Gristle!?" Peppy smiled.

"Cute house!" Mr Gristle called out.

"Isn't it! I say it's the best one in the town!" Peppy chuckled in joy.

"Not quite!" Mr Gristle replied. He slammed his cords together making his house light up with all the colors of the rainbow and sparkles fly everywhere. Peppy gawked in great amazement at his house," I got all this on sale! Pretty neat huh?"

"Yea… neat…" Peppy looked back at his house seeing it wasn't as wonderful as he thought.

"Hi dad!" his two daughters passed by.

"Oooh pretty lights," Gwen smiled at the house," Good job dad."

"Thanks sweety…. Oh and Anna!" Peppy stopped his oldest daughter.

"Yea dad?"

"How did the auditions go?"

"Not… the way I expected it to go," Anna cringed at the memory of her performance.

"Sorry to hear that dear. You'll get it next time," Peppy put a assuring hand on her shoulder. Anna sighed in disappointed.

"I don't know dad, I've spent years as a ballerina but I could never get a major role in anything…. Maybe it's time I stopped,"

"No, don't do that sweetheart. I know one of these days you'll make it somewhere big!" Peppy tried to encourage.

"I hope so," Anna was about to leave into the house.

"Is everything ready for the family reunion?" Peppy stopped her before she did.

"Almost, we're just waiting for the twins to show up with their families so we can decorate the tree and cook," Anna answered.

"Alright good. You don't need me right now," Peppy walked to his car.

"Where you going?!" Anna asked.

"To get more lights!" Peppy sped off into the distance.

"Ok then…" Anna shrugged and walked into the house. For the next couple hours, her sister and her cooked the food and prepared the dessert.

"it's been hours, where are they?" Anna was getting impatient. She was trying to stuff a turkey by herself.

"You know them. They go for only one thing and comeout with a arm full," Gwen opened the fridge and took out a plate full of different colored sugar crystals she made. As she started to decorated a gingerbread house with the crystals, Anna was still having trouble with the turkey.

"Why… must… turkey's be… so difficult!?" Anna finally stuffed in the last of the stuffing," There! All done!"

Just then, they heard the door open and close.

"If those are the twins tell them they better have a good excuse for being late!" Anna was clearly upset.

"Not exactly," A male voice replied followed by a girly squeal.

"Ron! You came!" Gwen tackled the guy into a tight hug. This Ron guy was fairly tall. He had dark skin accompanied by some dreads he dyed blue. He wore a pink fuzzy sweater with dark pink stripes and completed the look with a green hat.

"Hey there! Hows my sugar plum doing?" Ron set the girl down giving her a kiss.

"Great! I thought you were visiting your family for the holidays?" Gwen sat back down and decorated the sweets.

"The plane got cancelled but when I saw that the plane coming here was good, I decided to pay you all a visited," Ron placed the bags he had on the table and took out some sweets," And I also gathered some sweets during my travels. Chocolate from Spain, coffee from Arabia, tea from China, and candy canes from Russia!"

"Wow, you travel so much it's a miracle you and Gwen are still engaged," Anna was about to place the turkey in the oven.

"Did you cook the stuffing?" Ron noticed the raw leftover stuffing on the counter. Anna halted and looked at him.

"No, why?"

"Your suppose to cook the stuffing first then stuff the turkey," He explained. Anna stood there looking at her turkey thinking what she just went through.

"Dang it!" Anna slapped it back on the counter and started taking the stuffing out.

A few hours later

A big van parked near the house. A lady with a chenille sweater and a chenille hat came out. She had violet eyes, her hair was painted blue and orbed into a lavender color and finished with pink tips. Another lady came out, this one looked exactly like the first except her eyes were blue. She wore mostly satin. Satin gloves, satin skirt, satin everything.

The two girls were very fashion forward. They loved designing dresses and clothing for everyone. They're nicknames are even based on their favorite fabric, Satin and Chenille.

"Hey Aino, is this the place?" The girl in the chenille outfit asked her twin.

"I have no idea Caroline…." Anio looked at the house in confusion. At the house, Peppy was nailing wooden statues of reindeers and a sleigh on the roof. The entire house was unrecognizable. It was like looking at the inside of a snow globe. Fake trees were planted into the snow, ornaments everywhere, snowmen, a corner that had baby Jesus with his parents and angles. Not to mention all the lights that were hanging.

"Uncle Peppy?!" Caroline looked at him in confusion. Peppy looked down to see the twins.

"Oh! Well isn't it my favorite niece's!" Peppy laughed.

"What are you doing?!" Aino asked.

"I'm decorating!" Peppy chimed.

"O…. K?" Caroline didn't know what to say.

"Anna and Gwen should be inside! They've been expecting you for a while," Peppy told them.

"Alright! Thanks!" the twins went back to the van and opened the trunk. Bags and bags of presents spilled out.

"Kunal! Get the kids out!" Carolina called to her husband. A man dressed in sparkling clothes hopped out of the van. He wore a black jacket entrusted with gems and glittering on the inside. His pants were white with glitter all over and he had white painted hair that completely sparkled in the light. He was so in love with glitter that his family calls him Guy Diamond.

He opened the sliding door letting at least 17 kids trample all over him.

"Well that could've gone better," Kunal spat out some snow and stretched out his back.

"little snowflakes aren't they?" Caroline helped him up and handed him some bags.

"Remind me why we had to take your sister's kids too," The couple walked to the house.

The sun was setting down while the family settled down inside. While Peppy was still fussing over putting up the most lights, the rest were setting up the table to eat.

"When's the food ready!?" a little girl slammed onto the table.

"In a minute sweetheart," Caroline pulled her away from the table and set her with the other kids.

"So you going for child number nine or have you finally decided eight was enough?" Anna teased Caroline as she placed the turkey on the table.

"You know I love children. And besides, Aino isn't any better," Caroline nudged her sister. At the door, a big man dressed as santa came in with two smaller people dressed as elves.

"Ho ho ho! Who's ready for a grand Christmas eve!" the big man cheered.

"Uncle Biggie!" the children ran towards the man and hugged him.

"How sweet, since when did they start calling you uncle Biggie, James?" Kunal laughed.

James was a very close family friend and a rather large man, hence his nickname Biggie, but that was perfect for him to play as Santa every year. He loved children but most of all he loved his dog Mr Dinkles. A small golden retriever that followed James everywhere he went.

With James were two more people dressed as elves. Albert and Walt. Make no mistake, Walt has a masculine voice and name but she is a lady not to mess with. A small one that is. Her friends and family loved to call her Smidge for being the smallest member in the family.

Albert was a very different guy. His green colored hair covered his eyes completely, only letting the bottom part of his face being shown. The boy had a hard time with communication since he is deaf at birth. Because of his hair in his face he gained the name Fuzzbert.

"I brought everyone gifts!" James opened up his sack and took out some pretty wrapped presents. The children jumped up and down to get their hands on the colorful presents," I have many more but that's for others."

"Shouldn't we open presents on Christmas morning?" Gwen asked him. After giving all the kids their gifts, the three walked into the kitchen and took a seat.

"Ah you know kids, they can never wait," Walt took out some more present and handed them around. Anna looked down at her gift. It was wrapped in pink and had a dark pink bow on top. Attach to it was a tag that said, To Poppy. She sighed in some disappointment at this nick name. She watched as everyone received a gift. On Gwen's tag it read, To Suki, She didn't mind the name at all. She pulled the lid off and gasped in delight.

"Anna look!" She took out a doll that seemed to resemble a troll. It had red skin and orange hair that was tied in a loose ponytail.

"Troll dolls?" Anna seemed confused.

"Hey look at mine!" Kunal laughed and took out a gray glittering troll with white hair," Little dude isn't even wearing cloths."

"Ooo, ours is connected," Caroline and Aino received theirs in the same box. Their troll dolls were pink and blue with their hair forming a loop.

"This dude is funny looking," Ron chuckled when he saw his troll doll. It was a lama like troll that walked on all four legs.

" Haha very funny James," Walt took hers out. It was the tinest troll doll out of all of them. It was yellow with long blue hair like hers. On the tag it read, To Smidge," Giving me the smallest."

Albert smiled when he saw his troll. It was a complete hairball with orange little feet poking out from underneath. His tag read, To Fuzzbert.

"Do you all like it? I thought using your nicknames would make it more memorable," James took out another box and Opened it. Inside was a chubby looking troll. He had blue skin and light blue hair," I even got one for myself!"

"Their wonderful James," Gwen smiled before looking at her sister," Anna you haven't opened yours."

"I want to save it for the morning," Anna said. She looked down at the bag on the ground to see a small tuft of black hair coming out. Out of curiosity, Anna leaned down and pulled on it. Out of the bag came out another troll doll. Except this one wasn't as colorful as the others. It had dark black hair and gray skin. It had a very serious expression painted on his face. It wore a red and yellow uniform like a Christmas soldier," James, who's is this one?"

"Oh, that one is going to my nephew, Justin," James revealed.

"Why is he so…. Different than the other troll dolls?" Anna noticed that unlike the others, This one seemed a lot more serious and less colorful.

"There's a story behind that. You see, this little troll here lost his happiness a long time ago," James started telling the tale," His name was Branch, he use to sing and dance with the other trolls as a child and when he grew up he became the captain of the guards! But one thing was threatening the troll kingdom. The Bergen Queen! She's a cruel hearted queen who hunts down trolls once every year for a holiday… a holiday called Trollstice!"

"What's Trollstice?" A little girl asked. The kids had all gathered around the table to hear the story.

"It's a Bergens one and only holiday! They hunt for the trolls to serve at a feast," after James revealed this the room was full of gasps.

"Who would want to eat these adorable little guys?" Caroline held her troll closer.

"For hundreds of years, trolls have fought for survival. Until one day, the king found a safe and secure place for all the trolls! But not before Branch lost his entire family to the bergens."

"Poor guy," Anna gazed down at the troll doll. She caressed his gray cheek, feeling her heart break for him," His entire family?"

"All but his grandmother. He vows to keep his fellow trolls safe from the bergens, even at the cost of his own life," James finished the story.

"That's a rather depressing story for Christmas," Ron comment.

"Yes it is, but he also teaches others about never letting your fear or anything else get in the way of the things you love," James started to dig into his dinner. As everyone started serving themselves, Anna couldn't look away from Branch. He was rather handsome and different, in a good way.

"Hey, where's dad?" Gwen noticed he was gone.

Outside on the roof

Peppy finally put the finishing touches to the house. The sun had finally set and now was his moment to make his house shine. Anna came out of the house and looked up at the roof.

"Dad! We're going eat! You coming!?"

"Just a second honey!" Peppy finished wrapping the wooden reindeers in lights. He looked at his neighbor's house and smirked,"Hey Gristle! Check this out!"

Peppy plugged in the lights making the house shine like never before. The path of candy canes glowed around Anna and nearly blinded her.

"How's it look!?" Peppy called down to her.

"I'm sure it's beautiful dad!" Anna squinted her eyes and looked away from the house," If I can see it."

"Haha! Now I can say it's the best in the town!" Peppy declared. Not to long after, Anna noticed the electric cords on the floor started to throw sparks around.

"Um… dad?" Anna backed away from it in fear. Soon the bright house flickered and blacked out along with the neighbors of the town. Inside the house was full of children screaming and panic.

"Oh boy," Peppy felt his heart sink. He can tell he was going to be in trouble.

" What did you do?!" Gwen cried out as she and the others came out of the house.

"Sorry honey, I guess I used to much power," Peppy hopped off the roof.

"What do we do? It's freezing out here!" Caroline shivered.

"Can't we start a fire?" Ron suggested.

" there is no fireplace to start a fire," Anna told him. The group desperately looked around for an answer. Their eyes all them landed at Mr Gristles house who had smoke coming from a chimney. Everyone then turned back at Peppy with the exact same idea in mind.

"No…. No no no no…." Peppy refused to enter.

In Mr Gristles house

".. No no no no…." Peppy miserable sat on the couch of his enemy.

"Thanks again for letting us into your home Mr Gristle," Anna thanked the old man.

"It's not a problem. Gristle Jr and his wife Bridget should be here any minute now. They'll help set up the guest rooms for all of you," Mr Gristle served everyone some coco.

"That's very kind of you," Anna smiled politely. She set Branch down on her lap to grab a cup.

"Oh you have a troll doll," Mr Gristle noticed the toy.

"Yea, we all got one,"

"well I so happen to have some bergen dolls with me you know," Mr Gristle walked to the tree he had. He took out a big box and pulled off the lid to reveal two bergen dolls. One was a chubby green male while the other was a chubby lavender female," The boy is for Gristle Jr and the girl is for Bridget."

"Their nice, but aren't the bergens the villains of the story?" Anna remembered the story.

"It sure seems that way, but like I always say, don't assume you know a character until you hear the full story," He placed the gift back under the tree and handed everyone blankets," It'll take a while for my son to come, right now you can all take a rest by the fire."

"Thanks once again," Anna cuddled into her blanket and laid down. She took the Branch doll and held it close to her. She couldn't understand it but she just felt a strong connection towards this troll.

Hours had finally passed and everyone had drifted to a deep sleep. Anna tossed and turned on the couch trying to get to a comfortable position. As she slowly started waking up, she could hear small footsteps scurrying across the room.

"Hmmmm… dad?" Anna slightly opened her eyes to see no one there. Just the Branch doll lying in her arms. She shrugged it off as nothing and went back to sleep. She then felt a light tug on her blanket making it fall off her shoulder. She pulled it back over her shoulder and cuddled with the troll again. Then she felt some slight pressure on her side. She looked up to see once again nothing. Anna laid her head back down on the pillow and looked into her arms. Too her surprise, Branch was gone. Not thinking too much of it, she looked down to see if he fell off. Nope, no where. She sat up and looked around the dark room. Nothing but the fire in the fireplace providing warmth. She looked towards the christmas tree to see nothing abnormal. That is if you count the open gifts nothing abnormal. Wondering what happened, Anna got on her feet and looked down at the gifts. They were all open and empty.

"How did this happen?" Anna looked around the tree. She even noticed a few decorations were missing. She nearly jumped when she heard a crashing sound from the kitchen along with some foot steps. Anna felt her heart start to race. She can see her entire family was in the living room fast asleep. So who's in there? Anna grabbed a vase as a weapon and slowly crept her way towards the kitchen. Careful not to make a sound.

So yea! Next chapter will be up soon. Hope you all didn't get to confused with me using different names. Hope to see you all next time.