Disclaimer: Detective Conan & Magic Kaito belong to Aoyama Gosho.

Characters: Kaitou KID (Kuroba Kaito) & Edogawa Conan (Kudou Shinichi)

Genre: Fantasy, alternate universe, fluff, possible romance (KID x Conan) later

Words: 968

Summary: The adventure of a little white puppet and little cerulean kitten in a winter snowy land.

Marionette Fantasia

Chapter 1: Snowy Encounter

It was a typical winter night in Ekoda Village, where snowflakes were gently floating through the sky and covering the landscape with pure fluffiness. While all villagers are in deep peaceful slumber, there was one small figure who was still awake, frantically searching for something in a dark quiet attic.

"Geez, where the heck is it? Urghhhh…" The small white puppet whined as he pushed his round stuffed head and big white top hat through the items inside a large wooden chest, while trying to struggle its way out of said chest. He took another look around his surroundings, before he decidedly hopped off the chest and landed on his tiny feet and hands with a light thump.

Moonlight reflected off the puppet's silver monocle as he stood up to pat the dust away from his white suit, and released a disappointed sigh. He had been searching through countless houses over the past month, and he still couldn't find the crimson jewel that is said to be able to grant any wishes. He was frankly, getting quite tired of being stuck as a one-feet-tall puppet with such short extremities and wobbly head. Heck, he couldn't even eat his favourite chocolate ice cream for one bloody month already since his mouth doesn't open properly! Any doubt he had about the existence of magic has long disappeared since he got turned into a puppet. It was definitely a bad idea to piss off that touchy witch…

Suddenly, a high pitched shriek from outside had interrupted the puppet's sulking. Curious, the puppet quickly hopped up to a nearby windowsill to check out the commotion. It's rather far from where he was (considering his current tiny size), but it seemed like a stare of snowy owls had found a prey and were trying to hunt it down. As he opened the window to get a clearer view, he immediately heard what sounded like a little boy crying for help. Were the owls hunting after a child?! Without a second thought, the puppet immediately grabbed his gears, released his hang glider and flew towards the attacking owls.

Sometimes he really hated his luck…

…but there was no time to be ranting about something like that now, especially when he is currently trying to concentrate on outrunning a stare of hungry snowy owls, that's getting closer and closer by the second. Is this going to be the end for him? He hadn't finished everything he wanted to do yet, and becoming owls' dinner is definitely not on his list of life goals! Oh man, he wished he could be curling up next to a fireplace right now, like what most ordinary cats would do in a weather like this.

He had been crying for help, but seeing how he is in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night right now, things are certainly looking dim to him. It's not fun being a cat that no one could understand. The fact that there's snow everywhere really didn't help either since his tiny paws kept getting stuck! As he got himself unstuck from the snow for who knows how many times tonight, a snowy owl flew right in front of him, spread its wings and blocked his way. Before he realized it, the snowy owl behind him grabbed him with its claw and he was brought right into midair. Oh no, it's all over! He instantly shut his eyes in preparation for his impending doom. He really didn't want to find out how the owls are going to take him apart–

WOOF WOOOOOOF!

Sapphire eyes snapped open to the sound of dogs' barking as the frightened snowy owl released its grip on him. He could feel the cold air brushing against his body as he gets dragged down by gravity for a few feet and dropped into the snowy fluffiness on the ground. He supposed he should be grateful that it was snowing, or else he'd probably have been severely injured from the fall. He watched in relief as the snowy owls fled in panic, and it suddenly hit him that instead of becoming owls' dinner, he could very well become dog's dinner now. Should he play dead now? Do cats play dead? Would dogs buy it if he plays dead?

Before he could make up his mind, a small white figure fell from the sky and landed around ten feet away from him. Last he checked, dogs don't fly, so what saved him from the snowy owls? Puzzled, he slowly approached the incoming figure in caution…

…and bumped right into something rather soft and wobbly. He took another close look and realized that he had knocked over a white puppet. It was wearing a white suit, a white mantle, a red necktie, a blue shirt, and a giant white top hat that's almost as big as its head. It also had a silver monocle on its right eye and a creepy mad grin that's spread across its face. The puppet sat up and shook its head as if to get rid of the snow on its hat and face. Wow, technology these days sure is amazing; the puppet was acting just like a human! The puppet also dropped something with a dog's face on it. Was that a toy that makes animal sounds? So that's what saved him, huh? But why…?

The puppet got hold of itself as it stood up again and picked up its dog-faced toy. It stared at him for a few seconds before releasing a relieved sigh. "Oh, it's just a cat. Thought I heard a boy out here."

"Wow, it can even talk!" The grey cat's sapphire eyes widened as he commented in amazement.

This time it was the puppet's turn to be shocked. "A talking cat?!"

TBC.

Afterword: Thanks for reading! Please review and tell me your thoughts! Big thanks to everyone who fav-ed/alert-ed/reviewed my other stories, as well as everyone who put me on their author fav/alert list! ^o^

~~~~~~~~~ *\^o^*\ *\^o^/* /*^o^/* Merry X'mas */^o^*/ *\^o^/* *\^o^*\ ~~~~~~~~~~

…but X'mas has already passed, so Happy Boxing Day it is XD. I wanted to write an X'mas themed fic to brighten up the winter blues, so here it is! Hope you like it!

Please don't ask why puppet KID's hang glider didn't get blown away by the wind lol. It was snowy but it wasn't windy? XDDDD

Title adapted from GARNET CROW's Marionette Fantasia. It's a song with a Winter-y melody, so go check it out if you can! =3