Christmas Special: Family Party

“There are a lot of the Pokegirls and their kits around today,” you say as you drive up to your parents’ mansion/castle.

“They are adorable,” Aelita coos as she watches the little baby pokegirls playing with each other and running between their parents legs while the much younger ones were still in their mom’s arms. Some were even having snowball fights.

“Not as adorable as ours,” you say as you glance in the rear mirror to look at the product of Aelita’s and your love. In the back of the car were two baby seats, one with a small girl with black hair with pink highlights and the other with a small boy with pink hair and black highlights. They were Yumiko and Jeremiah Gardner, fraternal twins who are currently three months old and were named after Aelita’s friends from her show.

Also in the back seat was Starfire who was about five months along. She, like Aelita, was wearing a festive Christmas sweater that covered her large belly. Starfire was waving a small caterpie plushie in front of Yumiko who was giggling and cooing while Jeremiah was sleeping. At Starfire’s feet was an advanced pet carrier that had its own artificial gravity and contained its own miniature living room. This pet carrier had your many harem members inside who were all shrunken down thanks to a small purchase Gaige made a few months back.

“Dad must be letting them have run of the place for the holiday season, though usually they stay around their dorms and pens, decorating and exchanging stuff they made,” you say while waving at a few of them that were standing by the fountain and were vaguely familiar. They were watching several pokegirl kits play fighting in the frozen fountain.

You parked the car in front of the front entrance and from the sight of the key holder the Valet Toad had, you determined that you were the last of your siblings to have arrived. “Hello master James! Welcome home,” said the valet Toad standing at the podium wearing a Christmas scarf. After getting Yumiko from her car seat and helping Starfire out of the car, you picked up the carrier containing your harem. You press a button on the side and your harem goes hurdling out of the carrier, fully sized.

“Your color is green with blue trim.” Valet Toad tells you as he takes your car keys. He takes out a color gun and as your women pass by, he shoots their ownership collars changing their collar. You realize that many of the pokegirls had on ownership collars which they are not required to have while on your dad’s property. You mentally note that the vaguely familiar ones by the fountain had green with blue trim collars while others had other patterns.

You are drawn out of your thoughts when Yumiko starts fussing and reaching for the strings of your hood. Gaige takes out the box with your shrunken gifts out of the back of the car. You walk up the steps to the front door which is quickly opened by several maids in their winter uniforms; a thicker material, fur trims on the dress, and fur arm warmers.

“Welcome Master James, Mistress Aelita, Mistress Starfire and others,” the maids said as they bowed to you and your wives. Some of your harem scowled at being referred to as just ‘others’.

“Wow, I knew your family was rich but not this rich,” Kyoka said as she looked around the expansive entrance hall with the paintings, statues, and decorations.

“The driveway didn’t give ya a clue?” Gaige asked as she handed the box of gifts over to a maid. Kyoka stuck her tongue out at Gaige’s back.

“If it's not the cuddlebug!” You heard someone shout from one of the side hallways.

Oliver Gardner “The Teddybear”

Don’t get between him and his lunch!

You clutch Yumiko protectively as Oliver, your oldest brother via Daisy, brings you into a hug. He was wearing an ugly Christmas sweater with light up bushes and trees. He had brown scruffy hair and was a bit on the large side. He was easily a head taller than you.

“And it's about time I’m meeting my niece,” he says as he pulls away from you and crouches to eye level with Yumiko. “Hey little sapling! I’m your uncle Olly!” Yumiko let out a cry as she batted at him. You took a step away from Oliver and Yumiko settled down, turning away from her uncle to Oliver’s disappointment.

“Don’t mind her, she’ll warm up to you eventually,” Aelita reassured as she presented Jeremiah to him. Oliver waved at your son who was starting to wake up with all the noise. Aelita handed Jeremiah off to him, Oliver looked at her panicked, unsure how to hold him and you quickly gave him pointers.

“Come on Olly, you helped the breeders give birth before. You should be able to hold a baby,” another new voice said as they arrived. A woman several years older than you and wearing a green Christmas themed dress approached; she had red lipstick and green and pink highlights in her hair. It was your second full blooded sister, Poppy.

Poppy Gardner “The Mushroom Princess”

Careful, has caused a lot of failed **** tests.

“Hey Poppy, how's the rehab center,” you teased her.

“You are lucky you brought my favorite niece,” Poppy’s brow twitched as she gained a face that promised ****. “And it's not a rehab center! It's now a part of our heritage! Part of Mom’s kingdom.”

“That you built a spa over,” you say disapprovingly.

“How was I supposed to know you had a clubhouse in that forest,” Poppy shot back. The two of you glared at each other for a few seconds before bursting out, laughing. Aelita rolled her eyes as she was familiar with this contention point.

“For those who are not familiar, can someone explain?” Gogo asked.

“When I took over for mom as Princess of Sarasaland, I started some projects to bring in the bills,” Poppy explained after taking Yumiko from Oliver. “What James didn’t tell anyone is that he had set up a little clubhouse for him and some of his friends in the middle of unused land. Which got ripped up when the construction of my spa and resort began.”

“Two years of dragging stuff out there for nothing,” you sighed exaggeratedly. It was more a few days during those two years but you were determined to stick to defending it on principle.

“You have a permanent suite open for you so quit whining,” Poppy glared at you a bit.

“Never!” You hammed it up as the three of you plus your harem (and kids) walked down the hall. Your group walked down the hall with some of your other siblings or their harem (or reverse-harem) members joining up.

“Hey James,” three voices called for you just before the threshold to the main ballroom.

Bowe, Larry and Lauren Gardner “The Devilish Guards”

Trespassers will have their hearts burned away in a fire.

“Hey y’all! Anything interesting on the security front?” You asked casually to your half-siblings from Auntie Bowsette. Two identical brothers and a sister all of whom had red hair, horns and Bowsette’s eyes. Only Bowe and Larry had the Koopa shells though.

“Same old, same old.” They said all at once which you knew was practiced by them. You had caught them practicing their triple speak for at least several hours a day when you were around nine. “Some smugglers tried to steal a few herds and tribes. But they are now…indisposed.”

“Huh, and is your sibling here?” You ask, referring to Bowsette’s canon kid, Bowser Jr.

“He’s here,” they say before they individually look around and lean in. “He still thinks that mom is building a rebellion to take over ‘the evil empire’ for herself.” You chuckle recalling the cover story used for the Mario Universe that your mom, Daisy, and Auntie Bowsette is from. The citizens know that the Prime Worlds is a less evil empire than the one that attacked them years ago and that your dad was a hero from them who saved them (which you found out was true rather than a made up part of the story). They think your dad, Daisy, and Bowsette along with the Toad and Koopa servants were working on reforming or taking over it from the inside.

You were about to talk more but then Yumiko started fussing again. “Why don’t we get inside?” You adjust Yumiko’s position in your arms and bounce her a bit to calm her down. The triplets reenter the ballroom and you and your group enter; you smile at seeing the massive hall decorated to ceiling in Christmas wreaths, tinsel, and lights. A massive Christmas tree covered in decorations such as ornaments in the shape of pokeballs, flowers, metroids, squids, and more. Hundreds of gifts were stacked around the tree in dozens of patterns and colors.

“The harems have grown a lot,” you say looking around the crowds of characters around the ballroom. There was a long table on one side where a buffet style dinner was being set up and some maids were still bringing in more dishes. There were dozens of tables and comfortable sofas and chairs around where the various harems were clustered. Each unique harem was wearing matching collars like the Valet Toad said, making noticing new additions noticeable.

You could see Hikari, daughter of Auntie Akari, drinking with her husbandos and waifus from Genshin Impact and some from Anime (including Neiji from Naruto and a Sanji from One Piece). You also caught sight of Jamie smooching with his Raven surrounded by the women he run from his time on Survival Island, including a Bloom from Winx Club, Astrid Hofferson, Mavis Dracula, Keira from Jak and Daxter, Beidou from Genshin Impact, and a bunch of others. You might still be upset with him for taking your pass.

“Cuddlebuggie! About time you got here! And with the little seedlings as well,” your mom said as she broke away from talking with some elf girls whose collars marked them as being owned by Kanlezig, your half-brother from Urbosa of Legend of Zelda.

“Hi mom,” you say cheerfully while she took Jeremiah from Oliver.

“Hello mom.” “Greetings mother in law.” Aelita and Starfire gave their greetings as she took Yumiko from you.

“How are my favorite grandbabies!” She said cuddling them. Your twins patted her face and tried to pull on her mouth causing the witnesses to smile.

“They’re your only grandbabies,” Diana spoke as she admired some of the warrior characters sparing in a corner with blunt weapons. She walked over there to see if she could join in.

“Only until others follow your EXAMPLE,” she raised her voice causing your siblings nearby to roll their eyes. She focused back on the kids, giving them kisses on their foreheads before letting you and Aelita take them back. “I’ve missed them so much.”

“They were just here yesterday,” You reply.

“It was so long ago!” Your mom answered as she pointed a gloved hand at you. “What took you so long? Did something happen?”

“Some ice based villain characters tried to take the neighborhood hostage,” you said gently, trying not to upset her much. This didn’t work as she gasped lightly and your siblings gave you looks. “We just had to wait for the patrolling Blossom and others to arrest them and melt the piles of snow.”

“Thank goodness, it wasn’t anything major,” your mom sighed.

“Though my friend’s Poison Ivy was extremely upset that her greenhouse got broken into,” you shake your head. “The Icy responsible is not gonna be walking any time soon.”

“Oh, poor dear,” your mom said as she sat down on an available set of sofas and chairs.

“We were just patrolling for other abandoned characters when the next thing I knew, the dogs were blasting magic everywhere. Some even turned the other characters into fellow dogs.” You laughed as you waved a cup of rum around. You were telling some of your siblings and some of their harem members various stories from work, at least the more humorous ones. Your harem except for some had broken off to mingle with others; sharing stories from their home or some of the zany adventures that started when you had found Starfire.

“What dog did you turn into?” Jamie asked as he held Yumiko who was still looking confused, shaking her head between your twin and you.

Jamie Gardner “The Imposter”

Don’t share your social security number with him, he’s sus!

“I didn’t turn into a dog, though that would’ve been something,” you say with a twitch in your brow. Your mom doesn’t like any arguments coming up during family dinners but you were still unhappy that Jamie had used your pass and had used your name during the show. Especially since he had the Toph and Mavis that he won hanging off of him, along with his other prizes mingling. “No, I quickly called for a MIC (Magical Incident Clean up) crew to help out. The Dark Magician Girl and one of the Wizard101 guys were able to reverse the effects and neutralize their powers.”

“I bet you were able to negotiate a discount with that Dark Magician Girl,” Suvelo said with Mitchelle the Lass in her lap.

“Perhaps,” you said with a grin. You were about to bring up another story from work when your dad rang a little bell. Chatter quieted down as they gave him their attention.

“Okay everyone, now that we’ve all eaten and drank me out of house and home,” he said with a tankard in his grip, causing those with drinks to raise their cups. “It’s time for the gift exchange. Find your gifts and pass them out, carefully please.” Your dad then picked up a gift he had nearby and tossed it at Jane, your oldest sister.

Jane Gardner “The Chief”

Your best or worst friend depending on your antics.

“Here you go,” you say, passing out the gifts meant for your harem. New bracers for Starfire, a new graphics card for Aelita, tools for Gaige and Gogo, a new watertribe necklace for Katara, Jedi artwork for Ahsoka, etc. You gave out cards for Rein Corp discounts to some of your siblings, the ones you weren’t that close to. Jamie, Poppy, Jane, Oliver, and Alyssa(another full sibling from your mom) got some snippets of your rarer plants for them to grow or take care of. Others got some tech and other stuff.

“And for the mini twins,” your dad said as he walked up to you and Aelita. In his hands were two large and identical eggs. They were primarily brown with a white zigzag pattern around the middle and large ribbons wrapped around them. “Twin Eevee eggs for the new twin Gardners.”

“Thanks dad,” you say as you set the eggs with the twins. Jeremiah immediately starts hugging and gumming his egg while Yumiko just nuzzles hers.

Almost half an hour later, the gifts were nearly all unwrapped and squirreled away. Things were cheerful until one of your siblings, Geoff, you think (you couldn’t see), spoke up. “Hey dad, how come I didn’t get anything from you?” Many of your male siblings also muttered that they hadn’t received anything from him.

“That is because the gifts for my boys are in the front yard. I was going to tell you all when you were about to leave but now’s as good a time as any.” He gestured for all to follow him except for Bowser Jr. You got up and followed him with Aelita while your harem stayed with your kids. Once you and your male siblings were in the hallway back to the front entrance, your dad spoke up again.

“Have any of you followed the news lately, particularly the political stuff?” He asked which most of your siblings shook their heads, you included. “Well the Earth Prime Party was able to introduce a bill changing how breeding characters works, particularly in terms of potential issues.”

“What does this have to do with anything,” Jamie asked the question you were about to ask. A maid opened the front door and your siblings got out and stood on the top step. On the front lawn were even more pokegirls and their kids/pokekits all organized into their own groups each a few dozen pokegirls each (not counting the pokekits)

“They made it so that for all female species/races, if the pregnancy/reproduction was triggered by a Prime Worlder DNA, the resulting child is a prime worlder as well no matter the actual process,” your dad had an apologetic tone as he leaned against the railing. You swallow as you registered what he meant but you were numb as Aelita grabbed your arm. “Boys, say hello to your kids and their moms.” Your vision faded away as several dozen pichu girls, Eevee girls, Roserade girls, and many other types swarmed you with your newly discovered kids ahead of them.