One night, I was watching TV when Fox News said Christmas has been cancelled due to the fact that Santa had been kidnapped. “Nobody knows where Santa is.” the newspaperman on TV said. Then I immediately called my friends. They walked to my house and rang the doorbell several times. I opened the door for my friends to come inside my house.

“Did you hear the news?”I asked. “Yes, Santa has been kidnapped!” Joshua exclaimed. “What are we going to do Kruti?” Zaila asked me. “We’re going to do one thing: save Santa Claus.” I said coolly. “Let’s climb on top of the roof!” Leo suggested. “No! That is the worst idea I’ve ever heard of!” I shouted. “How about we jump into that awesome portal over there?” Sadie asked. We all agreed to jump into the portal. “On the count of three. One…two…three!” I exclaimed. We went into the portal and landed on our feet, just like a cat would – except for Brandon.

Then we heard a noise that went like this: “Gooba Gaba Gooba!”. “Okay guys, so all we have to do is defeat those vicious, cruel monsters.” I explained to my friends. I punched the monsters in the face and then Brandon killed the monsters with a sharp sword. Then Zeta said, “Well look at that! There’s another portal!” “But…but where will it lead to?” Joshua stammered frighteningly.

“I give up.” Sadie, Zaila, Leo, Gabriella, and Thomas said and vanished. With that said, they vanished. “Look! There’s Santa Claus!” I exclaimed joyfully. “Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas!” he said. “Zoe, Brandon, you take Santa back to his workshop on his sled.” I said seriously.

“Um, Santa’s sleigh isn’t here.” Zoe said, trying to make up a lame excuse. “Yes it is! It’s right over there! Now go and get it!” I barked strictly. “But…but we don’t know how to direct a sleigh!” Zoe replied back to me. “That’s where Brandon comes in. He is going to use his sword to untie Santa Claus. Let’s do this!” I said.

Brandon swiped open the rope with his sword, and we all went into Santa’s sleigh. “Guys, maybe we can make a wish and it will come true! We have to be quiet though. Otherwise it won’t come true! Ready? The wish is ‘I wish we were back at home and Santa already delivered the presents to each and every beloved child on his list.” We all whispered, “I wish we were back at home and Santa already delivered the presents to each and every beloved child on his list.”

My friends and I couldn’t believe our eyes! We were back at my house, and it was Christmas! Santa must’ve dropped off everybody’s present off at my house! Everybody opened their presents excitedly. “Yay! Nobody got coal for Christmas!” we all exclaimed. That was the most spectacular adventure I’ve ever had in my lifetime!

By Kruti Patel