Merry Christmas! Today, Meg and Lissa have a special surprise planned for the DBZ cast. One they probably won't enjoy, but will be forced to do anyway!
Lissa: *looking at a stack of papers* Wow. You think they'll do it right?
Meg: *stapling papers together* Naw, but it'll be funny anyway!
Alex: *walking in* What are you two nitwits doing?
Meg: Alex is the narrator.
Lissa: Gotcha. *snaps her fingers and one of the stapled booklets flys up and hits Alex*
Alex: ...The hell is this?
Lissa: You're making up for the horrible performance you did in our musical.
Meg: *blows an incredibly loud whistle*
Screams can be heard from the Barracks
Ashka: *still in her PJs, carrying Ed, and storming up the stairs* What the HELL was that noise?!
Lissa: *gasp* Ashi! You hair's in pigtails! How cute ^.^
Ashka: Uhhh.. *blushes, hugging Ed* Goten said that too ^^;;
Meg & Lissa: Awwwww!
Chars: *make their way up the Barracks' stairs*
Meg: Morning! ^^
Gokou: *brightens* TODAY'S CHRISTMAS!!
Videl: Sorry dad, no it's not. Tomorrow's Christmas.
Gokou: *blinks* TOMORROW'S CHRISTMAS! YAY!
Vejita: Chrismas is retarded.
Bulma: Honestly Vejita, you're such a Scrooge!
Meg: *eyes flash* You got it
In a flash of pretty lights, the cast is transported to a stage. Everybody except Meg, Lissa, Ashka, and Pasha groan...
Lissa: *snaps her fingers and the booklets appear in everyone's hands*
Alex: Damnit!
Pasha: Yay! A play!
Ashka: Hey, that rhymed.
Pasha: What can I say? I'm talented.
Lissa: Alright everybody, if you haven't figured it out yet, we're going to put on a play!
Pasha: *raises her hand* I figured it out ^.^
Meg: Uh huh. Anyways, this is a reinactment of A Christmas Carol. Vejita is Ebeneezer Scrooge, Alex is the Narrator, aka Charles Dickens, and everyone else finds their own little roles after that.
Chaozu: *looks at his booklet* HEY! I got a cheap role!
Lissa: No complaining!
Meg: There's no time to memorize your lines, so just bring your books up there and TRY to do it well. Okay?
Sean: It's not like there's an audience or something...
Meg: *sweatdrops* Well...
Applause is heard
Lissa: They threw a bunch of names into a hat.... and Meg's name was picked. So we have to do a play.
Piccolo: *arches an eyebrow* Who's "they"?
Meg: Just the characters from Gundam Wing and Final Fantasy 8 ^^;
All: WHAT?!
Lissa: Relax! Go throw on some crappy costume while Alex goes and introduces the play
Alex: Why the hell do I have to do it?
Meg: Because you pissed us off.
Alex: That's a stupid reason
Meg: Get going! *shoves Alex onto the stage, and runs off to the costume room*
Alex: *stares at the cheering crowd* Uhh.... Hi. (silence) Okay... *looks at her script* Ahem. This is the play "A Christmas Carol", and it was all done last minute because Meg wasn't warned ahead of time. Thanks goes out to Zell.
Zell: *in the audience* I SAID I WAS SORRY!
Alex: Uh huh. Right. Anyways, *looks back at the script* the names in this play aren't correct because Meg didn't have time to watch the movie and get the real names. Thanks goes out to Zell again.
Zell: Now she's just trying to embarrass me!
Seifer: You're doing a fine job of that yourself, Chickenwuss! Now sit down and shut up!
Laughter is heard
Alex: Alright. Presenting "A DBZ Carol", by Meg and Lissa. And their slaves.
Meg: *from behind the curtain* That's not the line!
Alex: Yeah, it just sounds better. So whatever on with the show.
The curtains opens to reveal Vejita in a rich man's clothes, standing on the stage a ways away from Gokou, who is sitting at a desk next to a very fake looking fireplace...
Alex: George, who was Scrooge's business partner, died seven years ago tonight. George was almost as evil as Scrooge, which is why he died. Then why's Scrooge alive...?
Lissa: *from behind the curtain* ALEX! Just read what's written! Don't improvise!
Alex: Fine! George is dead. Scrooge is mean. He's mean to his worker person whose name is Bob Cratchit.
Gokou: *walks over to Vejita* Mister Scrooge, can I have some coal? It's cold.
Vejita: Get the hell away from me! And no, you can't have any coal!
Gokou: *walks away*
Vejita: I have eviction notices to sign! *stalks into his office*
Alex: There was a knock at the door.
A knocking noise is heard
Gokou: *opens the door, revealing Trunks*
Trunks: Merry Christmas! Is my.. er... uncle in?
Gokou: Merry Christmas! ^.^ He's in that room over there, but he's being a poopyhead so you don't wanna talk to him...
Trunks: *grins*That's okay! Wow, it's really cold in here. *runs into Vejita's office* Hi there, Uncle Ebeneezer! Merry Christmas
Vejita: *sitting at a desk* Christmas. Bah, humbug.
Trunks: Yeah, whatever. Me and Pasha wanted to know if you wanted to come to our house for Christmas dinner or something.
Vejita: No.
Trunks: *shrugs* That's fine. *walks out of the office*
There's another knock at the door
Gokou: *answers the door, revealing Kenny and Sean*
Kenny: Hi! We're collecting money
Sean: *cuts Ken off* We're collecting money so we can help people like this boy here *gestures to Kenny* This boy desperately needs lyposuction, and we need money to get him it.
Gokou. Uh, I don't have any money.
Vejita: Why are all these people coming to my door? *walks over* Who are you? Nevermind, just go away.
Sean: We're collecting money for...
Vejita: HELL NO! GET LOST! *slams the door in their faces*
Trunks: O_o Uncle, you're horrible! *leaves*
Gokou: Sir, can I have tomorrow off?
Vejita: Whatever. *leaves*
Gokou: Yay!
Alex: End of scene one. Oh, I'm not supposed to read that...
Duo: *in the audience, snorts* Dumbass
Trowa: *whacks Duo with his book*
Alex: Ahem. Scrooge went back to his house, but was in for a big surprise.
Vejita: *walks up steps to a big door, and reaches to put a key in the keyhole when the knocker morphs from its original shape to the shape of Piccolo's face*
Alex: The knocker on Scrooge's door turned into the face of his dead friend, George
Quistis: *in the audience* I'm pretty sure it wasn't George...
Piccolo's face: *screams and disappears*
Vejita: *jumps back, startled* ....What the hell? ..... *looks at the knocker, decides its safe, and rushes inside*
Alex: Augh.. why didn't I at least get a chair to sit on...? *blinks* Oops. Anyways, Scrooge liked the dark, because he was cheap, however, he lit the lamps inside and went up to his sitting room. He put on his rich old man's robe and ate his cheap dinner of soup.
Vejita: *finishes the soup, and goes to sit in his big chair*
Alex: *fidgets* All the light in the house went out..
The lights go out...
Audience: Oooooh
Alex: And Scrooge could hear chains jingling and footsteps coming up the stairs of his house. He turned around and saw the ghost of his dead friend, George.
Vejita: *looks at Piccolo, eyes wide* You...
Piccolo: *all ghostlike* Do you recognize me, Ebeneezer?
Vejita: You're supposed to be dead, George! You died seven years ago tonight! ....Why are you here? Why are you wearing chains?
Piccolo: *jingles chains* I wear the chains I forged in life! I made them link by link, yard by yard! My horrible ways have earned me this eternal suffering! You still have a chance, Ebeneezer...
Vejita: A... a chance? What do you mean by that?
Piccolo: You will be visited by three spirits. The first will come at the strike of one...
Vejita: But...
Piccolo: The second will come at the strike of two. The third spirit will come in its own time.... Farewell, Ebeneezer... *fades away*
Vejita: *runs to where Piccolo was, looking frightened* George...? *makes his face normal* Spirits. Bah, humbug!
Alex: So after being visited by his ghostly friend, Scrooge... *flips through a couple pages* Oh. This is SO boring! Let's just skip through this... *rips out a few pages* Ah. Here we are. It is now one o'clock...
Vejita: *sits up, hearing the clock* It's one o'clock... *looks around* Nothing. It must have been a dream... *lies down again*
Ashka: *appears, hovering* BOOGAH BOOGAH!
Vejita: *jumps up, looking alarmed*
Ashka: *giggles*
Vejita: A-Are you the spirit who's forthcoming was foretold to me?
Ashka: Yuppers. I'm the ghost of Christmas Past. Now we're going to go look at all the stupid things you did when you were young.
Meg: *from behind the curtain* She's improvising... *rolls her eyes*
Vejita: Very well O_o
Alex: And so, Scrooge went with the ghost into the past. They appeared at a school that Scrooge knew well...
Vejita: *looks around* I know this place. This is where I grew up! There's Johnny, and Kevin, and Jacob...
Ashka: *rolls her eyes* And Dasher, and Dancer, and Prancer, and Vixen. C'mon Scroogey, we don't have all day! *drags Vejita into the school, showing him as a big loner*
Vejita: I wasn't alone. I had my books.
Ashka: ...Uh huh.
Vejita: My father hated me. He said it was my fault my mother died...
Ashka: Yeah... Let's go to another Christmas.
Alex: They went to a Christmas years later, where Scrooge still looked unhappy.
Vejita: I thought I was at another Christmas?
Ashka: You are. You're still a loner though.
Meg: *behind the curtains* Hehehe...
Alex: Ebeneezer watched as his sister, uh, Eleanor came in and started talking to the younger him.
Videl: Little brother Ebeneezer! Father said you could come home this Christmas! We're going to be a family again!
Videl and Young Scrooge: *run off*
Ashka: You loved your sister, didn't you?
Vejita: Of course I did. She was my sister.
Ashka: Her son Fred looks a lot like her.
Alex: *snorts*
Ashka: Anyway, it's time to go to two more Christmas Pasts before the night is over.
The scene changes to a party
Vejita: Oh no...
Alex: Ebeneezer looked on as the younger version of himself went up to a girl named Belle
Vejita: *face softens* Belle. She was so beautiful...
Bulma: *is Belle*
Younger Vejita: *walks over to Belle* Dance with me! *drags her onto the dance floor and they dance alot*
Bulma: *laughs and dances and such, until Younger Vejita pulls her into a corner*
Younger Vejita: Marry me, Belle!
Bulma: I will ^.^
Vejita: *looks sad* I don't want to see any more, Spirit
Ashka: Too bad. One more stop!
Alex: And the Spirit took Ebeneezer to a Christmas three years later...
Bulma: Ebeneezer, you're late!
Young Vejita: I was busy working.
Bulma: You're never on time! All you care about is money!
Young Vejita: What are you saying?
Bulma: You love something more than you love me. You love gold. Tell me you love me more than gold, and I will not leave.
Young Vejita: I... How can you even assume such things?
Bulma: *narrows her eyes* Nice try, Ebeneezer! Good bye! *walks offstage*
Vejita: I almost went after her...
Ashka: Time's up, Scrooge! *snaps her fingers*
Alex: When the Spirit snapped her fingers, Scrooge awoke to find himself in his own bed. He thinks he's safe, so he goes to sleep. But when the clock strikes two...
Vejita: *wakes up as the clock rings twice* It's two o'clock. *sits up, looking around* Where is this second Spirit?
Roshi: *appears looking very fat, surrounded by food, and only wearing a robe* Hello!
Vejita: AHHHH!!! *dives back against the headboard*
Laughter is heard
Roshi: Umm... come and know me better!
Vejita: *snarls and walks over to Roshi* You're the Ghost of Christmas Present?
Roshi: OH YEAH! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present! Come and know me better!
All: *sweatdrop*
Vejita: Let's go then.
Alex: And so, the Ghost brought Scrooge to a nearby home that housed someone he knew very well...
Vejita: Who lives here?
Roshi: Uhh... Go inside and check?
Vejita: ....Okay. *walks through the house wall*
Roshi: Come and know me better! *runs into the wall*
Meg: *snickers*
Chichi: *slaving over a hot stove*
Goten: *dressed as a poor little boy* When's papa coming home, mama?
Gohan: *dressed as a poor little boy* Leave mama alone, Dave!
Gero: *dressed as a poor little girl* I wanna play with dollies, mama!
Yamcha: *dressed as a poor little girl, looking miserable* Annie, leave mama alone. She's cooking.
Chichi: Your papa should be home with Tim soon, children
Vejita: Spirit, whose house is this?
Roshi: I dunno. *shrugs*
Vejita: Why are you so useless, Spirit? I enjoyed the company of that bickering Spirit of Christmas Past more than yours.
Ashka: *behind the curtain* Because I rock ^.^
Chichi: Yup... anytime now.
???: Don't TOUCH me!
???: But! The scene!
Alex: This was the home of Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's loyal worker. Bob had a small son, who wasn't a normal boy...
Gokou: *walks into the house, with a reluctant Chaozu on his shoulders* Hi everybody, I'm home!
Chaozu: Great v_v
Chichi: Children, take your brother to the kitchen.
Yamcha & Gohan: Yes mama. *take Chaozu and carry him to the kitchen*
Chaozu: Let me go! I don't need your help!
Gokou: *hugs Chichi* He's getting stronger every day ^.^
Chichi: Yes, it's wonderful.
Vejita: Bob Cratchit. Why is he living in this hell hole? And what's wrong with that kid?
Roshi: Uh... *looks at his script* He suffers from a disease, and will not make it another year.
Vejita: Oh.
The Cratchits: *sit at their table*
Gokou: *raises his glass* To Scrooge, the guy that gave me money to buy my turkey.
Chichi: To Scrooge? Bah! He's the reason we're living so poorly to begin with!
Gokou: Now dear...
Chichi: *sighs* Very well. *raises her glass* To Scrooge
Goten: To Scrooge *raises glass*
Gero: *raises glass* To Scrooge
Chaozu: *makes a pouty face, and raises his little glass* To Scwooge. And god bless us, every one.
Vejita: Hmph. *nods his head*
Roshi: Have you learned nothing? *rolls his eyes* We have another place to go.
Alex: And so the ghost brought him to Scrooge's nephew Fred's house.
Vejita: Why are we here?
Roshi: You'll see.
Trunks: Let's play a game!
Pasha: Nooooo! Not another one! Can't we just make out?
Laughter is heard
Trunks: *hisses* Pasha! That's no the line!
Pasha: Augh. Know what, let's skip the game. *walks to the edge of the stage* Scrooge is a selfish bastard that doesn't spend any money on anyone. He's really tight. *turns to Trunks* Happy?
Trunks: *sweatdrops* Okay.
Vejita: *sweatdrops* My own nephew and his wife? Badmouthing me?
Roshi: My time is over. I mean up! My time is up. The final spirit shall visit you soon. You'd best prepare yourself, Scrooge. *fades away*
Vejita: *wakes up in his bed* Oh my... This is getting strange. *hears the clock strike three*
Alex: The clock struck three, but the spirit didn't come. In fact, when the clock struck four, the spirit didn't come. Ebeneezer was so nerve-wracked he couldn't sleep. He stayed up for hours waiting for the spirit...
Vejita: *pacing the room, rubbing his hands together* Maybe the spirit will not come, for I have learned my lesson. Yes, that must be it. The spirit isn't going to come because I've learned my lesson! Christmas isn't a humbug! Yes...
Alex: However, this was not as it seemed...
Smoke floats across the floor, under Scrooge's bed, and eventually stopping at a cloaked figure holding a scythe...
Meg: *behind the curtain* ....Where'd she get a scythe?
Lissa: Look at me! I'm Duo! *waves her scythe*
All But Lissa and Duo: *facefault*
Duo: Yeah! I rock!
Meg: *throws a rock at Lissa*
Lissa: Oops ^.^; *goes quiet*
Vejita: *major sweatdrops* I suppose... you are the spirit of Christmas yet to come?
Lissa: *nods*
Irvine: *in the audience, grinning* Now, if she hadn't done that little dance when she came out, this'd be kinda freaky.
Vejita: You.. you know spirit, I believe I am cured. I don't need to be shown the future...
Lissa: *walks over to Vejita*
Vejita: *looks scared* Where.. where are we going?
Alex: And so, the third Spirit took Scrooge to a small shop, where two peddlers were selling expensive stuff..
Piccolo: *dressed in rags* Did you bring me something good today, woman?
Bulma: *also dressed in rags* I sure did. I got his bed curtains and his pajamas! Even his slippers!
Vejita: I have slippers just like those...
Piccolo: You took these right off him and the bed he was lying in?
Bulma: I never had any respect for him while he was alive, why start now?
Piccolo: I hope he didn't die of anything catching!
Both: *laugh*
Vejita: Look at these two. Have they no respect for the dead? Spirit, show me some emotion over this death!
Lissa: *waves her scythe*
Alex: And so, the spirit brought Scrooge to a familiar little house...
Chichi: *trying to look sad* My little boy....
Yamcha: Don't cry, mama!
Gero: Yeah mama, you still have us!
Chichi: *looks at the two of them and starts to really cry*
Goten: *blinks* Hey you two, leave mama alone!
Gohan: Yeah, go stand by the door or something. Papa should be home soon.
