Finally, I have written a chaptered comedy fic. Main reason? It’s nearly the Christmas season and for me it’s time show a lot a cheer and laughter all around. This fic is rated PG13 because of the swearing coming in the upcoming chapters.
Notes:
(RANDOM WORD!) = Censored for swearing
“(Talking a bunch of stuff),” = Pokemon talking in their own language
Stuff in italic = Singing
Brian Powell’s Christmas Carol (Chaptered comedy fic)
Chapter 1: Bah! Bumhug!
Christmas is a time for cheer and goodwill… but for a very few, it’s just an excuse to get off a couple of week’s work and Brian Powell, one of the most hated people in the talent industry, was one of them.
He was sitting in his office wearing a tight black t-shirt, a pair of jeans that reached up to his stomach, and shoes, all black. He was sitting at his desk, signing a bunch of contracts. He predicted that this would cause a lot of boredom and a hurt hand. Having enough, he placed a pen in front of him on the contract. He bent down to reach an item, picked up a small bell and shook it lightly, making some ringing noises.
A huge green dinosaur-like creature called a Tyranitar stormed into the office. “(Yes, Brian)?” he growled like a soldier standing in a row.
“Tony, give my hand a massage,” Brian said, feeling rather stressed as he held up his hurt hand.
Tony the Tyranitar nodded as he walked over to Brian, reaching for his hand to massage it. While he massaged him, he noticed the bell placed on Brian’s table. “(Is that a Christmas bell)?” he growled.
Brian showed a small frown. He picked the bell with his unmassaged hand and dropped it into a bin next to him. “Why is it always this time of year?” he muttered. “That reminds me, Cratchet… I mean, Tony, you’re working through Christmas.”
“(Brian. It’s the holidays; you’re going to have to take a break sometime).”
“Oh, Christmas this and Hanukah that! People are always making excuses to get out of work.”
“(Well, that’s true but the holidays are a perfect excuse to be with your family and friends).”
“Please, bumhug... I mean, humbug! The main for the holidays so that the clever people would take advantage of the stupid ones so that they can drink their eggnog and Christmas pudding.”
“(You don’t think much of your parents, do you)?”
Brian became even more stressed. “Please, don’t get me started on my parents…”
“Still, you got to let me have a break. I got invited to that costume party tonight.”
Brian took a short time to think about this. “Alright, but I’m cutting your wages.”
“(You don’t even pay me anymore).”
“Well then… you owe me.”
His assistant Tony showed a small frown. “(Where’s Bill tonight)?” he growled. Bill was an old man, who called himself a friend of Brian’s, which Brian would respond to that by simply saying, ‘I don’t know this man.’
To answer Tony’s question, Bill was staying at an old folks’ home for the holidays. He was wearing a white buttoned shirt, grey pair trousers and glasses. He was sitting in his room that had a soft bed, a TV and other types of furniture. He was sitting on his bed playing a game of chess with a vase that had a picture of Brian on it. He had been waiting for over an hour for ‘Brian’ to make his first move.
“Come on, Brian!” Bill complained impatiently. “It’s been five minutes! Move your king already!”
Suddenly, he heard some beeping noise outside his room. Angry and curious of what was going on he quickly got off his bed and rushed to the door. He poked his head out upon opening the door and saw a man wearing a red sparkling jacket over his black t-shirt and red sparkling trousers, riding on a slow moving scooter while honking on his horn. “Check ma bad self and ma scootay!” the man yelled in a falsetto voice. “Ee-he! Bubbly! Check me!”
Bill angrily looked back at the vase. “Jack Michaels going up and down on a scooter!” he complained.
The vase never responded.
“I know, Brian! You don’t see that everyday! I’ll tell you what, that man’s a music genius but I won’t have him spoiling our Christmas fun! Now don’t you move anything until I get back!” With that said, Bill rushed out of the room to complain.
“Ah, the beauty of my maliciousness,” Brian said, letting out a small sigh of bliss.
Sometime after his working hours were over, he walked out of his building wearing a long coat over the rest of clothes with a scarf around his neck, all black. It was a snowy day and the ground was heavily covered with it. As he walked home, he saw three figures wearing some rugged clothing and were shivering in the cold, yet he couldn’t care less. One of them was a woman with long dark red hair, the other was a man with short light purple hair and the third was no taller than two feet.
They looked up and saw Brian’s face and happiness came onto their faces. “Brian!” the woman yelled happily, catching his attention.
He turned towards them with a glare, showing his disgust. Despite that he didn’t want to give any attention. “Brian! Don’t you recognise me? I’m Jessie from Team Rocket,” the woman cried.
“I’m sorry, I don’t know you,” Brian said coldly.
“I’m James!” the purple haired man cried as he had tears streaming down his eyes. He ran towards him before getting onto his knees. “Please, Brian! Penny for the poor! Penny for the poor!”
“Go get a job,” Brian said.
“Aw, c’mon, Brian!” Meowth cried, stepping in front of him. “It’s Christmas!”
“If I give you a penny, will you stop bothering me?” Brian asked, still being cold.
“Wobbuffet!” a blue blob croaked loudly, who seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
Taking the answer as a yes, Brian Powell flicked the coin over to the middle of the road. As the coin landed on the ground all four members of Team Rocket ran over to it and started fighting over who should get the coin while Brian watched, still showing an expressionless face.
Suddenly, a huge crate fell and crashed on top of them. Meowth managed to slip his paw out from under crate, showing a sign that people could read out, ‘Dat’s gonna leave a mark.’
“Dumbos,” Brian said, showing a little smirk while walking away. “Bah, bumhug… I mean, humbug.”
After some time walking, he came across a coffee house. Having a desire to quench his thirst, he decided to enter not knowing that there were three more people in rugged clothing up ahead planning to mug him.
Five minutes later, Brian came out carrying a cup of coffee. Having a feeling that someone may be watching, he looked around hoping that he doesn’t have a stalker. With no one to be seen, he shrugged his worries off and continued his journey home. A scream and running footsteps was coming towards him but he didn’t hear it as he suddenly stopped near a trashcan and taking a sip of his hot beverage. At the same time, one of the muggers dived towards him but missed his target and fell headfirst into the can.
“Blurgh, coffee that taste like mud,” Brian said in disgust. “Courtesy of another member of the Brian Powell haters club.”
Without looking, he poured the rest of the coffee into the trash can with the mugger in it. The mugger screamed in pain as he felt the hotness before Brian chucked the cup away.
Brian proceeded to walk but soon came across a trashcan lid and decided to take it home since the lid of his trashcan at home was missing, thanks to a couple of trash eating cats. He continued to walk while checking the lid, inadvertently hitting another mugger in face who was about to attack him from one the sideways. Brian took no notice as the mugger was knocked down and out.
A few minutes later, he stopped as he saw a couple of pennies on the floor. He quickly picked them up as he took a step forward while the third mugger fell and harshly landed face first into the snow. “Luck seems to coming to me these days,” Brian said dusting the snow off the coins before walking away and leaving the poor mugger, which he took no notice of behind.
Soon, he came to his mansion. Normally, his assistant Tony would open the door for him but this time, Tony and the others were at their respective parties to celebrate the holiday season.
As soon as he entered his mansion and closed the door, he heard some knocking on it. With everyone else gone to their parties, Brian had no choice but to open it himself. “Odd,” he said to himself as he did. “Who would follow me here?” Upon opening the door, he was met by a group of young kids singing Christmas carols.
Silent night
Holy night
All is calm…
Having enough of their out-of-tune singing, Brian held his hand up, signalling them to stop. “Village halls, yes. Singing career, never,” he said, commenting on their singing.
The children had confused looks on their faces. “Do you know ‘little Bethlehem’?” he asked.
The children nodded in response.
“Then I suggest you go there!”
The child in front shook a little red box in front of him, making some coins rattle inside. It was a charity box but regardless what it was, Brian snatched it away from them. “Thank you,” he said before slamming the door in front of them.
A couple of hours later, Brian was sitting in the living room of the mansion. It was a large room where it had a wooden floor, a black leather couch in the middle of the room, a plant on each corner and entertainment system consisting of a TV, a VCR, a DVD player and others.
He was eating some takeaways he ordered from various restaurants. He got them free after tricking the delivery boys into coming in late by making them wait by the door for a long time. He was watching various TV shows; each had TV shows involving Christmas specials, much to his dismay. He got off his couch to look for DVDs he could watch that were stacked on the DVD player next to the TV. As he looked through them, he heard a strange spooky noise.
“Chu-U-u-U-u-U-u-U-u-u-u…”
Brian was surprised at the sudden noise at first but decided to ignore it as he continued searching for the DVD.
After the DVD film finished, Brian decided to call it a night and have a good night’s sleep as he headed up to his room. After his evening rituals such as closing all the windows and brushing his teeth, he decided that he would not be sleeping through the night but all through Christmas. Like most bedrooms, he had a comfy bed, a wardrobe, a desk and other types of furniture. While he placed his pyjamas on, the spooky voice was heard again.
“Chu-U-u-U-u-U-u-U-u-u-u…” a spooky voice squeaked catching Brian’s attention.
He turned around to see a cute little white mouse, with chains wrapped around his paws and waist. “(Ohhh, Brian),” the little Pichu cooed in ghostly fashion while Brian looked on uninterested. “(Tonight at midnight, you will be visited by the ghosts of the past, present and future for all your wrongdoings).
“Jerry, Halloween’s over,” Brian said with a dull look on his face. “Who are you trying to be?”
Jerry became rather dejected. “Aw, c’mon, Brian! No need to get all scroogy! I’m trying to act like a ghost!”
“Oh, I thought you’re trying to be like some moron, wasting everyone’s time.”
“I got a costume party to go to, you coming?”
“Are they going to have eggnog over there?”
“Yep.”
“It’s a Christmas party; I don’t do Christmas. Now be a good little ghost and disappear.”
Jerry stuck his tongue at him before walking away while Brian got himself ready to sleep.
A couple of hours after Brian went to sleep, a bright light slowly appeared and shined inside his dark room stirring him in his sleep. He quickly turned the lamp on and rubbed his eyes to see what was going on. The first thing he saw was a strange energy ball glowing vigorously. The ball quickly disappeared, revealing some kind of green mystical, yet cute, fairy.
“Celebi?” Brian said, with a surprised look on his face as the creature showed her smile, as did he. “I hope you’re the one from that Pokemon 4Ever movie. I’ll look for my camera. I want to make the boys so jealous.”
“(Actually, Brian),” the Celebi cooed happily as Brian was about to get off his bed. “I’m the Celebi of the Christmas past. I’m here to show you the error of your ways.”
An angst look quickly appeared on the face of the most hated man in the talent industry. “Oh… great,” Brian moaned as he lowered his head, feeling slightly irritated. He remembered a story equivalent to this. “Thank you, Charles Dickens...”
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