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Some unknown period of time later

“All right, my fellow magical beings! I’ve recovered from my Chet encounter, and thanks to the help of my friends over on Hunt and Jump, Buddy and I have figured out who had what where! Buddy, would you like to do the honors?”

“Sure, Luna! Okay, the Gingerbread Man had the tree topper in Santa’s Toy Shop, Jack Frost was on the Sleigh Runway with the reindeer, Santa was in Rudolph’s stable with the tinsel, and the Grinch was in Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen with the candy cane.”

“Thank you, Buddy. Now that we have our potential suspects, it’s time to hear their alibis. Gingerbread Man, you first.”

“The tree topper that was originally on the tree in the toy shop fell off the tree and broke when one of the elves accidentally bumped into it. I was bringing a new tree topper to replace it.”

“Jack Frost?”

“I wanted to help ease some of the burden on Santa, so I took the reindeer to the Sleigh Runway so I could give his sleigh a test drive.”

“Santa?”

“Ho ho ho. I was so busy getting ready for my Christmas deliveries that I forgot to finish decorating Rudolph’s stable, so I brought some tinsel to finish!”

“Grinch?”

“Mrs. Claus needed candy canes for some cookies she wanted to bake, so I brought her a giant one that I got as a present from Whoville.” The Grinch then notices everyone staring at him. “What? My heart grew back to the correct size, remember? I can be nice sometimes!”

Buddy and I exchanged a look. He nodded and proceeded to lead my magic horses around to the back of the group very surreptitiously.

While Buddy was doing that, I heard the Tooth Fairy start yelling. “This was a complete waste of time! We still don’t know who did it!”

“Actually,” I interrupted, “we do.”

“HUH?!”

“This is why I chose Buddy to help me. His observation skills are on par with mine. We both knew who did it the second we heard everyone’s alibis.”

“But how do you know?” The Easter Bunny seemed quite perplexed as he tried to catch up with us.

“Simple,” I said. “Buddy’s alibi and Jack Frost’s alibi contradict each other. We know that Buddy didn’t do it, so that only leaves one option. Jack killed Frosty!”

*GASP*

“Now hold on just a minute!” We all turned to look at Jack. “Why are you accusing me? I didn’t do it!”

“Ah, but you did, Jack,” I said with a smile. “You said that you were taking the sleigh for a test drive, right?” Jack nodded firmly. I smirked. “Then please, do tell us how you managed to do that when Buddy was in the hangar working on the sleigh all night?”

Jack went still. He kept opening and closing his mouth, but nothing came out of it. A look of horror and panic was slowly dawning on his face. That look quickly turned into one of determination. My eyes widened. I knew that look. He always had that look right before he attacked with his magic.

“EVERYBODY GET DOWN!”

Fortunately everyone listened to me and did what I said, because only a few seconds later there was a wave of razor sharp ice crystals being shot right where our heads had been.

“Now, Buddy!”

While I was keeping everyone distracted, Buddy and my magical horses had quickly and quietly surrounded Jack Frost in case he tried to run, which of course he did.

Jack ran straight into Iron Oasis, who was shaking her head sadly. “I’m very disappointed in you, Jack! You know better than this!”

Jack backed up and turned, but his path was suddenly blocked by Allegretto. “Seriously, Jack? You’re supposed to be smart. How did you not see how stupid that alibi was?”

Brushing off his feelings of offense, Jack once again turned and almost ran into Gone Platinum. “I’m afraid I must agree with Alle, Jack. I’m quite curious as to what would cause you to do something so foolish. Care to explain?”

Jack swiftly backpedaled and bumped into something hot. He slowly turned around and was met with the terrifying sight of Journey2Madness, who was laughing maniacally. “HAHAHA! Oh, Jack, you amuse me. I’m stark raving mad and even I knew you did it as soon as I heard your pathetic alibi. Want to see what the mind of an evil villain is REALLY like? Please say yes.”

Jack slowly backed away from the terrifying stallion and tried to run in a new direction, but was stopped by She is tending her Garden. “Nope, you don’t want to come this way! Well, unless you want to have this bucket of ice cold mud thrown all over you. It’d be a shame to ruin such a nice suit.”

Jack made one last desperate escape attempt...and nearly ran face first into a chemistry beaker that contained some sort of bubbling substance. Holding the beaker was Heathen Chemistry along with Neon Dots and Mamas Boy. “Ah, hello there, Jack! Neon Dots and Mamas Boy helped me create this delightful chemical concoction. If you continue to try to run, I will throw this all over you. It won’t hurt you, but it will turn your hair neon green and make your skin glow in the dark for years!”

There was nowhere left for Jack to run. His head suddenly felt warm, and he looked up to see me hovering above him in my Phoenix form. He was completely surrounded. That was when he snapped.

“Fine! I did it! I killed Frosty the Snowman! It wasn’t fair! All the kids love the stories about him, but no one cares about my stories! Most kids don’t even know I exist! Now there’s no competition! Kids will have to learn MY stories now! Ha ha ha!”

Jack heard a strange sound from above him. The sound quickly turned into full blown laughter. He looked up and saw me laughing.

“What’s so funny, Luna?!”

I finally regained control of myself. “I’m sorry, Jack, I couldn’t help it! I was imagining your face when you find out that Frosty isn’t actually dead!”

“HUH!?” Everyone screamed.

I was grinning ear to ear (well, as much as one could grin with a beak). “Frosty, care to explain?”

A magic snow swirl started up next to me and quickly formed into Frosty!

“I’d be happy to, Luna! You see, everyone, I knew that Jack was jealous of me. I wasn’t sure exactly how dangerous this jealousy was, so I came to Luna and we combined our magic to create a clone of me. We wanted to see if Jack was actually willing to kill me. The clone is what got run over by the reindeer, not me! Mrs. Claus was also in on it. She knew she had the clone’s hat and not mine. Now that we know that Jack is indeed willing to kill out of jealousy, we can lock him up so everyone will be safe until we can reform him.”

I winced. Jack had been screaming insults and death threats at us the entire time Frosty was talking, and I couldn’t take it anymore. “Alright, Sandman, you can take him away now.”

Sandman nodded. He grabbed the still screaming Jack with his sand and they quickly disappeared.

I sighed. “We apologize for tricking everyone, but it was the only way to make sure Jack didn’t find out that the clone wasn’t Frosty.”

Everyone said that they understood and that all was forgiven.

“Thanks, everyone. Now that that’s over with, let’s get to work! It’s Christmas Eve and it’s our job to make sure everything is ready for Santa, so let’s do this!”

“YEAH!”

As everyone ran off to finish their tasks, I teleported back into the house and picked up my discarded book. With a smile, I read those famous closing words that everyone knows.

“Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

I'd like to hear all the clues and see who guessed everything right.. I sure couldn't figure anything out.

I’ll try to have that up by next week!

Sorry, new semester started and it’s been chaotic, but I will still try to do an answer key!