Fight for Zoey

It was a beautiful day in Santa's Village. The sun was shining, there was a soft cold breeze, and the lake water was as still as it is covered in ice.

Rudolph walked down the road on his way to give Zoey a special gift, saying hello to the other residents. Thoughts of the beautiful doe flowed through his brain. He smiled as he walked up to her stable.

The young flyer knocked. The door opened slightly, then completely when Zoey realized it was Rudolph.

"Hi, Rudolph." she said shyly.

"Hey, Zoey." Rudolph smiled. "I got you something."

He reached into his backpack, and pulled out a beautiful necklace. It had a gold chain with a golden heart that read in lovely cursive "Zoey".

"Ru-Rudolph...How?" Zoey stammered as Rudolph put it around her neck.

"Well..." Rudolph blushed. "I saw you eyeing it at the store and I thought no one except you would look more beautiful in it. So, I bought it and got your name put on it."

Zoey, then overcome with such joy, wrapped her hooves around Rudolph's neck and kissed him full on the mouth. They landed in the snow. Rudolph was surprised by this, then closed his eyes and began to kiss her back, rolling over so he was on top of her.

Everyone was shocked when they saw the two kissing in public. But they just decided to let the couple continue. After all, it was never unusual to see new teenage couples having their "moment".

But there was one teenage buck who was not about to let this go. Arrow had walked right into the middle of the scene. Immediately, anger filled him.

"You're going to pay for this, Reject." he growled under his breath. "First, you take away my spotlight, and now you're trying to take my doe. Well, we'll see about that."

He stormed off.

Meanwhile, the couple broke apart, then embarrassingly stood up.

"Wow, Zoey," Rudolph said, smiling, "that was amazing."

Zoey blushed. "Really? You liked it?"

"I loved it." Then he realized what time it was.

"Oh, I have to go." He kissed her briefly.

"Bye, Rudolph." Zoey said sweetly.

"Bye, Zoey." He smiled warmly, then reluctantly turned around and headed home.

As soon as he turned the corner, he was practically hopping.

She kissed me! She kissed me! he thought.

He hadn't gotten far enough when he suddenly pictured getting stabbed with a knife.

Except that wasn't a knife. That was Arrow. He rammed Rudolph with his antlers, causing Rudolph to fall to the ground, groaning in pain.

When he was able to stand up, that's when he realized who it was.

Oh, boy, here we go again. he thought.

"Got something to say, Reject?" Arrow snarled.

"What are you doing this time, Arrow?" Rudolph said, trying to hold back his anger.

"Don't act dumb. You kissed my doe!" He kicked at the snow like a bull getting ready to charge.

Rudolph couldn't take it anymore. "She's not your doe anymore! She dumped you. Just let her go!"

This just angered Arrow even more. "She's mine! And now you're trying to take her from me! You've ruined my life enough already, Reject!"

He got ready to charge at him. Rudolph closed his eyes and prepared for the worst.

Just then, Cupid ran right into the middle of it.

"Arrow, quit it!" he shouted. "I don't know what's going on, but it has to stop. Arrow, go home. We'll talk about this later, mister."

Arrow did so, but never took his eyes of Rudolph.

The fellow flyer turned to his nephew. "You okay, Rudolph?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine." Rudolph said, rubbing his side. "But what's his problem?"

Cupid sighed. "I don't know, buddy. Ever since you saved Christmas, he's blamed you for everything."

Rudolph paused. What did he do wrong? All he did was save Christmas. But what does Arrow think about that? That he took away all his attention? He stole his dad's respect? Then he saw the real reason: Zoey.

Cupid said goodbye before heading home to talk to Arrow.

Rudolph decided that he had to go somewhere else.

I have to talk to Zoey.