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Troi landed in the snow, scattering plumes of it over the ground with his wings as he steadied himself. The little black wind dragon shook the little bit of accumulated snow out of his fur before making his way to the cave entrance. He scampered up the snow-covered rise and was greeted with a large bonfire just within the cave. The rest of the cave was blacked out by it's glow, and it's warmth easily kept Troi from venturing closer. There was some movement somewhere beyond the fire. Yellow fur and scales gleamed in the firelight as Vliticus emerged from the darkness. "Troi! Man am I glad to see you!" Smiling, the young wind dragon draped a wing over Troi as he lead his friend inside. "What brings you out here?" "Ma let me have thome time to mythelf, tho I dethided to come thee you guyth." The black dragon squinted hard in an effort to see past the flames, but gave up soon after. "What'th going on?" Vliticus looked deeper into the cave and chuckled. "Oh, you're gonna love this. We're putting up our Christmas decorations. I think Fliz and Drex are still working on the tree. You just have to see it." He then whirled around and briskly trotted off.

An excited Troi followed quickly after Vliticus through the main chamber. His attention was drawn in countless directions along the way from all the lights, candles, bows, and ribbons adorning the cave walls. The yellow dragon finally found his sister at the base of a heavily decorated tree, where she was carefully placing one last ornament on a low branch. A quick little burst of air made Fliz flinch and look around in surprise, only to let her wings relax and fall open happily. "Well if this isn't perplexing. Just now I wondered what you were up to. Welcome to our palace of festivity!" She then turned and gave her brother a playful little snarl. "I am getting you back for that too. Just so you're advised."

Now that Troi was free to admire his surroundings, he looked back towards the cave entrance in amazement. "Thith lookth awethome. Did you guyth do thith?" Fliz looked back up at the tree and chuckled. "Our whole family takes part in bedecking the cave. Unanimously, this is one of our most favored holidays." "It's really fun too." Vliticus added, "Mom and Dad help us reach the higher branches when we don't want to fly. That's usually the best part of decorating. One year, Drex started hanging ornaments on Dad thinking he was the tree." "Speaking of which..."

The other two dragons turned to look in the direction Fliz indicated, and saw Drex making his way over to them from deeper inside the cave. He grinned a little as he trotted briskly up to the group and took a red bow out of his mouth. "Here, put this on." The red dragon quickly clipped it on over Troi’s chest fur. "Merry Christmas Dude!" Their friend inclined his head to see this new addition, confused. He peered over at Drex curiously. "What'th thith for?" "Just a little something to make you look more festive." Drex chuckled, patting his friend on the back. "Wasn't expecting you to drop by. What's up?" "Juth-t wanted to hang out and thee what you guyth were doing. Flith thaid thith wath one of your favorite holidayth."

The red dragon laughed and playfully nudged Troi's side. "There's the understatement of the year." Once they'd all finished laughing, Vliticus caught his friend's attention. "Fliz is right though. There are lots of different occasions that humans have found to celebrate. Almost every month has its own special event. We do have several favorites. Obviously Christmas, but we also like Halloween,... and Independence Day." "It simply isn't right to be American and not like Independence Day." Drex added. His siblings enthusiastically nodded in agreement as he looked back over to Troi. "You got any favorites Tux?" The black dragon shook his head sadly. "Ma doethn't like humanth. We don't thelebrate any human holidayth ath a rethult." "That is very misfortunate." Fliz sighed, "I can’t even begin to think of the things you've missed out in experiencing." "Ecthactly. Thith ith the firth-t time I've theen any of thith th-tuff."

They continued to discuss while Drex took the opportunity to slip away without the others noticing. Fliz and Vliticus lead their friend around the cave, showing him some of the other places they decorated. Drex ran into them again during the tour and wound some garland around Troi’s neck. The red dragon held a claw up to his mouth, whispered, “Don’t mind me.” and disappeared again.

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Troi landed in the snow, scattering plumes of it over the ground with his wings as he steadied himself. The little black wind dragon shook the little bit of accumulated snow out of his fur before making his way to the cave entrance. He scampered up the snow-covered rise and was greeted with a large bonfire just within the cave. The rest of the cave was blacked out by it's glow, and it's warmth easily kept Troi from venturing closer. There was some movement somewhere beyond the fire. Yellow fur and scales gleamed in the firelight as Vliticus emerged from the darkness. "Troi! Man am I glad to see you!" Smiling, the young wind dragon draped a wing over Troi as he lead his friend inside. "What brings you out here?" "Ma let me have thome time to mythelf, tho I dethided to come thee you guyth." The black dragon squinted hard in an effort to see past the flames, but gave up soon after. "What'th going on?" Vliticus looked deeper into the cave and chuckled. "Oh, you're gonna love this. We're putting up our Christmas decorations. I think Fliz and Drex are still working on the tree. You just have to see it." He then whirled around and briskly trotted off.

An excited Troi followed quickly after Vliticus through the main chamber. His attention was drawn in countless directions along the way from all the lights, candles, bows, and ribbons adorning the cave walls. The yellow dragon finally found his sister at the base of a heavily decorated tree, where she was carefully placing one last ornament on a low branch. A quick little burst of air made Fliz flinch and look around in surprise, only to let her wings relax and fall open happily. "Well if this isn't perplexing. Just now I wondered what you were up to. Welcome to our palace of festivity!" She then turned and gave her brother a playful little snarl. "I am getting you back for that too. Just so you're advised."

Now that Troi was free to admire his surroundings, he looked back towards the cave entrance in amazement. "Thith lookth awethome. Did you guyth do thith?" Fliz looked back up at the tree and chuckled. "Our whole family takes part in bedecking the cave. Unanimously, this is one of our most favored holidays." "It's really fun too." Vliticus added, "Mom and Dad help us reach the higher branches when we don't want to fly. That's usually the best part of decorating. One year, Drex started hanging ornaments on Dad thinking he was the tree." "Speaking of which..."

The other two dragons turned to look in the direction Fliz indicated, and saw Drex making his way over to them from deeper inside the cave. He grinned a little as he trotted briskly up to the group and took a red bow out of his mouth. "Here, put this on." The red dragon quickly clipped it on over Troi’s chest fur. "Merry Christmas Dude!" Their friend inclined his head to see this new addition, confused. He peered over at Drex curiously. "What'th thith for?" "Just a little something to make you look more festive." Drex chuckled, patting his friend on the back. "Wasn't expecting you to drop by. What's up?" "Juth-t wanted to hang out and thee what you guyth were doing. Flith thaid thith wath one of your favorite holidayth."

The red dragon laughed and playfully nudged Troi's side. "There's the understatement of the year." Once they'd all finished laughing, Vliticus caught his friend's attention. "Fliz is right though. There are lots of different occasions that humans have found to celebrate. Almost every month has its own special event. We do have several favorites. Obviously Christmas, but we also like Halloween,... and Independence Day." "It simply isn't right to be American and not like Independence Day." Drex added. His siblings enthusiastically nodded in agreement as he looked back over to Troi. "You got any favorites Tux?" The black dragon shook his head sadly. "Ma doethn't like humanth. We don't thelebrate any human holidayth ath a rethult." "That is very misfortunate." Fliz sighed, "I can’t even begin to think of the things you've missed out in experiencing." "Ecthactly. Thith ith the firth-t time I've theen any of thith th-tuff."

They continued to discuss while Drex took the opportunity to slip away without the others noticing. Fliz and Vliticus lead their friend around the cave, showing him some of the other places they decorated. Drex ran into them again during the tour and wound some garland around Troi’s neck. The red dragon held a claw up to his mouth, whispered, “Don’t mind me.” and disappeared again.