Fluffy Christmas
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Warning: This story contains transformation, growth, butt expansion, breast expansion and muscle expansion. You've been warned!
Fluffy Christmas, by DragonMasterX.
Elvin had always looked up to the high elves. Those elves who, through sheer effort and ingenuity had made life better for everyone. It was these selfless, highly regarded heroes that served as the young elf's role models. Elvin's conviction was to be embraced and ranked by their numbers so he too could prove his worth to his peers.
He was a hard working helper elf in research & development and so far he had to be an okay tinkerer and chemist; but for Elvin that wasn't good enough. Maybe he wasn't the best or brightest, but his goal in life was set and he would do everything in his power to help his boss or at least make his job easier.
As one of Santa Claus' many helper elves, it was hard to stand out and receive the taller orders, which usually were a good method of showing one's merit. That was Elvin's main problem: He was good at meeting quotas and helping others, but when it was up to his own ingenuity he ended drawing blanks and completely without inspiration. When he realized his weakness; that he couldn't conceive anything new or revolutionary, it became clear he had to look for a new source of inspiration.
It was early Christmas Eve. The North Pole was always busy this time of the year, but Elvin was the only helper elf too preoccupied with his books on famous high elves to pay attention to Mr. Claus' pep speech. "Everyone has something to give to others!" Santa's words rang inside Elvin's head, a phrase that to this point he had memorized. But he had been around for one too many Christmas Eves without really feeling like had lived through his full potential. It was time to change that and the current page in Elvin's book seemed to be just the key for his wish!
The passage detailed on a particular high elf embellished with several honors, such as making chocolate taste even better and increasing the efficiency of magic glitter Santa's flying sled exhausted. But down at his list of famous quotes and personal commentary, High Elf Bucko expressed: "My only regret is not being able to spread the joy of Christmas to every necessitated heart in the world." At first Elvin dismissed this remark. How could anybody aspire so high? It was true that it was their job to spread goodwill and tradition among the world, but not even Mr. Claus himself could ascertain the entirety of the human race to be 100% happy for even one day.
"It's not just impossible. It's crazy to even try!" Elvin was ready to declare his defeat before he even considered trying, but a turn of the page revealed similar commentary by more of his idols. And the next had one also mentioned the same failed goal, and the next, and the one after that. The disheartening but collectively agreed upon truth was that no matter how much they accomplished, reaching 100% merriness was just an ideal and nothing more.
Elvin had consulted the grand High Elf encyclopedia in order to get a hint on what he should pursue in order to become the high elf he knew the North Pole needed, but instead of deriving from their work, he found an entirely different point. Instead of being pushed away by the continuously negative revelations like it had happened with the first page, every new testimony that revealed just how much the High Elves valued this goal began to convince Elvin of his new calling. "I have to find a way to reach 100% merriness by next year!" And so began Elvin's quest.
But just as the records suggested, the road to a hundred percent was paved with repetition of others' failures. Elvin tried it all. From ancient rituals involving triple chocolate cookies to highly advanced machinery capable of turning acorns into caramel apples; nothing seemed to work. Month after month of time spent toiling away in the workshop while everybody else attended classes or assisted other festivities like Easter, Elvin thought he was very far from achieving his goal when his projections showed next to zero success chance.
Then on one of the few days the North Pole was graced by unfiltered sunlight, Elvin felt the idea hit him. "Of course! I just need the combination of everything nice that makes people merry! No wait, that's what I tried last week and it just works on one person at a time..." Elvin fumbled with his notes for a while, reviewing the previous week's disaster when he made an elf so merry that he genuinely became convinced it wasn't just Christmas, but also his own birthday and that he had won the lottery. "It also needs to be diluted a bit," the young elf tapped his chin with a pencil, "But that's the easy part. How do I distribute it? Hmm..."
A familiar, catchy jingle of December festivities made Elvin's pointy ears twitch and he looked over to his phone as it rung. "Mom?" he said as he picked up, silently cursing himself for having done that a second later. "Yes mom. No, I'm fine. Yes I'm at work. No I didn't go to the campout this weekend either, look- no, there's no girl I like in my class I... No, I don't want to meet up with the daughter of one of your friends! I'm really busy with my project here and I have no time for- yes, I ate the cookies you sent me, the sprinkles were awesome as al..." Elvin paused there. His elven ears made use of their uncanny skill to ignore his mother's ramblings as his mind rewound his thoughts to the word "sprinkles". Something inside Elvin's head clicked suddenly, "That's it!" he dramatically announced concomitantly with his parent falling silent for once.
"That's it?" Elvin's mom's voice brought the excited elf down from his moment of truth. The tinkerer could barely hide his elation any longer, so he cried out as he kicked himself to swivel across the room in his wheeled chair.
"Mom you're a genius!" Elvin cheerfully praised as his chair and he spun as fast as a top, "You have no idea how much you've helped just now. I have to go, but just know this is going to be big!"
"Oh, dear. Please don't tell me you're about to blow up the science lab again. Your father never heard the end of it last time."
"No, nothing like that! Well, like with any experiment there's this teensy tiny chance of it exploding; and it's a WORKSHOP mom! Not a science lab. Sheesh I'm not in elf mid-school anymore."
"Alright dear. Just be sure to be careful. And tell me all about it once you show it to Mr. Claus, okay?"
"Oh, yeah! Mom you can be certain this is gonna be one huge surprise!" Elvin smiled as he hung up, looking down at a plate with sprinkled cookies. "It's too perfect..." The surface of the crisp and moist cookie gave Elvin the image of a large patch of land, while the colorful candy sprinkles proposed that a mist potion would be the perfect means of administration for his ideal formula! "Santa's going to be so proud of me!"
Reinvigorated by his moment of clarity, Elvin made haste over to his workshop; since it was the weekend, it was empty as it could be. The place was littered with half-finished projects and spare parts as well as drawn-over blackboards, a common sight since elves trusted one another with their things. Elvin brought his laptop and fired up his designer program. "Alright, let's review the components for the potion one more time. I just need to combine sweetness and hope and everything great and... hold on, that's just for one person. How much would I need for the rest of the world?" That unexpectedly surprising question that Elvin had never bothered to ask himself hit him like a wall of bricks. It was number crunching time.
"Holy jingles!" exclaimed the young researcher as his harvest projections for the necessary ingredients hinted approximately a century and a half to make enough. "No wonder everyone gave up! This is like the mother of all merriness potions. Hmm, hold on..." Elvin pensively tapped his forehead as if he had the answer at the tip of his answer but he couldn't yet grasp it fully, "The botany teacher used to mention a special type of fruit that's packed with energy, but it's really hard to find. Something that started with a G..." Elvin was unsure, but he remembered that it was described as mysterious and otherworldly, almost mythological. "If only I could get my hands on that, then I could help power every ingredient I got up. Then I'd be able to help everyone in the world have the best Christmas ever!"
Elvin realized that while he had a vague idea of what he needed for his potion and the distribution method, getting the actual components would not be an easy task. However, Christmas was still three months away. He weighed his options. "Well, it's not like I was making a lot of progress with the banana split shooter. If I really want to find the stuff, waiting here won't do at all!" And so Elvin set out to find the mysterious fruit.
His journey started at Elftown, where Elvin started asking just about everybody about the fruit. Confused just as Elvin was, the other elves weren't of much help. After a whole day of legwork, Elvin's spirits and stamina were crushed. He stopped for a rest at a local café for some hot cocoa with marshmallow and went lazily poked at the fluffy treat on his drink until it darkened with the brown liquid. "Doesn't look like this is going to be easy," Elvin said to himself just as clue literally fell on his lap. "What's this?" the object that had drifted upon Elvin seemed to be an ordinary leaf at first, likely having intruded through the door when a patron walked in. "It sure is windy outside but... Hey, this isn't an ordinary leaf at all!" he quieted himself after he got some stares, not wanting to be rude. "It isn't a dry leaf. Only dry leaves get all yellow. Could this be...?"
It was too good to be true. Elvin made sure to pay and tip the waiter and left his half-finished hot cocoa behind in order to track where the leaf could've come from. "I don't think I can track the wind. What if it's been adrift for hours?" a frown set on Elvin's face as he examined the golden leaf. It shimmered against the little natural light that reached the snowy town, looking almost like a piece of the Sun itself. "Hold on, if this came from the plant of the magic fruit then...? Oh man, I might be luckier than I thought!"
"Excuse me..." a meek voice returned Elvin back from his daydream and he turned around to see a smaller elf, female, standing behind him, "Sorry for interrupting, I'm Elli and I couldn't help but listen to you about a magic fruit plant."
"Huh?! Do you know something about the plant this leaf came from, lady?" Elvin was so overjoyed that he didn't wait to introduce himself, "Please tell me! Where is it?"
"Ah. Well, the thing is that leaf belongs to one of my paper decorations. A really strong draft came into my house when all of them were knocked over and the leaves scattered everywhere..." Elli explained as she made a hand gesture to the leaves scattered about the public lane and only then Elvin managed to catch a glimpse of the large bundle in the female elf's arms.
"Y-you mean... those are made of paper...?"
"And paint with some glitter mixed in," Elli's soul-crushing nod was all Elvin needed to just laugh at himself. "Uhm, are you alright?"
"Of course! Why would I find the magic "G" fruit so easily? I must be out of my mind. Sorry I got so excited..." as Elvin sighed and apologized to Elli he reached down to pick up more of the leaves, "Here, this looks like it's going to be over faster if I help."
"Oh thanks um... I didn't catch your name."
"Right! It's Elvin, and no problem."
A while later, inside Elli's house, the two elves had nearly finished bagging all the golden paper leaves. "By the way, Elvin," said Elli as she dumped her share of leaves into the bag Elvin had offered to hold open, "I kept thinking about the "G" fruit you mentioned earlier. A magic plant, right? I think I've heard about it or something similar before. My dad used to be a botanist and he really liked to collect and take care of rare stuff."
Elvin's eyes widened, "Really? Elli, did your dad have like a log or some such?"
"Hold on!" Elli dashed upstairs and came back down with two things. Both were under wraps and one was small while the other was big. At the sight of her wobbling, Elvin jumped in front of the female elf to take the hefty looking object in his arms. "Oof, thanks! That was really heavy."
"Thought you needed a hand. Ooh, it is heavy though! Can I put it on the table?" Elvin groaned a bit, silently cursing himself for not working out more.
"Sure, go ahead! Ugh, careful with the dust though!" Elli gasped once Elvin clumsily set the box-like object on the table and the small impact caused all the clingy dust particles to fly off into a cloud. Both elves were sent into a coughing fit soon after and fanned the place up with their hands until they could tell each other apart again.
"S-sorry Elli! That was really clumsy," Elvin apologized as he dusted his face off and Elli did the same. He coughed a little before asking: "So what did you find?"
"It's a journal he used to keep around with him. The thing's old, but it has detailed info on just about every plant he's ever seen. And the page I saw said... aha! This is the one. The name is kind of blurred but the picture is unmistakable. This is the magic fruit!"
Elvin lost his breath as Elli showed him what he needed to see. "Right! I remember my teacher showing us this picture! He said this fruit's so packed with energy that even a small extract can be used to brew souped-up versions of popular potions... by the hundreds! Too bad it seems to be so hard to find..."
"Actually, Elvin..." Elli put the journal in Elvin's hands and headed for the table where she slipped the wraps off the large box they had put there. The box was actually a crystal cage with a simple pot like base and some quality soil on top. From the center a stubby vine rose and curled skyward quickly ending in a plump, spherical berry-like fruit. "Dad seems to have preserved one."
"No way!" the male elf almost could feel his heart jump out of his throat, "But with no sunlight or water or...?"
"This seems to be a special cage, and it is a magic fruit. Maybe that's how it's still so well preserved. Elvin, don't you want it?"
The male elf blinked, "Wait, what?"
"You can have it. Dad isn't around anymore and I have no use for it. It would be a pity to just stash it out."
"But this is a really rare plant, Elli! It could be really expensive and..."
"Well, what are you going to do with it, Elvin? You seemed awfully distressed over finding one!"
"I uhm... well, I think it's the key to making a perfect merry Christmas. I just want to help everyone feel happy no matter their situation, at least once!" Elvin declared, making Elli raise an eyebrow.
"Well, I don't really understand how it all works to be honest. I expected you to say you wanted to bake a really exotic pie. But... wow, I guess I should've expected a noble answer from the elf that offered to help me even when he was feeling down!"
"Aw shucks, Elli. It was nothing, really... Wait, are you really giving it to me?" Elvin, still cautious and not wanting to exploit his chance shamelessly, sought for clarification. When Elli nodded and quite simply gave him permission to grab the cage for himself, Elvin practically jumped her. Surprised in a pleasant manner, Elli was embraced by the overjoyed male elf as he cheered. "Thank you, thank you! I promise to do my best, Elli!"
When Elvin arrived at his place with the heavy fruit, he realized that he had no idea how to process it. As the first elf to ever try using this sort of formula, there was no precedent on how to properly handle the dense berry. "There's not a lot of time until this year's Christmas. I have to hurry and learn how to use this to power the ingredients I got up!"
Dedicated and diligent, Elvin decided to get done with the diffusion potion, which was based off Santa's magic sled's glitter. That in itself took a mere two days, but after several trips back to Elli's for books on botany and consulting his own library on magic vegetation, Elvin basically disappeared from everybody's sight. For the few little months remaining, Elvin poured all of his time into preparing and perfecting his magic potion, ensuring to compress all of the liquid into a hyper-concentrated version that could fit in a beaker. His projections were looking good, the formula didn't blow up on his face, and he still had a fourth of the magic fruit he had started with left.
"Alright!" an exhausted but very exhilarant Elvin held up his latest beaker-full of merriness potion. It was early Christmas Eve; he had made it. Dark eye bags betrayed his sense of joviality and adrenaline seemed to be his main source of energy now. "Now all I have to do is mix my potion with the diffusion potion. Uhh... did I have to mix in more magic fruit into the diffuser to power it up too? Nngh..." the half-asleep elf, too hasty to review the notes whose lines blurred before his eyes, proceeded to add more fruit extract into his diffuser.
With the now bubbling diffuser in hand, Elvin shakily began to pour the solution into his magic potion, smiling at the potential good his project could do. "Everyone will be happy!" was the thought at foremost of his mind as he watched his final product take its final coloration of light green and red. At that moment, Elvin felt something in his hand. His beaker was vibrating, bubbling violently all of a sudden. "Or maybe I shouldn't have mixed more magic fruit into the diffuser...?" the elf gasped as the beaker suddenly became engulfed in a strong magic bubble that caught all the liquid spilling over. Elvin had to let go of the beaker as it disintegrated, "Oh no!" his sleepy eyes went wide and he fell over once the potion bubble began to thrash about, "No no no! What have I done? I added too much magic fruit!"
It was like watching an over-excited hummingbird dart left and right aimlessly. The magic bubble wasn't bigger than a baseball thanks to how Elvin had compacted all the ingredients of the formula, and that's about all he was proud of at this point. He couldn't let the bubble prematurely detonate; the effects could be disastrous! "I need to catch it! But how to do that without making the bubble burst? Or wait, maybe I do want to burst it!" After some quick thinking, Elvin grabbed a broomstick and attached an impermeable bag to it, fashioning an on-spot catching device. Armed with his makeshift net, the little elf launched upwards to catch the bubble, but it jerked the wrong way before he had a chance to properly swing. "It's out of control!" he cried as the erratic magic bubble wiggled itself to freedom via an open window. "I have to catch it!"
After slipping into his snow-boots, hat and coat, Elvin dashed out of his workshop, net in hand. "If it detonates and it's held by this bag, the effects should be contained, but if it hits anything or anyone with that much Christmas magic then...!" the elf's panic rose more and more as he came out and couldn't see the bubble. "Where is it? Oh man where'd it go? It's so overcharged that it can't follow the predetermined path I planned for it. It..." Elvin's thoughts were interrupted by a scream which made him hurry around the corner of the building. "Oh broken jingles."
There in the town's road were other elves scrambling around, scared about the spazzing magic potion; no one wanting to be hit by it. If it was unannounced and unknown out of control magic potion appeared, everybody knew to duck and dive out of the way to avoid being hit. The erratic nature of the flying, wiggling bubble made everybody panic and dive out of their sleds or jump out of the way, knocking into each other. Those working on scaffoldings hid under them.
"What is going on out there?! It's like World War II out there!"
"I want my mommy!"
"Oh man, oh man! I'm going to owe Mr. Claus a BIG explanation over this... But first I have to catch the potion!" Elvin ran as fast as his exhausted legs could carry him, keeping his sights on the flying bubble at all times while shouting "Sorry!" and "Merry Christmas!" to everybody he saw trying to recover from the brief but disastrous panic. Thankfully, elves were quick at putting things back together.
In the outskirts of currently chaotic Elftown were thick snowy woods where the forest animals dwelled. A tall mountain surrounded the area with its sharp turns at the cliff side. The forest inhabitants were not expecting a yelping elf to rush in after a flying bubble, and Elvin's voice of panic alerted them all save for a lone creature. An everyday reindeer common to that area of the North Pole had decided to play out in the snow that day, and was currently sitting under a large mound of snow waiting to surprise any passerby, but she did not expect to be the one surprised.
The reindeer could hear someone coming; it was her chance! But the noise they were making alerted her to danger. She carefully reared her head out of the snow she was using to hide and carefully peeked out only to get face-smacked by an incoming projectile that dowsed her entirely.
"Noooo!" cried Elvin as his potion's overloaded magic carrier burst against the wild animal, completely covering her in the liquid. "Oh no! Are you alright?! I'm sorry miss reindeer!" the elf pleaded as the reindeer tried to shake herself dry but to both of their surprises, there was no moistness to be seen. It was almost as if the reindeer's soft brown coat of fur had completely absorbed the potion like a sponge. "This can't be good." Elvin gulped before the unaware reindeer suddenly started to rumble and levitate. "Oh this is bad!"
As the elf dove out of the way, scared of what might happen, he took cover under some leaves and branches as he watched a most peculiar reaction unfold. Before his eyes the floating reindeer let out a small and cute growl of initial discomfort as her limbs spread out into a very unnatural position and her body started glowing vibrantly.
The transformation that took place was beyond unexpected to Elvin, who still couldn't believe the writhing reindeer hadn't blown up into colorful ribbons and lights yet. No, instead she was shifting and changing into something else as evidenced by her suddenly white silhouette. It was like a cutout of a reindeer was there instead of a real one.
When the alterations finally began, Elvin first noticed the animal's forelegs shift and curve at the middle, accommodating an increasingly more flexible articulation. The hooves at the tips of her forelimbs also changed shape as the bluntness turned into five protuberances that finally lengthened into fully articulate digits. With both hooves disappearing in favor of hands, the reindeer's forelegs finished changing into arms.
Next were the hind legs, which maintained their plump, meaty shapes at the top but became sleek and better articulated. Her black hooves thickened out and her feet adjusted for bipedal movement, enabling the reindeer to stand upright with her new legs. With these changes ready, the following were set in motion.
The female's torso widened in order to better distribute all of her mass, dividing into upper and lower body sections to harmonize with her newly formed extremities. While her hips mostly stayed the same at first, the reindeer's torso narrowed after the flare of her hips and stopped just shy of her bosom. Gaining female curvature marked the birth of a waist and a chest, adding to that the formation of a streamlined back, a pair of defined shoulders and a slender neck.
Deep reindeer grunts and growls slowly turned to high-pitched moans and whimpers of a vocalized woman as the transforming animal's head changed. Her snout sank in slightly without compromising the muzzle but reducing her nose and jawline, assisting in the formation of the necessary muscles and articulations to allow speech. When the neck finished adjusting to its new shape, the head also became as streamlined as the rest of the humanoid body.
Long strands of hair started flowing out of the flashing reindeer's head, fluttering in the late afternoon breeze. Longer and more numerous the locks of hair became, cascading through the base of her unchanged horns and downwards past the reindeer's shoulders and falling past the small of her back. "Ohh! What's happening to me? This feels so good!" a sweet, dulcet voice emanated from the sparkly being.
Elvin, long since having lost his breath, was unable to articulate properly. He still couldn't believe he had spent all of the day chasing his failed potion to prevent it from doing damage and instead it had come to this. But the transformation's effect looked far from over, evidenced by the once again writhing form of the reindeer woman.
The wondrous phenomenon that had granted the empowered being her new humanoid shape looked not as focused with altering her anatomy now as it caused her to suddenly shoot up to seven feet tall worth of levitating reindeer. Following the sudden increase in height the girl moaned out loud, but this time not in pain or fear, but pleasure. She felt a strange tingling go from the tip of her curling toes to her very horns, spreading to every last atom that composed her being.
Delight rushing to her brain, the reindeer cried out as power surged within her. Like a bomb going off, she exploded in every direction at once: Her arms and legs thickened and muscled out while the rest of her widened at the hips and chest. Lumps of fluffy skin quickly rose at her bosom, developing into a pair of breasts that inflated like balloons and billowed out with pert roundness. Her rump followed suit and expanded into a much more spherical, shapely form while her thighs and lady sides rushed larger to not fall behind.
With an hourglass figure and muscles to speak highly of, the female reindeer climbed a few dozen inches taller and her feet finally touched the ground. But her unearthly, magical glow did not leave. The reindeer couldn't help but moan again as she doubled over and crossed her muscular arms at her stomach, happily crying out as the development exacerbated. Her shoulders popped larger, sandwiching her neck between deltoid muscle while her back flared out and became ripped with bulging muscle in order to support to increasing bulk.
As she hugged her stomach, the female felt the wall of her abdomen pop hardened muscle forwards like pairs of organized mounds of flesh. Defined abs soon made up a six-pack which she relished to have for some reason and she made no secret how she felt about it all: "More! Bigger!" she called out to nobody in particular. Her legs pumped larger and more muscular along with her arms, biceps and triceps balling out into spherical mounds of strength and power.
When she came close to 10ft. tall, the muscle bound reindeer's curves boomed even bigger. Her breasts pushed out with fwoomps and her buttocks swelled larger and rounder still. Her hips widened even more, putting on extra mass in order to support her meaty thighs. She brought her hands to her expanding breasts as they climbed through the alphabet of cup sizes and broke several records in the process. The weight of those massive sweat puppies however was no match for the reindeer woman's ripped arms, whose strength and size could make a professional body-builder cry.
And still she enlarged, growing even taller than before as she became even thicker and stronger. Her feminine body was packing on enough hard muscle to shame an entire sports team for the Olympics, and still it insisted on becoming as obscenely curved and muscled as possible. Her legs and arms became as thick as tree trunks with pulsing muscle rippling all over. The reindeer woman's abdomen rumbled and popped two more abdominals into existence, completing a hard and beautiful wall of eight-packs. This made her arch back and howl out in absolute bliss as she grew taller yet again.
Upon letting go of her mid-section and breasts, the massive female clenched her fists powerfully, feeling the vascular lines of pumping blood in her arms feed into all of her inflating muscles as her body became one heck of a statuesque beauty. Herculean in build yet gifted with titanic breasts and a gigantic rump girls could only dream of, she was a god-like sight to behold. "Mmmm! Oh yes. That was so good..." the reindeer let out a small sigh of relief as the continuous swell of power finally calmed down and the sexual high disappeared from her mind.
As sense returned to the female her extra-large white figure began to emit a sparkle as the mystic glow hiding her body's looks from the world was removed glitter by glitter. It started at the tip of her dark horns, revealing her cute face on the otherwise gigantic frame. The reindeer's waist-long, chestnut colored hair was swept by the swirl of magical glitter and turned and twisted in the air. Three locks of hair became a trio of pretty braids with the two at the sides draping over her shoulders and gargantuan boobs. "Oh? What's all this?"
The female reindeer looked down as the glitter that vanished from over her body revealed that she wasn't actually naked, but her furry body had been clothed by whatever magic had endowed her with her ability to talk and her staggeringly big body. "Oh wow, it feels so soft and warm..." the female observed as she ran her hands along the curvature of her body. Her outfit consisted of green, red and white attire that covered all of her body at just the right size, thus accentuating her muscles while also favoring her curves. The reindeer grabbed the ends of her frontal braids with a giddy smile like that of a little girl discovering that she loved her makeover. "Teehee." She giggled, finding the comfortable clothes perfect for the season of cold even though her coat of fur usually was enough to ward off the chill. She looked over herself with a big grin.
What interested the big mammal the most were those ridiculously round things at the top of her chest, bouncing and jiggling at the smallest provocation earlier, but now comfortably held by her rather festive-looking outfit. When she was done playing with her braids she moved to grab and playfully grab those huge mounds, bouncing them on her palms while giggling. "They feel weird but are so fun to play with! Hehehe!"
Elvin was beyond awestruck. The creature before him was absolutely amazing, let alone gigantic. The wide-hipped, thick-bottomed amazon had to have passed fifteen foot tall, and even with those ludicrously beautiful proportions and muscles she still was clothed to perfection. Elvin thought he was staring at the most muscular Christmas spokesperson in history. "Muh-miss ruh-reindeer?" the elf stuttered while swallowing, seriously hoping that his presence did not upset her.
The reindeer's ears stood on end as she clearly heard a voice and turned, letting go of her bouncy lady parts to look down at the source of sound. "Oh hello!" she smiled, having to lean forwards with her hands on legs bent at the knees. It was the sight of a giant conversing with a tiny person.
"Whoa!" Elvin had to be careful not to be in the way for the female's enormous assets that nearly knocked him out the moment she crouched. After the clumsy moment he cleared his throat to speak. "Hey! Uh, my name's Elvin. I see you can understand me and that you can speak perfectly so I'll go ahead and ask: Are you feeling alright?"
"Woo! I feel like the best ever!" the female celebrated and for emphasis threw her arms up into a double-bicep-curl pose. Elvin almost lost his composure when the woman displayed her thick, powerful form like it was nothing. Even at the profile view he could see just how immensely big her backside and back muscles were; her outfit also seemed to have kept a hole in the bottoms for her fluffy tail. "Do you have any idea about what happened to me, Elvin?"
"Actually I do! Uhm, it was kind of my fault you see!" the little elf rubbed behind his head while sheepishly smiling to the giantess. "See, I made this potion thinking to use it to make everyone happy and joyful this Christmas, no matter their situation! But... well I'm not a very good potion maker and botched it up."
"Botched it up? But I feel so good and happy and strong!" the reindeer insisted with her show-off pose, making Elvin laugh nervously, "Aw cheer up! I'm sure you did your best, Elvin."
"Th-thanks, but I'm not sure if I should let this be, uhm..." the elf paused as he noticed one of the reindeer's ears flop and a frown of concern appear on her face, "It's just... How do I explain it? Reindeers aren't supposed to be giants and look like Christmas decorations."
"Hmm..." the female looked at herself, unsure of what Elvin was talking about.
"Look, I just want to make sure nothing's wrong with you. I'd feel really bad if because of me you suddenly got sick or something worse!"
"Oh!" she smiled widely, finally understanding the little elf's concerns. Reaching down with her arms to pick him up, the muscular reindeer practically squished him into her cleavage, "Thank you so much! You're such a good friend, Elvin."
"Ugh! L-Lungs...! Need breathing...!" the elf grunted just as the reindeer released some of the light pressure she had employed for the hug. The instinct to cuddle Elvin had just come to her; she had never hugged anybody but it felt so right!
"S-sorry. I guess I don't know how to control my own strength. Are you alright?"
"Yeah, thanks. Uhm...Well, I guess there are no adverse effects on you; not that I planned ANY of the effects I see on you right now!" While it was true Elvin had been expecting something to go seriously wrong if his super powered potion hit any one person with its full effect, it seemed like the animal reindeer had been affected in an entirely different way as expected. For starters, she didn't seem vacant eyed or spaced-out with happiness, "You just look so energetic."
"Yeah! I feel like I could run all around the forest many times! I..." the reindeer was about to tell Elvin all about how good she really felt but suddenly a loud sound alerted both. The pair of fast-made friends looked up at scrapes of snow falling off the cliff side to the sound of a struggling car engine. "Oh dear! What is that?"
"It looks like a human contraption from here..." Elvin squinted and fished into his pocket to retrieve his folding binoculars. He used the magic tool to look at a dangerously swerving car at the cliff, "That has to be an automobile."
"Why is it moving like that?!"
Elvin gasped as the movements became erratic with violent swerves. "Oh no! The humans' car must be slipping on ice and out of control! We have to do something!"
"Leave it to me!" the reindeer woman surprised Elvin when she suddenly cleared three stories in a single jump, landing on the slippery road with a crack as the floor fissured under the weight of her muscular form. Something within the transformed creature had called her out to action the second Elvin expressed his concern. She didn't know if she could help the humans, but she knew she had to try. Their lives were at risk!
As she tried to kick into a dash however, the bulky female rediscovered frictionless surface as she slipped and crashed down against the icy road. "Are you okay?!" asked Elvin who had been quick enough to jump and grab onto the girls' shoulder.
"Yeah. Sorry, that was so clumsy of me!"
"It's okay, you're not used to running with your new legs, but sure are good at jumping! Just leap back down and keep following them! You can make it if you hurry!"
"Right!" the reindeer wasted no time and slid over the cliff, kicking the snowy hill below to jump in the direction of the car. She cleared distance faster than any magic sled Elvin knew, except for Santa's. As they came closer, Elvin used his binoculars to see. The family inside the swerving car had been lucky so far, with the father at the wheel doing his best to keep the car from veering off the cliff side, but the mother holding their baby couldn't calm their son's crying. They run out of luck however and the car finally swerved off the cliff. "No!"
"Do it! You can do it!" Elvin cried out. The reindeer clutched her fists and put as much strength as she could in her legs, eventually kicking herself off the floor with such force that she propelled herself through the air. Holding her arms out, the fifteen foot tall giantess successfully caught the car in mid-air, somersaulted to eliminate her momentum and landed with a loud crash.
"I did it! Oh wow... I did it!" the reindeer cheered while heavily breathing. Her bulgy arms were palpitating with strength while her immense chest was virtually acting like a pair of external airbags for the car's windshield.
"That was amazing! You saved the humans!" Elvin was still recovering from the brief but potent adrenaline rush along with the friendly reindeer, who carefully set the vehicle down.
"Will they be okay?" she asked with a pout of concern. Elvin hopped off her shoulders just as she knelt down and they both peeked into the car.
Inside, the adults had seemingly passed out. The father was hugging the mother while both held their son protectively. "They're unconscious. The shock must've been terrible! This road is too dangerous. I just hope their place isn't far away from here..."
"Is there a way to get them there soon? I don't think these humans would do great with the cold out here," the reindeer whimpered with concern as Elvin put his binoculars away and went to dial on his phone but realized he had left it back at the workshop during the rush from before.
"Oh busted jingles!" the elf bopped his forehead, "I can't call for emergencies without my phone. I guess you could carry them to Elftown and then maybe we could get them some help..."
"Ho ho ho, that won't be necessary!" That jolly laughter, the accompanying jingles and the unmistakable red and white!
"Mr. Claus!" Elvin exclaimed out of relief and amazement, "You're here! But how...?"
"Well, Elvin, you certainly left a track noticeable enough to follow. Ho hoh." The bearded jolly man finally descended into the secluded part of the woods with his magic sled.
"Y-you know my name, sir?!" Elvin was taken aback, but Santa just laughed again and stepped down to go to them. Elvin then realized what Santa Claus meant with noticeable track. "Ahh... uhm... I'm so sorry!"
"Of course I know. I know the name of all those that work hard for the spirit of Christmas. Now now, let's not waste time dawdling on the past. There will be time for that after we help these poor people. I'm certain they deserve just as good a Christmas as everybody else!" the jolly fat man winked down at the elf and gave a kind smile to the surprised, wide-eyed reindeer still poised like a curious kitten, "Could I ask you to move this car for me, dear girl?"
"O-oh! Certainly!" the reindeer gently picked the car up in her arms as Santa pointed in the direction to the open area while he consulted a device and pushed a button. "Is here alright?"
Santa nodded, and moments later a pair of large magic sleds came into the area with several rescue workers ready to help the unconscious family into warm folds of clothing while others worked a crane-like service for their car. "They will take care of delivering that family to their destination."
"What a relief!" the reindeer girl fell down on her butt with a small thud, feeling like a weight had been lifted off her chest. "I'm so glad. Thank you Mr. Claus!"
"Hoh hoh. Just call me Santa! I never stated anybody had to address me as mister... it makes me feel older anyway!" the kind bearded man made the reindeer giggle. He was so easy going for sounding like a big authority figure! "Now, what you did just now was a very important display of bravery and heroism, dear. You ensured that no harm befell those people and that is one of the most selfless acts that I've had a chance to witness. For that, I would like to reward you."
"Aww, really?" the reindeer perked up, her short tail wagging a bit as she crawled towards Santa, "But it was not that big of a deal! I mean, I'm really happy the humans are safe, but I didn't do it for a reward."
"Then, at least, allow me to extend my invitation to join us in Elftown for Christmas," Santa insisted as a roll of paper popped into his hand. It was the fabled Nice and Naughty list, but the reindeer didn't know about it. "Hmm, you have yet to be named, dear. Dominica!" he exclaimed like a revelation, "Dominica is a name I feel fits you. Would you like it?"
The reindeer woman blinked at the sound of that name. It sounded pretty and simple, yet with a hint of specialness that made her feel unique. Dominica gave some quick nods, "Yes and yes! I'll join you people. I want to see what this Christmas is all about. And I'd love to join my friend with... Elvin?"
Elvin, who still felt guilty and uneasy for having caused everyone at Elftown so much trouble, felt like he had to leave. Silently twiddling his fingers and stepping away while Dominica received her praises, he was stopped by Santa's gloved hand. "Now where are you going, young Elvin?"
"I uhm... well, I figured I'd go help everyone fix all I broke. I'm pretty sure I caused a lot of havoc!"
"Oh ho ho ho! Don't be silly. These things happen, Elvin," Santa reassured, "I'm always extra vigilant on Christmas Eve; it's only natural that everyone in Elftown go back to normal in order to help me bring joy to the world at night! Everything's back in order."
"You mean you're not mad at me?" Elvin perked up slightly while Dominica looked between them in confusion.
"Oh, but Elvin, I initially came here looking for you. Everyone was worried you might hurt yourself by how fast and far you were running!" Santa revealed with his index pointed up for emphasis, "They also mentioned you working so hard you hardly came out; especially your mother and friend Elli. When they contacted me I felt like I had to intervene. Would someone who's mad at you do any of this?"
"R-really?" Elvin felt like crying. He had been so absorbed in his project that he had forgotten about everything and everyone else, yet everyone else had always been thinking about him! "I... I was just trying to make you proud, Mr... Santa! I just wanted to prove that I could be your best helper!"
"Hoh hoh hoh! Elvin, Christmas isn't a contest. Everyone is my favorite helper, and as I always say, everyone has something to give to others!" the old man grinned. Elvin exchanged looks with Dominica, who was smiling back at him. "Now come, we must hurry back to my workshop to prepare for tonight. Will you help us, Dominica?"
"Count me in!" the reindeer cheered while hugging her two new friends. Elvin and Santa only choked for half a second before the over-excited Dominica remembered to hold back and simply snuggled them. It was going to be her first Christmas!
And just like that, the North Pole became even brighter that night. Elvin and Dominica worked their hardest just as everyone else, and while most were alarmed by the 15ft. tall giantess walking into Elftown at first, pretty much everyone warmed up to her easy going and infectiously cheerful nature. In no time, everything was set up for Santa Claus to leave with his bag of presents to give to all the good children of the world.
The magic sled slid away into the stark night while Elftown, illuminated by their colorful lights, bid a safe journey to jolly Santa.
Elvin resolved to work harder than ever, but also to stop competing, forgetting about his ambition to become a high elf. Instead, he tried to be the best helper and friend he could ever be.
As for Dominica, Santa granted her a home for her to join the Elftown population, where she could mingle with the elves and keep close with both her town friends and the forest animals she would frequently visit.
It was going to be a wonderful Christmas.
The End.