"Just a few more steps," Nick said, a paw shielding his bunny companion's view and the other leading her. He wanted the first glance to be a surprise, and so he wouldn't allow Judy to do any peeking until they got to the very heart of the action.

For the longest time, the fox had been anticipating Tundratown's large Winter Solstice Festival that started around this time of year. While the event was its most extravagant at a different date, he was too excited to wait any longer and insisted that the two of them head out whenever possible. Even though the town was so much prettier on other days (particularly later in the month), Nick was still very certain that Judy was going to be awestruck when she saw what the festival had to offer. For awhile he could only envisage what her reaction would be, but now was the time for him to enjoy this moment with her.

Stopping ahead, the fox lifted the large russet paw off of Judy's blocked face.

"Alrighty, we're here!" Nick said jovially, the bunny's eyes still closed but soon opening to the striking scenery. Just as the fox had suspected, Judy's eyes lit up and her mouth hung wide open. At a loss for words, Judy simply observed the wondrous extravaganza that was now laid out before her. Bunnyburrow always held its fair share of special events, but it simply didn't compare to how large in size the Winter Solstice Festival really was.

Nick simply observed the mirthful smile written across Judy's face. Now pumped up with enthusiasm, Judy quickly dragged the vulpine to see everything that this event had in store for the two of them.

Tundratown was a beautiful, snow-covered sight to begin with, but some of the different decorations added to the spectacle made the district even more exquisite. Reaching what was referred to as the heart of the town, Nick and Judy joined the all of the other mammals crowding the area.

A mixture of white and blue lights shined brightly against the tiny snowflakes that started to fall down. Booths were available on all sides, with fun carnival-like games awaiting anyone who wished to play. The sounds of cheerful music resonated around them, providing a sense of joy and adding to the wintery ambience.

As Judy helped herself to exploring the rest of the frosted sights of the festival, Nick looked around and caught sight of something in the left corner. A group of small kits were playing in the thick bundles of snow, one of them in the group declaring a friendly snowball fight. Being the kit at heart that he was, the sight of the others playing around put Nick in a very jocular mood.

Judy started to come a little bit closer in range, gazing up at the nighttime sky. With a sly grin on his face, Nick readied his arm and unexpectedly pummeled a snowball towards her. The cold sensation hit her fur abruptly.

"Fox one, bunny zero," he childishly proclaimed.

As she let out a serious-sounding grunt, Nick couldn't help but laugh at Judy with the snow running down her cheeks. Such a kit, she thought.

"Come on, Carrots," Nick said, giggling slightly in between his words. "I was just-"

He was interrupted when a snowball hit him square in the muzzle, catching him off guard. He let out a chuckle as he wiped the snow off of him. "Okay, I'll admit that I deserved that."

Another snowball was thrown towards the fox with perfect precision, a third one (a bit smaller than the others) joining soon after.

Judy started pawing for piles of snow, swiftly molding them into snowballs that were ready to be thrown at her designated target. Right when she about throw another one, Nick put his paws up in the air as he embraced for the impact.

"Okay, okay," he said. "I surrender, Fluff!"

The bunny was not taking that surrendering stuff for an answer, however. As she fumbled with the snowball in her paw, she looked up at Nick. "Not gonna happen. Did I ever tell you I was a champion of snowball fights? "

"Ah, so it's a snowball fight you want now? Well, in that caseā€¦"

Nick tried his darnedest to stealthily paw for a bit of snow. But before he could even attempt to do anything with it, he was once again hit straight on by another frosty blitz from Judy. Both fox and rabbit started to run around the snow-covered grounds, getting a little bit further from where most of the festivities were.

As they tried to duck and dodge each other's oncoming snowballs, both of them found themselves stuck in a spree of joyous and almost childlike laughter. Their smiles growing wider as the snowflakes delicately fell throughout the town.


Author's Note: Hey everyone! I've been on a big writing kick lately with tons of interesting stories popping into my head. So I thought the perfect way to get some of them out was to do them in the form of one-shots. And that's where this started! Here you'll find some short stories with our favorite fox and bunny taking the spotlight! :)

Hope you enjoyed this silly little story of mine, and look forward to see what y'all think of some other ideas I've got in store. As always, let me know what you guys think. Your feedback, good and bad, is gladly appreciated.

'Til next time! :)