Koray shivered as he trudged through the snow. He was a small brown Jackalope, with long ears and short horns. He was clutching the ends of his ears and rubbing them in an attempt to keep them warm, it was hard finding hats that would fit over his horns and cover his ears. He thought winning an exclusive tour of Santa's workshop would mean they would drive him up in a magical sleigh or train or something, not a beat up old snow-mobile that broke down a quarter of a mile from the entrance. He couldn't really complain though, really, how many people got an opportunity to view Santa's workshop? As far as he knew this was the first time the contest to visit the north pole had ever been held, and he was the first person to win!

	Suddenly Koray and his Elf guide crested the top of a hill and Koray gasped and clapped his hands over his mouth. The Workshop lay spread out bellow them, it looked beautiful under the thick blanket of snow, the bold red colors standing out sharply from the white frosting. There was even a big chimney sticking from the roof with a curl of smoke coming from the top. Koray grinned as he felt a rush of excitement at actually seeing the place. He started running down the hill towards the door. The elf shouted after him, “wait, be careful, hold on, wait for me,” and started running after him, trying to catch up (which was hard to do, the elf was only a third of Koray's height).

	Koray laughed as he leaped through the snow, leaving the snotty elf guide behind. He raced up to the heavy wooden door leading into the workshop and tested the knob. He was surprised when he found that it was unlocked. He looked back at his guide who was struggling through a snow drift, smirked and pushed open the door. He was greeted by a wash of warm air and the faint sound of happy Christmas music. He stepped over the threshold and looked around the small entryway. It looked like it could have come out of any quaint little cottage, there was a bench on one wall, a coat rack and a place for boots and shoes. Koray took off his large puffy coat and snow pants and hung them up. He sighed, he hated wearing those things, they made him look so silly, he much preferred his jeans and hoody. There was a soft coughing sound from behind him and Koray spun around. The elf Guide was standing in the doorway with his arms crossed and frowning. The elf slammed the door closed and stomped over to Koray. He jabbed a finger at the jackalope and started jabbering away at him, something about being respectful, following directions, naughty, nice, blah blah. Koray nodded and said, “I'm sorry,” and tried to look as innocent as he possibly could. The elf lightened up a bit and then smiled, “alright, well don't run away from me again. Now let's start the tour!” He strutted up to the other door in the entry way and pushed it open. Another wave of warmth washed over the room and what looked like an office was revealed. Dozens of elves sat at desks. Each desk had piles and piles of papers on it, all of the elves were pouring over the papers, and scratching away with pens. Occasionally an elf would roll up a paper and stick it into a little tube where it would get sucked away to who knows where. 

	The guide spread his arms, “This is the letter sorting room. All of the elves here read the letters everyone sends, figures out what gifts they deserve depending on how naughty and nice they are and then sends the refined list off to the elves on the main workshop floor.” Koray blinked and looked around. All of the elves were hard at work, sorting and scribbling away. “Wow,” he said, “I thought Santa did all of this and the elves just made the toys.” The guided nodded, “a lot of people think that, and that's how it used to go, but with the rising population and demand for toys we've had to delegate and expand. As a matter of fact, next season we plan on getting some computers, should boost productivity even more.” The guide beckoned at Koray and started weaving through the desks, “now, I bet you're most excited to see how the toys are made! Most people are, if you'll follow me I'll show you onto the factory floor.” Koray followed behind the little elf. He looked curiously at some of the piles of letters as he passed them and then frowned as he saw something that looked like his boyfriend's hand writing. He stopped and grabbed the letter from the pile and started reading over it. “dear Santa, my boyfriend is really...” The paper was suddenly snatched away by the elf at the desk. “Excuse me, I need to do work here, move on.” Koray puffed out his cheeks and was about to snatch the letter back when he noticed the guide open a door at the far end of the room and the sounds of hammering and machinery started spilling through. He hurried over to the door and smiled sheepishly at the guide. 
	
	They walked through the door onto a large metal catwalk looking over the extremely large and bustling room. There were conveyors and robotic arms and hundreds of other machines all over the place. All of these machines were steadily pumping out toys of all shapes, sizes and styles. There were dolls, bikes, video game systems, remote controlled cars, building blocks. It was making the dream toys for boys and girls all over the world. Elves stood all over the room, fiddling with control panels, inspecting toys and in some cases adding finishing touches to the toys by hand. Koray's eyes widened and he stifled a gasp. The guide chuckled, “it's an amazing sight isn't it? Of course, it has to be, we make toys for the entire world you know!” He started walking around the catwalk, “and once we're done taking the tour of the factory you get to meet the big man himself!” All of a sudden another elf ran up to the guide and beckoned toward him. The guide looked toward Koray and said, “excuse me, I need to have a little chat, just admire the work floor for a bit eh?” He walked over to the second elf and they held a whispered conversation. Koray wasn't paying much attention to the elves though, he was looking in awe at the factory, so many toys! He squinted and started scanning around, wondering if he could find what he had asked for. He didn't notice the snatches of conversation as the elves raised their voices in what sounded like an argument, after a while the small elf walked back up to the fascinated Jackalope and cleared his throat. “excuse me, sorry about that but we can continue the tour now.” Koray jumped a bit as he was startled and sheepishly smiled, “oh, awesome.”

	The elf led the boy around the edge of the room and climbed down a few steps onto a catwalk stretching across the room, he beckoned at Koray, “we usually use this to inspect the machines, how about we get a closer look at how the toys are made?” Koray grinned and stepped down after him. He noticed that the guard rail was quite short, probably sized for the elves, he'd just have to be careful. They walked over the production line and the guide pointed at various machines and elves making different things. Near the middle of the factory the guide held up his hand and pointed at a machine that they were standing right above. “Now this is a special machine, we haven't even used it yet.” Koray leaned forward and stared down at it. There was some kind of funnel, but he couldn't make out what was down inside of it. “what's it for?” He asked and suddenly felt a push from behind. As the small jackalope was already leaning rather far over the safety rail the push was all that was needed to send him  over the edge and down the funnel. “well you're about to find out aren't you?” the elf called down at him. The machine suddenly juttered to life and Koray leaped up onto his feet. There were metal walls on all sides and he was standing on a rubber conveyor belt. He tried to jump and climb up the funnel he fell down but he couldn't get a purchase on it. He yelled up, “hey, let me out of here! Why'd you do that for?” The elf's face popped out over the funnel as he yelled down at the captured jackalope, “well you see, the big man just told us that you were on the naughty list and he also told us that your boyfriend, who is on the nice list, had a very special Christmas wish involving you. Have fun!” The elf's face disappeared  from view.

	After a few moments the machine kicked into life. A small arm with an orb on the end descended from the top of the box. A laser grid shot out from the orb and it swiveled all around  him, scanning him. The arm withdrew and four more popped out from the sides of the box. These ones had clamps on the end and shot towards Koray's arms and legs. He tried to doge out of the way, but the arms were fast and swerved around to catch him. They clamped around his wrists and ankles and pulled him spread eagle. Next more arms with sharp dangerous looking scissors on the ends. Koray whimpered and struggled and pulled at the clamps, trying as hard as he could to free himself. The arms were clamped tight and weren't letting go anytime soon and the scissors just kept getting closer and closer. Koray finally froze and started to whimper, deciding that it would probably be best to be as still as he could when one of the scissors flew past his cheek. The scissors wasted no time and began to cut up the poor jackalope's cloths, first his hoody, then his jeans and much to his embarrassment, his boxers. He started to blush as the scissors withdrew, leaving him completely naked. The clamps that were holding him up then pulled him over and fastened themselves to the conveyor belt. One of the sides of the box opened up and the conveyor started rolling him out.

	As he rolled out there was an elf sitting on a stool next to the conveyor. Koray's blush deepened as he realized anyone could see him naked now, and notice his small girlish figure now that it wasn't hidden behind his baggy cloths. He whimpered as the elf started poking and prodding at him, checking for cuts and bruises. “c-come on, let me go. Please?” Koray stuttered. The elf just kept dispassionately checking him over before pressing a button next to the stool, causing the conveyor to move on. He was taken into another box, and pulled upright and spread eagle by the cuffs again. He looked around nervously, wondering what would happen to him next. He soon found our as a dozen different arms popped out and surrounded him. Some of the arms had hoses on them, others had large brushes of different shapes and sizes. The hoses opened fire and started soaking the jackalope with warm soapy water. The brushes got to work, scrubbing away at the exposed boy. The brushes gently whirred over him, tickling him a bit. He squirmed around, but the brushes just matched his movement, they were relentless. They also had no privacy, and made sure to scrub him clean absolutely everywhere. After what felt like an hour to Koray the brushes  withdrew and the hoses rinsed the soapy water out of his fur. He panted as he hung suspended in the air, the water dripping off of his fur when suddenly jets of hot air blasted him from all over, quickly drying him out. He was pulled back down onto the conveyor and rolled out the other end. Again there was an elf waiting on stool to inspect him, again when Koray asked to be let go he was ignored.

	The belt started moving on, but this time instead of another box he could see a series of different stations with latices over them and specialized arms. As he approached the first station the cuffs around his ankles lifted up, pulling his rear into the air. At that moment an arm holding a bottle of baby-oil came down and squirted it all over his rear, crotch and even a little onto his tummy. He kept getting pulled forward and another arm rubbed the oil into his fur. At the next station an arm was waiting, poised with a bottle of baby powder. Koray's eyes widened as he started to figure out exactly what was going to happen to him. The powder was sprinkled liberally over him and he was carried to the next station. As the small Jackalope saw what was waiting for him he let out a cry and started struggling harder then he had ever struggled before. What was waiting for him was a diaper, but not just any diaper. It was thick enough that it could be used as a pillow in a  pinch, it had light pink sides and dark pink elastic and tapes. Little hearts stood out on the stark white padding and over the landing zone was a cartoonish little scene of a happy bunny frolicking around. Koray was not allowed to struggle away, by the arms and the diaper was slipped under him. His short little tail was pulled through the tight elastic of the back and the front panel was folded over him. The four large tapes were quickly taped down, securing the diaper to him nice and snug. Another elf was waiting for him as he was rolled away. “This is humiliating, please, just let me gommmmph.” The elf had just shoved a large pink ball-gag into Koray's mouth and fastened it behind his head. “don't want you waking up the house when you get delivered,” the elf stated matter-of-factly before patting the front of the diaper and checking it's snugness before sending him on.

	The end of the line was in sight now. He could see a bunch of belts merging together in front of him and dumping toys into Santa's large gift sack. But between him and it was a strange device with spools of ribbon all around it. As he drew closer some more clamps appeared. He groaned and whimpered as they grabbed him and pulled his legs into a butterfly position. Then the spools of ribbons started to unwind. The thick red ribbon started wrapping itself around his legs, securing them in that position and then tying a big bow. He was then flipped over and had his arms pulled and crossed behind his back. The ribbon wrapped around his wrists and elbows, securing them together before wrapping a few times around his chest and tying off with another big bow. He was finally released from the clamps, but before he could try and roll away he was tipped forward and dumped into the sack of toys. He landed with an omph onto a large plushy. He tried to wriggle around but the ribbons were tougher then they appeared. A few more light toys fell down around him and the top of the bag was shut tight, plunging him into darkness.

	He lost track of time for a bit after that. The sack was jostled around, presumably it was getting loaded onto the sleigh. He could hear muffled voices, one very deep voice and a few hearty laughs before he felt a rushing sensation as the sleigh took off. There were brief moments after that where the shaking of the sleigh would stop, a large hand would reach into the bag, almost magically pick just the right toy and pull out again. This went on for more times then Koray could count before eventually the hand reached right down and grabbed him! He was pulled out of the bag by Santa himself. The big man smiled down at Koray. “ah little Koray, you were a naughty boy this year, but you'll make a sweet gift for your boyfriend. He noticed that you keep trying to hide your natural looks, and have started acting haughty and aloof. He asked me to do something about it and I think he'll love what I did, now down we go!” Santa carried Koray from the sled and hopped down the chimney. He laid the jackalope down at the base of the tree next to a large pile of other presents. He pulled a card from his pocket and wrote in a large bur neat cursive. “TO: Hiecaro FROM: Santa May the two of you have a wonderful year together.” He tucked the card in between the ribbons on the jackalope's chest and have a pat to his head. “now you just wait there like a good boy for your boyfriend to find you in the morning. Merry Christmas!” And with that Santa disappeared back up the Chimney.

	Koray tried to struggle again once Santa had gone. He strained and pulled at the ribbons, grunting with effort from behind his gag. They were as sturdy as ever though and after a while he gave up. He sighed and closed his eyes, at least thinking he could at least sleep before dealing with whatever happened in the morning. He slowly drifted away into sleep. In just a few more hours his boyfriend would wake up and have the best Christmas day of his life.
