Alright, alright, I know I'm neglecting my Warriors fic, but this has taken priority for now. This is a story I've been writing for the passed year or two. I've got some...twenty-something chapters hand-written, but only one has been successfully edited and typed up. This isn't one of the chapters, but it's more like a...character information type of thing.

I'm hoping to get this one published in real life, and figured I'd give it a test run before anything is finalized on this website. I'm also posting the chapters as they're typed on my Myspace.

Also...For now, this is being called "Christmas Story" or anything similar. I haven't decided on a title yet. If you have any ideas, please, send them in!

So...yeah. On with m'story, I guess.

Disclaimer: ...I actually DO own this story. xD Go me.

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For as long as Kris Kringle has been alive, the factory in the North Pole has been responsible each Christmas year for making presents to give to the human children. Centuries upon centuries of hard work has given way to a solid work force, the elves who are truly the ones to thank for making such gifts. However, those elves could not have gotten their work done if it were not for the Nine High-Ranks, an ever-changing group of elves who take on more human-like appearances and provide the strength, loyalty and kindness the workers depend on.

The Nine High-Ranking Elves

First elf—Sky: A stoic, blond-haired, blue-eyed elf with an earring of a lion head in his right ear; he is in charge of the entire factory, and is responsible for assigning jobs to all other elves on a day-to-day basis.

Second elf— Désiré: Tall, lanky and battle-scarred, he is one of the oldest elves still working in the factory; if Sky is ever unable to do his work, Désiré is called on to do it for him; he is the only elf in the factory allowed to be informal with Mister Kringle.

Third elf—Dilan: Said to be the strongest elf in the entire North Pole; he can often be found out in the pine tree forest chopping wood for the factory.

Fourth elf—Aïs: The most fierce of any elf in the factory; he has an X-shaped scar on his face, and has a very low tolerance for pests.

Fifth elf—Lea: One of, if not the tallest elf in the North Pole; he has flaming red hair and a rough personality to match; he isn't afraid to play dirty in order to get what he wants.

Sixth elf—Essyn: Lea's counterpart and best friend; often found in the cafeteria cooking alongside Ienzo; he is good friends with the twins, despite Lea's hatred of them.

Seventh elf—Ienzo: One of the quietest workers in the factory, and a major bookworm; being the best cook in the North Pole, when not making food for the other elves, he can be found in the library that his family owns (a previous birthday gift from Mister Kringle).

Eighth elf—Apollo: An energetic, spiky-blond-haired elf said to have the brightest blue eyes any being had ever seen; he is a hard worker and determined to become the next First elf; he is the older twin brother of Artemis.

Ninth elf—Artemis: Apollo's younger twin sister, said to have the fairest brown hair and green eyes bright enough to rival his blue ones; she doesn't care as much for work, and is always fascinated by humans.

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Again--those are just the main elven characters. There's more to the story than just them, I assure you.

Thanks for reading!