Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Vivio's Close Encounter of the Jolly Kind
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Twas the night before Christmas, a holiday not without merit,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a ferret.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that a gift-giver soon would be there.
An adopted daughter was nestled all snug in her bed,
While visions of Kaiser form danced in her head.
With her mammas in their big bed, and her unable to sleep
she crept out her room, on her presents to peep
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
she peeked out a window, to see what was the matter.
Her first thoughts that came, that she wanted to know,
was "Since when did Clanagan ever get snow?"
The twin moons alighted the shiny white stuff,
"But to make a snowman," she pondered. "Was there enough?"
When, what to her wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight costumed reindeer.
With a little mage driver, the mistress of cosplay,
Vivio knew in a moment it must be Hayate.
And in a manner the young girl thought was quite lame,
The fake Clause cracked a whip, while she called them by name!
"Now Signum! Now, Vita! Now, Shamal and Yuuno!
On, Zafira! On, Arf-san! On Lindy and Chrono!"
"Hayate," whined Vita. "Could you at least lose the whip?"
"Reindeer don't speak!" she shot back. "So don't give me no lip!"
With the attitude of salarymen, tired from work,
The "reindeer" huffed under the cosplayer-gone-berserk.
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys pulled by a strange, motley crew.
And then, in a twinkling, she heard on the roof
the sound of annoyed people, and one tired woof
Vivio dashed for cover, while Ms. Claus was ported in
revealing the fact that she was no longer thin
She was dressed all in fur, from her foot to her head,
demonstrating the main reason why she was still quite unwed
A bundle of gifts she had flung on her back,
And she looked rather gleeful, just opening her pack.
She paused for a moment, to adjust her large beard
the entire situation, the eight-year-old finding quite wierd.
She even came with a couple of small floating elves,
who seemed a bit defeated, quite embarrassed themselves
"Did we really have to wear these outfits?" Agito complained.
Rein's eyes widened, the color from her face being drained.
"I'm sorry," Hayate told her, "if it's not to your liking;
I've got more outfits; how about a cute, little Viking?"
"I get the point!" Agito said, her hands in a defensive position.
"Good!" Hayate smiled. "Now shall we get on with our mission?"
The whole group of them, Vivio found quite insane;
But they were bringing more presents, so who was she to complain?
They spoke not a word, but went straight to their work,
Although Agito mumbled something that sounded like "jerk."
After they had finished laying out their huge stash,
Hayate Claus gave the signal, and they disappeared with a flash!
She sprang to her sleigh, to her team cracked a whip,
And away they all flew, to continue their trip.
Then Hayate exclaimed, as she drove out of sight,
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
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Author's notes:
My computer is down (and with it, my notes for other stuff), so I won't be able to continue fics for awhile. Despite that, I managed to whip this up secretly at work, in notepad. And, oh yes, this author would happily wed Hayate if given the chance. Even if it meant I'd go through stuff like this...