Chapter 1
"Who's this, Santa?" asked Bernard when he laid his eyes on the young girl standing in the hallway of the workshop.
What he saw was a little shocking for him. She had long dark hair with flashes of every colour of the rainbow in it, she had tattoos up and down her arms and on her neck. He lips were pierced in numerous places and she had a guitar slung on her back. She must have been slightly shorter than he was and was very slimly built for a teenager. Her t-shirt and jeans clung to her showing how slim she really was. What drew Bernard's attention the most though was her bright violet eyes.
"She's my 17 year old daughter and I need you to watch over her for me while she's staying at the North Pole." replied Santa in his usual jolly voice.
"You want me to do what?" exclaimed Bernard looking directly at Santa. His job was to look after elves not human teenage girls. Santa was already walking away from them waving. Bernard's head shot back around to the girl after watching Santa walk away from them.
"Hi, name's Melody, Mel for short. You must be Bernard right?" The girl asked walking towards the elf.
"Yes I am. And it looks like I'm also the one who's looking after you it would seem." replied Bernard slightly suspicious as to why the girl was even here and needed his supervision.
"My dad hasn't told you anything about me has he?"
"No he hasn't. I didn't even know he had a daughter until now."
"Yeah, sounds about right." Melody said with a slight sadness in her eyes at the mention of her father.
"Why don't I show you to your room first, go from there." Bernard said noticing the sad look in her eyes when talking about her father.
"Sure, that'd be great." replied Melody with a smile on her face, realizing what the elf was trying to do she followed him thankful for the distraction from her father.