The gang and the cursed girl – Christmas special!
Part one
Our story begins on a sad note, for you see it starts with Viola and not with the gang.
Allow me to explain.
On a cold winter night deep within a lonesome mountain lived a small girl.
Her name was Viola Lockwood.
The girl was only seven years old and had no family left..
She was chased out of her home town by villagers who accused her of witchcraft.
In fact, they were the reason why her family was gone..
They accused not only her but also her entire family of witchcraft.
But the question is, is a young girl really that dangerous?
Viola in particular was a kind child, she wouldn't harm a fly..
She has cute golden ponytails and an adorable smile, that's not a witch..
If she had the chance she'd only use magic for the good in the world..
Her purple eyes sparkled of hope..
Well at least they used too..
She tried to go back to her village but each time they'd chase her out.
She even tried going to different villages, which at first was a success!
But eventually they'd always cast her out, after noticing strange happenings.
It was almost as if bad luck followed her and corrupted everything she touched.
So instead of trying to find herself a worm home and a nice family.. she was left to die in the harsh winter weather.
She was lucky to have found herself a cave deep within a lonesome mountain.
However in order to get there she had to cross a dangerous frozen over lake.
I say dangerous because the ice hadn't fully materialized yet..
No grown up could cross it, which was exactly why Viola had gone there.
She figured that the towns folk would come after her.
The thought of the angry villagers not being able to reach her made her feel slightly safer.
Although she missed a warm bed and food.
She missed having her mother tugging her into bed, while her dad read her a story.
She enjoyed the story of the white rabbit and the black wolf the most.
How in the end, the black wolf managed to earn the white rabbits trust and the two finally became friends.
She missed her older sister, who always played with her and helped her combing her hair.
She missed their dog that had run away after their house got burned down.
She had everything in her happy life but now, that was all taken away.
It was taken away by them… those villagers..
Viola couldn't bare the thought of ever returning there.
She just wanted to be left alone, so that no one could suffer her curse any longer..
No one but herself.
She sat there.. alone.. freezing.. crying..
Viola was left all alone, in exposure of the dangers of the wild.
Somehow she found a way to survive for quite some time.
But as the Christmas day's grew closer, so did the cold.
This winter in particular was very harsh..
I'd think we'd better go to a warmer perspective don't you think?
Let's see what the gang is up to..
The group of friends which I have been referring too live together in a nice cosy home.
The house isn't all that big but it was surely good enough for the gang.
Lindsey was just preparing dinner with Jack's help since he wanted to.
Meanwhile Mark and Emily were playing video games.
Micheal and David on the other hand were buying some tickets as a Christmas surprise.
Until Lindsey called everyone for dinner.
It didn't take long before the whole gang was gathered at the dining table.
They were laughing and talking for a long time while eating their dinner.
Everyone was in a good mood since it was almost Christmas!
They talked and laughed some more after dinner.
Until it became so late that Jack had fallen asleep on the couch.
They finally decided to call it a night.
They all went to their warm and cosy beds.
The guy's shared a room and so did the girls, like I said it isn't a big home but it's enough for them.
They still had an empty attic and a basement full of David's alchemy and chemistry projects.
Each bedroom however did have their own bathroom, and those rooms were pretty luxurious.
Everyone fell asleep rather quickly.
Emily as usual had another strange dream.
Even though it felt real Emily could still tell that she wasn't really there.
She was walking in a frozen winter land forest, but didn't feel the cold.
It was so pretty, with snow everywhere and even some ice hanging from the trees.
She dreamt that Mark was with her, the two were throwing snowballs at each other.
Until eventually Emily ran, she ran and ran with a smile on her face.
Mark was chasing her in a playful way, all the while they kept throwing snowballs at each other.
Emily ran until she found herself at a frozen lake.
She stopped as she saw a stunning mountain in the distance.
She let herself catch her breath again before carefully placing her foot on the ice.
Mark was still looking for her and hadn't seen that Emily was now standing on the lake.
When he finally did though, Emily had already walked a couple of meters.
"Mark, c'mon! You can stand on the ice! Let's check out that mountain!" Emily said while waving Mark over.
"I don't know Em! It can be dangerous! Just come back here and let's find the others!" He responded.
"Ow come on, does the water scare you?" Emily said teasingly.
"Not funny Em! You know I hate the ocean and other deep water places!" Mark responded.
"Well it's either that or you'll have to go back to the others." Emily said as she wondered further onto the ice.
The snow was starting to fall faster, it got to the point where you could call it a snowstorm.
Emily turned back to see if Mark followed her, but she saw nothing due to the blizzard.
"Mark?!" She yelled out, but to no avail.
Then she decided to continue anyway since Mark had probably already left.
Once turned back however she was suddenly in a cave made of ice.
The cave let deep within the mountain.
She looked around her and the snow had lessened.
She could see the forest in the distance, it was a stunning view.
Then she heard sobbing.
She turned around to look at the sobbing person.
Once she turned back however, she was back in her own bed.
She had woken up..
She saw the others standing in the room, staring at her in shock.
Emily noticed she had tears going down her cheek, however she did not know why.
Did she somehow notice her own sobbing while sleeping?
"Em, are you okay? We uhm… heard you screaming in your sleep.." Mark asked.
"...I'm….fine.." Emily responded, she sounded confused.
"Why did I wake up crying… My dream wasn't even that sad or scary.." Emily thought to herself.
"Sis, are you sure? You don't sound very sure.." Micheal said while having a worried expression.
It took Emily a moment to respond. "Y..yeah, uhm I'm sure!"
"Well.. alright then.. me and Linds are going to make breakfast. If anything is wrong you know we're here for ya sis." Micheal said while going downstairs.
Lindsey followed him and Jack, David and Mark went back to the guy's room.
That was a first that Micheal and Lindsey both worked together to make breakfast.
The two usually dodge each other.
But since it was almost Christmas they promised to be or at least act a bit closer.
In truth they actually had a crush on each other but they kept denying it.
So finally it was the time of the year that brought everyone closer.
The others found that a great opportunity to bring Linds and Micheal closer.
The two could actually work together pretty good, but of cause denied that.
After they had made breakfast they called the others downstairs.
Mark and Jack raced each other to the table while David and Emily casually walked downstairs.
Lindsey and Micheal put the final items on the table, while the others took their seats.
Jack was laughing at Mark since this time he won the race.
Lindsey and Micheal also took their seats, which surprisingly was next to each other.
Emily was sitting in her brothers spot next to Mark, so that Micheal had to sit next to Linds.
Lindsey and Micheal were blushing the entire time, which only got worse when they both attempted to grab the same item and their hands touched.
Emily and Mark on the other hand were to nervous to even move or eat much.
Jack and David had to hold their laughs in, since it was obvious to them what was going on.
"The morning starts off perfect!" They thought.
When everyone was finished with their breakfast David had an announcement.
"Guy's I arranged a winter vacation for us! We're going to Pine forest! It's gonna be awesome! We're going there tomorrow and there is lots of winter themed activities there! Like: ice skating, skiing, snowboarding, mountain climbing and even just exploring the winter nature there!" He said.
Everyone was very exited, they had never been to Pine forest before.
Or crystal mountain that lay deep within the forest.
In front of crystal mountain was a lake called: Portwitch lake.
They called the mountain, crystal mountain because if you go inside the icy caves it's completely made of ice! And that ice reflects the light from outside so sometimes it even looks like the walls and ceiling are glowing.
The gang pretty much immediately grabbed their stuff and put everything on the ready for the next day.
"How long are we actually staying there David?" Jack asked.
"Well the whole week! But we have to get back on the second day of Christmas since our family's will come over. So we have until then!" He said.
So that day they just talked about all the stuff they were going to do.
Lindsey, Jack and Micheal wanted to go ice skating, while Emily wanted to explore the forest first.
Micheal didn't want his little sister to go alone though, so naturally Mark and David had offered to go with Emily and explore the woods.
Mark figured it might also be spooky, which really appealed to him.
And David was kind of curious himself.
So the day went by smoothly and it soon became evening.
Emily was making dinner this time and her cousin Jack wanted to help again.
So he could watch and learn.
It didn't take them long to finish dinner and soon the gang was at the same table again.
This time Micheal was fast enough to claim his own spot.
The evening went by so fast.
They had a lot of fun and again went upstairs to sleep.
Everyone was exited for the next day!
The day they were going to explore Pine forest and it's activities.