AN: Companion piece to Surviving December. READ THAT ONE FIRST. For those who have. This was a Christmas present I sent most of my reviewers (and then my internet quit on me … sorry). It'll be updated irregularly as the mood hits me. I now have six written and hope to have them up before the end of the hiatus. Enjoy these missing scenes! ~ Ella

Outtakes: Surviving December

Chapter One

The Many Beginnings

OUTTAKE No. 1 – Katie's Possession

AN: The original first chapter was actually going to take place on November 30th. I knew from the very beginning that Katie was going to be possessed and that the necklace would be the cause of all the problems. I decided to scrap showing Katie getting possessed, preferring the idea that readers would find out as the story went along.

Katie was late. She had been at Drew's all last night and was running down the streets of Halifax in a desperate attempt to make it home in time for Sarah's big birthday breakfast. Her backpack which she had packed full of all the things she carted between her boyfriends place and home was swung hazardously over her shoulder as she tried to avoid whacking people with it.

As she ran up the road, her apartment came into sight down the way.

Sarah was her oldest of friends. They had grown up together and the thought of missing was unforgivable. They always went all out, as Sarah would laugh and say – any excuse to throw a good party.

Katie was so busy, running down the street she did not notice the black smoke that flittered between the buildings. It wasn't until it had cut her off and quickly entered through every crevice of her body that Katie noticed anything wrong. By that time it was too late and her last conscious thought was wondering what the hell was happening before it went blank...

The demon smirked as it stretched and checked out its new body. Glancing around, it was pleased to see the plan had worked. There was a way off planet doom, and here it was free-range. No demons to compete against, no hunters to worry about, nothing but perfect hunting grounds. Glancing around the empty street to make sure no one noticed its smoke form; it started to walk down the street casually. Entering into its meat suits apartment, there was a note saying the girl's roommates had gone out for breakfast.

Too bad, the demon could think of a few fun plans to celebrate the one's birthday. It tapped into the memories of the host body; Katie's bedroom was the last one. Walking into it, it looked around and found the perfect place to store the necklace it had brought with it. Stashing it away in the drawer, the demon smirked, when it was time to get the necklace back, maybe the roommates would be around then. That would be ... fun.

But for now it was time to explore this new world...

OUTTAKE No.2 – Tonight's going to be a Good Night!

AN: the second attempt to write the first chapter started the night before and with Sarah, Elaina and Lianne going out to the bar.

"It's her Birthday," Lianne told the fifth guy of the night, leaning forward to let him in on her secret.

"Really? How old?" The guy, who gave Sarah the creeps asked.

"Twenty-one," she muttered for the fifth time.

"The big two-one! What are you drinking? Let me get you another," He said, smiling brilliantly as Lianne went with him to get the drinks.

"God, I wish she would stop doing that," Sarah moaned, her head was already spinning from the past four drinks in under two hours. "I cannot handle another one."

"Uh huh," Elaina nodded along, not paying too much attention. "Ignore her. I want to go dancing."

Smiling and jumping up with Elaina, Sarah eagerly joined her at the dance floor. The Ale House was packed that night. Full of university students who were celebrating the approaching end of term, bodies were packed tightly together. Sarah could barely move an inch without bumping into people. Laughing and dancing and singing along with the band as they played some classic rock songs, Sarah tried to enjoy it.

However she could ignore the fact that Katie, her best friend was supposed to be there with her. Katie was supposed to be chasing after Lianne and making sure she didn't get into too much trouble. Katie was supposed to be the one suggested the dance floor. Instead Katie was gone - probably with Drew. She had been the one to set the two up, but now she never got to see Katie, even though they were roommates. Sarah had been so frustrated that

"Where do you think Katie is?" Sarah asked for the hundredth time that evening.

"What?" Elaina yelled back, unable to hear over the music.

"Katie? Where do you think she is?" Sarah shouted back.

"Drew?" Elaina suggested with a shrug.

"Why isn't she answering texts?" Sarah questioned.

"They usually turn it off when they're together," Elaina pointed out. "Listen, it's you birthday! Have fun! Stop worrying! I'm sure it's nothing bad. Dance with a guy!"

"What guy?" Sarah laughed, unable to be unaffected by Elaina's enthusiasm.

"Um ... him!" she pointed to a random guy. Tapping his shoulder, she yelled, "would you like to dance with my friend?"

Sarah was mortified, but as the guy drunkenly said yes and proceeded to attempt to swing dance with her, resulting in massive amounts of spinning and hitting people trying to dance around them, Sarah found herself enjoying it. It was fun to just dance, and her mom always said bad news travels fast.

Katie must have just forgotten ... even if that really did not sound like her.

AN: So, some of my past reviewers would have already read those ones, but the next instalment will have one new outtake for your reading pleasure. It seems like I'm just not done with these characters yet. If any readers from Surviving December would like to leave a review of a missing scene you really wanted to see, please leave it! I am happy to write upon request! ~ Ella