Here is an honest attempt at a Snowdown special kind of thing :^)

I kind of just put down all my thoughts and there are some tiny hints to spoilers and characters that I am going to introduce later. I'm not good at this casual stuff so its probably not the best. Welp, here is me vomiting on the page. It was kind of just a, shotgun and go, ima write a chapter in two days and only proofread it once. (So there might be mistakes XD I wanted to get this out on Chrismas day)

Also, I have written some more for both Demons Burden and Stitched Rose but it's been slow over the holidays :3 Things are just going slow.

Hope you enjoy!

Snow gently fell on the top of the cabin. Instead of being dull and rather empty, it was filled with furnishing and felt like an actual living space. A fresh green wreath hung on the door and a tree had been placed in the corner. Walls had been constructed and the fireplace had a stone ring as a decorative piece. Adam was snoring on the couch in front of the fire, arms folded. It was still too early to wake up, the fire was still warm from the few charcoals in it.

The loud knock on the door caused him to flinch. He groaned and rolled off the coach and onto the floor, face flat on the ground before picking himself up and dragging himself to the door. He swung it open and shivered at the sudden cold. On the other side stood a very impatient looking cat-eared woman.

"What," Adam said.

"Didn't you forget, you told me to be here."

"Ohhhh, yea that's why I put the green stuff here. Wait, others were supposed to come… hm. Also, Snow?" He just noticed the light blanket of the white stuff covering everything.

"Yes snow, now let me in it's freezing jeez." Adam stepped back and Ahri hurried in, warming her hands and kicking off her boots. Adam started to boil some water on the stove in a kettle.

"So, how's the bathhouse and stuff going."

"Good, it's going well, especially after the whole zed ordeal was over, we have had a lot of good customers that moved in."

"That's good to hear." Adam took his place on the couch and nestled in. Right as he was reaching for another blanket there was another light knock on the door. He got up again and opened it again. On the other side stood, or rather hovered, a rather tightly bundled mage. Behind her stood a very cross looking ninja, face covered by a mask and arms crossed.

"Oh, hey guys, I wasn't sure if you were actually going to come." Adam stepped back to let the two people in.

"Zed keeps throwing fits but I don't want him sulking in his temple all day." Syndra unwrapped a scarf from around her neck and placed it on a table, placing her white coat on a hanger near the door. Zed pretty much threw off the bright red hat that had been put on his head.

"How did you get that on him?" Adam asked with a smirk.

"By asking nicely," Syndra seemed to grin evilly and Adam just looked at the uncomfortable ninja.

"Don't look at me in mockery Demon." Zed glared at Adam.

"Yeahhh, he is still a little fussy about the ruining the plans thing." Syndra patted him on the head and he growled. "There there." Adam wanted to laugh, if he had tried that he probably would have received a rather hard stab to the gut. Wiping up the entrails would not have been fun.

"Hi, Syndra." Ahri perked up from the couch.

"Oh, hi Ahri."

"You two know each other?" Adam glanced at the two.

"She's a regular at the bathhouse."

"After a rather unsuccessful attempt at trying to make one of my own I found hers," Syndra explained.

"I bet there is an interesting story there." Said Adam.

"Not really, heating water constantly and floating it up to the fortress can be a real drag," Syndra replied.

Adam shrugged and moved to the kitchen and grabbed a plate, he placed the platter of cookies on the table next to the fire.

"Oh wow when did you get the time to make these?" asked Syndra, picking up one of the carefully made sweets. Adam's eyes turned a bright glowing red like headlights on a car.

"I made them, Adam over here isn't exactly a pastry chef." the Demon said with a smile, his eyes started glowing. Ahri tilted her head in surprise.

"When did YOU learn how to make cookies?"

"Sneaking books from libraries is an easy thing to do, especially when Adam over here is asleep." Syndra took a tentative bight, they were soft and very sweet, still warm from their recent creation.

"These are great!" She took another bite and hummed. Zed stood in the darkest corner, surveying the others with a slight look of disgust.

"Come on Zed buddy." The ninja jumped to the side instinctively, reaching for a weapon on his back that wasn't there. The demon had teleported next to him, holding out a cookie.

"Cookie?" He waggled the sweet in front of the mask.

"I'm not hungry," Zed stated bluntly. The demon leaned back and relaxed. Zed held his tense arms at his side, there had been a no weapons policy, that had been enforced by Syndra. He only had gotten two concealed daggers under his clothes but they would take a second to get out from under the coat. He took careful consideration if it was worth it to try and stab the demon right now.

There was another loud knock at the door, at the same time the kettle started to whistle loudly. Zed untensed and cracked his neck before turning his attention to the fire. Making a mess here would make Syndra angry, he would hold back, for now.

The demon teleported to turn off the kettle then quickly appeared at the door to open it. Behind it stood Xayah and Rakan, both in matching sweaters. The Demon's face just split into a wide smile, almost too wide.

"Heyyyyyyy." Adam and Rakan high fived. "Long time no see."

"It's been a week." Said Xayah, rolling her eyes.

"Long enough." They walked inside and greeted the other people and Vastaya around the room. There were some tense stares at Zed, but they didn't immediately attack each other; good start.

"If I am not mistaken, there is still one more person." The demon's eyes dimmed back down to their normal crimson. Adam shook his head, "but he is always late, so, tea anyone?" There was nodding throughout the room. Adam handed out the warm cups of beach tea to everyone except Zed and Rakan. He was persistent, he would get Zed to do at least one thing not edgy tonight. It was going to be an uphill battle, but he could do it. Adam passed out the hot cups and took a place on the carpet next to the fire. Ahri and Xayah quickly picked up a conversation about recent Vatsyayan activities while Syndra was trying to force a cookie into Zed's mouth, which would have been easier if he took his mask off.

Rakan sat next to Adam and watched the fire lick up and down the black stones.

"So, you going to go see anyone this snowdown." Adam just looked at him and raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

"You know, like maybe an uh, relative? Friend?" He sounded hopeful.

"The people here are the only people I have talked to within the past three hundred years."

"Oh, well at least you have us you know, you get lonely out here?"

"Not really, its quiet, and it's the first time in a while it's snowed, huh." Adam just stared off at nothing. Rakan opted to just stay quiet and lay back, checking that his hair still looked fine before admiring Xayah while she talked to Ahri.

"Oh, he is here." Adam's eyes had flashed back to their glowing state. He disappeared from his place on the ground. There was a loud shout and the door was kicked down. Everyone turned their heads, Adam had one arm around Kayn's neck, putting him in a headlock as he dragged him through the door. He ruffled the hair of the half darkin and had a wide grin.

"See, now the whole gang's here."

"LET GO OF ME." Kayn demanded, standing upright after the Demon lifted his arm up playfully. Kayn dusted himself up and glared at Adam, he bowed when he saw Zed. The other ninja didn't move but the Demon could tell there was a bit of approval behind that mask.

"No need for formality here, it's time to relax, even with your enemies." The Demon's eyes dulled and Adam was back.

"Want anything to drink?" Asked Adam.

"I'm fine." Kayn just surveyed the room and took a seat next to the fire. They had met not too long ago. Rhast and the Demon had hit it off, but that was a story for another time.

There were few greetings for him Xayah and Ahri picked up their conversation again after the brief interruption. Kayn slid in next to Zed in the corner. There were some whispers and Syndra leaned in to hear.

"No Zed you can't kill everyone here, I don't think you would be able to either." Zed glared back at Syndra in an attempt to look intimidating, she just looked at him with a poker face. Adam smiled, it was going to get dark soon.

"So who wants to go see the lights?"

"But I just got warm," Ahri whined.

"C'mon, we won't be out for long, I know that Zed is just DYING to try and see what he didn't destroy and everyone else would like to too, right?"

"Magic of the forest I always have time for." Rakan jumped up, "Lets goooo."

The strange party made their way outside, with Adam leading the way through the snow. Syndra held onto Zed's arm while Kayn followed closely behind. Rakan and Xayah were walking together as always. Ahri stood near Adam in the front, watching the light snowfall gather on the ground and branches, trying to catch a snowflake or two on her tongue. Soon they made it to the outcrop of trees and Adam stopped. The sun was about to set. As the sky turned from grey to black the forest sprung to life.

The cool winter evening had been turned into a wonderland. The glowing of the trees started to brighten and soon red and green lights danced along the branches. Some of the lights floated around them and hovered in front of their eyes. Adam watched, silent and happy as the beauty of the forest was revealed. He knew that it would be a first for Zed or Kayn, at least they looked like they liked it. Xayah and Rakan huddled close to each other to watch. He watched as the lines in between bark became the roads for little lights to travel up and down.

"See, it's not that bad," Syndra whispered to Zed.

"Making a light show is a waste of this energy, it can do so much more than that," Zed said in a monotone voice. Syndra gave him a light knock on the head.

"Well enjoy it how it is, cause it's not changing." Zed murmured about starting a logging service.

Adam watched as he puffed out clouds of warm air, the water creating vapor clouds in front of his face. They stood there in silence under the lights for a while, enjoying the peaceful night on Snowdown's eve.

A snowball quickly made it straight into Adam's face. He stumbled backward and wiped the slush from his cheeks. His skin burned from the cold and he turned to see Ahri holding back a launch.

"Why you-" He picked up a bundle of snow and threw it back, eliciting a yip from Ahri who dodged to the side.

He threw another but it went high, and straight onto Syndra's lap, she had sat down to enjoy the spectacle. Adam immediately froze and watched as the mage stood up, and started to hover in the air. Everyone was quiet and Syndra just looked at him with a blank face. Snow started to rise up from the ground, making it seem like it was falling the wrong direction. Adam gulped.

"I always wondered what a human snowman would look like."

"Oh boy."

Adam chartered uncontrollably by the fire, wrapped up in multiple blankets. He had never seen snow many snowballs in one place. He had been stuck for most of it, after Syndra had dumped a mountain of snow on top of him he didn't get to watch the others join in.

Xayah's aim was as deadly as always and with Rakan running everyone down they made a deadly duo. Ahri was able to sneak around and catch out any unsuspecting victims, usually knocking them over into a pile of snow.

Syndra just created chaos, not defending herself because she didn't need to. It was a constant blizzard around her, and if anyone had gotten too close they would have ended up like Adam, six feet under.

Zed and Kayn had joined in on the fun, surprisingly enough. Adam never knew a shadow could throw a snowball at you, and with them flying from every direction it was usually undodgeable. Kayn had made use in running straight through trees and appearing out of nowhere to hurl a blanket of snow at you. They had fought throughout the night under the lights just bright enough to see their surroundings. After the entire thing had finished it left everyone chilly and rather snow covered, except for Syndra, no one had gotten to her. Adam had a cupboard full of blankets to pass around and a large supply of tea. As they huddled around the fire. Syndra leaned on Zed who had left his mask on but wrapped his blanket around her. Kayn sat with his stomach to the floor with red hat Zed had been wearing before.

Rakan and Xayah were cuddling together (obviously) and Ahri sat on the couch. Adam was closest to the fire, apparently, everyone had just "forgot" after he had been dumped into the ice. It had taken a whole lot of persuasion and having to endure a solid three minutes of the Demon laughing to stop him from freezing to death. His joints were just starting to unfreeze and he shivered.

"Thanks for the invite Adam."

"N-no problem." He chattered. Zed just grunted and Adam turned towards him.

"Were you going to say something?" Zed glared back.

"He says, 'thanks for giving me an excuse to drag my ass out of my dark corner.'" Syndra spoke, curling closer to Zed.

"Normally I do nothing during Snowdown, it's another passing day," Kayn said.

"Well it's best spent with people I heard, and I had just fixed up this house here so there wasn't a better time to get you all to just relax." Adam smiled.

The strange group watched the fire crackle in the warm cabin. Adam smiled and looked through the window on a silent night.

"Merry Snowdown."

YAY, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HONIKA, GOOD KWANZA, WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE JUST BE HAPPY.

That's my 2 cents for now.

I don't write this often so criticism is always appreciated :D.

Reviews:

Trixie Treat: "The demon is a badaass" "I love the concept of your story, I would love to see more!"

Yes, the demon is pretty cool ;) I try to make him humorous at times. Also, I do intend to write more :D, you wish is my command.

See you all soon, I will be writing a lot more once break ends (in a week for me).

Hope you enjoyed!

-Adam