Negima: 25 Days of Christmas

Chapter 4: A Family Reunited

The next morning, the girls all awoke to see that they landed in Wales during the night. Asuna turned to tell Negi but he was still asleep. Chamo woke up earlier and was on his shoulder. He tickled Negi's nose with his tail but he hardly twitched. In Negi's head, he was having sweet dreams of Christmas with his family. He remembered singing carols with Anya when they were still at magic school and the Christmas times he spent with Nekane. While Negi was dreaming, Asuna softly shook him.

"Negi? Negi? Wake up." Asuna whispered. The other girls were waiting for Negi to wake up. After a few shakes, Negi woke up and his eyes squinted open. He looked and saw Asuna's smiling face.

"We're here. Don't you want to see your sister?" Asuna said. Negi looked out the windows and he saw the sun shining in the skies over Wales. When Negi and the others exited the plane and entered the lobby, they saw that Wales had been covered over by a blanket of snow. They all looked with awe in their eyes at the beautiful scenery.

"Wow. It really IS beautiful!" Fuka said "I feel like making a snow angel!" Fumika agreed with her.

"This place is so cool." Kazumi said filming the landscape. Negi turned to his class with a smile on his face.

"I told you." Negi said. He then took a quick count and roll call to make sure everyone was here and off of the plane. He counted everyone and when their names were called, everyone was present. With that settled, Negi and his class unpacked their winter clothes and went out to Nekane's home. As soon as they got outside, Fuka and Fumika leaped in the snow and started making snow angels.

"Should have known that was the first thing they would do." Kaede said.

"They're as hyper as a pair of five year olds." Makie said. When Fuka and Fumika got up to see their angels, they saw their wings were very close to the other. After taking a picture of the angels, Negi led the class towards his home. Meanwhile, at the home, Nekane had the snacks and beverages out for the girls arrival and she was walking back and forth with a worried look on her face. Anya came in and saw her pacing.

"Nekane? Is something wrong?" Anya said. Nekane was biting on one of her nails and stopped to look at Anya.

"I'm just worried about Negi. He's going to be here any second and I'm worried that he might have changed." Nekane said. Anya sighed and held Nekane's hand.

"Come on Nekane. Negi and change? Never." Anya said. Just then, they heard the doorbell ring. Nekane went to answer it but it was their milk man.

"Hello Nekane. Here's your milk." he said. Nekane thanked him, took her milk bottle and said farewell as he walked off. Nekane sighed with relief.

"I was nervous for a minute. For a second, I thought it was..." Nekane said before the doorbell rung again. Anya peeked through the curtains by the door and looked at Nekane with a smile.

"He's here!" Anya said. Nekane blushed brightly and reached for the knob. She opened the door and there stood Negi in his winter jacket with his red and yellow striped scarf around his neck and Chamo riding on his shoulder.

"Sister!" Negi said.

"Negi!" Nekane said. The two of them hugged tightly and their faces blushed bright red. Nekane smiled as she looked at Negi's smiling face.

"It's so good that you could join us." Nekane said "It's never Christmas without you here." Negi smiled and he said the same to her.

"Well, just like I said over the phone, I would like you to meet my class. From Mahora Academy, please meet the students of Class 2-A. Say hello girls!" Negi said. With that, the other girls gathered around Negi.

"Hello! Merry Christmas Ms. Springfield!" they shouted together. Nekane was both happy and surprised to see all of Negi's students together behind him. She welcomed them in and the class gathered together inside.

"Merry Christmas!" Konoka said. When everyone was inside, they looked around the room and some of them grabbed some of the goodies that were left out.

"Oh my goodness Negi. I didn't know you had so many students." Nekane said.

"Yes. Well, in a way, they're like my home away from home." Negi said with a smile. Just then, Asuna walked up with a cup of cocoa in her hand.

"Oh. Nekane? I want you to meet my roommate, friend, partner and fellow student...Asuna Kagurazaka." Negi said. Asuna and Nekane shook each other's hand.

"So you're Asuna. Negi has told me so much about you." Nekane said.

"Thanks. You know, Negi told me that I remind him of you a lot and he even said that we look alike." Asuna said. Nekane looked at Negi and smiled. Anya walked up to Negi's side.

"Negi. It's so good to see you again." Anya said. Negi turned to Anya and they shared a friendly hug.

"Anya! It's been so long since I saw you last!" Negi said. Anya nodded. Asuna really liked the sweaters that Nekane and Anya were wearing. Meanwhile, Kazumi was filming the entire room with Sayo right by her side. Just then, Ayaka came up to Nekane with her hand out and bumped Asuna away.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Nekane. My name is Ayaka Yukihiro. I'm the class representative of Class 2-A." Ayaka said shaking Nekane's hand. But just then, Asuna bumped Ayaka away.

"Watch it bells!" Ayaka said.

"You did it first Ayaka! You teacher's pet!" Asuna said. The two of them growled and locked hands with each other. Their eyes were focused on each other. Nekane and Anya were confused with their arguing.

"They do this a lot." Negi said embarrased. From afar, Anya looked at all of the girls and stopped when she saw Evangeline standing with Chachamaru eating some of the snacks.

"Negi? One of your students...is Evangeline A.K. McDowell? The vampiress who tried to go after your father?" Anya whispered. Nekane gasped and looked at Evangeline. When Evangeline heard Anya whispering about her, she looked back and then away.

"Yes. Well, she's not that bad a student once you get to know her. Besides, I DID beat her in a magic duel once." Negi said. When Evangeline heard this, she turned to Negi with an angry and embarrased look on her face.

"What was that Springfield?!" Evangeline said "I told you! The power had came on early! You did NOT beat me!" Negi grinned and said fair was fair. Evangeline huffed and looked away. Anya looked at Chachamaru and she seemed nice. Anya walked over and introduced herself. Chachamaru shook her hand with a smile on her face. Nekane then shook Chachamaru's hand and Negi told them about how Chachamaru was an android designed and built by his own students Satomi and Chao.

"It's very nice to meet you too." Chachamaru said. Later on, Nekane and Anya got to know everyone else in Negi's class and Nekane showed them to their rooms. Some of the girls would have to share a room but that didn't bother them. Nekane told Negi that he was free to stay in his bedroom while he was here and he jumped to the idea. Nekane led them upstairs to the guest rooms and there were many rooms available upstairs. When Negi saw his old room again, he smiled. He saw his bookshelf with his books in neatly, his bed was made and his reading lamp sat on the small table next to his bed. His dresser was neat and tidy and he still had his calendar hanging on his closet door. Negi put his backpack on the bed and looked out the window by his bed. He had a great view of Wales. Asuna liked Negi's room saying it was perfect for a ten year old child prodigy.

"Would you like to bunk with Negi as well Asuna? I was planning to as well." Nekane said "I thought Negi should remember what it was like being with his sister again." Asuna shook her head while blushing.

"Oh no. I wouldn't want to intervene with any family time." Asuna said. She began leaving but Negi grabbed her arm.

"Please Asuna? If we spent so much time together back at the academy, then why not?" Negi said. Asuna looked back at Negi's smiling face and she sighed.

"Oh. All right." Asuna said. Nekane showed Asuna where she could put her things and she went to see the other girls. In one room was Ayaka and Chiziru while their neighbors were Fuka and Fumika. Across from them was Konoka and Setsuna. After everyone settled into their bedroom for the time being, Negi, Nekane and Anya took them on a guided tour of Wales. It was time for the "educational" part of their field trip according to Negi. Kazumi brought along her recorder to record everything they saw.

"And over here girls we have the Mametz Wood Memorial featuring a statue of the dragon on the national flag for Wales. It's name is Y Ddraig Goch, or the Red Dragon in English." Negi said. The girls looked at the rock statue of the dragon. The dragon had a long and curly tail, large wings and a long pointed tongue coming out of it's mouth.

"Excuse me professor. I believe I read in a book about Welsh legends that the Red Dragon was believed to reside in Llyn Tegid or Lake Bala in English. Correct?" Chisame said. Negi nodded with a smile.

"That is right Chisame. In fact, Lake Bala is the largest natural body of water found here in Wales." Negi said. The girls had brought their notepads to keep track of their notes since they were still learning on their trip in Wales. As the tour continued, Negi and Nekane brought them by many places including the Bryn Celli Ddu, the University of Wales, and they stopped for lunch at one of the best restaraunts in Wales which was Negi's favorite place. When the tour ended, the girls returned to Nekane's home and rested their legs. Kazumi looked through all of the things she recorded on their travel while Asuna sat with Negi in the kitchen.

"Wow Negi. I never knew there was a lot of neat stuff here." Asuna said. Negi looked at her with a smile.

"I told you. Didn't I?" Negi said. Meanwhile, Chamo got the time to catch up with Nekane and he promised to behave himself while he was here. And when Nekane and Evangeline met, she promised to behave as well. Otherwise, she wouldn't hear the end from Negi. For the rest of the day, the girls enjoyed themselves and soon got ready for bed. While Asuna snuggled into her bed by Negi's, Nekane and Negi cuddled together in his bed. He was ready to sleep once again with his sister.

"Good night Negi dear." Nekane said.

"Good night sister." Negi said. Nekane reached over and turned off the light in their room. And that ended Class 2-A's first day in Wales.

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