A/N:

Welcome to the bonus chapter, a product of five hours worth of holding onto over a hundred dollars' worth of almond biscuits in Macau, and being unable to even sample any of them.

No seriously. I'm allergic, sadly. Wwwww

Phantom's Crown: Crusade

Bonus

Christmas Special Trailer

From the makers of Phantom's Crown: Crusade,

"Alms? Alms for the poor?"

"Arms?" Glenn repeats in disbelief, having misheard the older teen. "You've already got arms, haven't you?"

"Damnit, I can't even scrounge properly." Vasily mutters to himself, facepalming with his free hand.

Tia, unfazed by her partner's failure, presents her collection box. "Please consider donating to the poor and sick - they are much in need of money to keep them from going hungry in this cold winter night."

"Bah humbug!" Glenn spits. "You'll be taking my precious money away from me when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!" And with that, he slams the door shut.

And Elliot Bond: International Man of Mystery,

"Speaking of work, tomorrow's Christmas, and…"

The young male scratches his head. "I was wondering if you could let me take half the day off so that I can-?"

"Morgan, I don't pay you to lollygag around and spend time for frivolous activities like-" a shudder erupts from the brown-haired man. "Christmas. Request denied!"

A quirk of the eyebrow from the blond. "Mister Callaghan, you don't pay me at all. I'm only working for you because your brother bid me do so before he passed."

"So what makes you think tomorrow will be any different?!"

Morgan sighs. "It's Christmas, sir. I need to go home. My family needs me - you've met Little Mae, haven't you? I have to cook dinner for the both of us, because surely you can't expect my adoptive daughter-"

"Adoptive daughter?!" Glenn's voice increases by a few levels - and octaves. He throws a fistful of coins at the poor man. "She's fifteen, you freaking moron!"

Comes the magical tale of one misanthropic man, and his miserable money-

"AIEEEEEEEE!"

...Well, 'man' is subjective, I guess.

"G-G-Gilan?!" Glenn cries, watching as the long-dead figure of his twin brother materializes into view.

"Hello, Glenn." he intones. "I see you've gotten a haircut. Good for you - there don't seem to be any barbers in the world of the damned."

"H-How are you...here?! And why do you have so many shackles and manacles on you?!" the Viscount screams, almost ready to wet himself.

"This?" Gilan rattles a few of his chains. "Well, they're all the rage downstairs, so I figured I'd dress up fashionably for the occasion. As for how I'm back...Well."

He leans in to leer at the surviving twin. "I think you should know the answer to that."

Glenn thinks about it, before coming to a conclusion. "Did you find out about how I used your toothbrush to clean the toilet that one time?"

"No, I'm here because- you what?!"

Journey through time and space and watch as he tries (unsuccessfully) to learn what the spirit of Christmas means.

A ringing of bells was what awoke Glenn from his sleep. Opening the curtains of his four-poster bed, he gasped in fright at the new arrival in his room.

"Well, it's about time."

Facing him was a young, pretty girl, who was dressed in green and white. "You know, I haven't got all night to do this."

Backing away from her, he screams, "Who the hell are you?!"

"Name's Lynae, the Ghost of Christmas Past, and I'm here to take you to your past. Behold!"

As the world spins around him, Glenn fights the urge to throw up. He is unceremoniously dropped to the outside of a small bar.

Lifting himself up, he looks in the frosted-glass windows to see a young, strong, green-haired man, who is making merry with the rest of the bar's patrons, including a younger Glenn.

His face widens in recognition at the former. "Lucas?!"

He will learn truths about himself he would never have admitted otherwise.

Regal and imposing, the next ghost stands before him in full armour, pointing a knightly sword at him.

"I am Taryn, the Ghost of Christmas Present. You have been a very naughty boy, haven't you, Glenn Callaghan?" she states with authority.

"..."

The silence prevails for a few moments, before the female breaks it. "What?"

"Could you repeat that?" Is the request from the brunet, and she obliges, "I am Taryn, the-"

"No no, not that. Your last sentence."

"...You have been a very naughty boy, haven't you-"

His face lights up in a grin. "Oh yes, I certainly have!"

A smack from her shield shuts him up, as he falls over, unconscious. "Great." Taryn complains to herself. "Why do I always get the weird ones?"

In association with SkyFox Studios, Sylveon Diancie Productions presents...

"The penance you pay…"

Glenn finds himself being dragged through a forlorn graveyard, the last resting place of 'Mae Nosurname' having been left behind long since.

"For the way you behave…"

He is hoisted over a freshly-dug grave by his magical bindings, before being held upside-down over it. A figure in a beautiful, if bloodstained once-yellow dress approaches, shedding her black hood to reveal light blonde hair, while simultaneously drawing a large parasol.

"Is written as plain…"

Glenn screams when he sees the words 'Glenn Callaghan' inscribed on the tombstone.

Cordelia's voice crescendoes into a shrill, cold laugh. "As the name on this grave!"

A Fraternity Carol

In cinemas Winter 20XX

Glenn lets out another scream, as the girl swings the oversized candelabra at him, dodging just barely to the side. "Who the freaking hell are you?!" he yells.

The blonde grins maniacally, and waves the menorah around. "I'm DQ, the Ghost of Hanukkah! Now where my Ashkenazim homeboys at?"

A/N:

DQ isn't Jewish, by the way. She's just a first-class troll. Wwwwww

I hope you all enjoyed that bonus trailer as much as I enjoyed writing it! Take absolutely none of it seriously, it's all done in the spirit of Christmas, and the fact that Glenn/Lucas will eventually become canonized - in art form, haha.

Anyways, final update before the new year, and one last picture to finish us off. This is also a special Christmas present from a very good friend of mine to another very good friend of mine. Give it up for CrimsonSkyTamer and her rendition of the three central characters to Johto's royalty - that's right, it's the Crown Prince and his two Hands: Gabriel, Maeve and Morgan. As usual, the picture is available on the Starfield, in the appropriate link.

(Merry Christmas, WereDragon EX. Thanks for taking care of SD. Wwwwww - Sky)

In any case, the real chapter will be coming along in early-to-mid-January. I'll try and push it out as soon as I can. As for A Fraternity Carol...Well, let's leave that for Christmas next year. Maybe. If it gets popular enough.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all I wish a Happy New Year's! Cheers! (\(OwO)/)