Merry Christmas everyone!
This wont be the longest of chapters, but this is my first multi-chap story that's gone sorta big, so I hafta do something. This will be kinda modern, but oh well.
This is also a sort of Christmas present to my Mom, who always gives advice and input on my chapters as I write them (but like me, her spelling is atrocious, so she doesn't help in that department).
Merry Christmas Mamma, and Merry Christmas Readers!
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Lupo sat and watched as the siblings settled down in the carriage that Malfatto had acquired somehow. They both seemed a bit down after dealing with that girl… what was her name? Ah well, it didn't really matter. Soon they would be far away from this town, and he could get his friends back. Ever since coming here, the siblings acted as if every movement made them tired.
Lifting his hand up to the small silver necklace, he twirled it on it's chain. Such a nice gift it was, oddly enough from Cahin, he received last Christmas…
/\/\/\Flashback/\/\/\
The Prowler rolled over in bed, attempting to cover his head with the sheets. The sunlight, however, had other plans and was annoyingly persistent. Any hope of getting sleep was stopped when what seemed like two very large cannonballs rocketed into his bed, bouncing him out with a loud "oomph."
Glaring up at the laughing siblings, Lupo grumbled "And exactly why are you in my room at the crack of dawn?"
Caha laughed at him, and tweaked his nose. "Because it's Christmas of course! That gives us the right to wake up anyone still asleep when the sun comes up." Lupo turned his glare from her to her brother, only to find the idiot grinning and nodding.
Standing up and stretching, Lupo groaned. "I hate both of you." Stumbling downstairs to the kitchen, he barely even flinched with both of them somersaulted over him.
Caha laughed as his sister landed on his shoulders. "It's alright Lupo, we know you love us." The Harlequin said as his sister jumped off his shoulders backward. Lupo jerked back suddenly as Cahin was instantly a little too close. "Especially me."
"Gah!" The Prowler yelled, shoving the cackling Cahin down the remaining stairs. "there is something seriously wrong with you."
Standing on his hands, the boy nodded. "It's a definite possibility. Now come one, we have presents!"
Still grumbling, he followed the both of them into the room where a tenenbaum* was set up, with a handful of boxes around it. Malfatto sat in one of the chairs nearby, drinking a cup of some steaming drink. Caha ran up to the first one on the pile- hers- and grabbed it. "It's from…" She began laughing. At Lupo's raised eyebrow, she explained. "It's labeled, "From your most excellent and wonderful brother, future world ruler, future millionaire, current handsomest man alive." Lupo groaned and slapped Cahin in the back of the head. Ripping the paper off, Caha "ooh'd". She pulled out the dress- French, by the look of it- at felt it. It was a stylish green, with the bottom of it done it wavy layers, tied up with white ribbons.** While she hugged her brother, Malfatto grabbed the next one, and tossed it to Lupo.
Reading the label, the young man saw it was from the Doctor, and opened it cautiously, not sure what Malfatto would give someone fro Christmas. It was a nice, long cloak, blue on the outside, red on the inside. Lupo grinned and shook Malfatto's hand. "Thanks Da- Doctor." He recovered quickly, blushing furiously. Malfatto looked at him a moment, before giving a small smile and a nod.
The next gift,a pair of silver cufflinks from Caha, went to her brother, who insisted on wearing them in his hair for some reason. After that, the doctor got a pair of leather boots from both siblings that, from the craftsman's logo on the heels, must have cost enough to buy a small horse. Malfatto immediately put them on, despite currently being in his night clothes.
The siblings then got their other gifts-a joint gift from Malfatto and Lupo, which was a silver ring for Cahin and a gold one for Caha, that each had a large cursive "C" in the center of it, in the secondary colour of their costumes (purple for Caha and blue for Cahin). The two of them put them on and immediately looked like a pair of children with a new favorite toy.
Cahin and Caha went next, the girl giving Lupo a watchmaker's toolkit (for the constant tinkering he was doing on his hidden blade) and Cahin giving him a simple necklace. It was nothing spectacular, a fine gold chain hanging a medallion with a wolf embossed on it, but Lupo felt immensely happy with it.
After all of the presents had either been put on or away (they finally convinced Cahin to put the Cufflinks on his shirt cuffs), Lupo stood up and opened the door, ready to go out for a small drink. He stopped, however, at a hand on his should.
Turning around, he saw Caha giving him a questioning look. "Where ya' heading?" She asked.
Lupo shrugged, failing at dislodging the hand. "Just out for a bit, why?"
The girl shook her head and flicked his ear. "You'll do no such thing. You're going to stay her."
Lupo got a bit miffed at being told what to do. "And why is that?"
Because, you spend Christmas with your family, and that's what the four of us are; family."
Lupo paused at that, and started thinking. Finally, he smiled, and closed the door.
"Yeah, I guess we are."
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*I think I spelled this right. It's the old term for Christmas tree. If it is misspelled, I apologize
**I'm a guy, so I suck at fashion. Sorry for the bad description, but I knew some people would be so disappointed if I didn't atleast try.
Once again, Merry Christmas to All, and to All a good read!