A/N: Me: *sitting on the windowsill looking out at the stars on Christmas Eve* ~Kiyoshi kono yoru hoshi wa hikari
Sukui nomiko wa mabune no naka ni
Nemuri tamo-o. itoyasuku.~
Shepiroth: *walks in* What's going on? I thought you were working on that Sly Cooper story.
Me: I am! I just thought I would give my 'Fire Emblem: True Awakening' readers a Christmas gift. Where are Angeal and Genesis?
Shepiroth: *sits down across from her leaning against the window frame* They are in bed like you should be.
Me: I know. Just can't seem to fall sleep. I haven't been fully awake all Christmas Eve since I was little...
Shepiroth: *interrupts chuckling* You're little now.
Me: *rolls her eyes* Younger then. I guess I'm just excited, more than usual. I'm going with my family to see the final instalment of 'The Hobbit' on Christmas Day and the Day After Christmas, I'm going to see the new movie 'Into the Woods'. My Number Three favorite play is now a movie!
Shepiroth: *raises an eyebrow* Number Three?
Me: *counting on her fingers* Number five is 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat', four is 'Cats', three is 'Into the Woods' as I've said, two is 'Les Miserables' and 'Phantom of the Opera' is in the number one spot.
Shepiroth: *nods* Yes, I remember 'Phantom' being your favorite. *smirks* And the fact you want to play Christine one day with Angeal, Geneses and myself playing the Phantom.
*PG17 blushes and stutters while Shepiroth laughs. He then turns towards the readers and inclines his head.*
Shepiroth: Forgive me for almost forgetting. PG17 does not own 'Fire Emblem: Awakening', it's characters, plot, myself or my friends. Any Questions, Comments and Reviews are appreciated. And to all you Flamers and all of you who post Rude Comments and Snide Remarks, just for Christmas the bucket of water has been changed to a bucket of ice cubes and snow and just because it's Christmas doesn't mean I can't kick you out. *fingers the hilt of Masamune*
Me: *having finally gotten rid of the blush* Also thank you to Shinymudkip25, Antrex-The Legendary Zoroark, awesome pichu and AquaticSilver for your reviews.
Shepiroth: *standing and lifting PG17 into his arms* Time for bed, Little One. You have presents to open, a movie to watch and time to spend with your family tomorrow.
PG17: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Songs in this Special:
Silent Night in Japanese
Come, All Ye Faithful! In Latin
Merry Christmas, Darling! By The Carpenters
Fire Emblem: True Awakening 2014 Christmas Special!
"~Adeste fideles læti triumphantes, venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte regem angelorum:
Venite adoremus! Venite adoremus! Venite adoremus!
Dominum!~"
I sang those words as I watched the snow fall out my window. This had been a difficult year, in more ways than one. I turned and looked at the large Christmas tree in one corner of the room. It was an artificial white tree that was covered in silver, white and blue decorations with a silver and blue star on top.
I heard a cry from the other room and knew he had awoken. I walked down the hall to a small nursery. I walked in and picked up the little bundle in the crib. "Shhh, little one. No need to get so fussy after your nap." I walked over to the chest of drawers and placed the little one on the changing table.
He was a strong little child and could already sit up with little to no help. His eyes could show he was very smart for an eight month old baby, and he was the most cooperative baby ever. He only cried when he had a bad dream or when someone disturbs his nap. When his dipper needed changing, he would clap his hands to get my attention and squirm when I looked wrinkling his nose in a cute 'I smell something bad' way. When he was hungry, again he would clap his hands before making a noise that sounded like 'Wa wa'.
I rubbed my nose against his tummy and he squealed and giggled. I then pulled out a small Christmas outfit from one of the drawers and changed him into it. Picking him up, I walked back to the main room. "We're going to have a lot of fun for your first Christmas, aren't we?" He laughed and clapped his hands. He often acted more like a toddler then a baby. I finally got to the kitchen and I placed him in his highchair. "Let's start this Official Christmas Celebration with making Gingerbread Cookies." I quickly got everything in place and soon the whole room was filled with the smell of cinnamon and warm Gingerbread.
I decorated the cookies before mischievously gathering some icing and placing a dot of it on the baby's nose. He looked at the icing on his nose becoming cross-eyed, making me laugh. I swiped my finger down his nose, gathering up the icing on it, and I laughed as he grabbed said finger and started sucking the icing off. I placed the cookies on a small tray and put it aside. "Now, a treat for all of Santa's Reindeer." I pulled out a small bowl and filled it with fresh carrots. I placed it on the tray next to the cookies and poured a glass of milk to go with the cookies.
I then picked him up in one arm and the tray in my free hand half balanced on my hip and walked to the main room. Placing the tray on a small table, I lit a small match and began to light the candles on the tree and in the windows. I put out the match and went over to the old Victrola record player. Placing a record on the turntable, I wound it up and placed the needle on the record and it started playing some old Classic Christmas songs.
He clapped his hands and I laughed as I began twirling us, dancing to the Music.
When it got darker outside and the music had become a slow instrumental, I started swaying as he placed his head on my shoulder, ready to fall asleep. I smiled softly as I looked at the child. My fourth child, my third son: Chrom Robin Christianson.
He was a surprise and a delight; what's more, he was like his father in every single way. From the blue hair on his head to the Brand of the Exalt on his right shoulder. Even his smile was that of my husband! ...My Husband... Chrom... I missed him desperately. My heart ached every time I thought of him and my eye would fill with tears. The instrumental version of one of my favorite songs came on and I sang as I rocked my little boy to sleep.
"~The logs on the fire fill me with desire
To see you and to say:
That I wish you Merry Christmas, Happy New Year too
I've just one wish on this Christmas Eve
I wish I were with you
I wish I were with you!~"
Smiling at the soft breathing of my son I walked to the nursery. I placed him in his crib humming the lullaby I had sung to Robin and my children. I pulled off the necklace around my neck. It was a necklace of silver with a golden engraved locket in the shape of the Fire Emblem, jewels and all with a charm in the shape of Falchion hanging from the bottom of the Emblem. I picked up the Music Box on the table beside the bed and placed the Falchion Charm from my necklace in the keyhole and gave it a turn. As the music played and the Music Box opened, I smiled at the little figurines of me and my husband dancing together.
I slowly walked out of the room and off to my room. I changed into an exact copy of the dress my figurine on the Music Box wore as well as silver ballet slippers. As I was finishing putting ribbons in my hair, I heard the doorbell ring. Grabbing my white fur cape, white fur muff and white head bonnet, I walked to the door and opened it to find Gilbert and his wife along with the babysitter I hired for tonight.
"Hello Gil! Rene! Rachel, Chrom is asleep in his crib. You know where everything is if he wakes right?" My best friend since middle school nodded and went inside closing the door behind her. Gilbert, his wife Rene and I started walking to the Dance Hall on Main Street, two blocks away from my house, for the Victorian Christmas Eve ball. I had fun dancing, laughing and chatting the night away and cheered when the tree was lit in the town square.
I returned home at eleven, thanked and paid Rachel before locking up the house. I checked on my son one last time and kissed his head as he slept soundly. Putting on my nightgown, I climbed into bed and fell asleep.
The Grandfather Clock in the hall struck Midnight... Yet I can dream and in my dreams...
"Chrom? I...is that you?" "Anna?" Chrom rushed towards me and hugged me close before kissing me senseless. "What's going on?" Chrom smiled and me. "Naga has given me permission to visit you tonight in a dream. This is for one night only, so I was told to use it wisely.' He pressed a kiss to my forehead. 'And I plan to do just that." We talked and kissed and just enjoyed being with each other.
"Our time's almost up." Chrom stated sadly. I raised my head from where it had laid over his bare chest and looked at him sadly. "Well, at least I got to have one last Christmas Eve with you." He looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "It's Christmas over in that world?" "I fell asleep at Midnight, just after returning from a Ball in Town Square. I wore the very same dress I wore last Christmas. When our children gave me the Music Box and necklace."
He smiled at me and kissed me. Suddenly the world around us changed from darkness to my living room where the White, Blue and Sliver Christmas Tree stood. The candles upon it gave it an ethereal glow and the silver and blue star on top shone with a light all its own. I noticed he was in his royal outfit and I was in the ball gown I had worn earlier that night. We heard a scratch, turning around we watched as the old Victrola began to play. We looked at each other and he smiled. He gave a serious face straightened up before bowing to me. I smiled and curtsied back.
He took my hand in his own and his other hand placed itself on my hip, my free hand gathering up my dress. The two of us danced just as we had last year. The music I recognized as the song I had sung earlier. I closed my eyes and softly began to sing it again.
"~Merry Christmas, darling! We're apart, that's true
But I can dream and in my dreams
I'm Christmasing with you!
Holidays are joyful there's always something new
But every day's a holiday when I'm near to you...
The lights on my tree I wish you could see
I wish it every day
The logs on the fire fill me with desire
To see you and to say:
That I wish you Merry Christmas, Happy New Year too
I've just one wish on this Christmas Eve
I wish I were with you...~'
Chrom twirled me around and I laughed like I hadn't laughed in ages.
'~The logs on the fire fill me with desire
To see you and to say:
That I wish you Merry Christmas, Happy New Year too
I've just one wish on this Christmas Eve
I wish I were with you
I wish I were with you!~"
Chrom smiled at me before kissing me. He and everything around me faded and as I woke up that Christmas morning, I was the happiest I had ever been in the past year. "Merry Christmas, Darling..."