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A/N: Whats up everyone it's that long and awaited story that you guys have wanted so much.
Before you guys start reading I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy holidays to you and your families.
As for me, I'm sitting in my warm chair drinking hot chocolate made from powder and milk while writing this story so XD
Like I said in my last update that I was doing something special for you guys on Christmas. Well here it is.
Anyways, let's read.
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The Champions of the Institute of War were enjoying themselves at the annual Snowdown party that everyone including summoners were invited.
A light snowfall graced the massive area where the party was held under a patio protected by a large dome with festivities coming about. Circular tables decorated filled the room and buffet tables were set in the middle ladled with party snacks, food, and of course drinks for everyone there.
Summoners packed the place with hundreds of them filling up the entire room dressed in their purple summoner robes and a pin that held the entire thing together while showing their rank depending on the color.
Champions were laughing about with their friends and fellow summoners that they fought alongside with on a daily basis. Summoners were throwing off their hoods and showing their faces to friends and enemies.
"I fail to see how the annual Snowdown party is worth coming to." Katarina scowled as she leaned back on her chair, making sure to cross her legs so that no one could see her panties in this ridiculous Snowdown outfit that the Institute required everyone to wear the following week of Snowdown, "It's the same old thing every year. Everyone gets together, dresses up, and party a little bit before going back home."
"Oh don't be such a downer." Cassiopeia hissed teasingly, "You always love Snowdown when we were kids."
"That's when we were kids sis." Katarina sighed as she looked around the halls.
Lulu dressed in her Winter Wonder outfit was badgering a fully covered Arctic Ops Varus holding what looked like an entire armful of cookies while a Reindeer Kog'Maw snatched up any stray cookies that were on the ground. A Snow Fawn Poppy stood alongside an Earnest Elf Tristana, who was chattering excitedly with a laughing Happy Elf Teemo. Snow Day Singed was passing out steaming cups of hot chocolate from a machine as Champions and Summoners alike scaled the giant Festive Maokai as he laughed wholeheartedly. All in all, the atmosphere in the halls were indeed, festive.
"I don't think that's the real reason why you're looking so down." Cassiopeia said as she leaned forward with her tail swishing back and forth, "But something that happened recently that caused you to act like this."
Katarina flinched as her mark had been found. It's true that she'd been in the dumps ever since Garen dumped her for some noble woman that caught his attention. How? She may never know since all he had on his mind was Demacia, Prince Jarvan the Fourth, and his muscles.
"Don't even try to fool me Katarina because you're doing that nervous habit of yours again." She pointed out with a smirk, "Spill. What did Garen do this time?"
Katarina, who was in the middle of scratching the side of her daggers with her fingernails, sheepishly set them down before sighing, "Crownguard dumped me a few days ago."
"Oh." Cassiopeia said while dropping into a softer tone as her head dropped a bit in shame, "Sorry about that."
"It's okay." Katarina waved it off as she slid her knife back into one of her many sheathes, "I didn't think things would go or last that long anyway so it's fine."
"Still." Cassiopeia pursed her lips as she looked at her sister worryingly.
"I'll get go get some hot chocolate from Singed." The elder Du Couteau said while getting up and strode over to the Mad Chemist, sidestepping running and still bodies, "Hey Singed."
"Ah the elder daughter of the Du Couteau family finally pays me a visit." The war veteran chuckled under his white scarf while pressing a few buttons on the machine, "So, what will it be for you? Tea? Coffee? Or perhaps in the mood for some hot chocolate?"
"I'll take two hot chocolates." Katarina said as she watched him press an even more wide variety of buttons into a very familiar machine, "Wait, isn't that the same machine that you use on the Rift for your poison trail?"
"Exactly the same one." Singed said nonchalantly as he poured two cups of steaming hot chocolate.
"Don't you think it's dangerous to use that to pour drinks for everyone here?" Katarina asked with a raised eyebrow, "Especially since there are so many important and prestigious people here?"
"Relax Du Couteau." Singed said as he turned off the machine, "I always wash and switch out the feeder for this baby before I start pouring drinks for everyone."
"Right." Katarina drawled out with her arms crossed over her chest, "What if someone were to get sick or poisoned?"
Singed cupped his chin and went into a sort of thinking position before answering with a slight glint in his eyes, "Good thing we have a lot of Summoners here to heal them then."
"You never change do you." Katarina sighed as she shook her head and accepted the two cups of hot chocolate with a faint smile, "Thanks Singed."
"No problem." He waved her away as he prepared another batch of drinks for another person and she turned to start back.
"INCOMING!"
A body slammed into her and she went tumbling onto the ground with the person as the cups flew into the air before splattering onto the ground.
"Ugh." Katarina groaned as she opened up her eyes and saw a brown counterpart, "Who the hell?"
"Sorry." The man said sheepishly as Katarina kicked him off of her roughly and he landed hard on his back, "Ow!"
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Katarina shouted as she tried to wring the hot chocolate from her dress, "Look at what you did!"
"Well I did say duck." He answered while shaking his head several times to stop the birds from flying around his head, "Blub, blub, blub, blub."
Katarina had no words to say at the mere stupidity in front of her as she shook her head and grabbed a few napkins from a nearby table before trying to dry herself.
"Heal!"
A refreshing sensation overflowed her body as the pain from the impact and the forming bruises on her backside disappeared instantly.
"A Summoner." Katarina realized out loud as she turned to look at the man who crashed into her. The purple robes that he adorned and the gold metal pin holding it at the heart was all she needed to see to make the assumption. His hood was down as well so as far as facial expressions go, he was pretty normal. Round face, a little bit taller than her, disheveled hair, metal framed glasses, and a facial structure of an Ionian.
"Now that's better." He said as he rolled his head a few times and cracked his back, "Sorry about landing on you Lady Du Couteau but Alistar tends to overdo it sometimes with his headbutts."
"Wait a minute." Katarina stopped him right there with a hand, "Are you telling me that you got headbutted by Alistar? The Minotaur?"
"Yeah." The man nodded, "What's so confusing about that?"
"Did you anger him or get in his way?" Katarina asked with so many questions floating around her head.
"Well I told him to do it." He replied while scratching his head with a stupid smile, "He said that no Summoner could take his headbutt literally head on and still be conscious. So I proved him wrong woo!"
Katarina sweatdropped before shaking her head but smiled a little bit at his little stunt. If she was younger, being headbutted giant minotaur and living through it would've been a challenge that she might've taken on.
"Let me help you with that. Least that I can do." The summoner said as he placed a hand on her shoulder and casted, "Cleanse!"
The ugly black stains on her clothes immediately disappeared and the smell of hot chocolate with it as well.
"Whatever." Katarina said as she swatted his hand away and accepted two more cups from Singed, "Thanks Singed."
"Figured that you might want another batch after that last one." He said before doing his signature laugh and walked back to his serving station.
"Aw no thank you for me?" The man asked with a small grin and his arms crossed, "I just saved you the trouble of going to dry cleaners and a shower."
"Well you're the one that caused it in the first place." She rolled her eyes before pushing past him roughly and back towards where here sister had been sitting.
"Where've you been?" Cassiopeia asked as she accepted the cup from her as she sat back down, "It can't take you that long to get a cup of hot cocoa."
"This is the second one because some idiot crashed into me while I was coming back." Katarina scowled as she took a small sip from her cup and told her sister what had happened while she was gone.
Cassiopeia spit out a bit of her hot chocolate and laughed up a storm as Katarina shook her head at her younger sisters action but smiled nonetheless.
"You're smiling."
Katarina's eyes widened as she felt her hands go up to her cheeks and found the edges of her mouth pulling away, forming a small but noticeable smile.
"That's the first time that I've seen you smiled in a while Kat." Cassiopeia said quietly but Katarina still heard her, "Perhaps that man was something that was meant to help you after all."
"Pfft oh please Cass. He can barely help himself." Katarina scoffed as she leaned back on her chair, "He's one of the biggest idiots that I have ever saw and I've dated Garen."
"At least he cared enough to heal and clean your clothes for you." Cassiopeia pointed out, "From what you told me about Garen, the only reason why you dated him was because of his body and fact that he might've actually loved you."
"We talking about muscle head?!"
The Du Couteau sisters jumped a bit as Draven dressed in his Santa outfit appeared out of nowhere so fast that it could have competed with the Summoner's flash spell.
"Draven!" Cassiopeia swatted the executioner away with her tail, "Didn't your parent teach you that it's rude to interrupt a ladies conversation?"
"Nope." He popped the p before continuing, "Anyway, what were you guys talking about about the only other musclehead that I know other than my bro and Mundo?"
"Nothing." Katarina said quickly, "Now what do you want?"
"Umm hold on." Draven muttered under his breath under his breath while picking at his mustache with his decked out axes, "Oh right! Head Summoner Adium told me to start handing these out."
He took out a santa bag from behind his back and opened them to reveal what seemed like several hundred envelopes decorated with a candy came trim and a little decorum in the middle.
"Now put your hand in and pick one." Draven said while showing them the bag, "But no peeking alright? Or else."
Katarina rolled her eyes at the weak threat before pulling the first card that she felt and Cassiopeia did the same.
"Now Head Summoner Adium was very specific on these instructions." Draven grunted as he patted all over his body for something before taking out a crumpled piece of paper, "Follow instructions closely yadi yadi yada, allow champions to choose yadi yadi yada, and there it is! Champions, after choosing their envelope, must sign their name onto the front of the envelope in order for it to be opened and therefore makes the exchange permanent."
"Exchange?" Cassiopeia asked while turning her envelope over to see the signature line, "What?"
"I'm not done yet so hold on!" Draven shouted before going back to his lost, "Anyway, Champions will open their envelope and the Summoner that they get. They must get them a Secret Santa gift in commemoration of Snowdown. The person that they receive is final and it is their duty as a Champion to give back to the Summoner. The Summoner will also receive a letter saying who they must get as well. No one is to say anything about who they received to keep the "tradition" of Secret Santa."
"Okay so this is new." Cassiopeia said while nudging her sister from across the table, "See not every Snowdown is the same."
"Quiet you." Katarina said while signing her name with a pen that Draven gave her and watched as her envelope glow a bright gold before dying just as fast, "Okay so what now?"
"You open it and you have to get that Summoner a gift for Snowdown which is-" Draven said while counting on his fingers, "Exactly a week from now starting tomorrow."
"I'm more surprised that you can count than my Summoner." Cassiopeia said as she signed and opened hers, "Summoner Izgis."
"Isn't she that sone Summoner that has that purple braid that I see a few times come by our house?" Katarina asked while sliding her finger across the envelope and opened it to read, "Summoner Day? I've seen this name before."
"Day? As in like with the sun up?" Cassiopeia asked, "Bit of a weird name. Perhaps his parents were weird or he's just a bright guy."
"Lemme see that?" Draven looked over her shoulder and started laughing a little bit, "Yoo you got Dai not Day."
"Dai? Like die?" Katarina asked with scrunched up eyebrows, "Seriously?"
"Yep. I know him a little bit from the group of friends that a Summoner I know hangs out with." Draven nodded, "Man that guy knows how to juggle his axes."
"Who Summoner Dai?"
"Hell no." Draven scoffed while tying up his sack, "Summoner Mike knows how to play me pretty fucking well. He's one of the few people that I know that could juggle three maybe even four axes at once. Dai? He can barely juggle one and walk straight."
"Now I remember him!" Katarina said in realization, "He frequently plays with my Summoner Alice in the top lane. But I don't know much about him or seen his face even after game lobby."
"Yeah she's in the same group of friends Mike is in too." Draven said nonchalantly while leaning forward a little bit more and tiptoeing to catch a view of her breasts.
"You mind?" She asked while pushing Draven away, "I would like it if you didn't try to peek at my breasts in this ridiculous outfit."
"Mind the mustache! It takes forever to get this beauty ready and me of course. Yeah I'm a nice looking Draven." Draven said while whipping a handheld mirror out of nowhere and admired himself, "Draaaaaaven. Yeah nice looking guy right there."
"Draven!"
"Yah!" He snapped out of his little trance and looked at Cassiopeia, "What? Can't you see that I'm admiring this work of art?"
"About Katarina's Secret Santa Summoner please." She said, "What were you saying about him?"
"Oh, yeah, Summoner Dai." Draven continued with his chin cupped with his hand, "That guy is actually one of the weirder ones that I know. He's been here for a couple of years but his champion pool is smaller than newbies that start the game off. Not only that but he plays some of the weirdest Champions. I'm not talking about like he plays them for a couple of matches and then just plays them a few times every so often. I'm talking every game and gets them to Mastery 7."
"Wow." Katarina said out loud as she was really confused, "What Champions does he use?"
"Well he used to play with good ol' Shen after they changed up his kit. Longest time too." Draven said as he scratched his head, trying to remember, "Then he went with that crusty old pirate Gangplank. I don't remember anything else after that."
"I can tell you more if you ask."
Everyone at the table jumped as a Frozen Shen appeared out of nowhere and spooked the group.
"Shen!" Draven asked as he raised his hands up, "I didn't say anything bad about you I swear!"
"I know you did not because I heard you the entire time." He said while holding up an envelope with his name signed already, "I was merely taking my envelope until I heard my Summoner's name."
"Who? Dai?" Katarina asked with an idea clicking into her head, "Since he partnered with you in his matches for so long can you tell me what he is like then? It will help with my job of having to get him a gift without having to talk with him."
"It will help maintain the balance of everyone getting a gift so I will." Shen nodded, "What do you wish to know?"
"Everything." She stated with her arms crossed over her chest, "The more information the better."
"Very well." He said while taking the seat across from them.
"I gotta go give everyone else a card." Draven said while looking at his next target, which was a Frozen Nocturne talking with a Lunar Goddess Diana, "Gotta finish handing these out by today or else. See ya!"
They gave him their respective goodbyes as he walked towards the other Champions before Shen started, "Continuing from where Draven left off, Summoner Dai played Kennen in the top lane building similarly to a marksmen that would go bottom. Meaning Blade of the Ruined King, Frozen Mallet, and Runaan's Hurricane would be his core build and the rest would be situational."
"But isn't building ability power better?" Katarina asked, "Going AD would make Kennen's Ultimate do practically nothing and teamfights wouldn't be as good without it."
"Yeah what is he stupid?" Cassiopeia add in her two cents, "Everyone knows that AP is better and that going that build would just get you flamed."
"He is indeed an idiot and he does get flamed." Shen said bluntly, "Moving on with his other pool. He also plays Sion, Aatrox, Galio, Malphite, Xin Zhao, Nasus, and Mordekaiser top lane along with the occasional Aurelion Sol mid lane."
"I'm already not liking this guy." Katarina shivered a little bit as a mental picture of all those Champions came out of her mind, "Enough about his Champion pool, what is he like?"
"He's very abnormal but at the same time very ordinary." Shen said with a straight face, or else much as they can see out of the mask that he was wearing, "But he is one of the best Summoners that you can have by your side for a reason."
"Well why is that?"
"While most people will be scared of his outside appearance, he is a good man at heart." Shen said with a straight face, "Always ready to help others when in need, a shoulder to cry on with a sympathetic hand, and will go above and beyond for anything."
"You're talking as if he was your favorite Summoner." Katarina smirked a little bit with a finger pointed at the Eye of Twilight, "I thought you weren't allowed to play favorites."
"I am not." Shen said with his expression still the same, "I am merely stating the truth."
"Alright I heard enough. Where is he?" Katarina sighed as she looked around the room, "The faster I get him a present the faster this whole thing is over with."
"You must put effort into your gift for it is a time of giving." Shen glared at her and she did the same, "Do not "half-ass" it and take it seriously."
"Fine." Katarina groaned, "Now where is this idiot anyway?"
"He is the Ionian standing on top of Malphite." Shen said while pointing behind her, "The one with glasses."
Katarina turned around to see Summoner Alice being helped up Malphite's head by the only one with glasses and a gear clicked inside her mind. She had seen him before and very recently too. It was the idiot Summoner that had willingly headbutt Alistar and crash into her when she went flying.
"Shen please tell me that's not him." Katarina said as she looked back at ninja with tired eyes, "You must be joking."
"There is no reason for me to joke at all." Shen said with a raised expression, "Especially for a matter as important as this.:
"Oh my god." Katarina groaned with her face in her hands, "It can't be true."
"What? He doesn't look too bad." Cassiopeia said as she looked up and saw Dai, "Lots of people climb onto Champions as big as Malphite."
"That's the idiot that headbutted Alistar and crashed into me." Katarina said with another sip of her cup, "I can't believe that I got that idiot out of all people. Shen are you sure that's him? Maybe you're having one of those days that you're going crazy or feeling weird?"
"That is him Miss Du Couteau or do I have to repeat myself?" Shen stated once more before getting up and walked away before she could answer him.
"Well there goes my Snowdown." Katarina sighed as she laid her chin on the table.
"Oh don't be like that." Cassiopeia said as she tucked her envelope into a little fanny pack at her waist, "At least this is something that can get your mind off Crowguard for a while."
"I am not looking for a new boyfriend Cass." Katarina glared at her sister before sighing, "What am I supposed to do for that idiot? Hell if he's stupid enough to fuck with Alistar then what the hell am supposed to get for him? A strong helmet?"
"Oh don't be silly big sis." Cassiopeia said as she slithered up to her and gave her a quick hug, "I need to go shopping for my gift so I'll probably be in the dorms later tonight."
"Alright then." Katarina muttered while returning the hug, "I'll see you later then."
"Remember, Shen told you not to half-ass it or else." Cassiopeia reminded her as she slithered away with her cup of steaming hot chocolate in hand, "Good luck!"
"I'll need it." Katarina sighed once more as she finished her own in one gulp and looked back at Dai's direction.
He was currently giving Queen Ashe a hug and the two excused themselves as they left the main hall with their shoulders touching.
"Ashe?" Katarina asked herself while looking around the halls again, "If she was here then Tryndamere would be as well so…"
The Barbarian King was currently leaning on a pillar while exposing a little bit of his chest by moving his king robes aside and holding his greatsword as he flirted with a giggling Midnight Ahri.
After feeling a sour taste in her mouth at Tryndamere's actions in reminder of Garen doing something similar, Katarina followed the pair out into the snow garden and hid behind a tree with the snow falling lightly. The pair sat down on a bench with a street lamp illuminating them as they talked.
"Glad that you could make it Ashe." Dai said as he gave the Frost Archer a sincere smile, "How was your trip?"
"Dai I live in not even a half hours walk from the dorms." Ashe smirked as she crossed her arms over her chest, "And the last time I went back to my kingdom was about a month ago."
"Right! Sorry about that." He apologized while looking down at his hands, "I was just you know-"
"Worried I know." Ashe laughed and in Dai's ears was almost a symphony of heaven, "You worry too much my love."
Katarina almost froze up in shock to the fact that the two were dating. The idiot is lacking as much common sense as Tryndamere but still managed to snag Ashe as his date. However, it might just be a little inside joke between the two.
"Anyway I got you something Ashe." Dai said as he retrieved a parcel from inside of his sleeves, "Happy Snowdown."
"Really?" Ashe said as she accepted the gift with both hands before unwrapping it, "But Snowdown isn't until a week from now."
"I know but-" Dai said with a small blush, "I wanted to get you something special. Something that you really wanted."
"I'm guessing it's a book judging from the weight and shape." Ashe said as she finished unwrapping it and gasped at the title, "Dai! You didn't!"
"Yep." He grinned as he saw her expression, "The sequel to The Cold Ring, The Warm Room! Hot off the press."
"But this isn't supposed to come out until three months from now!" Ashe exclaimed as she flipped through the book a few times and looked at the cover and read the name a few times to make sure, "How did you get a copy?"
"I have a few friends in Ionia that had connections in Piltover and they also had friends who was friends with the author so they managed to get a copy from his personal study." Dai said with his head tilted, "You like?"
"Of course!" Ashe squealed as she gave him enthusiastic hug before pulling away in realization and ruffled through her purse that matched her sky blue dress, "That reminds me. I got you something as well!"
"Oh you didn't have to." Dai said before she gave him that look that said "Accept or die", "Alright then jeez."
"Now close your eyes."
Q nodded and did as instructed before he felt something cold slip onto his wrist and Ashe said, "Now open up."
He opened his eyes and looked down to see a magnificent round bracelet made completely out of ice covered in intricate markings. It fitted perfectly as he looked up to give Ashe a grateful smile and gave her a big hug, "Thank you so much Ashe. It means alot."
"It's nothing Dai trust me." Ashe giggled as she looked back down at her book, "Now I'm more grateful for this book. The first one was amazing and I'm dying to read this one."
While Ashe was fangirling about her book, Dai reached a hand up and casually brushed the gathering snow off of her hair. She immediately stopped and looked at him with a knowing smirk.
"What do you think you're doing my love?" Ashe teased as she sat up straighter, pushing out her generous cleavage covered by her dress, "See something you like?"
"You look beautiful today Ashe." He answered truthfully, "Your long beautiful hair, the dress that captures your image perfectly, and your piercing blue eyes that went through my heart."
"You say that everytime that you see me." Ashe giggled while scooting over and eventually found herself sitting on his lap, "Don't you ever need to make new ones?"
"Why should I?" Dai asked as he looked up at her, "The beauty that that I see every time doesn't change."
"Bulls-eye." Ashe said softly before brushing her hair aside and leaned down, giving him a full kiss on the lips as he held her in place by wrapping his arms around her slim waist.
Katarina in the background managed to cover her mouth and hold in a surprised gasp and one single thought,
"WTF!"
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A/N: YEAHHHHHHH MERRY CHRISTMAS FOLKS!
Here is the long awaited Ashe x OC x Katarina fanfic that you guys are wanting so much with a special someone, ME! XD
The story will be told with the old lore where there are Summoners, the Institute of War, and all that bs.
Anyway, this one will be on hiatus until I finish my current Fanfic, which you can see by visiting my profile.
Will also probably go back into this story and update this specific chapter because I wanted to release it on Christmas day.
I wrote this damn thing just in time too and the chapters will be shorter to help with people not having to spend an entire hour to read a single Fanfic so yeah.
Please drop a follow, review, favorite, and even a PM/DM would make my Christmas night even warmer. I do read the reviews and several times actually because I want see the people who took the time out of their schedule to read my stories.
Thank you all once again for tuning into this story and I'll see yall next update!
This is DaiNightcore signing off with a Christmas song and it has been an honor writing for you all.