Chapter 2 of Raenef's First Christmas
Disclaimer: Ack! Forgot to put this at the beginning! Oops, hope I don't get sued. come on people, it's Christmas! Anyways, I do not own any of the characters in this story, they are from Demon Diary and those people own them.those lucky people. I do, however, own this story and the first four Demon Diary graphic novels, so there. Now, on with the story! Enjoy and please review!
The next day (December 23)
"CHRIS!!" Erutis screeched at Chris for what seemed like the 50th time. "Get away! Stop that! Chris!"
Erutis, Chris, and Raenef were all busily preparing decorations for the castle's majestic 15-foot tall Christmas tree that Eclipse had brought in yesterday, after Raenef begged him to get one. Actually, it was more like Raenef and Erutis were struggling to string popcorn while Chris was having fun eating the popcorn off the end of Erutis' string. In any case, the castle was definitely starting to look and feel a lot more Christmas-y, due to Raenef, Erutis, Chris all pitching in to do things like put up garlands, set up trees and putting cinnamon potpourri in every available bowl; and even the reluctant Eclipse put up some wreathes. Everyone, whether they admitted it or not, was very excited about the coming days.
"That should be enough, right?" Raenef held up his string and looked over the popcorn critically.
"It should be, as long as this moron doesn't eat any more!!" Erutis whacked Chris on the head as he attempted to steal more popcorn.
"What?" Chris asked, a big smile on his face as he rubbed the sore spot on his head. " I can't help it, it's good! Why are we putting it on the tree, anyways?"
"Because, it looks very nice." Erutis smiled as they tied the two strings together and went over the tree to string it on the branches. "Well, that should work out nicely." She held up the popcorn and hooked a bit of it over a low branch. "Why don't you guys do this while I go start decorating. elsewhere?" Erutis' smile got an evil glint behind it.
"Uh, okay," Raenef, trying to be agreeable, grabbed the string and started hanging it.
"And what are you going to be doing, exactly?" Chris looked at Erutis, still smiling but in a rather suspicious manner.
"I," she said slyly, "am the Mistletoe Fairy! It is my job to go and hang this mystical plant where it can work it's magic! Do you dare interfere with my job?" Erutis grinned like a maniac and whipped out a small piece of the plant, waving it like a brandished sword in front of Chris' terrified face.
"Uh, n-no," Chris managed to stutter. He quickly backed away from Erutis until his back hit the tree's branches. Raenef turned from hanging the popcorn to figure out what was going on.
"What's that, Erutis?" Raenef asked innocently. He looked confusedly at Chris, and then at the small plant in Erutis' hand. "What's it for?"
"You don't know about mistletoe?" Chris asked him incredulously.
"Well," said Erutis, completely ignoring Chris and trying to look knowledgeable, "mistletoe, or viscum album, has green leaves and white berries, like this." She held up the plant for him to inspect. "And, at Christmas time, people hang it around, usually in doorways or other places where people walk under often. Whenever you see someone under the mistletoe, you have to give them a kiss! Isn't it great?" Erutis gave Raenef a scarily happy sort of smile. "Well, I'm off to decorate! Have fun!" With that, she flounced out to find some unsuspecting spot to hang up the devious plant.
"See why I was scared now?" Chris asked Raenef after she had left. "You know what I might have had to do if she got that stuff over me? Well, I'm not falling for it this year, no sir." Chris rambled on as he and Raenef continued to string up the popcorn. Raenef wasn't really listening to Chris, though. His own thoughts were far away, in a happy land full of tomatoes, Eclipse, and now, mistletoe. Raenef wondered if the mistletoe rule applied to anyone and what he might get to do if he caught his teacher under some of the plant. of course, he had never mentioned any of his thoughts in this area to anyone. How could he ever admit that he had fallen.fallen in love with Eclipse, the great and powerful demon? The one who wanted so badly for him to be a proper demon lord, and whom Raenef wished he didn't disappoint half as often.
Later on that day
The rest of the day passed rather uneventfully, Raenef and Chris finishing their decorations on the grand Christmas tree and Raenef wandering around, noting and carefully avoiding the various places where Erutis had hung up the mistletoe. He eventually retired to his room, planning out the various Christmas gifts he was going to give.
"Chris!" Erutis found Chris looking at one of the prettier wreathes decking the halls, (no pun intended.) "I've been looking everywhere for you!"
"What's going on?" Chris noticed the excited look on Erutis' face.
"Have you seen Eclipse? I got a really good idea for a fun Christmas surprise." Erutis smiled sweetly and looked around to see if the demon was nearby.
"I think he's in the library," Chris said, pointing to the big wooden doors.
"Great," Erutis smiled even bigger. "Chris, go put on some warmer clothes and then come down and meet me in the library. Don't ask, just do it!" Erutis ignored the puzzled look on Chris' face and quickly went over to the library.
"Hey, Eclipse," Erutis opened the library door to find the demon sitting at one of the desks, poring over some important-looking papers.
"You should really knock," Eclipse said irritably.
"Oh, lighten up. It's almost Christmas, you know?" Eclipse gave her a withering glare, but Erutis' smile didn't wither in the slightest. "Hey, I just had a really wonderful idea for a Christmas surprise!" Eclipse was still staring at her and wishing the annoying human would leave. Erutis finally seemed to notice the look that Eclipse was giving her and realized that he wasn't in a very Christmas-y mood.
"Now come on," she said, giving Eclipse a look of her own, "you know you would want to do something that would make Raenef really happy for Christmas." She had finally gotten his attention.
"What are you planning to do?" Eclipse asked questioningly.
"Come with me and you'll find out. Trust me, Raenef will absolutely love it!" She once again smiled as she grabbed Eclipse and led him out of the library.
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Raenef was sitting in his room, drawing crudely made Christmas cards for everyone at the castle, when he suddenly heard music wafting up to his room through an open window which faced into the small courtyard below. He sat there and listened to the beautiful song for a moment before springing up and running over to the window to figure out where it was coming from. Raenef smiled broadly at the sight that met his eyes.
Chris, Erutis, and Eclipse were all standing outside his window, dressed up in heavy winter clothes. Eclipse must have done some powerful magic on the weather, because thick snow was falling softly in a small area around the trio. They were all singing a slow Christmas song, Eclipse's deep voice blending beautifully with Chris' alto and Erutis' soprano.
"Wow!" Raenef laughed in joy and excitement as the three looked up to his window. "I'm coming down there!" Raenef leaned back into his room and grabbed a scarf and jacket before 'going' downstairs and running out the front doors.
The three people continued singing as Raenef reached them and he stood there in awe as they finished the song. When they were done, Chris turned around and grinned at Raenef mischievously.
"You know the best thing about snow, right?" He asked Raenef.
"It's pretty and fluffy and white?" Raenef answered tentatively.
"No," Erutis and Chris both chimed together, "the best thing is having snowball fights!" They both leaned down and hurled handfuls of snow at Raenef, who quickly retaliated on his own. Eclipse stepped back and smiled slightly as he watched the three of them play, until he got hit in the head by a snowball and decided to show them how it was done. They all played in the snow until nightfall.
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Wow! I'm so glad I finished this. It's like one in the morning, but you see, I really care about the 9 or 10 people who read my story and actually cared enough to want me to finish, so here it is. Not like this is the end of it, but I'm glad to have this chapter done. I think the next chapter is going to be the end of it, I was originally planning to have 4 chapters but I think I may just stick with 3. Maybe I'll have an epilogue or something, I dunno. Anyways, please review and I hope you enjoyed it! Merry Christmas!
Disclaimer: Ack! Forgot to put this at the beginning! Oops, hope I don't get sued. come on people, it's Christmas! Anyways, I do not own any of the characters in this story, they are from Demon Diary and those people own them.those lucky people. I do, however, own this story and the first four Demon Diary graphic novels, so there. Now, on with the story! Enjoy and please review!
The next day (December 23)
"CHRIS!!" Erutis screeched at Chris for what seemed like the 50th time. "Get away! Stop that! Chris!"
Erutis, Chris, and Raenef were all busily preparing decorations for the castle's majestic 15-foot tall Christmas tree that Eclipse had brought in yesterday, after Raenef begged him to get one. Actually, it was more like Raenef and Erutis were struggling to string popcorn while Chris was having fun eating the popcorn off the end of Erutis' string. In any case, the castle was definitely starting to look and feel a lot more Christmas-y, due to Raenef, Erutis, Chris all pitching in to do things like put up garlands, set up trees and putting cinnamon potpourri in every available bowl; and even the reluctant Eclipse put up some wreathes. Everyone, whether they admitted it or not, was very excited about the coming days.
"That should be enough, right?" Raenef held up his string and looked over the popcorn critically.
"It should be, as long as this moron doesn't eat any more!!" Erutis whacked Chris on the head as he attempted to steal more popcorn.
"What?" Chris asked, a big smile on his face as he rubbed the sore spot on his head. " I can't help it, it's good! Why are we putting it on the tree, anyways?"
"Because, it looks very nice." Erutis smiled as they tied the two strings together and went over the tree to string it on the branches. "Well, that should work out nicely." She held up the popcorn and hooked a bit of it over a low branch. "Why don't you guys do this while I go start decorating. elsewhere?" Erutis' smile got an evil glint behind it.
"Uh, okay," Raenef, trying to be agreeable, grabbed the string and started hanging it.
"And what are you going to be doing, exactly?" Chris looked at Erutis, still smiling but in a rather suspicious manner.
"I," she said slyly, "am the Mistletoe Fairy! It is my job to go and hang this mystical plant where it can work it's magic! Do you dare interfere with my job?" Erutis grinned like a maniac and whipped out a small piece of the plant, waving it like a brandished sword in front of Chris' terrified face.
"Uh, n-no," Chris managed to stutter. He quickly backed away from Erutis until his back hit the tree's branches. Raenef turned from hanging the popcorn to figure out what was going on.
"What's that, Erutis?" Raenef asked innocently. He looked confusedly at Chris, and then at the small plant in Erutis' hand. "What's it for?"
"You don't know about mistletoe?" Chris asked him incredulously.
"Well," said Erutis, completely ignoring Chris and trying to look knowledgeable, "mistletoe, or viscum album, has green leaves and white berries, like this." She held up the plant for him to inspect. "And, at Christmas time, people hang it around, usually in doorways or other places where people walk under often. Whenever you see someone under the mistletoe, you have to give them a kiss! Isn't it great?" Erutis gave Raenef a scarily happy sort of smile. "Well, I'm off to decorate! Have fun!" With that, she flounced out to find some unsuspecting spot to hang up the devious plant.
"See why I was scared now?" Chris asked Raenef after she had left. "You know what I might have had to do if she got that stuff over me? Well, I'm not falling for it this year, no sir." Chris rambled on as he and Raenef continued to string up the popcorn. Raenef wasn't really listening to Chris, though. His own thoughts were far away, in a happy land full of tomatoes, Eclipse, and now, mistletoe. Raenef wondered if the mistletoe rule applied to anyone and what he might get to do if he caught his teacher under some of the plant. of course, he had never mentioned any of his thoughts in this area to anyone. How could he ever admit that he had fallen.fallen in love with Eclipse, the great and powerful demon? The one who wanted so badly for him to be a proper demon lord, and whom Raenef wished he didn't disappoint half as often.
Later on that day
The rest of the day passed rather uneventfully, Raenef and Chris finishing their decorations on the grand Christmas tree and Raenef wandering around, noting and carefully avoiding the various places where Erutis had hung up the mistletoe. He eventually retired to his room, planning out the various Christmas gifts he was going to give.
"Chris!" Erutis found Chris looking at one of the prettier wreathes decking the halls, (no pun intended.) "I've been looking everywhere for you!"
"What's going on?" Chris noticed the excited look on Erutis' face.
"Have you seen Eclipse? I got a really good idea for a fun Christmas surprise." Erutis smiled sweetly and looked around to see if the demon was nearby.
"I think he's in the library," Chris said, pointing to the big wooden doors.
"Great," Erutis smiled even bigger. "Chris, go put on some warmer clothes and then come down and meet me in the library. Don't ask, just do it!" Erutis ignored the puzzled look on Chris' face and quickly went over to the library.
"Hey, Eclipse," Erutis opened the library door to find the demon sitting at one of the desks, poring over some important-looking papers.
"You should really knock," Eclipse said irritably.
"Oh, lighten up. It's almost Christmas, you know?" Eclipse gave her a withering glare, but Erutis' smile didn't wither in the slightest. "Hey, I just had a really wonderful idea for a Christmas surprise!" Eclipse was still staring at her and wishing the annoying human would leave. Erutis finally seemed to notice the look that Eclipse was giving her and realized that he wasn't in a very Christmas-y mood.
"Now come on," she said, giving Eclipse a look of her own, "you know you would want to do something that would make Raenef really happy for Christmas." She had finally gotten his attention.
"What are you planning to do?" Eclipse asked questioningly.
"Come with me and you'll find out. Trust me, Raenef will absolutely love it!" She once again smiled as she grabbed Eclipse and led him out of the library.
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Raenef was sitting in his room, drawing crudely made Christmas cards for everyone at the castle, when he suddenly heard music wafting up to his room through an open window which faced into the small courtyard below. He sat there and listened to the beautiful song for a moment before springing up and running over to the window to figure out where it was coming from. Raenef smiled broadly at the sight that met his eyes.
Chris, Erutis, and Eclipse were all standing outside his window, dressed up in heavy winter clothes. Eclipse must have done some powerful magic on the weather, because thick snow was falling softly in a small area around the trio. They were all singing a slow Christmas song, Eclipse's deep voice blending beautifully with Chris' alto and Erutis' soprano.
"Wow!" Raenef laughed in joy and excitement as the three looked up to his window. "I'm coming down there!" Raenef leaned back into his room and grabbed a scarf and jacket before 'going' downstairs and running out the front doors.
The three people continued singing as Raenef reached them and he stood there in awe as they finished the song. When they were done, Chris turned around and grinned at Raenef mischievously.
"You know the best thing about snow, right?" He asked Raenef.
"It's pretty and fluffy and white?" Raenef answered tentatively.
"No," Erutis and Chris both chimed together, "the best thing is having snowball fights!" They both leaned down and hurled handfuls of snow at Raenef, who quickly retaliated on his own. Eclipse stepped back and smiled slightly as he watched the three of them play, until he got hit in the head by a snowball and decided to show them how it was done. They all played in the snow until nightfall.
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Wow! I'm so glad I finished this. It's like one in the morning, but you see, I really care about the 9 or 10 people who read my story and actually cared enough to want me to finish, so here it is. Not like this is the end of it, but I'm glad to have this chapter done. I think the next chapter is going to be the end of it, I was originally planning to have 4 chapters but I think I may just stick with 3. Maybe I'll have an epilogue or something, I dunno. Anyways, please review and I hope you enjoyed it! Merry Christmas!