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Letters Received
Two days later…
Gavin sighed as he sat on a bench in the local park, looking over the lake with a smile. In his hand, he held a paper bag. "What a beautiful day," He said as he reached into the bag and pulled out a handful of bread crumbs. Tossing them out onto the ground in front of him, he watched as several ducks and pigeons came over to eat. "There you go," He said as he scattered more food onto the ground. "More food for you."
Over the next few hours, he fed the birds and watched them. Every so often, a chipmunk or squirrel would run in, grab some bread, and then run away, causing him to chuckle in amusement.
Once he ran out of food, he slowly got up, and headed towards the parking lot. He got into his car, and then drove home, which took about an hour. After he arrived at home and parked the car, he went inside, only for the wind to suddenly start blowing outside. He went into the kitchen to make some dinner, and had just placed a plate of food into the microwave when one of the windows next to the kitchen table slid open, startling him as the wind blew inside.
He quickly ran over to the window and shut it, making sure the latch was in place. "What was with that wind?" He said as he turned away from the window. He opened his mouth to say something else, but froze when he saw a letter that hadn't been there a few seconds ago sitting on the kitchen table.
He stood there for several seconds, just staring at the letter in silence.
'BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!'
"GAH!" He cried out as he jumped a bit, having been startled by the microwave's alarm signaling the food was ready. He walked over to the microwave, and carefully pulled out the plate of food before bringing it over to the table. He sat down and started to eat as he looked at the envelope in front of him.
All it had on it was his name and address.
Once he finished eating, he placed his dishes in the sink before he returned to the table. He picked up the envelope, and opened it, revealing its contents as he sat down.
His eyes widened when he saw that there were two letters in the envelope. Surprised and confused, he pulled them out, and set them next to each other. When he saw what was on them, his jaw dropped.
One of the letters had the name "Krampus" on it in red ink, while the other had "Santa" in black.
"They…wrote me back," He said with shock in his voice. He slowly reached out to Santa's response, as if he was afraid it would disappear. Picking it up, he unfolded it to reveal a short letter. It read: "Dear Gavin. Thank you for the wonderful letters you sent me and Krampus. They were wonderful! And thank you so much for sending Krampus a letter. That was so thoughtful of you! She's wanted one for a long time. Now, about your present. I think it's wonderful you want one! Have a wonderful rest of the year! Sincerely, Santa Claus. P.S. I'm a woman. The world messed that fact up a LONG time ago."
His eyes widened as he set the letter back down, and leaned back in silent shock. 'That's a bombshell of a revelation,' He thought as he stared back at the letter. 'Santa's a woman, not a man. How in the world did that little detail get messed up?!'
He shook his head, deciding to think about that later. He then turned his eyes to Krampus' response, and picked it up, opening it as he thought, 'What does Krampus have to say to me? Will it be nice?'
The letter was rather short, written in red ink, and said, "Dear Gavin Woodring. As you may know, I am Krampus. I work alongside Santa and punish the naughty children. I would be glad to be your pen pal. Sincerely, Krampus. P.S. I'm a woman. The world messed up that fact about me a LONG time ago."
He set the letter down and leaned back in his chair again, shocked at what he had read. "Krampus is a woman?!" He exclaimed, before quickly rereading the letter to make sure he hadn't been imagining things.
He hadn't.
"Wow," He muttered as he leaned back in his chair, running a hand through his short hair as his mind raced. "I did not see that coming!"
Gavin had several questions running through his mind. A couple of them were: How did the world mess up their genders? Were Krampus and Santa good friends? Were they pretty?
On and on his mind raced, till he groaned and made his way to his bedroom to take a nap. "I'll think more on this later," He muttered as he laid on his bed and closed his eyes.
Soon he was fast asleep.
A few hours later…
Gavin sighed as he sat on the couch, thinking over what he had learned. 'Alright, so Santa and Krampus are women, not men. According to them, the world messed those facts up a long time ago, and Krampus wants to be my pen pal,' He thought before he nodded. 'Alright. I think I understand. Now, what should I tell Krampus and Santa about first?'
He mentally went over some possible ideas as he got some paper and sat down at the table, before he thought a particularly interesting one. 'That should do it.'
Gavin smiled as he picked up a pen and began to write, thinking, 'I hope they like this!'
North Pole
Nicole was sitting in her comfy chair by the fireplace in her room, a letter in one hand and a mug of cocoa in the other.
A giggle escaped her lips as she reread what Gavin wanted for Christmas and why he wanted it.
"That's so sweet of him!" She cooed as she set the letter on her lap while she took a sip of cocoa.
Suddenly, one of her windows flew open as a large gust of wind blew into the room, quickly filling the room with ice cold air.
Nicole shivered as she got up from her chair with a warm blanket wrapped around her as she approached the window. She reached out to the window, exposing her chest to the cold wind as she grabbed a hold of the window and pulled it down, slamming it shut before she flipped the latch.
"Whew! Another couple of seconds and I'd have been an icicle," Nicole stated as she rubbed her hands while heading back to her chair. She then noticed that a new letter was sitting on her chair, right next to Gavin's old one.
"Huh, I wonder who it's from?" She asked as she picked up the letter, before smiling as she saw the name on the envelope.
"So, you wrote to us again," She stated as she sat down in her chair with both letters in hand. She slowly opened the envelope, and pulled out two folded pieces of paper, one with her name on it, and one with Krampus's name on it. "Oh! Krampus is going to be so happy you wrote back!"
"Krampus, another letter for you has arrived," Nicole called out, letting it echo down the hallway to Krampus's room.
It was only a few seconds before she could hear the sound of Krampus's hooves moving quickly against the floor, before her door flew open, making her turn toward it with a smile.
Krampus was looking at her with an almost eager expression.
"Really? Where is it?" She asked Nicole, who set the letter for Krampus on the coffee table next to her and gestured to it.
Nicole giggled as Krampus eagerly picked up the letter and left the room, before she turned her attention back to her letter from Gavin.
"Thank you Gavin. Thank you," She whispered as she picked up the new letter.
This has been a wonderful chapter, wouldn't you agree?
Can't wait to write the next chapter!
Sorry for taking so long with updating stories! I will not be writing during summer vacation due to taking summer classes. Sorry!
PuzzleMaster1998 signing off!
