"Dude I cannot believe you pulled it off!" Zach jumped over the back of the tacky plaid couch in his friend's living room and quickly made himself comfortable by crossing his legs over said friends lap.
"Yes, yes I know I'm amazing." Esme often prided herself in her usually-well-thought-out pranks, and how she could get away with almost anything because of the fact that for generations her family had been the head elves of Santa's workshop. "Now please remove your feet from my lap."
Zach gave an offended huff before swinging his legs off of his friend's lap and onto the floor.
Esme's latest and greatest prank had simply been to make the entire of the workshop's south wing to look like the graveyard of 'Halloween Town' as Santa always raved about as being the most backwards place he'd ever seen. But of course none of her generation believed his tales of the backwards town of the horrifying creatures that resided there, they simply went along with it to humor their 'boss.'
"I still say they'll figure out it was you by Monday."
The pixie cut brunette shrugged. "So, I'll still have gotten off for what…three days?"
"This is true." It was silent for a moment before Zach spoke up again.
"So what are you planning next?" The question made a face splitting grin cross Esme's features.
"I'm gonna have my brother take a little 'break.'"
"You wouldn't."
"I would."
"You're horrible!"
"But you love me anyways." Oh, how Esme loved to tease her male counter part about the crush he'd developed, it was the perfect way to spend a Friday night.
"Please don't start that again."
"Fine, fine."
The night continued in a relatively peaceful manner with the occasional good-humored insult being thrown at the other party before darkness covered the town of Christmas and Zach was forced to return to his own home. It was with a friendly smile and an offhanded wave that Esme bid her closest friend goodbye for the last time, for in the morning she would put her latest prank to the test and push St. Nick to his limits.
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Yes, I know it's short, but it's a prolog. I promise that the chapters will take up at least two pages. And trust me, Christmas Town is not the main setting of the story.
Zue