NOT SO MERRYCHRISTMAS

Three cloaked people are performing a spell. They complete it and then thunder and lightning flashes for a few seconds.

Its night and only a week before Christmas. Kaitlyn and Matt are finishing up the decorations in the apartment and are about to go to bed. Several hours later, Kaitlyn is awakened by a noise coming from the living room. She walks in the room, seeing a fat man dressed as Santa, bending over near the Christmas tree.

Kate rolls her eyes, "A bit early, aren't we?"

The man pops up, "Oh my, gosh... Merry Christmas, ho..."

Kate cuts him off, "Ho, ho. Santa..., right..."

The man replies, "Indeed, I'm Santa Claus. I'm here to see you, Kaitlyn Perry. I'm here to request your help."

Kaitlyn, "To save Christmas?..." She goes to rip off the beard but it doesn't come off. "Okay, real beard.."

Then the Santa snaps his fingers and her whole apartment is covered in decorations.

Kaitlyn, sarcasitcally, "So you must be the demon of Christmas cheer?"

The Santa replies, "No... I'm Santa Claus."

He sits and explains that Santa is real, but not in the more famous manner. Santa is a spirit, basically the spirit of Christmas. He explains how somehow, he was solidified, turned into the actual thing. Now he must do everything as a living being. The only problem is, he was the spirit of Christmas and as a spirit, he only maintained people's joy and hope during the season. Now as a living being, he can't. Kate remains confused. Santa tells her he knows she is a slayer and she helps in situations like this. He needs to be returned as the 'spirit of Christmas'.

Kate tries not to laugh. "Um... hold on a minute."

She goes into the kitchen and calls Willow. Santa sits in the living room. Kaitlyn comes back and Matt is on his lap telling him what he wants for Christmas.

"Okay this is getting just weird." Kate picks up Matt, carries him to his room and walks back out. "My friend is coming, and she will send you back to wherever or whatever. This is just strange, I know how Christmas works.."

Santa stands up, "Do you?"

He snaps his fingers and Willow appears, "Holy night of merrinessness... I was in my room gathering my stuff and here I am. Am I gonna get to play with all the elves and eat cookies and all those goodies?!"

Kaitlyn looks at Willow, "What are you wearing?"

Willow looks down at herself, "Well... I don't see you spreading the holiday cheer."

Kate goes into her room to get dressed into her normal clothes and get her stuff and then walks back out.

"Holy shit." Kaitlyn sees Willow on Santa's lap, telling what she would want for Christmas.

Kate says, "Okay, lets go..., I'm not riding in a sleigh."

Santa snaps his fingers. Kate looks around. Willow starts to get hyper.

"Welcome to the north pole." says Santa.

Willow asks, "Where is everything, you know, like the little cottage with all the elves and such?!"

Santa walks straight and disappears. Kate and Willow walk too and enter a cloak that makes everything inside, invisible from the outside. They appear inside a large workshop. Kate looks around with a slightly shocked look on her face. Willow looks around with an ultra hyper, amazed look on her face.

Kaitlyn starts to follow Santa around the shop and suddenly hears, "Hey, watch it!"

Kate looks around and then looks down. "Oh, shi...what the f..." Kate stands there, looking down. Looking up at her is a seven inch tall elf. "Underpants gnome?" she asks.

"Oh you're funny..." the elf replies as he scurries away.

Willow picks one up and yells in joy, "Isn't he so cute?!"

"Put him down, Willow. I hear they carry rabies..." Kaitlyn jokes.

Santa comes into the room and looks sad. Willow runs over and he tells Kaitlyn and her that several of the elves are sick.

"Willow! Seriously..." Kate looking at the elf Willow is holding.

The elf is near Willow's chest and is all hyper about it. Willow frowns and puts him down. Kate and Willow follow Santa into a room which has several ill elves. Willow makes a sad 'awe' moan, seeing all the sick elves. Kaitlyn looks closely at one and sees its eyes are greyish and bloodshot. Then an elf screams. They rush over. One has died.

Santa, "Oh no... this is bad."

"So what do we do? Throw him away or something?" Kate comments.

One elf tries not to laugh. Then two more die. Willow asks if it's normal for elves to get sick. They walk out back into the shop and Santa remains worried. Only minutes later, they hear screaming from the sick room. They rush in and see three elves eating the others.

"Oh shit!" Kaitlyn dives down as one elf jumps across the room at her.

Suddenly several other elves run in, all crazy, attacking and eating the others. Kaitlyn watches as one elf eats another. Then more screaming as more killer elves run in, massacring the others. Willow and Santa run. Kate pulls out her sidearms and fire at the attacking elves. One jumps on her shoe and she kicks a chair, splatting it against it. Kate runs too. They rush out. Willow asks where Santa went. They run out of the shop and Kaitlyn throws Santa a shotgun. They look back and loads of cannibal elves pour out from the shop.

"Willow, deal with this, now!" Kaitlyn yells while firing.

Willow starts performing the spell to return Santa back to his normal form of 'the spirit of Christmas'. Kate and Santa keep firing at the killer gnomes.

Willow continues the spell. Then she sees an elf she met earlier. "He's okay!"

She picks him up and it attacks. Santa blows it away and Willow continues the spell.

"I'm out." Kate drops her gun and her eyes glow bright orange.

They then turn bright neon purple and she simply points at crowds of zombie elves and they explode. Willow completes the spell and the everything disappears in a bright light. Kate and Willow appear back at Kaitlyn's apartment. Kate sees a note on the Christmas tree. She reads it. It's a Christmas card from Santa, thanking the two for helping him.