Yes! This was your bedpost! This bed was your own, as is the room! Best and happiest of all, the time before you was your own to make amends!

"I will live in the Past, Present, and the Future!" You repeated, as you scrambled out of bed. "The spirits of all three shall strive within me. Oh aunt Natalia! Heaven, and the Christmas Time be praised for this!"

You were so fluttered and so glowing with your good intentions that your broken voice would scarcely answer to your call. You had been sobbing violently in your conflict with the spirit, and your face was stained and wet with tears.

"They are got torn down," you cried, folding one of your bed curtains in your arms, "they are all still here, rings and all. They are here: I am here: the shadows of the things that would have been, may be dispelled. They will be. I know they will!"

Your hands were busy with your garments all this time, turning them inside out, putting them inside out , putting them upside down, tearing them, mislaying them.

"I don't know what to do!" you cried, laughing and crying in the same breath, making a perfect Laocoon of yourself with your stockings.

"I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a child. I am as giddy as a drunk. A Merry Christmas to everybody. A Happy New Year to all the world. Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!"

You had frisked into the sitting room, and was now standing there perfectly winded.

"There that teacup!" You cried, starting off again, and going around the fire place, "There's the door in which the Ghost of aunt Natalia entered!" You pointed to the front of your bed, "That's where the Ghost of Christmas Past stood, and the hall where the Ghost of Christmas Present was! It's alright, it's all true, it all happened. Ha, ha, ha!"

Really, for a person who hasn't laughed a genuine in quite a few years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh.

"I know what day of the month it is!" You said, "I don't know how long I've been way due to the spirits. I don't know anything. Never mind. I don't care." Turning your attention to the window you saw a young boy dragging his sled behind himself. Opening the window, you poked your head outside and saw the entire town was covered in a gentle blanket of snow. Looking down to the boy you called out to him catching his attention.

"What's today?" you cried. The boy stopped and looked up at you.

"EH?" returned the boy in confusion.

"What's today my fine fellow?" you said.

"Today!" replied the boy, "It's Christmas Day."

"It's Christmas Day!" you said to yourself. "I haven't missed it. The spirits did it all in one night. Oh they're good. Hey kid!" You said turning back to the boy.

"Hello!" He returned.

"Do you happen to know about that large prize Turkey that is being sold at the Poulterer's?"

"You mean the one that's as big as me?"

"An intelligent boy you are!" you said, "Remarkable indeed! Yes that one! Now what I want you to do, is to go and buy it!"

"Walk-ER!?" He said in disbelief.

"Yep, go and get it, come back and I'll buy it from you how's that! Come back in less than five minutes I'll give you 50 dollars!" And the boy was off like a rocket.

"I'll send it to Lili Zwingli's." you whispered, rubbing your hands, and splitting with laughter. "She'll never know who sent it. It's twice the size of her I believe." Grabbing your coat, you ran down the stairs and out the door. Running at full speed to the gate you opened it when you saw the poulterer's man. You stood there waiting for his arrival when the large bird caught your eye.

"I shall love it as long as I live!" you cried, patting it with a hand.

"It will be impossible to carry that thing all the way to Lili's house. I will call you a cab!" After you called a cab for the man and paid for the trip, you turned to the boy and gave him the money as promised.

Running back into the house you dressed yourself in your best clothes and threw on your coat before making your way to the city.

As you pasted people who gave you odd looked, you had on a pleasant smile. As you were walking about you noticed a familiar face. It was one of the men from your adventure with the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. You began to smile as you walked over to him.

"Hello my good sir," you said, "I had heard that you were having toy driving yesterday and I do hope that you were successful! That was very kind of you my good sir! And Merry Christmas to you!"

"Miss. (Y/n)?"

"Yes," you said. "That's my name, and I know that it might not be very pleasant. Allow me to ask your pardon. And will you have the goodness-" You leaned in and whispered something in his ear.

"Lord bless me!" he cried, as if his breath were taken away.

"My dear Miss. (Y/n), are you serious?"

"If you please," you said. "Not a penny less. A great amount of back-payments are included in it, I assure you. Will you do me that favor?"

"My dear," said the other, shaking your hands. "I don't know what to say to such munifi-"

"Don't say anything, please," you retorted. "Come and see me. You will come and see me?"

"I will!" cried the old gentlemen. And it was clear that he meant it to do it.

"Thank you," you said. "I am much obliged to you. I thank you fifty times. Bless you!" You walked the streets and watched the people hurrying to and fro, you patted children on the head and sang carols with the carolers.

While you where walking, you remembered something. You were invited to Arthur's house for dinner but you turned it down. Quickly turning on your heels you made your way to his house. You began to feel nervous with each step you took.

Once you made it to the front door you became hesitant. You really weren't sure on how you were going to do this but you might as well just walk inside and just get this over with.

Raising your hand up to the door you knocked gently. You stood outside for a minute before the door opened revealing a woman. The woman gasped at you obviously not expecting your company. You were looking down at your feet and didn't notice the smile on her face before she dragged you inside.

You looked up at her and remembered that she was Arthur's mother. She directed you to were Arthur and his friends were, which you remembered from your experience from Christmas Present. You walked over to the door that lead to the living room and stood there listening in.

"Let me guess whoever it is, are they some sort of ass?" She said. Arthur smiled and nodded.

"Yes I guess you can say that." Oh so they were in the middle of the charades thing. Peaking through the crack in the door you saw everyone piled into a circle on the floor as Arthur walked around the room as he swung his hips.

"Do they go to out school?" Arthur nodded once again as everyone gasped know full well who it was.

"Oh! Oh! I know who it is! It's your old childhood friend-" She suddenly paused with confused everyone until they turned around and saw what she was looking at. They all gasped when they saw you, you hand holding the door knob firmly as you looked at them a bit embarrassed as you looked down at your feet.

"I-I'm here for dinner. That is," you paused as looked up at Arthur who was looking at you with wide eyes, "if you'll let me." Everyone was silent for a minute as they stared at you in disbelief before erupting into loud cheery as they welcomed you.

As the mother called everyone into the dining room someone stopped you before you could leave the room. You turned you head and looked up at Arthur. You began to blush.

"Y-yes, what is it Arthur?" His face broke out into a smile causing you to become confused until he leaned down to kiss you on your forehead and puled you into an embracing hug.

"Thank you for coming." he said. You were shocked at his actions but shook it off an returned the hug.

"It's no problem at all." You said smiling. You had a wonderful time, you played many games, ate really good food, and over all had an amazing time.

You woke up early the next day and got ready yourself which made your maids confused. When you made your way downstairs you noticed one person that was missing. You checked your clock which said 9 o'clock. No Lili. A quarter past. No Lili. A full eighteen and a half minutes. Still no Lili. As you waited on the grand stair case the doors flung open.

Lili ran inside, shut the door, and saw you on the stairs.

"Hello." you growled in your accustomed voice as near as you could feign it. "You're late you know that right?"

"I-I'm very sorry ma'am," she said sounding nervous. "I am behind my time."

"You are!" you repeated. "Yes, I think you are. Come closer to me, if you please." You stood up on the stairs as Lili hesitantly came closer, the maids and butlers watching the whole thing in the background.

"It's only once a year, ma'am," pleaded Lili, "It shall not happen again I promise."

"Now I'll tel you what my friend," you said, "I am not going to stand for this sort of thing any longer. And therefore," You continued, leaping from the step to get closer to her making her even more nervous. "and therefore I'm going to raise your salary!"

Lili trembled before she realized what you said.

"What?" She said.

"You heard me, you as well as everyone one else. All of your salaries are being raised." She stared at you quietly.

"A Merry Christmas Lili!" You said as you hugged her tightly. She stood there dumbfounded before a smile crept onto her face as she began to hug you back.

"A merrier Christmas, Lili, my dear friend, I'll raised your salary, and endeavor to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon. Merry Christmas my dear friend."

You were better than your words. You did it all, and infinitely more. And to Vash, who did NOT die, you were like another sister to him. He became a good friend to you. You were a friendly person to all, you made many friends in your school as well as to those in the city. You no longer had any ties to the spirits, and lived your life. You were happy even after you, Lili, and Arthur became friends again after so long. You really were...Truly happy...

And so, as Vash observed, God Bless Us, Every One!

The End.