A Vocaloid Carol {Chapter 2: Ghost of Christmas Past}

I forgot to mention this, but the clothes Len is wearing are a simple yellow shirt and banana pajama pants. (That rhymed! XD) Yep. So, since you guys want RinxLen, I'll give you RinxLen. Hope this chapter makes sense, though...

I kept turning and kicking underneath my covers. I just couldn't sleep. What Luki told me really has me nervous. I chose not to believe his words, but now I'm not sure…

I glanced towards the digital clock and saw it was 1:30. Ha! He was bluffing! And I got worked up over nothing. Then, I started hearing giggles…

"W-Who's there?!" I didn't hear anything as a response. That's when I saw a boy next to me. He wore a blue coat with yellow details and a white shirt underneath. He wore black shorts that reached above his knee and they had a yellow stripe on the bottom. His right thigh was covered in bandages, and so was his left ankle and eye. He wore a white cap and carried a bird on his right shoulder. He had blonde hair like mine and amber eyes.

"W-Who are you?!" Seriously, though, his bandages were freaking me out.

"My name's Oliver. I believe Luki told you I'll be visiting?"

Darn. Here I was thinking he was just joking. "Yep. So, where are we going?"

He quickly took my right arm and dragged me out of bed…

"Nice banana pants!"

I blushed a crimson red and just told him, "Don't we have somewhere to go?"

"Ah, yes. Well, I'll start the portal."

He started singing some sort of lullaby* and a sky blue portal appeared in front of us. It was swirling, and it had a sort of sparkle in it.

I quickly looked at him and then he said, "While we're in there, nobody should be able to see you. Here, take James. When he's placed on your shoulder, he should make you a ghost. We can't have your past self seeing you, right?"

M-My past?! "You know what, I'd rather stay here. In fact, lesson learned! I completely changed my ways!"

Of course, he didn't believe me, because then he said, "I know you're lying. Now, let's go~!"

The bird, (Who I now know is James) flew onto my right shoulder. I felt a little weird when he touched me, but the feeling was gone as soon as it came. I looked at Oliver, and he was already inside. I slowly climbed in and managed to catch up to Oliver.

After a couple minutes, we made it to the other end and onto a place I knew very well…

"Uncle Luki's mansion…"

"So, you still remember this place?"

"Of course I do!"

I looked around for a calendar and saw it was December 25. Christmas. Of course, I wasn't spending it like normal people. Luki had me locked up, practicing songs on the piano. In fact, there I was, looking out the window and watching all the other kids have fun.

Luki saw I wasn't doing anything, and said, "LEN! Stop daydreaming! We have work to do! SING!"

Ever since Luki discovered I could sing, he used it to his advantage. He trained me everyday to sing, and he only did it because later on he'll make millions of dollars off of me. The only instrument I had was the piano. Practiced it everyday.

"Is this how you spend the holidays?" I looked at Oliver, and he had sadness in his eyes.

"Hai. Luki never let me out. Always made me practice those stupid songs."

We turned back to the scene and it showed me alone. I remember this. I quickly stopped playing the piano because Luki had left to attend business. I ran towards the back window, opened it, and climbed out.

"What are you doing?"

"Sh! You'll find out soon, Oliver."

We followed Chibi Len (That's what I'm calling myself, don't judge!) onto a secret passageway only I knew of. After a couple minutes, I arrived at a wooden door and I opened it. Chibi Len went into the snow and started running. I quickly used an old sled and used it to go down the hill. Once I got there, there was a neighborhood. I was looking for a specific house, and when I found it, I knocked on the door.

When I finished knocking, a girl with short blonde hair and a red bow on top answered it. She also had a red dress on, filled with green designs. She wore red ballerina flats.

"Len-Len! I'm so glad you could come! Your Uncle let you?"

"More or less. Come on, Rin-chan! I really want to play with you!"

"Alright, then. Come in!" She stepped aside to let me in.

"Who's the girl?" I looked towards Oliver and saw he was curious.

"She's my childhood friend. We were really close. In fact, we could pass off as twins, since we look alike. We would always play pranks on people. It was very fun..." I looked back to where Rin and I were dancing to the sound of the piano.

After a lot of dancing, Rin introduced me to the rest of her family. Rin's family was very nice and generous. They often offered adoption, (They knew I'm abused by Uncle Luki.) but I would say no. Who knows what Luki might do to her family... After a couple minutes of partying, someone was at the door. NO! I don't want to see this! Where's Oliver?! I need to go back!

"OLIVER!"

"Whamphf?" I looked and saw Oliver with his mouth full of cake.

"I want to go home NOW!" Mrs. Kagamine was heading for the door.

"Why? We just got here!" She was turning the door knob...

"I don't want to see what happens next! This is a bad memory!" The door was opening...

"I don't get-" Before Oliver could finish, the room was filled with gasps. And on that porch, was my Uncle Luki.

"OLIVER!" He sang the lullaby again and we were back at my room in the penthouse.

"What happened after that?" I might as well tell him. He's a ghost, so I might not see him again.

"Luki was drunk. He was also looking for me since he found out I was gone. When he arrived, Rin carried me into her room and offered to switch. I was protesting, but she was always stubborn. She went into the living room where Luki was. He carried her away. When the door closed, I sneaked through the back door and followed. When they were at my beating place, Luki started beating her up while also shouting quite colorful language that I will not repeat. When he was done, he left Rin in a pile of red in the snow. I quickly ran up to her and saw she was unconscious. I took her back to her house and when her family saw her, they were shocked. Some had tears in their eyes (Girls) others showed sadness and worry (Boys) and others were just plain angry (Rinto). We took her to the hospital, and it took months for her to get out. I was worried sick through those months. When she opened her eyes, I hugged her tight and started calling her stupid. Stupid for taking those beatings that were for me. She just hugged me back and said, 'I'll always be there for you.' I never understood..."

"So, this Rin girl is special to you, huh?"

"Rin is very special. She was my first friend and she was always there for me." I glanced at my clock and saw it was 1:40.

"Hey, Oliver, why-" Before I could finish asking, he was gone. It was as if he was never here...

"Maybe it was all a dream..." I went back to bed to enjoy the rest of my sleeping time.

*- Oliver's Lullaby can be seen here: /watch?v=THdCnpETdaE (Just type in YouTube and put this beside it.) It's a really pretty lullaby! (In my opinion)