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AANNNDDD…well I didn't really think ahead so I'm sorry Adrian Nox, you're gonna have to wait just ONE more chapter before I get to yours…IT'S CHRISTMAS! So that of COURSE means a Christmas drabble!

Here's the woorrrdd! Enjoy and Merry Christmas my good fellows! :D

Holiday-a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in common oration of some event or in honor of some person.

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Merlin sniffed and pulled his jacket around his shoulders. The light, fluffy snowflakes billowed softly around his head and melted quickly when they landed on his warm skin. The black sky hid the gray clouds that covered Camelot entirely and the crunch of the ice and snow beneath the warlock's feet was the epitome of comforting.

The black haired man looked up into the shimmering sky and smiled. Christmas Eve had been wonderful. Especially in the company of friends. Having just come back from a wonderful dinner with Gwen, Merlin felt happy and content with the moment.

He should've known that those kinds of moments don't last. As the young warlock walked swiftly back to the castle, suddenly, a strong sense of intense magic overwhelmed his senses so suddenly that it caused him to nearly take a step back from the amount.

Something was very -…wrong? No….nothing felt wrong something just felt…powerful. VERY powerful. Like how he had felt when he first encountered the eye of the phoenix. Except this time it wasn't a foreboding power, it was an exciting power, almost harmless.

However, knowing that nothing was as it seemed, the young warlock slowly turned around towards where the pull was strongest and eyed the dark valley that was dimly lit by torches.

Cautiously, Merlin took a step forward and quickly hid behind a stack of conveniently placed boxes.

Out stepped one of the strangest things the warlock had ever beheld.

A round man in a bright red suite with a fluffy white lining stepped quietly out of the house with a large red sack slung around his shoulder.

When he turned to close the door, Merlin noticed that this man was quite well in his age. A large fluffy beard adorned his face and trailed down to his mid-chest, under the red hat also lined with white, silvery white hair trailed down to about the bottom of his neck.

In the dim light Merlin could barely make out the rest of his outfit, but he seemed to be wearing a very consecutive attire. Save for the black boots and the black belt, everything else was white and red…

He was a very large man; he made Arthur seem like a midget compared to him, however, whatever this man was doing, it couldn't be good. He was walking out with a large sack of stuff.

THEIF!

Merlin narrowed his eyes and snuck just out of the man's vision and watched him walk strangely elegantly to the main gate and without a word to the two guards, walked right out.

Huh?

Had the guards even seen him? How could they not have said anything?

Magic.

Of course. That's what it was.

No this man was NOT getting away with that poor family's things. NOT ON CHRISTMAS!

The young warlock gathered himself and placed what he thought was the same spell on both the guards and to them rendered himself invisible.

As sneakily as he could, Merlin followed the large man out a ways from Camelot and into the woods.

How he was planning on retrieving the stolen items, the warlock was just about to finish the plan when suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks.

Right in front of him was a sleigh.

But not just any sleigh…this sleigh was the most beautifully and most elaborately decorated sleigh Merlin had ever seen. It was red, with garland strung along the sides and it seemed as if mistletoe and placed itself perfectly along with it. In the back of the sleigh there was a huge sack of – who knows what probably more things the man had stolen, but that wasn't the most perplexing thing…oh no. Attached to the sleigh, instead of horses, it was…deer. Reindeer. All eight were harnessed and ready to go…just like a horse.

Merlin didn't realize his jaw was hanging open until he snapped it shut when the large man slung the smaller sack into the back of the sleigh and straightened up.

"Ah…" He huffed in a deep toned voice and made his way over to the reindeer.

"Ah Dasher…" He said to the one he was stroking affectionately.

"I'm getting too old for this." The reindeer didn't seem to like that and nuzzled the old man's face in comfort.

"Oh, I've still got some years on me but, if only I had some help with the most magical part."

The aged man scratched the back of his neck and then suddenly looked at the reindeer as if it had spoken.

"What's that? You think someone here can help us? Not only can help us but ALL of the children in the world?" The reindeer nodded its head and Merlin froze when the creature suddenly gestured its head in his direction.

"Oh ho ho!" The large man laughed when he turned and spotted the warlock crouched in the bushes.

Merlin froze and turned around to run, but the cold seemed to have numbed his legs and when he tried to stand up he quickly toppled over into the snow.

Merlin scrambled as clumsily as he could to his feet but suddenly he felt himself heaved onto his scrawny legs.

And just like that the warlock found himself face to face with one of the jolliest looking men he had ever seen.

In fact he looked so jolly; he could hardly imagine that this man could be a thief.

Merlin didn't even realize how cold he was until he realized that he couldn't speak.

"Ho ho there young man! You look half frozen!" The deep toned voice boom and Merlin suddenly found himself being gripped around the shoulders and lead to the beautiful looking sleigh.

Merlin knew he should feel beyond frightened and should probably have sprinted the minute he reached the sleigh and the old men let go of him but he found he was just…TOO curious to run.

What was the man?

"Here ya go lad." The old man said taking out a blanket that matched his outfit completely and wrapped it gently around the young warlock's shoulders.

The strangest warmth immediately spread throughout Merlin's body once the blanket was wrapped comfortingly around himself.

It was so nice that he found himself smiling.

"Thanks…" The warlock breathed and tightened the warm cover around himself.

"No problem at all lad, now, tell me, why were you spying on me?"

Merlin had been so wrapped up in the oddity of the situation that he nearly forgotten the reason why he was here in the first place.

"Uh…well…"

"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you if that's what you think."

As strange as it was, Merlin believed him right away.

"I thought that maybe you were…uh…" The old man quirked an eyebrow at him and suddenly Merlin felt like a small child again.

"I thought maybe you were thieving from the people back in Camelot." The statement was so odd…though it shouldn't have been, but the thought of this man stealing from anyone seemed to out of place that it made the warlock blush in embarrassment.

"Oh ho ho! Ha ha ha!" The large man threw back his head and let out a jolly laugh that seemed to make the moonlight shine just a bit brighter.

"Oh no son, I'm no thief! In fact, I'm the exact opposite of one." The large man cocked his head and smiled at the warlock.

The smile was so warm and welcoming Merlin couldn't help but smile back.

"But…what were you doing?" The black haired man asked in return and the feeling of being very small and immature once again swept over him as he gazed into the old eyes of the man in front of him.

"I was giving to that family, not taking! I'm a giver Merlin – or Emrys? Which is your preference?" The blue eyed man said staring at him once again.

"Merlin is fine- wait -how do you know my name?" The warlock said suddenly realizing how strange that was.

The old man just smiled and opened up the door to his sleigh.

"If you allow me young man, I have a grand story to tell you, and with your help, I can complete my journey by the time Christmas is here and have you back in your home before the sun rises."

The warlock knew he should go back to Camelot…but once again his curiosity and the safeness that he felt at the moment didn't allow reason to pass through his mind. So with a small nod, the young warlock hopped into the sleigh.

"Now," The old man said as he climbed in and shut the sleigh door beside him. "Before we get started I suppose I should introduce myself, however, in this case, my name you will learn at the end of my tale." The jolly man smiled ahead and gripped the reigns attached to the deer.

"Merlin, the only reason you were able to see me is because you posses a very special gift."

Merlin listened carefully as he continued.

"You have something that can help bring joy to the entire world if you let it. You're gift is commonly known as magic."

The warlock suppose he should've felt scared or alarmed that he knew his secret, but for some reason the thought of this man knowing he had magic didn't faze him in the slightest, in fact, it would've been odd if he hadn't known.

"Now, before I start my tale, we need to continue our journey, and with your help, we can finish it."

Merlin nodded and swallowed.

"What do you need?"

The white haired man smiled brightly and once again the moon seemed to brighten a long with the smile.

"The reindeer need a spell that powers – well – their flight."

Merlin couldn't stop himself when his eyebrows flew up in surprise.

"Oh ho ho! Don't look so astonished lad! I'm sure you've seen much stranger thing's in your own journey eh?"

The warlock smiled. "I suppose." He said and nodded.

"Alright then!" The old man said and once again gathered the reigns in his hands. "All you have to say is-. "Now Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen! To the top of the trees! To the top of Camelot's walls! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"

The sound of the recited words seemed to stir something inside of Merlin and he could only guess it was magic. The reindeer also seemed affected as they snorted and stomped their feet, itching to get moving.

"See now, not so hard! All you have to do is say it and the magic will come by itself." The red nosed man smiled once again and gave him a pat on the shoulder before he took up the reigns for the last time and got ready.

Merlin took a deep breath through the mouth, closed his eyes and once he felt the magic rise to the surface, his golden eyes flew open and he let the words fly out as easily as the old man had.

"Now Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen! To the top of the trees! To the top of Camelot's walls! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"

The effect was immediate; the reindeer jerked forward and quickly gathered speed as they sprinted hard. Almost before the warlock could blink he realized that the ground below him was quickly disappearing.

They were flying.

THEY WERE FLYING!

It wasn't like he hadn't had experience in the air before, but this was something entirely new. He wasn't clutching to one of Kilgarrah's spines, he was flying in a sleigh…in a flying reindeer powered sleigh.

The man beside him seemed to notice the look of wonder spread across the warlock's face and he let out another one of his jolly laughs:

"Ho ho ho!" He laughed.

"MEEERRRYYYY CHRISTMAS!" He shouted into the night just as happily.

Merlin couldn't help the smile of complete wonderment and happiness from spreading across his face. For once, his magic would help everyone in the world.

That was the greatest gift he ever could have received.

And so children, the tale of our heroic warlock and his meeting with the one and only Santa Claus now comes to a close. Yes our warlock did learn who he was and what he did for the children in the world. And though the warlock never did get another chance to ride with Santa on his sleigh, a most peculiar gift Merlin did receive every Christmas Eve in the same spot where the two had made acquaintance. This indeed was the grandest Christmas Eve our warlock had ever experienced.

So, I wish you A Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all and to all A GOOD NIGHT!

WUAHAHAHH! That was A LONG ONE! Nice though right? What'ja think! I thought it was awesome that Merlin got to meet Santa! OH YEAH! And doesn't it TOTALLY make sense that Santa would have magic? I mean COME ON! It's perfect! Okay, yeah by the way, I live in WI and we didn't even get one inch of snow this year...yeah…not happy. So I made up for it and I now deem that Camelot was snowed in about 40 feet of snow. Yup. Okay! But yeah Merry Christmas people! And Happy Birthday Jesus! Sorry if you don't believe in him…but it is kinda his birthday…OH WELL!

So yeah have a great Christmas guys :)

Next Up: (The one that was supposed to be for this one)

DragonGem777 HOHOHO! *Puts on Santa hat and poses for a while until credits close.*