Stefan's hunger
A Christmas special
It was the night before Christmas and all was calm around the Salvatore Boarding house in Mystic Falls, Virginia...
This year, a lot of people were sleeping at the Boarding house for Christmas.
Of course Stefan and Damon were there, along with the three Chipmunks they had adopted, but also Elena and Jeremy Gilbert with Alaric were spending these wonderful days in the Boarding house.
It was very cheerful for all of them.
On the chimney, 8 stockings with their names on it were hung. A big evergreen tree had been installed in the middle of the living room of the Boarding house. It was richly decorated and very beautiful, just like the whole house. Garlands were hung all over the house, candles were light, and branches of holly were hung above the doors… Christmas carols were also sung by all of them, joyfully.
Everything was perfect and magical.
Over the evening, they got a video call from the Cullen's and they exchanged season's greetings. It also allowed Elena and Bella to get to know each other a bit and the Cullen were finally introduced to the Chipmunks.
Bella and Elena spent a while talking to each other and while Bella was frustrated that Edward didn't allow them to go further than a simple kiss, Elena made her jealous when she informed Bella that she was having sex with Stefan on a regular basis. Both boyfriends tried to pretend they didn't hear anything but it wasn't easy when both of their brothers (Emmett and Damon) teased them.
After that, they all ate and Damon let Alaric join him in feeding the Gremlins in the basement. Once again, he had to fight Alvin who wanted to come. He kept telling his little friend that it was too dangerous for someone as small as he was but the warning lasted only a day and Alvin asked the same question everyday.
"Since it is Christmas' eve we're giving them something better tasting than usual…" Damon explained as they pushed some cookies and chocolate candies into the cages.
After an evening full of joy and fun, it was finally time to get some sleep and since Theodore, Simon and Alvin were the only ones still believing in Santa Claus, they all waited until the little ones went to bed to be able to put their gifts under the tree without them seeing it.
When they were done, the tree was surounded by colorful boxes and the stockings were full of candies.
"Well, let's get some sleep now… We'll see if we've been nice or naughty in the morning!" Damon joked before he went to his bedroom where Theodore had now taken a permanent residence.
Of course the blue eyed vampire had been a little bit shaken up in his habits at first but he didn't mind, he loved the little Chipmunk and liked having him close. He hated when the poor little thing had nightmares. The little guys brought a fatherly side to him and he could see that Elena liked the changes she saw.
"Did you stay behind longer to leave Eggnog and cookies for Santa?" Theodore asked sleepily.
"Yes buddy, I did… Now get some sleep… You'll see your gifts tomorrow morning… I'm sure Santa will be generous with you…" Damon replied with a soft smile.
"I've been a very good boy this year!" He replied as he snuggled closer to Damon's warm neck.
"Yes, you have." Damon replied as sleep slowly too him over.
Each Salvatore brother had a special relationship with the three Chipmunks. Damon spent his night comforting Theodore, read his favorite books with Simon and joked around with Alvin. Stefan read to Theodore, held his diary with Simon ( who had taken to keeping a diary too) and watched cartoon with Alvin. They were a family now and Damon was looking for a way to keep the little ones with them forever… Could they be changed into vampire?
…
Stefan was in his bedroom and he couldn't sleep.
Elena was sleeping in another room and she had been distant with him lately.
The Chipmunks had brought a new life in their house and everything that had happened lately had changed his big brother so much that Elena couldn't stop herself from admiring him… Stefan could understand it but this didn't stop him from being frustrated and a little jealous.
Suddenly, he was interrupted in his thoughts by a noise down the stairs.
Since his super hearing abilities told him that he was the last one up, he got out of bed and walked down the stairs in only his Christmas themed boxers (with a raindeer on it) and into the living room to see a fat old man dressed like Santa drinking from the glass of Eggnog they had left out.
Stefan saw red.
He was already not in a good mood because his girlfriend was eyeing his big brother and now someone was inside their house without being invited! How dare he?
He couldn't let this pass, especially since they needed to protect their secret blood source: The Gremlins.
He also remembered the Chipmunks…
They were like their children and he couldn't have them threatened by some crazy old guy who dressed like Santa Claus…
The only other explanation was that he was actually Santa Claus but Stefan was over 160 years old and knew that Santa Claus didn't exist… It couldn't be him so this was an intruder…a robber…Someone that needed to die before he could do any arm to anyone.
Only a few seconds had passed and Stefan didn't let the man say anything before he broke his neck.
As the heavy body fell to the floor, Damon rushed down the stairs.
"What did you do you idiot? Wrong Claus Stefan!" Damon whispered angrily.
"I killed a robber, what did you think I did!" Stefan replied as he rolled his eyes.
"Can't you hear the bells on the roof? Can't you hear the hearts beating fast?" Damon whispered hurriedly.
"This can't be!" Stefan said with wide eyes before he rushed out the door, followed closely by his brother.
They looked up and saw a sleigh with several Reindeers parked on the roof.
"It's impossible!" Stefan said in awe.
"We're vampire Stefan, we know witches and werewolves...nothing is impossible!" Damon replied.
"Why didn't we see anything the years before?" The younger brother asked.
"Maybe it's because there wasn't any children where we were staying back then!" The blue eyed vampire said in an angry tone as they stepped back inside to see the old man still on the floor.
"Oh my gosh… I killed Santa Claus…" Stefan said in horror.
"Good job Stefan, very good job! What are we going to do now?" Damon said in anger, already seeing Theodore big sad eyes in his head.
"I'm going to call Carlisle, he has to know what to do!" The green eyed brother said as he got his phone out and dialled the familiar number.
"You do that, I'll go up on the roof and see if there is something the Reindeers can tell us." Damon replied and left the house, not letting Stefan say anything.
…
"Hello?" Carlisle said over the phone.
"Carlisle, thank god you answered, I was afraid you might be…busy! I did… I did something horrible!" Stefan said in a panicked tone.
"What is it?" Carlisle asked, concerned.
Edward could be heard on the back ground.
"I just killed the real Santa Claus!"
After dropping this big shocking news on the Cullen's, Stefan explained to them what happened but sadly, there was nothing they could do. They didn't even know that Santa existed before Stefan told them.
…
Damon came back inside the house just as Stefan hung up his phone.
"They said it happens at least once every year. Santa is a magical being. He'll be up in a couple of minutes…" Damon replied as he rubbed some lotion the red nosed Reindeer had given him on Santa's broken neck.
"They talk?" Stefan asked, bemused.
"Yes, they have some kind of magical crystal around their neck that allows them to speak. Now we need to go back upstairs because if Santa sees us when he awakens, he will not give the boys their gifts!" Damon replied as he pushed his brother up the stairs.
"What? But we can't… We need to speak with him! It's Santa, Damon!"
"Yes, and you just killed him! Do you want Elena to know you killed Santa Claus? He can't come back to life if someone is watching him! Now come, he's late on his deliveries!" Damon said as he pushed Stefan harder up the stairs and into his bedroom.
…
Once in his bedroom, Stefan called Carlisle back and told him what happened and let them listen through the phone as Santa's heart came back to life. Soon, there was the traditional 'Ho Ho Ho!' and the sound of the magical sleigh leaving the top of their roof.
…
When he got back in bed, Damon carefully put Theodore back in his previous place against his neck and covered him gently with a tick cover he had gotten just for him before he closed his eyes and let sleep take him over until the next morning.
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The next morning, everyone was awoken by the Chipmunks yelling cheerfully all around the house that Santa came and left lots of presents for everyone. Smiling, they all walked down the stairs and the present distribution started.
Of course the Chipmunks had been very spoiled by everyone but they all got presents they liked and it was a joy filled moment.
To amuse everyone while breakfast was being prepared, the three little guys started to sing Christmas Carols in a magical and beautiful chorus that had them all in awe.
It was a very happy morning and Stefan was glad to see his big brother was keeping the events of the previous night quiet… Telling everyone that he had killed Santa Claus wouldn't make him the most popular guy around town or in Elena's heart…
I know it's silly... I just felt like it... At first I wanted to have Stefan drinking the Reindeer but since they have the Gremlins, he had no reasons to loose control...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Lorelei Candice Black
