Ratigan huffed outside "Christmas.. Bah.." he stormed off in the snow, shivering and throwing the leftover food off his coat "This whole night was a nightmare."

He suddenly turned a corner and bumped into a small little cream colored mouse, He was wearing a white suit with a dark blue colored shirt underneath and a little blue bowler hat. He smiled as he adjusted his light blue tie. Ratigan muttered "Sorry." He walked off as the little cream mouse followed him.

Ratigan looked behind him and saw that the little mouse disappeared. He rolled his eyes and turned back, then suddenly, his face met with the small little mouse again "It is a pleasure to meet you at last Mr.." he opened a small black notebook "Padriac James Ratigan?" he laughed "We can skip the formalities. Well, we better be on our way if you're going to learn your lesson!"

The silver rat quirked an eyebrow "I do apologize.. do I know you?" he didn't give him time to answer "You know, I am really in no mood for this.." he walked the other way as the small mouse followed him down the street "Mr. Ratigan please don't wander off, we only have one night-"

Ratigan turned around, his face growing red "What do you want?!"

The mouse smiled, laying out his hand "My name is Bernie, and I am your guardian angel!" Ratigan stayed silent for a couple moments when he exploded in laughter "Oh you are absolutely mad!" he wiped his tear of laughter away "Thank you.. I needed that." He walked off as Bernie appeared in front of him in a flash. Ratigan looked behind him and looked back at the white mouse "How did you-"

"Please understand.. It seems ridiculous I know.. but it is true." He laid out a small card in front of the Professor who read the print aloud:

Bernard Cloud

Guardian Angel/Wish Granter/Intern

Issued: December 24, 1898

Ratigan laughed "This is a joke.." he attempted to rip the small card, but it wouldn't rip under any pressure. Bernie continued to smile "Nice huh? Doesn't rip!" he grabbed the card out of his hands "Now the first stop is your past christmas experiences.." he started to bury though his pocket. Ratigan scoffed "Why me…" he started to play along "Okay..'Bernie' why don't you display your great power?" he laughed as Bernie threw some gold dust in the air, turning into a large tornado that enveloped the two. Ratigan opened his eyes and looked around "…What the…" he looked around at a small village, twinkling with lights of all sizes.

Small mice were walking along the streets, smiling and laughing with one another. Ratigan grabbed Bernie by the collar "What sorcery is this? How?" Bernie nervously chuckled "I'm guessing this is the right time and place?"

"Padriac!" someone shouted. Ratigan turned around and saw a small boy with wide yellow eyes running along the street. He suddenly saw a small white mouse following behind him, with dark brown hair. Ratigan muttered "Rachel…"

"Do you know that little girl?" Bernie said

Ratigan dropped him on the floor "My sister.." he laughed and looked at the little boy "And.. that's me!" he watched the boy run through the streets "Oh I was always the rambunctious lad.." he scratched his chin "I remember this Christmas.."

"This is your first memory of the holidays.." Bernie said "I told you so." He laughed as he threw more powder in the air. The next tablau was inside their home, little Padirac smiled "Mother, this is for you!" he handed a beautiful mouse a small box. She opened it and gasped "Oh a cameo!" she pinned it to her dress "It must have cost a fortune Padriac!"

"All my allowance!" he said proudly.

"Uberta!" a tall grey rat entered the room, fixing his loose sleeves "Where are my cufflinks?" Padriac rose up and handed his father a small box, with a guilty look on his face "Father.. I-I lost your cufflinks.." his father opened the box "But I made you these instead! It's made out of old gears of the grandfather clock.. see? I shined them up and-"

"What is this garbage?" he huffed "Uberta I'm never going to get to that party on time.."

"Oh Robert, must you go tonight? Come enjoy Christmas with us!" Uberta rose up as Robert spoke "I have no time for this.." he threw the box in the wastebasket "I'll go see if the tailor's is open on the way.. Goodbye family." He looked at Padriac, with tears in his eyes "Padriac.. save your tears for a pillow. Grow up." he shut the door, leaving the three alone.

Uberta held him close "Padriac, your father is just very busy.. He doesn't mean what he says.." she grabbed the cufflinks and looked at them "I think these are very brilliant Padriac. But you shouldn't steal to make a living sweetie."

He sniffled "I understand.. I'm going to bed now." He marched up the stairs, stopping in the middle "Merry Christmas Mother.. I love you."

"I love you too Padriac. Merry Christmas." She said warmly.

Bernie started to sniffle, holding his handkerchief to his eyes while Ratigan sent him an annoyed look. Bernie huffed "Now I can see where the trouble began…" they flashed forward to a dark empty cemetery, a young Padriac holding Rachel's little paw, watching a black casket being lowered into a dark dirt hole. "This was the year.. Your mother got sick.."

The priest walked up the hill "We are here to mourn the sudden loss of Uberta Jesslyn Ratigan.." he watched Rachel bury her face into Padriac's chest "A wonderful sister, daughter, wife… and mother." They lowered the casket into the ground.

Ratigan whispered "I wish to see no more of this."

They fast forwarded into his adult yeas. They landed in a large schoolroom, with many students exiting the large hallway "I am sure that that exam was as easy as ever Padriac!" A brown mouse perked up beside a young adult Ratigan, tall and almost hitting the door post.

"If you say so Basil.." he looked to his books as he heard shouting behind him. Rachel ran with fainted breath, breathing in and out heavily, she blew her brown hair out of her face, smiling wide "Padriac! Wonderful news!"

Padriac rolled his eyes "Yes Rachel.." he looked at his book as she jumped "I'm engaged!"

"Congratulations Miss Rachel!" Basil hugged her as Padriac stopped the emotional embrace "Rachel, can I see you alone.."

They walked out to the courtyard campus "Rachel what are you thinking?"

"Well.." she smiled "Jason and I have thought about it, after you introduced us those five months ago… that was the only subject he thought of."

"Exactly! Five months you've known each other." He cleared his throat "What about your studies?"

"What about it?"

"You are one class away from your degree!" he shouted

Rachel crossed her arms "I was hoping you would be happier to hear that I've found love.. it wont be long before you find your one true love.."

Ratigan laughed "Ha. True love.. Rachel, grow up."

Rachel started to follow him as he walked away "Well would you at least give me your blessing?"

"Have you talked to father?"

Rachel whispered "He hasn't replied to any of my letters. I finally saw him yesterday and he said.." she paused "I'd rather die than to watch you walk down the aisle with some nobody.. I'm cutting you off." Ratigan watched her rub her eyes quickly.

They continued to walk. He stayed silent for a while when he finally huffed "Fine." She happily hugged him tightly and let go "I'll go tell Jason!"

They flashed ahead, Bernie talking "Well Rachel got married and you weren't too happy at the wedding.. I could only understand letting go of your only sister.. Robert didn't even show up did he?" Bernie stopped time at another moment, inside Ratigan's old study. His old self was laughing Maniacally at the newspaper article when a very pregnant Rachel stormed in "Padriac James!"

He sipped a glass of champagne "OH Rachel, just in time to celebrate!" he slapped the newspaper article on the table "Tower Bridge Job stuns Londoners! Hundreds Baffled!" Bernie watched Ratigan smile wide "My first crime.. this was my favorite…"

"I wonder why.." Bernie said. Ratigan hushed him as his old self continued "Rachel, do you know what this means! Those idiots at the university second guessed me.. knowing a rat could never amount to a single thing." He cringed "They gave Basil that professor position without giving me so much as a sideways glance.." he jumped on the table "I have finally made a name for myself… this rush is not like anything I could explain.."

"A thief is what they call it!" Rachel crossed her arms "Me, Jason and little Alexander had to leave because the yard wanting to interrogate us! They could take my child away because of you!" she held her stomach "And I have one on the way!" she sat down in a huff as Ratigan was absorbed in his own thoughts "Maybe big ben next…"

"Enough!" she stood up "I can't take this anymore.. I thought I could put up with some normalcy but I cant."

"Rachel.." he tried to reason "I have no morals anymore.. they say money doesn't buy happiness but it does.. in so many ways.." he saw her look change "I have found my place.. and if you don't approve, I suggest you leave." He turned from her, hearing soft sobs coming from behind him. Rachel sniffled "Fine." She put on her cloak "If that is the way you feel Padriac-" she corrected herself "Excuse me..Professor Ratigan." The door was about to close when she whispered "I love you Big brother." She walked through Bernie and Ratigan, not acknowledging their existence.

She closed the door as the memory disappeared. Ratigan said "More. Please. Show me more of Rachel.."

"I can't.. that was the last memory you had of her..." Bernie stopped the time traveling, they were back in the present, in front of Nellie's house. Ratigan and Bernie walked through the door, watching Nellie and the boys clean up the leftover wrath the Professor had left.

"What a brute!" Nellie said.

Penelope and Girdy said at the same time, picking up small pieces of food off the floor "Agreed."

Nellie looked at the boys cleaning "Is he always like this?"

Bill spoke up "Well… he hits us when we do something wrong."

"And he doesn't really compliment our work.." Nicolas said fearfully.

Ratigan grumbled "When I get back I'll feed them to Felicia.." he looked at Fidget "Fidget, my right hand Bat, he'll defend me.."

Fidget grumbled "No compliments, he hits us.. and he didn't even give us a Christmas present." Ratigan slapped his head in annoyance "I'll kill him too."

Alex stepped up "Oh come on.. he's not that bad.. I mean..right?"

Victoria crossed her arms "Great job Alex.."

Nellie looked upstairs at Rosalie's door "I just hope that Rosalie is alright..poor thing has been saddled with that man ever since he saved her from Elijah.."

Ratigan stormed off into the night. Bernie walked beside him as the professor spoke "That is the last time I deal with anything Christmas related.. I am done."

"What?! The flashbacks didn't work?" Bernie looked at Ratigan, who sent him a annoyed look "Well, I was hoping they would.."

"If they don't like me I guess it would have been better if I never even met them! maybe their lives would be better off!" He kept rambling as Bernie spoke up "You might not want to do that.."

"My own men.. turned against me.. the children.. Rosalie's and that 'Family' of hers!" he paced back and forth "So, Rosalie has been Saddled with me?! Perhaps if I never met her I wouldn't be in this mess." He growled "You know what 'Bernie'" he said with honey in his voice "I wish-"

"Ratigan don't!"

"I lived in a world were I NEVER existed!" Ratigan exclaimed.

Bernie closed his eyes and pointed a finger at Ratigan "Wish granted sir.." and in an instant, everything turned black.

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