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They Took Christmas Away
Friday, February 22, 2008

Something that came to me while watching Ariel. It is the first thing I have written and shared. I hope it pleases. Short ficlet.....The world and all the characters of course and without question belong to Joss...thanks for letting the rest of us play here.


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If she could just hang on to this one memory she could win….just this one….

River stood in front of the magnificent tree that stretched all the way to the ceiling, and yearned with every fiber of her eight year old being for Christmas to hurry There were already a few presents wrapped in shiny iridescent paper under it but River knew there had to be more. The ones her parents still marked From: Father Christmas, even though she was far to old and wise to believe THAT anymore. She had tried earlier to enlist Simon’s help in looking for them. He had refused with all the scorn inherent in his newly acquired teenaged years. He had informed her that looking under beds and in closets was greedy and not at all in keeping with the spirit of the holiday..

River clung to the memory. The big brotherly smile on Simon’s face….. the smell of the tree….the stockings hanging from the fireplace mantle…..

She felt the small familiar pressure in the middle of her forehead…the cool sting in her forearm….and the monsters came back….and they took Christmas away.

COMMENTS

Friday, February 22, 2008 5:59 AM

LEIASKY


Ohh, very chilling. Short, but it didn't really need to be longer. I like how you merged, in a few short sentances, the past and the present.

Friday, February 22, 2008 6:12 AM

HERMITSREST


I agree, very chilling. Enjoyed it, especially the last sentence.

Friday, February 22, 2008 10:07 AM

AMDOBELL


So very sad. Now we need a fic where she gets Christmas back, in all its' magical and joyful glory! Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me

Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:19 AM

SLUMMING


Beautifully done! So much in such a little package! Great job!

Monday, April 21, 2008 6:28 AM

ANGELLEMARCS


A very eerie way of it. i like the chilling feeling i get at the end. So very poetic.


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