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((ooc: I know i'm on Haitus till the 18th but I just couldn't resist >.< Sorry, i saw this thread, and just opened up word and couldn't stop after a while. Sorry it's so long an I best now get back to revising before i get dragged back to it. Oh, as a side note - I'm sure this posts full of grammar mistakes, sorry.))

"Come on William, it's for your sister, remember?" Owyln muttered, pushing the teenager into the crowded room, while at the same time trying to keep Cera balanced upon his shoulder. The man looked like he didn't want to be here, shuffling his feet nervously, his polar bear ears twitching right back towards his head- Owyln would hate to be called a Christmas hater but he couldn't stand crowds. Unfortunately for him; with Father Christmas came crowds.

William stood behind his father, one hand clutching tightly onto a dusky brown lead, head tilted down as always. One palm was stuffed into his over large coat pocket, his large downy wings falling down at his back from the two slits on his coat. The teenager so didn?t want to be here, Father Christmas? All that was for children, he knew that for sure, his father had mentioned it when he was a mere baby, which had been a rather fun event explaining the whole idea to him. He had helped put up the Christmas day, unwrapped each and every advent chocolate gift for Cera, and now he was being forced by his father to go with him. It had to be the last thing on the teenagers mind; all he wanted to do was go lie down in silence inside his room.

"Bi! Bi!" Cera whispered beneath her breath, watching her brother, shuffling within her fathers grasp to watch the nervous angel trailing behind the pair of them. Her ears twitched slightly; tail flicking from one side to the other beneath her blankets, her nose bright red from the cold. She seemed to be enjoying herself though, sparkling brown eyes looking at everything with wonder. From the lights, to the pretend snow and of course the reindeer which were sitting beside the hut, one red nosed plastic reindeer pointing his nose up towards the sky.

"Sorry Cera, any ideas what you want from Father Christmas?" William questioned, a smile perking at his lips from his sisters name calling- she couldn't quite pronounce W yet so B was always a good option. Bringing his spare hand up, he closed his eyes tightly, nudging his palm through thin air to find his sister. His skin touched with the soft mottled blanket, the boy cheering inside he had even found that, slowly etching his palm up until he rubbed his sister's hair- messing it up as he always found himself doing these days. He felt bad for even thinking about Christmas in that way, and for once was determined to make it right for his little sister.

"y...yo Bi!" Cera struggled to get her words out, opening her mouth to try and get the sound out, eyes crossed in determination before she finally pronounced the word she wanted. Tail wagging happily for a few moments; she looked up to see they had joined the end of the queue.

The line seemed to go on forever, nervous parents shuffling along the line, trying their best to keep the children excited about the whole trip- explaining about Father Christmas on occasions, asking what the child wanted. Yet, throughout the whole queue, William and Cera played the best they could. William couldn?t do much but he tried a clapping game he had learnt at classes, it worked; it helped William use his concentration more while at the same time kept the little neko thoroughly busy throughout the whole little event.

Finally, after a good hour or two, the three of them got to the front of the line. Standing before the jolly looking man clad in a red suit and sitting upon a large brown chair. He motioned Cera forwards, Owyln placing the child down onto his lap, before standing beside his son once more. The father seemed almost proud, patting his son's shoulder, before watching the small neko wriggle a little inside the strange mans lap before finally settling once more.

"What do you want then little girl?" The man questioned in a deep voice, his kind eyes watching over the neko, an ever present smile placed upon his lips. He wasn't exactly what anyone would call a fake, well he certainly didn't look it, with a proper beard this time along with a fat belly to go along side; he fitted the picture postcard description to the finest hair.

"ki...kitty for Bi..b..Black kitty for Bi and me.." Cera muttered beneath her breath, a large smile replacing the frown as she finally got her words out, giggling happily once more. Her tail wagged madly for a few moments, before the young girl blinked, feeling herself being elevated once more into her dad's arms. Nuzzling her cheek into her blanket, with that same smile, eyes watching with wonder as the man winked towards her. Just as a note to say what she had asked for would be ok.

"How about you, young man?" The man asked, ushering William forwards, not even seeming bothered that Will was certainly not the age of the other children. Seeing the dog, the man clicked in the back of his throat, both Thistle and William slowly treading over until the man pushed William back into his lap.

Williams eyes widened for a few moments, he was being pushed into this mans lap! Shaking his head a little, he decided to stay silent, and do this just for his sister. So he clutched onto his coat pockets, pressing his wings as far as he could against his back to avoid hitting Father Christmas with two large grey wings. He barely moved as the man asked him what he wanted, he knew full well what he wanted, but could this man really for fill his deepest desires? No, William knew he couldn't, but he could ask, it wasn't a sin to ask so he would.

"What I want? I want everyone to be happy, my little sister, my dad, I want Yume to be extra happy, and I want her to get everything she wishes for." He whispered, and the man frowned once more. He had seen right through the fallen, so William opened up his mouth once more, getting ready to speak the very last wish he had deep down.

"Sir, I just want some courage. Which I know you can't give me, so could I please just have a new writing set, and if you can't do that, please just complete my sisters wish, that would mean a lot to me and my dad? William finally came out with, etching off the mans lap once more, not even looking back as the dog and him slid back into the crowds towards the door.

Owyln nodded towards the man with a smile, watching his son disappear once more, before he followed on with his son past the queue and towards the door. The three of them disappearing once more into the distance, back towards the car and of course back home.

((Yeesh, kinda late, but oh well XD))

Aqua peeks in, grinning, and then skips in, plopping herself down wetly on Santa's lap, smiling still. "The only thing I want for christmas is a pet squirrel! Or a parrot, a white one, with pastel-rainbow feathers." She smiles cheerfully. "Oh yeah, Sere absolutely refused to come, said something about not wanting to sit on a fat guys lap..." She frowns, but shrugs.