You get the link in an email. Up and coming new star wants you to watch their new song they just posted on Youtube. It’s a Christmas song and is terribly catchy, though after you listen to it, you find yourself getting quite sleepy. The tiredness persists, and you only want to sleep.

The first nap lasts an hour or so, but you wake up hungry with the song still playing in your head. After eating you again sleep, and you don’t wake again until the next day.

When you go back to try and listen to the song again though, there is no email. And Googling it shows no results.

Weird.

Checking her email was the next order of business for Dria. Her homework was done, so she was free to surf the net, as long as she didn’t break any major rules. “You have Mail!” The annoying broadcast alerted her. “You have 1 email!” “Alright.” She said in annoyance. She clicked the link. There was an email from Kashka_Mikas@ReindeerWay.com. Who the heck was Kashka Mikas? The subject was “UPCOMING AND COMING SINGER: HEAR MY CHRISTMAS SONG!” Well that was interesting. She guessed, that was. Okay. She clicked the email. “Dear Friend, Hear my new Christmas Song and Vote! Click the link to take you to Youtube to watch my video and vote.” “Okay,” Dria said. She clicked the link and waited for the vid to start.

“I don’t want no Christmas Cakes, and I don’t want no roller blades;
“I don’t want no Diamond Rings or Puppies -
“All I want for Christmas is youuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”

Dria found herself singing quite along with the song, it was so fun and so catchy. “I don’t want no Diamond Rings or Puppies - All I want for Christmas is youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!” She howled with it. At last the song died down. She stifled a yawn and stretched. She looked at the clock. Wow, was it really only 3:07 PM? It felt much, much later. She felt like taking a nap. She thought about it and decided that she could. Dani and Drew were both staying late at their respected schools for studying purposes. So was Aunt Dia. Mom and Dad were at work still. No one was due to be back for another three hours. An hour nap would be fine. She left the computer as it was and went to bed.

Her dreams were streamlined by, “I don’t want no Christmas Cakes….” The alarm went off about an hour later and woke her up. She was now ravenously hungry. As she raided the refrigerator, stealing half the turkey for Christmas Dinner (already cooked) and devouring it, while guzzling down an entire 2 liter of Coca-cola, she crooned to herself, “I don’t want no Diamond Rings or Puppies….” After that she stretched again and stifling another yawn she went back to bed.

The next morning, she woke to her mother and father screaming at her. “Dria? What the hell? Where’s half the Christmas Turkey? And a 2-Liter of Coke? And why are you sleeping eighteen hours?” It took a lot to get them off her back. She was grounded. Drew and Dani were concerned though, as well they should be. As she was. She returned to her computer and stopped the screen saver. That was odd. She thought that she had left both Youtube and her email open. Neither were. She opened her email, but the email was gone. Had she deleted it? It wasn’t in her trash or spam folder. She opened Youtube and searched for it. Nothing. Googled it. Nothing. Tried Kashka Mikas. No matches. Tried the email address. No such domain. Weird.

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