SuperPotter 3

Chapter 8 A Very Supernatural Christmas

Um...evil Santa,' Sam smiles.

Dean pauses for a moment and then nods. 'Yeah, that's crazy,'

'Yeah...I mean, I'm just saying that there is some version of the anti-Claus in every culture,' Sam shows Dean some evil Santa pictures. 'You got Belsnickel, Krampus, Black Peter,' Dean takes the pictures from Sam.

'Actually Black Peter is the helper not the anti version,' Hermione points out.

'Whatever you want to call it, there's all sorts of lore,' Sam responds.

'Saying what?' Dean asks.

'Saying...back in the day, Santa's brother went rogue and now he shows up around Christmas time, but instead of bringing presents, he punishes the wicked,'

'By hauling their ass up chimneys?'

'For starters, yeah,'

'So, this is your theory, huh? Santa's shady brother?'

'Well, ah—I'm just saying, that's what the lore says,'

'Santa doesn't have a brother. There is no Santa,'

'Yeah, I know. You're the one who told me that in the first place, remember,' Sam looks at Dean, who looks down. Sam turns back to his computer and sighs. 'Yeah, you know what, I could be wrong. I...' He sighs again, shutting his laptop. 'Gotta be wrong,'

'Maybe, maybe not,'

'I did a little digging. Turns out both victims visited the same place before they got snatched,'

'Where?' Hermione asks.

Christmas music is playing, children are playing, and people wearing Christmas costumes are walking around. There is a small crowd at Santa's village.

'It does kind of lend credence to the theory, don't it?' Dean asks as he looks around the place.

'Yeah, but anti-Claus? Couldn't be,' Sam points out.

'It's a Chirstmas miracle. Hey, speaking of, we should have one this year,'

'Have one what?'

'A Christmas,'

Sam scoffs. 'No, thanks,'

'No, we'll get a tree, a little Boston market, just like when we were little,'

'Dean, those weren't exactly Hallmark memories for me, you know,'

'What are you talking about? We had some great Christmases,'

'Whose childhood are you talking about?'

'Oh, come on, Sam,'

'No! Just...no,'

Dean is surprised. 'All right, Grinch,' He walks away with Hermione, while Sam stands still. Suddenly he notices a reindeer statue staring at him. He looks uncofortable.

Dean and Hermione walk around Santa's village.

'So did you and the Grinch over there celebrate any Christmases?' Dean suddenly asks.

Hermione thinks about that question for a moment. 'Umm, not big no. We sometimes did secret Santa with some friends but besides that not really,'

'And at Hogwarts?'

'Well the gatekeeper Hagrid he would get twelve christmas trees for in the great hall. There would be christmas feast with Wizard Crackers. Our ceiling was enchanted so it would look like it was snowing. In my fourh year there was the Yule Ball. Students actually had the option to either stay or go home and spent Christmas with their family's,' Hermione explains. Dean had noticed that Hermione's face had lightend up when she told him about Christmas at Hogwarts. He smilles.