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Twas Christmas eve in Katelyne's home, around five forty three in the afternoon. Their mother was cooking the Christmas turkey and the two brothers were out back in the cold playing "Peter Pan" Jack was Peter Pan and Peter was captain Hook. Katelyne was sitting on the couch by the open fire. She had her legs close to her body and she was rocking herself back and forth. She was thinking of the Whisper and the strange room. She couldn't stop thinking about it. Every time she fell asleep she would always go back to that room and see the Whisper again. They would chat but Katelyne didn't learn anything from him. She didn't know about the book or the room or even the story behind the coat. When ever she was going to ask the questions in her dream. Her lips would seal shut with her own skin, like she wasn't suppose to ask the questions. Every night before going to bed she would try to read the book but every page had weird words and strange pictures. This puzzled her. She didn't want to tell Daniel about this or her brothers or even her mother about the book or her dreams. She didn't see Daniel, not even over the phone. People in the cities could only have contact within the city they are in. You would need a pass to travel from city to city and registering for a pass would take months and a couple hundred negladites (Negladites are the currency in Dwelf, gold coins with the capital symbol on it which was an eye in a triangle which use to be called "the Illuminati"). Katelyne soon stood up and got off the couch. She stretched and walked towards her mother. Her mother was just basting the turkey.

"Hey Kit Kat, is everything alright?" she asked her daughter sounding concerned, she could tell something was up with her.

Katelyne just smiled and looked up at her mother. "Mom, I'm perfectly fine" she told her mother sounding calm and happy, yet she wasn't.

Her mother smiled and hugged her daughter. "Dinner will be in twenty minutes, can you tell your brothers?" her mother asked her.

Katelyne nodded and stopped hugging her mother. She walked over to the back door to their backyard. She opened the door and stuck her head out the door; the cold wind blew into the house. Katelyne saw her brothers in their coats playing their game.

"Dinner in twenty minutes boys!" Katelyne shouted so her brothers would hear her. The boys stopped playing for a moment and looked at Katelyne. "Okay!" they shouted back at the same time, like they normally do.

Katelyne chuckled and stuck her head back into the house and closed the door. She shook her head a couple of times from her head being cold, it was a sort of thing she would do when she was cold.

She walked back over to the couch to the warm open fire. She laid down on the couch and thought of Christmas; she wanted to get her mind off of this whole "Whisper" business. She thought of her mother's fantastic turkey and their traditional old fashion Christmas movie. This year she wanted to watch the "Nightmare Before Christmas" once again. It was her favorite film of all time. Her brothers probably wanted to watch "Frosty the Snowman" or "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". Katelyne liked those two movies. She always loved it when Frosty said "Happy Birthday" when he came to life, or when everyone loved Rudolph when he guided Santa's sleigh in the terrible storm.

After the Christmas movie they would listen to some Christmas music like "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" by a man called Dean Martin, or "Rockin' around the Christmas Tree" by some woman called Brenda Lee. These songs were more then half a Millennium, how her mother got these was beyond her. Katelyne was happy it was Christmas. Not many people celebrated Christmas in Dwelf, but it was a holiday for the schools all over Dwelf. She was the only person (besides Daniel) to celebrate Christmas. Some people thought her and her mother were crazy, but that never stopped them. Sometimes Katelyne and her mother would go to a store, try on hats and take silly pictures or they would chase pigeons in the park (Yet they would be brass Steampunk pigeons since they died out in the 25th century by some plague, that only effected pigeons). This was their mother/daughter time when her brothers would still be in school or out for a sleep over. Her mother was her best friend (besides Daniel). Most of the teenagers in Dwelf wouldn't hang out or even talk to their parents, but Katelyne wasn't a normal teenager.

Twenty minutes later, Katelyne's mother came out of the kitchen with a twenty-pound turkey in a brass turkey tray. She walked over to the dinning table and placed the turkey in the middle of the table. She placed her hands on her hips, looked at the turkey, sighed and made a goofy smile. Her face soon relaxed and she quickly looked over at Katelyne.

"Kit Kat, can you ask your brothers to come in?" her mother asked her in a slightly exhausted tone but mainly happy.

Katelyne got up and off the couch. She walked back to the back door and opened it up. She looked out the door. She saw her brothers talking to a man, he was tall, about 6'1, wore a black hooded cloak, she couldn't see his face. The man was just looking down and talking to the boys.

"Hey!" Katelyne shouted to the man.

The man looked at Katelyne, he wore a white mask that was of a face with an over-sized smile and red cheeks, a wide black mustache upturned at both ends, and a thin black vertical pointed beard. She jumped in fear and her heart started to race. The man turned back to the boys, he took a stage bow and then he disappeared into thin air, as if he wasn't there in the first place.

Katelyne darted her eyes towards her younger brothers. "Dinner's ready!" she shouted at them, still having fear in her voice. Her brother's dashes into the house, stomped their feet at the door and quickly took off their coats. They ran towards the table and sat down

Katelyne giggled, and walked over to the dinner table and sat down. Across from her mother and beside her brothers. On the table there was her mother's turkey, a large cup of gravy, a bowl of salad and garlic bread.

The four of them started to dig in and eat. The boys grabbed some of the garlic bread and a leg per boy. Her mother grabbed some salad; some turkey and she poured the gravy on the turkey. Katelyne grabbed some salad, some of the turkey, some gravy and some of the garlic bread. Normally Katelyne wasn't a big eater, but during the holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving, she ate like she hasn't eaten in days. Some times she would get a stomachache, indigestion or she would just fall asleep. Once it was all three.

After ten minutes of chomping down on the food and silver ware clacking against the plates, there was a knock on the door. Their mother stopped eating and swallowed a piece of turkey.

She widely smiled as if she was happily surprised and she gasped. "Kids, who would that be?" she asked sounding happy, yet she knew who was at the door.

Peter and Jack's faces lit up with excitement and happiness. They stopped eating. They ran to the door and they opened the door. A 6'7 male grey wolf anthro who looked as if he was in his mid thirties, he had a thickish build. He was in a bright red frock coat, bright red jeans, black military boots, a black leather belt, a fake, long, white beard and a bright red sock hat with a white pom pom on the end of it. He had a big brown leather sack filled with something over his shoulder

"Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas" he said sounding rather jolly, loud and in a Nonanian accent

He walked into the house and dropped the sack on the living room floor. He opened up the sack to reveal that there was at least two-dozen hand crafted, painted, wooden toys. Swords, little trains, a little blue police box for Katelyne and little people. The boys hugged the wolf anthro and dug into the toys. Katelyne smiled with some turkey in her mouth. She quickly chewed and swallowed it. Their mother smiled, rested her elbows on the table and her chin on her hands. She chuckled and looked at how happy her boys were.

The wolf anthro quickly grabbed the little blue police box and walked over to Katelyne. He smiled and placed it in front of Katelyne, on the table. He smiled and gave Katelyne a hug. Katelyne smiled and hugged the wolf anthro.

Her mother smiled at looked at Katelyne and the wolf anthro and was still smiling. She had happiness in her eyes.

"Thank you Robin" her mother told the wolf anthro with a glee in her voice. Robin chuckled and hugged their mother. "It's the best I can do Sky, ever since. Well. What happened to Hunter" he said with sorrow in his voice.

Their mother sadly sighed and her eyes became glassy. In 2648 when Katelyne was only two. Their father worked at a coal mine, which in Dwelf was a high paying job. During the night of Christmas their father had to work a shift during the day, but there was an explosion which killed everyone in the mine. Around ten in the afternoon, Katelyne's mother got the news, she cried for days. She didn't sleep and didn't eat for days.

This was Katelyne's first memory. She remembers Robin and a few others of their friends came over and tried to comfort her mother or take care of Katelyne. It wasn't an easy time for them, but after some time, the scar started to fade, her mother was able to work and take care of Katelyne. Every Christmas Robin would come over and play Santa for Katelyne then her brothers. Robin was like a second father to Katelyne.

Katelyne smiled and looked at the little police box. She grabbed it with both her hands and held it close to her chest. She closed her eyes. She took a deep breath and sighed.

"So, you two have a very merry Christmas and if you need anything just call me" Robin said with a hushed and soft tone.

Katelyne's mother smiled. "Thanks, and you too" she said with happiness in her voice. He gave Katelyne a kiss on the top of her head and he walked off. She sighed and lay back in her chair. Her mother chuckled and got up.

"So what shall we watch this year?" she asked her daughter sounding calm and happy.

Katelyne had a bit of a sleepy look on her face but it was happy. She slowly got out of her chair and stumbles over to the couch and fell on it face first. She closed her eyes and started to drift off to sleep. Her mother chuckled and put her right hand against the side of her face. She sat down next to Katelyne and rubbed her back. She kissed her head and whispered "Good night".

Many hours later, around three in the morning, Katelyne woke up. Everything was dark; she could only see figures of things around her living room. She felt something against herself and something on her right ring finger. She stood up and she saw she was in her mothers long red trench coat. She held up her right hand and saw the mystical, golden ring on her right ring finger. She jumped in fear, why were they on her and who put them on her? She looked around and gasped. Her mind started to race, she started to smell something burning. She stopped and sniffed the air. Something was burning.

Her heart started to race. She quickly walked around the room. She found the stairs and ran up them. She held the railing so she wouldn't fall. The smell of smoke and fire started to become even stronger each time she walked up the stairs. She soon quickly walked to her mother's room. She opened the door. Her mother was fast asleep. She walked over to her.

"Mom" she said in a quiet yet scared tone.

Her mother woke up and sat up.

"Kit Kat, what's up?" she asked her daughter sounding sleepy.

Katelyne took a deep breath. "I smell something burning," she told her mother still sounding scared yet it was a louder tone.

Her mother opened her eyes more and quickly got out of bed.

"Get your brothers!" she told her in a loud and worried tone.

Katelyne ran down to her brothers' room and tried to open the door, but it was locked. She ran back to her mother's room.

"The doors locked!" she told her mother sounding very scared.

Her mother ran out of her room and towards the boys' room. She grabbed the handle but it was burning hot. She quickly let go of the handle. The door started to catch on fire. The flames were roaring in its orange and yellow masterpiece.

"Katelyne run!" she bellowed at her daughter. She would never call her Katelyne unless it was something urgent or dangerous.

Katelyne ran out of her mother's room and down the stairs. The front door was also up in flames. Katelyne gasped, the flames reflected in her eyes.

Her mother tried to kick down the door but it was no use.

"Jack, Peter!" she yelled towards the door. She was still trying to kick down the door. The boys didn't respond. The ceiling started to catch fire. She looked up at the ceiling and ran down the stairs. Soon the whole upstairs went up in flames.

Katelyne froze in fear of the deadly flames engulfing her house and her brothers. Her mother ran towards Katelyne and grabbed her hand.

She pulled her daughter to the back door, but that was also up in the deadly hot flames. They were trapped. Tears started to fall from her mothers face. She faced her daughter.

"Vale" she whispered sounding so sad and so scared. She hugged her daughter and cried. Katelyne hugged her mother; she didn't know what was going on. Her vision was blank and she couldn't feel her body. Her vision came back after a moment or so. She wasn't in her home. She was just outside her house, the flames roared and were bright and high. Her home and her family were destroyed. Tears fell from her eyes. She kneeled down and cried in her hands.

She felt the touch of a leather gloves on her shoulder; this startled her. She quickly turned her head back and saw the tall, masked man. She gasped but the masked man put a white funny smelling clothing on her face, she started to feel sleepy. She soon blacked out, not knowing what her future had in store for her.