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Clawz was so soundly asleep, even the light crackling of the fire and the soft creaking of the door didn’t rouse him. In fact, those things just made him sleep even better. Being curled up in a ball on his favourite cushion; being so warm and cozy… could anything wake him on this perfect Christmas Eve?

No. Nothing would wake him through the entire night…

In the morning however…

He heard the door creak open, but he hoped it was just the wind. After a minute felt a gentle tapping on his head, and a small voice broke the nearly perfect silence. “…Clawz?”

Clawz tried to ignore the voice entirely, he was too tired to get up… What time was it anyway?

“Clawz!” The tapping got faster.

Clawz sighed and groaned a bit, hoping that just being awake would satisfy the rogue tapper...

“HI CLAWZ!!!” The voice shouted right in Clawz’s ear. “Guess what day it is!”

Clawz groaned again, “…Mmmm…. Friday?”

“No silly! It’s Christmas!” The voice laughed.

The cat maren knew, even before he opened his eyes, who the voice and the laugh belonged to. He opened his eyes anyway though, just to be sure. “Jackle? Why did you have to wake me up?”

“Because it’s Christmas! And there’s gonna be presents and food and… Presents!” The invisible maren insisted. He was lying on Clawz’s belly and he was still tapping too…

Clawz just groaned again, “So… WHY did you wake me up?”

Jackle blinked and thought for a while, “…I don’t know…” He said finally, flopping down to the floor. “But… Christmas will be more fun with you there!” Jackle nodded.

Clawz sighed, “Fine, fine… I’ll get up…” And so he did. He stretched his gigantic blue furry body. Jackle floated up and landed so he was clinging to the bigger maren’s shoulders.

“Let’s go to the presents!!!” Jackle shouted happily. Clawz sighed and dashed out the door.

The halls were haphazardly lined with tinsel and all sorts of shiny; glittery things. Dashing through them all so quickly made Clawz and Jackle both a bit dizzy.

“Where are the presents?” Clawz asked the cling on maren.

Jackle didn’t say anything at first, then he managed to say, “Uuuuuuuuuummm…. That way!!!” and pointed down a hall to their left.

Clawz nodded and turned quickly, Jackle laughed as he was swung through the air and asked to do the “turn-y-thing” again… Clawz said no…

The two of them finally emerged from the flashy hallways into a big, candle-lit room. At first neither of them could see anything, but then the room lit up with lights from a huge Christmas tree.

Gillwing- a maren who looked like a big snake with wings or a dragon with no feet- flew down from the ceiling. The room was huge and the dragon maren proudly stated several times that he decorated the entire room ‘all by myself!’ Jackle quickly congratulated him (‘YOU IS AWESOME!!!’) and then they turned their attention to more pressing matters.

“Where are the presents?” Jackle asked, noticing that the tree didn’t have anything underneath it.

“…Derr…. I dunno…” Gillwing replied, Flying slowly around the tree.

“Maybe… Wizeman has them?” Clawz offered.

“Hey! Yeah!” Jackle said, clapping his hands, “Maybe we need to ask Wizeman for them first!”

Clawz didn’t know if that would work, but it would keep the little maren preoccupied for a little while… he had plotting to do…

Jackle and Gillwing left to go see Wizeman. Clawz was left alone in the gigantic, brightly decorated, candle-lit room. He took a deep breath and waited until the laughter from the two ‘Wizeman searchers’ died away before sprinting from the room.

So much to do… and so little time…

First was the matter of presents. What would Jackle like to get? Did he need presents for all the other maren? Should he worry about a card? Grrr... He should have been planning this since last year!

Clawz reached his cozy room again, the fire was still burning strong (as it could only do in dreams) and his chair was begging him to take a catnap… But he had a mission!

He walked to the middle of the room and waved his hand; a table appeared with several broken mice bombs on it. He’d have to fix them one of these days … But not now!

He swept aside some of the more useless spare parts and went right to work. IT took him a mere 5 minutes to get the gift ready and wrapped up all nice for Jackle. Clawz hoped that Jackle would like it… He wasn’t entirely sure that Jackle enjoyed those sorts of things… but it was the best he could come up with on such short notice.

He scooped up the present and was about to leave, then he realized he needed something else. A card? Nope. Jackle couldn’t read. Then what was it? Oh well… He couldn’t think of anything so he’d just have to deal with it.

Clawz ran out of the room, very careful not to let his gift fall to any harm. Would Jackle be happy?

He shook the thoughts from his head, he certainly HOPED Jackle would like it, but there was no telling with that guy… he was pretty weird after all.

Clawz got back to the room only a few seconds before Gillwing and Jackle. He had to hide the gift behind his back while he spoke to them.

“Wizeman says the gifts will be ready soon!” Jackle said happily, “I hope I get something awesome!”

Nothing like a little pressure…

Gillwing nodded, “Maybe I’ll get a toothbrush!” He sounded so happy about it too… Apparently Jackle wasn’t the only weird one…

Jackle nodded, “Toothbrushes are good!”

Clawz sighed.

“…? What do you want for christmas Clawz?” It was Gillwing who asked.

“Do you want a ball of string!?” Jackle asked too, sounding mildly desperate.

“Yeah… String is okay…” Clawz hoped the Jackle hadn’t actually gotten him a ball of string… it would be the most humiliating thing ever. Then again, knowing Jackle…

“PRESENTS!” Gillwing shouted suddenly as a whole swarm of them flew through the door and landed in front of the tree. No one noticed Clawz put his gift under aswell amid the chaotic shouts of ‘Is that one mine?’.

Once the other maren entered the room Clawz felt a terrible feeling wash over him. What if Jackle didn’t like his gift? What if Jackle liked all the other gifts more then his?

He hadn’t felt so terrible before. The previous year he had made a point not to get presents for anyone. After all, Wizeman and Jackle got presents for everyone, albeit Jackle’s were somewhat more eccentric (Gillwing had gotten an old shoe last year; Jackle claimed it was a hat.) Wizeman on the other hand always got terrific gifts, his at least had a practical use (He had gotten Clawz the comfy chair last year. It was the best present he had ever received.)

Clawz noticed that Jackle was looking a little bit anxious himself. He kept looking at Clawz, then looking away and clutching his cape. The entire time he looked unsure of something…

“TIME TO OPEN THE GIFTS!!! One at a time now!” Wizeman was shouting from beside the tree, moving his hands so quickly that no one even realized for a second or two that a wrapped up gift had just been placed in front of them. Jackle opened his gift first and dove at Gillwing.

“THANK YOU!!!” Jackle shouted as he hugged the dragon, who was having a hard enough time getting his own gift open. Clawz looked over at the gift Jackle had opened, it was a bunch of stickers, there was a big green ‘G’ on the package that showed it was from Gillwing. Wizeman insisted they only use the first letter of their names in a special colour, just to make things easier. Half the maren couldn’t read after all.

Clawz opened his gift; it was from Wizeman. He got a Pillow that matched his chair perfectly.

Other maren opened their gifts, Clawz didn’t care so much about any of them though. The next gift Jackle got wasn’t his, but it was from Wizeman. Jackle had gotten so excited over the shiny cards he received that Clawz was absolutely sure that Jackle didn’t have any enthusiasm left for any other gift…

On and on they opened their gifts. There was only a few more left when Clawz opened his present from Jackle. Amazingly enough it wasn’t a ball of string but a jar of cookies with a small note attached.

Wizeman helped me.
-JaCklE

It was a messy note and most of the ‘e’’s were backwards. Clawz almost couldn’t read the whole thing because Jackle pounced at him the moment he had taken the note off the jar.

“Do you like them???” Jackle asked, looking apprehensive, but also proud of himself.

“They’re awesome Jackle!” Clawz said as he hugged the little maren.

Jackle laughed and went back to sit down, looking happy and content.

Soon there was but one gift left under the tree. Clawz’s gift to Jackle.

Clawz felt lots of tension in his gut as he watched Wizeman give the gift to Jackle.

Please like it… Clawz begged in his head.

Jackle unwrapped the gift slowly, it was as if Jackle felt he would break the whole gift if he didn’t be extra careful. Clawz thought he should just rip the paper to shreds and get it over with. Even if he didn’t like it. Yes, he was THAT nervous.

Jackle blinked twice when he had unwrapped the gift fully, looking at the contraption with no expression at all. Did he even know what it was?

Clawz help his breath. Please…. Please like it…

Jackle gasped suddenly and knocked Clawz over with his speed, “THANK YOU CLAWZ!!!”

Clawz blinked, “Wha-…. What?”

Jackle hugged Clawz’s big body, “You got me a home made present!”

Clawz nodded a bit, his face was going red, “Umm… Yeah…”

Jackle smiled, “What does it do?”

Clawz stood up and walked over to the gift, “It’s a card dispenser. You can put cards in the top and it shuffles them and deal them into piles!”

Jackle stared wide-eyed at the machine. “That’s so awesome!!! I always wanted something awesome!!!” He dash-tackled Clawz again, “Thank you again!”

Clawz grinned, Jackle had actually liked it… “You’re welcome!”

After playing too many rounds of Go fish with Jackle, all the maren slept peacefully. After all, it was the Christmas season. Even Nightmaren need a day off once in a while.

((YAY! Merry Christmas! Ah yes, Jackle and Clawz and Gillwing and… pretty much every maren are not my creation. The situation and personality are the way I made them but are not to be taken as fact. And yeah… JOYEUX NOËL!!! ^_^!!!))

Description
Clawz was so soundly asleep, even the light crackling of the fire and the soft creaking of the door didn’t rouse him. In fact, those things just made him sleep even better. Being curled up in a ball on his favourite cushion; being so warm and cozy… could anything wake him on this perfect Christmas Eve?

No. Nothing would wake him through the entire night…

In the morning however…

He heard the door creak open, but he hoped it was just the wind. After a minute felt a gentle tapping on his head, and a small voice broke the nearly perfect silence. “…Clawz?”

Clawz tried to ignore the voice entirely, he was too tired to get up… What time was it anyway?

“Clawz!” The tapping got faster.

Clawz sighed and groaned a bit, hoping that just being awake would satisfy the rogue tapper...

“HI CLAWZ!!!” The voice shouted right in Clawz’s ear. “Guess what day it is!”

Clawz groaned again, “…Mmmm…. Friday?”

“No silly! It’s Christmas!” The voice laughed.

The cat maren knew, even before he opened his eyes, who the voice and the laugh belonged to. He opened his eyes anyway though, just to be sure. “Jackle? Why did you have to wake me up?”

“Because it’s Christmas! And there’s gonna be presents and food and… Presents!” The invisible maren insisted. He was lying on Clawz’s belly and he was still tapping too…

Clawz just groaned again, “So… WHY did you wake me up?”

Jackle blinked and thought for a while, “…I don’t know…” He said finally, flopping down to the floor. “But… Christmas will be more fun with you there!” Jackle nodded.

Clawz sighed, “Fine, fine… I’ll get up…” And so he did. He stretched his gigantic blue furry body. Jackle floated up and landed so he was clinging to the bigger maren’s shoulders.

“Let’s go to the presents!!!” Jackle shouted happily. Clawz sighed and dashed out the door.

The halls were haphazardly lined with tinsel and all sorts of shiny; glittery things. Dashing through them all so quickly made Clawz and Jackle both a bit dizzy.

“Where are the presents?” Clawz asked the cling on maren.

Jackle didn’t say anything at first, then he managed to say, “Uuuuuuuuuummm…. That way!!!” and pointed down a hall to their left.

Clawz nodded and turned quickly, Jackle laughed as he was swung through the air and asked to do the “turn-y-thing” again… Clawz said no…

The two of them finally emerged from the flashy hallways into a big, candle-lit room. At first neither of them could see anything, but then the room lit up with lights from a huge Christmas tree.

Gillwing- a maren who looked like a big snake with wings or a dragon with no feet- flew down from the ceiling. The room was huge and the dragon maren proudly stated several times that he decorated the entire room ‘all by myself!’ Jackle quickly congratulated him (‘YOU IS AWESOME!!!’) and then they turned their attention to more pressing matters.

“Where are the presents?” Jackle asked, noticing that the tree didn’t have anything underneath it.

“…Derr…. I dunno…” Gillwing replied, Flying slowly around the tree.

“Maybe… Wizeman has them?” Clawz offered.

“Hey! Yeah!” Jackle said, clapping his hands, “Maybe we need to ask Wizeman for them first!”

Clawz didn’t know if that would work, but it would keep the little maren preoccupied for a little while… he had plotting to do…

Jackle and Gillwing left to go see Wizeman. Clawz was left alone in the gigantic, brightly decorated, candle-lit room. He took a deep breath and waited until the laughter from the two ‘Wizeman searchers’ died away before sprinting from the room.

So much to do… and so little time…

First was the matter of presents. What would Jackle like to get? Did he need presents for all the other maren? Should he worry about a card? Grrr... He should have been planning this since last year!

Clawz reached his cozy room again, the fire was still burning strong (as it could only do in dreams) and his chair was begging him to take a catnap… But he had a mission!

He walked to the middle of the room and waved his hand; a table appeared with several broken mice bombs on it. He’d have to fix them one of these days … But not now!

He swept aside some of the more useless spare parts and went right to work. IT took him a mere 5 minutes to get the gift ready and wrapped up all nice for Jackle. Clawz hoped that Jackle would like it… He wasn’t entirely sure that Jackle enjoyed those sorts of things… but it was the best he could come up with on such short notice.

He scooped up the present and was about to leave, then he realized he needed something else. A card? Nope. Jackle couldn’t read. Then what was it? Oh well… He couldn’t think of anything so he’d just have to deal with it.

Clawz ran out of the room, very careful not to let his gift fall to any harm. Would Jackle be happy?

He shook the thoughts from his head, he certainly HOPED Jackle would like it, but there was no telling with that guy… he was pretty weird after all.

Clawz got back to the room only a few seconds before Gillwing and Jackle. He had to hide the gift behind his back while he spoke to them.

“Wizeman says the gifts will be ready soon!” Jackle said happily, “I hope I get something awesome!”

Nothing like a little pressure…

Gillwing nodded, “Maybe I’ll get a toothbrush!” He sounded so happy about it too… Apparently Jackle wasn’t the only weird one…

Jackle nodded, “Toothbrushes are good!”

Clawz sighed.

“…? What do you want for christmas Clawz?” It was Gillwing who asked.

“Do you want a ball of string!?” Jackle asked too, sounding mildly desperate.

“Yeah… String is okay…” Clawz hoped the Jackle hadn’t actually gotten him a ball of string… it would be the most humiliating thing ever. Then again, knowing Jackle…

“PRESENTS!” Gillwing shouted suddenly as a whole swarm of them flew through the door and landed in front of the tree. No one noticed Clawz put his gift under aswell amid the chaotic shouts of ‘Is that one mine?’.

Once the other maren entered the room Clawz felt a terrible feeling wash over him. What if Jackle didn’t like his gift? What if Jackle liked all the other gifts more then his?

He hadn’t felt so terrible before. The previous year he had made a point not to get presents for anyone. After all, Wizeman and Jackle got presents for everyone, albeit Jackle’s were somewhat more eccentric (Gillwing had gotten an old shoe last year; Jackle claimed it was a hat.) Wizeman on the other hand always got terrific gifts, his at least had a practical use (He had gotten Clawz the comfy chair last year. It was the best present he had ever received.)

Clawz noticed that Jackle was looking a little bit anxious himself. He kept looking at Clawz, then looking away and clutching his cape. The entire time he looked unsure of something…

“TIME TO OPEN THE GIFTS!!! One at a time now!” Wizeman was shouting from beside the tree, moving his hands so quickly that no one even realized for a second or two that a wrapped up gift had just been placed in front of them. Jackle opened his gift first and dove at Gillwing.

“THANK YOU!!!” Jackle shouted as he hugged the dragon, who was having a hard enough time getting his own gift open. Clawz looked over at the gift Jackle had opened, it was a bunch of stickers, there was a big green ‘G’ on the package that showed it was from Gillwing. Wizeman insisted they only use the first letter of their names in a special colour, just to make things easier. Half the maren couldn’t read after all.

Clawz opened his gift; it was from Wizeman. He got a Pillow that matched his chair perfectly.

Other maren opened their gifts, Clawz didn’t care so much about any of them though. The next gift Jackle got wasn’t his, but it was from Wizeman. Jackle had gotten so excited over the shiny cards he received that Clawz was absolutely sure that Jackle didn’t have any enthusiasm left for any other gift…

On and on they opened their gifts. There was only a few more left when Clawz opened his present from Jackle. Amazingly enough it wasn’t a ball of string but a jar of cookies with a small note attached.

Wizeman helped me.
-JaCklE

It was a messy note and most of the ‘e’’s were backwards. Clawz almost couldn’t read the whole thing because Jackle pounced at him the moment he had taken the note off the jar.

“Do you like them???” Jackle asked, looking apprehensive, but also proud of himself.

“They’re awesome Jackle!” Clawz said as he hugged the little maren.

Jackle laughed and went back to sit down, looking happy and content.

Soon there was but one gift left under the tree. Clawz’s gift to Jackle.

Clawz felt lots of tension in his gut as he watched Wizeman give the gift to Jackle.

Please like it… Clawz begged in his head.

Jackle unwrapped the gift slowly, it was as if Jackle felt he would break the whole gift if he didn’t be extra careful. Clawz thought he should just rip the paper to shreds and get it over with. Even if he didn’t like it. Yes, he was THAT nervous.

Jackle blinked twice when he had unwrapped the gift fully, looking at the contraption with no expression at all. Did he even know what it was?

Clawz help his breath. Please…. Please like it…

Jackle gasped suddenly and knocked Clawz over with his speed, “THANK YOU CLAWZ!!!”

Clawz blinked, “Wha-…. What?”

Jackle hugged Clawz’s big body, “You got me a home made present!”

Clawz nodded a bit, his face was going red, “Umm… Yeah…”

Jackle smiled, “What does it do?”

Clawz stood up and walked over to the gift, “It’s a card dispenser. You can put cards in the top and it shuffles them and deal them into piles!”

Jackle stared wide-eyed at the machine. “That’s so awesome!!! I always wanted something awesome!!!” He dash-tackled Clawz again, “Thank you again!”

Clawz grinned, Jackle had actually liked it… “You’re welcome!”

After playing too many rounds of Go fish with Jackle, all the maren slept peacefully. After all, it was the Christmas season. Even Nightmaren need a day off once in a while.

((YAY! Merry Christmas! Ah yes, Jackle and Clawz and Gillwing and… pretty much every maren are not my creation. The situation and personality are the way I made them but are not to be taken as fact. And yeah… JOYEUX NOËL!!! ^_^!!!))