Chapter 5:

And a Trickster Gets His Way

A Perfect Life


I lay in the darkness, waiting for what seemed like eons. My watch still reading 11:59 with fifty-nine seconds had passed. Krampus was the cause of all of this, scheming with me, playing with me like a toy; well this would all work out for me in the end. Krampus would regret underestimating me. I would dodge death, dodge what his master wanted

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, he appeared. I could feel the wave he emanate before I ever saw him with my eyes. It made my skin crawl, my mind start to loosen its grip on reality.

Krampus crawled around the room, shifting around like a snake, hunting for its next meal. I was prey, and it was a predator, or so Krampus thought.

“Yo ugly!” I shouted, standing up with a crash. Looking back on it, I could have said literally anything else, but what works works I guess.

Krampus turned, and charged at me like a wild beast, salivating at the mouths. As it got closer, I could smell coal off him, like the punishment for bad little boys and girls. It made me think of Alisha as my life flashed before my eyes. Time seemed to slow down as Krampus got closer and closer.

He then stepped on the wire I placed, and everything went to hell. An iron cage fell from the ceiling as holy water squirted out of the bottle. It burned Krampus’s flesh if you could call it that, searing it like a steak.

He was trapped, harmless, a useless demon now. I smiled at him and leaned against the cage. “Aww your so cute you little demon. Yes, you are, yes you are!

“RAADAED ADNN UH EH NDI F FIMD HDNEF H J NF SN ISH SNO NES HNS J I INU IUCY C OIMJ” Krampus yelled in some unknown language, assumedly cursing me to oblivion, I was sure.

“Oh Krampus, I'll admit that you got me for a while. I know I made a few deals with the devil, but stopping time just before Christmas, well that’s a genius move. Guess I shouldn’t have used the words ‘if I live’ huh, good to know for the next time I take advantage of you fuckers.”

Drops of holy water flew from my hand, causing the demon even more pain, what fun. Krampus tried to say something, but the squirt of holy water I blasted in its face put a stop to that. “I’ve used you demons so many times, yet you are still powerless against me, you little toys of mine. It was interesting, summoning yall for the first time to create the perfect safe room that Alisha sleeps in, I viewed us as partners in crime, a team. Sadly for yall, I found out that I can use you instead, much more practical in my opinion, treating you like the dogs you are. Now goodbye Krampus, you made this an entertaining Christmas Eve

I pulled a nearby lever, and gallons upon gallons of holy water were dumped on Krampus’s head, making the demon scream out in agony.

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As the last of Krampus melted away, he got out a single coherent sentence. “You have the upper hand here, but once it takes what it’s owed, then your in for something special.

When the last of Krampus disappeared into the unknown, I checked my watch. Sure enough, it was back to normal, the second hand clicking over and over again, the faint sounds of its internal mechanisms noticeable if you paid enough attention.

I smiled and headed back upstairs. It was Christmas time with my family, and there was no way I would miss any of it