Chapter 130: Was that a Christmas ghost?

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Christmas past almost uneventfully in the tower

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Christmas past almost uneventfully in the tower. Clint came up from the farm with Laura and the kid and Lila fell in love with my real-life Olaf. Loki and Nat got caught under the mistletoe by Clint, who I think has been scarred for life because of it. It wasn't everyday day poor Clint saw his partner with the man who had brainwashed him into helping him take over the world.

No one wanted to talk about the two empty seats that belonged to Bruce and Thor, they were left just as they were like Tiny Tim's when Scrooge was forced to see what the world would be like if he didn't change in a Christmas Carol. Thor was off doing who knows what in the nine realms and none of us had been able to find Bruce after the fight with Ultron and it had been over two years since we had seen him. No one had moved the jacket that Bruce had left hanging over the back of his chair, it was like we were just waiting him to come walking back into the tower like no time had passed.

By the time the night rolled around we were all full from over eating and drinking way too much eggnog. We were all lazing around the main living room on the upper levels as Clint tried to get the kids to go to sleep but was having problems because of how hyped up on sugar they were.

"I told him not to let them have so many gingerbread men and candy canes. But dose he ever listens to me?" Laura laughed from her seat next to Mum.

"At least you don't have to worry about him encouraging them to make magic snowmen like he did when Elsa was little," Mum joked, making me roll my eyes.

"You should have known better than to send five-year-old me off with Clint. I mean, you were just asking for trouble," I told her, making both her and Laura roll their eyes as they laughed.

But when a ghostly looking sliver wolf bound through the room, everyone stopped and stared as they all suddenly on guard as if they were expecting it to attack everyone. And I really couldn't blame them after Ultron's dramatic entrance. But Cedric, Cassy and I knew just what the wolf was and sat up a little straighter as if began to talk to us in Remus Lupin's voice.

"Hello, Elsa, Cedric and Cassandra. I hope this message finds you well and I am sorry to be the barer of bad news on such a wonderful holiday but I thought you would like to know what is happening at the Order. As you probably noticed, both Harry and the Weasley children were missing from the train ride back to London. Unfortunately, Arthur was attacked while on guard duty for the Order. He was patrolling the Department of Mysteries when he was attacked by a snake and of course Harry and the rest were taken straight to the Orders headquarters..."

"Seriously? There just telling us now, I mean that was three days ago that we noticed that they were missing!" Cassy complained.

"...where they could await news on Arthur. There is no need to worry about Arthur as we found him in time and is recovering in St Mungo's. He would have been released by now except for the fact they do not know what type of snake he was attacked by and have been unable to close his wound. I hope all of you and your families had a very merry Christmas and I hope to see all of you soon."

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