25 Days of Hellmas

Day 25: Christmas Carol AU Part 2

The happy scene faded away along with the Ghost of Christmas Past back to Husk's room in the hotel. Those were the memories that he wanted to forget. He thought that this haunt was finally done but it had just begun. Husk smelt something good coming from the room. He followed the smell to the kitchen in his room which was filled with tasty food. And in front of the food was the second ghost who was someone that Husk didn't know. "What the hell are you?" he asked.

The ghost was a tall, fox-like demon with insect-like features, such as multiple arms, a pair of antennae attached to her ears, and a small pair of insect wings. She has yellow and pink-striped fur like a bee and black markings that give a dripping appearance down her arms and legs. Her hair and tail seem to be made of either honey or lava lamp fluid and glow bright pink, blue, and orange, with her stomach also being a lava lamp. She has a pink stripe on her head that opens up into a third eye when she becomes angry. Her outfit consists of a pink sleeveless crop top with a heart-shaped cutout, white markings underneath turning into a paw with claws, and a white pair of short shorts.

"Wow. Nice to meet ya, bitch." the ghost said. "But I'm the Ghost of Christmas Present."

"Ok but aren't you a deadly sin or something?" Husk asked.

"Ok, I'm not answering that. Let's go." the ghost stated, grabbing Husk's arm and dragging him out of the room.

She took Husk to the hotel lobby where Charlie's little Christmas party was happening. He saw Vaggie and Charlie chatting away with Lucifer and Lilith. He did see that there were a few good Overlords at the party plus some of the other deadly sin rulers. Even Stolas and his daughter showed up along with Blitz and Loona. "OK, so you're showing me the princess's party. Big whoop." Husk sassed.

"Oh for fuck sake, look around. Do you see who isn't here at the party?" the ghost asked, impatient.

Husk looked around again; this time, he didn't see Alastor, Angel, or Annabelle at the party. Before he could ask where they were, the ghost snapped her fingers and the scene had changed to somewhere else. A dim light home where a table full of food was laid out. Two other spider sinners were setting up the table. One of the spiders was a short, black one with red eyes while the other looked like a female version of Angel. "Why did you bring me to this dump?" Husk asked.

"This dump happens to be the home of Overlord Henroin. Angel's father. And those are his siblings. The older brother, Arackniss, and Angel's twin sister, Molly." the ghost stated.

And right on cue, the Overlord himself, Henroin walked into the room with Alastor, Angel, and Annabelle right behind him. Husk watched them all together talking and eating together as a family. Annabelle on the other hand, was mostly picking at her food. She was still upset with Husk for throwing away the gift that she worked so hard on. Angel kept telling her that Husk was just being a grump and it'll be over. The next thing that happened was that someone knocked at the door. Angel got up from the table and opened the door. The demon that opened the door was someone he never wanted to see again, Valentino.

"Angelcakes, missed me?" Val asked in a seductive voice.

Alastor sensed his husband's distress then he rushed over to Angel to shoo away Valentino. Val knew better than to mess with the Radio Demon. He then left the couple alone as Alastor shut the door. "It's alright, ma biche. You're safe now." Alastor said, comforting his husband.

"I thought Valentino backed off," Husk said confused.

"Oh, he did. But Val started losing money and he wanted Angel back. He's been threatening to hurt Annabelle if Angel doesn't come back." The ghost stated.

Husk felt a little pinch of guilt seeing how he treated Angel before. He then watched Annabelle get out of her chair and run to the living room. She came back with five little presents for the family to open. The smile on her face was worth seeing when her family opened their gifts. Husk wanted to see what the gifts were but the scene changed back to his room. The Ghost of Christmas Present was nowhere to be found. He kept looking around for the ghost until he spotted someone standing by the bed. Husk got closer and saw that it was Alastor. "Oh, Al. You scared me." Husk spoke.

"My dear Husker. I'm not Alastor. I am the Ghost of Christmas Yet-To-Come. I just took this form as entertainment." the ghost said in the same radio host's voice as Alastor.

Husk groaned, "Ok, ok. Let's get it over with."

The ghost snapped his fingers and they had gone forward in time. Unfortunately, the future wasn't what Husk expected. They were in the hotel but it was abandoned. Charlie and Vaggie weren't in the hotel. "What happened?" Husk asked, "Where's the princess?"

"She gave up on the hotel. Without Alastor, the hotel was a failure. She became queen and ruled with Vaggie by her side." the ghost answered.

"What do you mean without Alastor? What happened to him?"

The ghost snapped his fingers then the two of them were now in Valentino's nightclub. Husk was confused as to why they were there. But the ghost pointed to an adult female spider demon on the stage, pole dancing in front of thirsty demons. Husk got a closer look at the spider demon and realized who that was. "Annabelle?" Husk said, still reeling with shock.

"Why yes it is. Darling Annabelle." the ghost stated.

"No, no. I don't believe it."

"I'm afraid so. Valentino murdered Alastor in front of her eyes."

"What about Angel?"

"He couldn't live with the guilt of losing his husband. He left Annabelle in Arackniss and Pentious's care. Extermination Day came and well, you can figure out the rest."

Husk watched as Valentino forced Annabelle to kiss him then he slapped her across the face. The ghost snapped his fingers again; this time they were in what seemed to be a manor. The front door opened and Annabelle walked into the manor. She then went up into her bedroom and collapsed onto her bed. She was holding a picture frame with a photo of her parents and her seven-year-old self, smiling and being happy. Suddenly, huge tears fell from her eyes and she ended up sobbing uncontrollably. Husk felt his heart break into pieces; for the first time since he was alive, he felt emotions again.

"No. I won't let my niece live like this. I can change I swear!"

RING! RING! RING!

The alarm on Husk's phone went off. He sprung out of bed and looked around; he was back in his own room. Husk looked at his phone and saw that today was Christmas morning. "There's still time," he muttered.

He ran downstairs to the bar and dug out the little present that Annabelle had given him. He opened it and saw that it was a little macrame cat that looked just like him. He chuckled when he saw the little cat. "Yep. She's Alastor's kid," he said.

He then quickly grabbed a few presents from under the tree and raced to where Alastor and Angel were at Henroin's house. When Husk arrived, he knocked on the door and the one that opened it was Angel. He was surprised to see Husk, especially since the other night. Husk suddenly hugged Angel tight which was a shock to Angel. "Ok, did something happen last night?" Angel asked.