A year with Krampus (for cyrusdamodred)

[ulla maya]

Emma froze in shock. So… There were a lot of miserable kids like her? Why hasn't she ever heard of it? Well, actually she was. But Emma have never taken stories about Krampus seriously. How wrong she was! She cries she heard clearly showed that there is no hope. Voices sounded desperate and really sore. Just like her own. Emma lightly rubbed her ass. "Please, take me home," she pleaded without hoping that he would listen. "I was bad, I know that. But I will do much better. There's no need in other spankings. And I don't want to spend a year in this horrible place."

[cyrusdamodred]

Torches lit up the hallway with the rock walls, almost like a natural cave. Just the even ground showed that this was man made. Where the street had been there was now a turn to the right and just a few steps further a ton of cells. Open cages made for kids with a simple straw bed and rags to find warmth below. A bucket filled with water and a wooden divider behind which a simple toilet was were all given comforts. The voices went silent as Krampus passed the cages where a couple of boys and girls hid themselves crouching in a corner and holding their hands around their knees to be as small as possible. Many names were written at the cage doors, one per cage and then there was an empty cage with the full name of Emma.

"Here, you will only come back to your home for your punishments...and to see my other presents." the creature tried to squeeze the thirteen years old into the cell. Aside this one, the names Abigail and Terry were at the doors but no one here wanted to be seen by Krampus. The only thing was that the left bundle of misery cowering below the rags was a bit smaller than the other.

[ulla maya]

With every step what remained of Emma's confidence and pride disappeared. The girl sniffed and silently cried. It seemed that she was doomed. Who'd know than Christmas could be so horrible. Emma entered the cage, that was her new home. She tried to ask as politely as she could "I understand you have to punish me. But let's at least do it at my place. I promise I''ll behave and tell my father nothing. Please!! If you want money, I''ll find some. Or... I can show you the worst children ever, if you want. The ones, you can spank for years." Emma looked around to make sure no one hear her trying to bribe Krampus. Abigail and Terry... She wondered who were those two and what were their sins.

[cyrusdamodred]

Who knew...maybe if Emma had been nice to Santa Claus none of this would have happened. "I guess we have to add a day or two for this try then...hm?" lifting an eyebrow Krampus glanced strict down on poor Emma while the door closed with some ruckus of metal rubbing over stone. A loud 'Clack' then told the door was shut for now. "Be good til I'm back..." he warned pointing a finger at the pretty girl and as he left slowly added "...then lets go to the next one...Daniel...or what was his name?"

The voice got more and more silent while Krampus talked to himself until it dissapeared and finally the two kids aside her cell risked a look out of their hideout. Terry was a blond little boy, lithe and with blue eyes...probably still in kindergarden and Abigail was the bigger bundle. Her hair was greenish, obviously dyed and something in her brown eyes still showed resistance. "I-is that creep gone?" she asked with a weak voice trying to keep it between them while Terry just snuffled up a booger soundly.

[ulla maya]

At first Emma was going to call for Krampus. But her "Wait" stuck into her mouth. She cried a little, with her eyes shut so she couldn't see the awful place around her. Then she heard a voice. Emma sniffed and looked at her neighbors. "Y-yes," she said in a weak voice. "But he'll return and… and hurt me again…" She was sore and even sitting hurt. But the fact that she's not alone helped her a little. "What is this place?"

[cyrusdamodred]

At least the torches seemed to stay lit after the creature had left. The twilight was a little creepy though with all the flickering shadows around the rough edges of the walls. The poor sounds all others made only added to the atmosphere.

The green haired girl snuck to the border of Emmas and her own cell. Iron bars here left only enough space so someone could stick a forearm through since they were crossed. "D-dunno...that thing pulled me out of the window and...and..." the young punk really didn't know what she was caught in. For most here it just happened too fast. "H-he hurt me t-too..." it seemed obvious that Abigail knealt without her bum touching her legs and clearly she also had cried a little as to hear in her voice. "I...I wanna home...to...to my m-moommy!!!" from the other side the blond boy tried to use puppydog eyes so Emma might help. Right now none of them seemed that bratty.

[ulla maya]

"He was Trevor and there was Christman," Emma said. "And then he suddenly turned into that... thing. He changed all my presents. He made me open the first one, a nd there was a brush. And he said I''ll spend here a year. And..." Emma's voice trembled, "he ate pastries!" She was hungry and the memory of that wonderful smell she felt at the morning made her tummy growl. "Don't cry," she said to the boy. "We''ll find the way to run away, I promise." Emma wasn't sure they would really do. But the older girl looked like those cool gangs she always wanted to hang out with, so Emma tried her best to sound confident.