“Let me loose,” a dark voice whispered in his ear. “I will show these people on the naughty list what really happens when they anger Santa Claus, not get a lump of valuable coal.”
Santa walked around his workshop, trying to avoid any mirrors as he knew ‘it’ would be there looking back at him. “You know you can’t be jolly while you keep me trapped,” the voice said. “Release me, and you can go back to just worrying about the nice list while you let me worry about the naughty list.”
Santa paused for a moment and considered the offer, it was tempting. He hated looking at the naughty list, especially when there were so many familiar names that used to be on the nice list when they were younger but he knew what this demon was like and he still felt guilty everytime he looked at his elves. Still Santa was the more powerful of the two but if he kept things going as he did the shadow would grow more powerful.
“Fine… Krumpus,” Santa said out loud, causing all the elves to gasp. “You get this one Christmas, you aren’t to target children and as always you are to keep your list short. Christmas is meant to be a joyous time, it’s not yours to play with.”
Santa’s shadow retreated from him and took a more twisted form of the man. Unlike Santa, Krampus was skinny, sickly and pale. People didn’t feel warm and joyness in his presence instead they felt cold and full of despair.
“A wise choice Santa, one you will regret but wise nonetheless,” Krampus said coldly before vanishing.
* * * * *
Krampus found himself at the house of the first person on his list’s house. Aidan Bradford as 21 year old college football star and a real lady’s man. Unfortunately for him what he did to those ladies, while he didn’t do anything wrong legally, wasn’t very nice.
Krampus found Aidan sleeping comfortably in his bed when he entered his bedroom, he approached the football star and woke up up but kept him in sleep paralysis. Krampus pulled the blankets back off his bed and pulled down his pajamas and underwear, exposing his genitals.
“My, my Aidan, such a small thing causing so many issues for so many people. You’ve been quite naughty with this little thing haven’t you?” Krampus asked as he grabbed the man’s genitals. “Fortunately for you, I’m going to get you off the Naughty list by removing the cause of your naughtiness,”
Krampus then pulled his genitals clean off, leaving his groin completely smooth. He placed Aidan’s genitals in a small sack and then vanished without a trace.
* * * * *
The next person on Krampus’s list was a cyber bully by the name of Bethany Davids. She was constantly on her smartphone and tablet insulting and bullying people she didn’t like. When Krampus arrived she was still awake and on her phone.
“Bethany, Bethany, Bethany…” Krampus said in disappointment. “You used to be such a sweet little girl but now your words are filled with vile hatred and as such you’ve ended up on my naughty list. But don’t you worry about a thing, I’m not here to give you a nasty present, in fact I’m here to cure you from your naughtiness, by taking away its cause.”
Bethany looked at Krampus and was frozen in fear, unable to move as he approached her. He placed his cold hand on her cheek and gave her an evil grin. “Such a pretty mouth for such harsh words,” he said as he pinched the side of her lips and pulled her mouth away, placing them in his sack. He then reached down and grabbed her hands. “These hands could’ve been making art to bring joy to people’s lives but instead you use them to bring misery.” With one tug her hands had been removed from her wrists and Bethany just looked at her stumps with horror. She wanted to scream but without her mouth she couldn’t. Instead tears rolled down her eyes as Krampus vanished.
* * * * *
Krampus visited several other people across the world that night, keeping up with the same theme of removing the part that caused them to be naughty, he returned to Santa Claus with his sack.
“What you’ve done tonight, was appalling,” Santa said as he spotted the sack filled with body parts. “I should never have released you, now those people will live the rest of their lives with what you’ve done to them. Begone!”
“I told you you would regret this,” Krampus taunted. “I’ll see you next time….”