A Multiverse Christmas Carol: Stave Four

[crossover_chick]

Stave Four:
The curtains by Edna’s face were abruptly thrust back. “Hi!”
Edna gaped. Before her stood – stood – this couldn’t be right. “Are – are you the spirit whose coming was f-foretold to me?” she stammered, sitting up.
“That’s me!” the ghost replied with a smile. “I’m the Ghost of Christmas Past!”
“. . .Why in God’s name do you look like my ex-boyfriend at age eighteen?”
The spirit laughed, a familiar nasally sound. “Well, it is your past we’re going to be exploring on this trip,” he said, adjusting the goggles that sat on his forehead.
“My past? Whatever for?”
“Your welfare!”
“I rather think a good night’s sleep would have been better suited to that,” Edna said without thinking.
“Your reclamation, then,” the Ghost of Christmas Past said with a shrug. “Now come on, get up! We’ve got a lot of years to cover!”
So saying, he seized Edna’s wrist and dragged her out of the bed. It really was remarkable just how like Emmett he was, she thought. Not only the same face and voice, but the same manic energy, the same infectious enthusiasm. It was just like going back in time – which she supposed made sense for a spirit representing the Past.
The Ghost made for the window, pulling Edna behind him. “What – we’re not going out through there?” she gasped, staring. “I don’t know about you, but I’ll fall!”
“Oh, no worries,” the Ghost said with a maddening smile. “We’ve got transportation.” He opened the window and pointed to some sort of ramshackle conglomeration of metal hovering just outside the sill, occasionally spitting sparks from its back end.
Edna stared for a moment, then shook her head. “I’m not getting in that.”
The Ghost grinned wickedly. “Sorry Edna,” he said, yanking her through the window. “You don’t have a choice.”

And so we come to the first of the Christmas Ghosts! And surprise, surprise, Doc's pulling double duty!
-D: *laughs* My teenage self from the game as the Ghost of Christmas Past?-
Yup! I thought it was good for a laugh -- and it made sense with Edna being the protagonist.
-VD2: *frowning* 'Ramshackle collection of metal?' That doesn't sound like the DeLorean.-
It's actually his flying car from the science fair in the last episode, with a few DeLorean elements added -- mainly, the time circuits. The image of Edna hanging onto the sides for dear life as they travel through time amuses me greatly. XD
Anyway, not too much to say here -- this is just a rewrite of the first Ghost's appearance for Edna and Teen!Doc. I wanted to make it heavy on the funny -- I hope I succeeded. It all makes me smile, at least.


And I'm not exactly feeling in a Christmassy mood at the moment -- been a day of minor annoyances just piling up and piling up. Life for you, I suppose. *sigh* I take small comfort in the fact that I can stay up a bit later, and that tomorrow is my last long Monday. Hoo-ray.

Okay, back to tumblr.