Dream - Zanth's Christmas adventure

Life, Supernatural

Zanth has a Christmas-themed dream in which Elvina warns her not to trust Haigha.

Late in the evening, Zanth was sitting on the bed near a sleeping Swan. She noticed a strange sparking from her mysterious patron device, before it shorted out and began to smoke. Almost immediately after, she fell asleep for the first time in over nine years. —   Zanth awoke snuggled up to Swan, with Prince* at the foot of their bed; a perfectly ordinary morning, aside from being Christmas Eve. In fact, nothing bad or dramatic had happened in Zanth’s life in recent memory.   During breakfast, Bjorn gave Zanth, Swan, and their visiting friend Kain custom Christmas sweaters. Swan performed All I Want For Christmas for the brunch patron’s at the Drunken Sailor, and Kain helped with final decorations.   The morning was interrupted when a goblin named Grizzo crashed through the ceiling and began stealing forks. It turned out he was an assistant to “Mr. Claws,” who had been attacked by an “ice lady” and the trio were convinced to go searching for parts of a crashed sleigh; holiday hijinks ensued, until the repaired sligh brought Zanth, Swan, and Kain to a frozen lake.   Hurk Ekie - apparently the aforementioned ice lady - was casting spells on a figure in a block of ice, claiming she was trying to subdue a dangerous creature. The trio chose to attack her in an attempt to rescue who they assumed to be Santa.   After a battle involving undead reindeer and several close calls, Hurk was killed and crashed through the ice into the lake. During the battle, Zanth occasionally saw flashes of scenes from the normal timeline–such as the Valdani Theatre, and the stolen security footage servers.   Zanth tried to peer into the block of ice, but couldn’t see the figure clearly. She turned around, finding herself on empty ice stretching into the distance. When she turned back, the ice block was gone, and the figure sitting in its place was a very distant looking Dirk.   Suddenly Zanth heard a voice she didn’t recognise.   "I hope you enjoyed some rest Chryzanthemum. Funny how a body without sleep tumbles into slumber desperately.   What a quaint dream this is, filled with layers of your gnawing paranoia of course. Your inability to sleep has been so very fortunate, wouldn't you say?   I want to remind you: no matter how dire, how desperate Haigha makes your predicament seem, she will lead to all your demise if she's trusted."   Dirk’s eyes, mouth and nose burst out in crimson and emerald flame like a human jack-o-latern, and Zanth woke up in a cold sweat.   Swan was able to confirm, through reading Zanth's mind, that the voice matched other appearances of Elvina.   *Prince is a robot dog who appeared in a non-canon Halloween adventure