A/N: Hello everyone, in case you haven't noticed, this is my second of my Negima Christmas fics. I will admit right now that I got the inspiration from heroes1202's story, 'Negima: 25 Days of Christmas.' It was one of the fics that really got me started in writing here on FF and I owe it to him for this fic. The idea is similar, except I wanted a more intimate gathering of Negi and a few of his students, instead of having the whole class.

Disclaimer: I do not own Negima nor its characters, because if I did, Eva would probably have sucked me dry by now.

The Invitation

It was Christmas time at Mahora Academy. The campus had been decorated top to bottom with countless Christmas lights and decorations. The school was also covered in a think blanket of soft, white snow that day. Negi really enjoyed the snow, and it seemed like most of the other girls appreciated it as well.

Most students of Class 3-A were leaving for home after the term ended. The Narutaki Twins would be going back home to visit their family in Tokyo, the cheerleader trio was going to visit Madoka's family, Ku Fei and Chao both would be seeing their families in China, and so on.

Negi himself had planned to go back home for the holidays to see his beloved sister and Anya. He wanted to invite Asuna along because he knew that Asuna had no family to go home too, and wanted to show Asuna his hometown and sister anyways.

"I'd love to go! But I was thinking about staying with Konoka and her family this year." Asuna said to him one night a few days before the break. Negi casually asked his roommate about how she and Konoka would like to spend Christmas with him.

The chocolate haired Konoe heir overheard this and said with a more than enthusiastic voice, "That's okay Asuna, I think I can talk to onji-chan if I can skip Christmas with them this year and go with you instead!"

"Uh, are you sure it's alright with your parents?" Asuna asked Konoka.

"Sure I'm sure! I'll even invite Secchan along! I've always wanted to spend the holidays with her!" Konoka smiled widely at her own thought of spending time with the half-demon samurai. They never really hung out much after the Kyoto trip and Konoka had been dying to hang out with her more.

Negi was overjoyed at this. "I wouldn't mind actually, I've been meaning to show you Wales for a while. It's very beautiful during Christmas." And with that, Negi began writing a letter to his sister Nekane telling her the good news.

The child teacher mage of Mahora Academy had been meaning to do something special for his roommates. Sure Asuna and him didn't get along that well at first, what with Negi accidentally sneezing and causing Asuna's undergarments to rip and tear apart. Negi also had more than his fair share of some embarrassing moments with Asuna as well like the infamous 'bathhouse mayhem' incident. Even though Negi felt that Asuna could be a little overbearing and even disrespectful to him as a teacher, he still was grateful to her and Konoka for taking him in and he honestly felt like the two girls were like his family away from home. That isn't to say that he and the red-head didn't have any fights anymore because they still did.

During the Kyoto trip, he also got a chance to know Setsuna Sakurazaki as well, Konoka's faithful guardian swordswoman. He found out to his surprise that Setsuna was a half-demon during their Kyoto field trip, although she didn't look it with her white angel wings. Quite frankly, he found her wings to be really cool.

He also owed it to her for helping him out so much during the trip. Negi knew very well that if it wasn't for her help, he probably wouldn't be here now.

There was also one more person who he was considering inviting to Wales with him, and that was Mahora's own resident vampire, Evangeline A. K. McDowell.

Oh all the girls in his homeroom class, it could be said that he had the most.......complicated sort of relationship with the little vampire. Although Eva appeared physically no older than ten years old, she was well known as a super powerful vampire and dark mage who ruled the shadows and the darkness of night. His father, Nagi Springfield, was reputed to have defeated the infamous 'Dark Evangel' and trapped her at the school fifteen years ago.

In the beginning of the school year, Negi's first real test as a mage came when he had to battle his own student. Eva claimed that she needed the blood of the Thousand Master's next of kin in order to break the spell which traps and limits her powers.

The young mage's skills were pushed to the limits as Eva was relentless in her attacks. Luckily, thanks to some luck and good timing, Negi won his battle against Eva, and took one more step on his road to becoming a full Minister Magi.

However, Negi couldn't help but feel a little bad for the little vampiress who always sat in the back of the classroom. After being saved by her at Kyoto and witnessed first hand her full power, he did the unthinkable and asked to be apprenticed to Eva. Heh, the other magister magi would probably have his head for that, especially Anya. She grew up with her as her boogie man and would freak out if she knew that she was Negi's new magic teacher. She probably would see this as the equivalent of selling his soul off to the devil.

But that was beside the point for Negi, if he wanted to be a Minister Magus, he had to become stronger, and the only one who could move him on that path was Eva. The more he trained with the Mistress of the Night, oddly, the less afraid of her he became. In fact, he had become more sympathetic to her in the past few months. Though Eva probably didn't welcome his sympathy. It seemed that the only thing she welcomed was Negi's magic-filled blood.

Still, Negi couldn't help but wonder why and how Eva became a vampire ever since he first paid a visit to her cottage during the beginning of his first year a full-fledged teacher.

He had tried many times, though unsuccessfully to find out why his Master became the way she was now. He read in his books that there were essentially two ways for humans to become daywalkers. The first was through a kind of forbidden magic and the second was to be born a daywalker. Negi knew that Eva had dozens of spell books in her stash and wasn't above thinking that Eva transformed herself into a vampire at a young age. Question was why did she do it. She rarely spoke about herself and her answers were always short.

One day, about three days before Negi was going to be leaving for home he approached his magic teacher after another brutal training session. This was the day he though to himself, that he would invite his Master to Wales. If he didn't do it now, it might be too late.

After Eva had collected her payment of a pint of blood, Negi seized this chance.

"Um, Master? I wanted to ask you something."

"What is it now boya?" Eva asked while licking her fingers of any left over blood, after all, she didn't like to waste good blood.

"Well, I......." Negi began.

Negi had been debating with himself whether or not to invite his Master along to stay with him for the holidays. Christmas was a time to be with one's family and......he felt bad that Eva would be all alone at the school.

"Spit it out already, what do you want?" Eva snapped at her apprentice.

"I....I wanted to invite you and Chachamaru to spend Christmas with me and the other three girls!"

"Hmph, I would love to go!" Eva said.

Negi was shocked by this answer. "Eh? Really?"

"No, of course not you idiot! Didn't you forget that I'm trapped here?!" Eva's eyes narrowed at him.

Negi gulped but nonetheless pressed on. He knew that her being trapped would be an obstacle, but he had an idea up his sleeve.

"I decided to work something out with the Dean. He says it will be a school event, therefore you will be allowed outside the school for the winter break."

Negi took a deep breath again and waited for his Master's answer.

"Hmph, so the old man is trusting you with this? You know that I will have all my powers once I'm outside the barrier right?" Eva's eyes narrowed and grinned evilly just ever so much that she exposed one of her fangs.

Negi winced a little but nodded. That seemed to have sealed the deal.

"Alright fine. I'll go. Besides, I've been cooped up here long enough as it is." Eva said at last with a rather reluctant tone.

Negi's heart jumped into his throat and he hugged his Master without thinking of the potential consequences.

"I'm so glad you said yes! You won't regret it I promise you!" Negi said.

"You better let go of me before I change my mind!" Eva hissed at the boy, whom proceeded to quickly release Eva from his grasp.

And with that, Negi rushed off to finish writing his letter to Nekane and by the end of the day, the letter was already sealed and stamped and off to Wales already.

I'm coming home sister, just wait a little longer! Negi thought to himself as he got ready for bed.

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