I've been alone
surrounded by darkness
and I've seen how heartless
the world can be
And I've seen you crying
you felt like its hopeless
Ill always do my best
to make you see
Baby you are not alone
cause you're here with me
and nothings ever gonna bring us down
cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
and you know its true
it don't matter what'll come to be
our love is all we need to make it through
Now I know it ain't easy
But it ain't hard trying
every time I see you smiling
and I feel you so close to me
And you tell me
That baby you're not alone cuz yo'ure here with me ...
~Darren Criss, Not Alone
YouTube - Darren Criss performs "Not Alone" at Trevor Live
AN: Not a Christmas song but you're welcome to lodge all complaints with Professor Snape ... 
or not ... as the case may be. The handsome young man trying to kill Dobby a couple of chapters back paced the floor, hands behind his back, his wand waving like a little tail back and forth as he walked in front of his men. Standing in front of him, their uniforms impeccably neat, the best, most evil of the elite squads at his magic school. Students, now soldiers, he had personally picked for this assignment. Their success would impress their dark master, their failure would ultimately lead to low henchman status or death, and at present the latter seemed more likely.
“What the devil was that? What kind of display of utter idiocy was that? You’re supposed to be the elite of St. Lucifer’s Academy for Miscreant Wizards & Witches. Seriously … we’re supposed to be evil, not mischievous. What the devil where you all thinking? Seriously! A stupid house elf got the better of ten of the schools finest wizards? More like wiznots!”
Before any of them could reply another sound attracted everyone’s attention. The great metal doors across the hall opened wide, and a woman with more curves than interstate 66 walked in, wearing very high black heels, a long black body tight cat suit, and a long fur lined black coat (real bear fur, but she’s evil so what did you expect? -- cub fur even because its softer).
Every boy in the room struggled not to turn and look in the direction of the door. Damian alone of them all could turn to look.
“Vex, what the devil are you doing here?”
“That’s miss Mercy Excess Vex please.”
“Vex. Get the …”
She kicked the boy in the shins before he could finish his statement and turned to the boys in front of her. She smiled invitingly, and they in turn did likewise.
“You miserable little excuses for magic wielding gnomes are going to help us thwart Christmas, like our overlords want or you’re going to he ll, literally. The demon Hinomatsuri is not happy with you losers, hence me.”
“I can handle this Vex,” Damian complained hopping on one leg.
“Like Merry Christmas you can,” she complained using the worst possible curse word she could think of. “Okay everyone … let’s get moving. We’ve got another one of Santa’s shops to crash. We must destroy everything. Except the candy canes. I love candy canes.”
All the wizards and witches stood at attention and saluted, “Yes ma’am!”
“That’s how I like my boys and girls,” Vex said laughing. Then stopped. “Otherwise …” and she made a motion with her finger across her neck.
:3
Holly had run to the mechanic shop where the smoke was billowing out, but Finn held her back. From inside the large black cloud elves were popping out left and right coughing and crying but above that din was the sound of a giant roaring cough like a sputtering engine.
“Oy, Moonshadow is that you?” she screamed.
“Well, who the bloody devil else would it be?” he coughed in reply.
The girl smiled as she saw a bodiless long white furry arm waving the smoke away from its face. Next the goggled face of a tall fat polar bear looked out and grinned at her. She would have run into the bear’s embrace but the creature had dropped on all fours and ran at the girl slamming into her and picking her up in his arms he threw her in the air and caught her on his back.
Holly laughed.
The bear laughed.
As Finn ran screaming after them.
It was all fun and games right now but wait until Holly found out what was going on with Christmas.
