this is a story from when my mother was a young girl in germany on this particular december the
ground was covered with snow and the sound of carols filled the air the villagers of ramsao
a small german village were preparing for the upcoming holidays some of the villagers were
full of joy awaiting the presents and delicious dishes they were going to prepare while some
people were full of fear many years have passed since the incident on the 5th of december when
my mom was a little girl her parents always talked about saint nicholas and his counterpart
krampus in her village there was a girl named freda she was a blonde girl with eyes as blue as
the sky and a lovable personality all the children including frida were told from a very young age to
respect the traditions and to behave well frida didn't believe in santa claus or krampus what
she did believe in was doing whatever she wanted to do whenever she wanted to do so
it wasn't a secret that frida was a reckless child she stole candies and beat the other kids in her
class and unfortunately she didn't foresee the events that were about to follow when the krampus
knocked came upon ramsay in the year 1968. for her it was just another successful day of bullying her
peers she ate her dinner and quickly went to bed frida couldn't fall asleep for some reason
so she stayed up late the clock hit midnight the lights in her room went off frida could hear the
sound of a distant chain clanking accompanied by bells her window suddenly broke open and with it
a massive shadow slipped into her room in the darkness she could make out the figure of a person
with horns on its head frida quickly realized that it wasn't her father playing tricks on her
it was krampus the goatman abomination charged at her full speed and grabbed her her scream slowly
muffled away when put inside krampus sack frida's dad rushed into her room with his hunting rifle
he stood paralyzed as the devil before him struck him with his whip and sent him down to the ground
while laughing krampus wicked laugh woke up the neighbors but frida's screams woke up the entire
village a hunting party was quickly gathered together with their hunting dogs they tracked
down the evil beast into a cave unknown to most of ramsao there they saw a gruesome image skeletons
were scattered along the path to the main chamber of the cave where krampus dwelled there they saw
frida she was locked inside of a cage in front of her was a boiling cauldron the group of men
ran in and attempted to save her but alas the lock was unbreakable it didn't take long for krampus
to appear and wreak havoc frida's father begged krampus to release his daughter but the creature
didn't listen the group ran away in terror leaving him and frida alone with the devil's pawn
the flames under the giant pot started burning with mighty power the cauldron started lifting
off the ground her father screamed and said to take him instead then the devil himself appeared
agreeing with the terms that frida's father was giving she was freed for the price of her dad's
soul the last seconds of her father's life were of him smiling at his daughter while inside of the
cage then with the snap of krampus finger freda fell down unconscious the next day frida woke
up in her bed the window wasn't broken she went downstairs to find her mother making breakfast
when frida asked her mother where her father was she turned around in confusion and said
that she never had a father her mother's words weren't taken seriously for the next eight years
but gradually she forgot about his existence and tried to be good her life went on without
anything as dramatic as her encounter with krampus that was until she gave birth to her daughter eda
eda grew up to be just like her mother and just like any other child she was mischievous from
time to time the holiday traditions grew old with nobody to follow them children were disappearing
but no one believed in the legend of krampus they opted to believe that when a kid vanished
from thin air they were taken by wild animals no one but frida and a few other people whose parents
gave up their lives in order for them to be free believed only those people kept their children
at bay when the 5th of december came around one year frida and eda were enjoying their evening
in front of the tv the time was well beyond 12 o'clock after being sure for another year that
krampus wouldn't take her child away she took ida to bed and then got ready herself frida's husband
was off on a business trip in hamburg leaving the whole bed to herself suddenly she could hear
a weird sound inside of her head almost like the sound of chains which then transformed into a loud
thud then another one and another one when she heard a scream she finally opened her eyes frida
rushed to her daughter's bedroom only to find her fast asleep the doorbell rang frida cautiously
grabbed a knife from the kitchen and went to the door she looked through the peephole nothing
she then cracked open the door on the welcome mat there was a steaming piece of coal it had a ribbon
tied around it she picked it up and stared at it in confusion then the memory struck her frida
threw the coal to the ground and sprinted upstairs to her misfortune she was late the bed was empty
moter she turned around ita was at the door holding a glass of water freed aside in relief
but it was at that little moment she'd regret for the rest of her life as eda was approaching
her crying mother a pair of long and muscled arms with large claws grabbed her from behind
ida screamed and her glass of water fell to the ground frida looked up and saw him with
a huge grin on his face stuffing ida into his sack krampus frida screamed at krampus while
lunging the large kitchen knife into him but it didn't affect him at all he looked down at her
and smiled with his bloody teeth krampus pulled out a note from the sack on his back and placed
it in her hands i will take everything from you only death can save you from the sleepless nights
and the loss of the ones you love crying frida fell to her knees and begged krampus to spare
her daughter's life and to take her instead he looked at her and smiled even bigger while saying
in exchange for her mother eda looked at her while tears rolled down her face frida simply smiled
before being put inside krampus's sack eda ran to krampus but before she could grab her mother
krampus laughed and with the snap of his finger ida fell down unconscious my mother would tell
me this story every december but this year she looked at me as tears rolled down her face and
revealed my family's secret fergus dino freedom doctor zai and goodis median krampus is real
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