Advent Calendar — Day 11

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There’s only one thing that can get The Pied Piper of Hamelin to go to New York City…

Everything I’ve ever needed is right here in my Paradise, including the whining brats I led away from their parents eons ago with my magical flute. They serve me, day in and out, and make sure I want for nothing; so when that damned sorceress, Niobe La Croix, shows up and suggests that things need to change – that I need to change, I know she’s lost her mind.

That is, until she presents me with the most beautiful creature I have ever seen: Melodie Harper…

I have no idea who this woman is, but the very vision of her ignites my soul from the outside in. I’ll go to wherever she is, just to claim her as my own – even if it means traveling to an alternate universe called New York City and using a navigational device called a BPS.

Being in Melodie’s presence forces me to start considering the error of my historical ways, but when her son, Rafael, threatens to reveal my true identity as the villain from some stupid bedtime folktale, my plans go up in smoke.

It doesn’t matter.

Melodie will not be able to resist me.

And if she tries, I’ll play my flute…