But Will would most likely disappoint him.
December 24, 1993. Christmas Eve.
A silver phoenix flew over Hogwarts, streaking across the night sky.
Will examined the memories of the three Aurors and cleared up one thing—the matter of the Christmas Dark Wizard.
During the Christmas season, Dark Wizard attacks had struck several Muggle villages in the Scottish Highlands. What should have been a time of joy and celebration had become days of loss, fear, and nightmares for those Muggles.
Most striking of all, this Dark Wizard had left gold for most of the Muggles.
Some of the Muggles thought a goblin out of legend might have done it—stealing their sweet dreams and leaving gold behind.
A rumor had even begun circulating locally that this was some strange Celtic "dream spirit" that traded with them for their dreams.
The Daily Prophet had reported the case, but the vast majority of wizards did not believe it. They thought that fellow had probably made it all up again.
Many shared the same opinion: a Dark Wizard leaving gold for Muggles? Couldn't he make his stories a little more convincing? Not a single wizard could prove that such a Dark Wizard existed.
As for the Muggles? Who cared?
So the article had attracted little attention. Like most articles in the Daily Prophet, it had merely provided a few days of after-dinner conversation.
Only the Aurors had actually been patrolling the area.
He soon realized that he had indeed summoned Santa Claus, and promptly traveled through time.
Now, flying through the sky, he looked down over the snow-covered Scottish Highlands.
His plan was simple: since Santa Claus would seek out areas where "joy was scarce," he would create one himself—using his Patronus Charm to drain joyful emotions on a massive scale and create a "joy