I Just Wanted to be Free

8. Christmas

25 December 2020

Merry Christmas Everyone.
-Sandy

Mione has packed up her suitcase. I walk down with her. We walk in the great hall and see both Harry and Ron playing chess. We both walk over to them. I see Professor Filtwick is setting up the christmas tree. We get to the boys then see a piece get smash. "That's totally barbaric," Mione says.

"That's wizard 's chest." Rons says with proudness. "I see you've packed."

"I see you haven't." Mione shots back.

"Change of plans: my parents decided to go to Romania to visit my brother Charlie. He is studying dragons there."

"Good then you can help Harry and I look in the Library regarding Nicholas Flanmel." I inform him.

"But we have already looked hundreds of times." Mione bends down and whispers.

"Not in the restricted section." She gets back up. I leave them to send her off.

"Since when are you going against the rules?" I ask her.

"It's not like I'm the one going." She replies. I give her a hug. "Make sure they study. And try to get to know Harry more." I nod. 

I handed her a gift before she left. It's a book she has been wanting to read. She then leaves with the rest of the students who are going home.

I walk back to the boys. "Lets go and finish our homework for the holidays."

"But we still have so much time before it's due." Ron complains.

"Either you come now or you are on your own." They both quickly get up and follow me back to the common room. For the next few days I help tutor them and we get all our work done.

It was Christmas Eve now. Everyone was in bed. I went down to the common room and laid on the couch by the fire. "Merry Christmas father." Then I fell asleep.

"Harry wake up! Come on Harry wake up!" I slowly start to move. I can hear Ron's screaming. "Happy Christmas Harry."

"Happy Christmas Ron." I hear them say. I hear the rest of Weasleys saying Merry Christmas.

"Ej?" I open my eyes and see one of the twins then I see both, followed by Percy, Ron and Harry.

"Merry Christmas I tell them all." In my groggy voice. I sit up.

"What are you doing down here?" George asked me.

"I came down to wait for Santa." I looked up at them, they gave me a face and it was priceless. I began to laugh. "Your faces when I said that." I keep laughing. Then they all join me. Ron's older siblings leave to eat. The three of us stay behind, apparently we have gifts.

"Ron that is cute. Your family are wearing sweaters."

"Ya my mum made them."

"That's really sweet. And nice of her that she made one for Harry. Your mother must have a kind heart." Harry opens his. He reads his note and pulls out what looks like a blanket. He puts it around himself, Ron and I both go into shock.

"Wow, that's an invisibility cloak." Ron says.

"My body is invisible." Harry sounds excited.

"Wonder who it's from?"

"There isn't a name." We look at the card. "Now open your gift Ej." I grabbed the one that said my name. I read the note.

"A gift to your mother and now it's returned to you. May you follow your passion."