Draco's Favorite Apple

Christmas at the Burrow Pt. 3

I woke up to Ginny and Hermione jumping on my bed. I groaned, rolling over to hide my face in my pillow.

"Wake up! It's Christmas!" Ginny says, still jumping up and down. They hopped off my bed as I roll over again, facing them.

"What time is it?" I ask, sitting up and looking around.

"Uh, 7:30," Hermione says, as I groan and roll my eyes. I don't even wake up this early for class. I sat up, rubbing my eyes and stretching my arms, I groaned feeling sore from when Cedric's fingers were still imprinted on my arm. A yellowish-purple bruise in the shape of Cedric's hand was visible on my forearm. I quickly pulled down the sleeve of my shirt, before looking up to see the boys all standing in the doorframe.

I roll my eyes again as they all came rushing towards my bed, jumping up and down on the bed, shouting for me to wake up. I groaned, falling out of bed and onto the floor. My head spinning and my arm pulsing. I look up at my bed to see Harry, Ron, and the twins looking down at me. Harry rushed to me laying on the ground.

"I'm fine. I'm fine." I say, standing up and brushing off my pajamas. I look up towards the hall to see Cedric leaning against the doorframe, a smirk on his face. I laugh, rolling my eyes as I walk over and hug him.

"Aw, how cute." Hermione and Ginny say in sync, as Harry fake gags and flops onto my bed.

"C'mon, you guys. It's Christmas!"Ron says, running out the door, past Cedric and me, and downstairs towards the living room. We all laugh and follow him downstairs.

"It's like I'm dating a child," Hermione says, as I laugh, nudging her shoulder. We reach the bottom of the stairs and see a gigantic tree decorated with beautiful ornaments and tinsel standing in the middle of the room and around it lay hundreds of presents.

"Woah," I say, gasping at the reflective wrapping paper glistening in the twinkling lights from the tree. "I've never seen so many presents that weren't just for Dudley," I say, as Harry laughs and gives me a side hug.

"Good morning children," Molly says, smiling as she carries a tray of hot cocoa in from the kitchen. She passed out the hot cocoa as we sat around the tree. I sat in Cedric's lap, my head resting on his chest. "Alright dears, your presents are sorted. Find your pile and I hope you enjoy your gifts." Everyone got up to search for their gifts and once everyone found theirs, they sat by their gifts. There were two piles left as Cedric and I looked up at Molly. "Sorry you don't have many gifts, Cedric, your arrival was quite last minute." She says, as we stood up and he sat by his pile, leaving one.

"I have presents?" I say, smiling, as Molly nods and I run and hug her. "Thank you, Mrs. Weasley, but letting me stay in your home is a present enough," I say, as she walks over to the pile with me.

"Oh dear, of course, you have presents. You are so kind to my boys and Ginny, and you and Harry are honorary Weasley's. Which reminds me," She pulls out her wand and with a flick of it, a sweater appeared on everyone including me. A large A in red yarn was laid on the front of the tan sweater. "There, now we are ready to begin Christmas." She says as everyone begins opening their gifts.

I couldn't wipe the smile off my face as I opened every gift, cherishing everything. I watched as my friends opened the gifts I got for them as well, each of them smiling up at me. I got the twins each a different joke set from Diagon Alley, Ron a new Wizarding chessboard, Hermione a new spellbook on healing spells, Ginny a friendship braclet, Cedric a new Hufflepuff scarf with my name embroidered on it, and Harry a ring that had our parents signatures from the letter the left us, inscribed on the inside.

I laid out my gifts as I looked at each gift from my friends, tears welling in my eyes. George got me a journal and quill. Fred got me a bracelet with my favorite flower, a sunflower, on it. Ron got me a wizarding chess rulebook to be able to play with him. Hermione got me a beautiful dress. Ginny also got me a friendship bracelet. Cedric got me a stuffed bear that looked and smelled like him. And Harry got me a locket with a picture of us, two years ago on Christmas, and written on the inside is Family is Forever. I looked at all my friends, got up to hug them all, and thanked them for my gifts.

Harry put the necklace on me, as I smiled down at the picture on the inside. I turned and hugged him.

"I love you, Harry," I say as he squeezes me back.

"I love you more, Aurora." He says, a tear falling down his cheek. "I wish they could see us now. Together and becoming the wizards they always wanted us to be." He whispers in my ear, still hugging me. I stood on my toes to try and reach his ear and whispered back.

"I know they are watching over us and are so proud," I say as he squeezes me one last time before letting go.

We all cleaned up our mess and brought our gifts upstairs to our rooms, I placed my gifts in my trunk, except I put Cedric's bear on my nightstand. I looked down at the new bracelets on my wrist. Ginny's friendship bracelet had a lock on it and mine had the key. And Fred's bracelet with the sunflower shined in the dim light of the sun that shone in through the window. I grabbed the new dress Hermione got me and went and changed in the restroom.

As I changed, I looked in the mirror at my bruises. The once yellow-blue spots were now deep purple and hurt to the touch, I winced as I pulled the dress on, letting out a sigh of relief as the dress covered the spots.

Christmas dinner was just as amazing as any meal at Hogwarts. Plates were piled high with all different types of foods that looked and smelled delicious. We feasted like there was no tomorrow, filling both our spirits and our stomachs.

After dinner, we all helped out to clean up the wrapping paper thrown in every corner, dishes stacked high in the sink, and presents loose throughout the house. We gathered in the living room, hot cocoa in hand, as we all sat together and talked about our holiday together.

The sky became dark as we yawned, tired from the day's festivities. As I was sitting in my room, an owl flew through the window and landed on my bed. The owl dropped an envelope from its beak and then flew out the window just as quickly as it entered. I picked up the envelope and saw my name written across the front in cursive. I quickly opened the letter and inside was a note and a charm bracelet.

Aurora,

Happy Christmas. Sorry you are stuck with the Weasley's. I hope this charm bracelet helps with the misery of being with Cedric and Harry on this holiday. See you after break.

Yours Truly,

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I looked up from the letter at the charm bracelet that had a constellation charm dangling from its beautiful gold chain. Who could this be from? Everyone I care about is here with me at the Weasley's. I quickly hid the note in my trunk but continued staring at the charm bracelet when Cedric came into the room. I shoved the bracelet under my pillow as Cedric came and sat down next to me.

"Did you enjoy Christmas?" He asks, wrapping an arm around my shoulder as I laid my head on his chest.

"Yes, it was lovely being her with my brother, my friends, and of course, you." I say, as he kissed the top of my head.

"Let's get some sleep. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow." He says, as I frown, not wanting to leave the burrow. I nod as Cedric lifts my chin up with his finger and gently kisses me. "Goodnight beautiful." He says, leaving the room. I smile as I laid down and drifted off to sleep, clutching the bracelet charm under my pillow.

Guess who's back?! I have been wanting to get back to writing for so long, I hope you enjoy this chapter. More to come soon!