The Son of Lord Voldemort

Chapter 49

Christmas morning dawned cold and white. When Harrison woke up he saw a large pile of presents on the ground in front of his bed; he noticed that Draco had a slightly smaller pile near his but still large. Harrison sat down at the foot of his bed and Nani curled up his arm, her tongue flicking in and out.

"Presents," Draco grinned as he pulled on his t-shirt. "Shall we?"

"Of course," Harrison returned the grin as he picked up a small parcel.

Harrison began opening his presents, starting with the one from his non-Slytherin friends, then the Slytherins, followed by Death Eater presents, and finally the ones from his father. Like the Christmas before he received enough candy to last an entire year and a variety of books. He didn't bother to contain his enthusiasm when he opened up a rare book written in Parselscript from Barty Crouch Jr. Several of the books he received would need to be hidden in his trunk since it could only be opened by a Parseltongue.

"Did you receive a large box of clothes from Pansy?" Draco asked as he held up a burgundy silk shirt.

Harrison looked up from a globe of Mars he received from Violet. "Of course." He sat the globe aside. "I don't think I've ever received anything from her other than clothes. One of the perks of being best friends with someone whose mum is a world famous fashion designer."

Draco smirked as he sat the burgundy shirt on top of a charcoal gray cloak.

Two hours later Harrison and Draco walked into the Great Hall which looked beautiful. There were a dozen frost covered Christmas trees and thick streamers of holly and mistletoe crisscrossed the ceiling. Enchanted snow fell from above and disappeared as soon as it hit something leaving everything and everyone dry. Harrison and Draco both wore new clothes from head to toe. Harrison was wearing a black long sleeved silk shirt with black dress pants, an emerald green cloak clung to his shoulders and a new necklace hung around his neck. The necklace had a long silver chain with a small four inch dagger made completely of emeralds. Draco wore a red long sleeved shirt with charcoal gray dress pants. Draco's black cloak trailed behind him and his shiny black dragon hide boots made a clicking noise as he walked. A large silver watch surrounded by small diamonds shone from his wrist.

Harrison noticed Ron's eyes fill with envy when he saw their new clothes and jewelry. Harrison resisted the urge to roll his eyes, typical Ron Weasley. Although the boy really should be used to seeing them dress extravagantly. Harrison smiled at Luna who was already seated, she was wearing a red dress with a forest green cloak. Her normally long curly hair was in a plait and a beautiful flower necklace hung on her neck. The center of the flower was a ten carrot diamond and the petals were large sapphires.

"Happy Christmas Luna," Harrison said as he took a seat next to her.

"Happy Christmas Harrison, Draco," Luna said dreamily before stroking her necklace. "Thank you for the beautiful present."

"You got her that?" Fred asked in shock.

"That must've cost-"

"A fortune," George let out a low whistle.

"But then again-" Fred said looking contemplative.

"After seeing where you live-"

"It isn't that surprising."

Ron looked annoyed at the mention of Harrison's money, he stabbed his eggs moodily. Harrison ignored the brooding red head in exchange for conversing with the twins. Harrison and Draco laughed when the twins told him about how Ron tumbled down the stairs that morning. Ron went to speak when Percy shot him a silencing look.

After lunch Harrison, Draco and Luna had a snowball fight with the twins and Penelope. Percy didn't join in at first but he did watch them, Harrison could see his lips twitch in amusement every time one of the twins was hit. When Luna threw a snowball at Percy and it hit him in the face the twins rolled on the snow covered ground laughing. Percy scowled as he wiped the snow from his face, his scowl turned into a predatory grin as he waved his wand. A dozen snowballs went flying towards the twins and Luna, the former two went wide eyed as the snowballs smacked into them. Luna jumped out of the way and returned fire. Soon Percy had joined in until they were all wet, Percy then suggested they all get ready for dinner.

During dinner Draco gloated about his presents while Ron listened and turned increasingly more red as time went on. During dessert Dumbledore sang several of his favorite carols, with the twins joining in singing completely off key. Hagrid boomed louder as he sang along with every goblet of eggnog he consumed. Draco sneered when Hagrid turned red and began to sway from drinking too much.