A riddlesome adventure

Chapter 9- Christmas!!!

You awaken with a start as you realise that it's Christmas morning. Luci Pobbsmufnn had never had a very good relationship with her family anyway so it's not like you were expecting any presents. You'd perhaps hoped that Rattuole would send you something but due to the fact that everyone thinks that there aren't any students in Hogwarts it can't really surprise you to see an empty bed where there would otherwise have been presents. You look out of the window and are delighted to see that it's snowed overnight!!! The entire school is a blanket of white, with not a single step to sully it. You've never had a white Christmas before and are extremely excited.

You head down the stairs and see that, once again, the Radgerloinbur is down before you. You're not impolite so you've made him a Christmas card but you see that he's actually gone to the trouble of getting you a present! The present is wrapped in bright red paper with green Christmas trees on it. You rip open the packaging to find a lovely, handmade pair of crochet socks- just your heart's desire as you've always wanted a pair like these. You thank him graciously and he replies:

"No problem- I heard you ranting to Rattuole about how much you wanted some and as I am quite a proficient chrochet master I thought I would make some for you."

You thank him and awakwardly move on to the most pressing matter of business: What are you going to do for Christmas dinner? The supplies in the kitchen would be graciously described as a mere morsel however there's hardly a 24 hr Tesco in the Hogwarts grounds. On the other hand, you simply CANNOT go without your annual pigs in blankets. There is only one solution: the two of you must go to Hogsmeade. You voice your qualms to the Middferdiddlemobfrobgobster and the two of you are in complete agreement. There will be no Christmas without roast potatoes.

How did British people survive before potatoes, you wonder; and who was the first person to make a Christmas pudd? It hadto be someone. There was once a person alive in the world and that person was the first person ever to make a Christmas pudding ever- if you could travel in time then you think that you would like to meet this hero of cuisine. Your grandmother, CornOnTheCobbus had been a hero of cuisine, which she had handed onto your brother. They had always made the Chrimbo Pud together but before them someone had made the first ever one. Who thought of Quality Streets? Who decided to put chocolates on trees? Who decided to make a Christingle an orange? Surely it could be any round fruit. Why not a pomegranate? A pomegranate already has a sticky outie thing to put the candle in. Well geewizz- you're in Hogsmeade! That seemed like a very short journey. It must have been quite awkward for the Gonblebonblebee.

You actually used to live in Hogsmeade and so you know that Honeydukes is an absolute must so you enter the shop with the Rattatattabonglebooster. The shop is exactly as you remember it but the dribbledrabblequicksababble has clearly never been here before; he's still standing awestruck in the corner of the shop. You're both wearing muggle clothes anyway so it's not like you have your school robes to draw attention but the shopkeeper still seems a little suspicious so you buy the two of you a pack of sweeties each and quickly get out of the shop. You've bought yourself your favourite flavour of sugar quill and the nandernoopleboopleboo some black death rats that bite your tounge when you eat them and create large buboes on your neck like you've got bubonic plague. You tell him they're your absolute favourites and laugh heartily as he yells in disgust at him alarming symptoms. 

Next you head to Waldi- the wizarding version of Lidl- to get the supplies for your Christmas dinner. You get everything any two people could possibly want for a feast and have fun picking out stuff to buy. Then you meander home through the snowy fields, stopping for a snowball fight or two. One time you throw a snowball and it smacks into the Jandarandymandygran's head and he goes temporarily unconscious!! Such fun!!

When you get home you put the kettle on and even find your way to the Gryffindor common room- you have a couple goes at guessing the password and you eventually get it with the password 'Godric'. Creative.  The Gryffindor common room is quite fun but you have to say, a little aggressive- much like the house themselves. You've yet to find the Ravenclaw common room but your having quite a good time discovering new ways around the school. You decide against the Gryffidor common room and instead head to somewhere you definately know the location of- the Headmaster's study. You head down to the well known site and have a good go at guessing the password- you're getting quite the knack for this! This time the hackerdogfrognewton gets the code 'KrustyKrab' and a steep staircase is revealed. 

You can see how this is the room for the school's top dog- it's very spacious with a lovely viewof the grounds. There are two very comfortably situated sofas and you both decide that this is the best place for you to each your supper. It's a good thing all of the portraits are on holiday too. You both tuck in to your delicious meal and you feel that this is the best Christmas either of you has had in a very long time. It's such fun having the castle to yourselves your not sure that you even want people to come back.