The Wizarding World

10: Christmas

Y/N, Harry, Hermione and Ron are walking along a path with Hagrid, talking.

Hagrid: Nonsense! Why would Snape put a curse on Harry's broom?

Y/N: It's what I've been trying to tell them but they won't listen

Harry: Who knows? Why was he trying to get past that three-headed dog on Halloween?

Hagrid: [turns to them, suspiciously] Who told you 'bout Fluffy?

Ron: Fluffy?

Hermione: That thing has a name?

Hagrid: Well, of course he's got a name. He's mine. I bought him off an Irish feller I met down at the pub last year. Then I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the..

Y/N: [sighs] Oh...Hagrid.

Harry: Yes?

Hagrid: Shouldn't have said that. No more questions! Don't ask any more questions. That's top secret, that is.

Harry: But, Hagrid, whatever Fluffy's guarding, Snape's trying to steal it.

Y/N: It's not Snape!

Y/N yells but no one acknowledged.

Hagrid: Codswallop. Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher.

Hermione: Hogwarts teacher or not, I know a spell when I see one. I've read all about them. You've got to keep eye contact and Snape wasn't blinking.

Y/N: Neither was Quirrell but no one listens to me anyway.

Harry: Exactly.

Hagrid: [Sighs] Now, you listen to me, all three of you. You're meddling in things that ought not to be meddled in. It's dangerous. What that dog is guarding is strictly between Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel.

Y/N: [Groans in disbelief] Hagrid.

Harry: [Curious and turns to Ron then back to Hagrid] Nicholas Flamel?

Hagrid: [Mumbles to himself] I shouldn't said that. I should not have said that.

He then leaves, mumbling to himself

Hagrid: I should have not said that"

Harry: Nicholas Flamel. [Turns to Hermione] Who's Nicholas Flamel?

Y/N: I know who he is it's just you guys won't listen.

Hermione: I don't know.

~~Timeskip~~

It is now Christmas at Hogwarts, with snow falling. Hagrid is dragging a massive Christmas tree to the castle.

Hermione and Y/N walks to the Great Hall entrance with their luggage and Hermione wearing a scarf as the ghosts are singing Christmas songs.

Ghosts: Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Ring the Hogwart bell. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas...

Hermione looks from the massive Christmas tree as Flitwick uses his wand to put another ornament on the tree to Harry and Ron as they play Chess and walks towards them.

Harry: Knight to E5.

The Knight moves to its destination. Hermione walks up behind Harry.

Ron: [With a smug face] Queen to E5.

Hermione watches as Ron's queen goes over to Harry's knight and whacks the knight with her chair. Ron grins.

Hermione: [With a shocked face] That's totally barbaric!

Y/N & Ron: That's wizard's chess.

Ron: [Looks over to Hermione and Y/N] I see you've packed.

Hermione: See you haven't.

Ron: Change of plans, my parents decided to go to Romania to visit my brother Charlie. He's studying dragons there.

Hermione: Good, you can help Harry, then. He's going to go and look in the library for information on Nicholas Flamel.

Ron: We've looked a hundred times.

Hermione: [Leans over on the table closer to Ron and Harry] Not in the restricted section. Happy Christmas.

Hermione leaves Ron and Harry.

Ron: [Looks at Harry and Y/N] I think we've had a bad influence on her.

Y/N: No that's just Hermione being Hermione.

~~Timeskip~~

Y/N and Hermione board the Hogwarts Express. Y/N notices most of the student on the train are all accounted for.

Y/N: Guess everyone is going home for the break.

Hermione: I can't wait to see my parents and tell them about everything.

Y/N: How did they feel knowing there daughter is a witch.

Hermione: They were thinking it was a joke at first. Someone playing a joke until Professor McGonagall showed up at our door.

Y/N: I found out 5 years to early. Caught Mum and Dad moving the furniture with their wands.

Hermione: How did they explain it to you?

Y/N: It was pretty self explanatory.

Hermione: Will they be there to pick you up?

Y/N: Yeah knowing Dove she convinced them to be there early.

Hermione: Your sister must really care for you.

Y/N: As much as I for her. Most siblings despise each other but we're always there for each other. At my old school she had been bullied. Once I heard I made sure that they'd never so much as look at her again or....

Hermione: Or what?

Y/N: I'd break the other 204 bones in their body.

Hermione: That's pretty brutal even for you Y/N.

Y/N: It's who I am, even before school the other kids have been scared of me. Probably why I never had friends.

Hermione: Glad I'm your friend.

Hermione joked.

Platform 9¾

Y/N and Hermione exit the train and Y/N immediately sees his family.

Hermione: Is that your family.

Y/N only nods. Upon realizing, Dove launches away for her parents and jumps at Y/N tackling him over.

Y/N: Must you always tackle me?

Y/N groans as Dove doesn't let go of the boy. He then feels the weight if his sister being lifted off of him as he sees Charles picking the youngest L/N up.

Charles: Wasn't that the girl from Diagon Alley?

Y/N groans again knowing he won't hear the end.

It is now Christmas morning. Ron is waking Harry up

Ron: [From downstairs] Harry wake up! Come on Harry, wake up!
[Harry puts on his glasses and runs out of bed. He then looks down at Ron]
Ron: [Looking up at Harry] Happy Christmas, Harry.
Harry: Happy Christmas, Ron. [Harry notices Ron's sweater] What are you wearing?
Ron: [Looks down at sweater] Oh. My mum made it. [Looking back up at Harry] It looks like you've got one too.
Harry: I-I've got presents?
Ron: [Nodding] Yeah!
[Harry runs down the staircase to see his presents]

Ron: There they are.
[Harry sees a note on the present and opens it, reading it out]

Harry: Your father left this in my possession before he died. It is time it was returned to you. Use it well. [Harry looks over to Ron, who shrugs his shoulders]
[Harry then proceeds to open the remaining of his present. He pulls out a blanket-like object]

Ron: What is it?
Harry: [Looking down at the object] It's some kind of cloak.
Ron: Well, let's see then, put it on.
[Harry then wraps the cloak around his shoulders, making his body invisible]

Ron: Whoa!
Harry: [Looks down at his invisible body] My body's gone!
Ron: I know what that is. That's an invisibility cloak.
Harry: I'm invisible? [Harry spins around, looking down at himself]
Ron: They're really rare. [Ron looks down at the note] I wonder who gave it to you?
Harry: [Now also looking down at the note] There was no name. It just said use it well.