Blood and Wine (Book 1)

Chapter 18

The Halls of Hogwarts were once again filled with noise as many students were coming in from the snowy outdoors, the children all bundled up and shivering slightly from walking into the Castle from the freezing cold outside, many of them reuniting with their friends and talking about their holidays and what they got for Christmas.

Right now Rose was walking through the courtyard with her Maroon-Red and Yellow scarf wrapped around her neck and her lower face, to keep the cold air from her face, she was also wearing her winter Robes and a pair of wool mittens and hat to keep warm as she made her way through the students going into the castle, having left the train after (Y/N) and Abigail.

"Rose, it's good to see you again!" she heard someone call out, she looked over and saw Amy walking over to her, a big smile on the younger girl's face as she approached her fellow Gryffindor.

"'ello there Amy, it's good to see you too" Rose said as she pulled the scarf down so she could speak to the young Red-head clearly.

"It's good to see you again, did you have a good time at home for the Holidays?" Amy asked as the two of them walking toward the doors together, very glad there was no ice or slush on the path.

"Yeah, it was good thanks, where's Rory, he's usually with you?" Rose asked the Red-headed Scots-girl curiously.

"He's with some guy-friends in his House, boy talk" Amy said to her as she smiled and shook her head, both girls got inside and felt relieved to be in the warm again, that was when they saw a certain Brunette Ravenclaw hurry her way over to them.

"Hey you two, have a good Christmas?" Clara asked them both with a big smile on her face, carrying her bookbag in her arms as she walked over to the two Gryffindors.

"Absolutely" Amy said back to her with a happy smile as she stomped her feet to get the snow clinging to her shoes to fall off.

"Yeah of course!" Rose said as she smiled back at Clara too, happy to see the younger girl again.

"Hi girls" Abigail greeted cheerfully as she walked over to the other three from inside the Great Hall, seeming very eager to go and see her friends from other Houses, and fellow Vampire feeding volunteers.

"Hello Abby, how was your holidays?" Clara her curiously as they group moved their talk out of the way of the crowds of students coming back into the School.

"It was nice, I spent some with my family and got some nice things too" Abigail said with a big smile as she leaned back against the wall, keeping her gaze on the other three girls.

"My mum and I spent the holidays together, we went out and got a big dinner" Rose said as she rubbed her stomach with a smile, remembering how satisfied and full she felt that day, and her mum falling asleep so soundly.

"My mum, dad and I had a big snowball fight in our garden, and we built a snow fort too" Clara said with a chuckle as she remembered accidentally hitting her dad in the face with a snowball.

"I got to visit my Aunt and Uncle for Christmas, we had a Christmas Party " Amy said to them all as she remembered the music and watching Christmas Movies with her family, the four girls happily talked about what they did over the Holidays until Abigail noticed someone missing from their friend group.

"Hm, have any of you seen (Y/N)?" Abigail asked the other girls, Rose, Amy and Clara also seemed to realise their very tall, Blood drinking friend wasn't with them and none of them had seen him so far.

"We saw him get off the train, then he just walked off on his own somewhere" Amy said as she looked around the Entrance Hallway.

"How does someone so tall manage to not be seen?" Rose said in confusion as she also looked around, surprised they didn't see him towering over the sea of students walking into the Great Hall, they started to move and search around the connecting hallways.