Hogwarts and Foes (harry potter and 39 clues crossover)

Christmas

"Presents! Presents presents presents presents presents presents presents presents presents presents presents presents!"

Amy blearily opened her eyes. What was going on? Oh, right. It was Christmas. The other girls in her dorm were jumping up and down on their beds. She absentmindedly wondered if she had gotten something, then reflexively pushed the possibility out of her mind. The only person who had given her any presents was Grace, and as far as Amy knew, Grace didn't have an owl. She grinned as she thought of the presents that she'd sent out. Amy had gotten Dan a copy of Quidditch Through the Ages. She'd gotten Harry a book about different seeker tactics, and Ron one about chess strategies. Hermione had received a copy of Pride and Prejudice. She had been a little stumped at what to get Hamilton, but she finally decided on getting him a book about how to use martial arts in a wizard's duel. Grace had been the hardest; Amy had finally decided to give her a transfigured Christmas ornament in the shape of a book. Its three small pages had pictures of Amy and her new friends at Hogwarts. Though only palm-sized, they had lots of detail, and Professor McGonagall had given her fifteen house points for the perfect transfiguration.

Suddenly, there were two loud thumps, one distinctly louder than the other, right outside the dormitory. Amy rushed outside to see Harry and Hamilton at the foot of the slide that had used to be the stairs. She giggled and slid down, almost crashing into the two boys.

Hamilton quickly scrambled up, giving one loud shout of "Presents!" before running over to the fireplace to get his stocking.

Amy and Harry laughed and followed him at a slower pace. "We should be lucky that Ron isn't here," Harry joked. "He gets even more excited."

"More?" Amy kidded back. "Impossible."

"And yet somehow, he manages it." The two friends smiled at each other, then went to open their own presents.

The first present that Amy opened was a lumpy brown package. She ripped off the paper to find a hand-knitted jade-green sweater with a red-brown 'A' on it.

"You've gotten a Weasley jumper!" Harry grinned at her. "Mrs. Weasley makes one for everyone every year. All family and family friends get them." He pulled out an emerald-green sweater with a snitch in the center.

Amy pulled on the sweater and immediately felt warmed. "This is amazing. Are there warming charms on it?"

Harry nodded. "I think so. What else did you get?"

"Let's see…" Amy tore the paper off her other gifts, often stopping to admire them. "Hermione's gotten me a homework planner, Ron's gotten me a Chudley Cannons poster, Ham gave me a book about dueling, my brother Dan sent me his dead spider collection so that I can freak out Ron, and Grace sent me this." Amy held up a small, leather-bound book. "I haven't opened it yet."

"Well, let's see," Harry suggested.

Amy opened to the first page and gasped. It was a wizard photo of her parents, laughing and smiling, two-year-old Amy sitting on her mother's lap. Amy quickly flipped through the album, finding it half-full. It started when Amy was two or three, and slowly progressed, with the last picture being the fire. Most of the pictures were of people laughing or smiling, but a few were different. One was a picture of Amy and her mother lying on the floor, doodling in Hope's sketchbook. Another was of her and Dan playing tag in the backyard.

"Amy?" Harry's voice jolted her out of a daze. "What's wrong?"

"My parents…" she whispered. "Dan and I only have one photo of them. Why didn't Grace ever show these to us?"

"Amy…"

The first-year sniffled and tried to give a little smile. "Sorry, Harry. I just…"

"Are overwhelmed?" Harry suggested. "I know how you feel. Hagrid gave me an album of my parents in my first year. Now open the rest of your presents."