Tom wakes me up the next morning, I look at the clock, and it reads 7 am.
"Wake up mon chéri, Réveille-toi belle." Tom says.
"Why so early?" I respond, laying back down.
"So we can get gifts, of course,"
"For?"
"For our friends," he says in an obvious tone. "Now, let's get ready,"
Time skip ✨️
Once we finish shopping, we apparate back to the cabin. We get past the gates, and a snowball hits Tom in the face.
"What the -" Tom gets cut off as another snowball hits his face. Atticus then pops out of nowhere laughing. Then Valentine and Dune come out. Mulciber is just standing there with his hands in his pockets.
Tom then picks up snow and throws it hard at Atticus' face.
"SNOWBALL FIGHT!" Dune screams.
"I call being on Tom and Clars team!" Valentine adds, running over to us. Tom and I put the presents we got down and start picking up snow. Everyone is throwing snowballs like their life depends on it.
"Oh, stop it!" Valentine says, giggling. "Dune, you rascal!"
"Make me!" Dune responds and keeps throwing snowballs at Valentine.
"Come on, Malcolm! Help me out here!" Atticus yells. Mulciber only picks up a little snow and throws it lightly. It doesn't go far.
"That's it! I'm leaving! I can't be the only one defending our team! You guys are no fun!" Atticus yells and walks into the cabin. Mulciber, Dune, and Valentine follow him.
Tom and I look at each other and laugh. I lay on the ground, and he follows me. We start making snow angels and laughing.
"Wanna build a snowman?" I ask.
"I've never built one before," he responds. I gasp dramatically and sit up.
"You've never built one before!? Ok, we are building one!" I respond while getting up. "Watch and I learn!" I say while making a snowman. He follows my steps and makes a small one.
'That's a little small. Try making a bigger one," I laugh. He does and makes one a little bigger than mine.
All of a sudden, Valentine pops his head out the window. "Is that y'all?" He asks.
"Yeah, that's me, that's Tom, and that's our son, Chase" I say, pointing at each one.
"Chase?" Tom asks. I shrug my shoulders.
"I don't know. It just came to mind." Tom and I pick up the gifts we got and go inside. We put the gifts in our room and go to the living room to hang out with the gang. Valentine hands us all hot chocolates.
We are all talking when Valentine interrupts us all. "Guys! We should do a secret Santa!"
"What's secret Santa" Mulciber asks.
"It's this American muggle thing!" Valentine responds. "We put all our names in a hat, and each person picks one randomly. Then whoever you get, you have to get a present for them! But, it has to be a secret guys!"
"Interesting." Tom says.
"I'm taking all of your silence as a yes!" Valentine says, as he gets a hat and starts writing everyone's names down. He puts all the names in the hat and shakes it. "Who's pickin' first?!"
I go up to him and pick a piece of paper. I open it, and it reads Mulciber. Great. Next is Tom, then Atticus, Mulciber, Dune, then finally Valentine. I see Valentine exchange with Atticus and Dune exchange with Mulciber. Interesting.
Time skip to Christmas ✨️
We all wake up and go to the living room with gifts in hand.
"So, who is going first?" Valentine asks.
"I'll go first!" Atticus says while walking over to Tom. "Open up,"
Tom takes the present and opens it, revealing a Bible.
"A Bible to repel your inner demons!" Atticus laughs. Everyone holds their breath, waiting for the worst, but instead, Tom chuckles. That encourages everyone else to laugh.
"I'll go next!" Dune says, walking to Valentine. Dune hands him a plant that looks like hearts and a box. Valentine rips open the box to find a book.
"Plant meanings? What an odd gift! I love it!" Valentine says.
"The plant is called the bleeding heart by the way," Dune says, shrugging his shoulders.
"How peculiar, I also got you!" Valentine says, handing Dune a big box. Dune opens it and gasps. "You got me gardening stuff?! Thank you, I really needed more supplies!"
"You garden?" Mulciber asks, sounding bewildered.
"Yeah, it's sort of a hobby," Dune says, blushing a bit.
"Anyway, Malcolm, you should go next!" Valentine interrupts.
"I'm ok," Mulciber responds. Valentine rolls his eyes and picks up the present he brought.
"It says you got Atticus!" Valentine then gives the unwrapped popcorn to Atticus.
"Actually, that's for everyone, not just you," Mulciber says to Atticus.
"Well, everyone only gets one kernel each!" Atticus responds while laughing.
"Well, here is your present. It's technically from me and Tom," I say, while sliding a box with my middle finger towards Mulciber. He looks at me suspiciously but picks up the box and opens it.
"Oh. A new monocle. Thanks. At least you know how to replace what you break." Mulciber says.
"Um, I think you mean, huzzah!" Atticus laughs.
"Alright, we actually got presents for everyone," Tom says while handing everyone their present. I look at him curiously since I haven't gotten a secret Santa present yet.
Everyone starts opening their presents. Valentine gets designer clothes, Dune gets a spicy novel, and Atticus opens up a joke book.
"OH MY MERLIN, I LOVE IT!" Valentine screams.
"Not again! You guys get me one every year!" Dune laughs.
"A joke book to expand on my jokes! You shouldn't have!" Atticus says. "Anyway, I'm having a party for New years, you are all invited!" Atticus adds while winking.
"Oh, what a fabulous idea! We could also have a small celebration for Tom's birthday!" Valentine says while clapping his hands.
Tom looks at me, horrified. "Yeah, that's a great idea!" I respond for Tom.
"Awesomesauce! Now let's go have some breakfast!" Dune says while getting up.
"We will be there in a moment," Tom says, nodding to the rest to go. Everyone leaves, and it's just us.
"Now that they are gone, I would like to give you your present," he hands me a box with a cute bow. I take off the bow and open it. I gasp in awe.
"It's beautiful!" I say, picking up the dagger.
"I thought it was the best gift because one of my favorite first memories of you is when you threatened me with your dagger," he chuckles.
"I love it! I actually have a present for you too!" I give him a small box. He opens it and sees a ring with Clarie engraved in it. "And I have one too," I say, pulling out a matching necklace with his name Tom on it.
He smiles at me and puts the ring on. He then grabs the necklace from and puts it on for me.
A/N ✨️~ How cute are they 😻
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FantasyClarie De La Fontaine, who is Harry Potter's half-sister, goes back in time by accident. She meets none other than Tom Riddle, Voldemort himself. She plans to avenge all the people he killed by killing him, but will she actually go through with it?
