The Story Of Sorah - Of Slytherin Descent Series

Chapter Sixteen

Christmas 3/4

It was now Christmas morning, And I woe up at the crack of dawn-- along with Neville and Luna. We all talked until nine or so, when Snape--err... Severus came to wake us up. He opened the door and raised an eyebrow. It was a actually pretty funny sight-- well that's what I guessed anyways. Luna, Neville and I were all sitting on my bed, and wrapped in blankets, while eating some Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. We all looked up at him and said hi.

He stepped into the room. "I thought for sure you three would try to sneak down stairs for the presents." I smiled and shook my head.

"Nope." I said simply. "Severus, we are more adult like then you think... but when can we open presents?" I sent him puppy dog eyes, and Luna did the same, while Neville just looked at us as though we were from another planet. Severus shook his head.

"Before breakfast." He said, then he left the room. I smiled, and did a fist pump.

"I wonder if he got me anything..." I trailed off. "I sort of hope he did." I frowned and Neville and Luna noticed.

"He probably did, Sorah." Luna reassured. Neville nodded.

"Yeah, he may be strict, but he's nice... towards you anyways." He said as an afterthought. I shrugged and stood up, Neville and Luna doing the same.

We all raced down the stairs to see a small tree in the sitting room, with pile of presents under it. I smiled and walked over to the tree. "Cool." I said, tracing my fingers along the tree. "Last time I had I Christmas like this was... well, a long time." Yeah, I only meant for Nev and Luna to hear me-- but, as always, Severus walked in at that moment and looked at me.

"What do you mean?" He asked evenly, his eyes narrowed. I opened my mouth to say something, but luckily, Basil and her friends came stomping into the room.

"PRESENTS!" They yelled excitingly, making Nev, Luna, and I wince from the noise. I took a glance at Severus, and he gave me the 'We will finish the talk later' look. I shook my head and he sat down on his favorite armchair.

"Hurry up, now, I am hungry and I haven't even read the Daily Prophet." Snape said as he gave all of us a bone chilling glare.

"Ba humbug." I winked at him cheekily and he rolled his eyes. Basil all of a sudden jumped up.

"I call dibs on being Santa Clause!" Basil noticed everyone's confused expressions. "You know, where you pass out the gifts..."

"Oh." Dean said, snapping his finger. "Yeah, I always did that!"

Seamus looked lost. "I don't get why someone would want to be a fat guy in a suit." We all shook our heads at Seamus and Basil went on with the sorting.

I ended up with the most presents, and I clearly blushed, because one of those were from Harry. I decided that I would open that one later, so I hid it behind me. I looked at everyone. "Ready to open them?" They all nodded and we tore open them.

My first one I opened was a medium package, wrapped in snitch paper. It was from Basil, so I opened it to see a wooden box. I opens it to see a golden snitch fly out. I caught it and thanked her my giving her a side hug.

The other one was from dad. I opened the wrapped package and saw that it was a pair of toe socks-- neon green, and some owl treats for Prince. I smiled and made a mental note to write dad a thanks. I looked at a really big one-- It was up to my waist. I furrowed my brow and walked over to the box that was wrapped in candy-cane wrapping paper. I read the tag.

To- Sorah 

From- Neville and Luna 

Have a happy Christmas!