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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐; 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞:
-𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐉.𝐊 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫.
-𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝.
-𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐮𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧.

𝐊𝐄𝐘:
'...' - Thinking
"..." - Talking
"~... ~"- Parseltongue
"𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐..." -writing

🐍𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕🐍

I woke up this morning feeling dazed. Maybe it was from last night, I didn't do anything particularly crazy. I was still tired but once I heard loud banging on my temporary door I sat up.

"Come in!" I said quietly, as to not disturb anyone in the house but loud enough where the person outside the door heard. That's when Draco came bounding in. He was practically bouncing up and down the walls from excitement.

"Harrison! Do you know what day it is!" I looked up at him once he stopped running around the room and sighed.

"Wednesday?" I said, even though I knew what day it was I was gonna play into his little game.

"No! Harrison! Today is Yule!" I smiled softly and nodded.

"So it is," he nodded and jumped on my bed. The impact made me go up a little bit but other than that nothing happened.

"It looks like you got quite a bit." Draco exclaimed very loudly and stared at the gifts that lay at the end of my bed.

"Hm, I guess so." After I curtly and very uncomfortably said it, Draco looked at me and just stared.

"How could you not be excited!" I shrugged and just looked at the presents before picking up one. Draco stared and made a hand movement that just screamed '𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦!' I held the present that was neatly wrapped with a red and black bow on the top. It had a small letter on the top, I pick it up and it states,

"𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.
-𝑳𝑽"  I read the letter aloud to Draco after I read it to myself to ensure there was no confidential information on there, and his eyes widened.

"Do you know who wrote that to you? Wait. Do you know? If you do, why are you helping him?" Draco sounded confused and I tried to make up a lie quickly, but at end of the day he deserved to know the truth

"Yes, I know who I'm helping. I'm helping him because I want to. I don't want to be controlled by Dumbledore, as such, not being controlled by him means I need to join someone else and the only man left to 'follow' is The Dark Lord." Draco stopped. He was tense.

"I-, ok. Just, open the damn gift. T-the Dark Lord isn't one to give out gifts for free. So you must've gathered and told some useful information." Harrison nodded and looked back down at the gift, of course this had to be the first gift I picked up. I ran my hands over the top of the wrapped box and sighed magic was emitting out of it and it was humming in approval from me holding it. Draco, though, didn't seem to react to the powerful amounts of magic radiating off. I untied the bow neatly and set it aside for now. I could certainly use it later. I opened the box gently and looked inside. There was a necklace, beautiful but you could easily see that it was over a decade old. There was a large '𝙎' in the center of the necklace I lifted it carefully out of the box and held it in my hand. Draco started to stutter and spit a little.

"I- Harrison. That's- a piece of the Dark Lords... Collection. He must really appreciate you.." Draco trailed off and sighed. I couldn't tell what it was about but he grabbed the necklace and undid the clip. He slipped it around my neck.

"You're supposed to wear the necklace, not stare at it." He smirked and stood. Intending to leave. I nodded goodbye and turned back to the necklace. Thank goodness The Dark Lord shrunk it so it wasn't as noticeable but it was still as beautiful as it would've been at its full size. I rubbed my finger over the '𝙎' and smiled. It was certainly beautiful. I'd have to thank him for such a gift later. I put the lid back on the box that had contained the necklace and put it to the side. I then turned my attention to the other presents that were laying on my bed, ready to be opened. I opened them quickly. Though most of them were books, which I was thankful for. I smiled wider and some rather than others. After I finished opening and appreciating the gifts. I started to pack my trunk, and Christmas break ended soon. We were actually going back tonight after the ritual. I finished packing my clothes into my trunk and then my books. I closed my trunk after packing everything and started preparing for the ritual.

🐍𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐏🐍

we were all back on the train once more, it was chugging along to get to Hogwarts. No one was talking yet, but that was expected. The ritual was amazing but it took a lot of magic and energy from us. Apparently, more so from me than others. I was tired and about to pass out, so I quickly changed into the Hogwarts robes and promptly passed out. I never did take that necklace off though and the last thought I had was,

'That really was one amazing gift, I do need to thank him soon," later when I was awoken by a loud crash I looked up and saw the pig of a person, Potter and my friend, Draco arguing. I was filled in by Blaise soon,

"Potter came in and was insulting Draco but when Draco didn't react he turned his attention to you. That, apparently, got Draco's gears moving
So they've been arguing ever since. Potter just threw something to try and hit you but instead it hit the wall and that's when you woke up." I nodded gratefully at Blaise and stood up. While I was smaller then both of them I pushed Draco to the side so he landed on the seat. He looked up at me and looked back down after I shot him a glare. I looked away and sighed. Looking up at Potter who was looking between me and Draco.

"How dare you, you think you can just  barge in here, disrespect Draco to his face, then disrespect me in my sleep? Why not say it to my face now? Now that I'm fully awake. You dare even open your mouth in our presence. You're no better than your wannabe famous Weasley baby and you know-it-all bitch. Gosh, who knew you could be so pathetic Potter." I promptly shoved him out with my magic at that point. Pissed that he'd even do such a lowly thing. I turned around gracefully after shutting the door and walked over to my seat. Sitting down and once again feeling tired. I turned away from them and once again, fell asleep. This was gonna be one hell of a return to Hogwarts feast.