After 2 long months of classes, it was finally Christmas. I woke up excited and hurried down into the common room. Hermione had invited me to go with her during the break but I decided to stay with Harry, not wanting to intrude on her family's Christmas. "Potter!" A voice called, I grinned and hugged Draco. "Trains about to go in an hour, sad to say that I'm leaving for the holidays." He said, "Yeah, sorry that you're staying here Celly." Pansy said hugging me. "It's all right, I'm gonna be with Harry and Ron."
"Wait, I wanted to give you this." Draco said as he reached into a pocket, he pulled out an envelope, and handed it to me. "You are cordially invited to the Malfoy Manor for their annual Christmas Ball on the twenty-seventh. Black tie event, dress accordingly." I read. "Ill think about it, thank you Draco."
Over the break I had gotten a lot closer to Draco and Pansy, instead of sitting with the Gryffindors like I did in the beginning of the year, I always sat with them. At first Harry and Ron were upset and didn't talk to me for about a week, but they realized how dumb they were being and apologized.
"I have to go, I'm supposed to meet with Harry and Ron right now, I'll miss you guys." I hugged both of them. "If you go to the ball you wont have to miss us too long Cece." Draco said. "Again, I said I'll think about it, Happy Christmas, bye guys!"
"Bye, Happy Christmas!" They called as I walked out.
I sat in the great hall reading while Ron and Harry played wizards chess. "Thats totally barbaric!" I hear Hermione comment, making me look up from my book. "Thats wizards chess." Ron smirks. "I see you've packed" Ron says looking at Hermiones things. "I see you haven't."
"Change of plans. My parents decided to go to Romania, to visit my brother Charlie, he's studying Dragons there." Ron explains. "Good, you can help Harry and Celeste then, they're going to look in the library for information on Nicholas Flamel." She says, "But we've looked a hundred times." Ron argues, "Not in the restricted section. Happy Christmas." She says as she gets her things to leave. "Wait Hermione, Happy Christmas." I said giving her a wrapped gift. "Thank you Cel! Here." Hermione said, handing me a gift. She leaves, making me go back to my reading. Harry and Ron finished their game, Ron obviously winning. "Cheer up Harry, tomorrows Christmas."
"Hey Cel, Ron and I were thinking, since we're basically the only Gryffindors who'll stay other than the twins, how about you sleep in our dorms tonight?" Harry asked. "Sure, that sounds fun, but would I be welcome there? Im a Slytherin after all." Harry and Ron shake their head, "Trust me, everyone loves you." Ron said. "Alright then, but um, I need to tell you guys something." Please don't get upset Harry, "So earlier today I got an invitation to a ball on the twenty-seventh, but I would leave on the sixth."
"A ball? You'll be going?" Harry asked, "I plan too, but I'm telling you this because, well, it's the Malfoy ball. I know you guys aren't very fond of Draco, but he is my friend and so are a bunch of other Slytherins. Are you upset?" Harry and Ron shook their heads, Ron had a sour look on his face but Harry looked fine. "I'm not, just be careful." Harry said, "Yeah, it's the Malfoy's after all, who knows what they have planned." Ron said looking down, I was aware that Ron had a small crush on me. Harry had told me that he was jealous of Draco. "Of course I'll be careful, not much can happen at a ball."
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The next day I hear Ron, Fred, and George yelling. "Harry, Cel. C'mon you sleepy heads get up, it's Christmas!" I got out of bed, I slept in Nevilles bed, while the boys slept in theirs. I meet Harry out the stair well and look down to see the three boys looking at us. "Happy Christmas!" They say, "Happy Christmas guys!" Harry and I say before I notice their jumpers, the jumpers were so nicely knit and looked so comfortable. "What are you all wearing?" I ask, "Oh, mum made it." Ron said looking shy, "It looks like you've both got one too." George smiles.
"W-we've got presents?" Harry smiles. "Here they are." Fred says. We all sat down opening gifts, laughing and just chatting. I had gotten Fred and George new brooms, Ron a butt-load of sweets, and I gave Harry a necklace with a charm that said H.P. Ron had also given me sweets, Harry gave me a charm bracelet, Fred got me some earrings, George on the other hand..
"Here open it." I opened the gift, it was a small box and when I opened it, I saw a beautiful ring sitting there. "George, how much was this?" He took the ring out of the box and put it on my finger, "Not too much and look we have matching ones so technically we're married." Harry had exploded, he was so angry I don't think I had ever seen him that mad. He kept saying how it wasn't funny to flirt with me and that he had to cut it out, George just sat there laughing with Fred, while Ron just looked uncomfortable.
The last 2 gifts were for me and Harry. There were two notes sitting on top of it. "Your father left this in my possession before he died. It is time I return it to you. Use it well." I read, "Mine says the same thing." Harry said. We open it and pull out a blanket like object, "What is it?" They ask, Harry wraps the cloak around his shoulders, making his body invisible, "Whoa!" We all say, I wrap mine around my shoulders as well, "My body's gone!" I say, "I know what that is, that's an invisibility cloak." Ron says, "I wonder who gave it to you two." George said as he started at the notes. "Theres no name or anything, just says use it well."
Later that night, while everyone else was asleep, Harry and I snuck into the Restricted Section. We take the cloak off and search the bookshelves. We had brought Harrys cloak so we wouldn't get lost. As we look for Nicholas Flamel, Harry picks up a book and a man's face appears from the pages, screaming madly. Harry slams the book shut. "Don't make any noise!" I whisper yell.
"Who's there?" Filch yells. We whip around and Harry grabs the cloak, dropping the lamp and it shatters. Since when was Harry the clumsy one? Harry covers us up with the cloak. "I know you're in there. You cant hide. Who is it? Show yourself!" Filch grumbles. Harry and I run out the room, we exit into the hall and Mrs. Norris meows and begins to follow us. We run around the corner and see Snape push Quirrell into the wall. "Severus..I-i-i"
"You don't want me as your enemy Quirrell" Snape growls, "I-I don't know what you mean."
"You know perfectly well what I mean." Snape stops talking and turns to us, I cover Harrys mouth with my hand, I gulp as Snape reaches for the cloak. We back away, "We'll have another little chat soon, when you've had time to decide where your loyalties lie." Snape says, Filch arrives, carrying the lamp Harry dropped. "Professors, I found this, in the Restricted section. It's still hot. That means theres a student out of bed." He says proudly, hearing this, Snape and Quirrell dart off.
Harry and I enter a room I smack him behind the head. "Ow, what was that for?" "You just had to drop that lamp didn't you, if we get caught we'll probably be expelled Harry" I scoff taking the cloak off. I look around the room it was empty, other than a huge mirror in the center. We walk up to the mirror and see two people appear. "Mum?" Harry asks, she nods and smiles, "Dad?" I ask, he nods, he puts a hand on my shoulder and our mum puts a hand on Harrys. I put my hand on my shoulder trying to see if I could feel him, but I couldn't.
We ran into the boys dormitory, "Ron! Get up you've really got to see this!" I yell pulling the covers. He pulls them back up, "Ron, Ron, come on, get out of bed! Theres something you've got to see" Harry yells.
We managed to wake up Ron and got back to the room, "Come on, look its our parents!" Harry yells. "Go on stand there. You see them, don't you? Thats our mum-"
"Thats me! Only, I'm head boy...and I'm holding the Quidditch cup! And bloody hell, Im quidditch Captain too! Cel, I look good. Do you think this mirror shows the future?" Ron asks. "How can it? Our parents are dead." Harry answers.
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Anything For Her : Book 1
FantasíaAfter Harry and Celeste Potters parents were killed by Lord Voldemort they were stuck with their Aunt, Uncle and their horrible cousin. Although they were constantly getting picked on, they were glad they had each other. But would that change when...
