The Moon Cursed Child

Chapter Twelve: A Chilling Christmas Break

It's Christmas break and I'm loving every moment at the Matthew's house. I haven't felt this welcome and... well chipper in a long time. It's been three days and my vampire and werewolf have been silent, letting me sleep at night so I don't disturb the family. Today, Emily and I are going to Diagon Alley to shop for gifts. Emily's mom made us a huge breakfast and put two gift boxes in front of us. 

"Open them at the same time!" Mrs. Matthew's says excitedly. 

"It's not Christmas yet mother!" Emily protests. 

"I know, silly. I want you to have these before Christmas. "

"Okay." Emily says skeptically. 

We give each other sly smiles before tearing into the paper and ripping the ribbons off. I pop the top off the box and peek inside. There in beautiful royal blue paper lays a plump, knitted, maroon colored sweater. 

"Oh, it's beautiful!" I say as I pull it from the box. 

"There's more Rose." Emily points out as she pulls an identical sweater from her box. 

I look inside again and find a cute plaid skirt to match and black stockings. 

"Mrs.Matthews, did you make these?" 

"Yes I did. I decided it was time for me to make Em something she'll actually wear." 

I chuckle and admire the outfit, "Thank you, it's perfect."

"Oh, mum, she's right, it's perfect!" Emily cheers as she launches herself into her mother's embrace. 

A flicker of jealous rings through me and I try to ignore it. 

"let's wear them to Diagon Alley!" Emily suggests. 

"Sounds fun!" I say giving her a big smile before running upstairs with the box clutched in my hands. 

"You girls better show me before you leave!" Mrs. Matthews hollers after us. 

We looked pretty fabulous if I do say so myself. We strutted down the stairs showing off the outfits to Mrs. Matthews. 

"You girls look like sisters." Mrs. Matthews says with a half smile. 

I look over at Emily and nod my head in agreement. We actually look pretty similar too except of course, I'm much paler than her. So then from there, we use the floo network to transport ourselves to Diagon Alley. 

I get Mr. and Mrs. Matthews matching rings with a snake wrapping itself around a heart, I get Emily a thick journal with a strong lock because that girl writes way too much, I grab a simple, sweet smelling bottle of perfume for Marie, Lydia's patronus is a Raven so I get her a cute little glass raven, and I get Blaise a book on unusual spells. I still have to get something for Draco but I don't know what. If we go to the Malfoy Manor at all this Christmas break, I'll have to get Mrs.Malfoy something too. 

As we shop, we spot many kids from school but most of them were from Gryffindor so we didn't say much more than 'hi'. The Weasley twins joke shop was bustling with activity as normal. Emily and I split up by her suggestion and I can only guess she wants to buy something for me. So I wander around alone half hoping to run into one of the twins so I can say, hi. They're nice kids, rare those two. Although, I can't really say I like Ron all that much. Ginny seems nice enough- to her fellow Gryffindor's. She's very competitive and I have a feeling that if I talked to her, she would just scowl at me the whole time. 

I spot Millicent Bulstrode but no Pansy. Once I see her, I dive underneath a table of tricky goods. I don't think she spotted me but she was close. Wherever Millicent is, is Pansy also. I have to get out of this store. Just then, I feel someone tap my back. I turn around and back out from under the table and come face to face with one of the Weasley twins. I'm not sure which one.