Ophidian | Fred Weasley ✔

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Chapter Fifteen:

(G I F T S A N D P R O P H E C I E S)

Artemis awoke to Lilanna incessantly shaking her.

"Arty? Arty! Wake up! Wake up! It's Christmas! Wake up!" Followed by vigourous shaking. That was not how the obsidian haired witch wished her Christmas morning to be.

"If I develop dark circles because of your antics, I swear to Merlin—" Artemis grit out.

"Shush! It's Christmas!" Lilanna squealed as she shook Artemis a final time.

Artemis begrudgingly woke up as the duo made their way downstairs after getting dressed. Artemis had sent the presents the day before through her owl, Clarence who was pretty tired after making countless trips back and forth, but nonetheless all the presents had been delivered to their respective recipients, except the one for Lilanna which Artemis had just left under their common room's Christmas tree. They got to opening their presents, the thing which Lilanna had awoken the dark haired witch to do.

Artemis had received a giant box of sweets from Ron and Harry, bless their souls it was probably the best gift anyone could've given me! Artemis thought to herself. She had also gotten a muggle romance novel from Hermione as she'd told her she was into muggle romances, a cute scarf from Cedric, a box of skiving snackboxes from Fred and George, an emerald green knitted sweater from Mrs Weasley, a beret and muggle chocolates from Amy and makeup from Lils.

After feasting on chocolates for the better half of the early morning, the duo headed into the Great Hall which was fuller than Artemis had ever seen it during Christmas and bustling with energy. Green eyes met Fred's as Artemis saw his eyes light up and a grin spreading on his face on seeing her, her face pretty much following his.

"It honestly makes me diabetic at how much both of your faces light up on seeing each other." Lilanna said shaking her head. Artemis ignored Lilanna making her way to Fred as he scooted over to make space for her.

"Hello, love." He said as the dark haired witch pressed her lips to his in a quick kiss.

"Hello. Merry Christmas" She whispered to him sitting down beside him. "Merry Christmas everone!" She said louder for everyone to hear as she heard a chorus of 'happy christmas' and 'merry christmas'. Fred put his arm around her shoulder as she leaned into him listening to everyone's stories. The green eyed witch's eyes looked around to see Amy and Lee laughing at something Lee said, Lilanna, Hermione and Ginny talking animatedly about their dresses, George teasing Ron, Ron throwing peas at George, Harry and Oliver talking about quidditch and being ready for the next season. Artemis felt content. She felt at home. She nuzzled into Fred's arm more as she felt him kiss the top of her head. The dark haired witch smiled.

A few hours later everyone was in the courtyard having a snowball fight when Artemis was tackled to the ground by Fred, laughing as he tickled away.

"Fred!" Artemis said in between laughter "stop!" He stopped finally, after what seemed like an eternity. They both just lay there, in the snow staring at each other, their fingers intertwined.

"Come on, I'm gonna show you something." He said offering her his hand as he got up, which the obsidian haired witch gladly accepted.

They walked up to the astronomy tower and he insisted on her eyes being closed as they walked forward. He finally let go of her eyes as she gasped at the sight before her. It was breathtaking. The sky was set in the prettiest of colours that Artemis had ever seen, she simply couldn't take her eyes off of it, her mouth still ajar at it's sheer beauty.