Snow. Everywhere you looked you could see snow. The towers were pure white and the Quidditch Pitch was absolutely covered. The beautiful Black Lake was frozen over and so was Hagrid's garden. So naturally a bunch of Gryffindors were having a snowball fight to, you know, take in the beauty of the new winter wonderland.

The teams were fifth years, Lily, Eric, and Hugo, against seventh years, Rose, Fred, and Albus. It was sort of a family battle, except for Eric. He was just there for the fun of it and to spend time with Lily of course.

The two teams had built forts earlier in the day and now each was sitting behind theirs and making snowballs. The fifth years had a nice stock of them and they were just waiting to be attacked. They didn't have to wait long however, because Fred came and pelted them over their wall. The younger fighters put on their game faces and headed out.

Hugo nailed his older sister, Rose, in the face, but then the older boys ganged up on him. Seconds later he was tied to a tree with snow in his mouth. Albus turned around and pointed to his younger sister. Someone yelled, "Charge!" Suddenly Lily was lifted off the ground and turned around. The older boys crashed into Eric's back and fell to the ground, all the while knocking Eric and Lily over.

Everyone sat up and dusted off the snow. Upon eye contact everyone started laughing. Rose came over and helped up her elder cousins. Even Hugo was laughing, it must have looked pretty funny.

Eric helped Lily up and said, "Close call."

"Yeah, but you saved me." She kissed him on the cheek and then ran to help Hugo while everyone else followed.

Albus smirked and said, "I can't believe dad is actually letting you bring your boyfriend over for the entire break."

"Funny you should say that, because he is actually the one that suggested it," said Lily.

"You're kidding?" asked Fred with a shocked expression on his face.

"No he wrote me and said that he wanted to meet Eric and get to know him."

"You know that means he wants to kill him right?" laughed Rose. "My dad did the exact same thing with my first boyfriend. Do you see him anywhere around here?"

"Well, Rose that could also be due to the fact that you were his girlfriend. Will you guys hurry up and get me off this tree? How is it that every time we get into a snowball fight I end up tied to something?" Hugo sounded frustrated, but we all just laughed at him. Poor Hugo, he is so much like his father.

Eric started untying the knots on the rope that kept Hugo to the tree. "So you guys think he's going to kill me?" he asked looking slightly afraid.

"It's a possibility," Albus teased. "My dad can get pretty angry sometimes, especially when it comes to Lily. She is his only daughter, you know? She's his little angel and if anything threatens that he will not hesitate to destroy it."

"But he is supposed to be the good guy!" shouted Eric as he began to get nervous. The Potters were going to pick him up tonight.

"Eric, my brother is just teasing you. There is absolutely nothing to be scared of. My dad is a nice guy and he's going to love you. Don't worry about it."

"You dad is Harry Potter, you have to admit that that is a bit intimidating."