It was Christmas morning and the students at Hogwarts were awake and unwrapping their presents in their common rooms. While the Head students could have joined their houses to open their gifts, this year's Heads decided to exchange theirs in the Head Common Room, and then join their friends afterwards.

"Draco, open mine first! Here, here!"

"Aiight, aiight! Sheesh, Granger, give me a sec to sit down. Okay, hand it over."

Hermione eagerly passed her gift to Draco and bounced a bit in her armchair. "Openopenopen!"

"Who spiked your eggnog this morning, Granger? You're hyper…"

"I didn't have eggnog this morning! I had a glass of that drink that the elves were offering, just for Christmas! It kind of looked like cranberry juice, smelled like hot chocolate with mini marshmallows, and tasted a bit like spiced apple cider! Yum…." [drifts off thinking about it]

"'Ey, Granger! Presents! Remember?"

[squeeeee] "PRESENTS!!!" [glomp]

"AUGH! GRANGER! I think you smushed my present!"

"Oh. Sorry."

"Okay, here goes… [pause] [ripping paper] Nice wrap job. Love the Santa sheep… [pulls off paper and looks at present] A leash? Uh, Granger? What'm I gonna do with this?" [kind of confused and very wary about Hermione's answer]

"[muahahahahahahaaa]"

"Granger, you're really starting to scare me… I think I'll go down to the Slytherin Common Room for a while, until that cran-choco-cider drink wears off…" [inches away]

"Oh, Draco… the rest of your present is at Hagrid's. This was all I could bring in the castle."

"O-oh. [sigh of relief] That's good. Wait—the rest of my present… will it bite, scratch, or eat me? Never mind, you can show me after you open your gift. Here."

"Oooh! It's big! And shiny! And… [gets ready to shake box] heavy… [just about to shake—"

"GRANGER! Don't shake the box!!!"

[startled] "Okay. [opens lid] OH MY GOODNESS! DRACO! He's adorable!!! A puppy! How'd you get him in the castle?!? They didn't let me bring—"

"Bring what? Bring what where? Uh oh…"

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"Look, Ginny! Isn't he cute?"

"Who, Draco or the puppy? And how'd you get the dog in here? I thought that only—"

"Yeah, only cats, toads, and owls. But they made an exception for Draco. I think I need to talk to Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall…"

"Why?"

"I was told by Snape that I had to leave Draco's present at Hagrid's. I wasn't allowed to bring her into the castle…"

"Oh. Well, Hermione, why'd you ask Snape? Whatever. So, what're you going to name this fuzzy cutie?"

"[sighs] I'm not sure… I think I'll go with… Maybe… Hm…"

"You keep thinking. Did you show Draco his present yet?"

"Nope. I'm going right after I showed off my puppy… an' he's such a cootie pie, isn' 'e? Yes, 'e is! Aww… look at that fa-ace… [continues to coo gibberish to the wide awake puppy]"

"Hermione! You finally got here! Are you going to op—what is that?"

"Gee, Ron, it's a hairy vacuum cleaner, would ya look at that."

"Ginny, no need to be sarcastic; I'm sure he's just wondering why there's a dog in Hermione's arms… why is Hermione carrying a dog?"

"Draco got him for me for Christmas! Isn't he just too adorable, Harry? Here, pet his fuzzy little head… nonono! You have to let him smell your hand first! You can't just—Harry, where'd all that info about Hippogriffs go? You have to let the animal approve of you first! Oy…"

"Well, sor-ry. I've never been around a dog before."

"Oh. Yeah. Sorry, Harry. It's just that… I've got it! Ginny! The perfect name! Meet Griff, Griffin. Griffin, say hi!"

"Hi, Griffin!"

"I think Ron's… uh… I think Ron needs some assistance…"

"RON! What're you doing on the floor?!?"

"Malfoy… puppy… Hermione… present… [passes back out]"

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"TADA!"

"… Well. Heh. No wonder you acted so surprised when you opened your present… heh heh…"

Both Hermione and Draco looked at each other and burst out laughing.

See, Hermione's present to Draco was… a puppy.

A little female pup he named Gwendolyn.