Christmas Carol Quartet

Summary: Remus is a red-nosed werewolf, Sirius is decking the halls, James is giving partridges to his true love and all Peter wants for Christmas is his two front teeth.

Chapter One: Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer

9:32PM December 21, 1974,

"It's almost nearly Christmas." Said Peter Pettigrew sounding shocked.

"Peter, if we were having a State The Obvious competition you would have won hands down." Replied Sirius.

"No, I mean, it's like: not so long ago It was the twenty-first of December only then it was last year and now it's this year. And in no time at all it'll be the twenty-first of December next year and before you know it we'll be Seventh Years and it'll be almost nearly Christmas and I'll win the Sate The Obvious competition again."

"Oh." Replied Sirius tiredly from his bed not really having heard a word of what Peter had just said.

"What's your favourite Christmas carol?" Asked Peter suddenly.

"What?" Asked James.

"What's your favourite Christmas carol?"

"The Twelve Days of Christmas." Said James.

"Really? That's not very you." Said Sirius sounding surprised.

"What? Why not?" Said James defensively.

"Well, I figured you'd be more of a, I dunno, Jingle Bells fellow?"

"Jingle Bells?"

"Yeah."

"Jingle Bells? Hey! Moony! Do I look like a Jingle Bells kind of guy to you?"

Remus looked up from the book in his lap and considered James' earnest face for a moment. "Yes." He replied before returning to his reading.

"I win!" Proclaimed Sirius.

"Well, What's your favourite carol?"

"Deck the Halls." Sirius said definitely.

"Deck the Halls?"

"Yeah, fa la la la la la la la la." Sirius said breaking into song midway through his sentence.

"What about you Moony?" Asked Peter.

"Mmh?"

"What's your favourite carol?"

"I don't know."

"How can you not know?" Asked Sirius in disbelief.

"Well, I haven't really given it much thought."

"That's okay," said James assuredly, "I know what your favourite carol is."

"Oh really?"

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

"Really?"

"Yeah, except it'd be Remus the Red-Nosed Werewolf." Said Sirius snickering.

Peter snorted but stifled his laughter with a hand when Remus turned to him and frowned.

"Well, the only problem with that is I don't have a red nose."

Sirius grinned at James. James Grinned back. Remus ducked.

Two spells went flying. One hit Remus' book, the other hit Remus' face.

"Remus The Red-Nosed Werewolf!" Sung James, "had a very shiny nose!"

"And if you ever saw it," Sirius joined in, "you would even say it glows."

"Like a light bulb!" Piped up Peter sending them all into fits of laughter again, even though none of the boys, other than Peter and Remus, actually knew what a light bulb was.

Remus stood up and went over to their dorm's single, dirty mirror. He gazed at his reflection and was briefly stunned by what he saw; it really did look like a light bulb. He turned to glare at his friends and demand that they put it right but the effect was ruined by his bright red nose.

"Don't worry Moony," Sirius said once he'd stopped laughing, "It'll be back to normal by Christmas."

"But that's in four days!"

"It is isn't it? I wonder what I'm going to get?" Peter mused

"Hey! My nose is red. And it's glowing. It looks like a bloody light bulb, isn't there a counter spell or something?"

"No." James said grinning.

Remus just glared at him and went to sulk behind his book, which was also glowing red thanks to James and Sirius. Stupid berks.

"Come on Moony! Where's your festive spirit? You are not allowed to read until the Holidays are over." Said Sirius.

"No. My nose is red. I get to read as much as I want."

"Well, since Moony is being NO FUN, I will just have to make up for the lack of Christmas Cheer this year! I challenge every Marauder to prove that his favourite Christmas carol really does suit him."

"Good idea Padfoot! I'll show you just how NOT a Jingle Bells fellow I am!" Said James enthusiastically.

"What about me?" Asked Peter, "I don't really have a favourite Christmas Carol."

"Well," said Sirius thoughtfully, "You get bonus points for thinking of something and proving it suits you by Christmas Eve."

"By Christmas Eve?"

"Yeah," said Sirius, "You have to do it by Christmas Eve."

"Well I've already proved Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer suits me haven't I? Seeing as I have a red light bulb on my face." Said Remus from behind the red glow of his nose.

"You are such a wet blanket Remus. Go be wet and blanket-y somewhere else."

"What if you can't prove it by then?" Asked Peter concernedly.

"You have to sit in the corner with Moony, The No Fun Wet Blankets Corner."

"Right, are we on?" Asked James.

"Yes!" Replied Sirius and Peter in unison. Remus just gave a grumpy little harrumph.

"Then let the challenge begin." Said James with a sneaky smile.

A/N: Well, this is chapter one of four. I hope you liked it! And pretty please with a cherry on top leave a review! Next chapter Sirius demonstrates exactly why "Deck the Halls" is his favourite carol.