A:N/Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!
Disclaimer: I don't own any Harry Potter characters or creatures!
Hermione was fuming. She couldn't believe that she, the resident bookworm, had just had the stupidest argument in the history of the world. Who argues over house colors? She had stormed out of the common room, and showed up early for charms which ended up in her waiting under the doorway, pacing back and forth. She didn't want to admit it, but she was stuck. She could probably walk about five feet from the doorway but no further, and she had absolutely no idea why.
"You know Granger, pacing isn't attractive on you." A voice behind her said.
She turned around and there stood Theodore Nott in all his glory. "That's funny because I was thinking nothing was attractive on you." She said frowning.
"Ooh. Kitten got claws. Then again it is nice knowing that you're thinking of me." Hermione practically growled. "I really hope your bark is worse than your bite." Theo said. He stepped forward, grabbed her by the shoulders, and pulled her into a kiss. Hermione practically melted.
When he pulled back Hermione couldn't say anything but, "Why did you just kiss me?"
He laughed and pointed up. "Magic mistletoe. Makes you stay in a place until you kiss someone underneath it." Hermione looked up and sure enough, there was mistletoe. She felt like a dolt. She hadn't looked up the whole time. "Now I must go," Theo said and then grinned mischievously, "Unless you'd rather finish this session in a dark corridor?" He winked and left, unaware of Hermione's silent thoughts that were quite willing to take him up on his offer.
Looking upon the scene, from inside the leaves of the mistletoe were two creatures that happened to be very miniature in size but big in heart. They looked like good looking versions of house elves. Pointy ears but nice clothes, cleaner, they had hair, and...basically the were only similar because of their pointy ears. Their names were Amadore and Ercole. They were nargles that haunted the school's mistletoe. Brother and sister. Amadore, which means "Gift of love" was one of the nargles that helped create the 'kiss under the mistletoe' tradition. Ercole, which means 'Splendid gift" (although Adamore would beg to differ) was one of the reasons everyone gave presents on Christmas. There was no spell on the mistletoe. They were the magic of it.
Amadore's jaw dropped, "He just left her there?"
Ercole whispered, "He just left her!"
"I can see that!" Amadore snapped, regretting it when Ercole looked like he was going to cry. "I'm sorry!" Amadore said to her younger brother.
"It's just...that's not how it's supposed to work!" They watched Hermione walk into the now open charms room. "We need to do something!" Amadore said. "A...project of sorts. And it's going to be called, 'Get them under the mistletoe'."
"We're just nargles. What can we do?" Ercole asked Amadore.
"Isn't it obvious? Get them under the mistletoe! We can get Kumiko to help us, but we can't let Odysseus know about this. He'll just cause trouble."
Kumiko was a child-like nargle who went around trying to bring houses together. It was hard with Odysseus who spread hate like a disease.
Amadore floated to the banister and walked along when she got an epiphany. "We could get that Luna girl! She can hear us."
"Does she even like us?" Ercole asked Amadore. "She stopped listening to us after we stole her shoes."
Amadore shrugged, "She'll help. It's her friend Hermione. She stopped calling her Loony Luna and they hang out more then Ginny and her." The nargles knew all of the gossip around Hogwarts. "Let's ask Kumiko on the way. I think she was in the Great Hall." The reason Luna was the only one that could see nargles was they chose to hide from everyone and they thought she'd be a delight to talk to.
They floated to the great hall, spreading the feeling of love and gifting on the way. "Hi Charis! Nice to see you again. Spreading your womanly charms I'm sure?" Ercole said to their fellow nargle as they passed another bushel of mistletoe.
Charis nodded. "Always Ercole." Ercole hadn't meant it flirtatiously. Charis gave the gift of beauty, charm, and inspiration to the women and girls of Hogwarts, and even some of the boys who were lost in relationships. It seemed she had a crush on Draco Malfoy because she gave him quite a bit of charm.
"Would you have happened to see Kumiko, Odysseus, or Luna?"
Charis smiled, "I think I saw Kumiko by the Slytherins. They're her favorite. Luna is sitting with Gryffindor today by Harry Potter I believe. I am pretty sure Odysseus is in the Slytherin's common room. It doesn't help that that's his favorite house too."
She rolled her eyes and looked over at the tables. She shot a few sparks at Kumiko who looked up and waved. "Hi Kumiko," Adamore said to her fellow little pixie like creature.
"Hi Adamore. Ercole. Nice to see you've gotten yourselves away from that bunch of mistletoe. You never come out to visit." She frowned.
"We're sorry, but we have an idea. We'll need your help though."
They told Kumiko about Hermione and Theo. Her eyes widened. "And he just walked away?" Kumiko asked. Ercole and Adamore nodded.
"I'll get Luna." Kumiko said. She floated over to the Gryffindor table, followed by Adamore and Ercole. Kumiko floated right into Luna's ear.
Luna's eyes widened and she whispered, "Nargles. I'll see you later Harry. The nargles want something, and I don't want them to take my shoes again." He nodded slowly, and she walked outside of the Great Hall and into a nearby corridor.
"Alright. I'm here. You can get out of my ear Kumiko." Kumiko floated out and giggled.
"How'd you know it was me Loony?"
Luna raised a brow, "Did you all need something?" They nodded, and once again Adamore told her story about Hermione and Theo. This interested Luna, who was now paying more attention. "So you three nargles want them together? Why?" Luna asked.
"They are meant to be together. I can feel it."
Luna contemplated, "I'll help on one condition. You don't steal my stuff anymore. It really is a pain to find again." All of them nodded. "Okay. What do you need me to do?" They grinned.
