Christmas In Hogwarts*~~

Part One*~~

Harry laughed as Ginny squealed. Ron was being chased around the room by her as he held her Japanese teddy bear, Sakura. "GIVE IT BACK RONALD!" she screamed.

"What back?" asked Hermione coming in. She saw, rolled her eyes. Then she and Harry nodded. The two sprang. Harry caught Ron while Hermione grabbed the bear and tossed it to Ginny.

"Leave her alone next time," Hermione said glaring. Them she took Ginny's arm by linking and the two walked through the Weasley house to Ginny's room. Harry let go of Ron.

"You traitor," Ron said sitting on the couch.

"What?!"

"You owe me! You helped the girls get that stupid Sakura back! Now you have to help me plot how to get them!"

"Oh, fine!" Harry said exasperatedly. He sat down next to Ron and the two ran through horrid boy plans which truly aren't that frightening as they're guys! (No offense but if a girl plotted things would be way more fun and cooler. I have a BF so I do have SOME regards for guys. HA)

It was the last day of summer. Harry and Hermione were going with the twins, Ron, and Ginny tomorrow to the train station. They were in sixth year (Gin in 5th FG out of school but driving!). Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were gone on a vacation. The Weasleys had a lot more money since the big promotion Arthur got.

Percy had moved out. The twins had opened a joke shop that was a huge success after the war last year. Voldemort had been killed by Harry though he never told anyone. Many thought he was out there, somewhere.

Well except Ron, Hermione, Sirius, Remus, Arabella Figg (now Black), Dumbledore, Ginny, and Aimee Lupin (just recently). Sirius and Remus were on their honeymoons with their high school sweethearts.

Charlie had married three days after the war (Sep. something or other my friend's B-day. E-mail me actual day Faye) and Bill was engaged for June 25th (my sis's b-day). Sirius was proven innocent and Pettigrew was in Azkaban.

The twins were currently interviewing someone to manage their old shop in Diagon Alley so they could manage the new one in Hogsmeade and hopefully move there. The four Hogwarts students were alone in the now not so shabby home.

That night Harry and Ron snuck in under Harry's Invisibility cloak. They carefully spread pudding on the floor. Then they put a bucket above their own door to Ron's room.

In the morning the girls stretched and stood. They rushed t the door so as to go wake the boys. Suddenly they slipped across something.

"PUDDING!" Hermione screamed as she and Ginny hit the door and fell backwards covering themselves with chocolate and butterscotch pudding.

"They are SO dead!" Ginny yelled. She tasted some of the pudding. The mix was yummy. "Taste it Mione! It's great. But we can still kill them!" The two stood and crept quietly up the stairs.

They threw open the door to Ron's now larger room. SPLASH. They shrieked. They were now drenched in freezing water. The two boys woke up and began laughing uncontrollably. They girls grinned at each other and jumped on them.

In the end Harry and Ginny ended outside a closed door each bleeding in two places. "Ouch!" Ginny said touching above her eye. "I'll get Ron for this cut!"

"Come on Gin," Harry said standing. He pulled his friend up. "Let's go get changed. We both need a shower."

"What about those two?" asked Ginny tipping her head towards her brother's closed door.

"We should see if their feelings will come out!" Ginny grinned at her long time crush. Her feelings for the handsome boy were still there. She had become his friend and things were fine between them. She wouldn't let her feeling of love get between their friendship.

However both had been making a million plots to get her brother and Harry's 'little sister' together. It was obvious their feelings for each other. "You're right. I'll take the one up here. You use the one in my parents' room," Ginny said as she went back to her room for new clothes. Harry walked down.

Meanwhile Hermione was tackled with her shoulders pinned on the ground, Ron seated on top of her stomach. "Do you surrender?" he asked. He truly wished the answer was no as he loved being on top of her.

"NO!" she yelled. She struggled in his grip. It was useless. Finally she nodded slowly and Ron rolled off, grinning. Hermione sat up on his bed and he sat next to her.

They turned to each other. "Ginny's grown up a lot," Hermione stated.

"What do you mean?" asked Ron. "And that, II may add, was completely out of the blue!"

"I'm giving her a make-over before we leave tomorrow morning."

"That's nice," Ron said. His eyes were on Hermione's beautiful figure. 'She's nice.' The next thing Ron knew he was leaning over Hermione's body with his lips centimeters from her's.

They caught each other. Hermione let her arms go around Ron's neck and he pulled her up by her back. They kept kissing for three full minutes. Then at the same time, they pulled back gasping for breath.

"R-Ron." Hermione stuttered. He kissed her again. They made out of half an hour. Then they heard a squeal tat sounded like Ginny.

"HARRY POTTER NOCK IT OFF!" she yelled very loudly. Fred and George stumbled out of bed and walked down the hall with Ron and Hermione in tow. Hermione's lips were flushed as were Ron's.

"What's he do Gin?" asked Fred. They couldn't tell where her voice was coming from. She hadn't heard.

"HARRY I SAID NOCCK IT OFF!"

"The bathroom," Ron said. He was no longer preoccupied with visions of Hermione's lips and his intertwining. He had a feeling Harry was in there WITH his BABY SISTER! Harry would DIE!

"Gin we're coming in!" George yelled.

"NO!" Ginny screamed. Too late the door was open.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Fred screamed. He covered his eyes. Ginny grabbed a towel from the chair.

"I said NO!" she said frustrated. Her face was bright pink. She quickly wrapped it around her. It was rather short.

"Is Harry in here?" Ron asked coolly. His friend was going to DIE. DIE I say DIE!

"Of course not! He's been running hot water so I won't have any!" Ginny said grumpily. Harry ran up the stairs, a towel securely around his waist.

"Ginny, why the hell were you screaming at me?" he asked crossly.

"YOU WERE RUNNING HOT WATER!"

"I though you were," Harry said slowly. "I was coming up here to give you a piece of my mind when you started screaming your head off!"

"I wasn't screaming that loud!" Ginny protested .

"Yes you were," Hermione said. "Loudly enough to break off Ron an-" she stopped and blushed.

"Ron's what?" asked Fred suspiciously.

"You were snogging!" George proclaimed. He started jumping up and own with Fred like little girls.

"I should hope that they did it in full clothes," said a light voice. They turned to see their old professor looking in on the strange scene. Remus Lupin grinned with Aimee, Sirius, and Bella at his side. Fred and George stoped.

There stood Fred and George in crumpled pajamas, Hermione in the sports bra and boxer shorts she wore to bed with a cut on her arm and on her ankle, Ron in a pair of green boxer shorts with blue stripes, Ginny and Harry each in tiny towels, all but the twins very wet.

"What are you guys doing here?" asked Harry surprised.

"Checking in," Aimee said walking inside and muttering a spell. Ginny's towel grew a few inches. She smiled gratefully at Aimee who hugged her in greeting.

"And good thing," Bella said following her. "Remus and Sirius had turned on hot water to torment Harry. They didn't know Ginny was showering with him." Both turned scarlet.

"We weren't-" Harry began to protest.

"Harry," Sirius said with mock sternness, "Remus and I will have to take you and Ron in the other room to give you the safe sex talk while Aimee and Bella take care of these ladies." Now all four were crimson.

The twins sniggered. "No, actually," Bella said, "Molly and Arthur asked us to drop off some money." She handed each some money.

"Harry, Hermione, this is from us," she motioned to the four love birds (her,S,R,A). "We'll be going."

"We will have that talk next time we meet Harry!" Remus yelled as Aimee dragged him away.

"They're strange," Harry said. The bright red faces were died down. "I'm going to finish my shower and then I need to talk to Ron."

"I need to talk to Hermione," Ginny said. She shooed everyone away as she finished her shower.

The hot water dripped over her (1 no sick comment or thoughts plz). It was a soothing feeling. She thought about the handsome boy she loved. It wasn't a silly little crush anymore, Ginny Weasley was in LOVE!

'But he isn't she,' thought gloomily.

Harry sighed as he finished his shower (1 same as before). Why did he feel this way! It was Ginny! She was Ron's baby sister. He'd kill Harry if Harry did anything with Ginny. Besides he had had his chance when she had liked him.

Now they had a friendship. He couldn't bear to loose that. And there were her brothers. Her family was like his. But there was no denying it, Harry Potter loved Ginny Weasley, if only she till loved him..

Ron and Hermione, on the other hand, were once again snogging on Ron's bed. The two drew sharp breaths as they lay back on top of the unmade bed. '"Ron," Hermione said turning to him, "What does this mean?"

"Will you be my girlfriend?" he asked quietly. She replied with a kiss. Suddenly there were two sounds of people clearing throats. They pulled apart quickly.

"Harry, Ginny," Ron said shakily. He knew exactly why Harry wanted to talk to him. 'At least he won't kill me. hopefully!'

"Ron," Harry said seriously.

"Mione," Ginny said in the same voice as Harry's. The two went with the person who had addressed them. Ginny took Hermione to her room and Ron and Harry sat down on the two beds that were now in Rob's room.

"Ron," Harry said seriously, "Hermione like my little sister."

"I know," Ron said uneasily.

"She also happens to be my best friend along with you. I'm going to act like Hermione's big brother right now and not as your friend." Ron nodded.

"Ronald, I can see you intend to pursue things with Hermione. I love her and will always protect her. Therefore if you hurt her I will curse your ass to hell and back. You had better be careful what you do. Trust me, do not break her heart or you will wish she had locked you away."

Ron's face was etched with fright. He nodded. "Harry, I speak as your little sister's boyfriend, not your best friend. I have no intention what so ever of hurting Hermione. I'm in love with her. I swear you can curse my ass wherever you want if I hurt her.

"I know I'd be killing you now if you were with Ginny," Ron's words cut him deep.

Harry's heart beat faster. He knew it. He could never be with Ginny without risking his friendship with Ron. Ron had no idea Harry was in love with his sister. If only he had.

"Now," Harry said dropping his serious voice, "as you friend; it took you Hermione a hell of a lot of time to start snogging!" Ron grinned.



Ginny cleared her throat. "Hermione, Ron is my older brother and I love him. I don't wan to see him hurt so just don't hurt him. I think I have a henchman to take care of you if you do.

"Now if he hurts you I'll help Harry kick his ass which I'm sure Harry would do. As you friend, I have to ask. details!" she squealed. Hermione and Ginny spent a lot of time giggling and then did a make-over on Ginny.

'WHOA!' Harry thought as they loaded the things into the car. He had turned around to face a startlingly change Virginia Weasley.

She had her hair neatly cut to her shoulder blades and a charm to straighten it. He could see it was layered. Her eyes were brighter than usual. Her face was covered with the perfect amount of make-up in all of the right places.

She looked amazing. He noticed, with a hot flush, her curves and how she had matured.

"VIRGINIA WEASLEY GET IN THAT HOUSE AND GET THE SHIT OFF OF YOUR FUCKING FACE!" Ron yelled. Ginny looked taken aback. Then her eyes flamed.

"Ronald Weasley, hold your tongue! I don't care what the hell you say; I'm fifteen and a teenager! I'll do as I please. Mione thinks it's pretty and you're an overprotective freak! You sound like my FATHER" she screamed back.

"Harry, help me! Ron said swirling around. "Tell her that she looks stupid!"

"I can't," Harry said honestly. "She looks quite pretty in fact. I think she's right. You need to chill out and let her grow up." Ron scowled but got in the new car. Harry and Hermione sat between the two and the twins drove.

Personally Harry thought she was like an angel. He had the stupidest urge to lean over and kiss her glossed lips. Forever, to be captured in her mouth.

The whistle on the Hogwarts Express blew and the train rattled to a start. The four teenagers sat in seats in their compartment.

Much to their amazement the trio of sixth years had all been made prefects despite their record for mischief. Although Harry's dad had been Head Boy but also had the most detention recorded..

Ginny had also been made a prefect. "I have to tell you guys something," she said timidly.

"You're going to wipe that shit off of your face?" asked Ron hopefully. Ginny ignored him. He was upset his sister was such a hot nock out. Harry, Hermione, and Ginny knew that but they all kept it to themselves.

"McGonagall said that as I spent most of my time with you three and I'm smart enough, I can skip a year and join you guys!"

"YES!" Hermione squealed. "McGonagall offered me the same thing but I loved being with Harry and Ron too much." Hermione was hugging her best friend. Well one of three. "Now I have a fun best friend!"

"Excuse me?!" Ron said indignantly to his girlfriend.

"Do you really want to go on 'Let's all get thongs!' girl frenzy with me?" she asked slyly. (Margarita Mocha)

The two guys grinned at the giddy girls and then at each other. Things were going to be different this year. And maybe that was alright.

Albus Dumbledore stood. The hall was hushed and even the new first years were quite interested. "I have a few announcements. First years, the forest if forbidden to everyone," his eyes trailed to the four people seated at Gryffindor table, "including elder students." His eyes were twinkling. The once trio blushed. They had been in the Forbidden Forest many times last year. This was a comment for them.

"Also, we're having a winter ball for all those students 4th year and up before the winter holidays." There were a few whispers tat died when he began to talk again. "It's just for fun but the dress is formal. There will also be a masquerade this Halloween.

"I have an extra special announcement though. This year Hogwarts will be performing The Nutcracker Ballet. It will be over break. I ask you all to try out and all to purchase tickets. Now, eat!"

The plates were full. "Oh, a ballet!" Lavender Brown said happily. "I can finally put those dumb lessons to use!"

"Me too," Ginny said as she grabbed some rolls.

"You took ballet lessons?" Harry said stunned.

"I still do," Ginny said proudly. "I'm in toe now."

"So am I!" Hermione said. Everyone was surprised at this.

"YOU take ballet lessons?!" Ron exclaimed.

"If you're going to be my boyfriend, you really need to get a clue, Ron!" Hermione said rolling her eyes. "Obviously I do!"

"You two are FINALLY going out?!" Pavarti said keenly, the ballet forgotten with the new news. The girls had become closer now that Hermione spent a little less time in books and they spent a little more time in them, due to the fact Hermione introduced them to muggle love novels.

"Yup, they were snogging on Ron's bed!" Ginny said grinning.

"Nice going Ron!" Seamus said clapping him on the back, causing him to choke on the potatoes in his mouth. "Oh, sorry."

"Like hell you are!" Ron said as Seamus was grinning. "Besides, Harry and Ginny were caught in towels by Sirius and Remus- Harry's guardians- and their wives!"

"Oooooooooohhhhhhhhh!" Dean said eyeing Harry. "Bold move!" They were both red.

"Ron! You know very well that I showed up AFTER you and your brothers and Hermione were there," Harry said, bright red.

"Having walked in on me without knocking!" Ginny added.

"And you were in boxer shorts, Hermione was in only a sports bra and boxer shorts!" Harry said. The topic returned to the new couple and Harry and Ginny were relieved. They knew that if that discussion had kept up their feelings would have showed.

In early October the try-outs were held Every student tried out for extra credit that was given in Charms for trying out. Why, no one knew. So the guy got into tights, to their disgust, and performed for judges.

The girls did it willingly. Even the Slytherins were excited. They got along fine under the dancing and waiting as they all had the same ambition at the moment. But as soon as they were in the corridors..

Harry was surprisingly good at dancing as was Ron. Their quidditch muscles helped. Ron was the new keeper. Hermione and Ginny had gotten spots as chasers as every team member from the previous year and graduated minus Ron and Harry.

Lavender, to everyone's shock, was a beater, as was Seamus. A seventh year boy was the final chaser. His name was David Linger.

Harry walked into the room and nervously performed. He felt like a girly girl. But the next day when many of the guys were moaning, he and Ron grinned at each other. They were perfectly fine.

(It takes strong muscles to dance. Even more than play football. That's why many football players take ballet class. You have to have good coordination. I suck at football and failed two tests on it (physical, I aced the written) but I'm really good at dancing. I go to Kay's Academy of Dance on Saturday MORNINGS!)

Ginny was up after Harry. She slid through her movements with ease and grace. Hermione was just as successful. They waited while Pavarti and Lavender went in. They began jabbering the moment they came out.

The next day they were high strung and running around the quidditch field before Gryffindor practice. Pavarti had decided to watch this one.

A three very nervous days after the auditions the students found the results posted in their common room. "OH MY GOD! GINNY COME HERE! HERMIONE WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU" Lavender yelled. Ginny had easily fit in with her new classmates and seemed their age, not a year younger.

"What?" she asked walking over. Hermione came up as well.

"Look!" Pavarti pointed. They gasped.

*Clara- Ginny Weasley

Sugar Plum Fairy- Hermione Granger*

"Oh my God!" Ginny breathed. "Wait, who's playing the Nutcracker?"

"Harry!" Hermione said pointing.

"Oh, Hermione look!" Ginny said. There was a note above the postings.

'Students,

We have decided that the cast and crew will come up with a new version of the Nutcracker. We have added one character. He is to accompany the Sugar Plum Fairy. We hop you all buy tickets.'

"Who is it?" asked Hermione in a strangled voice.

"Ron!" Ginny yelped. Hermione looked at the lists. Right across from her and Ginny's names were the boy's lists.

*Nutcracker- Harry Potter

Peppermint Prince- Ronald Weasley

"Go get them!" Pavarti ordered. Ginny found them and dragged them over.

"What the hell." Ron said flabber gasted. Many people were congratulating the four.

"Oohhhhhhhhh!" Ginny and Hermione squealed. "Look! You guys have dancing parts too! Big ones! And so does Padma!"

*Cocoa Princess- Lavender Brown

Marshmallow Maiden- Pavarti Patil

Honey Queen- Padma Patil*

"Cho Chang has a part as well!" Ron said. Harry didn't get the flutter in his stomach he sued to when he heard her name. He now felt it when he heard Ginny's.

*Snow Queen- Cho Chang

Ice Dancer- Pansy Parkinson*

"Check out your accompaniments!" Harry said. "Dean, Seamus, get over here!"

*Cocoa Prince- Dean Thomas

Marshmallow Page- Seamus Finnigan

Honey King- Zachary Wasco

"Who on Earth is that?" asked Pavarti worried her sister wouldn't like him. "I think I've heard his name somewhere."

"He's a handsome Hufflepuff in seventh year. He's a chaser," Hermione said after looking at the name for a moment. "And Ron don't be so jealous, I like keepers better than chasers."

"HEY! You're a chaser as well as me!" Ginny said. Ron smirked though. They went back to reading.

*Snow King- Henry Jodario

Mouse King- Draco Malfoy*

"Great, Malfoy's in it!" Harry said slumping into a chair by the fire.

"Cheer up, you get to beat him in front of a huge crowd," Ginny said sitting down.

"Good point Gin," Ron said as he and Hermione sat down as well.

Ginny walked back over and read some more names. "Hey guys!" They rejoined her. "Who is that?"

*Music Box Doll- Arwen Evenstar*

"I don't know," Ron said.

"Wait! Remember what Pavarti told us! The night we had the huge practice an exchanged student transferred here? She must be that Ravenclaw sixth year with deep blue hair!"

"Oh yeah!"

"I have a feeling this is going to be a good Christmas," Harry said grinning. And it was going to be. Especially for him.



Practice began in one day. Between that and quidditch Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione were struggling with homework. Hermione had begun to let them copy as she did herself.

But they had a lot of fun at practice. Both kinds. In quidditch practice they left their feeling on the ground and at ballet practice they joked, even with the Slytherins.

They were having an amazing time. Ginny and Harry's feelings began to grow. Each wanted to ask the other to the ball but neither had the guts.

"Hey, Gin," Harry said walking in wearing his practice clothes. Ginny smiled.

"Hey," she said. She was wearing blue pants, a light blue turtle swimming suit wrap over it, and a black sports bra. They would be rehearsing their dance today. "We have half an hour."

"Want to practice your dance? The one in the beginning?" Ginny nodded and Harry stood ready in a fifth year's, Kenny's, position. They practiced until five minutes to the actual time that everyone would be there.

"Ginny," Harry said as they were drinking water to regenerate.

"Yeah Harry?"

"I've." Harry paused. He was going to do it. "I've been thinking about that ball." Ginny's heart was pounding.

"Yes?" she said calmly.

"Have you been asked?"

"No, why?"

"Well. I was wondering if you'd.. go with. me," eh sai softly. "Just as friends you know but." Ginny wished he had meant as a couple but something was better than nothing.

"Sure!" she said standing up. "I'd love to Harry! I've go tot go find Hermione." She left. Harry leaned his head on the wall. He had done it. But why had he done it as FRIENDS!

He loved her!

A/N I know it was LONG (that's bold, italic, n purple) but I'm BORED. I hope to finish it tomorrow. Xmas Eve it is tomorrow! Yeah!!!!!! PLZ REVIEW. It'll be a lot better. I'm falling asleep as I write. My eyes hurt. I have to go piss my friend off but PLZ REVIEW. HOPE U LIKE! This is going to be more on Christmas now. PLZ REVIEW and read Sirius Black- Captured by Crystal*Tears (me) Thanx,

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