A/N: So, seeing that the Christmas season is coming up fast I've decided to return to writing this fic. Hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 4
4 Cheerless Discoveries
The next morning was a beautiful one. It was frosty outside and the trees were almost bare. I was interrupted from my gratitude and morning prayers to Gramps by remembering what happened the day before. Rudolph! My dear deer! I quickly threw on my baby-seal hoodie and narwhal pants and dashed down the stairs.
Running through the corridor to get to the Great Hall I saw Ron by a window trying to catch my merry eye. Except it wasn't very merry at all.
"Sandy, wait!" he called out. I stopped, mostly to marvel at how he looked like he was made entirely of antlers. "You're looking for Rudolph, right?"
"I don't know where he is!" I cried. This was more anxiety producing than opening a present from a hated, hated relative.
"Hey, it's all right. I took him to the owlery," Said Ron. "C'mon, I'll show you where he is."
"Thank you," I said shyly, nuzzling my house scarf made of holly. It scratched my face a little, but so did all my holly clothes. Maybe I'm allergic.
"Er, your... face is bleeding, Sandy."
I giggled. He was such a flirt! No choice but to dish it right back out. "Heehee, I think your face is bleeding too!"
We walked in silence through the grounds outside. I saw that elfin boy Draco with his friends, staring at us, and thought he would probably smile more if he wore a hat with a bell on it.
We eventually came to the owlery, whatever that was, and when I stepped inside I was shocked! The walls were littered with brown and white feathery blobs that all had enormous glowing eyes.
"What are these creatures? These monsters?!" I yelled in disgust.
Ron (cranberry head, I called him) looked confused. "What d'you mean? They're just owls."
"I thought you meant the other kind of owls, the ones with horns! Like snow bunnies!" I grabbed a nearby broom and swiped madly at the little beasts. They looked like they hated Christmas and were out to ruin it for everyone.
I couldn't hit any, they fluttered away by flapping their mysterious side panels. Ron grabbed my arms, stopping me from waving the broom around."Claus! What the hell? You're here for Rudolph, remember?"
Suddenly my mind cleared like the sky on Christmas Eve, and I did remember.
"Oh, You're right Ronaldo!" I looked around and saw my humanised pet asleep and nestled amongst some old scarves and dead owls. He woke up and stumbled to his human feet when he saw us, and I could see he was dressed in a silk robe that came down almost to his mid-thigh. It was very fetching. I spun round like a twirling bauble.
"Thank you so much for doing this!" I said, my blue eyes twinkling.
"No worries. He can hang out with us if you want, but we should probably take him to nurse Pomfrey at some point. Y'know, to fix him. Uhh..." By this point I was moving closer to him slowly.
"Ron..." I mumbled to myself. "Bon... Bon-bons... Mmm. Sweet, sticky bon-bons." I couldn't help myself, I was overwhelmed by sexy cheer! I grabbed this red-headed twiglet and shoved him against the stone wall, kissing him madly. I pulled away just long enough to see the look shock frozen on his face which was colouring deeply. The deep red just made me want it more, and I went in again. Oh yeah.
We were interrupted by the voice of McGonagall booming magically though the whole of Hogwarts, and what I heard made my blood run cold: "ATTENTION! THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! CHRISTMAS AT HOGWARTS IS GOING TO BE CANCELLED INDEFINATELY! I REPEAT, INDEFINATELY!"
