Chapter 7
Christmas was nearly upon us for another year. The Great Hall already decked out with Christmas ornaments and the giant Christmas tree that always appear every year. But this year felt different. Like it mattered more to be in the Christmas spirit. Which I thought ironic enough to tell Albus and he just shook his head at me.
"You just said that because you're a … Ghost right… That's not really funny, you know…" Albus said sadly. He looked up from his toast.
"I wish you could come over Luce. You'd have so much fun. Rosie's and her family is coming over… And… Dad and Mum said Dave and Teddy could come over for a few days as well. The whole gang… Nearly."
Albus frowned. "Sorry. I know how you must be hated to be reminded what you can't do anymore."
"It's ok Albus. I wish I could come too. But I can't so.. And anyway, I always spend Christmas with the Ghosts here. We don't do much, but we stick together. It's annoying when Peeves comes though… Because we all find him annoying. But he's nice to me so… They always come to me when he gets too annoying and when I talk to him he usually listens to what I have to say. He said once I reminded him of someone from his life."
Albus looked surprised. "Really? Peeves likes you?"
I smiled embarrassed. "Well.. Not like like, like… You know. But he's a friend.."
Albus eyes raised. He smiled.
"That's cool. You can tame Peeves to do your evil bidding…" Albus joked. I rolled my eyes.
"Because that's why I talk to Peeves and to try and not get him to explode the girls bathroom again with water…"
"Haha. Actually. That was pretty funny if you think about it… No body didn't even get hurt."
"Albus!"
"Joking, Joking.." Albus smiled again. He began to eat his toast again and a comfortable silence fell.
In reality though, I just moped around the halls and Peeves followed me around like a lost puppy. It was alright, most times. But sometimes I just wanted to be alone and Peeves understood.
So the first day of the Christmas break I left Peeves to terrorise the students of Hogwarts who either decided to stay or were forced to stay. Quite a few actually stayed at Hogwarts this year. Rosie was going to this year like she did not last year but the year before but her Mum asked if she could come home for a family thing and she didn't want to say no to her Mum.
I understood. Family was important. I was an only sibling and it was just me and my Mum. I don't what she was up to these days and if she still grieved my loss. Or if she had already moved on. Who knew.
I walked the halls and went into the Room of Requirement for something to do. Each time I went in there, the bigger the room and the more objects in it. Many students' parents knew about it so told their children about the come and go room. But very few actually could get into it. I've seen them try without them knowing. As for me, I've never had a problem getting in and out of the room. When I was still alive however I didn't even know about it when I was alive.
Now it was my refuge. It's where I went to take my mind of things. There was so many interesting things to look at that I could stay in there the whole holidays and still not even seen under half way of all of the stuff. It was that massive now.
I floated to where the book of How to Learn Magic if your Muggle. Of all books it made me laugh. The author's name was too faded off with age I did not know who it was by.
In the book it had steps like step 623. Get a broom and practice flying on it. If you can't fly the first time, you're not trying hard enough. Silly things like that. I just read it for something to do with my time.
*Sorry I haven't written in awhile. It's horrible of me. I know. Forgive me please :/ Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and bare with me and continuing to like and review about Finding Hope, and of course Luce, Albus, Rosie and the rest of the gang. Much love,
~Nymeria x
