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"Els, are you ready?", Ginny asked, "Almost everyone is gone already!"

I rolled my eyes, Ginny wasn't excited very often, only for Quidditch matches or, in this case, a trip to Hogsmeade. There were only a couple of weeks left before Christmas, and I hadn't done any Christmas shopping, and I have to buy a lot, I need presents for Ginny, Collin, Luna, Harry, Ron, Hermione, my parents and Jessica, Gina and Emily, who were my best friends when I attended a muggle primary school. I grabbed my scarf and walked to the Common Room, "I'm ready, Gin", we linked arms and walked together to Hogsmeade.

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"What do you want to do first, Els, get a Butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks, or should we start with our Christmas shopping first." I looked to the Three Broomsticks, there were not too many people at the moment, but it was probably better if we had our shopping done first.

"I think we should start with the Christmas shopping, otherwise I'll probably forget some presents", I said, Ginny nodded, "Okay, then I'll see you in the Three Broomsticks in two hours."

Ginny and I separated ways as we started our quest for Christmas presents. I didn't have too much trouble in finding presents for my parents, Ginny, Luna, Ron, Jessica, Gina and Emily, except for Luna and Ginny, I bought them sweets from Honeydukes. For Ginny I bought a new scarf and for Luna a pair of ear warmers. I already knew I want to give Hermione a new Quill, her old ones are almost broken, she chews on them when she's thinking, so I continued my way to Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop. There weren't many people in the shop, two more students and a wizard, who was standing in the shadows. In the middle of the shop stood a table with different kind of new Quills on it, Super predictive, one that was enchanted so only the writer could read the text, some that the ink changed in all colours on the rainbow and one that was 'Inkless writing', I picked one up to read the label,

Are you always out of ink, or do you lose your ink bottle? Never have those problems again because the 'Inkless' Quills are enchanted to write without ink. A simple spell makes sure that you always can write!

I smiled, it was perfect for Hermione, no need to carry more then one Quill around, no danger for leaking ink bottles, so no stains on her essays. I picked one up and paid for it, only a present for Harry left.

I had decided I want to give him a book about Defence against the Dark Arts, even though he won't admit it, DADA is his favourite subject. I paid for the Quill and made my way to Tomes and Scrolls. I walked to the darker part of the store where the Defence Against and Dark Arts books were located. Most books I saw weren't really what I was looking for, they were more Dark Arts then Defence against it, I could hardly give Harry a book with '10 Best Ways to Torture', or 'Power of Dark Arts, Pats, Present and Future'. I spotted a small book on the shelf, I walked to it and picked it up, 'The Advanced Basics of Defence' it said, I flipped it open and smiled, I had to buy this for Harry, he will love it. Looking at the book, and reading a bit in it, I made my way to the counter to pay for the presents when I bumped into someone, "Whoops, I'm sorry", I said, looking up.

I made a step backwards when I saw it was Professor Snape, "You defiantly make a habit of bumping into me, Miss Vinyal, maybe if you look in front of you, you could have seen me standing", he sneered.

"I'm sorry, sir, but I was looking in this book I want to but Harry for Christmas", I showed him the book.

"Well, maybe you should wait reading it when you're back in your dorm", he snapped, "Good day, Miss Vinyal."

He turned around and walked out of the shop, his robes billowing behind him, yup, I could understand why he was called 'the Bat of the Dungeons', he really looked like a bat when he was acting that way. It reminded me of the way he was when we were little, or when he and Lily were little, it's confusing sometimes to have two childhoods, a couple of weeks ago I was telling Ginny about my youth as a muggle, and I mixed up some things, it was good that Ginny doesn't know very much about muggles and their way of living. When Lily and Snape didn't go to Hogwarts, they played together on the playground near Spinners End. Snape used to wear his fathers old coat, which was too big for him, and billowed in the same way as his robes do these days. In those days we used to buy presents for each other with Christmas and our birthdays, that made me wondering if Snape gets Christmas presents now, he doesn't have any friends among the staff at Hogwarts, and well, I know he is a Death Eather, but I don't think they will buy presents for each other. Maybe that Professor Dumbledore thinks of him with Christmas.

Should I buy him a present, I don't know why that popped in my mind, but I had a good feeling about it. But what to but? If I buy something Potions related, he probably doesn't use it, know him he only got the best of the best for his Potions work. So no Potions books, maybe a book on Defence Against the Dark Arts? No. A book about Magical Plants? No. I walked around the store, looking at the titles, then I saw a little corner with books, which you couldn't see from the main part of the bookshop. I walked curiously to it, and picked up on of the books, Cinderella, I looked to the other books, Robin Hood, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast.

"What are muggle tales doing in a magical bookshop?", I mumbled.

Then I got an idea, Snape always told Lily about the magical world, so Lily read muggle fairy tales to him. His favourite one was The Ugly Duckling, I looked on the shelves if I could find it, then I saw it standing on the bottom shelf, I picked it up and flipped it open. It was a first edition book, and in a very good condition too. I closed the book and walked to the counter, "These two, Mademoiselle?", the man asked, I nodded, "Yes, could you wrap them for me?"

The man wrapped Hermione's in red paper, and was about to begin with Snape, "Um, sir, can I write something in that book before you wrap it up?"

The man smiled, "Of course", he handed me a Quill, I thought a moment about what I should write in it, I decided on I hope you like it sir Merry Christmas.

It could have been better, but I couldn't think of it now, I gave the quill back to the man, "Could you wrap it in green paper, it is for a Slytherin."

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I went quickly inside of the Three Broomsticks, the weather was getting worse with the minute. I saw Ginny sitting in a corner of the room with her boyfriend Dean. I waved to them, and made my way to their table, "Hey Gin, Dean", I said, "Are you finished with your Christmas shopping?" Ginny nodded, "I finished twenty minutes ago, it wasn't too hard to find good presents."

"I think it's better to go back to Hogwarts, the weather is getting worse and worse and most of the people have left Hogsmeade anyway."

Ginny and Dean paid for their Butterbeer, and I bought some bottles to take with me, Ginny looked at me, "What?", I shrugged, "I didn't have any Butterbeer, so I'll take some to drink in the Common Room tonight."

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We walked slowly back to Hogwarts, there was so much wind blowing that it was difficult to walk straight. I had the feeling that my ears were freezing, even after I wrapped my scarf around my head, so only my eyes were visible. I was glad when we reached to front doors, I quickly pushed them open and walked inside. The temperature inside was nice, I wrapped my scarf of my head and looked around, there was nobody in the Hall, even not Filch with his detector. I turned around, "I think everybody is in the Common Room, even here it's still cold."

Ginny and Dean nodded, and we quickly made our way upstairs. As we walked into the damp Common Room, everybody was already bock from their trip to Hogsmeade and sat in their damp clothes in the Common Room. I spotted Harry, Ron and Hermione in a corner near the fire pl

ace, looking a bit angry at each other. I walked to them, "What's wrong, you all look a bit angry or frustrated." Harry looked up, "Katie Bell just got hexed by a necklace she got at the Three Broomsticks, I'm sure Malfoy gave it to her, or Crabbe or maybe Goyle, I just know it was him", Harry growled.

Hermione sighed, "Don't listen to him, Elisabeth, Malfoy wasn't even in Hogsmeade today." I shrugged, "We will probably find it out soon enough, but I hope she will be fine soon, the next Quidditch match is after Christmas, and we sure don't want to lose against Hufflepuff", I smiled at Harry, he was the same at James, if somebody brought up Quidditch, they would forget about everything else.

"Yeah, but with a team member missing it's a bit difficult to train, we can hardly train with to Chasers."

I nodded, "I know, but ehm, if you are ever in the need of two more hands, you can ask me, I know I was never interested in playing Quidditch, but I love flying."

I gave him a wink, and went to the dormitory to put away my Christmas presents.


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