"Have a good Christmas!" Zoe called as mee Fred and George stood in the entrance hall waving goodbye to her. She was going home for Christmas and the three of us were staying here along with Hermione, Harry and the two younger Weasley's and Percy.
"We'll miss you!" George yelled dramatically falling to his knees
"I don't think we'll make it without you" Fred yelled copying his brother
"Yeah Kat just isn't you Zoe, it won't be the same" George yelled
"Hey!" I exclaimed jokingly hitting him over the head. He fell over holding his head in fake pain
"See she abuses us! Don't leave! We probably won't be alive when you get back! She's an evil cat" Fred yelled
"Oi" I said hitting him too
"Kat won't hit you if you don't annoy her" Zoe yelled climbing onto one of the carriages. We all laughed and yelled goodbye to her then went back inside to the common room.
"I'm gonna go and see Remus, I'll see you guys later" I said they nodded and I headed in the opposite direction towards Remus' office. When I got there I walked straight into his office and saw him cleaning his desk up. "Hi" I said sitting on a desk causing him to jump
"Hello, Kat" he said smiling at me
"What cha doing?" I asked leaning forward slightly
"Cleaning my desk" he answered "are you just here to annoy me?" he asked looking up at me eye brows raised
"No actually I came to remind you that because the full moon is five days away you need to start taking your potion" I said
"I'm aware" he said sitting on his desk opposite me "which reminds me, as the full moon is only three days after Christmas I won't be that fun to spend time with because I'll be tired and grouchy so you're welcome to spend the day with your friends" he said
"I'll spend the morning with you" I said "then after lunch I'll go back to common room, or you could come join us in the common room" I said smiling at him
"I'll see, but for now, go away I've got papers to grade" he said shooing me out of his class room "go study or something"
"No it's the holidays, I refuse!" I yelled as he started to push me out of the room "I shall not study!"
"Lupin" Snape said walking in "your potion" he said putting it on the desk
"Ah yes thank you, Severus" Remus said as Snape glared at me
"Well I'm gonna go do something else where now" I said "bye" I said happily to Remus and glared door I just came through wary look and then smiled at me and carried on her way to the library I guess. When I got to the common room I was bombarded by pillows being thrown by the Weasley's and Harry.
"Thanks for all he pillows" I said jumping onto the ground that was covered in pillows and was very soft and comfy
"No! She stole our pillows!" Ginny cried
"Not on our watch!" Fred and George said. I heard the foot steps of the two boys then I was lifted off of the ground by my arms and legs. I screamed while the other three through more pillows and scrunched up parchment at me. At my screams the other Gryffindors that had stayed for the holidays joined in and I became something of a moving target while Fred and George moved me around the common room.
"I HATE YOU ALL!" I cried trying to kick out of the twins hold. George let go of me seeing has he had hold of legs which was a lot more dangerous seeing as I was nearly kicking his face. With some quick manoeuvring from Fred he managed to get his hands under my arms so I didn't fall to my arse. "What d'you that for?" I asked George jokingly
"Your own fault" I said poking my tongue out at him
"Kat! Wake up" I heard someone yell from the foot of my bed. I opened an eye to see Hermione and Ginny standing there in their pyjamas faces alight with the excitement that only Christmas could bring, and boy was it contagious
"Merry Christmas!" I exclaimed getting out of bed and embracing the younger girls in a tight hug which they happily returned. The three of us quickly got changed then ran downstairs to see Harry, Ron, Percy, Fred and George already awake and sitting around the fire place. We all exchanged greets of 'Merry Christmas' and hugs before I excused myself to spend the morning with Remus promising to see them at lunch. As I walked to Remus' office I passed many professors who all wished me a Merry Christmas and I done the same to them. I even smiled at Professor Snape when I passed him he just glared at me in return.
"REMUS!" I yelled knocking on his door loudly
"Merry Christmas!" he exclaimed opening the door and letting me in
"Merry Christmas" I said hugging him tightly he returned the hug then led me to his sitting where he had breakfast sitting no doubt probably brought up by the house elves "Looks good" I said as we both sat down and helped ourselves chatting about unimportant things
"Harry wants me to teach him the patronus charm" Remus said suddenly
"To fight the dementors?" I asked him, he nodded in response. "I think you should do it, they seem to like him more than the other students and as we saw with the quidditch it could become potentially dangerous"
"I've already said I would, I was just wondering if you wanted to learn as well" he said "it will be hard to start off with and will take a while to master but I think it'll be worth it" he said
"I would love to" I said happily. After we had finished eating we exchanged presents. I got Remus some muggle fiction books that I thought he'd enjoy and some sweets and chocolate from honeydukes. Remus got me some chocolate and sweets along with an absolutely gorgeous locket.
"Oh Remus I love it" I said leaning forward to hug him "thank you"
"It was mums" he said as I opened it up. On one side was a picture of me and Remus smiling at the camera and then pulling a funny face before I poked his cheek then it went back to us smiling. The other side however was blank "I thought you could put your own picture in it" he said
"I love it" I said again putting it around my neck. For the rest of the morning we just sat in his dorm until one o'clock when we made our way to the great hall for lunch. As we were walking there I saw Harry, Hermione and the Weasley's walking down to the great hall.
"Oi!" I yelled "Wait up!" they all turned to face and stopped in their tracks and waited for me and Remus to catch up with them
"Merry Christmas, professor" they all said to Remus
"Merry Christmas" Remus responded stifling a yawn. He was tired which was understandable what with the full moon in three days he probably wouldn't stay for the whole meal. The nine of us entered the great hall and sat down at one of the circular tables that had taken the place of the five long tables, in an effort to make Christmas lunch less formal, meaning that different houses could sit together and teachers could sit with students. There was snow falling from the enchanted ceiling and twelve giant Christmas trees. There was Snow falling from the enchanted ceiling that was warm so you could sit there with out freezing. All in all, amazing.
"I love mums cooking an all, but nothing beats Hogwarts Christmas dinner" Fred said digging in a soon as the food appeared on the table in front of. Ron, George and Ginny all mm'd in response to busy eating actually respond.
"Weasley's" I mouthed at Hermione who giggle in response then nodded her head to Remus and Harry who were doing the exact same thing
"Boys" she mouthed. I nodded and started eating my food like the others, although not as fast. When we had all finished our dinner Remus announced that he was going to back to his room because he was. I wished him one more Merry Christmas and gave him a hug before he left then sat with others chatting about nothing until pudding appeared on the table.
"Looking good" Fred and George said helping themselves to chocolate trifle. "Tastes good too" the said after they had stuffed as much in their mouths as possible. After dinner we went back up to the common room all of us trying out our new present