Hufflepuff Common Room

"HAPPY CHRISTMAS!" someone screamed and Marcus freaked out and fell out of his bed. He looked up to see Sam grinning and holding a present "This is for you!" he said and pushed the present into his arms. Marcus rubbed the last of the sleep out of his eyes and looked at the present "For me?" he asked and Sam nodded "For you know...being my friend. A lot of people think I'm weird and like my sister more than me but you never thought that. So really it's a thanks." he said and Marcus smiled before he slowly opened the present.

Marcus laughed as he held up his present "A sweater! I love it! Thanks Sam! Really!" he said as he put on the dark yellow sweater that said 'Team Hufflepuff!' written across the front "Me and Anna worked on the enchantments! With the help of a few teachers too." he explained. Marcus frowned before he looked down and saw that the fabric started shimmering and fabric images of Sam, Dan, Anna, and himself all laying around without a care in the world appeared in the sweater like the moving pictures in the school.

Marcus was confused at first before he saw Sam take out an identical sweater and out it on "Come on! The others are waiting in the Great Hall!" he said and grabbed Marcus and pulled him out of the room "Oh wait!" he said and ran over to grab Crick who was hanging out on his tree and let him crawl into his pocket. They made their way to the hall and as soon as the doors opened Marcus was tackled by Streaks and covered in slobber in no time. Marcus laughed as his friends, all wearing identical sweaters with the same enchantments, pulled Streaks off and helped him up. As they pulled him off Marcus saw that even Streaks had an oversized dog sweater identical to his, the thought made him laugh

Marcus walked over where their was a large tree and they all sat down, he noticed that Dan had a green sweater but it still said 'Team Hufflepuff' on it. Dan noticed and leaned over "Let's be honest dude, they put me in Slytherin but I belong in Hufflepuff. Not that I'm complaining I love the sweater!" he said the last part out loud as compliment to Sam and Anna who smiled widely. After that everyone started passing gifts around and that was when Marcus started to realize his gifts may not be enough, his friends were his anchors, if he hadn't met them he would have stayed to himself and not even tried to make any friends, he wanted to show them how much they meant to him.

When it came to his turn he handed everyone a thin rectangular present "I know it's not much but it shows how much you guys mean to me." he said as they opened their gifts. They all stayed silent as they looked at their presents. They were all looking at the same picture, it was all of them together in the practice courtyard with the Quidditch field in the background, eventually Anna looked up with tears in her eyes "Marcus this is amazing! thank you!" she said and Dan nodded "Dude this is great! I'm keeping this with me wherever I go!" he said and Marcus smiled sheepishly.

Sam nodded and gave a large smile "Friends forever!" he shouted and they all yelled in agreement, then they all group hugged. After that Dan smiled "So listen everyone my parents are visiting Hogsmeade right now and they said I can bring you guys if you want to meet them!" he said and everyone agreed...

"Let's go then!" he said happily.

Hogsmeade

They all walked through the snow until they reached the Three Broomsticks, as soon as they door was open Marcus let out a sigh of relief as the door closed leaving the storm behind them. Dan was tackled in a hug by two adults "Danny! How are you bud?" the man asked, he looked like an older version of Daniel with the same hair and same eyes. The woman had black hair and hazel eyes, she ran over and hugged the life out of Marcus who was taken by surprise "Daniel told us about the bullying, thank you for looking out for him. He may look strong but he is sensitive when it comes to family. Thank you!" she whispered into his ear before she pulled away.

Marcus smiled and nodded as the group all sat down at a big table and ordered Butterbeers "And this is all on us, we will happily pay!" Mr. Barnes said. After everyone got there drinks they started talking and laughing together like they were family, as Marcus laughed he heard a small whimper, Marcus looked down and saw Crick was shivering "Oh poor little guy." he said softly and took him out and placed him on the table. Everyone stopped what they were doing "Ohhh look at him he's adorable!" Mrs. Barnes said and Crick looked confused as he gazed at the giants in front of him.

Marcus smiled "He loves attention." he said and right as he said that Crick did a flip and posed as if to say "Ta da!" and everyone clapped and laughed "You know we have some Bowtruckles at MACUSA! They are used during raids because they can be very adept at picking locks." Mr. Barnes said. Sam frowned "MACUSA?" he asked and the Barnes family nodded "Basically the American version of the Ministry of Magic." Dan explained and Sam nodded.

After a while Mr. Barnes turned to Marcus "So Marcus, I worked with your parents for a few years. How are they doing?" he asked and Marcus smiled "They are doing great, they were so proud of me when they heard I was in Hufflepuff apparently my father won a bet so he's never been happier." he explained and everyone laughed. Marcus and Dan were laughing hysterically and then they looked at each other and they stared at each other longer than usual, then they both blushed and turned away.

Mr. Barnes finally stopped laughing "So Marcus I also hear you have dog?" he asked and he nodded "You know it's..." Mr. Barnes stopped mid-sentence as the whole building started to rumble...

Then the door exploded.

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