Melany was woken up by a violent shake.

"Mel, wake up! It's Christmas!" Jenine cried happily.

Melany's eyes bolted opened and she sat up. She realized she was still wearing her dress and looked at the clock on her bedside, which flashed 8:06 a.m.

"Come on Mel! Everyone is already downstairs," Jenine said.

"Alright. Just let me change and I'll be down in a minute," she said, getting up and heading towards the bathroom while Jenine nodded and went back downstairs.

After changing into sweats and a blouse and getting the presents, she headed downstairs. To her surprise she only found the twins there.

"Jenine said everyone was awake," Melany said, putting the presents on the table.

"Well obviously she just said that to get you out of bed," Fred said.

"Oh I see. Merry Christmas," Melany said before giving Fred a hug and George a meaningful kiss.

"We got you something," George said, handing her a present.

"Aw you guys shouldn't have. But I'll take it anyway," she said before grabbing he present. She opened it to reveal a leather book.

"We know how much you like to take pictures, so we got you an album to put it in," Fred said.

"Thanks, you guys. This is great," she said, before giving them another hug, "Oh and I have something for you guys, too."

She grabbed one of the presents and gave it to the twins. When they opened it, their eyes widened. They both received two books, 'Zonko's Greatest Pranks' and 'Potions For the Pranksters.'

"I honestly thought we read all of the prank books, but I guess I was wrong," Fred said, mouth open.

"Where'd you get these?" George asked, examining the books.

"I have my sources. You like them?" she asked.

"We love them!" they both said before giving her a bone-crushing hug.

"Alright, you can let go now," she managed to say before they let go, "I have to go meet my dad and give him his presents."

With that, she grabbed two packages from the table and stepped out of the dorm. She walked across the castle towards her father's dorm, and when she reached the door, she took a deep breath before knocking. It took only took 10 seconds before the door swung open.

"Hey professor, Merry Christmas," she said to Remus.

"Hello, Mela. Merry Christmas to you, too. Come in," he said, moving aside so that she can pass by.

"Hi dad," she said after finding her dad at the table, "Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas to you too, dear," he said while Remus and Melany took a seat.

"I come bearing gifts," Melany said, passing the passages to the two men.

"Yippee," Sirius said like a little kid in a candy store. He opened it and took out a big black coat.

"I figured your old one is, well, old, so I got you a new one," she said.

"YES! I always wanted a new coat!" he said, examining it, "Thank you, Mela."

After watching Sirius open his present, Remus opened his. It was a set of ingredients for the potion he had to take on those certain nights.

"A little birdie told me that you were short on ingredients, so I went out and bought them for you," Melany said, while giving looks to her father.

"Thank you, Mela. At least there's a thoughtful Black," he said.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Sirius said, looking at him.

"Oh, nothing," Remus said, winking at Melany who just laughed.

"Oh Mela, I have a gift for you, too. Hold on, let me go get it," he said while standing up and heading towards his room. When he came out, he was holding an envelope.

"I know it doesn't look like much, but just open it," he said, handing her the envelope. She opened it and took out what was in it. She gasped as she looked at the moving pictures of her, Sirius, and her mother.

"You kept these from me for so long?" she said, looking at her father.

"No, of course not! I only found them last summer while I was cleaning out the house," he said.

"These are so nice," she whispered, holding back the tears, "This is the best Christmas gift ever. Thanks, dad."

She stood up and gave him a hug. After chatting here and there, she decided to go back to the dorm.

"You guys can come by later, since we're having a small party," she said to the men.

"I think we will," Remus said before opening the door for her. Melany waved goodbye before leaving the room.

When she reached the portrait, she was startled by a hand touching her shoulder.

"Honestly, George, you can at least say my name or something other than almost scaring me to death," she said turning to him.

"But where's the fun in that?" he said teasingly.

Melany rolled her eyes and turned around to go back into the common room, but George stopped her.

"Wait, I wanted to give you my gift," he said, turning her around.

"But you already did," she said, looking at him.

"No, that was me and Fred's gift. This gift is only from me," he said while puling out a necklace. It had a simple silver 'G' on it.

"Very cheeky, George. Giving me a necklace with your initial on it," she said.

"Look at it again," he said. She did and this time the letter changed to an 'M'

"Okay, what did you do to the necklace," she said, still looking at it skeptically.

George gave out a small chuckle before explaining.

"It's a changing necklace. If a person looks at it, they see one image. If they decide to look again or blink while looking at it, it changes."

"That's awesome! Thank you so much," she said before giving him a deep kiss. They broke away and George put the necklace on her before going into the common room.

When they entered, they saw that everyone was already down. They both took a seat on an empty couch.

"Alright, everyone's here, Gin. Can we open presents now?" Jenine whined.

"Oh alright," the red head said. Everyone happily started to look for the presents that had their name on them.

Melany was amazed at how much gifts she got. She received a new book about dark arts, her favorite subject, from Hermione, of course. Ginny gave her 2 eyeliner pencils, which is the only makeup Melany would wear on certain occasions. Jenine gave her some pictures of the group so that she can put it in her album and the boys gave her plenty of sweets.

Everyone gave Jenine candy, but they all forced her to eat a little at a time. Draco gave her a bracelet that was shaped like two snakes eating each other's tail with small green emerald stones on them.

Of course, Hermione received nothing but books. But the best book of all was an updated version of 'Hogwarts: A history,' which was given by Harry.

Ginny received new cleaning supplies for her broom from mostly everyone. Melany gave her a makeup kit because she knew that she loved makeup. Blaise gave her new leather Quidditch gloves.

The twins both received new prank supplies from everyone and they immediately started experimenting. The rest of the boys received new Quidditch things. But Ron received hot pink knickers from Jenine and Melany, who were having a laughing fit when he opened the gift.

At the end of the gift exchange, everyone cleaned up the torn wrapping paper on the floor before sitting back down.

"So what now?" Jenine said, sucking on a lollipop.

Everyone thought for a moment before Melany said, "How about we play truth or dare?"

"Truth or what?" Ron asked.

"It's a muggle game," Hermione said, "I'm in."

"Me too," said Jenine and Harry at the same time.

"Wait, before I agree, I want to know how to play," Draco said.

"Okay, for example, if Hermione asks you, you have to pick if you want to do a truth or a dare," Jenine said.

"Well what's a truth and what's a dare?" Blaise asked.

"A truth is when the person who tells you to pick asks you a question, and you have to answer that truthfully," Fred started.

"And a dare is when you have to do anything the person tells you to do," George said.

"Wait, how do you know about this?" Ginny asked the twins.

"Oh I know why," Melany started, "Remember that one day last summer where George was running around in his knickers screaming 'I love blokes'?"

Ginny thought for a moment and then nodded, realizing that they were playing the game that day.

"Yeah, well, that's a day I don't want to relive," George said, which made everyone laugh.

"So is everyone in?" Melany asked. They all smiled and nodded. Suddenly, the portrait hole opened to reveal Remus and Sirius

"Hello everyone. Happy Christmas," Remus said while taking a seat. Everyone greeted them.

"We were just about to start a game of Truth or Dare. You guys in?" Harry asked.

The two men smiled and Sirius said, "Definitely."

"Alright, so who's first?" Jenine asked.

"I will," Melany said with a mischievous grin, "Dad, truth or dare?"

Sirius thought for a moment before saying, "Dare."

Melany's smile got wider before saying, "I dare you to go get one of Harry's knickers and wear them on your head for 2 rounds." Everyone but Sirius and Harry were having a laughing fit.

"Fine I'll do it," Sirius muttered as he went upstairs to get a pair. When he came down, he had a dark plaid patterned pair of knickers on his head, and everyone was laughing even more.

"Laugh all you want, but now it's my turn. Melany, truth or dare?" he asked his daughter.

"Truth, please," she said, still catching her breath.

"Wait. How would we know if they're telling the truth or not?" Blaise said, suddenly.

"Good point Blaise, but that's why we have this," Melany said while taking out a bottle of Veritaserum.

"Before the person asks the question, you have to drink this, so everyone will know that you're not lying," she said before opening the bottle and drinking a sip.

"Someone test it to see if it works," Ginny said.

"I will," Jenine said, "Melany, what color are your knickers?"

"Blue," she said immediately before covering her mouth with her hand and turning red.

"Okay, it works," Jenine said, laughing.

"Alright," Sirius started, "Who is the first person you snogged?"

Everyone 'OOOO'ed and looked at Melany. Her hand was still over her mouth when she mumbled something.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" Hermione said, taking her hand from her mouth.

"George Weasley," she whispered, turning red

"Aww, Georgie, you gave Mela her first kiss," Fred said, while George turned red also.

Everyone laughed at the couple's embarrassment before moving on.

"Alright Ron, truth or dare?" Melany said.

"Truth," he said.

"Wimp," the twins muttered.

"I heard that!"

Melany passed the bottle to Ron, who drank a little.

"Alright Ron," she started, "Have you shagged someone in this school?"

Everyone looked at Ron, anxiously waiting for his answer.

"Well?" Jenine asked.

Ron muttered a yes and the twins and Ginny all stood up and slapped him on the back of his head.

"Do I get to ask now?" Ron said, rubbing the back of his head.

"Wait, wait! It's been two rounds! Can I take this off now?" Sirius said, pointing at the knickers. Melany nodded and he took them off.

"Alright, Ginny, truth or dare?" he said, looking at his sister.

"Truth," she said, and Ron handed her the bottle and she drank from it.

"Have you ever shagged anyone?"

"Of course not!" she said and all of her brothers took a sigh of relief.

"Alright, Harry, truth or dare?" she said, turning to him.

"Dare," he said.

Ginny thought for a moment before a smile came across from her face.

"I dare you to run to McGonagall's room in your knickers and wish her a Merry Christmas."

Everyone started to laugh before Harry said, "Can I have someone do it with me?"

The redhead thought for a moment before saying, "Alright. The twins, Ron, Blaise, and Malfoy will join you. Ron, go change into those hot pink knickers you got."

"What's in it for us?" the boys said.

"Us girls will buy you free butterbeer for a month," Jenine said.

The boys huddled up and talked for a moment before they broke apart.

"Fine deal. Ron, go change," George said and Ron went upstairs. It took 5 minutes before Ron came back down again.

"Never in a million years would I imagine myself saying this but, boys, please take everything but your knickers off," Ginny said.

The boys looked at each other for a moment before starting to remove their clothes slowly.

"Come on, we don't have all day," Jenine said, noticing the speed.

Once everyone was stripped down, they moved to the portrait hole.

"On my count, you guys run out and find your way to McGonagall's. Got it?" Melany said, at the door. The boys just nodded.

"One, two, THREE," once she said three, she opened the door and the boys dashed out.

They ran across the castle, passing by Slughorn and Flitwick along the way.

"What in Merlin's name?" Slughorn said, watching the boys run off.

When they reached the door to her room, Ron quickly knocked on it. It took about 30 seconds for the door to open.

"Yes may I-," but she stopped when she saw the shivering boys, "Gentlemen, I demand to know the meaning of this!"

"We just came to wish you a Merry Christmas," Harry said.

"And may all you holidays be jolly," Fred said.

"And we hope all your dreams come true," George finished.

"Oh and Happy New year, too" Malfoy said. With that, they ran back to the dorm.

When they entered, they quickly put their clothes back on and took a seat.

"So how'd it go?" Hermione asked them.

"You should've seen her face," Fred said, smiling.

"She didn't give you guys detention?" Jenine asked.

"I think she was too shocked to say anything at all," Blaise said.

"Oh and we passed by Slughorn and Flitwick, too," Harry said.

"What did they say?" Remus said, smiling.

"They just stood there in shock," Ron said, "It was quite funny though."

Everyone just laughed before Sirius said, "I think that's enough Truth or Dare for one day. Dinner is about to start so why don't we all head to the Great Hall?"

Everyone nodded as they stood up and left the common room. They spent the remainder of the Christmas stuffing themselves with food and more laughter.