"Harry." Jenny said pulling gently at a lock of his hair. Harry woke up and looked around. Ron was looking at him amused and Hermione stood by the door looking slightly bemused.
"What?" Harry asked. Jenny was biting her lip to stop herself from laughing and Ginny had gone red.
"You might want to look down." Ron said. Hermione hummed a little tune and looked away as Harry looked down. Harry quickly tried to sit up properly and pressed a pillow over his waist.
"Presents." Harry said. Jenny started laughing, unable to contain it.
"Who were you dreaming about?" Ginny asked.
"No one." Harry said. Ginny nodded, not believing him. "Are all our presents down here?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, Shoner brought them all in." Hermione said. Harry had noticed that Hermione spent a lot of time trying to talk to Castra and Shoner recently.
"You haven't been trying to set him free have you?" Harry asked her.
"No, I've found a much more worth while project that's taking Priority over SPEW" Hermione said.
"What's that?" Ron asked. He tore his eyes away from Harry laughing as Harry uncomfortably tried to get his hormones in check. Jenny sat on the bed next to him as Ginny began to sort through the mass of presents in the middle of the floor.
"I'm not telling you. Top secret." Hermione said. She sat down and began to unwrap her presents.
Harry opened his presents. He got a couple of odd things from Ginny that Harry could only guess at what they were. Hermione had got him the latest edition of Hogwarts: A history. Ron had gotten him a large box of assorted sweets. There was a collection of defence books from Lupin and Sirius again. Harry would have loved to try some of the spells and counter-curses in the book but he was still under age. Harry had already received Jenny's present and April gave Harry a quaffle.
"I'm not even a chaser." Harry said tossing it in the air. He was walking to Hedwig's cage to give her a treat.
"It used to be yours." Jenny told him. "Mum bought it for your first birthday." Harry remembered Petunia mentioning something about it.
"Cool." Harry said smiling. He passed it to Ginny who did a few tricks with it and put it on the bed.
"Now you just need two Bludgers and you have the whole collection." Ginny said happily. She seemed to have fully recovered from Percy's death quite quickly, as had Ron. The only thing that indicated something was different was their constant bickering.
"WE'RE HERE!" they heard Fred Weasley shout into the house. Ginny grinned and headed out of the room. Harry was about to take Jenny's hand when he saw Hermione give him a sad look and then hastily stuff his hand into the pockets of the jeans he had changed into. Jenny followed suit and played with her hair while Ron led Hermione out of the room.
"This is getting annoying." Jenny mumbled as they walked down the stairs.
"I know but we have to make sure Hermione's totally ok with us." Harry said. Jenny sighed.
"Who cares? You didn't ask her when you dated Cho." Jenny said, a hint of bitterness was in her voice.
"She's my best friends and things are different now." Harry stopped by the picture of his parents. "Merry Christmas." Harry said to the portrait. James and Lily Potter grinned and smiled at him proudly. Harry wished that like the portraits in Dumbledore's office the photo would talk to him. Jenny noticed the sadness spread across his face and pulled his hand out of his pocket and laced her fingers in his fingers. Harry looked at Jenny and smiled. She grinned and kissed his cheek. They went into the kitchen where Fred was putting out several different sweets on the table and making sure they were in the right place. George was putting labels down in front of them and then mixed up the labels. Hermione eyed the sweets suspiciously and Ron and Ginny were giving their brothers strange looks.
"What are you-" Harry started but Fred looked up and beamed.
"Harry, Harry, Harry. Our great investor. Come and try some sweets." Fred said putting an arm around Harry's shoulders and leading him to the table.
"Do I dare?" Harry asked looking at the sweets suspiciously.
"I wouldn't if I were you." Said a girl who sounded very familiar. Harry turned to see Angelina Johnson behind him standing with Katie Bell. "They tricked me into doing that. I had to wait a week before I could go out in public again" Angelina, the old Gryffindor Quidditch captain eyed Fred slightly annoyed.
"I'm sorry darling." Fred said going to her and holding her shoulders. "I'll never do that again, I promise." Angelina smiled and Fred gave her a quick kiss.
"Please." Ron muttered.
"What are you two doing here?" Harry asked Angelina and Katie.
"Fred and George invited us over for Christmas." Katie said, "Plus Angelina's a member of the order."
"You know about the order?" Hermione asked slightly surprised.
"Of course." Angelina said. "Katie's on the waiting list. She found out about it when George accidentally told her at your last Hogsmeade weekend." George gave them all an innocent look and he picked up a sweet.
"You must be Jenny Marsden." George said to Jenny, "I've met you before haven't I?"
"Yes." Jenny said smirking.
"Merry Christmas." George said pressing a sweet into Jenny's hand.
"Thanks but if there's anything I've learnt from being Ginny's best friend it's don't trust anything you guys make." Jenny said smiling, "but thanks anyway." George looked slightly annoyed.
"Never mind." Fred said clapping his hands. "Harry, we'd like to pay you back for investing in us." George and Fred both wore identical smiles and Fred produced a large bag of Galleons.
"There's one thousand five hundred Galleons. One and a half times the amount you gave us." George told him.
"At least you can do maths." Hermione said amused. Fred nodded his head slightly.
"I don't want it." Harry said.
"Don't joke around Harry!" Ron said amazed at his brother's generosity.
"It's a once in a life time offer." Fred said.
"But I don't need it." Harry said. Fred and George continued to pester Harry about him taking the bag when Katie put a hand on George's arm.
"He doesn't want it" Katie said.
"Ok, fine." George said slightly put off. He turned to Hermione. "Here you have it." Hermione stared at him in shock.
"Um…" George pushed the bag into Hermione's arms and let her carry the bag.
"Christmas present." Fred said, "Never let it be known that the Weasley twins weren't generous."
"I don't know what to say." Hermione said.
"Just your approval is all we need." George said "Then we can start selling in Hogwarts."
"Yeah, ok." Hermione said.
"Yes!" Fred said giving George a high five.
"Harry, dear, could you pass the potatoes please." Mrs. Weasley said sweetly. Harry passed the large bowl of the food and then continued to talk to Hermione. He would have spoken to Ron but he had gone extraordinarily quiet. Harry had a feeling it had something to do with Fleur Delacour sitting opposite him. She was smiling and laughing with Bill at something he'd said. Bill seemed really pleased that she had come. Katie and Angelina were talking quickly with Fred and George while Harry had a feeling that Ginny and Jenny were planning something.
"It seems like one big family doesn't it?" Hermione said.
"Well, most of the people here are part of the same family." Harry said.
"I wonder how Fleur got here though, I didn't know she was part of the order." Hermione said.
"Zees is very different to how ve haf dinner back home" Fleur said to Bill.
"Do you like it?" Bill asked.
"Yez, very much." Fleur said giggling slightly. Hermione scowled.
"She seemed somewhat like a stuck up cow at Hogwarts." Hermione said.
"Well, maybe she's changed a bit." Harry suggested.
"No one can change that quickly." Ron said.
"Well it's been a year and a half Ron." Hermione said. Ron muttered something and carried on eating silently.
"Where's Mum?" Jenny asked Sirius, who sat next to Lupin.
"I don't know." Sirius said, "Last I heard she was on a raid."
"When was that?" Ginny asked.
"Last night." Sirius said. Harry listened to snatches of all the conversations then suddenly his scar erupted in pain.
"Ah!" Harry shouted as he dropped his cutlery and held his forehead. Fleur jumped nearly a foot in the air in surprise and Hermione and Ron, who were both sitting next to him dropped their cutlery in surprise.
"What is it?" Ron asked.
"Voldemort's really angry." Harry said closing his eyes tightly. Fleur flinched slightly at Voldemort's name and held onto Bill tightly.
"Harry, are you ok?" Mrs. Weasley asked. She looked slightly pale. "Do you think you should go to bed?"
"No I'm fine." Harry said politely. "He's really really pissed off with someone." A moment later the fire place erupted into flames and April came running out of it. Her robes had a large tear in them and there was a gash across her cheek that was bleeding slightly. Sirius stood up in alarm.
"Remus, I need you to get Dumbledore." April said, sounding slightly out of breath. Everyone looked around at her.
"What's happening?" Jenny asked.
"I'll tell you later. Remus, NOW!" April said urgently. Remus got to his feet and apparated away. April glanced around the table as if counting who was here. Her eyes settled on Katie Bell for a few moments then she turned back to the fireplace. "Everyone stay here. No one is to leave this house. Including you miss. Delacour. Head Auror office, ministry of magic." She said as she threw some powder into the fire. She disappeared.
"Who waz zat?" Fleur asked.
"I think we should go upstairs, I'll explain up there." Bill said. "Can we go?" He asked his mum. Mrs. Weasley nodded and Bill got up and led Fleur out of the kitchen.
"Why was she staring at me?" Katie asked George uncomfortably.
"She was probably surprised to see you, that's all." George said. Katie nodded and was going to start talking to Angelina again when a few moments later Shoner wondered in carrying a letter. It was black and had the emblem of the Ministry of Magic printed on it in gold. Everyone knew what that letter meant. It meant that someone had died.
"Thanks Shoner." Harry said sombrely, holding his hand out.
"It is not for you, sir. It is for that lady there sir." Shoner said pointing to Katie. Katie sat up slightly more alert and looked at George. Shoner walked over to Katie and handed her the letter. Katie took it with shaking hands. Jenny looked over to Harry who looked back at her for a while then looked back to Katie. She opened the letter and Harry could see her eyes following the writing. Her mouth began to form a small o and her eyes seemed to fill with tears. Harry had a feeling this would be a Christmas Katie would remember forever, and not in the good way. She folded the letter up and stared at where it had been.
"What is it?" George asked Katie, putting an arm around her. Katie swallowed back her tears and looked at Mrs. Weasley.
"May I leave the table Mrs. Weasley?" Katie asked.
"Of course dear." Mrs. Weasley said. Katie thanked her and left the table running. Angelina got up and followed her frowning. Fred and George were looking rather uncomfortable about it and Mr. Weasley sighed.
"I suppose I'll go to the office and find out what's happening." He said. He got up and left through the fireplace. Mrs. Weasley looked at the remaining people at the table
"Well, eat up." She said. "Sirius, could we have a word outside please." Sirius nodded and left the kitchen with Mrs. Weasley.
"Who do you think died?" Ginny asked worriedly.
"I'd guess it would be her parents." Jenny said.
"But Katie's all witch isn't she?" Hermione asked. Harry shrugged and looked at Ron.
"I guess you're the captain now mate." Ron said looking at the door.
"Well, best be cheering up our girlfriends." Fred said getting up with George.
A/N:-I'm sorta gonna have a marauder chapter next chapter and a few references to some of my previous stories (All about Change/Death is the Way) but if you haven't read them, do not fret my friends/readers/reviewers I'll try and explain some stuff later. Also, those of you who don't like Pettigrew (Which i'm sure is quite a few of you) {Spoiler alert for next chapter} April will be getting some sort of revenge on him next chapter (spoiler)