December 25th- Monday- Potter Manor

James leaned over and gave a sleeping Lily a kiss. Her eyes fluttered open and she ran her hand through James' messy bedhead. James pressed himself next to her and smiled against her lips.

"Merry Christmas beautiful," James mumbled.

"Morning." Lily whispered. "Why don't you go wake the kids up?"

James grinned and Lily rolled her eyes gently swinging her legs out of bed.

James cast a silencing charm on the room before quietly making his way over to Sophie's bed.

"WAKE UP!" James yelled jumping onto Sophie's bed.

She let out an ear-piercing scream and bolted upright. She glared angrily at James.

"What was that for Dad!" She screamed.

"Shhh! Come on! It's Christmas!"

Sophie smiled. "Can we aguamenti Harry?"

James nodded and removed the silencing charm. He and Sophie crept through the halls and made their way to Harry's room. They quietly put up another silencing charm and got into position.

Sophie smirked and hid right next to Harry's bed. James spelled the water onto Harry and he woke up sputtering. Just as he was recovering, Sophie jumped up and landed on his chest.

"Morning Harry!" She screamed.

Harry laughed and rolled over so that she was underneath and started to tickle her sides.

"Harry! Harry come on! Let's go wake up Dudley!"

Harry grinned and pulled Sophie off the bed. The siblings ran through the halls with James on their tails and didn't bother putting up a silencing charm. Harry whipped out his wand and smiled at Sophie.

"Augamenti!"

Dudley shot up so fast that he rolled out of bed.

"Dudley! Come on! It's Christmas!"

Dudley shook his head and sprayed water everywhere. He eventually got off the floor and everyone made their way downstairs. Lily greeted them and everyone raced to the Christmas tree. They divided the presents into piles and the kids immediately started to open theirs. Dudley got a new firebolt, Harry got tickets to a Puddlemore United game and Sophie received tickets to go to the Weird Sisters Concert.

"I got you guys something too," Sophie said to Dudley and Harry. She handed them each a crooked friendship bracelet with a small bead in the middle.

"I made them and mom charmed them so that they will never break."

"Thanks Sophie!" Harry exclaimed. "Me and Dudley got you something too but we left it upstairs. We'll go get it." Harry nudged Dudley and they both ran up the stairs. "Help me with the cat!" Harry whispered to him.

They both entered the closet and carefully picked up the cat from where it was playing with a toy snitch. They placed it in the basket and walked downstairs.

"Close your eyes!" Harry yelled down.

Sophie put her hands over her face and waited as Harry and Dudley settled down in front of her.

"Ok, Open!" Dudley said.

"MY KITTEN!" Sophie screamed reaching forward to cradle the tiny animal in her arms.

"A kitten?!" Lily and James yelled.

Harry and Dudley looked sheepish.

"Well, you see Sophie really wanted the cat so I went back and bought it for her." Harry confessed.

"We'll talk about this later." Lily said but there was a glint in her eye that told them that they weren't really in trouble.
Sophie was cuddling the kitten in her lap and it pawed at her shirt. She wiggled her fingers and the kitten jumped up to try and catch them. She laughed and stroked the kitten's back so that it settled down.

"What are you going to name her Sophie?" Harry asked.

She looked at the kitten and thought about it. Something seemed to flash in her eyes and she smiled.

"Melody. Her name is Melody."

Meg woke up to the sound of her alarm and groaned. She had stayed up late last night at the party. She and Sirius had danced the night away and she might have had a bit too much firewhiskey. Sirius had driven her back on his motorbike and she had fallen asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. She moved to get out of bed but froze hearing someone walking around the house. She reached for her wand, which she always kept on her bedside table, and slowly stood up.

While Meg was no soldier, she could duel better than anyone in her class. She had only had to test her skills on the field a few times luckily. Meg opened the door to her bedroom and was surprised when she saw her boyfriend Sirius leaning casually against the opposite wall.

"Merry Christmas!" He exclaimed throwing his hand in the air.

Meg smiled and put her wand in a holster that she wore around her waist.

"Morning Sirius." She said as she walked closer to him. She gave him a gentle kiss and smiled when he moved towards the kitchen. There was a breakfast of pancakes and eggs waiting on the counter. The couple ate and talked and then came the time to exchange gifts. Sirius pulled a box out of his pocket and handed it to Meg. Likewise, she grabbed a box from the table behind her and handed it to him. Sirius opened the box to find a new leather jacket and wand holster.

"I never see anyone use them here in England but they're really common in America and I figured you could use it." She said referring to the holster.

She opened her box to find a beautiful ruby necklace. It had a single ruby shaped in a teardrop hung on a simple silver chain. Sirius helped her clasp it around her neck and gave her a kiss on the neck when he was finished. Meg giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I love you Megan Woods." Sirius said staring into her eyes.

"I love you too Sirius Black."

Remus was sitting in his room at Grimmauld place waiting for Sirius to return. Sirius had been spending a lot of time at Meg's and Remus was a bit lonely. He knew that he was welcomed at the Potter's house but he didn't want to intrude. He looked up when he heard a bang and a muffled cuss. He stood up and found Tonks picking up some oranges while mumbling about her clumsiness. Remus helped her and picked up the other things that she had dropped. Her hair flashed orange and she looked up.

"Hey Remus." She said.

"Hi Tonks."

"Where is everyone?" She asked.

"Celebrating Christmas," Remus responded.

They looked down.

"You wanna celebrate with me?" Tonks asked shyly. "My parents are out of town.." Tonks trailed off.

Remus smiled. "Sure."

They got to work on preparing a Christmas meal for themselves with whatever they could find in the house or what Tonks bought. They laughed and Tonks spilled the ingredients quite a bit but in the end, they had a cake and a ham ready to eat. They ate and laughed and goofed around since no one was home. They were laughing so hard that Mrs. Black woke up and they had to heave her curtains closed. They collapsed on the ground from their laughter and looked at each other smiling.

"Merry Christmas Remus."

"Merry Christmas Tonks."

A/N- Hey guys! Thanks so much for reading and hopefully leaving a review! I hope that this doesn't seemed rushed and I promise that the next chapter will have more action!

Until Next Time,

-Marauderette24