A/N: I don't own Harry Potter
This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Writing Club December
Assorted Appreciation: 6 - The Polar Express - Dialogue: "It's everything I dreamed it would be." - Alt - Item: Bell
Scamander's Case: 7 - (prompt) write about someone innocent
Winter Funfair
Eastern Funfair – Holiday cocktails - Apple Cider Mules: (animal) cat
Southern Funfair – Light the Menorah - (trait) Mischievous
Northern Funfair – Petting zoo – Ambrose the Arctic Fox - Pet: (color) white
Word count: 425
Rose yawned. It was dark outside. Why was she awake? She thought she had heard something? She stood on her shaky legs and reached out wrapping her tiny fingers around the wooden bars of her crib.
There! There it was again. She had heard something! She moved Mr. Otter closer to the bars and stood on top of him. The plush toy gave under her feet slightly. She could call out for Mummy, but Mummy was sleeping and Daddy got grumpy when she woke him up for nothing.
This might be nothing. Crooks might have just knocked something off the inside tree. Rose didn't understand why there was a tree in the house now, or why it was covered in bright colorful shiny things that she wasn't allowed to touch. The inside tree made Mummy happy though. Rose pushed off of Mr. Otter and tumbled over the bars of her crib.
She landed with a soft 'thud'. The floor didn't hurt at all. She remembered Mummy waving her wand over the floor and saying words. Maybe that was why the floor here didn't hurt when she fell. She toddled towards the living room. That's where Mummy and Daddy had put the indoor tree. She fell a few times, but picked herself back up and toddled on. This walking thing wasn't as hard as she'd first thought.
The living room was dark, except for the lights on the indoor tree. They sparkled, like little white jewels in the dark. Rose smiled. They were so pretty. No, she wasn't here for the lights. She wanted to know what had made that noise!
She looked toward the fireplace, and tilted her head in confusion. There was a man standing next to the fireplace. He was wearing a red outfit and had a big white beard. He was wearing a red hat with a bell on the end. Rose had never seen him before.
"Ahh, hello little Rose, have you been a good girl this year?"
"Yes," Rose answered softly.
"Then close your eyes, Rose. Go on, close your eyes," he said. Rose closed her eyes tightly. She felt magic swirl around the room. "You can open them now," he said. Rose opened her eyes and squealled in joy. There were dozens of wrapped boxes under the tree.
"Good night, Rose Snape," the man said before he disappeared into the fireplace. Rose stared at the presents before running, falling several times, to tell her parents that a man in a red suit had left presents under the indoor tree!