A/N: Here's another chapter. Enjoy:))

Chapter 95: Christmas Eve

A week later, on Christmas Eve, Mr Weasley finally came back from the hospital.The kids were really happy and the Order as well, but Harry and I couldn't help but feel like something was wrong. There just was something inside of us that didn't feel right, but I for one, couldn't quite put my finger on it. Still, the feeling soon washed away, when Sirius' holiday spirit kicked in. He was obviously very happy to have us all there, and he made sure we knew it. Mistletoe hung from every doorway in the house, even in Mrs Black's room, where no one , save Sirius, ever entered. In the room next to it was Mrs Black's old office, and Sirius made sure to set everything that was there on fire.The spell he put on himself and the walls to make sure it ended without any wounds worked, but when he opened the door to get out, a huge cloud of black smoke got out. It took us some time to get rid of it. The resident of that room was now Buckbeak, sitting comfortably in a nest in the corner, and having a great view. Fairy lights (with real fairies, just like at Hogwarts) were everywhere around the house.

You couldn't take a step without hearing the chuckles of the dammned creatures. After a while, Tonks got so pissed off, she silenced all of them. Though her spell ended up silencing everyone else in the house too, we were thankful for her sparing our sanity. In the living room, a big Christmas tree throned, decorated mostly with candy, although it had Fred and George's traditional petrified grumpy garden gnome, dressed up as an angel. Kreacher even made a lot of gingerbread and fudge. They came with a side of snarky comments, yes, but he was going through a long process to change, so it was good for now.

"Hi everyone, guess who I brought !"

Tonks entered the kitchen, sporting her festive red hair instead of her ususal bubblegum one. (mine was green now, I couldn't let her have all the fun) Remus followed after. We last saw him a few months ago, before leaving for school.

"Remus! How are you?"

"I'm good. I actually had a few easy missions. I finally got to sleep. " He really looked better. The circles under his eyes were smaller and he looked happier.

"That's great. You're spending Christmas with us?"

"Yes, Tonks and I are taking you all to Kings Cross, so we'll stay here until the end of the break. How's school?"

"About as bad as it can get." Harry said, while Remus sat down next to Sirius, on the other side of the table. We heard a thud in the hall and the violent array of screams and curses coming from Mrs Black's portrait. Remus and Mrs Weasley rushed out.

"I bet you a galleon Tonks tripped over the umbrella stand again." I heard Fred whisper to George, and that got him a smack around the head from Hermione.

"Ouch! Why'd you do that? It hurt. " He started rubbing the back of his head and looked down at the table. Mione's anger visibly melted away at that, and she leant forward to hug Fred. He suddently turned with a smirk on his face and caught her lips in a kiss. She kissed him back, their hands entwined on their sides, but as soon as he let her go, she threw him a death glare. He just laughed it off, and Hermione wasn't really angry. I could see her excitement pouring from under her "disappointment" mask. From what I knew, this was their first kiss. Sirius was looking down at his plate on the other side of the table, but smiling like a dork. I had a feeling dad's actions weren't really different from Fred's. Taking advantage of his brother's lack of attention to confuse him, George whispered back to him: "I know she did."

Ginny was just looking at them with an amused expression on her face but a hint of regret as well. I knew she thought Harry was far from liking her back, but then again, he thought that too. Though I wasn't going to tell either of them that. They had to solve it themselves.

After dinner, we helped Mr Weasley get to the living room. There was no light in the room other than the one coming from the fireplace. We all received the Weasley sweaters in advance, and were wearing them at the moment, sitting on the couch, stuffed chairs or on the floor. We stayed up late, talking about OWLs and what a nightmare Umbridge was, about future plans and just about everything we could think about. The night was too beautiful to waste it sleeping.

At some point though, we had to go to sleep. When I and the girls got into our room, we each found a letter on our beds from Luna. They looked like Howlers, but were blue. When I opened mine, a song came out of it. We ended up going to sleep on the beautiful tunes of 'Let it snow'.

Oh, the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

And since we've no place to go

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Man it doesn't show signs of stoppin'

And I brought some corn for poppin'

The lights are turned way down low

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

When we finally kiss good-night

How I'll hate going out in the storm

But if you really hold me tight

All the way home I'll be warm

And the fire is slowly dying

And, my dear, we're still good-bye-ing

But as long as you love me so

Let it snow, let it snow, and snow

When we finally kiss good-night

How I'll hate going out in the storm

But if you really grab me tight

All the way home I'll be warm

Oh the fire is slowly dying

And, my dear, we're still good-bye-ing

But as long as you love me so

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow