Christmas Dream

 The days till Christmas went by in normal tempo for everyone, except Harry and Melody. Every day felt like a whole week, but finally, when everyone was boarding the train, Harry walked alone to Hogsmead, where he was going to meet Sirius, since Harry didn't know where he lived yet. They would use Flow Powder to his house.  They'd managed to keep the thing about Harry's little sister secret, and trust me, that wasn't easy!

  Finally, Harry reached the "three Broomsticks". He walked inside, and began searching for Sirius, who noticed Harry and waved at him. He was sitting at the very end of the room, almost hidden behind a large man, almost like Hagrid, only a bit smaller and with a red, untidy beard.

"Hi, Harry! How's it going? Sirius asked Harry after he'd settled down in a chair at the other side of the little, round table.

"I'm fine! Though I just can't wait to meet her!" Harry answered. "So why are we sitting here? Wasn't we supposed to meet them at your place?"

"Yeah, we were, but Dumbledore asked me yesterday if it was alright if we met them here instead. Melody wanted to see Hogsmead, I guess." Sirius answered

"Oh. Ok!" Harry said. "When will they arrive?"

"They were supposed to be here by n…Hey! Dumbledore! Melody! Over here!" Sirius called, waving his hand again.

Harry stood up, so that he could see over the large man in front of him. He noticed that his heart was beating a bit, well, much, faster as Dumbledore and Melody came closer.

"Hi!" Melody was the first to say something.

"Hey!" Harry answered. They stood in silence for a while, when Melody finally broke the silence by giving Harry a great hug, tears streaming down her cheek. "I never thought Christmas would come!" she said.

"Me neither!" Harry answered, a bit surprised. His knees got all shaky, though he hoped no one noticed…

"I'm sorry we're late." Dumbledore said to Sirius. "I showed Melody some of the shops here in Hogsmead. She wanted to buy some presents."

"It's Ok." Sirius answered. "Harry just arrived as well!"

"You must be Sirius?" Melody said, turning to face Sirius, making it sound more like a fact than a question, "Pleased to meet you!"

"The same goes for you. The last time I saw you, you were this small!" Sirius answered.

"Yeah…" Melody said. "I guess I've grown since then…"

"You sure have!" Sirius laughed. "Well, if you don't want anything here, why don't we just go to my place?"

"Yes, why not." Dumbledore answered.

"Wait a minute!" Harry interrupted, and turned to face Melody. "You just have to taste the Butterbear here. It's great!"

"The what?" Melody asked.

"The butterbear!" Harry answered. "You have to taste it."

"Yeah, you said so!" Melody smiled.

  Some minutes afterwards, they had all drunk up their Butterbear and were ready to go.

"That really was delicious!" Melody said, after making sure she didn't left anything of it back in the bottle.

"Told you so!" Harry said with a smile.

"Ok, you guys." Sirius said. "We'll better leave before it gets pitch dark."

  They walked outside. It was already getting a little dark, and the snow made the street look like it was taken out of a Christmas card.

"This is so beautiful." Melody said quietly. Sirius took the Flow Powder out of his pocket, and after giving Melody the instructions, they were ready to go. Harry was first. He stepped into the smoke, started to whirl around, and landed softly on a rug in Sirius living room. Melody came after him, then Dumbledore, and, as the last one, Sirius. He walked over to a big fireplace, took up his wand, pointed it at the fireplace and mumbled a word. Suddenly, a big, roaring fire lit up the dark room. Then he pointed his wand at some candles at a table, which lit up at once.

"Wow…" Melody said, taken aback.

"Well…" Sirius started, "Welcome to my little place!"

"Little?" Harry said. "I wouldn't call it that. It's more like cosy and luxuries."

"Well. Call it what you want! You could at least sit down, while I'll go and get some snacks!" Sirius said.

By the time Sirius came back from the kitchen with two large bowls with chips, and a large mug with coco, Harry, Melody and Dumbledore had settled themselves in the two sofas that were standing around a middle-large, wooden table. In front of the roaring fire, there were a smaller table and two chairs. Candles were lit about, making the room look smaller than it really was.

  They chatted for hours, about how it was living as a muggle, how it was being wizard, about the ministry, they chatted about all things involved in the wizard-world. And least, but not last, Hogwarts. Melody just couldn't wait till she could see Hogwarts with her own eyes. That she would be going to that school in two weeks or so was unbelievable.

  When the clock started ticking towards 12 pm, Dumbledore had to leave.

"Hope I'll see you soon, then!" Sirius said. "You're welcome at any time."

"It was great to meet you, Dumbledore. Thank you for taking me here! You have to come and visit us soon!" Melody continued.

"I can assure you that I will, Melody." Dumbledore started. "You're so like your mother…"

After that everyone was silent. Dumbledore broke the silence. "Well… thank you so much for the coco, Sirius. See you all very soon!" Then he disappeared.

"Well, I think you two should go to bed." Sirius said. "We have much to do tomorrow."

"Can't we stay just a little longer?" Melody said.

"Pleazzzzzzz?" Harry and Melody gave Sirius an innocent look while saying this.

"Come on, you guys. Off to bed!" Sirius said, trying to sound definite. "One could almost think you were two years old."

"Yeah, right…C'mon… better listen to the ol' man…" Harry said to Melody.

"Yeah." Melody laughed. "Thanks for the food, Snuffle!"

Sirius looked after them as they were going up the stairs to second floor, where their bedrooms were. He had a smile on his face, and if you looked close enough, you could see a silvery tear escaping his right eye.

"This is going to be the best Christmas since school days." He thought.

The next day was Christmas day. Harry and Melody woke up at 11, and found that Sirius was already up.

"Good Morning! What are you two doing up so early?" he said teasingly, receiving a supposed-to-be-warning look from Harry.

"'Morning!" Melody said.

"Breakfast in the kitchen." Sirius continued.

Harry and Melody walked over to the big kitchen, and sat down at the table.

After breakfast all the three of them went to Hogsmead to buy the last presents and the turkey. By 3 o'clock they were back in Sirius' place. Sirius started to prepare the turkey at once, so it would be finished by 6.

"Is the food ready soon? I'm starving." Harry walked out to the kitchen.

"Yeah… You and Melody can have the honour to put these plates on the table in the living room." Sirius answered.

"Did someone mention my name?" Melody called from the living room.

"Yes, we did. You and Harry can put the plates on the table. Sirius called back.

"Right…" Melody answered.

When the table was all set, the door bell rang.

"It's probably Remus." Sirius said while he sat the turkey on the table. "I'll get it." Harry said. He opened the door and let Remus in.

"Harry! Good to see yah!" Remus said and gave Harry a hug.

"Same to you!" Harry answered. Remus walked into he living room.

"Smells delicious." He said. "Hey, Sirius. Did you make this?"

"As a mater of fact I did. Merry Christmas by the way!"

"Oh.. completely forgot. Merry Christmas everyone!"

"Merry Christmas!" Harry and Melody replied.

Remus got a surprised look on his face when he noticed Melody, who'd been standing behind the sofa.

"I'm so sorry. I think there's something Sirius forgot to tell me." Remus said "I'm Remus Lupin."

"Melody Potter." Melody anwered while she shook Remus' hand.

Remus got a weird look on his face, like if he wondered if he'd heard right, or if this was a bad joke.

"You look like you've seen a ghost."

"Well… seems like I have. Or is there something I should know?"

"I think you know it already. This is Melody Potter, Harry's sister."

"Right… is this another one of your bad jokes, Padfoot?"

"I don't have that bad sense of humor, Moony."

"Well, then what's going on?"

"Melody got saved from the ruins. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before, but I simply couldn't…"

Sirius got interrupted by the door bell.

"I'll get it." He said, and walked over to the door and opened it. There was a sudden silence. Then Sirius burst out: "Arabella? What on earth are you doing here?"

"I've come to see Melody." Harry heard a woman's voice answer.

"Well of course you are.." Sirius answered. "Well, come on in!"

Sirius moved from the doorway and Arabella stepped inside.

Melody ran over to her. "What are you doing here?"

"I've come to see you."

"But… what about your boyfriend? I thought you were spending Christmas with him?"

"Hrmf… I was… Until this morning."

"What happened?" Melody asked surprised.

"Well… He came drunk home from a party yesterday with lipstick all over."

"Oh boy.. that's not good."

"Tell me 'bout it…"

"You can stay here if you like, right Snuffle?" Melody asked Sirius.

"'Course you can. Just have to get another plate."

"Are you sure?" Arabella asked. "I'm so sorry 'bout this. Hope I don't spoil anything."

"'Course you don't!" Sirius answered. "It's been too long since last time I saw you."

"15 years to be exact." Arabella said.

"Yeah… Well… come and sit down everyone."

"Wait." Arabella said. "Where's Harry?"

"Err… I don't know. He was here a moment ago." Sirius answered. "Harry? Come down. It's dinner!"

"Coming!" Harry called from second floor. He ran down the steers.

"What were you doing?" Sirius asked.

"Nothin'!" Harry answered. Arabella walked over to him. Her eyes were shining.

"Hey Harry. I'm Arabella." She said after giving him a hug.

"Hey. Harry. You're Melody's aunt, right?"

"Yes, I am. It seems like yesterday you were small. I remember your mum and dad, Lily and James, when they sere trying to feed you. The first thing I saw when I opened the door to their house was you sitting rather satisfied in your chair, while Lily and James had smashed potatoes all over." She said, and they all laughed.

Then it was silence. Sirius broke the silence by inviting everyone to take their seat.   

It turned out to be a really nice dinner. The turkey actually tasted good, and they chatted till 1 o'clock, when Remus found out they had to dance. He turned on some swing-music and invited Arabella for a dance. Soon they were all exhausted, and Remus and Arabella had to leave.

"So where are you staying?" Sirius asked Arabella.

"At the little place down In Hogsmead. Already fixed a room."

"Ok. See you two tomorrow then?"

"See you." Arabella answered.

"You too, Remus?"

"Yeah, why not! I'll bring my presents. Bye everyone!" 

Sirius, Harry and Melody said Good Night to both of them, and Remus and Arabella were gone.

The three of them went to bed at 3 o'clock, totally exhausted.

"'Night everyone." Melody murmured.

"'Night…" Harry and Sirius replied. They walked to their rooms, and everyone fell of to sleep instantly, except Harry. He laid on his back in his bed, thinking.

"I wish this Christmas'd never end." He thought, before dropping of to sleep. 

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