Carpe Diem: Second Year Revision
by Alec6427/NecessaryEvil
Disclaimer: They belong to J.K. who is taking way too much time to get the 5th book out, longer than its taking me to write these chapters even.
A/N: No reviews *pout* o well, guess you guys are losing interest, but the show must go on, so it will. O and didn't I tell you I would explain Will and Ben's Halloween costumes? Well there it was in the last chapter, they're Animagi. In fact all the students that went to Pearl know a little something about transforming as its a required course in California. Hey its my school so I get to make up the rules. :-D
Well then we should push on shouldn't we. On with the show mates.
Chapter Eighteen:
Gifts
Harry woke early Christmas morning to Ron's prodding. He sat up straight and looked down at the pile of presents at the foot of his bed. He moved down to rifle through the pile and decided to open the present from the Dursleys first and work his way up to the real presents. The Dursleys had sent him a toothpick and a note telling him to find out if he could stay at Hogwarts for the summer holidays too. Deciding to think over his relatives surprisingly good suggestion later Harry moved onto his gift from Hagrid which turned out to be a map to where he had put Harry's gift with a note that said, "I think you'll like it, just be polite and bow," Harry had a disturbing feeling that it would be one of Hagrid's prized creatures, which were more often than dangerous.
Next he opened his gift from Mrs. Weasely, she had sent him a gold and silver sweater with the Hogwarts emblem sewn into the front and about a dozen pounds of sweets. Harry pulled on the sweater and tossed a Chocolate Frog's leg into his mouth before turning to his next gift. Cho had given him a heart chain, meant to hang from the end of either a wand or a broom and enhance the power of said broom or wand (think the key-chains in Kingdom Hearts only heart shaped) and golden phoenix feather quill (Get them at Flourish and Blott's: Guaranteed to always write correctly and even possibly heal you in times of need. No more paper cuts for you.). Ron had gotten him a book titled "Flying with the Cannons," Harry laughed at the obvious promotion of his friends favorite Quidditch team. Hermione had sent him a book entitled, "Three Hundred Fifty Ways to Stay Out of Trouble, by Hermione Granger," apparently having spent less time around Ron and Harry and finishing her Homework easily Hermione had time to write a book (poor girl). Fred and George had sent him a blank parchment along with a note saying, "The password is "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good," and when you're done say, "Mischief managed," good luck, we don't need it,"
Harry having gone through all of the gifts he expected was surprised to see another parcel lying at the foot of his bed, he opened it to find two beautiful swords one with a red handle and a charging Lion engraved on the blade the other with a blue handle with a soaring Raven engraved on the blade, an attached note said
These may come in handy in more ways than one, get practicing.
Warningly,
Okami
Harry stared in awe at the two wondrous blades, sensing power coming off of them in waves. He placed them in the bottom of his trunk for safe keeping and got dressed to go get Cho and head down to see what Hagrid had given him.
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Harry followed the map down the snowy grounds to a small paddock around back of the castle where he found a creature that looked like a cross between a horse and an eagle upon seeing it Cho gasped, "That's a Hippogriff. They are very noble creatures, very good companions for great warriors, you have to bow to them and keep eye contact and if they bow back then they trust you," Harry did as Cho said and the Hippogriff returned the bow and offered Harry a seat on its back, Harry mounted it and it flew over the castle to Hagrid's hut, Hagrid was waiting for them there and said, "Isn't he a beaut, 'is name is Buckbeak,"
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Meanwhile at Connors Mansion
At four o'clock the housemates finally began exchanging gifts. Ben and Will got a pair of warrior swords as a gift from everyone in the group that cared to pitch in. Will received a new cloak each from Jen and Jess, as his old cloak was tattered from all the fighting he did in it. Will got Jen a heart locket with, "Till the End of the World" engraved on the back, he got Jess and Ben a pair of omnoculars each, he got David a sarcasm ball, and he got Emily a ticket to a Coliseum Tournament in Oregon.
After the gifts were exchanged they began packing their stuff, because they planned on getting back to school a week before everyone else who had left for break. Will and Ben were planning to train a few of their housemates for the Coliseum Games, Jen was planning on training with Cho and Harry for the upcoming Quidditch match, and everyone else decided that they might as well all go instead of just a few of them.
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On the train Jen got Will alone in one of the compartments and pulled out a last gift, "I got this last minute this afternoon," he opened the package and pulled out a royal heart chain, which looked like a intricately decorated heart with a crown sitting atop it, like a heart chain it unlocked extra power from the thing it was attached to, but this instead of just adding strength pulled emotion out of its user to add a crushing strength to the thing it was attached to and also unlike the heart chain it wasn't for a broom or wand, but for a sword.
He pulled Jen into a kiss now relishing the feel of her half-vampire visage coming forth as he crushed her lips with his own and held her closely to him, when they pulled apart for him to take a breath they plopped down into one of the chairs, her sitting across his lap. They stayed like this for the remainder of the trip in comfortable silence, neither of them caring that she had yet to slip back to her human visage.
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A/N: Well next chapter we finally find out what the Coliseum Games are really all about, and who is this mysterious Okami. Blah blah blah stay tuned blah blah blah up soon blah blah blah. This chap is short in't. Well maybe it'll be long next time if you give me some motivation and review.