Devious Flyers
Blaire and Melanie appeared inside the Leaky Cauldron. Tom the innkeeper greeted them,
"Why hello girls, come to do some last minute Christmas shopping I bet?"
"You guessed it Tom!" Melanie said with a laugh.
"Can I offer you a hot cup o' butter beer?"
"Well, not at the moment, I think we should get our shopping done, but we'll take you up on the offer later, I promise," Blaire said with a wink.
"Sure, well, better be off, we got some customers as yah can see."
"Okay Tom, talk to yah later!"
The two girls wrapped warm scarves and cloaks around themselves, and stepped out onto the snow covered alley.
"Well, where should we start?" Melanie asked.
"How about the Cauldron shop? I saw this wonderful new cauldron with a self heating device that would be perfect for mum's herb remedies."
They picked up the Cauldron and a couple new seeds for Reese's garden.
The two went to Flourish and Blott's and picked up remedy books for Reese, Dragon books for Charlie, curse books for Bill, Dark Art books for Fleur, Muggle encyclopedias for Grandpa, cook books for Grandma, Spell books for Penelope, Quidditch books for Ron, Fashion books for Angelina, History books for Hermione, a Diary for Aunt Ginny, an Auror book for Harry, a book about the Ministry of Magic for Percy and Joke books for the twins.
They picked up the robes that they had ordered for their parents from Madam Malkin's and bowler hats for the kids.
Lastly they searched Gambol and Japes for some new jokes they had received this morning.
Blaire looked at her watch,
"We'd better get home, Mum and Dad will be there soon, and I don't want to miss seeing the new kids."
They began to walk back towards the Leaky Cauldron.
~
They arrived back at home to see Head master Dumbledore, and Deputy Head mistress McGonagall chatting with Percy, Penelope, the Twins, Hermione, Bill and Ron.
"Hello Blaire, hello Malerie, fine day for Christmas shopping isn't it?"
Mel and Blaire hid the parcels behind their backs,
"You caught us," Mel said with a laugh.
The two walked upstairs, and wrapped the gifts they had bought their family,
"This looks to be a wonderful Christmas," Mel commented as she placed the last gift under their tree in their sitting room.
"Let's go downstairs."
~
Blaire and Mel sat on the floor in the living room downstairs listening to the conversations with Albus and the Weasleys'.
"How about a game of Exploding Snap?" Mel asked
"Sure, I'll go and get the deck out of the library."
Blaire got up and walked down two stairs into the study. She jumped on the rolling ladder and rolled down to the last book case where she found a couple decks of cards. She grabbed a deck, and walked back into the living room.
"Here we go," Blaire said as she shuffled the cards.
"What are we betting on?"
"A galleon sounds pretty good."
The girls played until finally Mel took the pot.
"I think you owe me something," she said holding her hand out to Blaire.
Reluctantly, Blaire pulled a shiny gold coin from her pouch,
"Take it! Take it away," Blaire yelled over-dramatically.
Everybody in the room laughed.
"So headmaster, what brings you to the Conservatory?" Blaire asked politely.
"I do prefer that you call me Albus while out of school. I was invited, and couldn't refuse the offer to see my favorite magical creature."
"Okay, Albus, have you heard about the new children?"
"Why yes, and that is one of the reasons that Minerva and I arrived so early. An excellent I do think."
"Are you staying for the night?" Melanie asked.
"Unfortunately not, can't forget about the students who are staying at school over the Christmas holidays."
"At least for dinner then?" Aunt Ginny asked.
"If you insist. I mustn't pass up the opportunity to eat one of Molly's delectable meals," he said with a grin.
Blaire came back downstairs with all the gifts they had bought that day, and placed them under the large Christmas tree decorated by Reese and the little ones.
Blaire took two gifts from under the tree,
"Well since you're not staying till tomorrow, I might as well give you two these," Mel said as she handed a parcel to the Headmaster and Headmistress.
For Albus it was a large basket of Muggle Sweets, which Harry had picked up on his last visit to see the Dursleys'. For Minerva it was a history game made by Hermione.
"Why thank you!" they both said in unison.
"All of yours are under the tree, but I expect you should open them tomorrow."
They continued talking until there was a loud cracking in the fireplace, and a low rumbling noise was getting louder and louder.
"EVERYBODY, COME QUICK, THEY'RE ALMOST HERE!" Penelope shouted.
All the remaining Weasleys came running into the room, sitting on the floor and chattering joyously.
The rumbling came to an end, and then there was a loud crack and five bodies appeared in the hearth of the fireplace.
"We're back!" Charlie said happily.
"Oh, why hello Albus and Minerva! I forgot we had invited you!" Reese said merrily, half embarrassed.
Blaire looked into the fire place and say three young children and bunch of owls carrying parcels.
Blaire relieved the owls of their packages, and sent them back to the Conservatory's Owlery. She placed the gifts under the tree, and sat back down on the floor.
"Well, let me introduce you to the new family members!" Reese said excitedly.
Reese was holding a little red headed toddler who was wearing new violet winter cloaks, "this is Charlize, and she's four years old." She set her down on the ground, and walked her over to Blaire, "this is your sister, Blaire," Reese said as he handed the little girl to her older daughter.
"Bear?" Charlize asked in a little voice.
Everyone laughed.
Charlie was holding a young boy with the same red hair as the little girl, "this is Charlize's twin brother, Jake," he said placing the youngster dressed in new midnight blue robes. He handed the boy to Melanie, who hugged him, "this is your new sister, Melanie."
"Melwe!" Jake said, unable to pronounce her real name.
"Yep, that's me!" Mel said with a grin.
The last new kid was holding on to Charlie's leg, "and last but not least, this is the twin's older brother, David, but we learned he likes to be called Davy. He's five years old, and we found out he loves Quidditch, so I'm sure he'll fit in quickly!"
The little boy walked over to James who was sitting reading a Quidditch book.
Blaire looked at Charlize saw her eyes begin to droop. She set her on her belly beside her and covered her with a blanket.
"Where are they going to sleep?" Mel asked.
Reese thought for a moment, "You know that room closest to your bedroom beside your washroom? Well we were thinking about putting Charlize there."
"But it's not decorated." Blaire said concerned.
"I'm sure that Angelina can do something with her wand for us," Reese said.
"Of course!" Angelina said laughing, "It'd be my pleasure!"
Charlie then talked, "Jake can sleep with Paul, and Davy can sleep with James."
By the time Angelina had decorated Charlize's new room, and the Weasleys had sat down to dinner, it was almost 8:00.
"Better put the kids to bed," Lavender suggested, "it's going to be an exciting day tomorrow!"
"Sure, Blaire do you want to take Charlize up to her new room and your father can get the boys while I clean up. Tell her I'll be up to say goodnight." Reese told her daughter.
"Okay mum."
Blaire picked up her new sister and carried her up the three flights of stairs into her new room. She placed her in her crib, tucked her and, and used her want to make enchanted snow fall from the ceiling.
"'Night sis, see you in the morning," she smiled, and then silently tip- toed across the room and carefully closed the door.
~
It was midnight by the time the adults had decided to journey off to bed. The adults had finished placing the gifts from 'Santa' under the tree, and Charlie had drunk the milk and ate the cookies children had left for Santa. Mel and Blaire went upstairs, and waited until the last light had been turned off before getting on their winter cloaks and tip-toeing outside.
They walked over to the Owlery and fastened the gifts for their friends and sent the owls off. Then they went over to the broom shed, and each grabbed a broom.
"A midnight ride sounds perfect don't you thing?"
"Absolutely. Do you want to go see the cottage that they built for Grandma and Grandpa? It's finished now."
"Yeah sure." Melanie answered.
The girls had been flying for about an hour before they decided they should go back in. They swooped around through the Quidditch posts, and raced back to the shed. They hurried inside without making a noise, and walked upstairs to their room, their cheeks still rosy.
~
Disclaimer: The Harry Potter characters do not belong to me, they belong to the master of Fantast, JK Rowling.
Blaire and Melanie appeared inside the Leaky Cauldron. Tom the innkeeper greeted them,
"Why hello girls, come to do some last minute Christmas shopping I bet?"
"You guessed it Tom!" Melanie said with a laugh.
"Can I offer you a hot cup o' butter beer?"
"Well, not at the moment, I think we should get our shopping done, but we'll take you up on the offer later, I promise," Blaire said with a wink.
"Sure, well, better be off, we got some customers as yah can see."
"Okay Tom, talk to yah later!"
The two girls wrapped warm scarves and cloaks around themselves, and stepped out onto the snow covered alley.
"Well, where should we start?" Melanie asked.
"How about the Cauldron shop? I saw this wonderful new cauldron with a self heating device that would be perfect for mum's herb remedies."
They picked up the Cauldron and a couple new seeds for Reese's garden.
The two went to Flourish and Blott's and picked up remedy books for Reese, Dragon books for Charlie, curse books for Bill, Dark Art books for Fleur, Muggle encyclopedias for Grandpa, cook books for Grandma, Spell books for Penelope, Quidditch books for Ron, Fashion books for Angelina, History books for Hermione, a Diary for Aunt Ginny, an Auror book for Harry, a book about the Ministry of Magic for Percy and Joke books for the twins.
They picked up the robes that they had ordered for their parents from Madam Malkin's and bowler hats for the kids.
Lastly they searched Gambol and Japes for some new jokes they had received this morning.
Blaire looked at her watch,
"We'd better get home, Mum and Dad will be there soon, and I don't want to miss seeing the new kids."
They began to walk back towards the Leaky Cauldron.
~
They arrived back at home to see Head master Dumbledore, and Deputy Head mistress McGonagall chatting with Percy, Penelope, the Twins, Hermione, Bill and Ron.
"Hello Blaire, hello Malerie, fine day for Christmas shopping isn't it?"
Mel and Blaire hid the parcels behind their backs,
"You caught us," Mel said with a laugh.
The two walked upstairs, and wrapped the gifts they had bought their family,
"This looks to be a wonderful Christmas," Mel commented as she placed the last gift under their tree in their sitting room.
"Let's go downstairs."
~
Blaire and Mel sat on the floor in the living room downstairs listening to the conversations with Albus and the Weasleys'.
"How about a game of Exploding Snap?" Mel asked
"Sure, I'll go and get the deck out of the library."
Blaire got up and walked down two stairs into the study. She jumped on the rolling ladder and rolled down to the last book case where she found a couple decks of cards. She grabbed a deck, and walked back into the living room.
"Here we go," Blaire said as she shuffled the cards.
"What are we betting on?"
"A galleon sounds pretty good."
The girls played until finally Mel took the pot.
"I think you owe me something," she said holding her hand out to Blaire.
Reluctantly, Blaire pulled a shiny gold coin from her pouch,
"Take it! Take it away," Blaire yelled over-dramatically.
Everybody in the room laughed.
"So headmaster, what brings you to the Conservatory?" Blaire asked politely.
"I do prefer that you call me Albus while out of school. I was invited, and couldn't refuse the offer to see my favorite magical creature."
"Okay, Albus, have you heard about the new children?"
"Why yes, and that is one of the reasons that Minerva and I arrived so early. An excellent I do think."
"Are you staying for the night?" Melanie asked.
"Unfortunately not, can't forget about the students who are staying at school over the Christmas holidays."
"At least for dinner then?" Aunt Ginny asked.
"If you insist. I mustn't pass up the opportunity to eat one of Molly's delectable meals," he said with a grin.
Blaire came back downstairs with all the gifts they had bought that day, and placed them under the large Christmas tree decorated by Reese and the little ones.
Blaire took two gifts from under the tree,
"Well since you're not staying till tomorrow, I might as well give you two these," Mel said as she handed a parcel to the Headmaster and Headmistress.
For Albus it was a large basket of Muggle Sweets, which Harry had picked up on his last visit to see the Dursleys'. For Minerva it was a history game made by Hermione.
"Why thank you!" they both said in unison.
"All of yours are under the tree, but I expect you should open them tomorrow."
They continued talking until there was a loud cracking in the fireplace, and a low rumbling noise was getting louder and louder.
"EVERYBODY, COME QUICK, THEY'RE ALMOST HERE!" Penelope shouted.
All the remaining Weasleys came running into the room, sitting on the floor and chattering joyously.
The rumbling came to an end, and then there was a loud crack and five bodies appeared in the hearth of the fireplace.
"We're back!" Charlie said happily.
"Oh, why hello Albus and Minerva! I forgot we had invited you!" Reese said merrily, half embarrassed.
Blaire looked into the fire place and say three young children and bunch of owls carrying parcels.
Blaire relieved the owls of their packages, and sent them back to the Conservatory's Owlery. She placed the gifts under the tree, and sat back down on the floor.
"Well, let me introduce you to the new family members!" Reese said excitedly.
Reese was holding a little red headed toddler who was wearing new violet winter cloaks, "this is Charlize, and she's four years old." She set her down on the ground, and walked her over to Blaire, "this is your sister, Blaire," Reese said as he handed the little girl to her older daughter.
"Bear?" Charlize asked in a little voice.
Everyone laughed.
Charlie was holding a young boy with the same red hair as the little girl, "this is Charlize's twin brother, Jake," he said placing the youngster dressed in new midnight blue robes. He handed the boy to Melanie, who hugged him, "this is your new sister, Melanie."
"Melwe!" Jake said, unable to pronounce her real name.
"Yep, that's me!" Mel said with a grin.
The last new kid was holding on to Charlie's leg, "and last but not least, this is the twin's older brother, David, but we learned he likes to be called Davy. He's five years old, and we found out he loves Quidditch, so I'm sure he'll fit in quickly!"
The little boy walked over to James who was sitting reading a Quidditch book.
Blaire looked at Charlize saw her eyes begin to droop. She set her on her belly beside her and covered her with a blanket.
"Where are they going to sleep?" Mel asked.
Reese thought for a moment, "You know that room closest to your bedroom beside your washroom? Well we were thinking about putting Charlize there."
"But it's not decorated." Blaire said concerned.
"I'm sure that Angelina can do something with her wand for us," Reese said.
"Of course!" Angelina said laughing, "It'd be my pleasure!"
Charlie then talked, "Jake can sleep with Paul, and Davy can sleep with James."
By the time Angelina had decorated Charlize's new room, and the Weasleys had sat down to dinner, it was almost 8:00.
"Better put the kids to bed," Lavender suggested, "it's going to be an exciting day tomorrow!"
"Sure, Blaire do you want to take Charlize up to her new room and your father can get the boys while I clean up. Tell her I'll be up to say goodnight." Reese told her daughter.
"Okay mum."
Blaire picked up her new sister and carried her up the three flights of stairs into her new room. She placed her in her crib, tucked her and, and used her want to make enchanted snow fall from the ceiling.
"'Night sis, see you in the morning," she smiled, and then silently tip- toed across the room and carefully closed the door.
~
It was midnight by the time the adults had decided to journey off to bed. The adults had finished placing the gifts from 'Santa' under the tree, and Charlie had drunk the milk and ate the cookies children had left for Santa. Mel and Blaire went upstairs, and waited until the last light had been turned off before getting on their winter cloaks and tip-toeing outside.
They walked over to the Owlery and fastened the gifts for their friends and sent the owls off. Then they went over to the broom shed, and each grabbed a broom.
"A midnight ride sounds perfect don't you thing?"
"Absolutely. Do you want to go see the cottage that they built for Grandma and Grandpa? It's finished now."
"Yeah sure." Melanie answered.
The girls had been flying for about an hour before they decided they should go back in. They swooped around through the Quidditch posts, and raced back to the shed. They hurried inside without making a noise, and walked upstairs to their room, their cheeks still rosy.
~
Disclaimer: The Harry Potter characters do not belong to me, they belong to the master of Fantast, JK Rowling.