~~**~~ Author's Note: I'm happy to say that this is the end of notebook two. TerraFairy and myself congratulate you in getting this far and not being destroyed by the fact that this is still in RP format. I'm a bit lazy, but I would like to thank a friend of mine for being so frustrated with it, that he's agreed to put this into a normal story format. So, by the end of this year, you may see this story as an actual story. Well, enjoy the last of Christmas break.

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CHRISTMAS LOVES: PART TWO

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*Breaks with Aidan as she hears the door open. Fi's eyes go wide and she pulls away from Aidan's roaming hands as she sees* Kane! What?

*Turns to face Fi and Aidan* I'm sorry, did I interrupt something? *He says it in the same drawl that his father tended to use with James' father as a joke*

*Fi glares at him* Get out now!

*Quietly to Fi* Fi? Do you think he'd be out here if there wasn't something wrong in there? *Aidan nods to Kane*

*Sighing* Terra problems? Did she go up to that damned room again?

She started walking up some stupid staircase, I don't know where the hell it leads. *Nods back at Aidan*

To her library, Jesus Christ, not again. What happened? *Fi pulls herself out of Aidan's grip and stands, fixing her clothes as Kane tells her*

Well then, yeah, that's where she went. *Kane looks at his feet* We had a small tiff.

*Aidan chuckles* Seems hardly like it was small. I think it was huge. What was the argument about? *Smiles brightly at Kane*

It's obvious, sweetie. *She smiles teasingly at Aidan* The only thing nowadays to send my little sister sulking to her "room" is love troubles. They didn't work out as easily as we did. *Bends down and kisses his cheek before dragging Kane out to the other room and up the staircase. She knocks loudly on the door above her head in the ceiling floor* Terra!

Go away Fi. *Terra says it quietly and sadly*

Is this about Kane?

Obviously.

Well, what is it?

Why does he have to be so perfect and then turn out to be such an ass?

Because all men are like that Ter. It's about time you learned that yourself. Now, why was he an ass?

*She sighs and mumbles something incoherently through the door*

Louder Terra.

He wanted us to go out, but he just assumed I'd say yes, and when he finally did ask, he yelled at me. As if he didn't mean what he was saying.

Actually. did you walk off on him?

Well, *pauses, thinking* Yeah, I did. Oh shit! He hasn't left yet has he? *Throws open the door and stops when she sees Kane standing beside Fi on the landing*

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Hello to you too. *Kane doesn't look at her*

*Terra hurries down the little ladder and moves over next to Kane* Kane. God, I'm so sorry. Can you forgive me? *She takes his hand*

*He looks into her eyes* I'm sorry too.

I'd love to, by the way.

That's good to hear. *Leans over and kisses her cheek*

*She slips her arms about him and rests her head against his shoulder, softly kissing the side of his neck*

I'm happy that's all settled.

Do you want to see? *She points up the her loft*

Is it a nice place? *He teases her*

*Smiles teasingly at him* Why don't you come up and find out for yourself?

Lead the way. *Bows and leans forward as though he were going to follow her onto a dance floor, showing off his natural grace*

*She laughs at him and reaches up, gripping the edge of the opening. Swiftly she pulls herself up and onto the edge, swinging her legs inside and holds out a hand for him*

No need. *He grasps the edge and swings himself effortlessly up next to Terra* Haven't had a chance to do that in a while. *Looks around himself* Books?

So? I like to read. Besides, it's something to do, but it's not the best part of the room. *Stands and walks over to the window seat* The view is. *Brings him over to it. There's a wide, sweeping landscape of forest and in the distance a rocky outcropping with a brilliant waterfall towering above the trees* Beautiful, isn't it? *Sighs, curling up in the seat, her hand still in Kane's*

*Still standing he peers out of the window* Very nice. I prefer the Wood's view from their castle, but waterfalls are nice. *Sits behind her, placing his arms about her*

*She tucks herself against him, resting her arms on his, and her head on his chest* How come I wasn't told a Malfoy was coming?

I don't know. That would be something you'd have to ask Faye. She made our arrangements.

Ahh, how long are you going to stay? *Looks curiously up at him, hopeful*

As long as Arien and Aidan are here. I think we're going over to the Wood's before the break is over. *Looks down at her, smiling*

Oh, *Looks a little sad* Do you know if you guys will be staying for Christmas?

Faye said something to Arien about that. He'll probably owl his parents.

*She smiles happily* Works for me! At Hogwarts, which house are you in? *She blushes a little at the question she'd just asked him* I'm sorry. so many questions. it's just that, oh, nevermind. *Relaxes back against his chest and looks out the window*

I'm in Gryffindor. I know, 'but you're a Malfoy!' I still ended up in Gryffindor. My twin sister, Leane, is in Slytherin though. What house do you think you'll be in? *Looks down at her quizzically*

*Sighs sadly* I already know, Slytherin. My grandfather, the biological one, his family's been in Slytherin for generations.

That means nothing. Look at me, I'm the first in my family to not be in Slytherin.

Everyone in my family is in Slytherin. I'm not special enough to be placed differently.

You sound like Faye now.

And see, Faye was right. *She gives him an odd look*

*Rolls his eyes at her* You never know what'll happen when you will it.

Of course Kane, whatever you say. *She cuddles closer to him and sighs with pleasure*

*He holds her tightly, secretly wishing the moment would last forever*

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*Fi left Kane and Terra on the stairs. She quietly slipped back into the poolroom. Shutting the door softly she sneaks behind Aidan and slips her arms about his neck*

*Turning his head around he kisses her awkwardly* Nice to see you again.

*She smiles, and lets him go as she moves around the furniture and sits beside him* You too. *Lays her hand on his shoulder*

*Looks intently at her* I think it's about time we joined the others. I mean, running off to make out with you is great and all, but the other might get worried. *Smiles sweetly*

*She laughs and kisses his cheek* So that's the way it's gonna be, huh? *Smiles at him* Mmm, well, we'll go out and be civil on one condition.

And what is that? *Smiles innocently at her*

Kiss me.

*Smiles brightly, showing off his pearly white teeth* When? Now? In there?

*Her eyes go wide* No! Now you dork!

*Smiles back at her* Okay. *Pulls her close to him and leans down, passionately kissing Fi*

*Smiles up at him as they break* God, now I really don't think I want to go back in now. *She runs her hand through his spiked hair*

*Pulls away from her* Whoa there! Don't touch the hair. Styling charms don't work on this. *Grins and chuckles, a serious look still in his eyes*

*She twists her mouth a little* Aww, c'mon. I can always fix it later. Besides, if you don't. *She kisses him hard* then that's the last kiss you'll ever get. *Smiles, her eyes twinkling mischievously*

*He grabs her hand and pushes back into his hair* Fine!

*She laughs at him, gently fixing his hair* Calm down sweetheart. I'm only teasing, but I do love your hair. *Cocks her head to one side* For the amount of gel you use, it's very soft.. oddly like Alex's in fact. *She blanks out*

*He waves a hand at her* Fi? Wanna come back down to earth for a moment?

*Blinking* Oh sorry, back. *She smiles tenderly at him* Where were we again? *Teasing him as she lays her head onto his shoulder, tracing his jawline back and playing with the softest, short bits of his hair at the nap of his neck, gently kissing the side of his neck*

We were going to join the rest of our peers in the other room. *He picks up her hand and walks to the doorway, returning to the group*

*Blinking and a bit stunned she seats herself in a chair beside him, glaring at Aidan*

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Why exactly is my daughter frowning Mr. Wood?

*Aidan looks at Fi's face* Because, for the first time she definitely doesn't know what's going on. *He grins widely at Fi's father*

Hmph. *Fi crosses her arms and glares at a speck on the floor*

Give the boy a damned break Shadow. Seri is only annoyed because she knows your going to chase her boyfriend away.

Not before I do Anya. *Chace, Fi's brother, glowers at Aidan, and passes the gaze to Arien*

*Fi turns to Chace, her twin* Go screw a tree.

Serafina Evangelina Lytle! *Rajah is so surprised that she drops the plate she was holding and it shatters on the floor*

Why don't you teach him as you already know how Fi.

*Chace slips an arm about Asalie* Calm down love, let's go. *He takes her out of the room*

*Aden sits in a nearby chair, a book open in his lap, his chin resting on steepled fingers* Mother, you'll have to control Asie's temper one of these days, though, that was rude of you Seri.

*Fi grumbles* Damn bitch never leaves me alone, so why should I? *Pure hatred burns deeply in the ebony depths of her eyes, any and all trace of emerald gone*

*Anya comes and sits beside Fi. Letting her arms loosely hold Fi* Come now, little one. you know she doesn't mean it.

Don't! Just don't tell me what she does and doesn't mean! I think I'd know better than you, Anya, as I'm usually the brunt of her wretchedness. Mother, one word, just one! *She has jumped up and has her wand out*

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*Terra has come into the room with Kane. She sighs, letting his hand go to sneak up and tackle Fi to the floor, wrestling her wand out of her hand and sticking it into Fi's throat once she has her older sister on her back*

I don't need that for magic and you well know it! *Automatically Fi's runes appear*

Weak sister, I have them too. As you well know. *And Terra's own appear* Plus all of your old powers. *She smirks as a dark green velvet band appears about her throat with a clear blue charm dropped from it*

*Anya's own runes appear as a precaution and she notices that Touma, Rajah, Aden, Asalie, Chace, Faye, and Poisons have also done so*

*Aidan is confused out of his wits as he stares around the room* I think it's about time we were showed our rooms. How 'bout the rest of you? *There are a few nods and shocked faces as Aidan glances around the room* So. *He claps his hands* Where are they? It's getting late. *He glances out the window where the sun is just about to start setting, turning the sky a lovely shade of purple*

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*Fi ends her "battle of eyes" with Terra and shoves her off. She takes her wand back and hides it among her person. Walking over, she takes Aidan's hand silently guiding him up the stairs and to her rooms. Down below Terra and Faye do the same, while Aden leads James to his own rooms. Fi opens her door and pulls him in, locking it behind her* Hold on. I'm going to go lock the other doors. *She moves through her suite, locking all the doors leading outside and all of the secret passageway doors* Finally. *Comes back in, more relaxed, she leads him to one of the couches in her sitting room. She has forgotten about the runes adorning her skin and leaves them showing* I'm sorry about what happened downstairs, Aidan.

Don't worry about it.. But those runes are making you look kind of scary.

Oh these. *She looks at her arms and legs as they don't go near her neck, her palms, or the soles of her feet* Aidan? Doesn't your magic have something to do with runes? Elemental, if I remember correctly?

Yeah. but they don't appear like that. Why?

*Chewing on her lower lip* My dad, Anya, and Poison created these. I, thankfully, received them genetically, but for all of the original hunters they spent a month having them tattooed into their skin. And not like tattoos now a day they had it done with knives and ink and stuff like that. It's part of what made them hunters. I asked Daddy when I found out about yours, and he told me an unknown "huntress" gave them the idea and technology. Could it have been anyone, I mean. *sighs* What I'm trying to say is, do you think it's in your blood too? It could be, you know, especially if your family just forgot about them, or it was mixed and then ruled off as a myth. Do you understand what I'm trying to say, sweetie? *She turns to him, worry showing in her eyes*

*Aidan's slightly confused* Our family uses runes, yes. But my tattoos were done specifically by me. *He lifts up his sleeve, showing his toned arm, which happens to have a fire rune place on it* Yeah, when I was five, I think, I was playing with a fire poker and well, yeah, that's what I got. I've made a few more without my parent's knowledge. But it wasn't in my genetics. Am I disappointing you? *He looks wistfully at Fi*

*Blinks at him* Disappointing. no. Horrifying on the other hand. yes.

*Hurt* Ouch. I was five, baby.

Exactly! *She's worrying over him, running her slender, graceful fingers over his arm where the rune is* How did you get your hands on a fire poker when you were five?

*He chuckles* A maid accidentally left it in the room.

Oh Aidan. *She's still horrified and even more worried. Suddenly she wonders* Aidan. where are the other runes?

I believe there's four in total. One on my back shoulder blade, one on the bottom of my right foot, this one on my arm, and a tiny one on the back of my neck. All of them varying in size.

*She blinks, surprised, and turns him around to look, tracing her fingers over the paths* Oh Aidan! And you never told me?!

You never asked me!

*Sighs, curls back into his lap, stroking his collarbone as she rests her head on his chest* I'm sorry about earlier.

Don't be. You didn't do anything wrong. *Hugs her tightly*

*She buries her face against him, silent for long moments, until he realizes that his shirt is really wet*

*He pats her head gently* What's wrong? If you want, you can feel my hair again. *Smiles*

*She giggles a little against him, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand before looking up at him, smiling* Always know what to say, doncha?

It got you to stop crying. *Cradles her face with his hands and leans into her, giving her the sweetest kiss that they had yet to share*

*She doesn't want it to end when they finally break apart and keeps close to him. Softly she kisses him, running her hands amongst his spikes*

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*Terra draws Kane into her rooms* Now there's a guest room on the other side, there, but I figured that's be pointless since. *She shuts up, looking at him*

*Smiles slyly* Go on, I want to hear more.

*Grinning she continues* Since I have an extremely large bed. *She blushes a little*

Big beds are more fun anyway. More room to roam around in. Lead the way and lets play. *Grabs her around the waist and twirls her around*

*Laughing she clutches at his arms, pulling herself to him* Now, now. We can't be too naughty! *Pulls him into her bedroom, full of greens and blues*

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*Faye pulls Arien into the room. Everything is decorated as fairy-ish as Faye herself is*

*Looks around the room* I like it. *Kisses Faye on the forehead*

*Smiles at him* good, you'd better if you're going to stay until Christmas. You are staying, right?

I need to owl my parents. Can I borrow an owl from you? I should be able to stay though. My parents and sister are staying at Malfoy Manor this week.

Of course you can borrow an owl, sweetheart! C'mon. *She walks into her bedroom, sheer nature colored material falling everywhere and goes to her window. She shoves aside the leafy curtains. Slipping back inside she has a little hummingbird on her finger* Well, he's not an owl, but trust me, no matter the weight, he'll get it there faster than any owl.

Okay honey. *Grabbing a quill and parchment he scribbles a note to everyone's parents and walks to the nearest window, releasing the hummingbird* Malfoy Manor.

*She watched the bird leave and then took his arm* Arien? Come to bed, it's almost midnight, sweetie. *She points at a clock and the motions to the bed*

*In a far off voice* Yes, lets sleep. *He follows Faye to the bed*

*She helps him into the bed and strokes his cheek gently* You alright?

*Arien's already asleep and snoring softly*

*Faye sighs and curls up beside him, falling asleep too*

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*On Christmas Day Kane's eyes slowly flutter open to see Terra hugging him like a teddy bear. It had been like this for the past week before Christmas. He leaned over and kissed Terra three times, once on the forehead, once on her cheek, and then lastly on her lips. It was his ritual if he woke up before Terra* Time to get up, it's Christmas.

*She moans and lets him go, rolling over beside him* erg. No.

Come on Teddy Bear. I put your present under the tree. You'll have to get out of bed to go and get it.

*She groans and opens her eyes sleepily* Damn you.

I know, but you can't help but love me anyway.

*She rolls back over towards him and runs her hands over his bare chest* Happy Christmas Kane.

Happy Christmas to you too, Teddy Bear.

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*Faye stretches against Arien and blinks sleep out of her eyes* Arien, sweetheart? *She speaks softly to him, but after getting no reaction she brushes a lock of hair out of his eyes. She runs her fingers over the features of his face, his brow and temples, nose and cheekbones, jawbone and his lips. She moves up a little and softly presses their lips together. She pushes fallen waves of his hair behind his ears, increasing her kisses, making them more intense and urgent*

*Arien parts his lips, letting the kisses become more and more intense. He breaks apart from her suddenly* Happy Christmas, honey.

*She snuggles up against him* Happy Christmas, Arien. It's about time for gifts, baby, we need to go downstairs.

Okay, I'll be down in a moment.

*She stands and goes into the bathroom before heading downstairs, blowing him a kiss on her way out the door*

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*Aidan jerks awake before realizing that Fi is still lying in his arms* Firecraker, time to wake up. *He whispers in her ear, softly kissing it when he finishes speaking*

*Fi mumbles incoherently and pushes him away from her ear*

Happy Christmas to you. Don't you want your present? It's not like you to want to sleep in. *He smiles brightly while rubbing sleep out of his own eyes*

I know, and I do. but you're so warm and I'm so tired.

*Cuddling closer to her, hugging her tightly to him* I'm sure everyone else is waiting downstairs and I want to see your face when you open your gift from me.

*She groans and tightens her grip on him, her eyelashes brush softly against his shoulder* Later, baby, please?

Okay. a little longer and then we'll head down.

Thank you. *She kisses his skin softly, moving around to his chest and neck, as well as his shoulders. One hand runs down his back, tracing the rune on his shoulder blade*

*Aidan increases his hold on Fi and suddenly rolls over. Gracefully he lands on his feet and swings Fi into a different position. He walks out of the door, down the stairs, and into the room where the two other couples are sitting. Everyone is talking adamantly about what they've been doing* Hallo all. I brought the last member of our group. Present time?

*Shocked, Fi glares at him as she pulls herself out of his arms. She goes to get a rather long gift and bring it back to him* Git. *She sets it in his lap and sits down beside him*

*Fay pats the large, think, boxy package in her lap for Arien and smiles at him*

*Terra looks through the tree branches for a small, clinky package and sets it in the palm of Kane's hand*

*Before opening his gift, Aidan walks over to the tree, gathers a small but almost heavy box and hands it to Fi* Happy Christmas.

*Arien hands a similar package over to Faye*

*Kane's gift for Terra is held by a chocolate brown teddy bear, the box though is not unlike the one for Fi and Faye*

*Terra smiles sheepishly as she hugs the bear and opens the package. She pulls out a very pretty Celtic cross necklace*

*Fi's glare disappears as she rubs her hand over Aidan's arm and pulls a fire rune necklace out of her box*

*Faye pulls Arien down beside her and lean on his shoulder as she pulls out a fairy princess necklace*

*Aidan holds his new sword and scabbard with gold gilting and red accents with a few elfish scribbles with great interest. He looks intently at the blade, and back at Fi with great love for his gift*

*Arien turns the book from Faye over. He gives her a quizzical look. The book, locked, contains all the Hunter's runes. It is Anya's original, handwritten cope.

*Kane is given a silver necklace of a coiled serpent with a peridot eye*

~~**~~ AN: Okay, now I know that the end seems rushed, and it was, we only had two lines to put down everyone's gifts. Now, all the necklaces that the girls received are family heirlooms of the O'Callaghan clan. All the other gifts were explained as they really are. The only one of the boy's gifts that is really important is Arien's. Look for some new stories to come from the runes. Which happens to cause a few relationship problems. It's the end of their first year at Hogwarts, who all will still be together when it ends?

Thanks for reading, reply soon.

TerraFairy and ShayleeAdele