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The two months went by quickly, Ron and Hermione both concluded they were together, Ron's brothers wouldn't stop bugging them. Harry got the courage to ask Dawn on a date, which turned out great. Draco and Stephanie became close friends, though no one understood how she could stand him, and his ego. Amazingly no one had fainted in a while, Snape and Promfrey declared it was some sort of dehydration (which technically was right..)
Light, weakly poured through the Gryffindor tower windows. Stephanie was up staring at the presents that covered the bottom of the tree. She already scattered her's around and poked at her presents from friends and the family who knew she was at the school. 'Oh come of it! 5:25, five more minutes until I am going to wake everyone up, whether they like it or not.' she loved waking up early on occasions and most weekends. '10 Gryffindors stayed this year.' she sighed. "10... 9.. 8... 7.. 6... 5... 4... 3... 2.... 1..... MERRY CHRISTMAS HOGWARTS!" Steph screamed at the top of her lungs. Quiet seized the tower, her ears were ringing but it was worth it. *Thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump*.
"What the heck!"
Yells were heard all around. Foot steps were coming down the stairs in fast furies. Bedraggled students poked their white, angry faces from the hallway. "What was that for!" yelled the Weasley twins.
Everyone glared at the one smiling student. "It's five thirty. A great time to wake up and smell the crisp air." she said.
"Five thirty?! No one in their right minds wakes up at that time." Ron growled.
5 pillows flew toward Stephanie, and smashed her in the face, bringing her down to the ground with laughter.
Harry, Dawn, Ginny and Seamus were the only ones who stayed awake. Seamus and Steph were having a game of chess and Seamus was winning. Soon everyone got up still not in the best of moods.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny received 8 presents. Dawn received 10, and Steph got 6 (Hermione became her friend).
Everyone reviewed their gifts before running down to the great hall for breakfast.
"Hey, Dawn could I see that uh... what do ya call it?" Ron said eyeing the small coloured box on her robe.
"MP3 Player? Uh sure...." she thought about it a bit. "But don't poke at it with your wand."
Harry and Hermione laughed. They started to eat their breakfast when a few owls flew in. Draco all of a sudden plopped himself beside Steph.
"Hullo." he said casually. The twins just glanced at him in anger.
"Hey." Steph looked at him. "Awesome the owl did send it to ya." she smiled.
Dawn looked over, and looked at Steph skeptically.
"Oh yeah, thanks."
Everyone looked at each other 'Did he just say thanks?' their faces said, 'What is the world coming to?'
Uncomfortable silence came over the table while other tables chattered non-stop. Harry noticed a small squabble over at the head table where the teachers sat. Dumbledore and McGonagall were trying to hush whatever it was up. While most of the other teachers seemed against it.
Everyone ran up to their dormitories to get bundled up for a sleigh ride around the courtyard. Lunch came quickly, probably just as hardy as supper would be.
"This is like so great! No classes." Stephanie sighed.
"Yes, yes we get it!" Ron said putting his hands on his head.
"Lets go see what Hagrid is doing." Harry said since they haven't seen the half giant game keeper for almost the whole day.
"I have always wanted to know what Hagrid kept when he is not teaching." Dawn said thoughtfully.
They started to snicker, "Very interesting creatures." Hermione laughed.
While walking Dawn and Stephanie were told what kind of pets Hagrid had kept in resent years, going onto the touchy subject of the Triwizard Tournament held last year.
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Hagrid opened his door to 5 Gryffindor students. "Hullo! Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dawn, Steph."
"Hello." they cheered and walked into his small hut.
Dawn glanced at Fang, and laughed at herself. The Boar-hound was sleeping with drool coming from it's floppy lips. Stephanie looked around in amazement. Ron and Harry smiled at their reactions.
"How's yer Christmas going?" Hagrid asked getting tea ready for his visitors.
"Great!" they chorused (amazingly).
"Uh Hagrid.... that's not a spider's nest, is it?" Dawn asked pointing to a fuzzy patch in a corner of his hut.
Ron jumped and looked around.
Hagrid looked at the bundle, "Oh." he chuckled. "They are a family of bats who wanted to stay here for the winter."
Steph and the others came to look closer. Hermione and Steph awed at the family nestled in the corner. They sat and talked, about various events happening around. Ron talked about his brothers, Percy, Bill and Charlie. Dawn and Steph talked about before they were actually called up to be witches, for the first time. Dawn had been fighting an evil back home with her sister and potential slayers, reminding everyone of the war with Voldemort... Stephanie talked about her moving from 3 different countries, Canada, Scotland and now England. Harry and Hermione were silent enjoying everyone else's adventures.
Hermione got onto the topic of up coming exams...
"We still have 6 months." Ron emphasized "Months".
"Yeah, I agree, I at least wait for the last month...." Dawn said.
"Cramming is fun." Steph laughed at herself.
Everyone stopped complaining about the exams and stared at Steph with surprised looks.
"What?"
Harry smiled. "Seems you have a curious friend." Hagrid laughed and pointed to her.
Harry peeled off a brown and black creature from her short hair and put the small face in her face.
"That, was in my hair?" she stared at the small bat.
They laughed at her, Harry gave the creature to her. It clipped it's small furry body to her robe. She picked it off and carried it to it's family, they seemed to disappear.
"Looks like it's yours..." Hagrid said. "Well." he cleared his throat. "You young 'uns should be back in the castle in case they start worrin' bout you." he shooed them out of his hut and said good bye.
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The two months went by quickly, Ron and Hermione both concluded they were together, Ron's brothers wouldn't stop bugging them. Harry got the courage to ask Dawn on a date, which turned out great. Draco and Stephanie became close friends, though no one understood how she could stand him, and his ego. Amazingly no one had fainted in a while, Snape and Promfrey declared it was some sort of dehydration (which technically was right..)
Light, weakly poured through the Gryffindor tower windows. Stephanie was up staring at the presents that covered the bottom of the tree. She already scattered her's around and poked at her presents from friends and the family who knew she was at the school. 'Oh come of it! 5:25, five more minutes until I am going to wake everyone up, whether they like it or not.' she loved waking up early on occasions and most weekends. '10 Gryffindors stayed this year.' she sighed. "10... 9.. 8... 7.. 6... 5... 4... 3... 2.... 1..... MERRY CHRISTMAS HOGWARTS!" Steph screamed at the top of her lungs. Quiet seized the tower, her ears were ringing but it was worth it. *Thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump*.
"What the heck!"
Yells were heard all around. Foot steps were coming down the stairs in fast furies. Bedraggled students poked their white, angry faces from the hallway. "What was that for!" yelled the Weasley twins.
Everyone glared at the one smiling student. "It's five thirty. A great time to wake up and smell the crisp air." she said.
"Five thirty?! No one in their right minds wakes up at that time." Ron growled.
5 pillows flew toward Stephanie, and smashed her in the face, bringing her down to the ground with laughter.
Harry, Dawn, Ginny and Seamus were the only ones who stayed awake. Seamus and Steph were having a game of chess and Seamus was winning. Soon everyone got up still not in the best of moods.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny received 8 presents. Dawn received 10, and Steph got 6 (Hermione became her friend).
Everyone reviewed their gifts before running down to the great hall for breakfast.
"Hey, Dawn could I see that uh... what do ya call it?" Ron said eyeing the small coloured box on her robe.
"MP3 Player? Uh sure...." she thought about it a bit. "But don't poke at it with your wand."
Harry and Hermione laughed. They started to eat their breakfast when a few owls flew in. Draco all of a sudden plopped himself beside Steph.
"Hullo." he said casually. The twins just glanced at him in anger.
"Hey." Steph looked at him. "Awesome the owl did send it to ya." she smiled.
Dawn looked over, and looked at Steph skeptically.
"Oh yeah, thanks."
Everyone looked at each other 'Did he just say thanks?' their faces said, 'What is the world coming to?'
Uncomfortable silence came over the table while other tables chattered non-stop. Harry noticed a small squabble over at the head table where the teachers sat. Dumbledore and McGonagall were trying to hush whatever it was up. While most of the other teachers seemed against it.
Everyone ran up to their dormitories to get bundled up for a sleigh ride around the courtyard. Lunch came quickly, probably just as hardy as supper would be.
"This is like so great! No classes." Stephanie sighed.
"Yes, yes we get it!" Ron said putting his hands on his head.
"Lets go see what Hagrid is doing." Harry said since they haven't seen the half giant game keeper for almost the whole day.
"I have always wanted to know what Hagrid kept when he is not teaching." Dawn said thoughtfully.
They started to snicker, "Very interesting creatures." Hermione laughed.
While walking Dawn and Stephanie were told what kind of pets Hagrid had kept in resent years, going onto the touchy subject of the Triwizard Tournament held last year.
*
Hagrid opened his door to 5 Gryffindor students. "Hullo! Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dawn, Steph."
"Hello." they cheered and walked into his small hut.
Dawn glanced at Fang, and laughed at herself. The Boar-hound was sleeping with drool coming from it's floppy lips. Stephanie looked around in amazement. Ron and Harry smiled at their reactions.
"How's yer Christmas going?" Hagrid asked getting tea ready for his visitors.
"Great!" they chorused (amazingly).
"Uh Hagrid.... that's not a spider's nest, is it?" Dawn asked pointing to a fuzzy patch in a corner of his hut.
Ron jumped and looked around.
Hagrid looked at the bundle, "Oh." he chuckled. "They are a family of bats who wanted to stay here for the winter."
Steph and the others came to look closer. Hermione and Steph awed at the family nestled in the corner. They sat and talked, about various events happening around. Ron talked about his brothers, Percy, Bill and Charlie. Dawn and Steph talked about before they were actually called up to be witches, for the first time. Dawn had been fighting an evil back home with her sister and potential slayers, reminding everyone of the war with Voldemort... Stephanie talked about her moving from 3 different countries, Canada, Scotland and now England. Harry and Hermione were silent enjoying everyone else's adventures.
Hermione got onto the topic of up coming exams...
"We still have 6 months." Ron emphasized "Months".
"Yeah, I agree, I at least wait for the last month...." Dawn said.
"Cramming is fun." Steph laughed at herself.
Everyone stopped complaining about the exams and stared at Steph with surprised looks.
"What?"
Harry smiled. "Seems you have a curious friend." Hagrid laughed and pointed to her.
Harry peeled off a brown and black creature from her short hair and put the small face in her face.
"That, was in my hair?" she stared at the small bat.
They laughed at her, Harry gave the creature to her. It clipped it's small furry body to her robe. She picked it off and carried it to it's family, they seemed to disappear.
"Looks like it's yours..." Hagrid said. "Well." he cleared his throat. "You young 'uns should be back in the castle in case they start worrin' bout you." he shooed them out of his hut and said good bye.
