Chapter 8-

' Okay I threw Harry off track so now he doesn't know I got him. Good. Now what do I get him. It has to be something I wouldn't normally get him. I can't get him a book then that would be so obvious!' Hermione thought. She kept thinking about what to get him as she sat at a table in the library.

' Well first I have to give him little gifts because at the ball I am suppose to give him a really great gift. But what do I get him? It was never this hard when I had to get him something for his birthday. Maybe I should get..'



Harry and Ron were in the common sitting on the couch. Ron was still complaining about getting Malfoy, Harry was so close to stapling his mouth shut. Luckily Fred and George came running in telling them that they just went into the girl's bathroom.

" I must say their bathroom seems much more cleaner then ours. It's very unfair if you ask me," George said crossing his arms.

" Were there any girls," Ron gulped, " showering?"

" Oh yes! But the girls started to scream so we had to get out of there. Didn't see much." Fred answered disappointed.

" Better luck next time," Harry said with a laugh. Fred and George left them and Ron went back to talking about the secret Santa thing.

" Anyways what are you going to give Ginny for the first gift? I was planning to give Malfoy a bucket full of owl droppings."

" I don't really know yet, but I'll think of something."

" Well I am tired, better be going to bed. Are you coming?"



" I guess so." Harry and Ron stood up and went to their room. They each fell asleep right away.

The next day was dull but the day after was full of excitement. It was the day where gifts were suppose to arrive. Everyone sat down for breakfast; once again Hermione was reading another book. Owls started to come in and dropped packages everywhere.

Hermione's gift dropped right in her hands. It was rather small and Hermione opened it slowly. It was a horse necklace. The chain was silver and the horse was white. It shined when moved and it was so beautiful. Hermione kept looking at the beautiful necklace and didn't notice that Ron and Harry got their own gifts.

Ron gift was a bag full of candy, including the jellybeans and chocolate frog. Ron hurried and was already eating the chocolate frog. Harry's gift wasn't candy but something else. It was semi big and was wrapped in silver wrapping paper. Harry ripped off the wrapping paper and there was a brown box. Harry took the lid off and in the box laid a watch.

The watch was black and if fitted Harry perfectly. The watch looked like a normal muggle watch but under the watch was a note. It said:

This watch is a mood watch. It turns red if you're angry, yellow if your sad, purple if you're happy, and blue if you're in love. Really in love. I hope this watch helps you find out what your true feelings are. This helps to see if you're really in love with a person and don't be surprise if the watch doesn't turn blue. You just have to wait and see.

Harry was a little confused about how the watch worked but was happy. He wondered who his secret Santa was and his first thought was Cho. He looked over at Cho who seem to be occupied by her gift.

' Maybe it is her.' Harry thought with a smile. He hurried and put on the watch to see it turn purple. ' Why isn't it blue? I know I am in love with Cho so why isn't it showing? Oh well I'll just have to wait and see like what the note said.'

Everyone started to show off their gifts and wondered more about who is their secret Santa. Malfoy got, just like what Ron said, a bucket of owl droppings. Malfoy yelled how disgusting it was and started to say how sucky his secret Santa is. His first thought was that Harry, Hermione, or Ron was his secret Santa. Bu he wouldn't know yet until the ball.

Hermione looked over to Ginny wondering what Harry got her. Ginny opened her gift and found a book about werewolves. Hermione hadn't read that book yet and asked, " Ginny may I borrow that book after your done with it?"

While she asked that Ron leaned in and muttered, " You think she read every book on the planet already! By the way nice gift for Ginny."

Harry just smiled and nodded. He then went back to his daydream about who was his secret Santa. ' I wonder who it really is.'

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