Christmastime quickly came! Deirdre, Sammy, and Edward planned to stay at school for the holidays. Zandra was going to visit her mother.

"I am dreading it," Zandra commented the day she was leaving.

"What?" Deirdre asked.

"Dreading the moment Mother asks me how my studies are going."

"But……….you're doing ok," Deirdre said.

"It's never good enough for my mother."

Deirdre didn't know what to say.

Later on, Zandra left on the subway. Deirdre and Sammy gave her a hug and told her to have fun.

"I'll try," Zandra said, "Anyway, you'll be getting my presents on Christmas morning!"

"Well…….," Sammy said, "We best look for Edward."

They found him in the Hydra common room sitting by himself. He was reading The Daily Prophet, the newspaper from the wizarding world.

"Hullo Edward," Sammy said, "What are you reading about?"

There's been an attempt of robbery at Gringotts."

"Where?" Deirdre asked.

"It's a wizard bank," Sammy explained.

"Oh."

"Yes," Edward said, "It's supposed to be impossible to be able to steal something from there."

"What did they steal?"

"Nothing. The vault had been emptied before. But I imagine something important was once stored there."

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Deirdre woke up very early on Christmas morning. She ran to the Hydra common room. Sammy and Edward were already there waiting for her.

"Merry Christmas!" Edward shouted.

"Merry Christmas!" Deirdre said and gave him a hug. Edward picked Deirdre up and spun her around the room.

Sammy chuckled at the sight of that.

"Merry Christmas!" Deirdre told Sammy and gave him a hug.

"Well, time for presents!" Sammy said afterwards.

Deirdre smiled. But who was going to send her a present?

Sammy got a box of cookies from his mother.

"All the way from Scotland," he said sniffing.

Edward got a stack of books .

"Who sent those?" Deirdre asked.

"My potions teacher back at Hogwarts," Edward said.

"Ugh, I think Snape loves you Edward," Sammy said mockingly.

"Shut up," Edward snapped, "I was just his best student, that's all."

From his mother, Edward also got a box of cookies. From Gillian, he got a box of chocolates. From Tracy, he got a brown scarf.

"I hate brown," Edward said, "It makes my eyes look brown instead of gray."

From Cherise, he got a green sweater.

"Green is good," he said.

Deirdre got a box of cookies from Edward and Sammy's mother.

"We sent her a letter and told her all about you," Sammy explained.

From Zandra, Deirdre got a burgundy sweater. Sammy got a blue one.

"Lots of sweaters," Edward commented.

After that, they went to have breakfast. Then they spent the afternoon playing outside in the snow. Then, in the evening, they spent time in the Hydra common room and drank hot chocolate. It was the best Christmas Deirdre had ever had.

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