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Well this chapter is just fluff really!! I thought Mo needed a real Christmas and I had to find a way to add details to the plot for later on, and this worked! So read and enjoy!!!
Chapter Twelve – Christmas
"Happy Christmas Mo," Sirius murmured against her hair the next morning.
Mo smiled happily and sat up to look at him, "Happy Christmas Sirius." She paused when he only looked at her, "I'm hungry."
Sirius laughed, "Me too. Although I admit there is something I'd rather be doing."
Grinning Mo scrambled out of bed before Sirius could get a hold of her, "Food first."'
Sirius sighed defeated and watched her pull on a pair of his boxers and one of his shirts. He rolled out of bed and pulled on clothes along with her, "We can go down to the kitchens and have something if you want. I'm not really in the mood to see anyone else."
"Okay let's go," Mo said turning to look at him. "What?"
He was enjoying the way she looked in his clothes and he figured that he should give her her Christmas present, "I have something for you first."
"Oh I have something for you to!" Mo said remembering. She went over to pick up her jeans on the floor next to his bed and pulled out a tiny box from her front packet. Holding it out to him she said, "Happy Christmas."
Sirius took it surprised and opened it. Inside was a liquid silver chain. Lifting it he saw a black crystal on the end, glinting brightly. His eyebrows raised, "Whoa. What is it?"
Mo grinned happily, "It's a night crystal, they are used to protect you. Some people say that it can save you from death. It was given to me when I was born."
Sirius was staring at her shocked, "I know what night crystals are and they're extremely hard to find not to mention worn by wizards who face death every other day. Why would you have been given one?"
Mo smiled sadly, "I was born during the first uprising of Voldemort's followers. As you know my parents died shortly after, I think they knew and were trying to protect me." She noticed briefly that he hadn't flinched at the sound of the Dark Lord's name.
Sirius nodded, "Amazing." He reached up and slid it over his head. After he had tucked it under his shirt he went over to his trunk and pulled out a box as well. He handed it to her without a word.
Mo opened the box slowly and found a silver ring inside. In the middle was a swirling black and silver stone that was absolutely mesmerizing. "It's beautiful Sirius," Mo breathed.
Sirius moved forward to look at it with her, "It's a bond stone."
Mo frowned, "I've never heard of them."
Sirius explained, "Every stone can be linked to one or more other stones so that when one person needs something that person can communicate with the rest."
Mo stared, "Who has the stone's linked to this one?"
"Mine is the only one linked to yours," Sirius said holding up his right hand to show her a silver ring with a shining black stone. "James and Lily have them too."
"Wow," Mo sighed, only a little overwhelmed, and then threw her arms around Sirius. "Thank you."
Sirius grinned, "Let's go get something to eat." He tugged her out of the room and down the stairs.
"Took you guys long enough," James said casually when they came down the stairs hand in hand. "If I didn't know better I would be questioning whether leaving you two alone was a good idea."
"It was bound to happen sometime," Caroline replied.
Mo stopped frozen at the bottom of the stairs. All her friends were sitting in the common room waiting for them. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Happy Christmas to you to," James replied. "We just thought we'd come celebrate Christmas morning, er, afternoon with you."
"We didn't think you two would still be in bed," Lily said.
"When are either of them ever out of bed before noon on the weekends let alone a break?" Remus stated. "Nice outfit by the way Mo."
Mo blushed slightly, "Thanks Remus. How come you're all here? I thought you all went home for Christmas."
"We did," Jessi answered. "But we figured leaving you two alone for to long could lead to some bad consequences so we decided you needed some chaperones."
Caroline elbowed Jessi good naturedly, "She's just kidding. We didn't want you guys to be alone on Christmas so we spent the morning with our families and figured we'd have party with you two tonight."
"Awesome," Sirius grinned flopping down on the couch, pulling Mo after him.
Mo nodded, "Great. What do you want to do...?"
"I couldn't eat another bite if I wanted to," Sirius sighed leaning back in one of the overstuffed armchairs in the common room. "Good idea guys."
Mo laughed and popped another chocolate covered peppermint into her mouth, "Let it go down in history that not only have I seen Sirius Black speechless, but also claiming to be full!"
"Speechless?" James replied. "Padfoot is never speechless."
Sirius raised an eyebrow, "Trust me Prongs, you would have been to."
"Why?" Caroline asked her eyes glowing with gossip. "What happened?"
"Nothing," Sirius replied glancing at Mo.
Mo grinned, "Right, it was nothing."
"Right," Caroline raised an eyebrow, "Maybe I don't want to know." She looked around to find Remus and found him missing, "Hey where's Rem-"
She was cut off as a snowball collided with her chest. She gaped openly at the cold, wet snow in her lap, "What in the bloody hell?"
"Hey get you're arses down here!" Jessi's shout reached them through the mysteriously open window.
They all jumped up to look down from the tower window. Jessi and Remus stood at the bottom grinning at them.
"How did they manage to get down there without us-"Sirius was cut off as a snowball nailed him in the face.
"Are you coming or what?" Remus hollered. "Cause even if you don't we're just going to bewitch the snowballs so they follow you around for the rest of Christmas break."
"How can we let a challenge like that pass us by?" James asked. He turned and shouted, "We're in!"
Minutes later they all burst into the cold, crisp winter air. Remus and Jessi already had their snowballs ready. "Girls against guys!" Jessi informed them as they marched through the snow toward them.
"Aww c'mon," Sirius complained. "That isn't fair. We get Peter."
"I can throw a snowball Sirius," Peter squeaked indignantly.
"Course you can Pete," James grinned. "But I'd bet money the girls beat us." Peter glared at him and promptly lost interest in the conversation.
Sirius winked, "That shouldn't be to bad." He walked over to Mo, "Five minutes to get your snowballs ready and the war begins."
Mo smiled sweetly, "Thanks for the warning, babe, but I think we can handle it."
Sirius kissed her lightly on the lips, "I'll remember you said that, honey, when you're face first in the snow and begging for mercy."
Mo grabbed Sirius by the collar and pulled him close, "Don't plan to far ahead. I have as many tricks up my sleeve as you do."
"C'mon already!" James shouted over his growing heap of snowballs. "You two had all last night to get that out! We have a war to fight! Stop fraternizing with the enemy Padfoot."
Sirius grinned and went to help James with the snowballs. Mo shook her head and went back to help Jessi build a protecting wall of snow and ice as Lily and Caroline made snowballs.
"Oh I can't wait to nail James," Lily said with a grin. "Maybe it'll knock some sense into him." Just at that moment a snowball sailed over their wall and landed smack on Lily's head. Her face turned red as she shouted, "I'm gonna kill him!"
She picked up four snowballs and with a flick of her wand sent them speeding towards the boys. Seconds later Lily smiled satisfied when she heard four surprised shouts.
"Nice," Jessi said. "My turn." Taking out her wand she pointed it at a large pile of snowballs. With a flick of her wrist they all became invisible. She snapped her wand in the boys' direction and they could only presume the snowballs were headed that way, as they couldn't see them.
"Bloody hell!"
"What was that!"
"Where did that come from?"
"That came out of nowhere!"
The girls burst into laughter as the boys became continually more irritated. "That was awesome Jessi," Mo grinned but suddenly found her face full of snow. She gaped at her friends who were being attacked as well.
Mo wiped away the snow and fending off more snowballs grabbed an arm full of them and took off. She ducked a throw by James and managed to hit him in the chest. Sirius and Peter were still distracted by Jessi's invisible snowballs and Remus was sneaking up behind Caroline.
As Remus was busy and James was suddenly distracted with a red head with a lot of firepower, Mo was able to sneak up on Sirius from behind. "Sirius!" she shouted and flung a snowball at his head.
He turned just in time to receive it full in the face and Mo clapped a hand over her mouth. She burst into hysterical laughter and nearly fell on the ground. Sirius was staring at her, "Laugh now. You won't in a few minutes."
Still laughing Mo started to back up, "S-sirius you wouldn't, w-would you?" She couldn't stop laughing even as Sirius started after her.
"I would, sweetheart," he replied.
She held up a hand to hold him off, "C'mon Sirius, I was just – Ahhhh!" She took off running as Sirius came after her. "Siri!"
Sirius caught her around the waist and ignoring her pout said, "There's no escape now, babe." He wrestled her to the ground and proceeded to properly white wash her face.
Sputtering, her face numb, she glared up at him, "You're going to pay for that."
Sirius grinned down at her, "You have to be able to get up first and I don't intend on letting that happen." He flattened her against the snow and, his hands pinning hers above her head, started kissing her. It was a wonder the snow wasn't melting around them, she mused. When he pulled back she was breathless and her eyes were dark. He loved what kissing her did to her eyes. "And now we're done frolicking in the snow because I would prefer to be warm and dry in my bed."
"James and Lily are already way ahead of you," Remus informed them as he and Caroline walked hand in hand towards the castle.
"I guess we'll have to use my dormitory this time," Mo grinned. She shoved Sirius off and dashed through the snow to the front steps of the castle. She raced Sirius all the way back to the common room where he deliberately caught her and swung her into his arms.
"You're wet," he muttered and wrinkled his nose.
"So are you," Mo pointed out plucking at his sopping hair to make a point.
"I guess we'll have to take care of that won't we?" Sirius replied proceeding to go right through her dormitory to her bathroom. He turned on the shower and deposited her in it, clothes and all.
He quickly shed his clothes and joined her. He grinned at the disgruntled look she gave him, "We should get those wet clothes off you."
Well that's it for that chapter. Just a bit of fluff to fill in the time spaces until I get to the high point of the story! lol! Please review on your way out!! Thankies!!
Ta all!! Katie
Well this chapter is just fluff really!! I thought Mo needed a real Christmas and I had to find a way to add details to the plot for later on, and this worked! So read and enjoy!!!
Chapter Twelve – Christmas
"Happy Christmas Mo," Sirius murmured against her hair the next morning.
Mo smiled happily and sat up to look at him, "Happy Christmas Sirius." She paused when he only looked at her, "I'm hungry."
Sirius laughed, "Me too. Although I admit there is something I'd rather be doing."
Grinning Mo scrambled out of bed before Sirius could get a hold of her, "Food first."'
Sirius sighed defeated and watched her pull on a pair of his boxers and one of his shirts. He rolled out of bed and pulled on clothes along with her, "We can go down to the kitchens and have something if you want. I'm not really in the mood to see anyone else."
"Okay let's go," Mo said turning to look at him. "What?"
He was enjoying the way she looked in his clothes and he figured that he should give her her Christmas present, "I have something for you first."
"Oh I have something for you to!" Mo said remembering. She went over to pick up her jeans on the floor next to his bed and pulled out a tiny box from her front packet. Holding it out to him she said, "Happy Christmas."
Sirius took it surprised and opened it. Inside was a liquid silver chain. Lifting it he saw a black crystal on the end, glinting brightly. His eyebrows raised, "Whoa. What is it?"
Mo grinned happily, "It's a night crystal, they are used to protect you. Some people say that it can save you from death. It was given to me when I was born."
Sirius was staring at her shocked, "I know what night crystals are and they're extremely hard to find not to mention worn by wizards who face death every other day. Why would you have been given one?"
Mo smiled sadly, "I was born during the first uprising of Voldemort's followers. As you know my parents died shortly after, I think they knew and were trying to protect me." She noticed briefly that he hadn't flinched at the sound of the Dark Lord's name.
Sirius nodded, "Amazing." He reached up and slid it over his head. After he had tucked it under his shirt he went over to his trunk and pulled out a box as well. He handed it to her without a word.
Mo opened the box slowly and found a silver ring inside. In the middle was a swirling black and silver stone that was absolutely mesmerizing. "It's beautiful Sirius," Mo breathed.
Sirius moved forward to look at it with her, "It's a bond stone."
Mo frowned, "I've never heard of them."
Sirius explained, "Every stone can be linked to one or more other stones so that when one person needs something that person can communicate with the rest."
Mo stared, "Who has the stone's linked to this one?"
"Mine is the only one linked to yours," Sirius said holding up his right hand to show her a silver ring with a shining black stone. "James and Lily have them too."
"Wow," Mo sighed, only a little overwhelmed, and then threw her arms around Sirius. "Thank you."
Sirius grinned, "Let's go get something to eat." He tugged her out of the room and down the stairs.
"Took you guys long enough," James said casually when they came down the stairs hand in hand. "If I didn't know better I would be questioning whether leaving you two alone was a good idea."
"It was bound to happen sometime," Caroline replied.
Mo stopped frozen at the bottom of the stairs. All her friends were sitting in the common room waiting for them. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Happy Christmas to you to," James replied. "We just thought we'd come celebrate Christmas morning, er, afternoon with you."
"We didn't think you two would still be in bed," Lily said.
"When are either of them ever out of bed before noon on the weekends let alone a break?" Remus stated. "Nice outfit by the way Mo."
Mo blushed slightly, "Thanks Remus. How come you're all here? I thought you all went home for Christmas."
"We did," Jessi answered. "But we figured leaving you two alone for to long could lead to some bad consequences so we decided you needed some chaperones."
Caroline elbowed Jessi good naturedly, "She's just kidding. We didn't want you guys to be alone on Christmas so we spent the morning with our families and figured we'd have party with you two tonight."
"Awesome," Sirius grinned flopping down on the couch, pulling Mo after him.
Mo nodded, "Great. What do you want to do...?"
"I couldn't eat another bite if I wanted to," Sirius sighed leaning back in one of the overstuffed armchairs in the common room. "Good idea guys."
Mo laughed and popped another chocolate covered peppermint into her mouth, "Let it go down in history that not only have I seen Sirius Black speechless, but also claiming to be full!"
"Speechless?" James replied. "Padfoot is never speechless."
Sirius raised an eyebrow, "Trust me Prongs, you would have been to."
"Why?" Caroline asked her eyes glowing with gossip. "What happened?"
"Nothing," Sirius replied glancing at Mo.
Mo grinned, "Right, it was nothing."
"Right," Caroline raised an eyebrow, "Maybe I don't want to know." She looked around to find Remus and found him missing, "Hey where's Rem-"
She was cut off as a snowball collided with her chest. She gaped openly at the cold, wet snow in her lap, "What in the bloody hell?"
"Hey get you're arses down here!" Jessi's shout reached them through the mysteriously open window.
They all jumped up to look down from the tower window. Jessi and Remus stood at the bottom grinning at them.
"How did they manage to get down there without us-"Sirius was cut off as a snowball nailed him in the face.
"Are you coming or what?" Remus hollered. "Cause even if you don't we're just going to bewitch the snowballs so they follow you around for the rest of Christmas break."
"How can we let a challenge like that pass us by?" James asked. He turned and shouted, "We're in!"
Minutes later they all burst into the cold, crisp winter air. Remus and Jessi already had their snowballs ready. "Girls against guys!" Jessi informed them as they marched through the snow toward them.
"Aww c'mon," Sirius complained. "That isn't fair. We get Peter."
"I can throw a snowball Sirius," Peter squeaked indignantly.
"Course you can Pete," James grinned. "But I'd bet money the girls beat us." Peter glared at him and promptly lost interest in the conversation.
Sirius winked, "That shouldn't be to bad." He walked over to Mo, "Five minutes to get your snowballs ready and the war begins."
Mo smiled sweetly, "Thanks for the warning, babe, but I think we can handle it."
Sirius kissed her lightly on the lips, "I'll remember you said that, honey, when you're face first in the snow and begging for mercy."
Mo grabbed Sirius by the collar and pulled him close, "Don't plan to far ahead. I have as many tricks up my sleeve as you do."
"C'mon already!" James shouted over his growing heap of snowballs. "You two had all last night to get that out! We have a war to fight! Stop fraternizing with the enemy Padfoot."
Sirius grinned and went to help James with the snowballs. Mo shook her head and went back to help Jessi build a protecting wall of snow and ice as Lily and Caroline made snowballs.
"Oh I can't wait to nail James," Lily said with a grin. "Maybe it'll knock some sense into him." Just at that moment a snowball sailed over their wall and landed smack on Lily's head. Her face turned red as she shouted, "I'm gonna kill him!"
She picked up four snowballs and with a flick of her wand sent them speeding towards the boys. Seconds later Lily smiled satisfied when she heard four surprised shouts.
"Nice," Jessi said. "My turn." Taking out her wand she pointed it at a large pile of snowballs. With a flick of her wrist they all became invisible. She snapped her wand in the boys' direction and they could only presume the snowballs were headed that way, as they couldn't see them.
"Bloody hell!"
"What was that!"
"Where did that come from?"
"That came out of nowhere!"
The girls burst into laughter as the boys became continually more irritated. "That was awesome Jessi," Mo grinned but suddenly found her face full of snow. She gaped at her friends who were being attacked as well.
Mo wiped away the snow and fending off more snowballs grabbed an arm full of them and took off. She ducked a throw by James and managed to hit him in the chest. Sirius and Peter were still distracted by Jessi's invisible snowballs and Remus was sneaking up behind Caroline.
As Remus was busy and James was suddenly distracted with a red head with a lot of firepower, Mo was able to sneak up on Sirius from behind. "Sirius!" she shouted and flung a snowball at his head.
He turned just in time to receive it full in the face and Mo clapped a hand over her mouth. She burst into hysterical laughter and nearly fell on the ground. Sirius was staring at her, "Laugh now. You won't in a few minutes."
Still laughing Mo started to back up, "S-sirius you wouldn't, w-would you?" She couldn't stop laughing even as Sirius started after her.
"I would, sweetheart," he replied.
She held up a hand to hold him off, "C'mon Sirius, I was just – Ahhhh!" She took off running as Sirius came after her. "Siri!"
Sirius caught her around the waist and ignoring her pout said, "There's no escape now, babe." He wrestled her to the ground and proceeded to properly white wash her face.
Sputtering, her face numb, she glared up at him, "You're going to pay for that."
Sirius grinned down at her, "You have to be able to get up first and I don't intend on letting that happen." He flattened her against the snow and, his hands pinning hers above her head, started kissing her. It was a wonder the snow wasn't melting around them, she mused. When he pulled back she was breathless and her eyes were dark. He loved what kissing her did to her eyes. "And now we're done frolicking in the snow because I would prefer to be warm and dry in my bed."
"James and Lily are already way ahead of you," Remus informed them as he and Caroline walked hand in hand towards the castle.
"I guess we'll have to use my dormitory this time," Mo grinned. She shoved Sirius off and dashed through the snow to the front steps of the castle. She raced Sirius all the way back to the common room where he deliberately caught her and swung her into his arms.
"You're wet," he muttered and wrinkled his nose.
"So are you," Mo pointed out plucking at his sopping hair to make a point.
"I guess we'll have to take care of that won't we?" Sirius replied proceeding to go right through her dormitory to her bathroom. He turned on the shower and deposited her in it, clothes and all.
He quickly shed his clothes and joined her. He grinned at the disgruntled look she gave him, "We should get those wet clothes off you."
Well that's it for that chapter. Just a bit of fluff to fill in the time spaces until I get to the high point of the story! lol! Please review on your way out!! Thankies!!
Ta all!! Katie