Chapter 14- Christmas at the Weasley's

Christmas spirit was in the air at Hogwarts, the many large Christmas trees that hung around Hogwarts made the Christmas feeling come alive for all, except for one person. Jess was becoming more depressed as the days approached the Christmas holidays. Carlie had said that she's have him over if not for being with the Weasley's the entire time. Jess had been practicing walking through walls when no one was looking, he was becoming rather good at it too. He also had tried turning into liquid but without much success. Levitation was so easy now; he could lift up the bed with his mind if he wanted too. Carlie was having fun with her shape shifting abilities; Jess had seen her transform into a beautiful snowy owl and fly around Hogwarts. She also amused people in class by changing her appearance when she was bored. Many of the teachers thought her talent was very interesting, all except Professor Snape who told Carlie the day after her abilities were announced to the world that any transforming in his classes would result in detention. Jess sighed, as he walked to Herbology, he really hated the class with a passion. Plants were so not his thing, most people thought potions was but he actually enjoyed Transfiguration the most of all his subjects. As he walked in to the greenhouse, he noticed that Carlie had short green hair and deep purple eyes.

/Good look for you Carls/

/I think I'm freaking people out with my eyes/ she replied.

Jess silently laughed, her eyes looked extremely unusual but then, Carlie was.

Professor Sprout came in and called to them "Gather round now everyone."

The class that had been chatting, gathered around Professor Sprout who was showing them how to plant and tent to a Bistort plant.

"Now" Professor Sprout said once she'd explained everything "I'll pair you off so you can tent to a plant of your own."

In the end Carlie got paired off with Jack Sloper, another Gryffindor boy. The Weasley twins, as usual were together and Jess got paired off with Matthew.

Jack seemed a little dazed by Carlie's appearance but she talked to him like normal.

"Can you pass me that watering can?" Carlie asked

He passed it to her. Jack wasn't short but compared to Carlie he looked it because Carlie was quite tall but she never seemed to notice it. He had green eyes and sun kissed blonde hair.

"Are my eyes freaking you out?" Carlie asked,

Jack didn't answer for a second then he said "No, they're really pretty"

Carlie laughed "Oh thanks,"

"Not that you need the eyes to look pretty," he continued.

Carlie felt herself going a bit red.

Jack smiled "I'm not too thrilled about your hair though,"

Carlie laughed "well" Carlie's hair changed from a short green to a shoulder length deep red. "That better"

"Much, it makes your eyes look even better," He said.

Carlie felt good, Christmas as just around the corner and she was spending it with two of her best friends and then to make matters even better, she was going to have a party and her muggle friends and family were coming too. Then Carlie felt a twinge of guilt, Jess was going to be all alone for Christmas, but she couldn't help it, sometimes life just wasn't fair.

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The last day of term was upon them and most people were bursting with excitement, Jess was acting as happy as he could but Carlie knew it was forced. Charms was their last lesson and Professor Flitwick was letting people do whatever they wanted, Carlie, Fred, George and Lee were sitting on a few desks playing exploding snap while having a conversation about what they were doing on the holidays.

"Well we can work on some pranks and test a few on Percy" Fred said.

"And Bill is coming too, I haven't seen him in about a year" George added.

"The party is going to be wild, Mum and Sara are inviting Shaun and Max, they're Sara's nephews and they're bringing some of their friends plus a bunch of other people" Carlie said.

"Hey can we join you?"

Carlie looked up to see Jack Sloper and his friend Andrew Kirke standing there.

"Sure, we were just talking about what's happening on the holidays" Carlie said.

"Yeah what are you two doing?" Lee asked,

"Nothing much, going to my aunt's place" Andrew replied.

"I'm staying at Hogwarts" Jack answered.

"Are you going to be alone?" Fred asked

"Nah, I've got a few friends in Ravenclaw that are staying here too"

As the conversation between the six of them continued, Jess and was having a very similar conversation with some Slytherins.

"Mcairn, is your family having a big feast and a party?" Lucas asked

"Yeah like always, it's a tradition in my family" Jess answered.

"I wish my family had traditions like that" The Auburn haired girl said softly

"No you don't Satrina, I hate the traditions" Jess said. The Slytherin girls were usual either quiet or extremely bitchy, Satrina Levira was very quiet and only spoke when spoken too. The other two girls were Fiona Barclay and Tina Sabot.

It wasn't just a wizard thing to be talking about the holidays because in a cafeteria miles away, seven muggles were having almost the same conversation.

"I can't wait until the party at Carls place" Keisha Alan exclaimed as the groups of kids sat down to eat their mystery meat. At the table were Lyndsay, Nathan, Keisha, Tegan, Jason, Lewis and Jax.

"Why doesn't she go to this school again?" Tegan asked

Lyndsay rolled her eyes "Because she got accepted into this school that her parents went too."

"You mean both her parents?" Lewis asked.

"Yes" Lyndsay said sound exasperated.

"That's the first time I've heard of Carlie having a dad" Lewis said.

"Well she must have had one, unless Miranda's a witch or an alien or something" Jason said.

Lyndsay and Nathan exchanged looks at the word witch.

"What have you got for your last subject?" Jax asked

"Me and Tegan have French" Jason said.

"I have English with Nathan" Lyndsay said.

"I'm a loner, I've got Maths with no one" Keisha said

"Me and Jax have Science" Lewis said, picking at the brown lump that was supposed to be meat.

The day seemed to go on forever, for both the wizards and the muggles in school. When it finished, they was a sigh of relief from everyone.

Carlie had packed the rest of her things, as she went through her drawers she noticed the two books that she had taken from the library. The book of Ancient Myths, Legends and Prophecy's she didn't need, if she had time, she'd return it and the elements: A guide to power, she knew she'd need still, shoving both books her suitcase, she carried it down stairs to meet Fred and George.

"We have about fifteen minutes before we have to go" Fred said as Carlie put her suitcase near the pile of other bags.

"I have to return some books the library okay?" Carlie said, pulling out the large book.

"We'll meet you near the boats in ten minutes alright?" George asked.

"Yeah fine" Carlie replied.

Carlie walked into the Library, no one was really around so she just slipped the book into the return box. As she began to walk out, she bumped into Jess, he was alone.

"I overheard Fred and George tell Lee that you were here, I wanted to talk to you before you left" Jess motioned to an empty isle. Carlie walked in and Jess followed.

"I wanted to give you this" Jess held out a rectangular package.

"Oh Jess, thanks, I got you something too" Carlie dug around in her pocket until she produced a red parcel.

"Wanna open it now or wait until Christmas?" Jess asked,

"I might wait til Christmas" Carlie smiled.

"We better go; the train will be leaving soon"

"Yeah, have a Merry Christmas" Carlie hugged Jess.

"You too"

On the train, Jess watched the trees fly by in a blur; he wished he could just jump out of the train. None of his friends were with him, they were staying at Hogwarts. Jess looked at the present Carlie had given him for Christmas, he shrugged and opened it. There was a note inside, that said

Dear Jess,
Here's something to keep you amused for the holidays, it's a muggle computer game. There's only one game because they're expensive but I'm sure it will keep you amused for many hours.
Merry Xmas
Carlie

Jess looked down at it; it was in a box that said GAMEBOY across it. Jess opened it, and read the instructions.

Carlie was telling Fred and George jokes she'd heard.

"Okay a Giraffe and a man walk into a bar and after many drinks the Giraffe passes out on the ground, as the man gets up and begins to walk out the bartender goes, 'Hey you can leave him lying here" and the man goes 'he's a Giraffe not a lion" Carlie said

Fred and George snickered "Where did you hear that?"

"Lyndsay and me used to go into the library at school and read the joke books"
Carlie laughed "There not funny but you laugh because they're so lame."

"How many do you know?" Fred asked

"Heaps, know a couple of ones I'm not suppose to know."

"Tell us some more."

"What did the man say to the cow when he was on the roof? Get off the roof" Carlie said

Fred and George shook their heads, "That is by far the WORST joke I've ever heard"

"I'll tell you one I'm not suppose to know." Carlie winked

'Oh, I wanna here this." Fred said

"What did the elephant say to the naked man? How does he eat with that thing?" Carlie smiled.

Fred and George looked blankly at her and she rolled her eyes, she whispered something in George's ear and he laughed before telling Fred who also laughed.

"That was a very inappropriate joke!" George said.

Carlie laughed "You didn't get it until I explained it!"

"That's because our mother taught us right" Fred said.

"You saying something about my mum Weasley?" Carlie said in a mocking angry voice

"Absolutely Mason" Fred said, trying not to laugh.

"Well come over here and say that" Carlie said

There was a few seconds of silence before they all burst out laughing.

Nathan was sitting at home on his computer talking to Lewis on MSN. Nathan couldn't help but laugh when he saw Lewis's MSN name, SAVE THE TREES! EAT A BEAVER!

SAVE THE TREES EAT A BEAVER says: Are you going to the movies with us on Sunday?

Beauty is skin deep, ugly goes to the bone says: Yeah probably.

SAVE THE TREES EAT A BEAVER says: Keisha and Lyndsay want to go shopping after

Beauty is skin deep, ugly goes to the bone says: They can but I'm not coming with them.

SAVE THE TREES EAT A BEAVER says: Same here, chicks are scary when they go shopping

Beauty is skin deep, ugly goes to the bone says: LOL

SAVE THE TREES EAT A BEAVER says: have you met the friends Carlie is bringing to the party?

Beauty is skin deep, ugly goes to the bone says: no

SAVE THE TREES EAT A BEAVER says: Do you know if they're guys or chicks?

Beauty is skin deep, ugly goes to the bone says: They're guys

SAVE THE TREES EAT A BEAVER says: Trust Carlie to have all guys as friends

Nathan laughed, it was a fact that Carlie preferred to have guys as friends but he didn't care, Carlie was his best friend.

It was dark when they got to the burrow. Mr. Weasley had greeted them all as he fiddled with an ancient muggle record player.

"Carlie you're quite knowledgeable on muggle things, tell me how this works?" He asked.

"Mr. Weasley this thing is ancient, it probably doesn't work" Carlie said.

"Oh well a little bit of magic might fix that" He said.

"Arthur stop fiddling with that thing and help with dinner" Mrs. Weasley snapped at him.

"You're staying in Ginny's room, mum won't let you stay in our room" Fred said.

"I have no idea why though" George winked.

Carlie laughed, "She doesn't have to worry about that."

"Hey mum when is Bill getting here?" Fred asked

"He's upstairs with Ron and Ginny" She answered.

"Come on, Carls" George said.

Upstairs, Carlie dumped her suitcase in Ginny's room and walked into Bill's room.

"Hi Carlie, You're looking good." Carlie blushed. Bill was the first of the Weasley's Carlie had ever met and she had always thought he was gorgeous. Carlie knew that he was too old for her, he'd already left Hogwarts the year before.

"Hey Carlie" Ron said.

"Hey Ron, how ya going?" Carlie asked.

"Good, your hair looks cool" Carlie flicked it and grinned.

"DINNNER'S READY!" Mrs. Weasley called from downstairs.

As Carlie walked down the stairs, she knew Christmas was going to be fun.

Jess was sitting on his bed, engrossed in the game boy Carlie had given him. She had definitely been right; it did amuse you for hours. He also had nothing better to do so this was what he was doing.

/Hey Jess are you bored/ Nathan's voice asked

/not really, I'm playing a game boy/

/well I am so I'm going to talk to you/ Nathan said.

/Why don't you orb over and we can hang out/

/hold up/ everything was quite for a while then Nathan appeared in Jess's room.

"Hey Jess"

"Hey Nathan" Jess turned off the game boy

"How's the holidays?"

Jess rolled his eyes "Terrible, how's yours?"

"Lonely, my parents are never home and I haven't got any siblings"

"Well we can keep each other company" Jess said

"That would be great" Nathan grinned

Carlie had a rather rude awaking when Fred and George decided that sleeping in on Christmas day was a crime and dumped a bucket of water on her. Carlie screamed and jumped out of bed, the water was freezing! Fred and George were standing there with a bucket in their hands and stupid grins on their faces.

"YOU ARE SO DEAD!" Carlie ran at them.

Fred and George ran out of the room and down the stairs and into the kitchen where Carlie caught them, she'd orbed into the kitchen and jumped on Fred's back.

"YOU TWO ARE THE BIGGEST FU-"

"CARLIE!" Mrs. Weasley yelled as she walked into the kitchen.

"Sorry Mrs. Weasley but they dumped water on me and I was kinda sleeping" Carlie said, glaring at Fred and George.

"Well since you're up, you may as well open your presents" Mrs. Weasley said.

Carlie walked back to her room and picked up the presents and went back downstairs where Fred and George sat with their half opened presents.

Carlie opened the one from her mum first, "Good old mum" Carlie thought as she saw that her mum had gotten her a shirt, a few magazines and the offspring CD. Next was a present from Lyndsay, which turned out to be a Discman. Opening the rest she'd gotten Sara's leather jacket and boots that she'd wanted forever, a book called 101 useless facts from Jess, a burnt CD from Nathan plus a Jumper from Mrs. Weasley. The twins also gave her some dung bombs and a book called 1000 crude jokes.

"What's that?" George asked pointing to the Discman.

"It's a Discman, I can play my new CD's in it" Carlie said, putting the CD.

Putting the headphones on she began listening to the music and after a while she yelled out "You know it smells like shit"

"What are you listening too?" Fred asked.

"Original Prankster."

"Can we here it?" Fred asked

Carlie laughed "In a second, I love this song"

After Fred and George had taken turns in listening to Carlie's Discman, Mr. Weasley became very interested in it.

"So it plays these CD things?"

Carlie nodded, "Here" She place the headphones on him.

"Oh is this muggle music?" he asked

"Yup, my fav too" Carlie said.

Mr. Weasley became fascinated by the Discman and listened to it for many hours before Mrs. Weasley told him to do something constructive. Mrs. Weasley had cooked a large feast for them all for dinner and Carlie had stuffed herself full of food. As Carlie went to sleep that night, she thought about all times that she'd spent at Sara's place with her family, and then she felt homesick. All thoughts soon vanished as she went to sleep.