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Chapter 13: Going home.
"Are you going home for Christmas?" Lily asked Sarah. Sarah stuck her spoon in her mouth and nodded. Christmas was a week away and half the school was overjoyed while the other half was sad. Faith and Lily always went home for the holidays. Sarah sighed in knowing she'd be going hometomorrow.
"I figure I might as well." Sarah said sticking her spoon back in her oatmeal.
"Tired?" Faith asked taking a seat next to Sarah. Sarah nodded glumly. She had just spent all night with Remus, Sirius, James and Peter in the Shrieking Shack (Ok so my lunar cycles are a little off. So sue me...please don't.)
"I'll be so glad to be home for a little bit." Faith said grabbing an apple and taking a bit out of it. Faith lived with her father in a nice house. She was an only child and didn't mind. Her father was always bringing people over to stay for a while
"I will too...except for the fact Petunia will be there." Lily sighed thinking of her sister. She knew exactly what would happen. Lily would come home and her parents would question her about the school year. Petunia would sneer at every opportunity and talk about Lily behind her back. Her mother told Lily that Petunia is just jealous...Lily hoped so.
"My parents will probably be out partying every night." Sarah sighed. Sarah's parents were either at work, at a party or mingling with their friends and the upper class. Since Sarah is an only child she's left at home with absolutely nothing to do.
"Going home for the holidays?" James asked sitting across from them.
"Yup." They all chimed. Sirius came and sat next to James after tripping some Huffelpuff first years. Sirius seemed to get angrier as Christmas came and played more pranks. The girls assumed he wasn't pleased about going home. The bell rang and the girls got up and headed to History of Magic.
"You know you could always come over to my house again for Christmas." James said as he and Sirius walked to History of Magic.
"Yeah, but then I'd be getting Howlers every day about how Regulus is a much better son than I am, even though he's like... 9, and that I'm horrid for spending so much time with you and you muggle born loving family. Keep in mind she views you as 'The worst pure blood family ever to walk this Earth. Conversing with mudbloods honestly!' "Sirius said mocking his mother in a high pitched voice.
"Well just know our house is always open to you. You know my mom loves having you around." James smiled as they took their seats next to Remus and Peter in History of Magic. Professor Binns droned on about...no one even knows. Faith, James and Sirius fell asleep in class. Remus and Lily were attempting to pay attention but found their eyelids drooping, Sarah was doodling on her desk and Peter was doing whatever it is Peter does.
"Wow that was fascinating." Faith said sarcastically as they walked out of History of Magic, fortunately with their brains intact.
"I think that was without a doubt the most boring thing...ever." Sarah yawned and tightened her robes around her as the walked outside and headed for Herbology.
"I simply can't stand Herbology." James said after an excruciating 3 hour herbology lesson.
"No one can mate." Sirius said running a hand through his hair.
"Well just be thankful that was the last Herbology lesson till January 3rd." Remus said.
"Yeah and now we have the rest of the year to look forward to." Peter said (no not the rest of the school year. The rest of the actual year...you know until New years.Some people get that mixed up.)
Sirius nodded and reached down and made a snowball. Thenthre it ashard as he could at Severus's head. Severus's head snapped forward from the momentum of the snow ball and he gripped his wand and turned around.
The boys broke out in laughter and Peter threw another snowball hitting Severus in the face. The boys laughed only harder. James then gathered up a snow ball and threw it as Severus began to swear loudly.
"Clean out your mouth." He yelled chucking it. It landed straight in his face and a large portion of it got in his mouth. Sirius and Remus were doubled over in laughter and James and Peter were grabbing their sides from laughing. Suddenly a snow ball hit the side of Remus's face causing him to fall down. The boys stopped laughing, but still had wide grins on their faces, and turned to see who threw the snowball. Lily waved and Sarah and Faith were busting out with laughs.
Remus got up and shook the snow out of his hair. James gathered a snowball and struck Faith on the top of the head with it. Faith narrowed her eyes at James and got the snow out of her hair. Sarah picked up a snowball and hurled it. It struck Peter right in the mouth.The girls laughed harder and went inside.
"You ok Severus?" Lily asked once they got inside. He nodded and looked at his feet.
"You've got snow all over you." Faith said brushinghis shoulders off.
"Well, Happy Christmas." Lily and Faith said in perfect unison. Sarah heaved a huge sigh.
"Its Merry Christmas! You Brits." Sarah said teasingly and went with her friends up the stairs
Sirius reluctantly pulled his trunk into the common room. Peter would be the only one in the boys dormitory. Sirius dragged his trunk over to the growing pile of trunks and let it fall hard. He could hear the girls already coming down. Their laughter broke the silence of the room and Faith's seemed to sink right into Sirius's soul. The girls walked right past Sirius, still jabbering like maniacs, and right out of the common room.
The girls quickly shoveled down their food and took to standing out on the grounds with robes tightly secured with everyone else. Faith, Lily and Sarah all climbed into a carriage of their own.
"I can't wait to go home. Of course dad will have some new muggle Christmas thing he'll want me to hang up." Faith said shaking her head.
"All the decorations at my house will have already been set up. But I'll get to help pick out a tree." Lily said hopefully.
"Mom and Dad will have all the Christmas decorations put up by the house elves...but Nora always has a plate of fresh gingerbread men in every room." Sarah said thinking of their warm toasty center. The Train ride to Kings Cross Station was uneventful. Faith instantly saw her father and greeted him with a warm hug.
"I'll see you later." Faith called back and walked with her father. Lily was the next to see her mom and dad. She rushed after them and was quick to leave. Sarah looked for her parents but couldn't see them anywhere. Sighing she went outside and sat on Kings Cross's steps. After a half hour of waiting a black car pulled up and Sarah's mother scrambled out.
"Sarah honey, I'm dreadfully sorry I'm late. Their was trouble at the Ministry and I completely lost track of time." She said giving her daughter a warm smile and putting her trunk in the back of the car.
"No Problem mom." Sarah said getting in the car. Her mother drove off and after an hour of driving they were in the country. Most of the rich purebloods lived out here. Their were homes put under a spell so they appear invisible to muggles. Sarahs mother pulled into Deluna manor, only two miles from Malfoy manor, and a group of house elves jumped out of the house to greet Sarah. Sarah loved the house elves, they were so pleasing and nice. Sarah looked up at her house as it began to snow. Deluna manor wasn't overly huge like most of the pureblood houses but it was big. Sarah walked in the house and climbed the large stairs to her bedroom. Her bedroom was a soft orange and he bed and all her furniture was white. Sarah flopped down on her bed and took a gingerbread man off the plate next to her bed. She sighed and looked out the window at the falling snow.
Faith fell out of her fathers car and looked up at her house. It was a plain looking two story house with a nice front yard but a weird backyard and garage, which was where her father kept all his muggle toys. Faith ran inside and saw that her father hadn't bothered with even putting up one Christmas decoration. They were all in boxes on the floor. Faith's father was the type to start a project and never finish it.
"The Weasleys are coming for dinner." Her father said dropping her trunk on the floor. Faith smiled, she loved the Weasleys, Bill and Charlie were so cute and she loved to play with them. Mr. Weasley would go out back with her father like they always did and talk about muggle things for hours. Mrs. Weasley would talk with Faith and say how much shes grown and how much of a lady shes become. She would then smile and watch Faith play with Bill and Charlie. It's what they did every Christmas...and basically all summer too.
"What do you plan on making for dinner?" Faith asked.
"Well I thought about using the..stove to make a roast" Her father said a huge smile on his face. Faith raised an eyebrow and grinned at her father.
"Right...so uh Magic it is again." He said taking off his coat.
Lily walked into her house and was instantly greeted by the smells of the kitchen. Luckily Petunia was home and was out with some friends...seems she followed Faith's advice after all.
The house was fully decorated, except for the tree. There wasn't a corner left unhollied. Pleasant Christmas music drifted in from her fathers stero and S'anta Clause is Coming to Town' began to play.
"Help me make the cookies?" Lily's mom asked as Lily walked into the kitchen. Lily fastened a red apron and set to work cutting out different Christmas shapes and putting them on the cookie sheet. After Lily had made 4 dozen cookies her and her mother sat down and waited for them to finish baking. The front door slammed shut.
"Mom! Is she home!" Petunia's whiny voice rang out.She entered the kitchen with a friend who had a terribly pinched face and looked like she was constantly sucking on a lemon.
"Mom! I told you I would help you with the cookies." Petunia moaned smelling their pleasant scent
"You weren't here" Their mother said shrugging.
"Their probably poisoned anyway." Petunia said storming up to her room, her friend trailing behind her.
To Be Continued With the Boys Homecoming...
(A/N: Ok I have to know because I'm a pest. Which couple are you hoping for the most: Lily/James , Sarah/Remus, Faith/Sirius, Faith/Serverus. Just include it in your reviews please. Thankies!)