Chapter thirteen: Winston, Jub and Mistletoe...

The Christmas dinner was loud and merry at Hogwarts. Lemo and Andy bellowed - I mean sang all the Christmas songs they knew. At the end of the table, away from Andy (On purpose), a sullen, still coughing up fur Malfoy kept throwing dirty looks at Andy.

"You know he will never leave you alone now, he will try and get his revenge," Lemo pointed out.

"Well, when he does Don, Andrew and I will curse his ass!" Barry said confidently.

"And if that doesn't work, I say we throw away the wands and manually kick his ass!" Andrew added, "Aye Don?"

"Huh?"

"He was busy Drew, he was watching Jub down the table," Andy indicated to Jub down the table with her turkey drumstick, "Just go ask her out!"

"Can't, her brother's there..."

"Oh for god sake!" Andy got up and marched down the table until she was behind Jub. Crouching down she came to Jub's level (because of course she was seated). After whispering a bit Andy came back with a look of triumph,

"Don, meet Jub in the Entrance Hall this Saturday around five...Anyway about the kicking Malfoy's ass, I think I can defend myself!"

"With Lemo's help!'

"And maybe Lemo's help..."

"Yay!"

Then Barry noticed something,

"Andy your eyes! Their really blue!"

"So...?"

"Well when I met you they were purple! I swear they were..."

Now Andrew, Don and Lemo joined in looking at her eyes,

"They were a more pale blue the other day!" Andrew said.

"They were green yesterday!" Don exclaimed excitedly, "Your one of those metamorphic-thingy people!"

"Can your nose stretch!" Lemo asked.

"No! I'm not metamorphic! And Lemo, you know that!"

"I was just curious..."

Andy rolled her sapphire blue eyes,

"I wear contact lenses and you guys only just noticed my eyes have been changing?"

"Yea..."

Just then the first course cleared and the dessert appeared.

"Yay!" Lemo shouted, reaching for the Christmas pudding, Barry reached for it too,

"Grr!" Lemo growled baring her teeth, Barry backed off laughing.

"I am stuffed stupid!" Don groaned.

"...Or just stupid," Andrew dodged a pillow flung feebly his way.

The group was spread out in the common room. Don's twin brother Gred and Forge were playing a game of exploding snap, while Don's other brother, Pierce was putting more studs into his nose - for a head boy he looked relatively punk and kind of scary. On a single couch Don was sprawled out. Andy was lying mostly on Andrew fast asleep, while Barry and Lemo were in deep discussion about god knows what, but they were surprising close...When Lemo said,

"So Barry did you like my present I gave you?"

Barry looked around guiltily,

"No..."

"Well you better get up there and open it then! And while you do that I shall bring the present Andy got me down..." Barry and Lemo went up to their separate dorms, as Andy stirred.

"Hey! Andy's awake!" Don said throwing a pillow at her for no reason.

"I'll get you back for that you know..." Andy muttered eyes still closed.

"Yea, I know you w-"

"ARGH! Lemo! It bit me!" Barry screamed, rushing down from the dorm holding something breathing by the scruff of the neck. Not long after Lemo came sprinting down from the girls dorms with something else breathing around her neck.

"But it's do cute though!" Lemo said looking innocent, "C'mon who can hate a smuggleypoo?"

"You got me a smugg - what now?"

"A smuggleypoo!"

"And what the fuck is that when it's at how? And what's around your neck!"

"Barry, a smuggleypoo is a hamster-like creature. It only lives for about a week and when it dies it turns into an object you desire," Andy mumbled still half asleep.

"What she said," Lemo said.

"And...around your neck?"

"Oh! Andy got it for me! It's Winston the Weasel!"

"Winston?"

"Don't ask..." Andy said.

"Wasn't gonna."

"Hey, Barry what's that on your arm?" Andrew asked spotting the silver coat draped over Barry's arm.

"I'm not sure, I travelling coat I think...It was the other present I hadn't opened yet."

"Who's it from?" Lemo asked curiously.

"This all it said on the note that came with it..." Barry said passing the note to Lemo.

The note read:

Dear Barry,

I 'borrowed' this from your father before he died,

I think it should rightfully be returned to you...

(partly 'cause I don't need it.)

Use it well

(Nuh-duh...)

"Wow...This person seems to have two personalities..." Andy said, after reading the letter.

"Well, that bizzare, I mean what else are you going to use a cloak for?" Andrew said.

"Don what you think?" Barry said, looking over at Don, who let out a loud snore, "When did he fall asleep?"

"Pass..."

"Well lets see it on you then!" Lemo sat herself down on top of Don.

Barry chucked the cloak over himself and turned to face Andy, Andrew and Lemo, "So how do I look?"

"Like a crappy couch," Lemo answered honestly.

"Oh my fucking god! Barry your invisible!"

"I am?"

"Nope, just felt like saying it!"

"Oh."

"I'm kidding! Why would I say that if you weren't!"

"Well...you are Andy..."

"Shut up."

"Hey, guys I'm going to go for walk..." Barry said, suddenly feeling emotional - as good men do when their dead fathers are mentioned unexpectantly...Barry took the cloak off and threw it over his shoulder, then exited through the portrait.

"He'll be okay, aye?" Andrew asked, concerned - another good man...

"I'm going to go follow him..." Lemo said getting up off Don, then chased after Barry.

"I don't think that's a good idea!' Andy called after her, but Lemo continued her chase after Barry.

"Barry!" Lemo hissed down the deserted corridor, "Oi! Pigboy..."

No reply.

"Fuck! How far can he go!" she muttered to herself.

Walking briskly down the corridor Lemo tried to keep warm as the cold crept upon her, suddenly Lemo sptted a piece of paper on the ground,

"Well hello, what's this..."

In loopy font, at the top of the page it said 'Abnormality Potion'. The page was obviously ripped from a book. Below the heading it said all the ingredients and method for making it,

"This must be instructions to make a potion!" Lemo muttered to no one in particular, after saying this McGonagall's words popped into her mind 'No shit Sherlock, go tell Watson!' Lemo chuckled to herself.

"Come looking for me did you?" Came Barry's voice from behind her.

"Yep! Boy, you can walk fast!" Lemo said relieved that she wasn't alone anymore.

"What have you got there?" Barry asked noticing the potion thingy in Lemo's hand, Lemo passed it to him.

"Side effects: Love potion-like reaction, opposite behaviour than usual, possible break-out of hives and other random things..." Barry read, "Sounds like a scary potions if you ask me..."

"I'll say, can't imagine that being allowed..." Lemo agreeing.

"Yea..."

"Hey, we better get back to the common room..."

"Yea true..."

Then for know reason Barry kissed Lemo.

"Uh...what was that for?" Lemo asked, Barry casually pointed upwards, towards the mistletoe, "Their everywhere!"

As Barry walked ahead to the common room Lemo looked up at the mistletoe, "I love you ugly pointy plant!" Then she rushed to catch up with Barry,

"Hey, Lemo...you're not doing anything this Saturday are you?"

"Well...I guess the squid won't miss me..."

Thank you 2 my better reader, (Lemo)! And again apoligies...