Christmas had finally come. Hogwarts castle was decorated beautifully, with singing knights, and Christmas trees at every corner.

"PRONGS! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Sirius shouted with glee.

James groaned, and turned around to look at his clock. It was six o' clock in the morning.

"PADFOOT! LET ME GO BACK TO SLEEP! IT'S SIX IN THE MORNING, DAMN IT!" James rolled back over on his side, attempting to fall back to sleep. Suddenly, he was rolled off of the bed, to immense giggling, no doubt Sirius'.

"Its CHRISTMAS, Its CHRISTMAS," Sirius chanted gleefully.

"Happy Christmas to you, too, Padfoot," James groaned. He could hear another thud, most likely Remus falling out of bed.

"PRESENTS! PRESENTS! LETS OPEN THE PRESENTS!" said Sirius giddily.

James opened his first. He received loads of sweets from his parents, multiple varieties of dungbombs from Sirius, Quidditch through the Ages from Remus, an ink set from Peter, a sneakoscope from Emma, and a book of poetry from Lily. On the inside cover, it said:

Happy Christmas, James.

Thank you for sticking up for me, both in Slughorn's classroom, and with Snape.

Perhaps I was wrong about you after all.

Yours,

Lily Evans

James grinned. He could not wait to see Lily.

"Oi, Prongs! That from Evans?" asked a bewildered Sirius.

"Yeah. What'd you get from Emma?"

"Er…it looks like some sort of scrapbook…of us," said Sirius.

"She actually thought that that would get through your thick skull?" remarked Lupin.

"Hey! I like it, thank you! So shut it, Moony!"

…

"LILY! LILY! WAKE UP! ITS CHRISTMAS!" said Emma, dancing around the room excitedly.

"Huh? Emma! It is six o' clock in the morning!"

"OPEN YOUR PRESENTS!"

"Fine…but then I am going straight to bed again!"

Lily got money from her parents for her upcoming trip to Hogsmeade, while her sister, Petunia, got her nothing. She got a new quill and rolls of parchment from Emma and sweets from Peter, Sirius, and Remus. Just when she was about to go back to bed, Emma said, "Wait! You forgot this one!"

It was a small, messily wrapped box, obviously wrapped by a man.

Lily opened it, and gasped. Inside the box, was a beautiful, large heart shaped emerald, set in silver, on a silver chain. The face of the emerald had Lily engraved on it.

"Oh my gosh, Lily! That is beautiful! Who is it from?"

Lily looked inside the box. There was a note inside. It said:

Lily,

This necklace has been passed down to the women in my family for ages. I knew it would look perfect on you, so I got it from my mum and engraved it for you with my wand. I really hope you like it. If not, it's alright, I'll understand.

Love,

James Potter

"Its-its from James," Lily said, surprised, and touched.

"Wow…he must really love you," said Emma.

"Yeah, he must," Lily answered, as she put the necklace around her neck, clutching the emerald close to her heart.