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Ron sat himself on his bed. "Don't expect Percy to come," he warned bitterly. "He's been 'so busy at the Ministry' lately, that he's got no time for us anymore. It's not like I care about that git, anyway."
"You mean he still hasn't even visited your mum yet?" asked Harry, surprised.
Ron shook his head. "Not even mum. She's the only one of us he'll write to, and even then that's only once every month or so. If that prat shows his bloody face in this house, I swear I'll-"
"-scare your mum to the Spirit World?" Harry laughed. Kurama grinned.
"Thanks for telling me about everything, mate," Ron brought up.
"Don't mention it," the fox demon retorted.
"So, is it different being a demon?" Ron asked, apparently forgetting about the Percy topic. "I mean, you aren't a wizard, a ghost, or a muggle, but you bloody sure look right to be one. Aren't demons supposed to be, well, hairier or something?"
The kitsune laughed. "I have a demon form and a human form," he explained. "In either form I have control over my powers, but I look much less suspicious like how you see me now than if I were to walk around in the Human World with fox ears and a tail." The three laughed.
"Yeah, I see your point there," agreed the Weasley.
"So, aren't our eggs supposed to hatch sometime this week?" ask Harry, gazing at his delicate golden assignment.
"I hope so," said Ron surely. "Then I could show my family what it is, or, if it happens to hatch into an ugly brute, I can stash it somewhere until I leave."
"Hagrid was ingenius to think to give us creatures that would hatch over our Christmas vacation," Kurama commented sincerely. "I doubt I would've come up with such a project."
"Gee, I d'know, Kurama," shrugged Ron. "You don't really hear the word ingenius in the same sentenceas Hagrid very often.If you ask me, I think Hagrid made the thing up randomly. It's suit him much better than actually doing things for a reason."
"Come off it. Hagrid's a great guy," Harry defended his pal. "Most people just don't understand his interests, that's all."
"If you mean by interests you mean obsession with dangerous creatures that could kill you, then I completely agree. A freakin' spider sicked its kids after us, for crying out loud!"
"Hagrid didn't even know we were near the Forbidden Forest that night, remember?" Harry argued, determined to have a positive reason for whatever his red-haired friend threw at him. "We snuck out, he couldn't have known."
"And who's fault was that, Mr. 'Follow-the-Spiders'?" persisted Ron.
"I like the Fantasy Eggs. They're a great idea for a project in Hagrid's class," Kurama interjected. He didn't want his two friends fighting all through the holidays over something so useless, after all. "And they'll be the perfect size for us to care for back at the school."
"Ginny, get out of my room!" Ron shouted suddenly. The red headed girl stood in the doorway, upright and silent.
"Mum wants you to know that dinner's ready, and that you can come down and eat," Ginny reported tonelessly, then zipped around and back down the stairs.
"Good ta hear it!" grinned Ron. "I'm starved! Kurama, Harry, it's best to guess that she's going to try to fatten you up, so don't be embarrassed to get fifths- we all do."
"Merry Christmas, Hermione," Kurama greeted warmly, giving the young witch a gentle, welcoming hug.
"Merry after Christmas, you mean," she corrected, blushing. It was the twenty-sixth of December, but the Weasleys chose to celebrate the holiday only after Hermione had shown up. Ron and the Weasley twins were down about the news at first, but a promise of hardy meal changed their minds easily.
"Well, now that everyone's finally together, let's open presents!" Mr. Weasley announced joyfully.
Everyone received a personalized, hand-knitten sweater from Mrs. Weasley, which everyone smiled and politely thanked her for. She also made Hermione, Ginny, Ron, Harry, and Kurama an assortment of chocolates and sweets in a little basket, "for the trip back," she explained.
Ron received a spelling error quill from Hermione and a pair of socks she'd knitted with magic in her spare time.Harry gave him a Chocolate Frog that had a personalized picture of he and Harry in it. Fred and George gave their brother a pack of living gummy worms and a 10 discount at their store, while his dad gave Ron a new pair of robes. To Ron's great pleasure, he was overjoyed to get a beater's bat, from Kurama, withhis name engraved in it.
Ron gave Kurama, as an inside joke, a muggle cap with the word "FOXY" printed in red bold letters. Once Harry had stopped himself from laughing, he handed Kurama a pack of Buerbot's Flavored Beans, and a remembral- "Not that you'll use it," Harry added. Hermione -blushing of course- gave Kurama a hand-knitted, golden brown scarf, along with a shy kiss; Ron pretended to be busy tracing his name with his finger on his newbat.
Hermione was given a set of new quills and ink from Harry, and a couple of Nosebleed Nuggets from Fred and George. Ron gave his friend a miniature version of a magic chess board- the pieces would move when a witch or wizard commanded them to. To her surprise -and delight- the fox demon had purchased a classic snowglobe. A convincing replica of Hogwarts shown within it. Small figures moved inside the clear dome.
"It's like a simpler form of the Marauder's Map," Kurama explained. "It shows vague versions of students and staff the enter and exit the school."
"It's amazing," Hermione gaped. The others agreed with her.
Not Harry got to have a go with his loot. Kurama bought Harry a more simple, yet very affective, form of a snitch.
"You can practice with it while we're still at the Burrow," the demon shrugged.
Dobby had sent Harry some old, musty socks, along with some deserts from the kitchen at Hogwarts. Hermione gave Harry Usefull Spells for Simple Things and explained that, "it will really help you out. I scanned over it, and it's really something." Fred and George offered Harry three free items during his next visit to their shop; Ron gave Harry bird feed for Hedwig, and a new bag to carry his schoolbooks in.
After everything was given out and thanked, Mrs. Weasley invited everyone into the dining room for supper. Ther each loaded up on mashed potatoes, punch, corn, ribs, steak, and other various delicacies. By the time they'd finished, they hardly had an room for cake, pumpkin pie, brownies, and warm chocolate cookies. Somehow though, they managed to find enough room for two to five helpings of everything.
"Alrighty then! I am officially stuffed as a Thanksgiving turkey!" Ron groaned, smiling. "I'm going to sleep well tonight, that's for sure."
"Anyone up for an innocent magic snowball fight tomorrow?" Fred suggested.
"Fred and I will be team captains!" George added.
Everyone agreed. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley cleaned up dinner, and went to their rooms, as did Fred and George. Hermione took Crookshanks and bunked with Ginny, and Harry, Ron, and Kurama nestled in in Ron's bedroom.
"You're family's very friendly," Kurama brought up as they prepared themselves for bed. "You're very fortunate to live with them."
"Wish Percy was at least half the git he is now, though," Ron grumbled, pulling his arm through a pajama sleeve. "Mum gets all upset when people mention him, and Dad gets frustrated. If I ever start acting like him, I swear I'll have half a mind to Confund myself!"
"What about Bill?" Harry asked. "Where'd he go off to?"
"Visiting Fleur's family," he replied. "He wants to make a good impression, so he's spending his holiday break over there. Not that it matters what they think- Fleur's so obsessed with Bill that if her parents didn't like him, she'd apparate to France or somewhere like that, and they'd probably elope."
"What about your mum, Kurama?" asked Harry. "What's she like?"
"My mother's the kindest person that I've ever known," said the fox demon sincerely, "and that's not merely because she's my mother. She always puts others above herself, and she wants me to lead a safe, happy life.
"She's visiting with some of her friends over Christmas," he continued. "My mother offered for me to join her, but I told her that I was spending the holidays with a good friend of mine. She told me to do well with my studies, and eat plenty of healthy foods; I promised I would."
"So, what? You're one of those picture perfect sons, then?" Ron asked.
"Your mum sounds nice," Harry said.
"I'm sure yours was as well," the kitsune added assuringly. "She would be proud to see how much you've done for the magical world."
"I hope so," said Harry, only his tone of voice had become softer. "It's always strange thinking about what would've happened, how life would've been, if Voldemort hadn't killed my parents."
"You wouldn't have met me," Ron pointed out.
"Maybe," Harry shrugged, then said, "Hey, do you guys hear that?"
They turned, reached into each of their suitcases, and pulled out the cause of the sound. Cracks were forming on the boys' Fantasy Eggs.
"Hagrid, for once, please give me a good little guy to take care of for your class," begged Ron, cupping his egg between his fingers.
By the time three minutes had passed, the Griffindor students had experienced the birth of their Fantasy creatures.
"Blimey, this is the craziest project Hagrid's ever given us!" Ron yelped blissfully. "Just look at this fellow, he can already fly and everything!" Indeed, the three inch-long sphinx growled, circling the Weasley boy's head.
"All of ours can fly, really," Harry pointed out, watching his little pegasus fly around the room in a feeble attempt to capture Kurama's miniature phoenix. "I wonder what Ashlee's creature turned out to be..."
"Or Hermione's," the fox demon reminded. "Ginny as well. We'll be able to ask them in the morning."
"Bet'cha a knut Nicole's creature's terrific," Ron added.
"Did she say yes when you asked he out?" Kurama asked.
"Course she did!" Ron boasted loudly. "What other choice would she have?"
AN: Sounds like a five star day to me. Anyway, I know I just added in chapter 20, but I noticed that the Christmas part of the story was going to be a bit longerthan I'd expected. Hiei's going to show up... maybe in another chapter or two; we'll have to see how it works out.
I hope you're liking the story so far! I'm really glad that SakuraKino, Animefouryou, Everqueen, Time and Fate, Makurayami Ookami, and reckless fire have already reviewed on chapter 20. Thanks a lot everyone! I'll try to update chapter 22 in another seven days or something. Bye!