Hogwarts: 2014

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Robes of a Different Colour

A second hand clamped over her mouth to prevent her from screaming. Alex panicked.

'Oh no, oh no, oh no…' she thought, and she did the only thing she could think of. She bit the hand. Hard.

"OW! Alex! What the hell was that for?" the person shrieked, sucking on their hand where her teeth punctured skin.

"Shut UP, Ronnie!" hissed the other. Alexis sighed. Thank god, it was only the twins. She squinted through the darkness of the passageway. Yes, she could make out Chelsea's frizzy red hair.

Then Alex heard someone chuckle. Normally, you wouldn't hear a chuckle as quiet as this one, but her nerves were taking over and her senses were keen. She whipped her wand out from the inner pockets of her robes. Pointing it to where she thought came from, she whispered, "Who's there?"

A hand appeared out of the shadows and the trio screamed. They tore through the tapestry and stood on the other side of the hall. Veronica, the bravest of the three, stepped forward, wand raised, and confronted the disembodied hand.

The hand reached up and seemed to grab hold of something. A silvery, watery cloak dropped at the feet of…

"SIRIUS POTTER, NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!" Chelsea screamed; pounding him on the arm wile he fell into fits of laughter.

"Oh, you guys would never get past stealth and secrecy, that's for sure!" he wheezed. Alex narrowed her eyes at him.

"How did you find us, Siri?" she asked in a sickly sweet voice. He sobered up instantly.

"Well… you see…"

"YOU USED THE MAP?" Ronnie screeched. "That is TOTALLY against the rules of hide-and-seek! How" slap "Could" slap "YOU!"

And without further ado, he was chased all the way to the Great Hall by three of his livid best friends, who were pelting bat-bogey hexes and babbling curses at him the whole way.

"…And I would like to say Merry Christmas to all who are not staying at Hogwarts over the holidays. Your carriages will arrive in 1 hour, so please be in the Entrance Hall by then. Dismissed." Hours after the hide-and-seek incident, Alexis, Siruis and Veronica sat at the Gryffindor table, listening to McGonagall speak of schoolwork and were immensely relieved when she dismissed them.

"We really should finish packing, Alex." Ronnie said over the table. Sirius' eyes widened. Dropping his fork, he jumped off his seat as though he was electrocuted, and raced out of the hall. The two girls exchanged exasperated glances, knowing full well he was off to start packing. "Come on, let's go."

As they were approaching to doors leading to the entrance hall, a redheaded girl in green Slytherin robes chased them down. "Hey guys," Chelsea said, "I'm going to sit with Iris, is that ok?"

"Yeah, its fine," replied Alex, "just make sure she says 'Merry Christmas' to Uncle Draco, ok?" Iris Malfoy, daughter of Draco and the late Sarah Dawson-Malfoy (a muggle Draco fell in love with during the Death-Eater raids on London) was one of Chelsea's best friends in her house of Slytherin.

"Ok. See you guys at home!" and with a wave, Chelsea was gone.

Alexis and Ronnie made their way back to the Gryffindor common room and up the spiral staircase. Greeting them in their dormitory were their other dorm mates Kirsten, Manisha and Hannah, all of which were rushing madly around the room collecting various belongings. Alex noticed that most of her clothes (which used to be strewn all over the room…) were in a messy pile at the end of her bed. Looking over to Veronica's bed, she noticed a similar pile.

"Oh, hi! How was the feast?" asked Manisha, who was currently trying, and failing, to fit all of her clothes into her trunk. Finally giving up, she shrunk 90 of it, and found it was a lot lighter too.

"Not that great," Ronnie replied, cramming all of her clothes and necessary books into her trunk.

One hour and many pointless conversations later, the fourth-year Gryffindor girls made their way down to the Entrance Hall, preparing to leave for the Christmas Holidays.

Pulling her scarf tight around her neck, Alex ran outside into the snow, pushing her way over to the horseless carriages.

"Mum!"

Dora sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"Mum? Dad?"

"Oi! Old people!"

Dora stood up and gently woke her husband. "Remus? Remus the kids are home."

"What?" he grumbled, as he sat up and lifted the photo album off his stomach.

Liam Lupin strode into the lounge room, Quidditch captain badge pinned proudly to his robes. "Uncle Harry took us home. He said you old farts needed your sleep," he teased.

"Well you tell your uncle he's not much younger than me!" scolded Dora as the man in question walked into the room with his troop of Potters in tow. His youngest, Molly, was only 3 and was on her mother's hip. Sirius was already fighting with his 8-year-old sister, and trailing behind were the last two Lupins: Tate and Alexis. Alex rolled her eyes at her cousin and walked over to the couch.

"Hello Daddy!" she said, kissing her father on the cheek. She turned to her mum and repeated the action.

"Hello Darling," Dora replied, affectionately rubbing her daughter's violet hair.

"Best be up and unpacking, you wont have much time tomorrow, we are going to the Burrow for your sister's birthday."

The patter of almost-eleven-year-old feet announced Caitlin's arrival from her bedroom. Seeing all of her family finally home for the holidays was very exciting for the lonely little girl. She had nobody to play with when her siblings went away for school. At least I will be able to join them next year! She thought.

"Well, we better be off. Mum will have my head if I don't start making the egg salad! See you all tomorrow!" offered Ginny, taking Hannah's hand and directing her family to the fireplace.

When the last Potter had disappeared, the Lupins spread out to their various bedrooms to unpack. Tomorrow they had to get ready for yet another 'Molly Weasley Birthday Party.'

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