26
Christmas Morning surprise...
Torrey stretched and rolled onto her stomach. She looked at the alarm clock on her bed stand. It was too early to be getting up on a day that she didn't have any classes. She sighed and closed her eyes, but sleep eluded her.
Sighing again, she got to her feet. Her room mates were out in the common room, opening presents. She stretched and noticed the stack of presents at the end of her bed. Usually she would open her presents with her siblings, but this year she was the only one who hadn't gone home for the break. She grinned and sat by the presents. She felt a little different, but she shrugged it off to the mushrooms at dinner last night.
The first present was from her Mum and Dad. It was an advanced Potions kit. She smiled and ran her hands lovingly over the different phials of ingredients. Daniel had sent her a new pair of Dragon Hide gloves. Brian, Jeffery and James had pooled their resources and bought her a book of advanced potions. Phedre gave her a lovely dress robe that had a low collar and a expandable hem. Peter bought her a satin bath robe and Hexial gave her a matching night dress. Evian and Evan got her a lovely chess set. Yuko sent her twelve beautiful ribbons from each of the twelve countries they had visited in their lives. Sabrina sent her an autographed copy of her favorite book. Ellis, in his typical three year old fashion, had given her a box of rather sloppily made cookies.
Torrey looked at the presents as they lay on her bed. Her family may not have bought her the most expensive things, but each gift was bought specifically with her in mind. Two presents remained and Torrey frowned, wondering who could have given them to her. The first one had a note attached.
Torrey
I know it's not much, but I know you'll like it.
Much love,
G
Torrey smiled and tore the paper open. Ginny always gave the best presents. This year she had bought her a Slytherin coordinated bag for school. She set the bag aside lovingly and faced the last present. This one also had a note, but it merely said,
Merry Christmas
She frowned and opened the present. Inside lay a beautifully gilded hand mirror. Torrey was about to put it away, when she caught sight of herself in the mirror. She gasped.
Severus Snape woke up that morning feeling strangely energized. He stretched and got lazily out of bed. As usual there were no presents for him this morning. He pulled off his shirt, ready to get dressed when he noticed there was a red sheet over his mirror. Frowning he pulled off the note, which read 'Merry Christmas' and then the sheet.
His jaw dropped as he found himself staring at a sixteen year old version of himself.