Chapter Twenty
"Come on, Sev it can't be that bad," Serenity sighed leaning against a wall. She groaned impatiently.
"I am not wearing this! I look like a dunderhead,"
"You are a dunderhead," Serenity snapped. "Please, for me?"
"No,"
"I'll get you more ice-cream?"
"No!" Severus snapped.
"Don't make me blackmail you,"
"It's not going to work!"
"If you don't come out," Serenity said in a warning tone, "I'll tell Samuel and Madam Sinistra that you tripped down those stairs this morning and landed in dog crap head first."
"You wouldn't dare!" Severus hissed, he knew Madam Sinistra was the biggest gossip at Hogwarts if not the world and Samuel was just as bad, with his mouth.
"Come out and I wont," Serenity said, sweetly. She waited a minute and smiled when she heard the noise of the door unlocking. It swung open and Severus walked out slowly.
"Happy now," Severus snapped, "I look like a fool."
He stood stiffly against the wall, in a regular length Levi Jeans which flared a tiny bit at the end. He wore a grass green t-shirt which wrote 'SEX BOMB!' in large black font, and underneath it in a smaller font it said, 'You know you want me, baby!'
"No you don't," Serenity grinned, "Though maybe another shirt."
"Gee, ya think!" Severus snarled.
"No, I know," Serenity smiled.
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"Where do you think the final two horcruxes are Harry?" Hermione asked.
"There are four places that they can be," Harry said, sounding quite certain of himself. "I'm sure at least one of them is right."
"Well where are you thinking?" Ron said as he flipped through muggle magazine.
"The old orphanage that Voldemort grew up, here and Malfoy Manor," Harry said, "The final is a long-shot, but that's where I'm going next."
"Where?" Ron asked.
"Chamber of Secrets," Harry said, "I'm going after Christmas and New Years."
"Why do you think he'd leave a horcrux there?" Hermione asked.
"He had access to it after he left school," Harry said, "He returned quite a few times, once or twice when Professor Dippet was still Headmaster and once when Dumbledore was. He could have snuck in then."
"You know, I don't understand why Salazar Slytherin made the chamber," Hermione said, "Sure he hated Muggles but he didn't seem to really want to kill anyone."
"Well Serenity told me that after he killed that other wizard he went bonkers," Ron said, "Maybe he made it then."
"But when Godric died he seemed sane to me," Hermione said.
"Well, the answer will probably be in the memories," Harry said, "If not we can ask Serenity later."
"Suppose," Hermione said.
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"No," Severus said to another shirt, "Must they have the vulgar sayings on them!"
"That's the point of the T-shirt," Serenity said, "Look jack-ass just pick a shirt so we can go, I'm hungry."
"We just ate barely ten minutes ago!" Severus cried, he motioned to the four bags of clothes he had in his hands, "How am I meant to fit into these clothes if we keep eating."
"Maybe you didn't notice," Serenity said sweetly, before adding in a angry voice, "Your jeans fell of almost three times, and your shirt is baggier then Samuel's clothes, and that is saying something!"
"I'm not that thin," Severus snapped.
"You're thinner then Ally MacBeal!" Serenity retorted.
"I don't know who she is," Severus barked, "But I am not!"
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"I am not thin! And I am not going to argue with you!"
"Yes you are!"
"Shut up!"
"Make me!" Serenity hissed. Severus growled before breathing in deeply.
"I'll get this shirt then," Severus sighed. He grabbed a black shirt with a blue font on it.
"Everything is funny, as long as it happens to some one else," Serenity read out. "Good, now you have that, and 'Have a crappy day!' 'I'm not as think as you drunk I am!' and 'I'm already visualizing duct tape on your mouth!'"
"Wonderful," Severus drawled.
"Now all we need to do is cut your hair," Serenity said, "Maybe even dye or throw a few streaks in it."
"I am not cutting my hair!" Severus snapped, absently running a bony hand through the shoulder long grease. "Nor am I changing its colour. I like it black!"
"Okay," Serenity said, "We can put a temporary colour in it."
"No,"
"Come on, lets go," Serenity said, as they walked up to the counter.
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"Oliver, are you here," Percy called as he entered his best friend's apartment.
"I'm in here," Oliver said, walking outside from his kitchen.
"You okay?" Percy said awkwardly. It was the first time he spoke to the Scotsman ever since the incident.
"I'm fine," Oliver said, in the same awkward voice. "What about you?"
"I'm okay," Percy said, walking up to Oliver, "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I am actually a little better," Oliver said, "Come, let's sit down."
The two boys followed each other to the sofa and sat on it next to each other. That sat in silence before Oliver broke the silence.
"Percy, I should thank you,"
"What? Why?" Percy asked, "I made you relive a nightmare!"
"Yeah, well I thought I was over it," Oliver muttered, "But I wasn't."
"Well you should know I'm always here for you if you need to talk about it," Percy said.
"I know," Oliver said as he uneasily rested his head against Percy's shoulder. The red-haired tensed for a second but then slowly snaked his arm around Oliver's shoulders. "I heard about Enlil, how is Charlie?"
"A mess," Percy sighed, "I'm fairly sure he cried himself to sleep the past few nights. Bill's with him now."
"Poor guy," Oliver sympathized, "always liked him, he was a great Quidditch player, don't know why he began to chase dragons though."
"Me either," Percy muttered, "It's such a dangerous career. Any way, I was wondering if you wanted to come and spend Christmas at my house."
"Sure," Oliver said, quickly. "But I have to tell my mum."
"Okay," Percy smiled.
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"Are you guys finished yet," Serenity sighed.
"A little more Ms Eden," the hairdresser said.
"Can I see him now," Serenity begged.
"No," Severus snapped from inside.
"I got you two new shirts," Serenity said, changing the subject abruptly, "and they both suit you."
"Oh joy,"
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"Merry Christmas, Ron," Harry grinned, as the red-haired walked down the staircase groggily.
"Merry Christmas, Harry," Ron said.
"Merry Christmas boys," Hermione grinned as she ran down the stairs presents in her arms. She gave one to each boy. Ron quickly opened his and beamed when he pulled out a Chudley Cannons Jersey.
"Hermione!" He grinned happily. "Thanks! Here is your gift."
He stood up and pulled her into a kiss ignoring Harry's snorts. Harry opened his own gift and grinned just as much when he pulled out a box. Inside the box were four moving, three-inch figurines that Harry knew quite. He read the writing on the box in his head, 'Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Figurines, the Founders Edition.WW'
The four founder where tied inside the box like a common Barbie Doll waiting to be opened. Godric Gryffindor was grinning at him and giving him thumbs up. Rowena Ravenclaw was reading a small tiny book and Helga Hufflepuff like Godric was waving at him cheerfully. Salazar however stood tied up in the box sulking angrily stomping his foot. Clearly he didn't appreciate being tied down in a box. Harry turned the box around, quickly, to open it when he saw on the back other dolls he could collect. On the top left corner was Albus Dumbledore waving at him, underneath him it wrote, 'Collect all 689 Headmasters and Mistresses.' Next to him were four students, dressed in their school robes, one for each house. Underneath them was a picture of the staff at Hogwarts from the previous year. Madam Pomfrey, Professor McGonagoll, Professor Vector, Madam Hooch, Professor Flitwick, Professor Slughorn, Professor Sprout were all waving happily at him, while Snape was attempting to push Madam Sinistra of him as she tried to kiss him.
"She is still trying to kiss him!" Hermione laughed. "She was doing that when I wrapped it!"
"Is she drunk?" Ron asked as he pulled on his jersey.
"This is awesome Hermione!" Harry grinned. "Where did you get it?"
"Serenity told me about them," she said. "We better go to the Burrow."
"Yeah, we can have breakfast and lunch there," Harry said, "Then we can go to Serenity's."
"I wonder if she has a name for her place other then Serenity's." Ron wondered.
"Ask her," Harry said. "It's probably something like 'Love house' or 'Bite me Manor!'"
"Wouldn't surprise me," Ron grinned.
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"Ronnikins!" Molly cried happily as she hugged her youngest son.
"Hi mum," he said, "Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas, Mrs Weasley," Hermione said, as she and Harry set all of their presents under the Weasley Tree. Softly she added, "Is Charlie okay?"
"He is, dear," Molly sighed, "A little shaken but I think he will be fine."
"Where is he?" Ron asked. Molly motioned up stairs as Harry hugged her and wished her a merry Christmas. Ron nodded and headed upstairs where he ran into Bill, "How is he?"
"He's fine," Bill smiled, "He's getting there. He's in your room"
Ron nodded again as he ran up the staircase and to his door. He knocked on it hard and waited for a reply.
"Yeah,"
"It's me, Ron," he said, opening the door. He walked in and grinned at the site of his room. He grinned at Charlie who was sitting and reading through one of his comics. "I haven't been home in ages. How are you?"
"I'm good," Charlie said softly.
"You sure," Ron said sitting next to his brother grabbing another comic.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Charlie sighed, "Its like Serenity said, he isn't really gone."
"Suppose not," Ron said, "You know that if you need any one to talk to me, Bill, Perce, Gin and the twins are here for you. So are Hermione and Harry."
"I know," Charlie said. "Actually, Ron, I miss Enlil but I also miss Severus. Kind of weird and freaky, huh?"
"Yup," Ron grinned, "But Serenity said it's too dangerous for you two to see each other."
"I know," Charlie sighed, "Its sucks."
"I know,"
"Breakfast boys!" They heard their mother call.
"Let's go eat," Ron grinned.
"Nothing stands in the way of Ronald Weasley and his food!"
"Nothing!"
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"So what have you been up to?" Oliver asked, through a mouthful of pancakes.
"Figuring out how to defeat Voldemort," Harry said, as he squirted a large amount of honey on his pancake. The entire household other then Hermione and Ron(who slowly learnt to ignore the name, though never said it) flinched hard. Charlie choked on his pumpkin juice as Percy and Fred both spat out their pancakes onto Bill's plate.
"Harry, dear please don't say his name," Molly asked, weakly. Harry grinned at her.
"Never sitting in between you morons again," Bill said, glaring angrily at his brothers.
"Nice one Perce," George grinned.
"Why thank you Fred," Percy said.
"I'm George,"
"Whatever," Percy shrugged.
"Like I said," Bill muttered through a mouthful of tart, "don't dress the same and we won't mix you up. I'm sure mum stopped setting your clothes up ages ago."
Ron, Ginny, Percy, and Harry roared with laughter. Charlie and Arthur sniggered, while Fleur and Hermione giggled. Molly smiled as the twins looked in bewilderment at their oldest brother.
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"Split up in two groups," Voldemort hissed, "One group can fight the aurors and the other free our fellow death eaters. But you are not to kill any of the aurors understood?"
A murmured yes filled the room.
"Let us leave," Voldemort hissed. Seconds later, they all apparated away, towards Azkaban.
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"Merry Christmas, Draco," Harry grinned as he stepped out of the fire into Serenity's living room. Draco was sitting on the couch next to Octavian who was fast asleep as Hermione and Ron walked out of the fire.
"Merry Christmas, Draco," Hermione said.
"Merry Christmas, Malfoy," Ron said, somewhat stiffly.
"Merry Christmas, Weasley," Draco said just as stiffly.
"Why don't you two just call each other by first names?" Harry asked.
"I could call him Ferret-boy," Ron said, warningly.
"And I could call him Weasel-man," Draco said, smirking slightly.
"You sound like a pair of super heroes," Serenity said as she walked into the room. "Weasel-man and Ferret-boy protectors of the weak and hopeless."
Hermione and Harry burst out laughing, when they heard a hoarse voice behind them.
"So long as they don't were Spandex suits."
Octavian clearly had woken up. Hermione giggled clearly liking the idea of Ron in a Spandex suit.
"Welcome back to the world of the living," Serenity grinned.
"What the bloody hell are you wearing?" Octavian asked. Serenity was dressed in a strapless, tight, red dress that had white woolly lacing at its bottom, and Santa clause hat which was playing Christmas carols at the time. "And what is that stupid song!"
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Following yonder star
"Don't you be knocking Christmas songs, jackass!"
"I'll knock whatever I want, jackass!"
"Kiss my fat ass, jackass!"
"It will take me all year to kiss your fat ass, jackass!"
"Actually I'd rather you not, God knows were those lips have been! Jackass!"
"They are usually like this at Christmas," Halle sighed as she walked into the room; she too was dressed in a dress, like Serenity's although hers was a grass green. Blaise walked in after her sulkily though it wasn't surprising as some one seemed to have made him wear a head-band with reindeer antlers on them and red-nose which glowed.
Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even
Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel
When a poor man came in sight
Gathering winter fuel
"Merry Christmas," Millicent Bulstrode said as she walked into the room with a Santa hat on her head. Theodore Nott walked in after her with a reindeer head-band like Blaise's.
"Draco, where is your hat?" Narcissa snapped as she walked into the room, she too had a red dress on, like the two vampires but it was looser and longer with thick straps.
"Here," Draco said, hastily putting the hat on.
"Where is Severus?" Narcissa asked.
"Up in his room,"
"Is he okay?" Hermione asked.
"The dunderhead is fine," Serenity said, "He just refuses to show any one is new make over."
"You're speaking like him now," Octavian muttered, as Gabriella dressed in a red Kimono, walked in and wished a merry Christmas to the trio.
"The bloke's worse then Scrooge," Serenity muttered, "Bah Humbug!"
O Come All Ye Faithful
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
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"Stupefy!" Rabastan cried, knocking down an auror. Around him more of the wizard police fell to the hexes and jinxes as the death eaters moved forward and closer to their fellow death eaters.
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"Sev! Get your white ass down here!" Samuel screamed.
"I'm coming," Severus snarled from up the stairs. The trio, the Zabini's, the vampires, the students and Narcissa all walked over quickly to the stair case to see Severus' makeover.
"Yeah get your white ass down here," Serenity repeated, "I want to eat! I need to drink! I have turkey, vodka and blood waiting for me, but I can't eat it until you're down here!"
"I'm coming," Severus barked, they heard a door slowly open and footsteps slowly followed. He stopped once stood in front of them silently waiting for the insults.
"Love the hair sir," Draco commented first. It was still black but it was much shorter and the grease had disappeared. It matched his face wonderfully.
"Thank you," he said stiffly as he walked down the staircase.
"Nice jeans," Hermione grinned, "are they Levis?"
"Yes," he said, still quite stiff.
"I like the shirt, it suits you," Millicent said, it was a black t-shirt with a white font which said, 'You've mistaken me for some one who cares.'
"Serenity chose it," Severus muttered.
"Love the Santa hat," Ron snorted.
"Shut up Weasley," Severus snarled.
"I still say you should have worn that other shirt," Serenity said.
"Which one? you brought about a dozen," Severus hissed.
"The 'I don't know what your problem is, but I but it is hard to pronounce' shirt," Serenity said.
"Oh that one," Severus said. "What is the difference prey tell?
"Beats me," serenity said. "Any way, remind me to go and get a new photo frame."
"What for?" Octavian sighed, "How many pictures do you plan on putting up?"
"Beats me," she repeated, she motioned everyone towards the dining room where the food was set up.
"What's the picture of?"
"Oh me and Severus took a few photos with Santa," serenity said, Severus covered his head shamefully as Ron burst of out laughing.
"Quiet Weasel-man!" Draco snapped.
"At least I'm a man, Ferret-boy!" Ron sneered back.
"Both of you be quiet," Narcissa snapped angrily.
"Okay let's go eat!" Serenity said, as her hat continued to sing.
Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Tis the season to be jolly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Don we now our gay apparel,
Fa la la, la la la, la la la.
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol,
Fa la la la la, la la la la
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"Rod, Bella," Rabastan sighed in relief when he found his brother and his wife. He opened the door and jumped into his brothers arms happily. "Missed you!"
"Get off me!"
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"Do you guys do this each year?" Ron asked, through a mouthful of chicken.
"Yes," Octavian said, "Since we were kids."
"Salazar would go and kill himself a turkey and Rowena and Helga would cook it," Serenity said, "Uncle Godric ate more then half by himself."
"You remember that stupid song he would sing the Herald Angels?" Octavian grinned, "Until Salazar got shitty and threw his pie at him and the two would begin the Christmas food fight."
"Yeah!" Serenity grinned, "Rowena would get even shittier because she's always come of the worst!"
"Helga was quite the dodger!" Octavian smirked.
"It was funny when the three would team up on Salazar," Serenity beamed, "Poor moron."
"Tell me about it," Octavian sighed.
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King!
Serenity's hat had begun to sing again. The two oldest vampires looked at one another and then grinned and joined in.
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
Samuel began to beat-box with the song as the others joined in with the singing. Severus looked appalled as he blocked his ears to prevent the sound from entering.
With the angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem!
Hark! The herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King!
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"Master," Lucius Malfoy whispered as Voldemort entered his tiny cell.
"Lucius, my slippery little friend," Voldemort hissed, "Crucio."
The Malfoy Patriarch's screams echoed in the walls of Azkaban.
"Merry Christmas," sneered Voldemort.
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Next Chapter: Will Lucius live or die? Harry plays with his new toys. Fred and George tell Harry about the Lestrange family. More memories. Wega enters the picture again, and so does Grawp. Serenity goes to find Lucius after Draco begs her but will she make it in time…
We three kings of Orient
Good King Wenceslas
O Come All Ye Faithful
Deck the halls
Hark! The herald angels sing
Poll: Will Lucius live or die?
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
HOHOHO!
Peace and Chicken Grease!
Afro…
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