Disclaimer: If you can recognize it, I do not own it. I apologize for the time between updates. I am trying to update all the stories I can but I hate editing. I am using Grammarly but it is time consuming and I'd rather just be writing. I will try to do better, but no promises. A bit of a Christmas filler here for you guys.
"Harriberry,"
"Just the bloke we wanted to see"
"We have a present for you..."
Harry turned glancing up at the twins who had come up behind him in hopes of startling him. He was so used to this now that it barely phased him. "Don't call me Harriberry or I will put itching powder in your unmentionables."
Fred took a seat beside him with a slight laugh, "So cold,"
George sat on the other side, "And here we have a present for you."
Harry just grinned at them both as Fred took over the conversation, "We are staying for Christmas."
"Aunt Mols and Uncle A are going to Romania to visit Charlie so all us kids are staying at Hogwarts. That means you can put up with our amazingness all break."
"Free time to plan the welcome back pranks and everything," Fred said grinning as Harry brightened up. He had already been looking forward to Christmas at Hogwarts but he had known it was going to be lonely. It was exciting to think that he would be able to spend the holidays with his two best friends. "So it is not just you and prince pratt in Gryffindor anymore."
"That is brilliant," Harry said before cringing. Maybe he was being too selfish with that. If he had a family, he would likely want to be home for the holidays to see them. "Sorry, you cannot go home for the holidays."
"We aren't," Fred said without hesitation. He was looking forward to spending the holidays with their little pranking buddy.
"Come on Harriberry, we have the run of the school," George said with a laugh.
"It will be fun."
He didn't bother to get angry that they once again called him Harriberry. He was too happy to be able to spend the holidays with them. "It will be," He agreed.
They grabbed him by the arm pulling him with them. "Come on. We have pranks to plan and potions to plot."
"People to prank and professors to potion."
Harry laughed following along. It would be the best Christmas. He already knew it.
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Harry was sleeping steadily, the dorm room a lot quieter than normal. That did not last long as two very loud voices interrupted his sleep. "WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP" the twins chanted jumping on the sides of Harry's bed as he woke up. Instead of stopping, they just continued jumping for a few more minutes. They pulled Harry to his feet so he could join them with bouncing on the bed. When they got there fill with that, they hopped off, Fred even landing with a flip. "Come on you lazy pratt, its present time."
He rolled his eyes as Fred and George pulled him down the steps to the others, Percy was already up and rubbing his eyes tiredly, Gold and Ronald were much like the twins, awake and bright-eyed. He stopped looking amazed at the room filled with presents. Percy had already separated them into piles and he was shocked to have a decent sized pile of his own. He had never had presents before. Golds were by far the largest but each 'Weasley,' had a decent sized pile as well and no one was left up.
"Harry, you didn't have to get us anything," Fred said surprised at the very large box that each had in their piles. They had both received the largest present in the place, something that was looked on in jealousy from Ronald and Gold.
Harry raised the present they gave him. "Same can be said to you morons, you're my best mates, of course, I got you a present."
It was Percy's turn to look at Harry funny since he had his own present from the dark-haired teen. Harry just grinned as the three brothers opened their presents from him. Percy looked at him shocked seeing the impressive quill set and day planner as well as a 5 galleon certificate for Florish and Blotts. "Harry, I can't accept this," Percy said shocked as Harry opened the gift surprisingly from Percy that was a book on prank hexes. "It's too much."
Harry was quite happy to finally have money and be able to send presents to his friends. It was even better than receiving his own. He couldn't help but wonder if everyone enjoyed Christmas this much. "Too bad it is yours, no give-backs no take-backs none of that crap, thank you for the book its bloody brilliant, I saw it in Florish and Blotts but I wasn't allowed to buy it," Harry said grinning at him. He was a bit amazed that Percy had gotten him a prank book as a gift, He was shocked to get a gift from him at all but normally he did not support pranking. This was practically permission to use it.
The twins grinned at Harry who seemed to adopt Percy as his own brother as well. They, however, froze opening the packages they were given. They were not expecting to see so much inside the boxes. They couldn't stop themselves from looking to Harry shocked. "Mate this is way too much," Fred stated as he pulled out an everything potions set, it had all the school herbs and materials used, as well as over three dozen ingredients more. The twins knew for a fact that they were over 20 galleons because they had three times the amounts that their school boxes had. They had looked because it would be perfect for planning their pranks and trying out different concoctions but decided they could not afford it even with every sickle they had saved over the years. They could not afford one let alone one each.
George looked into the package seeing that there was more. He pulled out a ticket that was 2 galleons for Zonkos and another that was 5 galleons for the Apathcary in Hogsmead. "Harry this is way too much."
Harry glared at them both, they were too proud. It was a gift and he would not let them feel bad about accepting it. Not after everything, they had given to him and he was not thinking gifts. They had made the school year amazing and had given him friends and a place to belong. That was worth more than anything he could ever buy them. "How? I will have just as much fun with this stuff as you will, I mean think of the pranks we can pull."
"You got us a box filled with what we use to make fireworks, this is..." Fred said seeing one last thing in the box. It was enough not only to make up for all the materials they used on Halloween but three times that amount. It was a special made-up box and filled to the brim with the materials.
Harry just glared again, "Thanks Mate," George said gratefully after a moment since he knew Harry was stubborn and from what he knew of the Potter family he knew that they had money. He still thought it too much but he decided to just accept it gratefully. Fred said the same.
Harry grinned opening up his present from the twins pulling up a black t-shirt that had DIDN'T DO IT written on the front and I WAS FRAMED on the back. There was another one that read KNOWN PRANKSTER SINCE 1991. the last said I SOLEMNLY SWEAR I AM UP TO NO GOOD. "Merlin mates, these are bloody brilliant," Harry said amazed looking at them. "Where did you get these?"
The twins were quite proud of there present to him. It was not as costly but they knew that he would enjoy them. "Made em, bought the black shirts, got Percy to help us with learning the stupid print charms that cloths designers use," Fred said grinning since he could see that Harry was happy. "Those were our results. Do you like?"
"Merlin yes," Harry said grinning at them. "Thanks, guys, they are perfect. I cannot wait to wear them around the school, just think of the colors Aunt Minnies face will turn."
They continued opening presents, Harry was just very shocked he got any. He got the presents from the twins and Percy but also A large box of chocolate frogs from Neville, (He sent the bloke a rare plant he had found in an OWL order but had not expected anything in return) A transfigurations book from 'Aunt Minnie' an Owl Whistle from Hagrid, a few other small gifts from some students he was close to like frogs, candies and gloves, and last a package from someone he did not know. He opened it and then hid it knowing he did not want his dorm mates to know he had access to an invisibility cloak. Oh, the pranks they could play and the trouble they could get into with one of these. The twins had spoken of them before but none of them had seen them in real life. It was a gift he wasn't sure what to think of but hed except it for the pure potential to make trouble with it.
They went down to the great hall and ate breakfast, the three pranksters planning what they could do with the new prank supplies. Harry was wearing his DIDN'T DO IT I WAS FRAMED SHIRT while the Weasley's wore their Weasley sweaters. Harry could not help but think that this was the best Christmas he ever had. He could only hope to have more like it in the coming years.
