A week past and soon enough, it was Christmas Day. I looked at the presents towards the end of my bed as I heard someone knock on the door. I quickly went over and saw Remus, who walked into the room towards the presents. He started putting them in a large bag.
"What are you doing?" I asked, clearly confused. He didn't look up at me as he answered.
"You are not opening your presents on Christmas Day alone. Besides, we want to see your reaction when you open our presents." Remus said. I nodded slowly as he threw the bag over his shoulder. "Come on." He said. I offered to take the bag from him, but he said he could do it as we walked to the boys dormitory. We got there, and Sirius and Peter were still asleep. "You didn't wake them up yet?" Remus said to James. James looked at Sirius and Peter, who were sleeping peacefully.
"I didn't want to interrupt their peaceful sleep." James said. Remus and I stared at him with shock.
"Who are you and what have you done with James Potter?" Remus asked. As they continued talking, I got bored and started jumping on Sirius's bed. "That's one way to get them up." Remus said as Sirius moved around.
"Get the bloody hell off my bed before I attack you and throw you off of it." Sirius mumbled into his pillow. I continued jumping.
"Get up, it's Christmas! You got presents!" I exclaimed as Remus and James went to work on waking up Peter, who would be much harder to wake up. Sirius groaned and turned over to face me.
"You aren't leaving me alone until I wake up, huh?" He said. I shook my head.
"Even after you wake up, I'm still staying here. Can't get rid of me." I said, smiling proudly. "Now wake up! Come on!" I said, whining. I got off the bed and grabbed Sirius's arm, pulling him out of the bed. Remus and James were currently trying to get Peter out of bed as well. Sirius didn't cooperate of course, so I went around the other side of the bed and pushed him off. He fell to the ground with a thump and immediately sat up, rubbing his head slightly.
"Hey!" He said angrily. I smiled as if I were innocent.
"What? What happened?" I asked. He glared at me and attempted to get back in bed. I grabbed all his blankets of his bed. He didn't care and layed down, head resting on his pillow. I took the pillow out from under his head. "Come on, Sirius! Presents!" I complained. I then started hitting him with the pillow. Peter was currently gripping onto his blankets, ignoring James and Remus. Sirius sighed and sat up. He got out of bed and helped James and Remus wake up Peter. "Wait. I got an idea." I told them. They stepped away and Peter mumbled 'finally'. I smirked slightly.
"Well, guys, guess we'll just have to eat all his sweets since he won't wake up." I said. Peter sighed just like Sirius did. He wrapped himself in a blanket and literally rolled out of his bed. Literally. He rolled out of his bed, letting out a quiet 'ow' and then rolled over to the front of his bed. "Finally! You two sleep in too long if you don't even want to wake up for presents on Christmas!" I told them both. They rolled their eyes a bit and looked at their presents. We went around in a circle, opening one present at a time. The first one I opened was from Lily, and it was a guide to how to care properly for Puffskeins and a lot of bird seed. I made a mental note to thank Lily. Sirius went next and it kept going around the circle until we all opened our presents. "Oh, Sirius, James, and Peter, take these." I said tossing the prank book and the dung bombs towards them. They looked at the book, not seeing what it was, and looked at me. "See what the book is you dummies." I said. James picked up the book and smirked slightly.
"Nevermind the look we just gave you." He said. He then gave it to Sirius and Peter, who also seemed interested in the book. After we had all opened our presents, I decided I was going to bring mine back to my dork and I would see them all later. I waved goodbye and left, having slight difficulties with bringing the presents. I got to my room and pulled everything back out and started to place them all in different piles. Books, meaningful, and other. Rigel had gotten me a book on Charms that are a bit more advanced than our year, but whatever. Lily got me the Puffskeins book, one of moms presents was a book about animals in the muggle world, and my older sister, Jinger, gave me a book full of stories, knowing that I was a full on five year old inside. I put the bird seed in the other pile, which is why Tweety was slowly inching towards it. The other pile was joined by a book of jinxes and hexes that was from Dashia since it had different 3D figurines on each page that I would have to go through later. The figurines moved, showing you the wand movement and the effects. On the book was a note that said 'FOR CAPELLA'. I put a small figurine of a cat and bird from Remus in the other pile. I put the book that sprayed stuff in my face when I opened it in a new pile titled, 'Reminders to prank Sirius, James, and Peter'. Later it was joined in that pile by a box of Bertie Botts Every Flavour Jelly Beans that had bouncing beans in it that were a struggle to collect again and a chocolate frog that bounced around the entire dorm and I swear it was trained to steal the card inside the box. The other things in the other pile were a yoyo from my little brother, Calvin, that is one of my favorite things to do when I'm bored. In the meaningful pile, I placed a locket my mom gave me that had a picture of me and a family member who is not alive anymore. I also added to the pile a stuffed animal my dad made by hand for me since he does it every year. I put on the locket soon afterward. I placed the stuffed animal and statue beside my bed along with the yoyo, which I placed into the stuffed animals lap. I placed the other stuff in a box beneath my bed, so Tweety couldn't get to the bird food. I then placed my books in my trunk with all the other books that I had(which was what I needed for class along with two or three extras). I decided I would sneak to the boys dorm and unleash the Bouncing Beans on Sirius, James, and Peter so they could deal with it, and then placed the other two things in my trunk as well. I slowly crept up the stairs to the dorm. I heard the boys rough housing around inside and I quickly opened the door and threw the box in.
"Sorry Remus! Have fun!" I yelled before slamming the door shut.I quickly darted away, but ran into Frank Longbottom. "Oh, hi, sorry." I said. He looked back at the dorm I was running from.
"What's going on in there?" He asked, confused. I held in a laugh.
"I unleashed tiny beasts to attack the four of them." I said, trying to keep a straight face as I heard something fall over. He gave me a weird look. "Yeah, truth is, I put bouncing beans in their dorm since that is what they gave me for Christmas and then told them to have fun with it. I think I'm going to go now, see ya!" I said. He looked slightly scared towards the door and shrugged.
"Bye." He said simply as I walked away. I grabbed a book from the dorm and then went to the Black Lake and just read the book for a while.
"What is that?" I heard.
"It is called a Giraffe." I said simply. I then turned to see Rigel. "Why do we always run into each other here?" I asked. He shrugged.
"Dunno. Thanks for the book by the way, my dorm mates were extremely confused though. Except for one. He also got a book from you. When did you meet Severus?" He asked.
"On the train. We talk every now and then, so I sent him a present." I said. He nodded.
"What are you reading?" He asked.
"It is a book on animals." I said. He tilted his head slightly.
"Do you mean creatures? Is this muggle thing?" He asked. I nodded.
"Muggles call them animals. My mom sent me this knowing that I like animals." I told him. He pointed to a dog.
"That's a dog, right?" He asked. I nodded.
"Yeah, one of my favorites." I told him.
"Could I borrow this book sometime? It seems interesting." He asked. I nodded.
"Do you really not know any animals in the Muggle world?" I asked, closing the book. He shrugged.
"I know a couple. Like dog, cat, bird, but that's only because I've seen them when looking out my window. I also know rat and mouse since there are some parts of the house that are infested with them." He explained. I nodded. I looked down the past and saw an angry Remus Lupin walking towards the Black Lake.
"Hide me!" I said to Rigel. He pointed to the lake.
"Jump in." He joked. I shook my head and looked around frantically for a hiding spot. "What's wrong?"
"Remus looks like I just ate the last piece of his chocolate in front of him. I have a legitimate reason to be scared for my life." I said. I dove into a bush. Remus approached Rigel.
"Have you seen Quinn? I need to talk to her about bouncing jelly beans and who to use them on." Remus said. I jumped into the air.
"I said sorry to you! You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time!" I said. Rigel smirked a bit and leaned back.
"I need popcorn." He said with a laugh.
"It was impossible to get out of that dorm without five of the beans bouncing out as well. You are the reason why the common room has three bouncing beans." Remus said. Rigel tilted his head.
"What about the other two?" He asked. Remus laughed a bit.
"James and Sirius caught them in their mouth and by then, they gave up on the luck since they kept getting the gross flavors. It was fun to watch. Peter was trying to do it before I left." Remus explained. Rigel and I both nodded. I leaned forward a bit to lean on one of the sticks in the bush, but it broke and I came stumbling out.
"Ow." I said as I sat up, wiping the dirt off of my clothes. Rigel laughed a bit while Remus smirked. We continued talking for a bit until we decided to go back in.