Chapter Eleven- The Firebolt

When Jasper and Alice returned to the Common room, Aria was waiting for them. She had a terrified look on her face. Alice and Jasper looked at each other wondering what Aria wanted to tell her. Jasper left them alone to talk. "Aria, what is it you need to tell me?"

"I know about you and Jasper, but that's not what I wanted to tell you. At my old school someone was bullying me, and now I have a feeling that I'm not the only one. Whoever was bullying me will do it to you as well. They would sign their notes with a single letter V. There is more, but I can't tell you now."

Aria headed back out the portrait hole and disappeared. Alice just stood in the same spot for a few minutes wondering how would Aria know about her and Jasper. Alice walked over the red couch in front of the fire and sat down. Soon she heard Jasper come down from the boys' dormitories. He headed straight towards the red couch where Alice was sitting. He sat right next to her. She knew that she would feel safe with her soul mate sitting right next to her. "Ali, are you alright?"

"I won't lie to you, Jazz. You know what I'm feeling anyway, so you tell me."

"You're worried about something. What are you worried about, Ali?"

"How long I can keep us a secret from my brother. Somehow Aria knows. I didn't tell her about us. Hermione knows something is going on between us. Ginny will know soon because I'm going to tell her. Ron doesn't notice much that is going on around him. That's only part of what I'm worried about."

"What's the other part?"

"A friend of mine has a very big secret, and before you ask it's not mine to tell."

"Well, are you surprise on what you heard today in the Three Broomsticks?"

"I surprise that they know the lie. Soon they'll find out the truth about what happened the night my parents died."

About an hour later the portrait hole opened again and Hermione, Ron, and Harry all climbed in. All three of them had rosy red cheeks. They looked like they have been running. Alice knew that Harry had taken a different route home. She knew that he had taken the secret passageway in the Honeydukes cellar back to the castle. He went straight up to his dorm.

Up in the third year boy's dorm Harry laid face down on his bed. He knew that his sister knew something, but didn't want to ask. On the other hand he was upset to find out that Sirius Black was his and Alice's father's best friend. Harry was also upset to hear that Sirius Black betrayed them. He was the one who got them killed according to the story that Harry heard earlier.

The next day the Christmas holidays had started. Most of the tower had gone home, but Hermione, Ron, Jasper, Alice, and the rest of the Weasleys remained. They were having a fun time in the common room. However, Alice was the only one who knew that there was another person in Gryffindor tower that stayed. That person was Aria Meyer. Harry still hadn't come down yet. Alice guessed that he was still sulking after what happened the day before.

Hermione and Ron finally went up to drag Harry down to the common room. Alice and Jasper finally had sometime without Ron and Hermione. "Ginny, may I talk to you for a second?"

"Of course, Alice. What is it?"

"Jasper and I are indeed soul mates. Remember you mustn't tell anyone." Alice and Ginny returned to the group where George and Fred were playing a game of Exploding Snap.

Finally Harry emerged from his dorm. He stopped wide-eyed when he saw how empty the common room was. "Where is everybody?"

"Gone, Harry it's the first day of Christmas Holidays. They all left this morning right after breakfast. Now we have the whole common room to ourselves."

"Wow, so it is just here, or are there others?"

"As far as I know it's just us and Aria here. I don't know about the other house, but it is almost lunch time."

The Weasleys, Hermione, Jasper, Harry, and Alice headed down to the Great Hall for lunch. The Great Hall was decorated for the holiday season. The food was delicious, but soon both Jasper and Alice were both stuffed. They headed back up to the common room. They had some time alone, so they cuddled together on the couch in front of the fire. They stayed like that for almost an hour when to portrait hole opened again.

Christmas morning came with a white blanket of snow on the ground. Alice saw a long package underneath the rest of her Christmas gifts. She opened that first and gasped when she saw a beautiful broomstick. She knew that it was a firebolt. The note said: Enjoy Alice. You deserve a new racing broom, yours Remus Lupin and S.B. Her other gifts included a new sweater from Mrs. Weasley, a promise ring from Jasper, a box of chocolate frogs from Hermione and Ginny, and a book on Quidditch teams from Ron and Harry.

Hermione still had shock on her face when she looked up and saw Alice's new broom. "Alice was there a note?"

"Yes, Hermione there was a note."

"Who's it from?"

"My godfather, Hermione."

The Weasleys, Hermione, Jasper, Aria, Harry, and Alice all went down for Christmas lunch a few hours later. It was Hermione who told the others about Alice's new broom. However, Alice was the one who secretly told Jasper about her new Firebolt. They were all in shock that someone would get her a new broom. Only Hermione, Aria, and Jasper knew whom it was from. They had promised not to tell anyone. Only Alice and Jasper knew that her firebolt was from two people.

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