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"Now, where did that gloopleflargin get to...?" muttered Luna.
Harry, Ron, and Luna had been joined by Neville in their search for the snow-dwarf, and apparently he had a plant that he thought was sure to attract it---snow-sage.
"It's like regular sage," explained Neville. "Except that it only grows during the winter and it tastes like cinnamon."
"Hey, you guys," shouted Ginny. "Don't you know what happens to snow-dwarves once they grant a wish?!"
"Yeah!" added Hermione, also shouting. "Once a snow-dwarf grants a wish, THEY D----"
"WHAT?! I CAN'T HEAR YOU," shouted Harry. "THE WIND'S PICKED UP! YOU'LL HAVE TO BE LOUDER!!!!"
"I SAID----"
"WHAAAA? I STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU, HERMIONE!" bellowed Ron.
"Ugh!" said Hermione. She stamped her foot in frustration. "Forget it! Come on, Ginny, let's go inside. It's FREEZING out here."
"But what if they catch the dwarf?" asked Ginny, already turning to go back into the castle.
"It's fine," said Hermione. "If they actually get a hold of it, then I'll just have to...stop them. Or something."
"Oh. Okay." Ginny was grinning now. The two girls walked into the castle and watched the others dig through the snow, looking for a dwarf.
"H-hey!" shouted Ron. "I think I found something!"
"Cool!" said Neville happily. The others rushed over to where Ron was. He was holding a small shoe in his hand.
"Well," said Harry, taking the shoe from Ron to examine it. It was small; about the size of Harry's index finger. The inside of it was lined with white rabbit's fur, and the outside of it had some kind of equally white "leather"--probably from the same poor rabbit the owner of the boot had used for furry insulation from the snow. "It certainly LOOKS like it's about the same size as what that dwarf would wear for shoes."
"Yes," agreed Luna.
"Let me see it." Ron took the shoe back from Harry and stuck his finger on the inside of the shoe. His face lit up. "The inside of it's still pretty warm! That means the gloopleflargin's not too far away!"
"Uh, okay then..." said Harry slowly. "We should probably go fi---" He stopped. He turned to the others and said, "I-I'll catch up with you guys later. Search for it without me, okay?"
And with that he ran off.
"Okay!" shouted the others.
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"What's up?" said Harry. He had left the others because Ginny had been waving frantically to him through the window. She had to tell him something.
"Harry," she said with a very serious look on her face. "Do NOT catch that gloople---snow-dwarf."
"Why?" asked Harry, confused. "Besides, I'm only doing it because Ron wants to have a bloody wish granted---"
"Because," hissed Hermione. She had snuck up on the two and given them quite as shock. When Harry and Ginny had settled down, she continued on with her reasoning. "If a snow-dwarf grants a wish, it might end up using too much energy and DIE! That's the whole reason why they don't give out wishes willy-nilly!"
"Heh, you said willy-nilly....wait. Did you just say the gloople-dwarf-thing will DIE if it grants a wish?!?!"
Ginny and Hermione nodded glumly.
"Oh, great," said Harry. "I guess that means I should call off the search, huh?"
Ginny and Hermione nodded again. Harry sighed and looked out the window. His eyes went wide.
Neville had what looked like a small person squirming in his hands.
Author's note:...PLEASE!!!! READ...and...REVIEW! OR RATE, or SOMETHING!!!! I'm BEGGING YOU! Thanks. Also, I hope everyone enjoyed Part 1 of my Harry Potter Christmas special.