The eight students sat around in the empty classroom that had become their home. Each of them had brought their gift, carefully wrapped and put in a box. Except Harry's present was in a big potato sack that smelled rather odd.
"The person who I got my gift for had better appreciate it. I went to great lengths to get it!!!!!!"
"That's so sweet of you Harry!" Cho shrieked. "My gift receiver is getting a little something straight from the heart."
"Aw, isn't that sweet?" Hermione smiled. Harry made barfing noises at her statement.
Luna looked at her box with contentment and smelled it. She couldn't remember what her present was or why she had gotten it, she just hoped it was good.
Neville sat humming in his chair. There was a bizarre snapping sound coming from the box he had wrapped, but everyone chose to ignore it.
Ginny glanced nervously at Malfoy, and fingered her gift. "I really want my recipient to like my gift." she said.
Malfoy just snarled and grinned evilly. Everyone hoped that Malfoy hadn't chosen their name. Except for Harry, for whatever reason.
Ron looked the most nervous. He was sweating profusely and had not said a word. He clutched onto his box for dear life.
"Er, I need to..." He didn't bother finishing the sentence, he just got up and ran for his life.
"What the hell was his problem?" Malfoy asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"Anyway." said Hermione "I guess it's time to exchange gifts."
"But what about Ron?" asked Ginny.
"Forget Ron, he's a loser." Harry said. "I refuse to wait for him. I want my present now!" he whined.
Hermione volunteered to go first. She picked up her box and stepped up to Luna. "I'm your Secret Santa!" she said cheerily, with a huge smile on her face. "Merry Christmas!" she handed Luna the box.Luna opened the box slowly and carefully. Harry impatiently tapped his foot. When Luna had opened the box, she peered inside.
"Well, what is it?■"Harry demanded.
Luna pulled out the object. It appeared to be a rock with a smiley face on it. Everyone looked confused.
"It's a pet rock!" Hermione explained. Harry glared at the rock enviously.
"Oh this is so cool! You're the best!" Luna exclaimed, starting to pet her rock. Harry growled. He wanted a rock.
"Who;s next?" Hermione asked.
Ginny stepped up, gulping. She turned red as she walked towards Malfoy. Malfoy looked at her in surprise.
"Well here it is!" Ginny said, and ran back to her seat.
"Oh this is ganna be good." Harry muttered under his breath.
Malfoy tore open the gift and pulled out an expensive, Italian black leather man purse. For a moment his face seemed to light up, but his smile quickly disappeared.
"Do you think I'm gay or something?" he asked Ginny. Ginny looked disappointed but smirked nonetheless and said "Maybe, maybe..." Malfoy looked embarrassed and glared at her. Inside however, he was overjoyed at his gift.
Wanted to reveal her gift to the world, Cho stood up with her long, thin box. She walked over to Ginny and Harry looked relieved. Cho smiled sweetly. "I made this myself!" she said.
Oh dear god, thought Ginny as she accepted the gift. She ripped off the wrapping paper and opened the box. She pulled out the poster board and stared at it. In bright, bubbly, colorful letters, were the words Stay away from my Harry!
"Oh, this is what I've always wanted." Ginny replied sarcastically. Cho looked at her smugly. Harry sank down in his seat, his cheeks burning red.
At that moment Ron ran back into the room, looking flustered and gasping for breath. He held his box close and took a seat. Everyone looked at him and Ron took that as his cue to present his present.
Since Hermione was sitting right next to him, he didn't get up, and just handed her the box. She opened it and turned a bright red as did Ron. She quickly stuffed the present back into the box, smiling knowingly at Ron. Ron looked relieved.
Next second, there was a box whizzing through the air. On instinct, Neville got it. He saw that Luna had been the one to throw it. He opened the small box and pulled out a tiny olive. "Er..." was all he could say. "Thanks Luna." he said to be nice. Luna looked as surprised as he was at the gift.
"Oh Neville, I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking..."
"Do you ever?" muttered Malfoy.
Getting tired, Malfoy stood up and shuddered as he walked over to Harry. Harry's face lit up as he took the box from Malfoy. He ripped it open eagerly and pulled out a doll. But not just any doll. It bore a strange resemblance to Lord Voldemort, and was wearing a T-Shirt that read Voldy is da bomb. Harry didn't know what to say. He squeezed the doll and was surprised to hear it say 'Stupid Mudblood.' For whatever reason, he squeezed it again only to hear it say "Join the Deatheaters!" in a cheery voice. Harry tucked the doll away, with every intention of stabbing it's eyes out later.
Ron looked around. "WHERE'S MY GIFT?" he wailed. Neville stood up and walked over, with a proud on his face. Ron happily took the gift from him. He opened it only to find a plant. He lifted the plant up to his face and said. "It's a dumb plant."
"It's not as dumb as you think." smirked Neville.
Suddenly the plant bit off a small part of Ron's nose. He screamed in pain yelling "MY NOSE! MY BEAUTIFUL NOSE!" Hermione cried with him. Neville was still smirking, taking this reaction to mean that Ron loved his gift.
"Well, seems like you're the only one without a gift Cho." said Luna.
"And Harry, seems like you're the only one who hasn't given a gift." Ginny chimed in.
Cho stared dumbly into space. "BUT WHO HAS MY GIFT?" she cried.
With a sigh Harry stood and dragged the bag over to Cho.
"I really hope you leave me alone now. I worked hard to get this." he said, throwing the bag at her, hitting her on the shoulder. She happily opened the bag and pulled out a rotting corpse. Nobody knew what it was, but Cho seemed to.
"CEDDLY BABE!" she cried.
"What?" shouted the others.
"Cedric┘Diggory?" Hermione asked.
"It's Cedric Diggory's rotting corpse!" Harry explained. "I thought it was perfect."
"You're right, it is perfect." said Malfoy with disgust, watching Cho kiss the corpse.
Two Weeks Later
Terry Boot watched as Ron and Hermione passed, holding hands. Hermione was carrying some sheets of paper, which had the words 10 Reasons to Date Ron Weasley scribbled hastily across.
Harry was pulling the stuffing out of a strange bald doll, muttering something to himself.
On the other side of the hall sat Ginny and Draco. Draco was proudly displaying a handsome man purse.
There was a strange looking plant lying in the trash, that he saw Neville put out.
Luna walked beside Neville, pulling a rock with a smiley face on a leash behind her. Neville was eating the last millicentimer of his olive.
The strangest sight of all, was Cho Chang sitting in a dark corner with a rotting corpse.