The following day at breakfast James and Albus received packages from their Uncle Ron. They received oddly shaped shells which would sound alarms when either were in danger attached to James' was a note saying:

Dear James and Albus,

I heard about the sightings of the Death Eaters in the Forbidden Forest and have sent you George's new invention. He hasn't got a name for it yet. See you boys at Christmas. But for now goodbye.

From Uncle Ron.

Albus and James read it then looked at there packages. They had to think of a way to get rid of them but right now they had to get to class. James sat in class wondering if anything to do with the group of Death Eaters had come up in the Daily Prophet. He and Laura had argued about which one of them could buy the last Chocolate Frog while at Hogsmeade and had not been talking since. James and Albus had wrote a letter to their Mother about getting a subscription to The Daily Prophet but Ginny had refused as The Daily Prophet had been spreading rumours of Harry trying to assassinate the Prime Minister so Arthur, their Grandfather, could be Prime Minister. Albus had tried several times since the argument to get James to apologise to Laura but he just wouldn't. The next few weeks past very slowly especially for James who still hadn't apologised to Laura. And Christmas holidays were only a few days away, the halls and the Great Hall were decorated with trees, mistletoe, wreaths, and snow. Albus said he saw some seventh years kissing under the mistletoe but it didn't last long as Professor Longbottom had caught them. James was usually very happy during Christmas time but this year he seemed very glum. He was offered a cupcake with a tree made of icing on top but he turned it down. Though anything the Grintson twins offered was almost always a prank.

In the last week of school everything changed, unexpectedly, Laura apologised to James and they began immediately talking about another reported sighting of Death Eaters by the exact same Centaur. The Ministry of Magic has said he is mentally ill and have decided to...put him down for death. James and Albus knew that he wasn't mental but what could they do, they were just children. The boys wrote yet another letter to their parents telling them of the Centaur and what the Ministry were going to do to him.

On the last day of school before the Christmas Holidays arrived a letter from their parents. Their mother had wrote:

Dear Boys,

Your father and I read your last letter and your father went to The Ministry to ask if it were true. No-one would give him an answer so he went to your grandfather and asked he said they were killing him but first they were going to torture him. Your Father and Grandfather forbid me from telling you but I thought you boys and Laura needed to know.

From your Mother.