"It's freezing!" Isabella complained, her cheeks red with the cold. Her arms were wrapped tightly around her and she shivered slightly. "Why on earth would you want to play in the snow?"

"Because it's fun!" Morgan laughed. "And if you're cold now, just wait!"

"Wait for what?" Isabella asked, miserable. Her three friends had dragged her outside to make a snow man but, being bereft of things like coal or carrots, the snowy figure had no face.

"This!" Morgan shouted, throwing a snowball at Isabella, who yelped and jumped. Isabella glared at Morgan, who beamed back at her.

"You Aquavarius Maggot!" Isabella snarled. "I'll get you for that."

"That's not a very nice thing to say about Aquavarius Maggots," Luna said quietly, but Isabella had already scooped up a handful of snow. Morgan squealed and ran to hide behind Alex. Isabella, who had already tossed her weapon, watched as the snow ball hit the tall girl in the chest.

"Now you've dragged me into this?" Alex asked, stepping aside to leave Morgan exposed. Alex bent down and began to form a snowball as well. Soon the four girls were in an all out war. Morgan found an ally in Luna; Alex and Isabella teamed up on the other two.

"I see we're having a nice, diplomatic discussion," Fred said, strolling up with George. "Good to know girls can talk their problems over." Isabella hit Fred in the mouth with a snowball. He spluttered and retaliated by seizing the snowman's head and lobbing it towards Isabella, who ducked aside at the last moment.

"Hey, we worked hard on that!" Morgan yelled, aiming her next snowball at George.

The fight ended when the twins, Alex, and Isabella teamed up to dump Morgan face first into the snow and Luna surrendered.

"Well, I proved my point!" Morgan said, standing up and attempting to shake the snow off. "Playing in the snow is fun."

"Kodak moment!" Fred announced, looking over all of them covered in snow, their cheeks red and eyes sparkling. "Oi, Ernie!"

The Hufflepuff boy, walking a little ways a way, turned towards them. When Fred beckoned him over, Ernie strode up.

"Will you take a picture of us?" George asked him.

"Sure. Do you have a camera?"

"Yes," said Fred, pulling out a camera.

"Isn't that Collin's?" Isabella asked, eyes narrowed.

"Might be," George shrugged. "Get together now!" Alex stood in the back, her arm slung around Morgan's shoulders, who was smiling, breathless from the fight and being dunked in the snow. Fred and George flanked Isabella, their flaming red hair and identical grins setting off her dark eyes and shy smile. Luna stood a little to the side, her lips curved a little into a dreamy smile.

"One... two... three," Ernie said, clicking the button. "Looks good." He handed the camera back to Fred who pocketed it.

"You are going to give that back to Collin, aren't you?" Isabella demanded.

"Of course," Fred smiled. "When we're through with it."

"Fred! Give it back!" Isabella told him, crossing her arms.

"Okay, okay. Fine, we'll give it back when we get this photo," Fred assured her, patting her head patronizingly.

"See you tomorrow!" George called over his shoulder as the twins rounded the corner of the castle.

"Tomorrow's the last meeting of the DA before Christmas, isn't it?" Luna asked, dreamily building another head for their decapitated snowman.

"Yeah, it is," Alex nodded, helping her pat more snow onto the white ball. They put the new head onto the snowman and put a bow on the top of its head. They used twigs to make a squat little mouth and squinty eyes.

"Looks like Umbridge," Luna said off-handedly.

"Yeah, it does," Isabella said, stepping back and looking at it. Without warning, she punched the snow-woman in the mid-section, utterly demolishing it.

"Aw, I wanted to do that!" Alex complained.

"We can make another," Isabella promised.