I am very angry as my bloody computer has made my fan fiction doc a read only document and I can't change it back! What does it want from me! Also I was going to go horse riding but their phone died and then when we finally got through to them the day was booked out, I mean how is that possible? Oh well… Anyway I'll somehow figure it out. Also I saw TITANIC in 3D for the 2nd time today and I still balled my eyes out. Here is chapter 9 which is Christmas I miss Christmas ha-ha, hope you enjoy, I have change some of the things they say from the original because of me not having the book, sorry, and this chapter will have the firebolt…will Taylor ride it? Possibly… Again thank you to J. K. Rowling for creating this wonderful world! R&R x

Chapter 9

Christmas came around that year very quickly. Taylor had being thinking about whether to go home or not, but her mum was going away so she decided to stay at Hogwarts (I mean who the hell wouldn't want to stay at Hogwarts?). She awoke to hear Hermione pacing around the dorm.

"What are you doing?" Taylor asked through a yawn.

"Waiting for you to wake up!" She gave her a warm smile and hug, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!" She exclaimed as she motioned Taylor downstairs.

"Merry Christmas to you too, Hermione!" Taylor responded as she sprinted downstairs to discover presents underneath the tree. A wide smile appeared on her face. "Merry Christmas Harry and Ron!" She ran over to them and gave them big hugs.

"Merry Christmas to you too!" They both said as they started opening their presents. Taylor had a few from her mum, one from her dad, and one from her grandma and one from…Mrs Weasley.

"Your mum gave me a present, Ron." She said as she picked it up.

"Yeah, she said she wanted to make you something, I mean it's not much." Taylor's smile grew bigger as she pulled out an aqua knitted jumper with a 'T' on the front.

"Not much? Really Ron? This is amazing! I love it. Tell your mum I say thank you!" She informed him as she pulled it over her head and through her arms. She then went to her mother's gifts. There were 2 little packages. She opened the letter that read:

Dear Taylor,

I miss you tremendously and can't wait to see you in the winter holidays; well it'll be summer for you. I am sorry I went away but I hope you enjoy your time at Hogwarts this Christmas, I'm sure you will anyway.

I hope you like your gifts and have a merry Christmas, and wish your friends the same.

Love always,

Mum.

Once Taylor had finished reading the letter she opened the first present. There was a nice little pot of ink with a large white feather for a quill. She noticed that it was an ostrich feather and laid it carefully beside her. She then opened the second gift. It was a silver bracelet with patterns engraved in it. She smiled as she put it on and then went to her dad's gift. She opened it and found some pyjama's that she had wanted for years; the pants were red with white pock-a-dots and the top was a singlet with a bow on top. Her smile got bigger (believe it or not). The letter read:

Dear Taylor,

So you're at Hogwarts? Never saw that once coming, I guess dreams do come true.

I know your present isn't much but I know that you have wanted these pyjama's for so long so I got them for you. I'm sure you have already noticed that there is some money enclosed with this letter that is from me and your mum. You may save it or send it.

Remember to be careful and watch out for Peter! And well done for getting into Gryffindor!

Love always,

Dad.

She smiled at the Peter bit; it was funny how her parents always told her to be careful, it's only the prisoner of Azkaban for crying out loud! She then went over to her Grandma's present. It was a small red box with ribbon on the front. She slowly opened the box to find a heart locket with the same patterns as the ones on her bracelet from her mum. She got Hermione to put it on for her and then read the note:

Dear Taylor,

Congratulations on being a witch, who would have known. I'm sure you have now realised that on your locket it has the same pattern as your mum's bracelet. It was my grandmothers, then mine, so I am now passing it down to you. I hope you like it, it will hopefully remind you of me when you wear it.

Have a great Christmas and I will see you when you get off school!

Love always,

Grandma. Xx

She then turned to Harry to watch him open his presents. "What's that?" She asked him excitedly, pointing to a long parcel. Harry slowly picked it up.

"I wonder what it is." He wondered as they all surrounded him as he opened it, Hermione holding onto Crookshanks and Naomi was curled up in Taylor's lap.

"It's a broom!" Harry said curiously as he picked it up.

"It's a Firebolt!" Ron explained excitedly as he watched Harry holding it. They then looked at Hermione who looked ferociously at the broom as though it would explode.

"I think I'll try it out today!" Harry explained as he stood up to take it up to his room.

"I don't think that's such a good idea, Harry!" Hermione worried as she walked over to stop Harry from going upstairs.

"Why not?" Ron went and stood behind Harry, Taylor sat there amused as she knew what was going to happen.

"Well considering Sirius Black is on the loose and is after Harry and the broom obviously doesn't have a card from the sender, it could be dangerous for Harry to ride it." She tried to snatch the broom out of Harry's hand.

"Are you trying to say that Sirius sent this to Harry?" Ron asked half terrified half amusingly.

"Maybe, we don't know, do we?" Hermione stated in an upbeat tone.

"But how would he afford it and get it from a shop? I mean he's on the run so he wouldn't really have any money and he couldn't just walk into a shop and get one could he?" Ron seemed to be raising his voice and getting more agitated.

"Who knows how he did it but still, Harry I think we should give it to Professor McGonagall or blah so they can examine it for curses!" She then turned on Taylor which made her stomach turn, "Don't you agree Taylor?" Taylor stared at her in astonishment. 'OH GOD!' she thought to herself as she quickly thought of an answer.

"I ain't saying a thing!" She looked at them, "I really don't want to take sides! Sorry." She then started to play with her locket, trying to look innocent and like she was occupied. Hermione then turned back to Harry and Ron.

"Hermione I really don't think we have to give it to them, I'm sure it's fine." Harry tried to persuade her. This conversation went for a while longer and then all ended in Hermione storming off and Taylor sitting there thinking 'Don't say a thing! Do not say a thing! Or you will regret it!'

"So, I'm going to go down for breakfast now, so if you guys want to come, come, if you don't it's alright!" Taylor quickly left the room and bumped into Hermione. "You want to go together?" Taylor asked. Hermione just nodded and they walked down to breakfast together.

After breakfast, Harry, Ron and Hermione took Taylor outside into the snow where they played snow ball fights. Taylor had never seen snow before as she lived in a city in Australia where they didn't get snow. The others thought snow as a normal thing but Taylor found it completely fascinating to watch it fall from the sky!

(Thank you so much to Codla who emailed me about the feast x)

The Christmas feast was all a laugh to Taylor. When Derek turned red at Dumbledore Taylor felt sorry for the little boy but still let out a snort, yes she was in a vulnerable laughable mood, it wasn't her fault. The sullen 5th year Slytherin kept sending her icy glares which made her laugh even more, but an icy glare from Professor McGonagall got her to shut up. They all ate until their stomachs felt like they were going to explode and then went upstairs to play some wizards chess. This was Taylor's first time playing it so she lost easily, but on her next turn she won and she felt very delighted. They finally finished and climbed up to their dormitories for a good night's sleep.

A few days later, Professor McGonagall found Harry and told him about how Hermione had told her about the Firebolt and how she will check it for any jinxes. Taylor watched their faces when they found out that Hermione had told her and poor Hermione's face as she, too, watched the boys become very angry.

"Why would you do that Hermione?" Ron complained once the Professor had left, "There is nothing wrong!"

"Well I was worried that there might be something wrong with it so I went and told Professor McGonagall straight away!" At this she ran out of the portrait hole, 'probably to the library. Poor Hermione, it looked like she was about to burst into tears.' Taylor thought to herself.

"I can't believe Hermione would go and do that!" Ron whined, "I mean as if it would be jinxed, we would have realised by now!" Harry just nodded.

"She only meant well!" Taylor explained, "I mean it was nice of her to think about that."

"Yeah but she really didn't have to do that, now Harry has no broom!" This made Taylor quite angry.

"YEAH WELL WOULD YOU RATHER THE BLOODY BROOM AND HARRY JINXED OR YOU RATHER NO BROOM AND HARRY ALRIGHT!" Taylor almost screamed but saw the looks of horror on their faces and added, "Sorry, I'm going to go check on Hermione." With one last apologetic look she ran out of the common room and up to the library.

When she arrived she went over to the study tables. She noticed a certain blonde head boy in the corner with Pansy, she groaned 'COME ON! As if he would be here too!' She then spotted a bushy brunette huddled over a book by the window; her face seemed kind of red. Taylor walked over to her and slipped into a seat opposite her.

"You alright?" Taylor questioned as she looked at the cover of her book. It was Hogwarts: A History again. "Haven't you read that book 50 times over? You must know it back to front!" Taylor kindly teased. Hermione looked up at her with a sweet smile.

"You didn't have to come look for me, you know?" She stated. Taylor nodded,

"I know, but your my friend now, and you looked really upset, like you needed a friend with you, and seeing as Ron was pissed, Harry was probably going to be held behind I was the only one able to come and see you." Taylor continued smiling.

"Thank you Taylor, it means a lot." Hermione returned the smile. But, of course, a certain blonde head boy noticed their talking. To him it looked secretive and thus he must interfere!

"I'm guessing Ron and Harry won't be too pleased with me tomorrow, will they?"

"Well, well, well, why isn't the 'Golden Trio' together? Has something happened between you all?" Malfoy was strutting over to them; a smirk filled his arrogant face. Taylor rolled her eyes and tried to continue talking with Hermione but Malfoy kept making noises. She groaned again.

"Honestly Malfoy, can you leave us alone? Or are you too in love with us?" Taylor teased in a serious tone. Malfoy stared horrified at her, and then stalked off, mumbling something not understandable.

"Thank god he's gone!" Hermione said angrily. 'I can't wait to watch Hermione punch Draco, but that's later on!' Taylor thought, 'Wait, why the hell did I just call him Draco, its Malfoy! Man Hogwarts is messing with my head, no it's probably just the change of weather, Hogwarts is too awesome for that!' She assured herself.

"Yeah, he is so annoying, just because he's a bloody Malfoy, doesn't mean he can boss everyone around!" They then went back up to Gryffindor tower as Madam Pince kicked them out as it was getting very late. When they finally got to the common room they discovered that Harry and Ron were gone and the common room was empty so the two brunettes pulled themselves up the stairs into their empty dorm.

Since the night of Harry and Ron fighting, a lot has happened. Harry got his broom back, Taylor rode it…PERFECTLY! Harry, Ron and Hermione became friends again, but then Scabber's 'death' occurred and they are now in a fight again! So Taylor and Harry were the ones stuck between two friends fighting. "Aren't you happy you have me here harry? Otherwise you would be the only one stuck between them." Taylor said to him one day.

"Yes, true, but something told me I somehow got through it." The match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw had commenced that day and everyone in Gryffindor were partying for their win, while Hermione studied.

"Hey Taylor." Fred came over and grabbed her from behind.

She looked at him strangely, "Yes?" She asked cautiously.

"Can you put on some of that muggle music of yours?" George asked. She looked at them both for a while thinking. Of course they had to say it loud enough for everyone to hear ("Probably purposely!" She thought) and then everyone started chanting 'Taylor, Taylor!' She sighed. She then walked over to Hermione, "Should I do it?" She whispered. She nodded and then answered, "Oh go on it's not a major event, it doesn't really change anything too dramatically." Taylor smiled and then walked back over to Fred and George.

"Maybe…but it won't be loud enough for everyone to hear, it only comes out at a certain loudness." She watched them as they playfully pulled out their wand and pointed to them.

"What do you think these are for?" They asked in a synchronised tone. She rolled her eyes and let them play two songs before Professor McGonagall told them all to go to bed. Hermione went up to her dorm and Taylor followed (she had got Fred and George to remove the charm from her iPod before she made it up to her room though). They both got into their pyjamas silently and Taylor then slipped around Naomi and closed her curtains around her bed.

She was suddenly awoken by Hermione.

"What is it?" She asked as she took in Hermione's shocked face.

"Someone was shouting from Harry and Ron's dorm." Taylor realised that Sirius must have got in and quickly put on her dressing gown before running down into the common room and spotting Harry and Ron talking with Professor McGonagall.

"Who would be stupid enough to write down all of the passwords on a piece of paper?" We all looked around the room until poor Neville stood out front. She sighed, "Is it always going to be you Longbottom?" She asked.

"I'm afraid so, ma'am." He squeaked.

"Well Sirius Black is gone tonight, but you can all safely assume that he will return one night." And then she went on about safety restrictions that would commence. Taylor moaned, 'As if!' she thought. Finally they were allowed to go back to sleep. As soon as Taylor's head hit the pillow she went straight back to sleep, Sirius Black didn't scare her!

So there is the chapter…10? Or 9…I don't know. Anyway there it is and there is only a couple of chapters left for this year so YAY! Anyway I'm happy as Pottermore is now open to everyone! So anyway hope you enjoyed this chapter and the next one will be up soon! (I'm back from my holiday now so I have the book!) R&R x