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I keep forgetting to acknowledge that I do not own Harry Potter. Oops! J
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Ah, Christmas morning. The morning when you wake up and boom, you get that little jolt in your stomach to realise that it's Christmas and it makes you so happy because it's CHRISTMAS!
"Oi! Lily, wake up!" I called to her.
"Hmmm?" She replied
"GET UP, IT'S CHRISTMAS!"
"Presents!"
Lily got up immediately as soon as she saw the presents at the end of her bed. Mum and dad sent me a massive box of chocolate frogs and a home-made scarf. James, Sirius and Peter got me a joined present which was a book on how to be less clumsy. I laughed out loud at that. Lily got me some new muggle book called Vogue, she tried to explain that it was a magazine on fashion and celebrities, but I just didn't understand. All those presents were fabulous but Remus' was my favourite. He had made me a little bracelet made with plastic beads. It was just the nicest thing. I don't think it meant anything to him, but it meant the world to me.
James, Sirius and Remus came down to breakfast with me and Lily. James all the way to the hall, pestered Lily with questions and trying to ask her out, but she just ignored him, which in this case was probably very smart.
"Hey, Remus I just wanted to say thank you for the Christmas present you got me." I said to Remus.
"Oh, um, that's ok, it's nothing, Nymphadora, I mean Tonks." He replied. Yep, I was right, he doesn't care.
"Ooh, look at the luuurve birds! They are just sooooo cute together aren't they?" Sirius said from behind Remus and I. We both blushed until we looked like sun-burned beetroots. Remus looked as if he wanted to dig a hole and die, whereas I just came up with a witty comment back.
"Well, yeah at least, nope I got nothing" I said. I guess it wasn't that witty…
"Hah, she has stumbled, when has that ever happened." Said Sirius.
"Sirius, you know perfectly well that I stumble all the time."
We reached the great hall for breakfast just as Severus passed looking murderous.
"Hey James, you're looking especially daft today." He said as he passed.
"That's the best you can come up with, really?" James replied.
"Please stop it! I have had enough James with you always looking for a way to start an argument!" Lily said angrily. I don't think she was being fair as it was Severus who started this.
"Um, Lily, puuurlease, the lies you just spoke. Yes maybe I do start arguments with Severus, but what just happened was entirely his fa-"
"I don't want to hear it Potter."
Lily and Severus instantly left after that, as did James too, to go and sulk in his room I suppose. Remus, Sirius and I left bewildered with the encounter that just happened.
After Breakfast we all went to the common room to find James, but he wasn't where we expected him to be, so we didn't bother looking anywhere else as he clearly didn't want to be found, so the rest of us just hung around for a while until Sirius came up with the genius idea to have a snowball fight.
"Ok, me and Remus against our dear Tonksie."
"WHAT! That is sooo not fair!" I exclaimed.
"Well, Tonksie, I'm just trying not to be sexist with all that girls are weak stuff."
"Fine, but just know that I'm going to kick your butts!"
We battled to the death, or maybe just until we were too cold to continue. I like to think I won, but, and this is hard for me to admit, that I think James and Remus won, maybe. Oh well. We trudged back to the great hall to have our lunch all freezing cold and wet from the snow. They were serving up a feast! There was stuffed turkey, chicken, mini sausages, pies, lamb chops, and my favourite, chips! It was all delicious! Remus sat to my left and just picked at the chicken he had on his plate, whereas Sirius and I were scoffing ourselves silly.
"Uh oh." I said.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"I just realised…there is still dessert to come!"
Both the boys and I burst out laughing when James finally decided to show up.
"Where have you been mate?" Sirius asked as soon as he sat down.
"I don't know, I think I was in some kind of room, but I, just don't know, there was nothing there when I paced it, but then there was a room full of pictures of Lily. I don't know how that happened."
"Well, maybe you just imagined it idiot, because that is where your relationship with Lily is, in your imagination."
Severus had made his way over to the table where we sat. Lily was nowhere to be seen, which was surprising.
"What do you want, you git." Sirius and James said at the same time.
"Not much, just here to be of your annoyance.
"Well, thanks so much, but I don't think we need any of that, so bye." I replied with. He saw Professor Dumbledore look at him, and he quickly shuffled away.
"The next time I see him, he will have a bloody nose, I swear with all the things he does to annoy us." James promised.
The next couple of days of the holiday went in a flash, and before I knew it, it was time to get back to work. No one wanted to, that was for sure. On the first morning you could practically hear the groans of each of the students. I think I was one of the only ones wanting to get learning again. My mood affected my metamorphmagus changings, with turning my hair bright purple, although I wasn't complaining, I quite liked it.
I went down to breakfast with Lily for a change the first morning, don't know why, I just felt like I wanted some girly time. But as soon as I stepped into the busy hall, I could almost hear the buzz of whispers from the students. I heard a few things they were saying.
"Omg, she looks so stupid with that hair colour."
"Hah, she looks like a daft fairy."
"Did you see her, I hate her, she thinks she can go and break the rules just because she is a meta thingy."
"She just looks like a total cow, looking like she owns the place."
I ran out of the hall crying, bumping into three tall figures on the out.
"Tonksie! What's wrong?" Sirius.
"Are you ok?" James.
"Dora, what happened?" Remus.
It got too much, too many voices repeating the same thing, I kept running.
Great way to start the first day back.
Ooooh, CLIFFHANGER! Haha sorry, but I felt as if I should leave it there. I wrote my longest chapter so far just then, it was also my favourite.
In case you didn't realise what James was taking about with the room, it was the Requirement Room.
And also, I have decided that maybe Tonks is a bit insecure about herself, even at a young age.
Love you all, Nymphadoralover. xx