"I don't know what to get Emma" said Danny as the younger years were on their Hogsmeade shopping trip.
"Well you better hurry up, mate. We have to meet the Professors in two hours" Jack said.
"Oh a book store, I'll be right back" Danny said.
"Hello young man, can I help you?" the shop keeper asked.
"Um I looking for a gift for my friend" said Danny.
"Is it a lady friend?" the owner asked.
"Yes it is" said Danny.
"What does she like to read?" the owner asked.
"Everything" said Danny.
"We just got this in last week from The States, American Sign Language Dictionary" the shop keeper said.
"Oh perfect! I don't think she has this" said Danny.
"Your friend is interested in Sign Language?" the owner asked as she gift wrapped the large book.
"Well she's deaf. She uses mainly British and Magical Sign Language" said Danny.
"Does she speak?" asked the owner.
"Yes, very well" said Danny.
"Here you are, young man, I hope she enjoys it" said the owner.
"Thank you, ma'am" said Danny.
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"Danny is going to love his gift, Emma" Lizzie said struggling with her cane on the snow.
"I hope so" Emma said reading Lizzie's lips. Lizzie fell in the snow and Annie tugged Emma's coat to get her attention.
"What is it, Annie?" Emma still walking towards the gates. Annie dragged Emma over to her friend.
"Lizzie! Lizzie are you, ok?" asked Emma.
"I can't get up, the snow is too slippery" Lizzie said.
"Uncle Harry! Uncle Harry! Lizzie can't get up!" Emma said.
"Miss Donavan, do you need some help?" asked Harry.
"I can't stand up" said Lizzie. Harry lifted up Lizzie and carried her until the ground was flat enough to take out her wheelchair.
"Thank you, Professor Potter" said Lizzie.
"You're very welcome, my dear" said Harry.
"Are you ok, Liz?" asked Jack.
"Yeah I'm ok" Lizzie said. A Slytherin was to walk up to Lizzie and tease her when Emma stuck out her hand and the Slytherin started backing away.
"You want to make of fun my friends you have to get through me and I don't use a wand and I can't always control my spells" Emma warned. Harry just smiled at his niece; he saw so much of Hermione's spirit in her.
"Lizzie, are you ok?" Emma asked.
"Why can't my legs be fixed with magic?" Lizzie cried.
"My deafness can't be fixed with magic; my dad says they're still working on things like this. There is no cure for cancer in the muggle world, so there is no way there can be a cure in magical world. We're human beings too and there are some things magic shouldn't mess with" said Emma.
"Besides, if you could walk properly and I could hear we wouldn't be us. We would be someone totally different" said Emma. Danny smiled. He wouldn't want Emma to change for anything; she was already perfect the way she was.
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"Emma open you gift, sweetie" Ginny said. Emma found the card that lead her to the clues.
"I'm in Gryffindor, I'm in your year, I have an Irish accent even though you can't tell. To you my voice feels gentle and comforting. It's Danny!" said Emma smiling at her friend. She opened her gift and gasped.
"Oh Danny, thank you! I've always wanted to learn American Sign! Mum and Dad could never find one, thank you so much!" Emma said hugging Danny tightly.
"Here, Lizzie this one is yours, dear" said Harry. Lizzie read the card and figured out it was Jack, then opened a box to revile a light purple Weasely sweater with a phoenix on it.
"Oh Jack I love it, did you make it?" asked Lizzie.
"My grandma helped me" said Jack blushing.
"Thank you so much, its so soft" said Lizzie pulling the sweater over her head.
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Mean while back home, Hermione was having more problems then she could handle. She slammed the front door as she walked in from work and sprawled out on the couch.
"Hermione, honey?" Ron called from the bathroom.
"Hello Ronald, how was your day?" Hermione asked.
"Better than yours I think. What happened?" asked Ron.
"Uggg, veto this law, pass this law, veto the law first a second time and third time. It just never stops" said Hermione. Ron sat with Hermione on the couch and had her lay on her belly so he could give her a back rub.
"You're very tense, my love" said Ron kissing Hermione's neck. Hermione moaned as Ron continued kissing down her neck while unbuttoning her blouse. He removed her bra and the rest of her cloths and filled her with the love she most desperately needed.
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"Ah, wicked, a new art set," Danny said 'Thanks Em' then Signed the other part.
'You welcome, Danny' Emma Signed back and smiled. Emma had received her new book in less than an hour and she already had the American Sign Alphabet memorized.
"The American alphabet is so much easier than ours. They only use one hand to finger spell" said Emma. Lizzie rose from the couch with her crutch and tapped Emma's shoulder.
"You want some sweets, Emma?" asked Lizzie.
"Yes please, anything chocolate" said Emma.
"You got it" said Lizzie.
"Do you need help, Liz?" asked Jack.
"No thank you, Jack, I can do it" Lizzie said sweetly.
"But.." Emma stopped her brother.
"Let her do it herself" Emma said a warning tone. Lizzie used her wand to make a plate of chocolate sweets float over to Emma.
"Ooo, what service, thanks, Lizzie!" said Emma. A hot chocolate also floated towards Emma.
"Hey Em, there's something floating next you" said Danny.
"What? Oh beautiful, hot cocoa" said Emma. Some whipped cream ended up on her nose and Leah snapped a picture with her magical camera.
"Leah! Could you not?" said Emma.
"Its cute. Look" said Leah. At 11:30 the younger years were sent back to there houses because the older students would coming back from the Yule Ball half an hour afterwards.
"Come on, you guys don't want to be tired for families tomorrow" said Harry.
"You are our family, Uncle Harry" said Emma.
"Yeah but I don't want to see my niece and nephew sleeping at the dinner table now scoot" said Ginny.
"That was fun" Leah said.
"Goodnight, Danny, thank you again for the gift" Emma blushed.
"You're welcome, Em, Happy Christmas" said Danny.
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Annie awoke to screaming in the girls' bedroom. It wasn't coming from her owner, or Leah, it was Lizzie. Annie put her paws on Emma's back who was asleep on her stomach.
"Mmm, Annie, go away" said Emma. Annie pulled Emma's tank-top with her teeth until she fell out of bed.
"Annie!" said Emma. Annie continued dragging Emma over to Lizzie's bed. The yellow lab pulled back the curtains around her bed.
"Lumos" Emma said and light shined from her hand.
'No please don't let them hurt me, Mummy' Emma read on Lizzie's lips.
'No those hurt badly'
"Lizzie, its Emma, wake up, no one is hurting you" Emma said softly. Lizzie slowly opened her eyes and Emma stroked her pretty strawberry-blonde hair.
"What were you dreaming about?" Emma asked.
"I was having a spinal tap" Lizzie cried.
"Oh my Mum had to have those, she use to have nightmares from them too" said Emma.
"How long did she have them?" asked Lizzie.
"I don't know I was just a little girl when she had them. Do want a hug, Liz?" asked Emma. Lizzie nodded and Emma rapped her arms around her friend as she cried.
"You don't have to have them anymore, right, you're ok" Emma said softly rubbing Lizzie's back.
'My back hurts from them' Lizzie Signed to Emma.
"I'll be right back" said Emma. Leah had just woken up from Lizzie's cries and asked Emma what was happening and Emma told Leah to sit with Lizzie while she went to see the nurse.
"Madam Bones, Madam Bones!" Emma yelled.
"Hello Miss Weasely, are you alright, honey?" Lavender asked.
"Lizzie Donavan woke up from a nightmare from the spinal taps she had in treatment and now her back is really hurting her" said Emma.
"Well aren't you a sweetie, come in I'll just get some things for Miss Donavan" Susan said.
"Oh there's tea there, dear, help yourself" said Susan.
"You look just like your mum, except for your hair" said Susan as she and Emma walked back to Gryffindor Tower.
"Lizzie, Madam Bones is here, she's going to help you" said Emma.
"Show me where you had your lumber punchers, sweetie" Susan said. Lizzie pulled up her tank-top and Susan saw tiny little scars on the young witch's lower back from where they poked her with the needles.
"It hurts so much" Lizzie cried.
"I'll do my best, honey. Please take this potion first" said Susan. Then Susan rubbed a warm, soothing potion on the girl's back.
"You can keep this, sweetie. If you apply it to your back every morning and night it should help your back pain" Susan said.
"Thank you, Madam Bones" said Lizzie.
"You're very welcome, dear, have a good night" said Susan.
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When Lizzie awoke the next day she found a lily lying beside her bedside table with a note.
Dear Liz,
I heard you screaming last night. Are you alright? I'll see you at breakfast.
Jack
Lizzie smiled at the note and put it in a shoebox under her bed. Lizzie quickly showered and got dressed. When she came downstairs Jack saw her and went over to her.
"Hi Lizzie, are you ok?" Jack asked.
"Yeah, I was having a nightmare from the spinal taps and then my back started to hurt" said Lizzie.
"Oh, my Mum use to nightmares about her treatments too. I would walk into my parents' room and Dad would be holding Mum and telling her it was all over. She doesn't have to go through treatment every again. Anytime you need to talk to someone you can come to me ok?" Jack said.
"Thank you, Jack" said Lizzie.
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That morning in DADA class the Gryffindors were in there the Slytherins. Lizzie was having trouble getting on the stool and Jack helped her. One of the Slyherins noticed something different about Lizzie's hair and he came up behind her and pulled on her hair causing her wig to come off. The Slythrins started laughing as Harry entered the room. He saw Lizzie crying, Jack trying to comfort her and her wig in the hand of a laughing Slythrin. Memories flooded back to Harry's mind; Hermione was all he could think of.
"500 points from Slythrin and detention for you! Kindly give Miss Donavan back her wig and get out of my site! Detention for a month I don't want to hear it!" Harry shouted then turned to Lizzie.
"Miss Donavan, would you like to go to Triple H?" asked Harry.
Lizzie nodded.
"Mr. Weasely you may escort her there" Harry winked at his nephew.
"Come on, Lizzie, its ok" said Jack. He held his arm out to Lizzie and she took it.
"Why do wear a wig, Liz? Your real hair looks pretty" said Jack blushing.
"Really?" said Lizzie.
"Yeah, I mean you went threw radiation and chemo right? Of course its pretty" said Jack.
"I can't believe you're so comfortable about my cancer" said Lizzie.
"Well when you have a Dad who works with cancer patients and an amazing Mum who is a cancer survivor it comes normally" Jack said.
"Hello dears, oh Lizzie what happened, sweetie?" asked the secretary.
"A Slythrin pulled the wig off her head" said Jack.
"Ok, Mr. Weasely if you can fill this out for Miss Donavan's file that would be great, and sign this so we know Miss Donavan needed to be escorted here. Lizzie, honey, Alison is in her office if you'd like to go in and see her" Jack watched Lizzie walk to her counselor's office.
"Can I wait here for Lizzie?" asked Jack.
"Of course, Mr. Weasely , you have any homework to do?" Jack nodded and to out some parchment and a ink and a quill.
"Jack?" asked Ginny.
"Hi Aunt Ginny" Jack said.
"Did you escort your sister here?" asked Ginny.
"No, Lizzie" said Jack.
"Oh dear, what happened?" asked Ginny.
"A Slythrin pulled her wig off" Jack said sadly.
"Oh my God, the poor sweetie. How can anyone be that cruel?" said Ginny. An hour later Lizzie emerged from the counseling center rubbing her wet eyes childishly.
"Jack, Lizzie doesn't think she can handle classes for the rest of the day. I'll tell your uncle and your other teachers that you'll be assisting Lizzie" Alison said. Jack took Lizzie's backpack and flung it over his shoulder and held his arm out for her.
"You want to go for a walk, Liz?" asked Jack softly.
"I'm hungry" Lizzie cried.
"Ok, we'll go to lunch…"
"Too loud" Lizzie whimpered.
"Let's go to the kitchens then ok?" asked Jack. Lizzie nodded. On the way to the kitchens they bumped into Emma and Danny. Emma hugged her taller friend and rubbed her back.
"I gave that Slytherin a donkey's behind" Emma giggled.
"Didn't you get in trouble?" asked Lizzie.
"No, Uncle Harry left me off the hook. He saw my Mum in that same situation when they were teenagers and my Mum was in treatment" said Emma.
"Are you guys coming to lunch?" asked Danny.
"I'm taking Lizzie to the kitchens where its quiet" said Jack.
"Ok, see you later" Emma said smiling.
"Jack, my leg hurts" Lizzie said.
"Do you have your wheelchair?" asked Jack. Lizzie took it out of her pocket and enlarged it. Jack helped her into it an pushed her to the kitchens.
"It's ok, Lizzie, my Mum still needs hers sometimes" said Jack.
"She does?" asked Lizzie.
"Yeah, when her leg hurts and she doesn't think she'll be able to walk on it" said Jack.
"Hello Miss Donavan and Mister Weasely. How can Dobby help you today?" asked Dobby.
"Lizzie just needs to eat in a place that's quiet, Dobby" said Jack.
"Of course, Mister Weasely" said Dobby. The elf brought meals to both Lizzie and Jack.
"Is this quiet enough, Liz?" asked Jack.
"Yes, thank you, Jack" Lizzie smiled. Jack was not only looking like his father everyday, he was acquiring his sweet, caring and loyal personality as well.