Over the few days before the happiest time of the year, Alexander and Hermione could be found in a near constant state of meditation, be them in one of the houses or in the backyards. When Wade and Kelly had first noticed their kids' bodies sprout fur, they'd been freaked but them Sirius had explained and demonstrated, and they were more settled. As they were back home, all weaponry work was put on the back burner, the two Muggles were already curious, no need to make it worse.

Amelia had owled to confirm that she would be arriving for lunch on Christmas day, but the apprehension was evident even in her letter, she was nervous that Sirius wouldn't love her anymore. It wasn't the case but nothing but hearing it from her love would change her mind, one of the reasons why the teens had to surprise Sirius with it; give him less chances to fake it just so that the Auror wasn't hurt from her association with him.

Christmas dawned with Alexander and Hermione cuddled together, wrapped up in a large blanket, outside. They had set up a half-tent the previous day, and slept outside together, the half-tent so that the Muggles weren't worried for their health over sleeping in the snow. The previous evening, when everyone was fast asleep, the couple had completed their transformations, and were going to show everyone as an added present.

"Boreas has brought us another glorious winter's day," Hermione whispered.

"That he has," the wizard holding her agreed, "But it would be nothing if I wasn't experiencing it with you."

The girl blushed, kissing her love, "I love you Alexander."

"And I love you Hermione, forever more"

They sat like that, appreciating the endless white, until Sirius called up from the house, "Breakfast time kids."

The meal was filled with happy laughter, and the occasional jibe at Severus over the gratefulness that Dobby was cooking. Wade and Kelly came over as they were finishing it off, their arms full of presents wrapped in Christmas themed paper, "Happy Christmas everyone."

"Happy Christmas Mum, Dad"

The large family group got settled around the large tree that they had all spent hours decorating a couple days earlier. Dobby brought glasses of cocoa out and then took his designated seat between the teenagers, after a few tears were elicited from him first. Beneath the tree there were dozens of gifts, plus many more that the loyal house elf was going through personally as they were sent to Harry Potter. Those beneath this tree were all for or from friends and family.

"Well then, Dobby, if you would be so kind?" Severus motioned to the elf.

"Of course," with a crack of his fingers, the gifts were sorted and piled in front of the right person. His eyes welled up when he saw that he too had a gift from each of the people in the room, "Dobby, Dobby is touched."

"You're a member of our family too Dobby," Lex told the elf, giving him a hug along with Hermione.

The 4 other magical people were grateful that Sirius hadn't noticed the small pile that remained beneath the tree; they were gifts they had purchased for Amelia and would give to her when she arrived in a few hours.

It was something about Christmas; no matter what age you were, when you have presents in front of you, everyone turns into a 5 year old kid, though some more than others. While the adult males all ripped into their gifts, tossing paper everywhere, the others calmly removed the wrappings, not making a huge mess.

Both demigods got clothes from the Muggle couple, which they were happy for as they were still growing like weeds. They both also got a hand knit robe, made from the finest materials, from Dobby; he had said that the materials were from a Chimaera, Demiguise, Acromantula, and even a few strands of the Golden Fleece, from the same ram that Heracles was given as a task. And Remus presented both with an ancient looking pendant, which they instantly put on and felt a rush, a connection to the werewolf, "They're Alpha Protection Pendants, essentially you are now a member of my pack and all other werewolves will know not to touch you." It had brought tears to their eyes and they'd embraced the man for a long time before going back to their gifts.

Hermione also got a scrying bowl from Sirius, a warding cuff bracelet that Severus said was from Roman times and depicted Minerva, and Firenze sent her some rare potion ingredients that were meant to assist in the Sight.

Alexander got a thick book from his godfather, "That is the Marauders' Bible; everything we ever learnt is in there. Use it well." Severus had banished a dozen pillows at his school bully for the gift but the teens were overjoyed at it. The Slytherin gave him a watch, only this watch not only told time, if you clicked the button on the side, it showed the status of everyone it was locked into. First thing Lex did was have all those present give a drop of blood to the watch, and was pleased that it worked, showing all of them as being at 'home'. And Firenze had sent him a flask of his broth, something that neither teen was able to recreate, no matter how hard they tried.

Finally there were only two gifts left, the ones that Lex and Mia had bought for each other. Picking them up in their hands, they slowly unwrapped them, unaware of the adults all watching them intently. What they found were identical boxes, ring boxes, and their eyes connected, understanding that they'd gone to the same store.

Opening them, both gasped at the items inside. In Hermione's was a ring, obviously, but this ring was made with platinum and held a stone in it, that stone oozed magic and as she looked closer, the witch found out why that was. The jasper stone was moving, it moved like the ocean and occasionally a spot would appear before disappearing, "Wow."

Alexander was in awe of his own ring. It was black and white gold, both equal halves of a whole, with a large lightning bolt down the join. It was simple but it was perfect for him. Looking over, he saw his love putting the ring on and whispered to her, "A promise to you that one day, when we are of an appropriate age, it will become something more formal."

"It's perfect, and so are you," the teens kissed tenderly, the adults smiling but only one was really aware that the witch had placed the ring on her left hand. Kelly had a secret grin on her face at seeing that, knowing that her husband was going to take time to get used to that development when he found out.