Teddy shivered and wrapped his coat tighter around himself. It was his first winter at Hogwarts, and Christmas was coming up. There was a Quidditch game between Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Teddy squinted to see the blue of the Ravenclaw uniform and the green of the Slytherin uniform. It was snowing, and white covered the ground.

"It's freezing!" shouted Alfie.

"Yeah! But we're leaving tomorrow for the Christmas break." Pointed out Teddy.

"Come on, it's not that cold!" said Melanie, rolling her eyes. She grinned at Teddy. "Alfie needs to stop being a wimp."

"I'm not a wimp! And Teddy agreed with me!" said Alfie, but Teddy and Melanie had turned their attention back to the match.

After Ravenclaw had won, they headed up to their dorm. "I'm going to miss Hogwarts over break." said Alfie.

"We have 6 and ½ years left." Teddy said.

"What are you doing!" A voice exclaimed. A man came rushing out towards them. "Why are you tracking snow in here! Do you know how long it takes me to clean!"

"Uh," Teddy and Alfie glanced at each other. The man glared at them, and they rushed off.

Slowing down, a 5th year Hufflepuff walked over to them. "That's Filch. You may want to avoid him and his cat, Mrs. Norris."

"Thanks." Teddy and Alfie said. They made their way to the Gryffindor Common Room without any other obstacles.

Early the next morning, they packed and then headed down to the Great Hall. They rode back on the Hogwarts Express, talking about getting in touch over the break. At platform 9 ¾, they said goodbye and parted.

Teddy spent the whole car ride talking about Hogwarts. Finally, they got to Uncle Harry's house. Teddy ran in and hugged his uncle and aunt. They had dinner, and they let Teddy sleep in guest room. The next day, Uncle Ron and his family came over. Teddy was always conscious of the fact that he was so much older than his cousins. Other than Victoire, but her family hadn't arrived yet.

When Victoire did arrive, they spent a lot of time talking about Hogwarts. Teddy would describe it the best he could, and Victoire would listen patiently and with admiration. Then they would play until dinner time.

Teddy awoke Christmas morning excited. "It's Christmas!" He said to himself, not wanting to awake anyone. He ran downstairs and saw Victoire sitting on the couch.

"You're up finally!" she said "My parents wouldn't let me start on the presents until you were up."

"Sorry Vic." Teddy said as he sat next to her. "You can open you're presents first."

Victoire smiled and opened up her presents. She got dolls from Ginny and Hermione, a scrapbook from Harry and Ron about her mother Fleur, and her Aunt Gabrielle in the Triwizard Tournament. She also got candy from her cousins, a necklace from her parents, and a picture of her and Teddy from Teddy.

"Thanks." She said.

"My turn!" said Teddy. He opened his gifts quickly. He got candy from his cousins, a scrapbook about his parents from Ginny, Hermione, Ron, and Harry, a book from his grandmother, and a camera from Victoire.

"To take pictures of Hogwarts to show us." said Victoire. "I really want to go there!"

"You will, when you're 11. You're 9 now." Teddy said, eating some candy.

Victoire rolled her eyes and ate her candy.