Chapter 6: Christmas…
A.N. I do not own anything from Harry Potter it is all by the amazing J.! Ooh and to my friends, there will be more of Rhea, Rachel and Fi.
(Recap) After a while James had felt sorry for Ash and he wanted to get back being friends with her and he realised he wanted to be with the worst girl in the world, Poppy. Then it became Christmas Eve and Ash woke up realising 3 girls next to her and Rose. Then James and Ash had met after 3 months and finally saw each other after a very big misunderstanding! Then after trying to find someone to go to Hogsmeade with, Ash met those three girls she saw in the morning and found out that their names were Rhea, Fi and Rachel, then all of a sudden, Ash's Owl Hooter woke up all of them by his clinging and clanging on the bars of his cage and that's what you missed last time in The Story of Ash Phoenix!
Fi had finally noticed what Hooter was trying to tell everyone, her eyes widened and she pointed outside the window… All the girls ran up to the window and saw something amazing, something which they thought they would never see in their lives. Ash couldn't see anything (since she was basically the shortest there) but then she pushed and shoved and finally got to the window and saw something amazing, something which she would remember all her life and that something was… Wait I want to rewind first, at 10:45pm just after everyone had fallen asleep, it started to snow very heavily and from 10:45pm to 12am it has been snowing, snowing enough so then someone could write something in the snow, but who would even write in the snow, write in the snow in front of the girls dorm? Maybe to impress someone, or maybe to show off their handwriting, but this reason was different. Outside the window, a name was written in the snow, and it could easily be seen from above, Hooter had seen the person do it, that was the reason why he started rattling his cage, but he also started rattling his cage because it wasn't just anyone's name that was in the snow, but it was Ash's name in the snow and someone had done it for her, but it didn't say who had done it, obviously because they wanted to keep it secret, as if Ash had a secret admirer. Ash's face lit up once again after 3 months and she was happy as ever, she didn't know who did it, but she knew that this person was someone she knew, someone who she cared about, someone who maybe liked her too. She didn't guess anyone though… Ash and Rose didn't have a clue about who had done it. But Rachel, Rhea and Fi did, because that person told them. What any of the girls didn't know was that the person who had done this, was watching everything, watching what Ash would say, watching how Ash would react and more… That person even saw that light in Ash's face and knew that she was happy once more. Rhea turned to look at Ash then and said 'Who's your secret admirer then' while winking.
'I don't know, I didn't even know I had one!' Replied Ash.
'You must have some idea about who's behind this though!' Interrupted Fi.
'No, I have no clue Fi!' Whispered Ash.
'I hope its not Sid Raichand though….' Whispered Rhea, 'He's like my dream boy'
'Haha… I hope its not Albus Potter…' Whispered Fi while looking up (Dreaming about Albus)
'I most certainly do not hope its James…' Whispered Rachel.
'James who?' Said Ash (looking very jealous)
'James Eccles of course!' Replied Rachel while giggling, 'Which other James could it be?'
'Oh just a James…' Said Ash while blushing.
After this amazing time, the girls went back to bed, so they wouldn't wake up late the next morning for Christmas!
The next morning, Ash woke up not thinking about anything until something clicked in her head and she jumped up and shouted 'Its Christmas!'
Ash ran down stairs to see the Christmas tree with many, many presents around and she immediately recognised the presents her mum, dad and brother sent her, since she had chosen the wrapping paper, and she kind of saw the labels, and saw who the other presents were for but then she saw one, nicely wrapped present, wrapped in Ash's favourite colour; Dark Purple, but had a label on it with no name from who it was from. Rose, Rhea, Fi and Rachel had already started unwrapping presents, so Ash went and sat next to Rhea who was unwrapping a pink glittering present. Ash picked up the present which had nothing but her name on it and started unwrapping it slowly until… James walked in with Hugo beside him, randomly singing jingle bells and walking like some kind of king. 'What's with the walk and song Potter? 'Asked Ash.
'I'm in a good mood and its Christmas, problem Phoenix?' Replied James
'Yeah actually I do have a problem, stay at least 100.1 cm away from me and don't bother walking in like a king, just because your not royal…' Replied Ash while rolling her eyes.
'Whatever Phoenix, I have some rules for you too! Sid, bring them in!' Shouted James.
Then all of a sudden, a boy with black hair came in and everyone turned to Rhea who was now the happiest person in Gryffindor Tower.
'Your list master Potter.' Said Sid.
All the girls burst out laughing… 'Master Potter? You know Sid, you don't have to follow everything your 'Master Potter' Says you know?' Said Rhea.
Sid didn't really say anything, he just continued looking at Rhea and then suddenly winked at her. Rhea blushed and looked down as she was pretty shy…
James held the piece of paper out in front of him and read out basically everything on the piece of paper (Looked more like "Loo Roll" As Fi described it)
This is what the rules on the piece of paper said:
*BLANK, BLANK, EVEN MORE BLANK, MORE AND MORE BLANK, NOTHING ELSE BUT BLANK, BLANK, THIS IS WHITER THAN THE SKY BLANK, BLANK, BLANK, BLANK, OH HEY ASH, BLANK, BLANK, BLANK, HEY FI, BLANK, BLANK, SHEET, BLANK, EVEN BLANKER, HEY RHEA FROM SID JOKES, BLANK, BLANK, END OF*
Basically James hadn't written anything on the piece of paper, he just wanted to look cool.
'Ah its fine, none of these rules apply to any of you girls, now carry on unwrapping your presents!' Said James with a grin. Ash rolled her eyes and looked back to the present which she was unwrapping, when she fully unwrapped it, all the girls were crowded behind and next to her, wondering what was inside this wonderful silver gift box, there was also a tag on it, Ash flipped it over and it had some writing on it, it said: 'To the person I see every day, but who does not see me' Ash's eyes widened and the girls behind her went 'Ooooooooooo' Ash blushed and shushed everyone as she starting opening the box, the box was white which had silver ribbon on it and was like a box with a lid and Ash was about to lift the lid but then from the corner of her eye, she saw James was looking towards Ash and the present but as soon as James knew Ash was looked he just went back to opening his presents. Yes, the person who gave the present to Ash was there listening and watching… That person knew what was happening, but the Ash or the girls had no clue of who this mysterious person was! When Ash finally got to open her present, it was a beautiful bracelet, made from silver and had different charms around it, it had every house animal and colour on it, there was 4 jewels, the colours were red, green, yellow and blue and then there was a name, at first Ash didn't recognise what it said but then Rachel pointed out it said 'Ash' and this bracelet was for her and only her. She didn't know who it was, no one did, but she knew it was the same person who had written her name in snow, and she knew it was someone in the room, but didn't know who. It could have been the girls playing a small prank on her, but this was more than a prank, this was feelings for Ash from someone. Ash then put the bracelet on herself, wishing the person who gave the present was putting the bracelet on her wrist. After that, she opened her other presents and she got a variety of things, from jewellery, books, clothes, dresses and more but the weird thing was, she couldn't find a present from James. She knew he had got her something, but she didn't know where it was? She was going to look in the Boy's Dorm's but she didn't want to risk getting a months detention from Professor Flitwick (Because all lesson you would have to write Wingardium Leviosa on a A3 sheet of paper) or getting stuck with Professor Slughorn (Who would make you clean the toilets for his next 'Slughorn get together') Rhea got many things too, she got these new heels from her brother and from her mum and dad she got a wonderful set of clothes and jewellery, most of the jewellery from India. Fi got some things which Ash wouldn't normally want, Fi got many clothes which were sorted into the colours purple, red and green and she got over 50 books which had information about the history of Hogwarts, quidditch through the ages, Babbity Rabbity, Fantastic Beasts, Romeo and Juliet and even more books! Rhea "claimed" that she had never seen so many books at a time! But everyone knew she did, Professor McGonagall always has piles in the back of the classroom every lesson for the "elder children" Next it was the Boys turn to find out what they got for their presents, Albus had already opened his at 4am because he didn't want anyone to see what he had got, especially James. Sid hadn't really got much, as his parents were on holiday and they couldn't send anything from where they were, so Sid had to wait until he got home for the summer to get his presents, but the good thing is, Rhea was so kind enough to give a small present to Sid and that was really something which she was going to gift her brother, but she thought Sid might need it more than her brother, she gave him a small vial of Amortentia, she wanted to give it to her brother because apparently he needed a boost for the girls but instead she gave it to Sid and simply said to him 'Use it well' Sid smiled and slipped the small vial into his pocket where it was safe. There was actually one present under the tree for Albus, he picked it up and looked at it, he didn't really unwrap it slowly, he just quickly took the wrapping paper off the gift and chucked it at some randomer who came past. He saw he had got a rememberall, but he didn't know who it was from! Strange… He thought. Now James opened his presents and he opened the one that was the biggest and that one was from his Mum and Dad (Ginny and Harry Potter) James opened it and he found an old silver cloak and a spare piece of parchment and underneath he found a little note, but he read it, so no one could see or hear him. The note said:
Dear James, I believe you have now opened this present, I got this present from my Dad when I had my first Christmas as well, and I think its time for you to have it now. There is also a map, it may as well look like a piece of spare parchment to you, but believe me it is not. I found this map in my third year at Hogwarts and I think it will be very useful to you in this year, as you told me, this 'Ash' girl isn't going to be easy to find is she? This map shows the whole of Hogwarts and shows where every person is. Use all of this well James, I trust you will.
Lots of Love, Dad. Oh and Mum xxx
Now it was time to go to Hogsmeade, and everyone starting getting changed… Ash still had no one to go with, she really wanted to go with the person who sent her the present but she didn't know who he was… But from what you already know do you know who this person is?
To be Continued…
A.N. Please review and if you have any ideas or suggestions please tell me! And if you know who this person is, tell me in the reviews