"Okay everybody, take a seat." instructed Hermione. Everyone crowded around the living room and formed a wobbly circle. Audrey carried the presents in and placed them in the middle of the room. "I will now randomly choose the first name from the hat." She waved her wand and a slip of paper flew towards her. "Victoire! You're first."
Victoire gamely stood up, crossed the room, and selected a package. She unwrapped it to reveal a tin of cookies. "Thank you Victoire." said Hermione, waving her wand again. "George, you're next. You can open a gift, or you can steal."
"Well," said George "As much as I like opening things, I like cookies more." He took the tin from Victoire.
Lucy went next and unwrapped a pair of magic hedge clippers. She was followed by Harry, who unwrapped two teacups with matching saucers. Fleur stole these on her turn. Grandma Molly unwrapped a set of picture frames, and then Fred unwrapped the soccer ball that he himself had selected. Rose was next, and she unwrapped the hairbrush and mirror that Roxanne had put in.
"Ginny," called Hermione "You're next."
Ginny scooped up a package and ripped open the paper. "Very funny." she said as she lifted out a pair of very revealing magenta underwear.
"George!" cried Angelina. "What did you do?"
"Nothing. Why do you always assume it was me?" asked George.
"Was it you?" asked Angelina.
"Yes." agreed George. "But Hermione said gift exchanges were supposed to be entertaining."
"This is your idea of entertaining, is it son?" asked Arthur.
"Let's move on, shall we?" asked Ginny.
So Audrey stole the hairbrush from Rose, Angelina took the hedge clippers, and then Lily stole the hairbrush from Audrey. "You win some you lose some." said Audrey.
Teddy was next. There was still no sign of the scarf, so he unwrapped a set of encyclopaedias, which Hugo promptly stole from him. Then James took the soccer ball from Fred, and Ron took the underwear from Ginny, claiming that he was going to destroy it when he got home. Roxanne unwrapped an adult colouring book, and Bill stole the cookies from George. "That's for taking them from my daughter." he said.
Charlie was next to steal the underwear, saying that is was best if he took them to Romania so they were out of the country entirely. Hermione, who had been diligently recording every turn that was made, went after Charlie, and stole the teacups from Fleur. Albus unwrapped a cookbook, and Louis unwrapped the journal that Albus had picked out, which was stolen by Percy. Dominique took the soccer ball next, and then little Molly stole the frames from her namesake, while Arthur took the encyclopaedias. That was the end of round one.
Victoire unwrapped the locks, and then George took back the cookies. Lucy unwrapped the scarf, and Victoire and Teddy gave each other knowing looks. Harry took the journal, and Fleur reclaimed the teacups. Grandma Molly took the scarf, because she knew how hard Victoire had worked on it. Fred stole back the soccer ball, and Rose took the colouring book. Ginny unwrapped the Galleons that Bill had contributed, and Audrey stole the cookbook.
Finally, Teddy got a hold of the scarf, and immediately wrapped it around his neck. Hugo stole the encyclopaedias, and James stole the soccer ball. Ron stole the underwear, Roxanne stole the locks, Bill stole the cookies, Charlie stole the underwear back, and Hermione stole the journal. For a change Albus unwrapped the blanket, and Louis unwrapped the bracelet. Then it was back to the stealing, and Percy took the journal, Dom took the soccer ball, and Arthur took the encyclopaedias.
In round three, Victoire immediately stole the bracelet from her brother. George had made steals on his last two turns, so this time he was forced to unwrap a knitted hat. Lucy unwrapped some crayons and colouring paper, and then Harry stole the hat. Grandma Molly unwrapped a package of small cakes that Hermione had made, and then Fred took the coins from Ginny, who stole the bracelet from Victoire.
Hugo unwrapped a castle building set that he had selected, James unwrapped a wooden clock, and Ron unwrapped the Celestina Warbeck tickets, which made Grandma Molly shriek. Hermione unwrapped a really cool poster that depicted some type of adventure where characters were following along a map. Louis took the castle building set, and then it was time for round four.
Victoire took back the bracelet, George took back the cookies, and Ginny grabbed hold of the concert tickets. Hugo stole the castle building, Ron once again took the underwear, and Bill unwrapped a pair of women's dragon hide boots, which Charlie said he might be able to exchange for men's. Charlie himself then unwrapped a set of toy tools. Louis took the castle building again. Then Hugo stole the tools, and Charlie was left to unwrap the last present.
"What are you giggling about Miss Lily?" he asked the small girl sitting beside him as he lifted the package up. "Oh, I see." he said as he opened it. "You don't think Uncle Charlie plays with dolls. I'll have you know that I am a doll aficionado. And I'm also... a tickle monster!"
Lily shrieked as Charlie began tickling her. "Well, I guess that wraps things up." said Hermione.
