บท 115: Chapter 115- true friends and snow (part 1)

George's POV

Waking up in Hogwarts in Christmas felt normal and weird at the same time.

One on hand, with five years of time spent in this castle for most of the year, Hogwarts felt more like home then home.

On the other hand, waking up knowing it's Christmas, without the yelling of Ron and Ginny about presents, without the smell of the special breakfast their mom make, and without the sight of a tree in the middle of the common room just didn't feel like Christmas.

It probably didn't help that instead of snow, the one thing Fred and him truly loved about Christmas, there was rain dripping outside the window.

Signing, George woke his twin brother up with a jump on the bed "wake up sleepy head, it's presents time." He said, to which Fred answered with "auff" as George landed on the auger redhead stomach.

Rushing to the bathroom so his twin won't be able to get to it first, George couldn't help but laugh, at least he had his twin brother.

Fifteen minutes later

After both Fred and George did the things they needed it was time for presents opening, and once again, as they did every year, they couldn't help but marvel at the difference between the years before Hogwarts and now.

If before Hogwarts they each got sweater, little bits of Fudge, and never forget, coal.

From the year they started going to Hogwarts they also got presents from their friends- whether it's sweets, joke items, or quills, they got them all, not to mention the gifts they got from their Slytherin friends.

'Still weird we have two Slytherin friends.' George thought as he opened his gifts.

While it's might sound odd to think that way, since the second year both of the Weasley twins considered Harry and Luna their friends.

How can it be? If you ask that, you have never had a true, meaningful conversation with either of them.

Luna, who can make you smile even at your lowest points. Who can show you how to have different kinds of fun in everything, and had the biggest heart either of the twins have ever seen.

Harry, who under his casual, calculating face has a heart of a teacher and a mother Han, and not in a bad way, like controlling and self righteous 'I know what's best' way, but in a 'wanting his friends to have all the facts before making a decision' way.

A boy, no man, as you can't truly know him and still consider him a boy, who the second he consider you his friend would do everything in his power to help you.

So yes, two Slytherin friends, what would their parents say? A chuckle escaped George's mouth, something that was turned to a deep inhale as he opened Luna's gift.

It was perfect-like pin, yet, instead of having a giant P on it, it had an L on it, yet the biggest difference was that instead of being iron plated gold, it was made of silver with diamonds all over it.

A quick look at Fred made him see one just like that only with a T on it, making him mouth as he understood it was about their animagus forms- Timon and Lago.

Looking at the note in his gift he only sees half a sentence "aim your wand at the paper and" knowing the other half was in Fred's hands as it wasn't the first time they got this kind of notes, he was about to go to Fred's bad and unite the notes, yet his twin was already near him.

After uniting the notes it said "aim your wand at the paper and say your famous lines.

Looking at each other the burst into laughing before Each saying the famous lines.

"Hakuna matata"

"Lago wants cracker"

They felt their magic leaves them, another thing they had to be grateful to their Slytherin friends for, as usually you can't feel your magic, but ever since they started practicing their magic on the coils, and even more so, ever since they started learning wandless magic, they can't stop feeling it.

Anyway, the paper quickly changed, repairing itself back to a card and words being deleted and added.

'Mary Christmas! I hope you like the presents I gave you and that you would have fun laughing about being a perfect Animagi!

FYI: Just that you won't feel guilty, the presents didn't cost more then two Sickles each, as I asked Harry to make them with a Sickle and the diamonds were made by a magical muggle method.

Love Luna'

"That's.... amazing"

"If we knew this method before, we wouldn't need money!"

"Though, with the game as it's going, plus all the explanation plans, not to mention the joke items we are about to start selling, we have no money problems."

"That's not what I meant, I meant, why, if he can actually make money, would Harry do business, not to mention with us instead of alone?"

They looked at each other, both understanding fell upon them at the same time.

"He did it for us! To jump start our business."

For the first time since they were seven, the tears in their eyes weren't fake, yet, as they each felt awkward about it, they both went back to their presents, each in his own mind, only to join back together with both of their last presents of the day less then five minutes later, as once again it was a joint gift.

This time, Fred got an empty book with Vol 1 on it, while George got another empty book only with Vol 2 on it.

Other then that, they both got notes with intensive oaths, both exactly the same and both extremely similar to the one they took before starting their wandless lessons.

"I (full name here) swear on my magic and life, that I won't use the knowledge I gain from this book to destroy the world nor become an overlord, I also swear I won't give any of the knowledge to any person who has not taken the oath, in any form or way. Lumus-Nox"

After swearing the oath, the paper with the oath on it changed, once again draining a little bit of magic, with now a spell instruction on it.

Doing it quickly, George's eyes felt tingly.

Looking at his book which now had a title on it- beating commonsense to senseless wizards and witches vol 2, and Fred's had Vol 1- which after opening appeared to be the same as the 'Explanation for idiotic wizards witches, biology, Chemistry and other basic muggle subjects that even dumb magical people should know part 1' book they got last year, only with a different name and this time permanent.

Putting the books to the side, they both got ready for breakfast.

Getting out of the common room, as soon as they went beyond sir Cadogan's painting, they were greeted by snow every where, and by that he means everywhere- the entire floor had a 3 feet tall snow on it and they could see the other floors weren't much different, at this point there was only one thing to do.

"Snow ball fight?"

"Snow ball fight!"