Yes, I was fine. I don't remember much even. And I forgot...Because Christmas was just around the corner!

Me and Harrywere not going back to Privet Drive for Christmas. Professor McGonagall had come around the week before, making a list of students who would be staying for the holidays, and me and Harry had signed up at once.We didn't feel sorry for ourselves at all! this would probably be the best Christmas he'd ever had. Ron and his brothers were staying, too, because Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were going to Romania to visit Charlie.

The three also filled me in on the information they got from Hagrid. The thing that disturbed me most was the name. "Let me get this straight" I said, one cold evening while we all got cozy around a fire "He named a 3-headed dog Fluffy?" 

"Yup"

"And it's definetly gaurding something?"

"Yes. The question is what?"

"Did you 3 reherse that?"

"Yes"

"And who is Nicholas Flamel?"

"No clue?"

When we eft the dungeons at the end of Potions, we found a large fir tree blocking the corridor ahead. Two enormous feet sticking out at the bottom and a loud puffing sound told us that Hagrid was behind it.

"Nah, I'm all right, thanks, Ron.Tell yeh what, come with me an' see the Great Hall, looks a treat."

So the 4 of us followed Hagrid and his tree off to the Great Hall, where Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were busy with the Christmas decorations.

"Ah, Hagrid, the last tree -- put it in the far corner, would you?"

The hall looked spectacular. Festoons of holly and mistletoe hung all around the walls, and no less than twelve towering Christmas trees stood around the room, some sparkling with tiny icicles, some glittering with hundreds of candles.

"How many days you got left until yer holidays?" Hagrid asked.

"Just one," said Hermione. "And that reminds me -- Emma, Harry, Ron

we've got half an hour before lunch, we should be in the library."

"Oh yeah, you're right," said Ron, tearing his eyes away from Professor Flitwick, who had golden bubbles blossoming out of his wand and was trailing them over the branches of the new tree.

"The library?" said Hagrid, following them out of the hall. "Just before the holidays? Bit keen, aren't yeh?"

"Oh, we're not working," Harry told him brightly. "Ever since you mentioned Nicolas Flamel we've been trying to find out who he is."

"You what ?" Hagrid looked shocked. "Listen here -- I've told yeh -- drop it. It's nothin' to you what that dog's guardin'."

"We just want to know who Nicolas Flamel is, that's all," said Hermione.

"Unless you'd like to tell us and save us the trouble?" Harry added. "We must've been through hundreds of books already and we can't find him anywhere -- just give us a hint -- I know I've read his name somewhere."

"I'm sayin' nothin', said Hagrid flatly.

"Just have to find out for ourselves, then," i said

we indeed been searching books for Flamel's name ever since Hagrid had let it slip, because how else were they going to find out what Snape was trying to steal? The trouble was, it was very hard to know where to begin, not knowing what Flamel might have done to get himself into a book. He wasn't in Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century, or Notable Magical Names of Our Time ; he was missing, too, from Important Modern Magical Discoveries, and A Study of Recent Developments in Wizardry. And then, of course, there was the sheer size of the library; tens of thousands of books; thousands of shelves; hundreds of narrow rows.

Hermione took out a list of subjects and titles she had decided to search while Ron strode off down a row of books and started pulling them off the shelves at random. Harry wandered over to the Restricted Section. He had been wondering for a while if Flamel wasn't somewhere in there. Unfortunately, you needed a specially signed note from one of the teachers to look in any of the restricted books, and he knew he'd never get one. These were the books containing powerful Dark Magic never taught at Hogwarts, and only read by older students studying advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"What are you looking for?"

"Nothing" I said hurridly 

"You'd better get out, then. Go on -- out!"

I muttered under my breath, and moved out to the corridor hoping the other 3 had better luck.

5 min later, I was joined by the other 3 they sadly shook their heads. "You will keep looking while I'm away, won't you?" said Hermione. "And send me an owl if you find anything."

"And you could ask your parents if they know who Flamel is," said Ron. "It'd be safe to ask them."

"Very safe, as they're both dentists," said Hermione.

Once the holidays had started, Ron and Harry were having too good a time to think much about Flamel. They had the dormitory to themselves and the common room was far emptier than usual, so they were able to get the good armchairs by the fire. They sat by the hour eating anything they could spear on a toasting fork -- bread, English muffins, marshmallows --I sighed in the library. I was finding it hard to sleep without hermione and Draco's late night talks, and had dark circles under my eyes.

Ron also started teaching Harry wizard chess. This was exactly like Muggle chess except that the figures were alive, which made it a lot like directing troops in battle. Ron's set was very old and battered. Like everything else he owned, it had once belonged to someone else in his family -- in this case, his grandfather. However, old chessmen weren't a drawback at all. Ron knew them so well he never had trouble getting them to do what he wanted.

Harry played with chessmen Seamus Finnigan had lent him, and they didn't trust him at all. He wasn't a very good player yet and they kept shouting different bits of advice at him, which was confusing. "Don't send me there, can't you see his knight? Send him, we can afford to lose him."

I laughed at the sight of him trying to figure it out. "what a kind sister I have" He mutterd "Ho-OW!" He cried as I punched him on the arm . 

On christmas day I woke up to a bunch of presents on the foot of my bed. Presents I thought Wow.

I immediately began opening them

Hermione sent me a book called History through the wizarding ages , I get 50 pence from the dursleys with a note that said : Enclosed is your christmas present.

How kind...

Ron gave me a box of chocolate frogs, Harry gave me a muggle book I wanted to read: Sense and sensibility, I got a scarlet Jumper with the word Potter written on the back with beautiful calligraphy and  a lot of homemade fudge. Fred and George sent me a packet of firecrackers...boy were they going to regret that .I slipped on my jumper and tip toed to the twins dorm, I could hear them snoring , I quietly lit a firecracker and watched as it burst and they both fell off their beds, I laughed. "Merry christmas boys!" I call running back to my domitory. As I went back to the common room I saw 2 packages. One was from draco. It was an envelope I open it and a note fell out. 

Dear Ems,

I hope you are having a good christmas. I know this may not feel as much but just...look in the envelope.

I really miss you and can't sleep properly without our talks

See ya after Holidays!

Merry Christmas!

Draco

I fish in the envelope and withdrew a picture, a photograph, A moving picture. Of me and draco just talking and laughing under the stars, I started smiling and couldn't stop. "God Draco..." I whisper "Thank you." the next present had no name but I held in my hand a clear crystal necklace , And in slanting handwriting a note:

Dear Ms. Potter

This belonged to your mother. She charmed it herself, It will let you know when someone you care about is in danger, and will take you to them. But you must not take it off once you wear it, Ever,

Merry Christmas

I immediately put it on it

Harry and Ron came bouncing down

"-you got an invisbility cloak!! Oh hey Ems. Oh...my mom made you a jumper too." "It was your mom?" I gushed "I have to thank her, Oh and thanks for the frogs Ron, hoped you like the book". "Loved it: Chudley Cannon History! Thanks Ems""No problem. Thanks for the book Harry!". "My pleasure thanks for the updated version of Quidditch throught the ages.Hey I've been meaning to ask; did you get an invisibilty cloak?" "No! you got an invisibilty cloak?" I asked, while playing by my necklace . "Yes and-what's that on your neck?" "Ohhh. this I got this it was mums and supposed tell me when someone I care about is in danger," "The cloak was Dad's"

"Wait did you get a note?"

"yes..did you?"

"Get the note here now!" we checked the note, both had the same long slanting, handwriting . "So who sent you the  necklace-" "Also sent you the cloak...." I stood up" we'll lets save the consparicy for after christmas." I said briskly "Now let-" "Oh Emma" sang two voices I spun sharply to see Fred and George smirking with Identical grins on their faces, arms ful of fire works. "Oh no" I whisper "REVENGE TIME, LITTLE APPRENTICE" Roared Fred, lighting a fire Cracker. I ducked doged and basically avoided any fire crackers , "HA" I yell "I SHALL PREVAIL!!!" 

they laughed "We've taught you well" said george wiping a pretend tear off "Look at her Fred, our ickle Apprentice all grown up". Fred pretended to cry happy tears "They do grow up awfully fast georgie" I laugh."Hey, look --you both have gotten a Weasley sweater, too!"

Fred and George were wearing blue sweaters, one with a large yellow F on it, the other a G.

"Theirs is better than ours, though," said Fred, holding up Harry's sweater. "She obviously makes more of an effort if you're not family."

"Why aren't you wearing yours, Ron?" George demanded. "Come on, get it on, they're lovely and warm."

"I hate maroon," Ron moaned halfheartedly as he pulled it over his head.

"You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid -- we know we're called Gred and Forge."

"What's all this noise?"

Percy Weasley stuck his head through the door, looking disapproving. He had clearly gotten halfway through unwrapping his presents as he, too, carried a lumpy sweater over his arm, which Fred seized.

"P for prefect! Get it on, Percy, come on, we're all wearing ours, even Harry got one."

"I -- don't -- want -- " said Percy thickly, as the twins forced the sweater over his head, knocking his glasses askew.

"And you're not sitting with the prefects today, either," said George. "Christmas is a time for family."

We frog-marched Percy from the room, his arms pinned to his side by his sweater.

Harry and I had never in our lives had such a Christmas dinner. A hundred fat, roast turkeys; mountains of roast and boiled potatoes; platters of chipolatas; tureens of buttered peas, silver boats of thick, rich gravy and cranberry sauce - and stacks of wizard crackers every few feet along the table. These fantastic party favors were nothing like the feeble Muggle ones the Dursleys usually bought, with their little plastic toys and their flimsy paper hats inside.I pulled a wizard cracker with Fred and it didn't just bang, it went off with a blast like a cannon and engulfed them all in a cloud of blue smoke, while from the inside exploded a rear admiral's hat and several live, white mice. Up at the High Table, Dumbledore had swapped his pointed wizard's hat for a flowered bonnet, and was chuckling merrily at a joke Professor Flitwick had just read him.

Flaming Christmas puddings followed the turkey. Percy nearly broke his teeth on a silver sickle embedded in his slice. Harry watched Hagrid getting redder and redder in the face as he called for more wine, finally kissing Professor McGonagall on the cheek, who, to Harry's amazement, giggled and blushed, her top hat lopsided. Who knew?

Me arry and the Weasleys spent a happy afternoon having a furious snowball fight on the grounds. Then, cold, wet, and gasping for breath we returned to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, where Harry broke in his new chess set by losing spectacularly to Ron.

Me, Fred and George were chased by Persy for hiding his badge and everyone just watched

This was a Very eventful christmas.

(A/N): 

Hello mah Peeps!!!

I'm really sorry but I have HW OVERLOAD. EVERY CHILDS NIGHTMARE

so I won't be able to post very soon...But I hoped you liked it so far