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Haruhi's first night at Malfoy Manor was disturbed by howling winds as a blizzard descended upon them.

Shutters rattled against the manor windows and the building groaned beneath the force of the wind. Haruhi rose from bed, staring into the dancing firelight coming from the fireplace at the foot of her bed.

An eerie howl caused her to move over to the window. Cautiously, she moved the curtain aside and stared down at the gate to the manor. The snow swirled furiously around the gas lamps at the gate.

The squeak of her bedroom door startled her and Haruhi turned around to see Scorpious leaning on the doorframe. "The manor is protected from the elements; the storm can't really touch us."

Haruhi simply nodded and turned back to look out the window. She wasn't afraid the storm would hurt them; after all, she wasn't actually afraid of storms, just thunder. Rather, she was fascinated by the snowstorm since she'd never seen a blizzard as fierce as this one before.

Scorpious joined her at the window, and the pair of them watched the blazing storm, "Kind of beautiful in its own way... the storm I mean." he added hastily.

"It is," Haruhi said simply.

Scorpious cleared his throat and stepped back from the window, "So since we're up. What did you want to do?"

Haruhi closed her eyes and thought for a moment. Then she had an idea. "Do you have any Floo Powder? My dad should be up right now."

Scorpious looked crest fallen for a split second before recovering and answering, "Yeah, let me go get it."

His disappointment completely disappeared when he saw the joy Haruhi gained from being able to see and talk to her father. It made him wonder why she just didn't go to visit him for the holidays. When she pulled her head out of the fire he asked her, "Why didn't you just go to visit him?"

"Well, we don't really have the money," Haruhi shrugged.

Scorpious rolled his eyes, "I could just give you some Floo Powder to get home and back. It only costs a few knuts for what you need."

Haruhi's eyes lit up with possibilities but Scorpious was shocked by her response, "Tt's not a big deal really. How about some breakfast?"

Scorpious looked up at the clock on the wall, "Um, well, it's really early and the Trixi is probably still asleep. Dad says it's ok to wake a house elf, but I don't like to, they work so hard."

"I don't mind cooking, if you show me to the kitchen." Haruhi said.

"Really?" Scorpious said in surprise. He'd never seen a human cook before, only house elves.

"Of course, I used to cook all the meals for me and dad back home."

"Wow," said Scorpious with awe in his voice as he broke character and began leading her down to the kitchens once she grabbed her robe and slippers.

In the kitchens Haruhi took over. All Scorpious could do was stare open mouthed as she moved like a blur among pots and pans.

Not thirty minutes later the two of them were sitting down to breakfast feast that was a mix of Japanese and English foods. There was miso soup, scrambled eggs, buttered toast, white rice, sausage, and bacon.

Scorpious shoveled food into his mouth hardly pausing to breathe, "This-is-delicious!" He said through a mouth full of food.

Haruhi let out a small giggle, "Thank you, I've missed cooking these past few months."

"With the way you cook, it's a shame you haven't been able to!" Scorpious said enthusiastically.

Haruhi let out another small giggle before delving back into the food, she was ravenous. The two of them were still there, several hours later, when Trixi found them picking over the leftovers.

They spent the rest of the day enjoying one another's company and before Haruhi even knew it, it was Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve turned out to be one of those perfect days that most people only read about. The sun rose over mountains of crystal white snow and hung there in a beautiful azure sky.

The tree was massive and covered in glittering live fairies. The family gathered around the tree and spent time in a charming Christmas card style, telling stories and enjoying one another's company.

Then they sat around the small dining room table and dined on glorious delicacies that Trixi created. This wasn't their Christmas Dinner though, no, this was merely the lead up to it.

Before heading for bed that night, Mr. Malfoy pulled Haruhi aside. "Haruhi, what are your plans at Hogwarts?"

Haruhi blinked at him in confusion for a moment. "My plans? Well, I guess my plans are to get good marks and graduate."

"No, I mean, past school, what are your plans for the future? Have you thought about that?"

"Well, when I thought I was a muggle I wanted to be a lawyer. I assume there's something like that in the magical world also – that's what I want to be. I want to follow in my mother's footsteps." Haruhi said simply.

Mr. Malfoy stroked his chin thoughtfully, "Well, just take it into consideration when you return to school."

Now Haruhi was really confused, "Take what into consideration?" Mr. Malfoy was making no sense at all, she wondered if he'd had a bit too much wine at dinner.

"Just make sure you focus on your future," he patted her on the head and strolled away.

As Haruhi stared after him, still confused, Scorpious slipped out of a side room. "What did he want?" He asked casually.

"I have no idea..."

"Figures," Scorpious said as he lead the way up the stairs, "my father's as sneaky as my grandfather."

Haruhi had no response to this comment so she kept quiet. Back in her room, Haruhi climbed into bed and thought about Mr. Malfoy's words and then her own father, she would've loved to spend the holiday with him, but despite Scorpious' assurance she couldn't take his handout. Next time, Haruhi decided, she would spend the Holidays with her father, somehow.

Author's Note: Not our most drunken one, I only got through one bottle of blueberry and lemonade Smirnoff before nicluvly called quits cuz of sleepiness. Oh well, hope you enjoy! Next one will be their Christmas! :)

Thoughts from the Other Author: Any nonsense in this chapter is attributed to this half unconcious author.

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