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is killing us with the hex of anticipation. Somebody tell me if we are
going to see book 5 any time soon? The woman IS evil, I tell you!
Authors notes: Hi, everybody! Sorry it took me so long to post the epilogue. Thank you all so much for your kind reviews. Hope this last piece of this fic will explain everything left unexplained in the previous chapters ^_^. Enjoy!
Epilogue
Ginny woke up to the unpleasant feeling of somebody excitedly jumping on her bed.
"Go away, Ron!" - Ginny mumbled, surprisingly rather clearly, and hid her head under the pillow and her body in the covers.
"Ginny! I know you aren't a morning person, but could you at least wake up on your own at Christmas?!" - Hermione shouted in her ear.
"OK, I'm up, I'm up. No need to shout...!" - Ginny yawned, then suddenly her eyes shot open and she sat up in her bed quickly: "You mean today is Christmas?"
"You are so slow sometimes! Especially in the mornings!" - Hermione laughed as Ginny sprinted to the bathroom to freshen up.
When they entered the common room, both still wearing their pajamas, they couldn't believe their eyes. Somebody had decorated the room and done a very good job at it! Branches of fir trees were hanging from the doorframes and walls, as well as a whole bunch of different decorations: tinsel, photographs of Malfoy in boxers, sweets. Wait a minute! "Photographs of Malfoy???" - Ginny and Hermione exclaimed at the same time.
"SURPRISE!!" - suddenly the girls were almost deafened by the enthusiastic outburst from the Weasley twins.
"When did you manage to take the pictures?" - Ginny asked her brothers, laughing.
"Well, we had to spend some time in the corridor waiting for our "sleep- walker". And he didn't disappoint us of course," - Fred grinned.
"Yeah, how could he with the amount of somnambulistic potion we slipped into his drink that evening!" - George snickered: "The rest is history. We borrowed Creevy's camera and took these fabulous pictures. Aren't you proud of your elder brothers, little sis?"
"Hmm, certainly I am. It's a pity he can't see them though," - Ginny sighed disappointed. "And why is that?" - Fred seemed to look perplexed: "We decorated each common room of this whole damn castle with Malfoy's pictures."
"He may just like them. Mafoy's just full of himself lately; now HE is a star of Hogwarts, not Harry. For once, that is," - Hermione smiled.
"We decided to organize a party in our common room tonight. This year all houses are invited, except for Slytherin, of course! There aren't too many people left at Hogwarts for the holidays, so we'll probably fit in even, if Slytherin decides to join us," George smiled. Ginny and Hermione nodded enthusiastically.
"Well, it's time for presents, isn't it?" - Fred moved to the pile of presents lying under the magic fir tree. It was charmed to grow at the center of the common room and was to be removed back to the forbidden forest the day after New Year.
"So, what did my little sis get me this year, huh? And where is my new Weaslyster?" - George joined his brother under the Christmas tree. Hermione and Ginny laughed at their antics. Well, this Christmas turned out to be just wonderful. Now they just had two lazy boyfriends to get out from their beds.
~*~
"Ginny, do you think he'll notice?" - Harry looked at his girlfriend worriedly.
"Well, I don't think so. I'm sure it will turn out to be all right, don't panic! Aww, isn't she cute?" - Ginny smiled at Harry, then at Madame Rosemarta. The elder woman was smiling at the couple and the object of Harry's uncertainty.
"I'm sure everything will be OK," - she smiled at Harry.
"Well, I guess we're taking her then," - Harry smiled, still just a bit uncertain.
~*~
Severus Snape was dressed in black as always, and was grumbling angrily under his breath (as always): "Christmas. Who cares about the damn day? Why can't it be another normal day, huh? Silly presents, stupid decorations, Dumbledore's blasted cheerfulness, and the worst . lemon drops! Why does the headmaster have to feed me these.these awful things every damn Christmas?"
Suddenly a quiet knock was heard.
"Who's there?" - Severus roared, but no response followed.
"Enter!"
.Still no response. The professor approached the door with large strides and opened it wide with a jerky movement as angry as he could get. Nobody was at the door, but there was a middle-sized box, wrapped in a bright red paper, and tied with a golden ribbon lying on the doorstep. A small card was attached to the box.
Severus picked the card up carefully as if expecting it to explode in his hands, though this was expected after teaching the Weasley twins for almost seven years. It was indeed signed by a Weasley. Ginny Weasley. Snape started reading:
"Dear Professor Snape,
I'm not sure if you will accept this present, but I'll be really happy if you will."
He stopped reading, being interrupted by a rustling and a small strange noise coming from the box. He squatted down and carefully unwrapped the box, then opened it. There was a black, furry and a very shaggy haired kitten sitting in the box. It looked at the Hogwarts' potions master with its emerald green eyes and meowed quietly, opening its tiny rosy mouth, as if saying "hello". Snape became motionless for a moment, then petted the kitten a bit reluctantly. The kitten started purring. Severus continued reading the note:
". I can tell the kitten likes you better than me. And it will also be safer with you, as you don't have six brothers. So I hope you'll let it stay with you.
Oh, and one more thing. Turns out it's a girl. So you can give her any name you like.
Merry Christmas! Ginny Weasley."
A tiny shadow of a smile appeared on the lips of the potions master as he scooped the kitten in his hands and looked directly into its eyes: "Hmm, what do you think? I can just do what Ms. Weasley wants me too. But first you need a name. Well, that's quite easy - I'll call you Lily." The door quietly closed.
"He named the kitten Lily?" - Harry asked incredulously as his disheveled head appeared from the invisibility cloak.
"Well, there are some things you don't know about people. One day you'll find out, I'm sure of it," - Ginny's smiling face appeared from under the cloak as well.
"I guess so. But still, this is kind of weird," - Harry sighed, then smiled at his girlfriend: "We should go. The party has probably already started!"
"Yeah, and this year it promises to be just wonderful!"
The end.
Thank you guys for reading and reviewing. Hope you'll leave a review one last time to keep me going before I start posting my new fic ^_~. Bye.
Nemezis Rose
Authors notes: Hi, everybody! Sorry it took me so long to post the epilogue. Thank you all so much for your kind reviews. Hope this last piece of this fic will explain everything left unexplained in the previous chapters ^_^. Enjoy!
Epilogue
Ginny woke up to the unpleasant feeling of somebody excitedly jumping on her bed.
"Go away, Ron!" - Ginny mumbled, surprisingly rather clearly, and hid her head under the pillow and her body in the covers.
"Ginny! I know you aren't a morning person, but could you at least wake up on your own at Christmas?!" - Hermione shouted in her ear.
"OK, I'm up, I'm up. No need to shout...!" - Ginny yawned, then suddenly her eyes shot open and she sat up in her bed quickly: "You mean today is Christmas?"
"You are so slow sometimes! Especially in the mornings!" - Hermione laughed as Ginny sprinted to the bathroom to freshen up.
When they entered the common room, both still wearing their pajamas, they couldn't believe their eyes. Somebody had decorated the room and done a very good job at it! Branches of fir trees were hanging from the doorframes and walls, as well as a whole bunch of different decorations: tinsel, photographs of Malfoy in boxers, sweets. Wait a minute! "Photographs of Malfoy???" - Ginny and Hermione exclaimed at the same time.
"SURPRISE!!" - suddenly the girls were almost deafened by the enthusiastic outburst from the Weasley twins.
"When did you manage to take the pictures?" - Ginny asked her brothers, laughing.
"Well, we had to spend some time in the corridor waiting for our "sleep- walker". And he didn't disappoint us of course," - Fred grinned.
"Yeah, how could he with the amount of somnambulistic potion we slipped into his drink that evening!" - George snickered: "The rest is history. We borrowed Creevy's camera and took these fabulous pictures. Aren't you proud of your elder brothers, little sis?"
"Hmm, certainly I am. It's a pity he can't see them though," - Ginny sighed disappointed. "And why is that?" - Fred seemed to look perplexed: "We decorated each common room of this whole damn castle with Malfoy's pictures."
"He may just like them. Mafoy's just full of himself lately; now HE is a star of Hogwarts, not Harry. For once, that is," - Hermione smiled.
"We decided to organize a party in our common room tonight. This year all houses are invited, except for Slytherin, of course! There aren't too many people left at Hogwarts for the holidays, so we'll probably fit in even, if Slytherin decides to join us," George smiled. Ginny and Hermione nodded enthusiastically.
"Well, it's time for presents, isn't it?" - Fred moved to the pile of presents lying under the magic fir tree. It was charmed to grow at the center of the common room and was to be removed back to the forbidden forest the day after New Year.
"So, what did my little sis get me this year, huh? And where is my new Weaslyster?" - George joined his brother under the Christmas tree. Hermione and Ginny laughed at their antics. Well, this Christmas turned out to be just wonderful. Now they just had two lazy boyfriends to get out from their beds.
~*~
"Ginny, do you think he'll notice?" - Harry looked at his girlfriend worriedly.
"Well, I don't think so. I'm sure it will turn out to be all right, don't panic! Aww, isn't she cute?" - Ginny smiled at Harry, then at Madame Rosemarta. The elder woman was smiling at the couple and the object of Harry's uncertainty.
"I'm sure everything will be OK," - she smiled at Harry.
"Well, I guess we're taking her then," - Harry smiled, still just a bit uncertain.
~*~
Severus Snape was dressed in black as always, and was grumbling angrily under his breath (as always): "Christmas. Who cares about the damn day? Why can't it be another normal day, huh? Silly presents, stupid decorations, Dumbledore's blasted cheerfulness, and the worst . lemon drops! Why does the headmaster have to feed me these.these awful things every damn Christmas?"
Suddenly a quiet knock was heard.
"Who's there?" - Severus roared, but no response followed.
"Enter!"
.Still no response. The professor approached the door with large strides and opened it wide with a jerky movement as angry as he could get. Nobody was at the door, but there was a middle-sized box, wrapped in a bright red paper, and tied with a golden ribbon lying on the doorstep. A small card was attached to the box.
Severus picked the card up carefully as if expecting it to explode in his hands, though this was expected after teaching the Weasley twins for almost seven years. It was indeed signed by a Weasley. Ginny Weasley. Snape started reading:
"Dear Professor Snape,
I'm not sure if you will accept this present, but I'll be really happy if you will."
He stopped reading, being interrupted by a rustling and a small strange noise coming from the box. He squatted down and carefully unwrapped the box, then opened it. There was a black, furry and a very shaggy haired kitten sitting in the box. It looked at the Hogwarts' potions master with its emerald green eyes and meowed quietly, opening its tiny rosy mouth, as if saying "hello". Snape became motionless for a moment, then petted the kitten a bit reluctantly. The kitten started purring. Severus continued reading the note:
". I can tell the kitten likes you better than me. And it will also be safer with you, as you don't have six brothers. So I hope you'll let it stay with you.
Oh, and one more thing. Turns out it's a girl. So you can give her any name you like.
Merry Christmas! Ginny Weasley."
A tiny shadow of a smile appeared on the lips of the potions master as he scooped the kitten in his hands and looked directly into its eyes: "Hmm, what do you think? I can just do what Ms. Weasley wants me too. But first you need a name. Well, that's quite easy - I'll call you Lily." The door quietly closed.
"He named the kitten Lily?" - Harry asked incredulously as his disheveled head appeared from the invisibility cloak.
"Well, there are some things you don't know about people. One day you'll find out, I'm sure of it," - Ginny's smiling face appeared from under the cloak as well.
"I guess so. But still, this is kind of weird," - Harry sighed, then smiled at his girlfriend: "We should go. The party has probably already started!"
"Yeah, and this year it promises to be just wonderful!"
The end.
Thank you guys for reading and reviewing. Hope you'll leave a review one last time to keep me going before I start posting my new fic ^_~. Bye.
Nemezis Rose