Before Christmas, the atmosphere in No. 12 Grimmauld Square was getting livelier by the day.
After Lord Voldemort escaped, there was no bad news at all. Everything was progressing in the right direction.
Elaine had also become familiar with everyone. Apart from her identity as a vampire and her tendency to bite Elwyn, she was very easy-going and easy to get along with.
Her mood was also getting better. Keresis's condition was gradually stabilized, and Dumbledore said that his life was no longer in danger.
This removed Elaine's biggest worry. Besides, she was about to go to school at Hogwarts!
Imagine the feelings of the freshmen who received their admission letters and were about to go to school at Hogwarts.
Elaine was now the same as them, and even more excited.
She had only stayed in Muggle's school when she was in elementary school, and then returned to her family's castle. Her uncle taught her how to use magic, and she rarely had contact with outsiders. It had always been her dream to enter a magic school and study with everyone.
More importantly, in her family, there were many stories about her ancestor, Salazar Slytherin.
Among them, the most colorful part was the founding of Hogwarts by Slytherin and the other three founders.
Elaine had long wanted to see it. As a descendant of Slytherin, she had no reason not to go to Hogwarts.
The only regret was that she did not enter the school through normal procedures, but as an exchange student.
In order to take care of her, she could not go to Slytherin Academy, but to Gryffindor, where Elwyn was.
Although everyone told her how terrible Slytherin Academy was, Elaine had a unique feeling for the academy.
From the perspective of the purity of her bloodline, Elaine was the most qualified student to enter Slytherin.
In terms of inheritance, Slytherin Academy was her family.
She was probably the most orthodox descendant of the four founders of Hogwarts, and she still kept her surname.
Elwyn was not worried that she would be bullied by other Slytherin students, because the more time he spent with her, the more he realized that she was actually quite two-faced. She was cute and muddle-headed, but other than the fact that she did not have much ambition, she met the requirements of the Slytherin Academy in every aspect. She was indeed the descendant of Salazar himself.
Now, Elaine surrounded Elwyn, Hermione, or Ginny every day, asking them about anything related to the Hogwarts.
Perhaps because of the previous incident, she didn't dare to get close to Harry.
Ron didn't know what to say to her. As soon as he saw Elaine, he was so nervous that he couldn't speak. This was his habitual reaction when he saw a beautiful girl.
As for Fred and George, they were still immersed in their pranks, which were funny things that Elaine didn't quite understand.
Like Elaine, there was another person in this old house who was in a happy mood, and that was Sirius.
Moreover, Sirius's happiness was contagious.
Since he came back from Azkaban, he had never spent Christmas with everyone.
Therefore, this year's Christmas had a particularly unusual meaning.
This seemed to give Sirius great satisfaction and happiness. He was determined to make everyone as happy as they were at Hogwarts.
He tirelessly prepared for the holiday, cleaning and decorating the house with everyone's help.
Last summer, everyone cleaned under the guidance of Lady Weasley, but it was nothing compared to the cleaning that Sirius was doing. This time, he was cleaning by throwing away everything that he didn't like and replacing it with new ones.
And the things that he didn't like included almost everything in this house.
Now, every day, Kritcher cried and stole things from garbage bags to hide in his house. He scolded Sirius for being a shameful prodigal, and he even begged Elwyn, Harry, and Hermione to persuade Sirius not to tear down the house.
Hermione was willing to help him. She wouldn't give up any chance to help the house-elf, and Kritcher's request wasn't unreasonable.
In the end, under the joint efforts of Hermione and Kritcher, Sirius restrained himself.
Even so, when they went to bed on Christmas Eve, the house was almost unrecognizable.
The rusty chandelier was no longer hung with cobwebs, but with holly and gold and silver ribbons. Magical snowflakes were piled up on the tattered carpet. The Mondungues had gotten a big Christmas tree to block Sirius's family tree, which was decorated with living elves.
Even the elves that were placed on the wall in the foyer had Santa hats and beards on their heads.
On Christmas morning, when Elwyn woke up, he found a pile of presents at the foot of the bed. It was the same for Harry and Ron.
Ron, who had always been used to sleeping in, woke up early to open the presents. He was already halfway through.
"We had a great harvest this year!" Noticing that Elwyn had woken up, Ron said from the pile of wrapping paper. "Harry gave me a broom compass. It's great! It's better than Hermione's. She gave me a homework planner. And yours, Elwyn, I'm opening it now. Thank you, um, a quill?! "
"It can automatically correct errors!" Elwyn said, stretching his body. He also found Hermione's Christmas present. "Hermione thought that you and Harry both needed one. There were too many wrong words in your homework. She decided for me. You know, this kind of quill is not cheap."
"Okay, thank her for me!" Ron sighed. "She's right. I really need one."
Next to him, Harry got up. He found a gift bag with Hermione's handwriting on it.
She also gave him a small book that looked like a diary. However, every time he turned a page, it would say something like, "Today's business, today's business!"
Because they were going to take the O.W. Ls exam this year, Hermione thought that they both needed such a planner to help them with their revision.
After all, after the Christmas holidays, it was very close to the time of the exam.
It was the same for Hermione's present that Elwyn received. It was a little different, maybe a little special. Hermione was the most attentive when choosing.
At the same time, she also suggested that Elwyn give Harry and Ron an error-correcting quill each.
Elwyn knew all this, but he didn't look forward to it. He was looking forward to spending time alone with Hermione at night.
Maybe this Christmas, he could receive a gift from Hermione, Hermione herself.
After reading the homework planner that Hermione gave him, Elwyn began to open the Christmas present that Elaine gave him.
Elaine had no money on her. Other than the dragon blood that she ate daily, Elwyn paid for the textbooks, clothes, and other things that she needed to study at the Hogwarts. Elwyn told her not to stand on ceremony with him and to buy the expensive things. This guy really didn't stand on ceremony with her. She didn't have a concept of money.
However, it was a little unreasonable to buy a Christmas present with Elwyn's money and give it to Elwyn instead.
Even if Elaine didn't have a concept of money, she knew that she couldn't do that, so she said that she would prepare it herself.
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