On Christmas Day, Harry woke up early in the morning and saw a large pile of parcels at the foot of his bed.
"Merry Christmas," Harry said to Ron as he touched his glasses.
Ron also wished Harry a Merry Christmas. He woke up earlier than Harry and was opening the presents by his bed. He looked at Harry and said enviously, "Hey, buddy, you're really popular."
Harry smiled and sat beside Ron to open the presents. Most of the presents were unique candies. It was common knowledge among the Hogwarts students that Harry had a special fondness for candies. He found a large jar and stuffed the candies into it and gave the rest to Ron. In addition to the candies, Haig gave Harry a rough wooden flute with a pleasant sound. Uncle Fenon and Aunt Penny gave him a fifty-penny coin. Hermione gave him a pair of warm gloves. Then...
Harry opened the small but delicate package curiously and found an emerald brooch inside. "Who gave this to you?" he asked.
Ron leaned over to take a look. He then picked up the greeting card in the package and read, "Merry Christmas, D. You have a friend named D.
D.'s rich friend. "
Hearing that he had money, Harry immediately knew who gave it to him. "Draco. Draco gave it to him. Wow, but I only gave him a box of weird-flavored chocolates. "The chocolates were also produced by the twins and were said to be five-kernel flavored.
"You gave Little Viper a Christmas present?" Ron scratched his nose and shrugged noncommittally.
"I also gave a present to each of the professors." Harry picked up a few parcels and showed them to Ron. "Professor Mcgonagall, Professor Quirrell, Professor Flitwick..."
"Wait a minute!" Ron pointed at a black package in disbelief. "Is this Snape's Christmas present for you?"
Harry glanced at it and shook his head. "This is a joke crucible that he returned."
Ron: = _ =
Ron blushed as he pulled out a thick package from below and handed it to Harry. "This is a Christmas gift from the Weisles' family. I think I know what's inside — a large sweater unique to the Weisles' family. "
"Sweater!" Harry cheered and opened the package. He saw a thick green hand-knitted sweater and a large box of homemade creamy jelly candies. "Oh, this is great! I like this color. "
Ron's face turned even redder. "I have one too, but it's dark purplish red … I mean, as long as you like it."
"Of course I like it. Please thank your mother for me." Harry simply put on the new sweater, tasted a piece of jelly candies, and then opened two overseas packages — those were sent by the international students.
Friends from both schools sent Harry many photos of them. Harry finally saw what the "special school" in the United States looked like. Although Muggle photos could not be moved, the happy smiles of his distant friends still infected him. While Harry was giggling, Ron was very interested in the Muggle stuff. "Harry, what's this?"
"Ah, this is a skateboard from Peter and Colo, but I don't know how to play it … Well, this is a watch from Pietro … Well," Harry paused and then picked up the gift from DC Academy. "This should be a replica pistol."
Ron excitedly asked Harry to try the gun, but Harry weighed the gift and felt that it was very different from Dudley's toy guns, so he did not dare to try it. "Let's see what my last gift is first."
The last package was very light. Harry touched it and could not guess what it was, so he carefully opened the paper package. Then, something like liquid, silver-gray slid to the floor and gathered into a shiny pile.
"What's this?" Harry tilted his head and saw Ron gasp. "What's this?! Merlin's beard! " He lowered his voice again and stared at the pile of silver. "If the stories I heard when I was a child were not nonsense — Harry, this should be the legendary invisibility cloak!"
"Invisibility cloak? What stories did you hear? " Harry picked up the cold silver fabric from the floor and was a little confused by the awe on Ron's face.
"The Tales of Beedle the Poet! Harry, try it on! "Ron was as excited as if he had received an invisibility cloak.
"I think I'd better read a few more books …" Harry mumbled as he put on the invisibility cloak. Sure enough, his body disappeared. In the air, in the mirror, in Ron's and his own vision, he disappeared.
"Harry …" Ron was so excited that his cheeks were red. "Who gave this to you?"
Harry did not know. He took off the invisibility cloak and picked up the note that had fallen to the ground. It said: Your father left this for me before he died. I should return it to you now. Use it well. I sincerely wish you a merry Christmas.
"There's no signature." Ron looked at the note.
"It's Dumbledore." Harry smiled. "I've seen his handwriting."
"This is a treasure, Harry." Ron carefully pulled up a corner of the invisibility cloak and put it on his hand. "If I were you, I'd definitely put it away carefully and not let anyone know."
Ron's reminder was necessary. Just as Harry put the invisibility cloak under his locker, the dormitory door was pushed open. Fred and George laughed as they pulled out colored firecrackers. "Merry Christmas!"
"Hey, look — Harry also got a Weisles sweater!"
"Oh, looks like we've got another little brother."
"Fred, it's a good thing we're not that similar …"
The twins joked around for a while, then sat down beside the two boys. "Looks like you've both received a lot of gifts!"
Ron quickly explained that most of the gifts here were Harry's. He said exaggeratedly, "I suspect half of the school is his Santa Claus. By the way, Harry, why don't you try your gun? "
"Gun?" The twins looked at Harry at the same time.
Harry had no choice but to take out the imitation gun and show it to Fred and George. "… I don't think this is a toy, so I didn't dare to touch it."
However, Fred smiled and fiddled with it a few times. He aimed at Scabbard, who was secretly nibbling on candy. Before Ron could exclaim, Scabbard was frozen.
"Fred!" Ron roared at his brother in shock and anger. He then rushed to Scabbard's side and picked it up to examine it carefully.
Fred smiled and comforted his brother. "Don't worry, look!"
Scabbard in Ron's hand quickly thawed, but a line of frosty words was clearly printed on the dark brown fur: Merry.
Christmas！
It turned out that the twins had also received gifts from the international students, and they had also received such a gun. Moreover, with their experience with toys, they quickly figured out how to use it. The reason they came to Harry's dormitory was that their dormitory had now been "transformed" into an ice cellar.
Ron nodded after listening to the explanation, then took the ice gun in Fred's hand. He lowered his head and observed it for a while, then raised his hand and shot at the twins …
When they left the dormitory for the Christmas banquet, a few English words were printed on each of their faces.
Today's table was even more sumptuous than yesterday. The roast turkey and grilled sausages were steaming under the bright candles, and the bacon and boiled potatoes were piled up into a small mountain. There was also Harry's favorite egg pudding and cream cake! In addition to food, there were also a lot of magic firecrackers and crackers on the table. As they ate, a little wizard could not help but set off a firecracker, and then things like dancing gingerbread people or colorful spiders that could bite clothes would burst out.
Harry also set off a firecracker, and it burst out a frowning clown. The clown bowed in a circle on the table and told a joke. He would not leave until the people who listened to the joke laughed. Everyone had to laugh and send him off. Even Professor Mcgonagall smiled and glared at the twins. It seemed that she had found out where these things were produced. However, the clown suffered a setback in the battle with Snape. Snape glanced at him and directly put the clown in a porcelain bowl, ignoring him even when his mouth was dry.
Harry sympathized with Mr. Clown, and then he found something strange. He turned to Ron and asked, "Why isn't Professor Kamia here?"
Ron was eating a roast turkey. When he heard the question, he glanced around the table and found that except for Kamia, all the Hogwarts professors were here. He became nervous and asked, "Oh right, where is Professor Kamia?"
"Speaking of which, I haven't seen her since the holidays …" Harry touched his chin.
The twins who heard the conversation looked at each other and burst into laughter. Seeing the two children looking at him in confusion, Fred held back his laughter and hugged his twin brother. He kissed him affectionately and then hummed a song, "Single
boy~single
boy~single
all
the
way~”
Ron was still confused, but Harry understood. He covered his face and said, "Damn …"
"What's wrong?" Ron was still puzzled.
Harry pointed at the professors and said, "Look! From Principal Dumbledore down, they are all single dogs. Do you think it's necessary for Professor Kamia to stay here during the holidays? "
Harry's voice was not loud, but the surrounding students still heard him. They pretended to eat while stealing glances at the professors. Speaking of which, except for Dumbledore, Professor Mcgonagall, Professor Flitwick … and even the library's Mrs. Pincus were all single! Professor Kamia, AKA Mrs. Lovegood, was the only Hogwarts professor with a family in all these years? This was a bit metaphysical, or maybe the author was too lazy to write a "hidden meaning in the book" when he set it up.
Harry also remembered that he had sent a Christmas gift to Professor Kamia, but he did not receive a gift in return.
When he left the table, Harry was holding a lot of gadgets from the firecrackers in his arms. He deliberately stayed for a while and waited for Snape to leave the dining room before he went forward to release Mr. Clown. Mr. Clown's expression became even more depressed. He looked up at Harry and asked, "Why?
so
Serious? "Harry saw that he was really pitiful, so he touched him and took Mr. Clown away.
In the afternoon, Harry, Ron, and the others took skateboards and ice guns to the Union Building for the whole afternoon. Jason was also in a good mood and taught them how to skateboard. After some guidance, Ron was even better than Harry. As for the ice gun, Jason smiled when he saw it. "This should be something that Tim and Wally found in the lab and modified. They changed the weapon into a toy." According to Jason, the original version could freeze a living person in a big ice cube.
"Isn't it as powerful as the Petrification Spell?" The twins handed the ice gun to Jason excitedly and then asked for practical training.
Under normal circumstances, the small wizards were not allowed to use magic in Jason's one-on-one training, but today, Jason allowed them to use magic. Harry and the other small wizards finally saw a real battle between wizards and Muggles. With the toy ice gun, Jason quickly took down Fred, but in the second round, George quickly seized the ice gun with the Disarm Spell and turned the situation around in five minutes. Everyone was nervously cheering for George and looking forward to Jason's comeback. Sure enough, Jason calmly took out a smoke bomb from behind his waist and threw it out. George, who had never seen this move before, was stunned for a moment in the smoke. As a result, Jason grabbed his wrist and he had to surrender.
Many of the small wizards who were applauding took the initiative to go up to Jason and wanted to have practical training with him. Harry saw that Ron was also eager to try and suddenly realized that Jason was not staying to give them extra lessons, was he?
But before it was Ron's turn, Jason stopped and pulled up another student who had been knocked down. He patted him on the shoulder to show encouragement and then looked behind the crowd expressionlessly.
Everyone saw that Jason's expression was not right and turned around in confusion. They saw a young man in casual clothes looking at them with a smile. His companion was Snape.
Jason frowned slightly and said to everyone, "That's it for today." Then he walked over.
Harry saw that when Jason walked in front of the two people, the man in casual clothes seemed to want to give him a hug, but Jason glared at him, so he had to change it to a pat on the shoulder. Then he laughed and said, "Haha, you're doing well here!"
Ron looked regretfully at Jason's back as he walked away. "Who is that?"
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