That Damn Weasley Charm II G.W

Part 5, Chapter 20- The Dark Lord's Christmas Present

Christmas Day, by far the worst day of my life thus far. It started great, I mean as good as it can when you have the Dark Lord as a roommate.

"Violet come on! Presents!" Draco comes bursting into my room like he does every Christmas.

I groan and cover my face with my pillow. Draco throws himself on top of me, "Ow Draco god! You're getting too old for that." I take the pillow off of my head and hit him with it. Draco laughs and rolls off me.

"Never too old to throw yourself at your cousin to get her out of bed on Christmas. Let's go!"

I toss my blankets off of me and hop out of bed. I grab a cardigan off of my chair and use magic to make my bed much to Draco's annoyance. "All right then let's go downstairs."

Draco scrambles to the door and races down the stairs, I laugh and follow him with just as much enthusiasm. Draco physically bumps into Uncle Lucius who is standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"You two are getting far too old to be racing down the stairs." Uncle Lucius says sternly.

Draco looks down at his feet, I'm standing a few steps above them all, "Sorry Uncle Lucius. But it is Christmas after all."

Uncle Lucius' lips twitch into a slight smile, "Very well. Your presents are in the living room along with Narcissa."

Draco looks up at his father, then turns around and looks up at me. I smile at him and we race into the living room laughing and cheering.

When we get into the living room Aunt Narcissa is standing there smiling at us, "Happy Christmas you two."

Draco makes a beeline for the presents under the tree that we've set up a week ago and I go over and hug my aunt, "Once your presents are open we've got to sit in a meeting. The Dark Lord has a Christmas present for us all." She says quietly.

I look at her but she doesn't make eye contact with me.

"Woah! A Firebolt?" Draco shouts drawing my attention away from my aunt.

I go over to Draco and sit cross-legged on the floor and start opening the presents I've gotten. A bunch of new clothes, long sleeve shirts, new shoes, a wand polishing kit, owl treats, cat toys, a brand new radio, and another porcelain doll to add to my collection.

"Violet go get changed into something presentable, please. And take all your things up to your room please we've got guests arriving shortly." Uncle Lucius says looking down at us. Draco and I gather our things and Aunt Narcissa starts to throw the wrapping paper into the fire.

"Where are you off to?" Draco says coming into my room as I finish getting dressed.

I look at him and sigh, he's wearing his Slytherin quidditch robes and is holding his broom in his hand. "I've got a meeting with the Dark Lord. Apparently he's got a Christmas present for all of the Death Eaters."

Draco looks disappointed, "Do you think that you could come flying with me after? I want to test my new broom against the Nimbus two-thousand and one."

I walk over to him and shove his head a bit with my hand, "Course yeah. As long as I get to try out the Firebolt." Draco laughs and I head down the stairs and into the dining room that we've basically converted to the Dark Lord's lair.

"Happy Christmas young Violet..." The Dark Lord says as I step into the dining room.

I bow my head, "Happy Christmas my Lord. I hope that Santa Claus treated you well." I joke, instantly I'm scared that I'm going to be killed for my comment.