Hermione woke on Christmas morning in the warm arms of her boyfriend and with a bright smile on her face. She turned around to face a still sleeping Sirius and kissed him gently, causing him to wake up and start kissing her in return.
"Merry Christmas beautiful." Sirius whispered as he pulled away from the kiss.
"Merry Christmas." She replied.
They had all stayed at Hogwarts for the holidays, wanting to spend their first Christmas together in the same place. They were in the boys' dormitory, Lily sleeping in James' bed, Hermione in Sirius', and Remus in his. Once they had all woken up there were going to meet Severus and Regulus in the Great Hall for breakfast before going up to Albus' and Minerva's quarters to spend the day together. Or most of the day, they had to spend lunch in the Great Hall with all of the other students and staff that stayed over the holidays.
Sirius got out of bed and headed towards the en-suite bathroom, "Guys, wake up, we have to meet Pan and Python for breakfast in an hour and we all know how long Prongs takes to get ready!" He shouts on the way, shutting the bathroom door behind him just as James threw a pillow at him, which hit the closed door and rebounded onto the floor.
They could hear Sirius laughing on the other side of the closed door.
"Why does he have to be so annoying?" Lily groaned as she hid her face in the one remaining pillow on James' bed.
"I heard you Flower, and I am hurt that you think I am annoying. Don't you want Harry to have the best Dogfather ever?" Sirius cried from the other side of the door.
"How do you put up with him, Hermione?" Lily moaned.
"I don't have a clue." Hermione joked causing Sirius to start wailing.
"Why? Why do people find me annoying? I'm not annoying! I'm Sirius!" Sirius wailed, and this time they all groaned, causing Sirius to laugh. "You love me really!"
"Just get ready or I will come in there and pummel you into the ground!" James said. "I'm serious."
"No, I am." Sirius retorted smartly, and they all groaned again, making Sirius laugh again.
"Just hurry up!" Lily snapped.
"Alright, no need to be snappy. I am getting ready. Relax guys, it's Christmas!"
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Hermione knocked on the door to her new parents' quarters and about two seconds later it was opened by Minerva who smiled at all of them.
"There you all are. Merry Christmas. Come in, come in." She moved out of the way and they all walked into the quarters which was decked out in Christmas decorations, a tree, lit up with magical fairy lights sitting in the corner of the room with piles of beautifully wrapped presents circling under it, wishing her a 'Merry Christmas' as they entered.
Minerva closed the door behind them and gestured for them all to sit, so they did. Albus entered the room, floating a tray with various mugs of hot chocolate on it in front of him.
"Merry Christmas, children. How are you all this morning?" Albus greeted as he served them all a mug of the warm drink and sat down next to Minerva on the small sofa. The large sofa was filled by James, Lily, Sirius and Hermione. Remus, Severus and Regulus were sitting on the floor between the sofas.
"We are fine, sir. Merry Christmas to you both, too." Remus replied politely.
"That's good. Now, should we all open our presents?"
Sirius nodded enthusiastically, so Albus flicked his wand and the various piles of presents floated into the air and glided over to them, a different pile landing in front of each of the room's occupants.
"Who wants to go first?" Minerva asked kindly.
James decided to go first. He picked up a smaller present on top of the pile and Hermione noticed Remus and Sirius grinning just like she was, as James opened a box of Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans.
"Ah, thank you Sirius, Hermione and Remus." James said with a smile on his face as he opened the sweet box and pulled out a bean, popping it into his mouth and chewing it before pulling a disgusted face. "Ew, vomit." James pulled out another sweet and tried it, it was earwax. He pulled out another, tripe. And another, vomit again.
Remus, Hermione and Sirius were snickering and that is when James noticed them doing so, he smelt the inside of the box and threw it down.
"What did you guys do?" James questioned, looking slightly angry.
"Oh, nothing, we just bought a lot of boxes of sweets and smelt out the worst ones using our heightened senses of smell and put them all in one packet for you, repackaged them with magic and wrapped it up." Sirius said before bursting out laughing, causing everyone else to start laughing.
Once everyone had stopped laughing, James opened another present. He received a new cloak, a dark brown wand holster, a chocolate frog, some fizzing whizzbees, a new watch, and a dark blue hand-knitted blanket from his parents. He got a photo album, which looked suspiciously like the one Hagrid had given to Harry, from Lily, which had already been partially filled with photographs of them, she said that they would add to it as they got older. Sirius brought him a toy broomstick and a stuffed black dog, "For Harry, when he is with us in this wonderful world."
"But, Padfoot, he hasn't even been conceived yet." James said, confused as to why Sirius would buy his son a toy broom when he wasn't even in existence yet.
"Yes, but I was just trying to be a good Dogfather. It's never too early to start preparing for a baby, Prongs."
James just put the broom down, shaking his head, before he moved onto the next present, which was from Remus. Remus got him a stuffed wolf toy.
"Is this for Harry, too?" James questioned.
"Of course, as Padfoot said, it's never too early to start preparing for a baby. At least you're going to be ready for him when he comes, because between us we are going to be buying you a lot of stuff for him before he's even conceived." Remus replied, smiling cheekily.
"I'm sorry, as much as I like the wolf, and the broom, and the dog, you do realise we aren't the only people here capable of having children. You aren't preparing for all of the children that all of you can have, just for Harry." James countered.
"Yes, but Harry is the only child we know for sure is going to be born, so, currently, he is the only child we can spoil. And as Remus said, at least this way you're prepared." Sirius argued.
"Fine. Whatever!" James grumbled before picking up another present and opening it to find a stuffed stag and a stuffed doe, as well as a stuffed female wolf. "Another present for Harry!"
"Guilty, but I didn't really know what to get you and I know that Harry would have loved to have stuffed toys like these, so I went for it." Hermione confessed with a cheeky smile on her face.
"Did you guys get Lily presents for Harry as well?" James asked.
"Of course, we did!" Sirius mocked sounding offended.
James just groaned and opened the rest of his presents; Severus got him a stuffed panther and Regulus got him a stuffed python. Albus and Minerva brought him an advanced Transfiguration book though, and some sweets from Honeydukes. "Thank you for all of the wonderful presents." James said.
"You are very welcome, Prongs, we hope that Prongslet enjoys the things we got him as well." Sirius replied, causing James to glare at him.
Lily opened her presents next. Her parents sent her some new clothes including an oversized, light blue denim jacket, some jumpsuits, and some dresses, some of her favourite sweets and chocolate, and some perfume she likes. James got her a beautiful silver necklace with a silver doe charm on it which was encrusted with small emeralds which matched her eyes. "Aw, James, it's beautiful. Thank you." Lily said with a small smile on her face.
"You're welcome, beautiful." James replied before kissing her gently.
Lily opened the rest of her presents; a hand-knitted, light blue baby jumper with a green 'H' on it made by Hermione and also charmed by her to make sure it grew with Harry, a baby photo album from Severus who knew how much photographs meant to her, a mobile for a crib with smaller stuffed animals on (a stag, doe, black dog, wolf, female wolf, panther and python) from Sirius, a set of baby-grows with all of their Animagus/werewolf forms on from Regulus, a series of children's books from Remus, and Albus and Minerva brought her an advanced Charms book, an advanced Potions book, and some sweets from Honeydukes. James' parents even sent her a beautiful emerald green ball gown which would adapt to fit her, at which point James asked her to accompany him to his family's New Years' Ball, Lily said she would go with him, and he extended the invitation to everyone in the room, they all agreed to attend. He would have invited her to the Christmas one but his parents knew how much he wanted to spend Christmas with his new friends, at Hogwarts so they said he didn't have to attend this one time. "Thank you." She said to everyone once she had finished with her pile.
Severus went next. He got an advanced Potions book and some Honeydukes sweets from Albus and Minerva, some rare potions ingredients from Hermione, the new book from a series he liked from Lily, the first edition copies of another book series he liked from Remus (which he thanked Remus for with a small blush lining his cheeks), a new gold cauldron which was a joint present from James and Sirius, and a subscription to a potions magazine from Regulus. James' parents also sent him some chocolate and dark grey robes.
Regulus received some dark green Quidditch gloves made from dragon hide and some Honeydukes sweets from Albus and Minerva. Sirius got him some of his favourite chocolates, a poster of his favourite Quidditch team (Falmouth Falcons), and two tickets to one of their games. Severus got him a book on potions that he had wanted. Remus got him a book on Defence Against the Dark Arts, which he also wanted. James got him a practise snitch, "Because Gryffindor has to have some proper competition". James' parents, much to Regulus' surprise sent him some chocolate and some dark green robes. Lily got him a book on Charms that he wanted. Hermione got him a sketchbook and some coloured inks, and pencils because he liked to draw. His parents sent him nothing because he recently wrote to them and told them he was on the light side of the war now, and was friends with Sirius' friends. Andromeda, Ted and Nymphadora sent him some money in a small, black leather pouch, as well as deep blue robes and some more of his favourite sweets. His uncle Alphard sent him some more money in a slightly larger, blue leather pouch, and a black wand holster. And he got a set of silver, snake cufflinks from a mystery person which made him smile brightly and blush, although he wouldn't reveal who sent them to him.
Sirius also received nothing from his parents. His uncle Alphard sent him the same things he sent Regulus, except his wand holster was dark blue. Andromeda, Ted and Nymphadora also sent him the same things they sent Regulus, but his robes were a deep green colour. Albus and Minerva gave him a book on advanced charms and transfigurations and some Honeydukes sweets. James' parents sent him some money in another leather pouch, as well as a new set of dress robes in a light blue/silvery colour to go with his eyes. James gave him a cream coloured baby blanket with golden stars all over it, it was hand-knitted as well. "James, why did you get me a baby blanket?"
"Because I thought of all of the children you and Hermione are going to have one day and knew I had to buy something for them." James said with a grin on his face.
"But you didn't get anyone else baby things?"
"Yes, but I knew you were stupid enough to buy me a present which was meant for Harry and not myself, I didn't think everyone else would. And Padfoot, it's best to be prepared, you know." James joked.
Sirius just put the blanket down and picked up the next present. From Lily, he received a set of children's books different to the ones that Remus had given her for Harry, Lily grinned at him when he looked at her questioningly. He shook his head and went to the rest of his presents. Regulus got him some chocolate frogs, some Gryffindor posters, "To annoy our parents", and a subscription to his favourite Quidditch magazine. Severus got him a subscription to a Defence Against the Dark Arts magazine which talks about Aurors as well as all of the new Defence spells, charms and potions being created, but also how you can use other spells, such as transfigurations, to create defences.
Remus got him a camera, "I know how much you like photography, and I thought you might like it to capture yours and Hermione's life together. I have no doubt that you and Hermione will be together for the rest of your lives, we can all see how much you belong together, how much you love each other, even if you haven't told each other that yet." He explained.
"Thank you, Remus." Sirius whispered in awe.
He then opened the last present, from Hermione. It was a deep red blanket, hand-knitted by Hermione herself, with their initials, a dog and a wolf above their initials, sewn into the corner of it in gold thread. There were also outlines of stars littering the blanket sewn in more gold thread. Sirius held the blanket to his chest as he leant over and kissed her gently on the lips. "Thank you." He whispered when he pulled back.
"You're welcome. I figured you could annoy your parents with it. I also thought it would be good for when we cuddled up together." Sirius nodded in agreement.
Remus opened his presents next. Minerva and Albus got him some books he had wanted on Defence, Charms and Transfiguration, as well as a months' supply of his favourite Honeydukes chocolate. James got him some more chocolate, and a new book series he wanted to read. James' parents sent him a deep red leather pouch filled with money, and some robes in a dark green colour. Sirius got him some chocolate frogs, some new notebooks, a new quill set and some inks of different colours. Lily got him the first edition of one of his favourite books, as well as more chocolate, but Muggle chocolate instead of wizarding chocolate. Regulus got him a 20 galleon gift card to Honeydukes and a book on Defence. Hermione got him a book series she had told him about that he was interested in reading, and his favourite sweets, not chocolate. Severus got him a book full of ancient spells and potions that are mostly forgotten now, never used in society anymore (Remus also thanked him with a blush lining his cheeks).
Hermione went next. She had, perhaps, the largest pile of presents, which she was confused by, and obviously that confusion showed. "We thought you would be missing everyone you knew in the future, so we wanted to make this a Christmas to remember, you best Christmas yet." Sirius said excitedly before kissing her cheek gently. She smiled and thanked them all before reaching for her first present.
She opened her first present. It was a book on Ancient Runes, but more advanced than what she was currently learning, from Albus and Minerva. They also got her some new clothes, both Muggle and wizarding, some Muggle fiction books that she had loved in the future but hadn't had the chance to buy, some of her favourite chocolates and sweets, and some more make-up as she was getting fond of it and had nearly run out. James got her a set of baby-grows; one which was dark blue with golden stars on, another which was white with little green and red dragons on, another which was a light blue colour with the words 'I love my mummy' on it, written in red, and another which was a pale yellow colour and had the words 'Daddy's little pup' written on it in red writing. He also got her some chocolate frogs. "Why did you get me baby stuff?"
"Because you are dating Sirius. And I just had to get them before they sold out, I knew Sirius would like them, especially the one that says, 'Daddy's little pup', adorable." James grinned.
Hermione shook her head, smiling as she put down her presents and opened the next one. James' parents sent her some chocolates and a new, pale blue ball gown. Lily got her some children's storybooks that weren't part of a series, and her favourite perfume. Severus got her a 10 galleon gift voucher to Flourish and Blotts, as well as some chocolate. Regulus got her some books on advanced Charms and Transfiguration, as well as some chocolate, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, "For all the nieces and nephews you're going to give me". Remus got her an advanced Arithmancy book and some sweets. Molly, who she had spent the last few Order meetings talking to and getting to know again, and was now pregnant with the child that would grow up to be Percy, sent her some homemade mince pies and a Weasley jumper which was a burgundy colour with a cream 'H' in the centre, she smiled with happy tears in her eyes as she slipped it on over the black t-shirt that she was already wearing. Poppy sent her some chocolate and some books on healing as she knew that Hermione is interested in possibly pursuing that career. Sirius got her a scrapbook for her to document their life together in, knowing that she liked photographs as well. He also bought her a charm bracelet with a small black dog, a silver wolf, and an infinity symbol on it.
"It's beautiful, Siri, thank you." She said as he put it on her right wrist for her.
He kissed her with a smile on his face. "You're welcome, beautiful."
He also got her some chocolates that she liked, and a book she had been wanting for a while.
Then Albus and Minerva opened their presents. Mostly they got things for the baby, clothes, books, toys, blankets, etc. but they got a mixture of books, chocolate and sweets (Albus got a lot of sherbet lemons), robes and other things too.
When they were done with presents they spent the rest of the morning chatting and eating sweets, enjoying each other's company. Albus and Severus played chess at some point. Lily and Hermione discussed the baby with Minerva. They all laughed and enjoyed the day.
They went down to the Great Hall at lunch time and enjoyed a meal with all of the teachers and students that were staying over the holidays. Then they went back to Minerva's and Albus' rooms and spent the afternoon like a family would. And they were that. A family. The two adults and the seven children, as well as the child that was growing inside Minerva. They had all grown closer as they days went by, and they all loved each other.
Overall, it was a great day.