Christmas time is here!

It was Christmas morning and Laurie and I were sat in our dormitory, exchanging gifts.
"Merry Christmas Lolly!" I said as I handed over my present. Laurie opened it and as she did so, an illusion of a bird flew out and landed on her head. "Bet you didn't see that coming, did you!" Laurie's face when she saw her present was priceless.
"Aaaaw, thanks Annie! A fluffy toy owl! I love it! I've never had a toy owl, let alone a real one! It's fantastic! Thank yooooou sooo much!" Laurie said, as she put the owl back into the wooden box it was in.
"Did I say it was a toy owl? No, I didn't! It's your very own owl. It's a scops owl and I thought you would like it, seeing as your mum doesn't like you sending her letters with my owl, as he's so clumsy. BUT remember, this is your birthday present too." Laurie and I hugged and Laurie's owl hopped onto her shoulder.
"I shall call him Fluffy, and he shall be mine!"
"Really?"
"No, I'm not calling him Fluffy! I'm going to call him... Thor."
"Thor?"
"Thor. Because he looks all windblown and Thor was the God of storms, if I remember my Scandinavian mythology... here, have your present." Laurie said as she thrust a parcel into my hands. I opened it and in it was a selection of jokes from Zonko's and a beautiful quill from Scrivenshaft's in Hogsmeade.
"Aaaw, thanks Laurie! You're the best! I love these practical jokes and this must be the most beautiful quill I have ever seen! This is great!"
"Think nothing of it. It is Christmas after all!"
"Come on, let's go and visit Luella in the Hospital Wing."

We quickly walked down to the Hospital wing, but when we heard voices, we paused to listen to what was being said.

"Come on Sophie, I know it was your sister. I need my payback. You PROMISED me that you would give me the dirt on Bolt." It was Luella and Sophie!
"Ok then Luella, anything for you." We heard Sophie simpering from inside. "She is deathly afraid of Snails, she still sleeps with a toy and she has a diary absolutely FULL of embarassing stories. I have it here if you want it."
"Perfect. Give me the book, now!"

I looked at Laurie and she mouthed some rude sayings about the girls.

And to think that I trusted my sister! I thought to myself. We heard Sophie get up to go. We hid behind the doors as she went out.

"Those b...witches! I can't believe my sister is selling me out to Luella!"
"Don't worry Annie, we'll get them back. Come on, let's give Luella her present and go."
"I can't now go in after hearing what they said. Sure, it was our fault that Luella is in this state, but my own sister? I... I... I just don't know what to do."
"Annie, forget about it. We'll just drop her present on her bed. Say that we hope she gets better soon and then we can go and play some Quidditch. I have some friends who are still here that are quite nice."
"You're right, Laurie. Come on, before I change my mind again."

We went in and gave Luella her present then quickly left. We went down to the broomshed to get our newly acquired brooms.

We were about to start playing another game of Beater bludgeroo, when some people came onto the Quidditch pitch. 2 were in Hufflepuff and one was in Slytherin.
"Laurie, do you know who any of them are? I recognise them from somewhere."
"Yeah, they came into our compartment on the Hogwarts express before Luella and her scumbag friends. Um, the Slytherin girl is Helen Higgs, I know that. I can't remember the two Hufflepuff girls."

"Hi Laurie! Hi Annie! How's your Christmas day been going?" The Slytherin girl said. "If you don't remember me, my name's Helen. These are my friends Phoebe," she gestured to the shorter girl. "and Alice. She likes Chickens." She gestured to the taller girl. All three were carrying Comet 260s.
"Want to play some 3 on 2 Quidditch?"
"Yeah, Ok." Said Alice.

We got onto our brooms and started playing a great game. Soon it got dark so we went inside to get our Christmas dinner. Laurie, Helen, Phoebe, Alice and I were all sat at the end of the table together. We pulled our Wizard crackers and had a brilliant time. In my Wizard cracker, I got a top hat and a fake wand which melted on use.
"Hey, Annie. I know your sister. She's rather chummy with that horrid Luella, isn't she?"
I gave Helen a weird look.
"Aren't you in Slytherin, though? I thought you would like Luella."
"NO way! I may be in Slytherin, but it's only because I'm ambitious. I really dislike Luella with every fibre of my being."
From the other end of the table, Sophie was shooting nasty looks at Annie.
She's most definately up to something. This is going to be interesting.

A few hours later, in bed, Annie and Laurie were chatting from either side of the dorm.

"It's been a fabulous day! Apart from Luella turning my own sister against me, of course. But otherwise, it's been great! We got some absolutely fantastic gifts from our family and friends and we had an absolutely scrummy Quidditch match with Helen, Phoebz and Alice."

Laurie looked at me weirdly. "Scrummy? Have you been watching Daisy Pulls it off, again?"
"Maybe... Fine. OK! I watched Daisy Pulls it off recently. Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the Nargles bite?"

The holidays passed all too quickly after Christmas day and soon enough, they came to the last day of their holiday.