Another idea from my list of HPHM Christmas story ideas. This takes on little Em’s point of view and will happen during MC’s sixth year (her first year). Dawn Everett and Hillary Redstone belong to me as well.
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“Deck the halls with boughs of holly...”
A smile crept onto little Em’s lips as she hummed the Christmas tune she remembered so well, her hands busily working with the twine she was fashioning into a large metal ring. The scent of all the colourful flowers sitting before her, scattered all over the table, brought back several memories of olden days when she would help her father around the greenhouses. Plants of both magical and mundane properties never failed to intrigue her. She loved gardening and Herbology just as much as Professor Sprout, and that was definitely saying something.
“Looking good, Em!” she heard her friend, Dawn, approve with a thumbs up and a wink. Em glanced over at her dorm mate and chuckled as she watched her weave some red poinsettias with white baby’s breath flowers, nodding in approval.
“Thanks, Dawn. Nah, you’ve definitely got an eye for design,” little Em complimented her back. “These colours look wonderful together.”
“And once they’re done--” Dawn quickly gave her wand a flourish and sealed the stems together with a bow. “--they’ll be the candy to anyone’s eye!”
She then plopped the crown onto Em’s head, making the two badgers giggle. Indeed, though, the red and white flower crown with mint leaves sprouting from the buds gave a royal elegant air to the girl who wore it, and she grinned in thanks.
Ever since the making of the flower crown club, the two house mates have grown very close--who would have thought that the youngest sibling of the infamous curse-breaker Jacob Lin would befriend a peppy girl who bounced on her toes like a cheerleader all the time? Yet there they stood, two new friends who founded the club together. Not only did it help Dawn expand her network with other students, but it also gave little Em a positive image. Bullies have been targeting her to the point where she always came out with injuries--it was a good change for once to be someone her peers could look up to and admire.
The brief moment of happiness was short-lived, however, and soon another first year--Hillary from Slytherin--ran in with a worried look in her eyes.
“Guys, we have an emergency,” she said, approaching the two and almost toppling over the table full of flowers in her haste. “Professor Flitwick just told me that we’re out of Christmas wreaths to decorate the castle corridors. Without the wreaths, Christmas at Hogwarts wouldn’t be complete.”
“What?!” Dawn’s jaw instantly dropped at the news. “We’ve got a lot of Christmas trees, but not enough wreaths?”
Hillary nodded in assent. “Seems so. I’m pretty sure they wanted to save enough evergreen to keep the trees full. At least that’s what I heard from Flitwick and Hagrid.”
“That’s unacceptable! We have to decorate every inch of the castle to make it feel like Christmas!” Dawn cried, slamming her fist in her hand. “Even Filch has to agree!”
“And that’s after we’ve seen him in his pyjamas!” Em recalled with a laugh. “Of course we’ll help with making the wreaths, Hillary. With a little more festive cheer around the school, it will lift anyone’s spirits up.”
She waved her wand and muttered, “Orchideous.”
Instantly, more poinsettias and Christmas roses, holly and mistletoe all emerged from her wand, as well as enough evergreen branches to make a huge Christmas tree. The sight of the huge pile made the other two gape, and they stared at Em, wide-eyed.
“That’s--whoa,” Hillary murmured as she picked up a few of the evergreen branches. “These are beautiful.”
Em nodded as she picked up a branch of holly and twirled it round in her fingers. “My mom used to hang holly garlands everywhere around the house. Anything to liven the place up in time for the holidays, she’d set it somewhere. It’s only right we do the same for the school--make something festive for the season so they’d feel the cheer anywhere and everywhere.”
“The entire school needs to feel the spirit. We’ll make as many wreaths as we can, then!” Dawn decided, clapping her hands. “After all, the more the merrier!”
“Isn’t that for people at parties?” Hillary inquired, cocking her head at Dawn who just giggled.
“Well, it goes for just about anything!” the blonde responded with a laugh.
And so the three girls got set to work, lacing and weaving the flowers into the evergreen and enlarging the metal rings used for their flower crowns to make the wreaths big enough for anyone to see. Amidst the poking needles of the branches and the humming of Christmas carols, little Em silently thanked her sister and her friends for helping her with all those incredible spells--they were only the ones she needed, and she wouldn’t ask for anything more or else the journey through magical education would be ruined for her.
Instantly she thought of Diego, and it made her cheeks grow slightly warm, her grip almost lost on the mistletoe branch she was working with.
“And done!” Hillary announced, throwing her fifteenth wreath on top of the ever growing pile on the table. “I think this should be enough.”
Indeed, the three girls had managed to make forty-five wreaths within the last two hours, their fingers tired and numb after endlessly working without a break. Em simply sighed as she set her last wreath on the pile and gave her two friends a smile. Despite the blisters and the cuts, she felt a bubble of pride swell inside.
“These look wonderful, guys. I’m sure they’ll love them,” little Em said. “Now let’s bring it over to them before we miss out on dinner.”
Sure enough, everyone who came around to see the newly made wreaths in the halls felt a surge of happiness course through them, a smile effortlessly growing over their faces at the sight. With all the colourful baubles and blossoms and even the occasional mistletoe branch interlaced in the evergreen, it definitely felt like Christmas had come to Hogwarts school.
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