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Chapter 65: Presents
Xeno, Luna, Sirius, and Harry were eating the feast prepared by Lorry.
Earlier that day, Harry had sent Presents to Susan and Hannah. He gave Susan the latest model broom that was actually gifted to him by Sirius, but He had no interest in flying in a broom, while Susan actually played Quidditch.
He gave Hannah a copy of a rare herbology book from the Potter library. One of the few books that survived the destruction.
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"So, Xenophilius…are you still writing that weird newspaper?" Sirius tried to start a conversation because He didn't enjoy eating in silence.
"The Quibbler, yes. I just finished writing another article about a conspiracy. Turns out, there is a magical toad in the Ministry that commands the dementors and is trying to use them, in order to usurp Albus Dumbledore's position."
"Um...sure. That sounds scary." Sirius made a strange face.
"Indeed it is!" Xeno said passionately.
Luna turned to Harry with a smile.
"What did you buy me?" She asked innocently
Harry gave her a coy smile.
"What makes you think I bought you anything?. Maybe this dinner is your gift"
Luna's expression did not change.
"You are not that cheap. Besides, I got you something."
She approached Harry and pulled her empty hands.
"But, my gift comes later. Now…where is mine?"
Harry chuckled.
"Lorry"
The elf appeared with a box in his hands.
"Here it is, Master" He presented the box to Harry.
He took it and gave it to Luna.
The box didn't seem special in any way. Just one of those normal boxes used to store clothes.
Luna took it, placed it on the table, and opened it.
Inside, there was a white bag, with some beautiful decorations in yellow. There were many sunflowers, her favorite one.
"Can you see it?" Harry asked.
Luna understood what He meant and used her mage sight.
There were complex runic enchantments all over the bag.
"I can see them, but I only know the basics of runes. What do they do?" She asked.
"Is a dimensional bag. The main space inside is one hundred times bigger than the bag itself. It also has several smaller pockets. And it has some serious anti-theft charms on it. Whoever tries to steal this will definitely regret it."
Harry gave a bit o a cruel sneer at the last part.
Luna put down the bag and went to hug Harry.
"Thank you, Harry, I love it!"
Xeno and Sirius were looking at the two of them.
"Aren't they cute?" Sirius smiled.
"Hmph, I'm not going to give him my precious Luna that easily!" Xeno exclaimed.
Sirius started to laugh and patted Xeno on the back.
"Ah, my friend. When the time comes…I'm afraid that when the time comes.... it will not be up to You."
Sirius said while looking at Luna smiling.
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After resting for a bit, Lorry announced that it was time for dessert.
The elf came to the table carrying what looked like a tart.
"Is that treacle tart?" Harry asked with interest.
"Yup, I made it all by myself," Luna revealed excitedly.
"You made it? It looks really good " Sirius said.
"Of it does, my Luna is the best cook in the world!" Xeno proclaimed.
Luna went to cut the tart and brought Harry a piece.
"I didn't know what to buy you because You can already buy anything you want. So I asked daddy and He told me that I could just make something for you."
Luna placed the plate in front of Harry.
"I know this is your favorite. So..I hope you like it." Luna smiled a bit timidly.
Harry took his fork and started eating while Luna watched with expectation.
He placed the fork down and looked at Luna.
"Is delicious, thank you."
Luna smiled brightly.
"Well....can the rest of Us eat too?" Sirius said while holding his empty plate.
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Soon enough, the break was over and everyone was back at Hogwarts.
As soon as Harry entered the Hufflepuff common room, He noticed a commotion. There were a lot of students surrounding someone and talking with enthusiasm.
The first one to spot Harry was Cedric.
"Harry, did you enjoy the break?"
Harry nodded. "It was ok. What about you Cedric?"
"It was fun. So, tell me Harry…about that broom "
Cedric was interrupted by Hannah.
"Is Harry here already?" She turned around. "Susan, Harry is here!"
Susan came out of the group of students who were surrounding her and came running toward Harry while carrying a broom.
"Harry!" Susan launched herself and hugged him.
"Hey, Susan…emm…what is this about?" Harry asked.
Susan gave him a toothy smile. "I love the gift, Harry!"
"Of course she does. But, how did you manage to get a Firebolt? They won't come out for another six months at least" Cedric asked.
"Fire what?...oh the broom. My god-, I mean…I have some contacts." Harry wondered what the ruckus was about. Is just a broom,
He doesn't even need one to fly and is so much better.
But it seems like Sirius managed to get something rare.
"Harry, Cedric told me that maybe I can make it into the reserve team, and next year I could be the main player," Susan said.
"Well, if she can control that broom then She will make a great addition to the team, that's for sure,'' Cedric said.
Hannah pulled Harry's arm to get his attention.
"Did you like our gifts?" She asked.
Hannah had given him a nice black coat, and Susan got him a dragon hide wand holster, like the ones used by Aurors.
"Yes, I did like them. Thank you." Harry showed them that He was already using the holster.
After the commotion about Susan's new broom calmed down a bit, Harry went to his room and lay in bed.