It was already 24 and we had everything ready, the decoration, the dinner we would prepare, ourselves...
But among those things I received a notice different from the ones I normally receive, in this it said the following.
[Notice: Holiday characteristics have been unlocked]
[Christmas: Once 00:00 arrives, a sleigh will fly over your house and all your fellow will receive a random gift]
[Message from the Merchant: "I have new merchandise, as well as Christmas discounts. I will be here all day today and tomorrow"]
This surprised me, I didn't know there was a Holiday format, so when I saw it I told everyone to go see the merchant. We all got out with our coats and went looking for him.
When we found him, we realized that not only did he have new merchandise, but also his carriage had changed. The carriage part was now mostly red and green, there were small colored balls hanging from the ceiling and the counter was adorned with colored lights. The 2 horses were replaced by 2 large reindeer, and the merchant himself had more colorful clothes.
After greeting him and him greeting us, through Luna, I started to check what was new. There was a 'gift discount' where anything I bought for Christmas gifts would be up to 90% off depending on the rarity of the item, but only to give to someone with a certain level of familiarity and only one per person.
There were also a lot of items that I knew I had never gotten close to, so they must be special additions. Among them things like skins... for everything, candy cane wand, mistletoe wand, elf costumes, reindeer costumes... there was even a section of special pets, like miniature living snowmen, baby reindeer, Christmas tree living...
We were all impressed and didn't hold back from buying, even Xenophilus made a trip to Gringotts to get some money, he seemed very excited like a child, he was just another one of us.
We bought a lot of things.
[baby reindeer]
*Consumes only 50% of food and water than a common reindeer.
*It will grow throughout the year until it reaches adulthood at Christmastime, once Christmas is over it will return to being a baby reindeer.
*Possesses an upgrade to all stats than a normal reindeer (as an adult).
*Improved intelligence(always).
*Can fly (Only during Christmas).
*100% loyalty.
*You can only have 9 Reindeer(If they die, they can be revived by buying them again)
[Miniature Living Christmas Tree]
*During Christmas, it can grow to the right size for where it is.
*Can swing from side to side and jump forward with its pot.
*Its lights change color according to its mood.
*It feeds on the happiness of home... or Christmas sweets.
*If it is very full, can leave small gifts that contain sweets inside.
*A strong Christmas spirit can revive it if it dies (Only during Christmas).
[Miniature Living Snowman]
...
It was impressive, Xenophilus bought the Christmas tree directly and we also decided to buy a single reindeer, so as not to empty our pockets. The girls were delighted with the little animal, but if we wanted to see it in its adult form, we would have to wait until the following year.
We also bought almost every costume there was, they weren't literally clothes, they were more like a square moving screen, or a picture card that if you put it on yourself it changed the look of your appearance and clothes.
Luna tried on an elf one and it was beautiful, with her little hat with a bell, her little curved shoes and completely natural pointed ears. It seemed that when you put it on your appearance would have some changes, for example when Xenophilus tried it on he shrank a bit.
Ginny tasted one of Rodolfo's and it went...furry...his body had a thin layer of fur, on her forehead were small horns and her nose glowed red.
I tried one from Santa, with which I grew fat and got a lush beard like Dumbledore, only it was red like my hair, which made it look like there was a lot of red in me with the suit.
In addition to playing, I took the time to do business, checking how much the discount was to resell the gifts I got before and buy them back at the discount to get some money back, whenever the business suited me.
The night came and we had a lot of fun, the laughter was present throughout the night, it had been a long time since I felt happiness as pure as this... especially if we take into account that I felt normal again for only a few months ago.
The skins we bought had some special abilities that we used to play the game.
[Christmas elf costume]
*Ability to wrap gifts.
*Ability to make simple toys.
*Christmas language acquired(Reindeer, elf, living snowman, living toys...)
[Reindeer costume]
*Make reindeer sounds from time to time while you speak.
*Be able to take a few steps in the air.
*Christmas language purchased
[Santa costume]
*Ability to enter through chimneys.
*Infinite space bag (Gifts only)
*Christmas language purchased
It was fun watching Ginny fly into the house or in the yard and having to catch her when she couldn't go on anymore, as well as watching Luna wrap up everything she came across in just a few seconds.
We ate happily and since most of us were kids there was no alcohol, luckily as I wouldn't know what happens if I drink as much with Tenebrius as the real me, I might end up too drunk and I don't want to risk doing anything crazy here. This is the one place where I don't want them to see my bad side.
When 00:00 arrived we were all playing in the yard where we had cleared the snow. At that moment we heard a loud "HO HO HO" and we saw a green flying sled with a big red bag on the back pass quickly through the sky just above our heads.
Cubic packages of gifts of different colors began to fall from the sky, four in total. That was the ability of [Christmas] but it seems that it only works with the main body, since it didn't do the same with Tenebrius or the other Reds.
The packages fell to the floor and they all had a label with names, when we picked them up we gave each other the corresponding ones.
Xenophilus received a package of silver gifts, according to the description we saw on the screen that appeared when he grabbed it. In it was a fedora hat that when he wore it he could speak and understand any non-magical language, and understand any magical language as long as it didn't deal with very magical words, as well as speak it but with a bad accent. Among these languages would be all the Muggles, as well as that of the Merpeople, goblins, or the like, but the parcel or whatever the speaking of some beasts and animals are not included.
Ginny received a copper gift package that contained a small notebook or planner that each page could hold memory and would look like a video or magical photos. She was afraid of the peculiarity that only the owner or those he allows could see the images, the others could only see a few words that would describe the memories.
Ginny decided to try it on the spot thinking of recent memory, the blank paper morphed, and when she looked at it her face seemed to turn very red. I could only see that on the first page of the notebook it had written "Brother having fun" but I didn't know what the memory was, and Ginny flatly refused to let me see it, although she did let Luna do it. When Luna was able to see the content, I saw for the first time how her face turned reddish and her eyes widened even more, that left me terribly intrigued but they didn't let me see the content so I had to hold me.
Luna received a silver gift package that contained a temporary summoning order. This one was similar in appearance to the skins we bought, a square card, and with it Luna could summon a mount up to a certain level, she just had to imagine it, but it could only last 1-3 hours before disappearing.
She used it immediately and in front of us a great beast appeared that I did not know very well what it was, it seemed to me a mixture of a hippopotamus with a camel?... I would not know how to describe it, but the most remarkable thing is that in the middle of its forehead it had a large wrinkled horn, as if it had many folds.
"DAD, DAD LOOK... IT'S THE CRUMPLE-HORNED SNORKACK" Luna exclaimed with great emotion.
It seems that Luna has finally fulfilled her and her father's dream of finding the Crumple-Horned Snornak. I don't know if it will be a real one or just the way Luna imagined it and ended up creating it based on her mental image, but it doesn't matter, let her be happy.
Luna was very happy, especially when she was able to mount it, since as the gift indicated, it was a mount. I had to stop Xenophilus from taking a picture of it and posting it on 'The Quibbler' explaining that it would only last a few hours and that doing so would bring unwanted attention by having evidence of a creature believed to be fake. But still we enjoyed the company of the Snorkack playing with him.
While the girls were riding the Snorkack that Luna nicknamed Romy, I opened my gift, which was a Gold gift package. In it, I received a notice that would indicate the skill upgrade, but before it another one appeared that indicated that I did not have the skill that was it was going to get better, so it would be blocked until I got it...lucky me.
Still it was entertaining, I didn't care if I had to wait, for now I would play with my sisters.
We had a lot of fun for much of the night and only went to sleep when the Snorkack wore off. Luna was a bit sad but she took some photos that she would keep secret and Ginny used one of the pages of her gift to keep the memory of the Snorkack.
After that, we went into the house to sleep. Luna and Ginny decided to sleep with me, without asking me, although they never do, so I don't know what I'm complaining about, I really enjoyed it most of the time. They hugged me and thanked me for making everything that happened today possible, since they knew that none of this would happen if I didn't have my peculiar characteristics, and I thanked them for being with me. After that, we went to sleep.
-At Hogwarts-
This time at Hogwarts I have done simple things, the number of people was less, so I explored the castle more freely. I did some work on the clubs I was creating as well as stopped working on the stadium for this time.
I have crossed paths with Harry and Ron on several occasions, and we have even eaten together in the great hall due to the lack of companions, most of my close friends left so I spent time with them out of boredom. It wasn't the most exciting, but I was only with them during meals, which I didn't really need, but still did out of habit.
I also approached other older girls who stayed, using my singing skills by doing small shows. Why exclusively approached girls? Well... there's no reason, I just did it. It was kind of fun, some even made requests for songs I didn't know, but it wasn't hard for me to learn them in a few minutes.
I worked a bit with my brothers on some of their inventions that they prepared for Christmas gifts, as well as taking the time to see what I could give them and the rest of my family.
Christmas came and I was in charge of delivering the gifts to the corresponding people of Hogwarts.
Ron: A set of magical chess pieces that had the characteristic of being red-haired.
Harry: A new Quidditch outfit (gloves, boots, capes, etc...) that had the name Harry Potter engraved on it, where the 'P' leg was shaped like a lightning bolt as his scar.
Fred: Same as George.
George: Same as Fred.
(explosive sweets)
Percy: A picture of him in a prefect outfit enchanted to say "Just do it"
Charlie: New safety equipment for his work with dragons.
Bill: A set of coins with the faces of family members carved on one side and the burrow on the other.
Dad: a hat.
Mom: A dress.
Girls I interacted with during this period at Hogwarts: small bags of sweets with heart-shaped and kisses.
Snape: A fancy new cauldron custom-made by the merchant, which had snakes and stags carved into it.
McGonagall: A small sculpture of a cat in a Quidditch suit flying on a broom while catching a Golden Snitch.
Flitwick: A small miniature trophy of himself that read "A Good Duelist-A Good Teacher"
Sprout: A luxurious Pot that had some badgers carved into it, which gets bigger or smaller depending on the plant you put inside.
Binns: A poster that changes images, which were some important historical events that he taught us.
Hooch: A silver and gold whistle with eagle carvings.
Pomfrey: A new nurse outfit with some video game healer-style enchantments.
Quirrell: Garlic.
Hagrid: A doll of a three-headed dog that moves all three heads.
Other teachers I don't have classes with yet: a cake
Teachers who were affected by my lie: Cake that had "I'm sorry" written on it and the face of a sad kitten.
Filch: Feline care articles.
Norris: Fish.
Fawkes: Fruit Basket.
Dumbledore: A human-sized doll of a boy with a pair of socks in his hands saying "Please headmaster, just take the socks, nothing else" and moaning.
Most of the gifts I personally delivered once 00:00 arrived, others I sent directly with my ability.
The teachers were appreciative and liked my originality, earning me their favor... well most of them. Quirrell gave me a bad look when I handed him the garlic with a bow, and Snape almost didn't say anything as he accepted it, but he asked why there were snakes and minions carved with his piercing gaze on me, as if he wanted to dig into my secrets.
"I already had them when I bought it"
That was what I replied, and Snape couldn't take any more information from me and left, but he took the cauldron with him.
I also received a visit from Dumbledore sometime after I sent the gift from him. I was going to work on the fifth floor during the night since it was late and I had nothing else to do at Hogwarts that I remembered, when Dumbledore appeared behind me with a…complicated expression.
"Merry Christmas"
"Merry Christmas Headmaster"
"... I have received your gift"
"That's good, you don't have to give me anything, you've already helped me enough"
"Okay… I'm going to be frank and apologize for the lack of courtesy, but… what the hell with your gift?!"
"Didn't you like the socks? I thought you would like them, everyone needs socks, there are never enough"
"Socks? I'm talking human-size doll, who won't stop moaning in my office"
"Ohhh...it's just that I got everyone else something more detailed and I thought just giving you socks was rude, so I decided to make it more shocking"
"..."
"You don't like me then?"
"Next time just hand over the socks...just the socks"
"ok Merry Christmas"
"Merry Christmas, Mr. Weasley"
And the director left thinking about how he would endure the laughter and comments on the pictures of the other directors, he very much regretted opening the gift in his office in front of everyone. At this moment he also thought about what gift he could give to the boy who sent it to him, he couldn't give anything, that would be being ungrateful.
...
While that was happening at Hogwarts with one of the clones, as well as with Tenebrius at Tonks's or at the Lovegood's with the real body, there was another clone who was doing other work. With the Santa suit, as well as with a broom that had a red-painted stick, with green strands like the leaves of pine, and a bell hanging on the end.
This broom was a special Christmas item that would become imperceptible to Muggle eyes, so it also had much more speed than normal brooms, but it had the disadvantage that it only lasted three days, and then it would disappear.
This clone had a bag on his back full of gifts and would go to various places to deliver them. Although there would be others that he would not deliver directly, since it was not very safe to do so, such as Gemma's gift or Draco's.
Gemma's gift was a wand holder, as some kind of cruel joke.
Draco's gift was an edited Harry Potter photo. In it was Harry only in his underwear, very muscular, with his hands behind his head and his waist moving back and forth. It has a curse to say "Come on Draco, just ask, I know you want it".
For obvious reasons, they would not be delivered in person, but that would bring the misfortune of not being able to see the faces of the families in the morning when the gifts will be delivered.