"I feel like I should have seen this coming…" Harry trailed off with a sigh as everyone on the platform looked at his Godfather. Sirius was wearing robes in Christmas colors, red and green, a large hat with a Christmas Tree on it that twinkled with actual lights, and was holding up a sign that read, 'Welcome back Harry!', in bright red and green. "Really Sirius…?" The teen sighed as he and Penny made their way over to the loud, brightly dressed man.
"Hi Harry! Welcome back!" Sirius laughed loudly and Harry just huffed before letting his Godfather pull him into a hug.
"I missed you too Sirius." Harry playfully grumbled with an overly dramatic eye roll for effect. Sirius only laughed more before releasing his Godson.
"Good to see you again, Penny." Sirius greeted the blonde with a smile.
"Nice to see too, Sirius." Penny returned the greeting. Sirius had insisted she call him by his name rather than Mr. Black. According to Sirius it made him feel old.
"We'll be seeing you for Christmas, yes?" Sirius asked and Penny nodded.
"Yes for a while at least. We always go to Christmas dinner at my grandparent's home. The whole Clearwater Family, Magic and Mundane, get together every year for it." Penny informed and Sirius smiled in response; that was the kind of Family he always wished he'd had growing up.
"Then we'll be seeing you for presents!" Sirius chuckled which Penny smiled at. After farewells had been exchanged Penny headed over to her parents while Sirius and Harry moved off to the side. Sirius then Side-Along Apparated Harry back to Wood End Cottage.
-Christmas Morning-
"Harry! Wake up! It's Christmas!" Sirius yelled loudly as he burst into Harry's room, badly startling the boy in question.
"Sirius!" Harry yelled groggily. "Don't do that!" The boy put on his glasses as he climbed out of his warm bed.
"But it's Christmas Harry! That means presents! The Tonks' will be here soon too!" Sirius beamed as he tousled Harry's bed head and then dashed from the room.
"How is a grown man more excited about Christmas than me?" Harry wondered as he stretched and yawned before heading down towards the living room and kitchen. Having a nice breakfast thanks to Tayla, Harry felt far more awake and sat next to Sirius on the couch looking at the presents under the tree. It wasn't too long afterwards that a knock came from the door. Sirius got up to answer it and the Tonks' came inside a few moments later.
"Wotcher, Harry!" Tonks cheered as she pulled him into a hug.
"Hey Tonks." Harry smiled as he returned the bubbly Metamorph's hug.
"You ready for presents?" Tonks asked with a grin.
"Yes, though I think Sirius is far more excited than me." Harry teased, only to be completely ignored by Sirius who was already sat next to the presents and ready to start passing them out.
"Not surprising." Andromeda laughed as she told Sirius to wait for a bit longer. "He's always been a child at heart."
"Oi!" Sirius exclaimed making Andromeda and Ted laugh.
It wasn't too much longer before the group was joined by Penny, who arrived via the Floo and shortly after her Remus had joined them the same way. It was with much cheer that the group started to exchange gifts, with Sirius happily passing out presents from beneath the tree. Remus had gotten Harry multiple books on Runes and Enchanting, as well as a few of his own recommendations about Magical Creatures. Harry had happily thanked the worn man as he looked through some of them. Sirius had gifted him a Journeyman Alchemist Kit, which Harry had stared at for a good long moment before practically tackling Sirius with a hug. Andromeda and Ted had been all smiles as they handed over their gift to him. Harry understood why as soon as he removed the wrapping paper and saw what it was.
"It's brilliant." Harry smiled as he looked at the framed photo of his parents and a young infant Harry. The sight of his parents fawning over his infant self was all the proof anyone would ever need to know how much love Lily and James had for their son.
The next gift was from Penny, it was a hand-knitted scarf in Ravenclaw colors that almost matched the one he'd made for her last year. Harry smiled as he wrapped it around his neck and thanked Penny for it. A playful 'I guess this makes us even.', brought laughter to the group while Penny playfully rolled her eyes at Harry.
"Mine next!" Tonks grinned as her gift was handed to Harry. He tore off the paper and then opened the box to find a book, rather old, on Broom Crafting. Harry pulled the old book out of the box and looked it over. "I remember you said you wanted to figure out how Brooms worked. When I saw that book at the secondhand store in Diagon I figured you'd like it. A lot of those kinds of books aren't published anymore because the big broom companies have argued against them in the Wizengamot. But they can't get rid of all the ones already published."
"This is great Tonks!" Harry smiled happily. He'd been having a devil of a time trying to find a book on the subject through Owl Order. He was one hundred percent sure that the Broom Making companies had put protections onto their finished Brooms to protect their secrets. That was the only reason he hadn't bought a Broom or two and tried taking them apart already.
Now that Harry, the youngest, had opened his presents the rest of the group started to open theirs. Andromeda rolled her eyes at Sirius when her gift from him turned out to be 'sexy' robes for her to wear for Ted. Sirius had laughed good-naturedly and even gotten a thumbs up from Ted in secret. A second gift from both Remus and Sirius had her give them genuine thanks as it was a lovely travelling cloak with Charms to keep her warm, cool, dry, and to keep it from getting dirty.
Ted had received a specially made Wizard's Chess Set that had the playing styles of several Experts 'saved' into it so he could play even without a partner. The man had thanked both Remus and Sirius with a grin. This would certainly make slow days at the office more enjoyable.
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