Harry Potter Fanfiction
WARNING! DEATHLY HALLOWS SPOILERS



Teddy's Weird Christmas . part 1


It was a cold but sunny december afternoon. Joyful laughter and chatter came from the Gryffindor common room, downstairs, but the boy barely noticed. He was alone in the red and gold dormitory, sitting on his bed, his eyes moving with utmost concentration from a mirror in his right hand to a photograph in his left one.
“No, his nose is a little longer” he said to himself, as he compared his reflection in the mirror with the face in the photograph. He frowned, slightly screwing his eyes up, and his nose lengthened a bit.
He looked again at the man in the picture and smiled, satisfied. Then, throwing the mirror and the photo carelessly on his bedside table, he lay back on his pillows. He had been practising for a week, and he was pleased with the result. “Being a metamorphagus,” he thought, smiling broadly, “is highly useful when it comes to fancy dress parties.”
Screwing his eyes up once more in a strained expression, his face became again his own, and his hair returned to his favourite shade of turquoise.
Teddy was determined to win again that year's first prize at Slughorn's Christmas fancy dress party, in part because it was his last year at Hogwarts and he had won all the six previous years, and in part because of the prize.
“Tickets for the Weird Sisters last concert!” he thought, with such excitement that his hair became suddenly frizzy. He stared at the wall covered with posters of the Holyhead Harpies, Viktor Krum, and his favourite wizard rock band, the Weird Sisters. He was dying to go to their last concert, and this was his last chance to get tickets, as all of them were already sold.
There was only one tiny detail left... the party was that same night, and he didn't know yet who'd he go with.
“I can always ask a random girl” he thought, not really convinced. He crawled out of bed and got up, knocking a dustbin as he did so. He glanced once more at the posters and walked out of the dormitory.

The common room was as warm and comfortable as ever, packed with Gryffindor students gathered beside the fireplaces, talking about their plans for the upcomming Christmas holidays.
Teddy looked around, all his friends were already taking someone to the party. He crossed the room absentmindedly, almost stumbling over the strings of a pair of extendable ears. Two boys were using them to overhear a bunch of girls whispering, apparently about the sumptuous wedding of Lucius Malfoy's son. He got out of the common room through the portrait hole and headed downstairs.
When he reached the entrance hall, he spotted Hagrid coming from the Forbidden Forest. He was bringing in the usual twelve Christmas trees followed by his jumpy pet dog, who was barking at some magical creature hidden among the forest trees.
Teddy was about to approach Hagrid to say hello, when somebody called his name. He turned round and saw a blonde girl whose waist-long hair seemed to glow in the shadowy hall.
“Wotcher, Victoire!” he said brightening up, “going for a walk?”
“Nah, I was returning from the library and saw a turquoise-haired someone, I thought it'd be you,” she said smiling. “Shouldn't you be dressing up for the party? I've heard you're determined to win this year again.”
“And of course I will,” he winked at her, and he suddenly remembered why he was there. “Would you like to go with me?” The words came almost without him noticing but he didn't regret asking her. After all, they were almost like cousins, sharing every Christmas, birthday, and family reunion held at his godfather's. It'd be like taking any other good friend.
But Victoire's smile froze, and her face turned into an apologizing expression. “Oh, sorry Teddy, I'm already going with someone,” she said, “but I can ask a friend to go with you if you want.”
“No, that's ok, thanks anyway, ” he said, disappointed. Slightly more disappointed than he had expected, he realized, while she kindly waved goodbye. “See you at the party!” she said, walking towards the staircase that lead to the Ravenclaw tower, “I can't wait to see you in this year's costume!”
Teddy stood there watching her leave, until he lost sight of her glowing hair. Then, with his hand in his pockets he slowly started walking back to the Gryffindor tower.
“Bloody girls,” he said to himself, bitterly, “I'll go on my own.”