Christmas break was just around the corner, and I was excited. Molly and her husband were going to Romania so instead of going to her house, I would be here at Hogwarts.

"Knight to E5." Harry said as he stared down at the board.

I made it in time to see Ron make the final move against Harry.

"Queen to E5." Ron said happily.

Ron's queen goes over to Harry's knight and whacks the knight with her chair, making Hermione shake her head in disgust.

"That's totally barbaric!" Hermione exclaimed.

"That's wizard's chess. I see you've packed." Ron said as he looked at her suitcase.

"See you haven't." She said calmly.

"Change of plans, my parents decided to go to Romania to visit my brother Charlie. He's studying dragons there." Ron explained with a smile.

"Good, you can help Harry, then. He's going to go and look in the library for information on Nicholas Flamel." She said happily.

"We've looked a hundred times."

"Not in the restricted section. Happy Christmas." She said as she walked away from us

"I think we have become a bad influence on her." Ron said with making me laugh.

Dumbledore decided that because I was one of the only Slytherins staying at Hogwarts, that I could room with the Gryffindors. I was placed with Fred and George, who allowed me to use one of their beds, George having to take the floor.

"Good night!" George yelled from the floor.

"Night George!" Fred called from his bed.

"Could have let me lay beside you." George mumbled as I let out a laugh.

"You kick, and I want some sleep." Fred grumbled into his pillow.

"Some brother you are." George mumbled flipping him off.

"George, you could just lay beside me. I don't think you will try anything." I said with a laugh.

George jumped up and I rolled my eyes as he laid beside me.

"See! She is my new favorite sibling." George said happily laying beside me.

"Oh Bugger off!" Fred yelled back.

"All of you guys shut up!" Someone yelled from the other room.

"Shut up Ron!" I yelled hitting the wall.

"Make me you stinking Slytherin!"

"Bug off!" Fred yelled back.

I let out a laugh as George rolled over on his side and went to sleep.

Morning came and I heard Ron yelling for Harry. I nudged George, which made him fall off the bed.

"Blimey what was that for?" He asked looking up at me in shock.

"Sorry." I mumbled as Fred woke up.

"George what are you doing in the floor?" Fred asked rubbing his eyes.

"Ebony, pushed me off the bed!"

"Nicely done." Fred said sending a wink my way.

"I thought I was your brother!" George exclaimed as I stood up.

We made our way out of the room and down to the Christmas tree, we saw Harry and Ron gone and I knew that they probably had left for breakfast.

"Hey you got some gifts!" George exclaimed holding up a wrapped package.

I opened it up and saw a letter attached to a book. I opened it up and read it out loud.

Dead Ebony Potter,

You do not know me, but I am Neville Longbottom's grandmother. I knew your mother and I thought that perhaps you could use this book.

Your mum and my daughter in law were best friends. They grew up together at Hogwarts. They were both in Gryffindor, you see. Your mother was a spit fire, from the moment I met that woman I knew she would do great things.

Alice would always say that they were platonic soulmates. Your mother was the other half of her soul. They didn't do anything without the other. I still remember the end of their fifth year, your grandmother practically kicked her out. Alice ended up taking her in. Your mum cried for days

I so wish I could tell you all about her in person, but I hope this will help you learn about her more. She loved you so very much.

Augusta Longbottom

I opened up the book to see two young girls, around my age, smiling and hugging. I flipped to the next picture to see a young man in between the girls and another, red haired girl.

I flipped another page and saw the girls with a group of boys. Under the picture was a couple names.

Alice, Cassandra, Sirius, Remus, Peter, James

I traced my mother's name and let out a sigh. I shut the book and decided to look at it more later. The boys handed me another gift with a green jumper inside with an E on it.

"Mum, made this for you." Fred explained.

"I'll have to write a letter to her. I love it." I said happily.

I slipped it on and then saw two more gifts, one from Moony and one from a Prince. I opened the one from Moony first to see a key.

"It's a... key?" I asked with a frown.

"Oh that's a key to the bank. Wonder why he would send that to you." Fred said with a frown.

"Don't know." I mumbled as I stared down at it.

There was nothing else in the package and I was surprised that I was given my key. Remus had made it clear that I wasn't to touch the money in the vault, he didn't want to have to use it unless it was necessarily and yet o had the key and could do as I please with the money inside now.

"Maybe he left something inside?" George stated questionably, a frown on his face.

"Yea, maybe." I mumbled as I put the key in my pocket.

I knew the only thing inside was my mother's money and the key, was a symbol of the fact that Remus wasn't coming back and I wasn't going to see him again.

I grabbed the last gift and opened it up to see a pendant and a letter.

Dear Ebony,

This is a family heirloom. I thought that you might like it. I am very proud that you are a Slytherin's, as both me and your father was.

Your grandmother, Eileen

My eyes light up and I scrambled to grab the pendant. I looked it over and saw a crest on it.

"Hey that's the prince family crest. Haven't seen that in awhile." George said calmly.

"So my dad's last name must be prince."

"Could be." Fred said calmly.

I smiled as I looked down at the pendant and clipped it around my neck. Finally happy to be learning something about my father and his family.

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