On Christmas Morning Harry woke up

On Christmas Morning Harry woke up rather late, around 11 am, and promptly went to look for his presents. There quite a few of them, several even from totally unknown people. Harry received a Weasley sweater from Missis Weasley, which he sat aside and instead read the attached letter, just to see what the woman would say. Last summer he would probably be ashamed of himself, but right now he couldn't help laughing as he read the letter.

[Dear Harry,

A Merry Christmas to you my boy. Why didn't you come to the Burrow last summer? I sent at least three letters myself and I'm pretty sure Albus wrote as well. Well no matter, I hope you'll come and visit next summer. Both Ron and Ginny miss you a lot, especially considering what happened to poor Hermione.

Have nice holidays,

Molly Weasley.]

'One would think the woman doesn't communicate with her children at all…' – thought Harry – 'I mean she could say that the twins miss me, I'd believe that. But Ronald and his sister? That's just ridiculous. I wonder how she managed to get into Gryffindor? From what Neville and the twins said, the chit only associates with the purebloods that are in her year.'

'One would think the woman doesn't communicate with her children at all…' – thought Harry – 'I mean she could say that the twins miss me, I'd believe that. But Ronald and his sister? That's just ridiculous. I wonder how she managed to get into Gryffindor in the first place? From what Neville and the twins said, the chit only associates with the purebloods that are in her year.'

Harry balled up the letter and threw it into the fire, before going for the next present. This one was obviously from the twins and it consisted of a book called '101 ways to prank your enemies' and a blank and rather old piece of parchment. Knowing George and Fred as well as he did, Harry knew that the parchment had to have some sort of secret inside, he just couldn't figure out what it was or how to access it. Thus he placed the parchment into the special compartment in his trunk that also contained the album with James & Lily's pictures and James' invisibility cloak. The pranking book was stored with the rest of Harry's books.

'Well, I can always trust Fred and George to give me something both and amusing and useful… I wonder if there is something there that I can use to prank Lockhart?'– he wondered idly, as he unwrapped another present. It was from Pansy and it was … a plush toy. He looked at the stuffed green snake and snorted in delight. No matter that he was already 12, but he never had a stuffed toy… or any toy even, and this one was very cute. The toy was a snake with huge eyes made in anime style. The snake was quite large and soft… and animated. In a way it reminded Harry of Luna's elephant. There was also a present in green paper with a silver note attached to it; it was Draco Malfoy. Inside the box was a thick book on wizarding rituals associated with magical holidays.

'Now this is certainly both useful and interesting.'– decided Harry with a smile and put the book aside. There were now only the presents from the people he didn't know left. He received a will of Mrs. Atlanta Blackmoore in which the old witch left him everything she had, since her own family was killed by Death Eaters. The next few letters were of similar value, he was left as Heir to the families Rosewood, Flamel and Leroux. The last one was obviously French and quite wealthy. Harry sighed – this meant a visit to Gringotts and some time in the genealogy section, which had a full collection of books with information on the Pureblood Houses and their standing in the Wizarding Society. Unfortunately, as Harry discovered earlier that year, the books could only be accessed by someone who had the blood of the corresponding family in them. Otherwise there would only be names of the living members of the house. This was still useful to Harry, since no one would learn of his Black heritage until he himself was ready to release the secret.

'I wonder why I only started receiving things like this now? Or maybe there is a stack of those somewhere? If I was left at the Dursleys by Dumbledore, then he might as well have my fan mail…' – he stopped and blinked. The thought of Dumbledore keeping things that were sent to Harry didn't sit well with the boy, but since the old bastard was paying the Weasleys from Harry's vault, then it didn't come as that big of a shock.

Also, Harry was pleased to see, he finally received a reply to the letter he sent to the solicitor company Augusta Longbottom recommended. He eagerly opened it and even mouthed the words as he read it.


Author's Note: Yep, I killed Hermione, please don't hate me. Anyway, the revenge on the Weasleys is finally beginning ot take shape, so stay with me and you'll find out what the big plan is :)