Harry Potter Christmas in the Burrow Chaos and Quidditch Plans

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On Christmas Eve the Potters went to Godric's Hollow, like usual. It was completely dark by the time they Apparated to the Burrow, but there was plenty of light streaming out of the tall house's windows. As they walked closer to the place, Albus could hear the roars of laughter coming from inside.

"Harry!" the door to the Burrow flew open and George stood in the doorway to greet them, a mug of eggnog in his hand. "How are ya, mate?"

"I'm great, George. I see you're already drunk," Harry grinned at him.

"A drunkness only Mum's eggnog can bring," George went back into the house and Albus and his family followed.

Albus smiled to himself as he saw the usual chaos that was Christmas Eve at his grandparents' house. His sea of redheaded cousins were milling around eating and laughing with each other. This was what Albus loved about Christmas at the Burrow. He grabbed a couple biscuits from the nearby table and went to find Rose. She was sitting on the floor near the fireplace with Hugo, Victoire, and Teddy.

"Albus!" she shouted over the noise, "Over here!"

Albus pushed his way past Georgia and Gabriella who were laughing at something Fred was saying. "Hi Rose! What's been going on?"

"Not much. Uncle George, Uncle Bill, and Uncle Charlie are drunk. My dad's on his way and so is Aunt Alicia."

"Wouldn't be Christmas Eve if they weren't," Albus laughed.

"Gran's been refilling the biscuit platters and talking with my mum and Aunt Fleur. I think she's about to put on Celestina Warbeck," Rose gestured to the nearby wireless that Molly, Hermione, and Fleur were looking at. Fleur threw her hands up in the air and glared at Molly. "Yup, here comes Celestina."

"Mum hates her," Victoire shook her head, "She'll be heading for the eggnog now."

Sure enough, Fleur poured herself a large mug of eggnog as Molly settled down to listen to the wireless. She was the only one listening, though. Albus could hear bits and pieces of a heated Quidditch discussion going on between his Uncle Charlie, Uncle George, Aunt Alicia, and Heather. Harry was making his way over to them now. It amazed Albus that his uncles and aunt could carry on a fully understandable Quidditch discussion while drunk.

"How long are you staying, Victoire?" Albus asked.

"Just until after Christmas. I've got to get back to St. Mungo's in a couple days. But I've been here since yesterday when Amy left for Australia. I didn't want to be alone in the apartment, it would've gotten awfully boring."

"You wouldn't have had to be alone," Teddy winked, "And it wouldn't have been boring."

Victoire playfully slapped him. "Teddy! Don't let Mum hear you say that."

"Oh, Albus," Rose began, "Both John and Amanda can come to my house on the 28th. Well, they can only come over for the day, but that should be enough time. Matt's still not sure. He said he won't know until after he gets back from Australia."

"Ok. Great, we can play Quidditch!"

"Quidditch?" Hugo snapped his head away from his chocolate frog cards, "Can I play?"

"Sure," Albus replied.

"The 28th?" Teddy commented, "I'll come over, too. I don't have to be back at the Ministry until the 29th. I'm up for some Quidditch."

"Excellent," Albus grinned, "We can get a real game going. I'll just tell my dad I'm going home with you." Albus looked around the room and saw Harry in the midst of a Quidditch discussion. "Hey, Dad!"

"What is it, Al?" Harry got up and squeezed his way through the crowd over to Albus.

"It's all right if I go to Rose's house on the 28th, right? And stay a couple days?"

"That would be fine," Harry said, "But we're actually going to Dudley's house for New Year's Eve, so we'll come get you on the 31st before we leave."

"We're going to Dudley's?" Albus stared at his dad.

"Er, yeah," Harry gave Albus a half smile, "Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon will be there as well...."

"What?!"

"Dudley thought it would be a good idea, considering that Kaden is a wizard," Harry explained.

"All right," Albus shrugged. He didn't really want to see Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, but he didn't really have a choice.

"I'm sure they'll be...civilized, at least," Harry gave Albus a hug before leaving to rejoin his Quidditch discussion.

"Well, at least I can come over for a few days," Albus said.

"Yeah, but you've got to go see the Dursleys," Teddy screwed up his face in disgust.

"It's definitely going to be an interesting day," Albus replied.

"I'm sure it'll be fine," Rose assured him. "Plus, Kaden will be there."

"That'll make it even more interesting," Albus grinned.

"You know, he'd fit right in with this lot," Rose gestured to the loud and boisterous Weasley family around them. "Except without the red hair."

"Hey, I haven't got red hair!"

"Neither do I," Victoire agreed.

"I do," Teddy laughed as he changed his hair from its usual blue to red.

"You're not technically a Weasley," Rose commented.

"Close enough. And anyway, who knows what'll happen in the next few years," Teddy winked at Victoire, who giggled. Teddy threw his arms around Victoire and kissed her.

"Better not let Gran see you doing that," Rose warned.

"Always a stickler for the rules, huh Rosie?" Teddy laughed and lengthened his hair until it was the perfect replica of Rose's.

"Don't do that!" Rose groaned, "And I do break rules. Just ask Albus."

Teddy shortened his hair again and turned to Albus. "Really?"

"She does," Albus confirmed, "Quite a few times, actually."

"This I've got to hear."

"Maybe another time," Albus glanced at Rose. Albus hadn't really decided whether or not to tell Teddy about the new map. Most of Rose's and Albus's most recent rule breaking was done in order to decipher it. Albus knew he wasn't going to tell his cousins about it, but he wasn't sure about Teddy and James. One part of him thought they deserved to know, considering that their father and grandfather were both Marauders, but on the other hand he kind of liked keeping it a secret.

"Aw, come on, tell me."

"Another time," Rose said adamantly.

"Oh, fine," Teddy huffed, "But I will find out."

Albus spent the rest of the evening talking and playing games with Rose, Teddy, and Victoire. He was really enjoying the time off from school and getting to spend time with his entire family at once. By the time he climbed up to the attic bedroom that he shared with James and a few of their cousins, he was tired and stuffed from all the biscuits.

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"James! Albus!" Albus snapped his eyes open at the sound of his name the next morning. He immediately recognized the voice as belonging to Lily. He heard her footsteps bounding into the room. "Albus, James! It's Christmas! Wake up!"

"Hi Lily," Albus yawned.

"Good, you're up! James! Get up!"

"I'm up, I'm up!" James mumbled.

"We've got presents, James!" Lily grinned.

"Right!" James said excitedly and Albus heard him crawling to

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