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Saving Christmas

My entry for Jumani_art DTIYS on instagram. Thank you @curlyy-hair-dont-care for Beta reading this fic 🥰

Draco couldn't believe it was happening. He stood in front of the Burrow's door, Scorpius clinging to his right leg, a little bag on his left arm. Having Harry in his life for months was one thing. Having to meet 'properly' Harry's family was another thing. Meeting them, for the first time, on Christmas Eve, was a complete other  thing altogether. 

Harry spent the week reassuring Draco, telling him not to worry, telling him some of Weasley's traditions for Christmas like Molly knitting sweaters for each one of them, decorations flying everywhere or the children doing something special each year. Draco was also mostly panicking for his son. Scorpius had never met the Weasley's children but Harry talked a lot about Rose, Hugo and Victoire. Teddy was the only one Scorpius knew since he was practically Harry's son and was now living with him. 

So when Arthur Weasley opened the door, a small curious look on his face, Draco internally panicked, fearing he wasn't as welcomed as Harry said. But then, Molly came into the frame and both smiled lovingly. 

"Draco, dear! We were worried you'd never come!" Molly said in a motherly tone. "You must be Scorpius." 

Scorpius whined in fear but Draco pushed him slowly by the shoulder to say hello. 

"Nice... Nice to meet you, Ma'am." Scorpius said timidly. 

"Thank you, Mrs and Mr Weasley for-" 

"Arthur." Mr Weasley interrupted with a smile. "Call us Arthur and Molly please, you're almost family now." And then held out a hand.

Draco gulped then shook Arthur's hand before stepping inside, a small smile on his face. Molly grabbed his jacket and bag so he could make himself comfortable. The house was bigger than Draco had thought. Effectively some Christmas decorations were flying here and there. He could smell the delicious meal from the kitchen and decided to follow Molly since he didn't know where to go. Scorpius was still on his leg before spotting Teddy in the kitchen, eating a biscuit. 

"Teddy Lupin Potter!" Molly shouted. "You're supposed to put them on the plate, not eat them!" 

"But they're so good Mol'!" The boy said in defense, stuffing another biscuit in his mouth. 

"Teddyyyy!" Scorpius exclaimed, letting go of Draco's leg to run toward the blue haired boy. 

"Scorp! How's my fav brother?" Teddy said, crouching to pull the child into his arms. 

"Hey!" Exclaimed another boy who entered through the opposite door. "I thought I was your favourite brother!" 

"You're all my family, Hugo! But Scorp' will soon be my real brother!" 

At that, Teddy looked directly in Draco's direction and the blonde's heart clenched. Never had he thought the teen would accept that Harry and Draco would be married one day, nonetheless accept Draco as another father figure. They smiled at each other, then Teddy got up and went to embrace Draco in a welcome. 

"Hey Draco! You're almost late!" Teddy said in the crook of Draco's neck. 

Damn, he's tall now. 

"I wouldn't have missed this. Where is Harry?" 

Suddenly Draco really feels like he should have seen Harry by now. 

"Oh! I think you should follow me to the living room, they should be there"

Teddy ruffled Scorpius’ hair before heading toward the laughs. Draco immediately felt out of place when he entered the room and the chats ended and the tribe looked at him. It was like being in a Lion’s cage. Literally. All the Weasleys were here, orange bushy and majestic hair everywhere. 

Ron and Hermione went to him and welcomed him brightly, happy to see him. It was the most comfortable thing in this house so far. Then Bill and Fleur came, like Molly and Arthur, they welcomed Draco and Scorpius nicely to the family. 

George and Ginny were the most awkward. Because of their troubled past Draco wasn't expecting much from them. They all looked at each other, sensing the tension as they stood without words. The room was filled with a silence that wasn't good for that kind of night. 

"I-" Draco started.

"The past is in the past." Said George before turning around and walking toward the couch. 

"Don't mind him," Ginny said without looking at her brother. "Listen Malfoy, Harry is my brother. I don't want to hear him cry because of you. I don't want to hear him being angry because of you anymore." 

Draco gulped, he wasn't expecting to be humiliated like that in front of people on Christmas night. 

"You were a fool at school, but marrying Astoria and being a dad changed you. We can't deny it. Harry is happier than we have ever seen since Hogwarts. So we know you make him happy." 

"Ginevra, I-" 

"Welcome to the family, ferret." She finished with a smirk and gave her hand as a truce. 

Draco took it sheepishly. This was the weirdest and most realistic version of being treated and welcomed into that family. George and Ginny were right. The past is the past, they won't forget who he was but welcome him anyway. 

Charlie and Percy only nodded at him, being busy with bedsheets in front of a wall. Only Harry and the other children were missing. Well, now Hugo and Teddy were missing too. 

"Where are the others?" Draco asked Hermione.

"Preparing the annual surprise," she answered with a knowing smirk. 

"Hum... a Weasley tradition? Harry told me the children always do something for Christmas." 

"Yeah, we stopped doing it when we went to Hogwarts but Harry insisted on bringing it up when Victoire and Rose were born," Ron said with a laugh. 

"Harry?" 

Before someone could say something, the light went on and off for a couple of seconds before switching to a light blue. All the family gathered on the couches and whispered some things to each other. Scorpius took a seat between him and Hermione, looking confused. 

"You can't be serious!" a voice said behind the white sheet. 

"I can't believe he left us alone to go on vacation!" replied another voice. "Especially at this time of the year!" 

Two little kids walked from behind the sheet, both dressed in green pants and a red shirt with a sleeveless sweater with fleece. Pointy shoes and fake pointy ears. 

"What do we do? We can't do Christmas without Santa?" A girl, maybe Rose, said with a panicking tone. 

Scorpius gasped in fear and surprise. At the age of 5, he still believed in Santa and Draco chuckled at the thought. 

"Rose, it's us, we will save Christmas," Victoire said, with determination.. 

"But... how? It's just us!" Whined Rose. 

"Let's find some help then!" 

The two kids started faking a long walk before being stopped by a noise. 

"Who are you and why are you on my domain?" An ugly, unrealistic wizard said to the elves when he joined them. 

"My name is Victoire, this is Rose. We need your help!" 

"Help? I won't help you, you're invading my domain!" 

"Please, we need your help or there won't be Christmas this year!" 

"And why is that my problem? Santa hates me!" 

"No he doesn’t!" Rose protested.

"Yeah? Then why did I never get a present from him?" Hugo asked with hurt in his voice. 

Scorpius whined, he could understand why the ugly, who was meant to be an evil wizard, hadn't had a gift. 

"Because he left us, enjoying his time in the Bahamas!" Victoire said in frustration. 

Ron and Hermione snorted and Draco couldn't help but smile. The little play was really nice and funny. Seeing the children debating how to save Christmas against the Wizard was nice. It was almost a realistic version of muggle and wizard interpretation of Santa having house elves. 

"I'll help you only if you guarantee me I'll have a present for the rest of my life!" Finally, Hugo bargained.

"Deal! Follow us then, Wizard!" Rose said happily. 

Hugo huffed then they faked walking again. Only to be stopped again but with a giggle. Teddy went out of his hidden spot, a pink dress with fairy wings. His usual wand had a little pink star at the end of it. Long blonde hair was up on a ponytail and he looked really feminine. 

"Oh young elves, what are you doing in the Fairy forest?" said Teddy with a high voice. 

"Oh Queen Fairy Tooth! We need your help!" Rose cried in relief. 

"Yeah, we need you to save Christmas!" 

"Again?" Teddy groaned. 

"Yeah, this time he went on vacation." Victoire sighed.

"When will he understand that these days are the only days we need him?" 

They all started to walk and they finished their journey at the elves' home. They went behind the bedsheet and then, suddenly, Harry was there. 

The Weasleys burst out laughing but Draco was speechless. Harry was disguised as Santa, in a fake white beard and cute little red hat. He had even put  pillows under his jacket to look fat. Scorpius clapped his hands delighted by the new appearance. 

"Ho ho ho!" Harry said, putting on sunglasses. "So much pressure tonight. It's a good thing that I'm on vacation." 

Ron and George booed and threw some napkins from the coffee table at him. Harry wasn't impressed and kept going.

"I should send a message to know what's going on in the big house!" Harry whistled and a tiny owl came to him. Harry gave it a letter and then the owl flew away. 

Harry walked behind the sheet and then the children came back, their arms full of presents. 

"Santa is impossible," Victoire said. "I just received an owl from him, asking if everything was alright and he might come later around January." She tossed the letter in rage. 

"It's okay Vicky, we can do it, Fairy and Wizy are with us." Rose tried to comfort. 

"Who are you calling Wizi?" Hugo groaned. 

They all moved to the Christmas tree and put the presents under it, where one shoe of each member was present. 

"Dad, there isn't mine. Does that mean I was mean this year?" Scorpius whispered in fear. 

Draco didn't know what to say, no one had asked for them to bring a shoe for the presents and Draco hadn't had time to give the presents to Teddy or someone. Panicking, he looked in despair at Hermione who only smiled fondly at him. Then before he could open his mouth, Harry, well Santa, was behind the couch. 

"Ho ho ho!" Harry said and Scorpius turned his head. Some tears of fear and happiness to see Santa rolled down his cheeks. "I forgot to tell my Elves that there are two more people in a special house today!" 

Draco watched Harry ruffling Scorpius’ hair, then with wandless and wordless magic, he removed one of Scorpius and Draco’s shoes and took them in his hands. 

"I have to go back to the big house now!" Harry said with a wink to Draco. 

Without effort he Apparated in the middle of the play, to where the little group were obviously waiting for him. He put the shoes under the tree and Scorpius gasped in joy. 

"Victoire, Rose. I can see you asked for help." Santa said sternly. "Maybe I should retire!" 

"No!" Shouted everybody in unison. 

"Okay okay, no need to scream!" Harry looked at the children and tapped his belly. "There will be two more people from now on at the Burrow. You need to fetch the presents so we can do our duty!" 

The wizard grumbled but gave Draco's bag that was on his left leg without Draco noticing before. Teddy took it and cast a spell to open it. His eyes widened when he put his arm on it. 

Draco snorted and Hermione gave him an elbow in his ribs. Then Teddy gave the presents to the Elves, whispering for who it was since they were all labelled and Rose couldn't read easily yet. 

Once the gifts were in place under the tree, Harry clapped his hands satisfied and looked at the children. 

"Thank you for your efforts, now I think it's time to do our job for all the houses, people will be pleased to open their gifts!" 

With that, Harry and the children went back behind the sheet and everybody in the living room applauded the little play. Draco was happy to have seen such an amazing play and Scorpius still seemed amazed by Santa's appearance. 

After a little while, they came back in front of the family, still in their costumes and went under the tree. Harry picked up a gift and walked toward Draco. 

"Merry Christmas, Malfoy!" Harry said in his Santa voice. 

"Thank you," Draco said when he picked up the package, brushing Harry's finger at the same time. "Santa," he added with a small smile. 

When Draco opened it he gasped in surprise and he tried hard to refrain a tear from falling. It was a sweater. The famous Molly's knitted sweaters. It was light green with white letters. 

Santa's favorite Ho!

Draco snorted and looked up, searching for the Mother of the tribe. They locked eyes and Draco moved before thinking. He got up and walked toward the woman, pulling her in a tight hug. 

"Thank you, Molly." Draco tried to keep his composure but failed, overwhelmed by the events of tonight. 

"Merry Christmas, my dear!" She chuckled. Then they pulled apart and she caressed his cheeks. Draco sobbed a little and she shushed him gently. "Better now than every year, Draco dear." 

They laughed; then he came back to his place. Scorpius had a little broom and a plushie. 

A lion plushie of course. 

Then Hugo climbed on the couch beside Scorpius, a similar little broom on his hands. That was the first time they met and seeing a big smile on his son's face made Draco's heart melt. He looked at them for a moment, chatting and giggling, not really knowing the hateful past between their families and already being friends. 

"I can't wait to see them at Hogwarts," Harry said, putting his arm around Draco's waist. 

"Do you think they'll still get along even if they're not in the same house?" Draco asked, afraid for the future. 

"Draco," Harry whispered, turning Draco's chin to look in his direction, "Both of you are now family. You don't have to worry. If something happens, Rose will be there, you will be there, I'll be there." 

"But you're the head of Gryffindor." 

"And you're the head of Slytherin," Harry argued and laughed. "Even if he's Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, there is Neville and Luna. Don't worry about it, little Prince." 

Draco pulled Harry and kissed him on his cheek. Whispering at the same time, "Thank you, Harry. For everything!" 

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So, I’m a member of the Angst goblin species, and not even children’s plays are safe from me! 😈

This is the part of the play where the king of the Dark elves shows up and everything is horrible for a bit. The elf king is down, the elf queen is defeated, Benedikt is not far behind, and only the small child is left. 😱

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