#gift !!!

[eli-little-workshop]

IT’S MY BUDY @spooky-trudy BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! Have fanart of my two favorite men ever! Hank and Liam are sweethearts I love deeply

[xiodeleon]

You gave me a spear, so here is one from my people. No special properties, I’m afraid. 

Merry Christmas. 

Love, Bri

Xio smiled, it was a lovely piece of work, she inspected the wood, it was ornate and it was really quite nice. She wasn’t much of a warrior but this piece was amazing, and she was so happy about having gotten a gift, without or without magic embedded it was still incredibly special. She loved it.

[xiodeleon]

(A star chart that is enchanted to move with the stars, throughout the year, a potions’ set, and a strange device are set out before her at breakfast before the feast along with a note) 

Dear Xiomara, 

You have made me proud this year. Here are some items that I hope will assist your studies this year. The central device is something of a puzzle, being in my house, I’m sure you’ll have fun figuring it out. 

Rowena Ravenclaw 

Xio smiled widely immediately grabbing the puzzle, looking it over with a keen eye. She was staying at Hogwarts so when she finished her gift she’d leave it for the woman. She smiled at the potion’s set and the star chart was lovely. Hogwarts was great, she loved this place.

[freddyhax]

(no note because it’s a gift from Tomas who has seen her fighting and is pretty impressed and wants to encourage that) 

She grinned as she hefted the spear, getting ready to throw it at a tapestry, there wasn’t a note. But someone obviously was supporting her warrior’s practices. Freddy hefted it up and got ready to aim it, a few people were gasping, when someone tugged on the back of her tunic and she went sprawl back into a cushioning charm. Luci stood behind her, arms crossed, “We don’t throw spears in the castle.” She huffed. 

[freddyhax]

[Delivered during breakfast on the morning of the feast, a black box with a silver serpent broach, a leather bound journal, a quill and a bottle of ink. At the bottom of the box is a small silver dagger with a serpent set into the pommel. The box is delivered with a note attached]

Freddy,

Merry Christmas, welcome to Slytherin House. I hope you enjoy your first Christmas as a member of the best house in Hogwarts. In the box you’ll find a number of gifts that I hope you will have use for in the coming year. It is not much, but consider it a token of my affection.

Sincerely,

Salazar Slytherin.

P.S.

I’m told you know your way around a weapon, I hope you find more use for this dagger than I.

Freddy had no idea what was happening, a gift from Lucinda, then that stupid Viking Gunnar, now from Slytherin himself. This was too much, her hands shook a little. She’d never gotten a present, not since her tenth year when she got some new gloves, Christmas didn’t really exist. She picked up the knife and ran her finger along the edge. She was going to write him a nice note, when Luci helped her letter looks like letters not cat-scratch, and she fingers the broach. 

This was all too much. 

[freddyhax]

(left on her bed in the afternoon. A notebook with a different letter written in each corner for her to practice with. A green dress with silver snakes embroidered at the hems, and a necklace with a strange iridescent stone in it. Laid on top is the above strip of parchment) 

Dear Freddy, 

Please enjoy the dress, the blank book is for you to begin practicing. The Dress is because, well, everyone needs a nice dress. I will understand if you don’t wear it. The stone is Labradorite and is a strong protector. I’ve charmed it additionally to protect you against harm. If it begins to glow it means someone with ill intent is around you. I hope you have a wonderful holiday, let’s start your lessons in January.

Lucinda

Freddy was not crying. She wasn’t, there was dust in her eye as she laid her hands over the dress. It was pretty and soft, she’d never once owned anything as pretty as this… ever. Her fingers ran over the silver snakes, she was supposed to go home, but she couldn’t bring this back. It’d get stolen, she’d have to ask if she could leave it here. Then the necklace was gorgeous, anything thing too precious to leave behind. Freddy rubbed at her eyes furiously, suddenly happy she got Lucinda a gift, though it was nothing compared to this and she felt so bad. 

[junxashwxrth]

Juno,

Merry Christmas. It is a pleasure to have you in my house. I am proud to call you one of my students and so I have given you a ring to represent our house. As well you can find a kit to make your own wax seal. It is important for any person to have a personalized wax seal.

Godric Gryffindor.

Juno grinned Hogwarts wasn’t the worst maybe, maybe…. she gave it a solid maybe. She put the little ring on, she had no idea what to do with the seal but she liked it anyway. It was a nice gift, and she grinned as the ring caught the light.