Julia giggled and nodded,"Be right back~" She smiled and kissed him gently before darting up the stairs, answering the riddle, and entering the common room. She waved at a couple of friends that were there as she hurried up to her dorm room. She ran to her bedside table and opened the drawer, pulling out the large photo album. She gently carried it out of the room, and back out the common room to Caelum.

"Wonderful. Now show me how they built this tree complex." Caelum hurried Julia towards a bench a few ways from the entrance to the Ravenclaw Tower. His curiosity fuelled his need to find out how the Burrow kept itself from crashing down and maybe photos would help. Although he doubted it would answer any significant questions floating around his mind.

"Do you know how they built it around the tree?"

Julia smiled and opened the book, showing him the pictures in it. It showed her family adding to it with hard work and a little magic,"Well the tree is so big now it easily supports the house." She smiled, showing him a large thick old tree that the house was built in.

Caelum whistled as he laid his eyes on the photographs. His eyes gleamed as he moved from one page to the next, noticing how happy and close everyone seemed to be and marveled at the strange architecture of the Burrow itself. It looked like a house upon multiple other houses, all miniature and wrapped in branches and he found it charming how the Burrow had only one chimney.

Caelum chuckled as a thought entered his mind. "To be honest, this looks more inviting than the manor, even if it looks like a health hazard."

(( I googled the Malfoy Manor and went "Wooaaahhh, three people live there?" Hahaha ))

(XD)

Julia smiled and nodded,"I love going there." She said,"Its always so pretty, no matter the season. I love it best in the fall with the leaves falling and theres enough to make a large pile to jump into." She looked over,"Maybe one year you could come with us for the holidays."

Caelum beamed with excitement when she told him that he could go with them to the Burrow someday but deflated when he remembered how the Weasleys and the Malfoys were currently giving each other the cold shoulder.

"I don't think that would wise, love." He sighed as he lay his head on her shoulder. "I would be more than happy to visit but I don't think I'll be welcome there. The Malfoys and Weasleys aren't exactly friends. We aren't neutral with the other either. We're more ... opposed to the other than I'd like to be."

"Maybe a long time ago." Julia said gently, kissing his cheek,"My great grandparents and grandparents dont mind your family anymore. My aunts, uncles and cousins dont either." She hugged him gently,"In time we can try to have you visit if you want to."

"I doubt that." Caelum sighed but shook his head before wrapping an arm around Julia's shoulder and kissing the top of her head. "But since it's you, I'll believe it." He grinned just before a loud bass note rang between the castle walls. He turned to one of the clocks on the wall and sighed. "It's half past eleven. It would be best if you head back to the tower. I still have a letter to write." He smiled at her as he pulled her up from the bench, closing the album and placing it in her arms.

After walking her back to the Ravenclaw Tower's entrance, Caelum reached towards her neck where the heart-shaped pendant and the amulet were and gave a faint smile as he looked into her eyes. A smirk then played on his lips as he looked above them where a mistletoe started growing from the ceiling. "Merry Christmas, Julia." He held her close and gave her a kiss before wishing her a good night. It was time to ask his mother for a protective amulet for Julia and he knew exactly which one he wanted.

Julia smiled and kissed him back gently,"Merry Christmas, Caelym." She replied,"Be careful going back...okay?" She leaned over and hugged him one more time,"I love you." She said quietly,"See you tomorrow?" She gently let go and headed towards her common room. She gave Caelum one more smile and a little wave before she had gone into her common room.

(( I hope it's alright if I skip ... ))

Students poured into Hogwarts as the holidays ended, all with tales to tell and relatives to complain about. More gifts were being shared as pranks filled the air and wrappers covered the floors. And, as usual, the majority of the Slytherins were sporting their new prank looks; all of whom were rushing their way towards the dungeons where they could hide until the pranks fade away. Or, if the student was unlucky enough, would be making their way to the infirmary. Such was the fate of Morpheus Black when a pranked gift gave him canine appendages and a muzzle.

Caelum ascended from the dungeons with an excited grin. He had a small packet in his robes, something he graciously accepted from a rainbow-haired Frank who was consoling a certain Italian wizard who had emojis plastered on his face. He was making his way towards the Ravenclaw Tower in hopes to find Julia when he was suddenly stopped by a seventh year Gryffindor whose had too many pranks done on him.

The encounter ended with the Gryffindor visiting the infirmary due to his ever-growing ear lobes and with a frowning Slytherin prince sporting longer hair that fell to the middle of his back.

(( Also ... this chaos ... ... ... is something I expected when the students all return from Christmas Holidays ... or on April Fools. ))