Theo leaned against the railing of the grand staircase as they waited. The banisters were wrapped in tinsel and garlands full of Holly and silver bells. Hagrid had been seen earlier hauling in the usual twelve Christmas trees to line both sides of the great hall. The cool weather and gentle fall of snow was visible through the enchanted ceiling, making the room look like a forest in the deepest crevice of the Swiss alps. Mistletoe hung along the ceiling in every corridor making navigating around the castle difficult for both boys. They noticed several pockets of girls huddled under it hopefully, waiting for a strong handsome Slytherin to sweep them off their feet. One in particular, Astoria Greengrass, seemed to appear wherever Draco needed to walk, her stance casual but he had never seen someone so often in the castle walls. Unfortunately for the girls, the boys started using secret passages to dart around them, they climbed behind tapestries and snuck down long hidden pathways. 