With a wave and a wink, Henrik followed Tom back to Malfoy Manor. Ashley smiled to herself and turned to place the box underneath the Christmas tree. Hearing Remus call her name, she wandered off to the kitchen to enjoy a Christmas Eve dinner. When the sun rose the next morning, so did Ashley. She got out of bed, making sure that she didn’t disturb her slumbering familiar, and tiptoed out into the hallway. She made her way to her soul-bonded’s shared room and opened the door as quietly as physically possible, going as far as to cast a silencing spell. She peaked inside, smirking when she spotted the lumps covered by the bed covers. She had planned to scare Sirius and Remus awake but just as she was completely inside the room, arms wrapped around her torso. Said limbs picked her up and deposited her atop the lumps she’d mistaken as her soul-bonded. As it turned out, they were just pillows and her soul-bonded were already wide awake and currently hovering over her flustered form.