~~~As Christmas drew closer I spent a lot of time in the library with Ron, Hermione, and Harry, trying to see if we could find out who Nicholas Flamel was. So far we had come up dry. About midway through December, we awoke to find a fresh blanket of snow on the ground and the lake frozen over. The fires in the Great Hall and common room were roaring so it was nice and toasty at breakfast when I sat down with Hermione, across from Fred and George.