Almost everyone who attended the Easter dinner at 12 Grimmauld Place brought some little trinket suited to the holiday.
Tonks brought a special fragrance that released cute rabbit shapes, while Professor Moody brought a small basket of screaming eggs that would explode if they detected traces of dark magic.
"I have to thank the hens at Hogwarts. They contributed a great deal to this invention of mine. Hmm, many days and nights-a great deal of effort-" Professor Moody sounded very much like a mad scientist as he spoke. Honestly, sometimes he looked far more evil than some dark wizards.
Harry had come with Professor McGonagall. Hogwarts' deputy headmistress had gone to fetch him as soon as her afternoon Transfiguration class ended. They had been in such a hurry on the way that they had left their presents at Hogwarts-
So Professor McGonagall had to transfigure the egg basket on the spot into an enormous white rabbit mascot with two bright red eggs for eyes.
Then, with everyone's encouragement-or egging him on-Harry became the child performing at Christmas. He took several deep breaths and used Transfiguration on another basket, adding a basket rabbit with furry ears and a little bobtail to the room.
"Haha, Harry, that little basket rabbit looks like a big P," Sirius teased. "With skills like that, could you pass a first-year Transfiguration exam?"
"Listen, I'll work harder. This probably won't be on the final exam?" Harry glanced nervously at the frowning Professor McGonagall, a trace of hope in his eyes that she might reveal the exam questions in advance.
"I don't know," Professor McGonagall said inscrutably.
To Brian's surprise, the wizarding world actually had food delivery services. Sirius had ordered a special Easter feast from Britain Food Delivered to Your Home in Diagon Alley. Before long, a