YES, the study tables were empty. They were always empty, so Theo made a mental note to come here more often for some peace and quiet. And at least irritating Hufflepuffs couldn't get in here, too! Double result!

The second year pulled out his plastic container, full of daisies and one red apple and laid it gently on one of the tables. Right, this would be easy. Theo made these loads when he was growing up, after his sister had taught him. No biggie. He only hoped that it was a good enough idea to be accepted for the task. The person he had in mind to give it to WOULD like it, though, he was sure.

Though he was thinking of giving it anonymously.

He laid each daisy across the table then carefully tied the stems of two of them together. It was very fiddly, and took at least three tries until it was tied securely. Theo wiped a tiny ball of sweat from his forehead then proceeded to the other daisies.

Maybe it was cos his hands had grown since being a kid, but making this chain was proving MUCH more difficult today. Perhaps he should've gone with another idea... No, he was in too deep now. DARN IT - that daisy had just gotten demolished. Theo made a noise and tossed it to the floor.

It was okay, he still had enough for a bracelet, even though his first idea was a necklace.

About 10 minutes later, Theodore's creation was complete. It was a daisy chain. A simple, yet hard to make, daisy chain. It consisted of 10 firmly tied together daisies and it fit around his wrist with room still to spare. Perfect! Theodore beamed and then pulled out a box that he'd picked up from the common room. It was just an old candy wrapper box thing. He wrapped some dark purple paper around the box and stuck it together with his oh-so-handy Spello-tape.

He had actually planned this whole gift idea, you know. Theo was organised. And viola... he didn't have a ribbon which was kind of lame, so instead, he just used a bit of old string.

The twelve-year-old lowered the daisy chain very gently into the box, along with the apple. He hoped that it wouldn't crush the chain on it's way....

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After writing a small message on the top of the box, Theodore grabbed the box and off he popped!