A fresh beginning.
P.S.if you want to rmb the names of their children better, the first letter of their names matches the first letter of their parents according to sex.
For eg, Harry and Cho's children, are Pep (follows Potter) and Clare (follows Chang).
Ron and Luna's children are Winston, Lorra and Lolly (twins).
Draco and Hermione's child is Genna.
(: hope you enjoyed the story!
A loud clatter downstairs woke Pep up with a start.
"Clare! I already told you to be careful with that! Now, give mummy that," he heard his mum's exclamation.
Pep rubbed his eyes and glanced at the clock. It was ten, and in another two hours, he's gonna be going over to Genna's house for a gathering with Winston and the rest.
At the thought of Genna's flowing silvery hair and her sweet smile and dimples, a smile crept up to Pep's face unconsciously.
Then, Pep caught sight of him in the mirror across the room and shook his head in bewilderment, wondering what's wrong with him early in the morning.
Pep ran his hand through his hair, and proceeded down for breakfast.
"Morning, dad, mum," Pep said as he grabbed an apple off the counter and sat down at the table.
Harry nodded and folded up the newspaper as Cho sat down a mug of coffee.
"Pep, have you packed? We're going over once we finish breakfast," Harry asked as he sipped his coffee.
"Err," Pep hesitated, "Yea. I mean, kinda."
To be honest, he hardly had any time to pack. For the past two weeks since the start of school hols, he had been practicing Quidditch and doing his homework. To top it off, he had spent much time explaining to his sister's homework to her. She's usually a consistent worker but had done quite badly in year one. So this year, she's determined to start afresh.
Clare piped up, "Daddy, how are we going over?"
"Portkey," Harry replied, nodding to an innocent trophy in the display cupboard.
"I'm going upstairs, to err. Tidy up my room," Pep announced.
"But Pep! An apple won't do for breakfast!" Cho protested.
Pep smiled, "I'm not hungry, mum."
He ran out of the dinning room before his mum could say anything else.
Once he reached his room, he begin to pull random clothes from his wardrobe and several prized items he proudly owned.
Then, after checking the hallways and had ensured that no one is coming up, he lifted up his mattress to reveal a trapdoor.
"alohomora," he whispered and took off the lock.
Opening the trapdoor, he reached in and pulled out a small box wrapped in lavender coloured paper.
He smiled. It was no occasion, but he just wanted to give Genna something. And knowing that Genna was just as crazy about Quidditch as he was, he had made a tiny snitch himself, out of paper and golden coloured foil. He had tried to bewitch it to fly, but only managed to make it hover. It was special because he had specially written Genna's name on it.
"Pep! Are you ready or not!" Clare's voice traveled up and he could hear her stomping up the stairs.
"Yea, coming!" he called out, and stuffed the box into his pocket quickly.
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"Twins! Hurry up! We're late already!" Ron yelled up the stairs.
They had promised Hermione and Draco to be there at twelve for lunch, and they're already late by an hour.
Winston sighed as he checked his reflection in the mirror in the living room. He had styled his hair in a new way, with his fringe combing down to one side. He thought it looked pretty cool, but now, he felt stupid. Perhaps it was because of his hair colour.
He had thought of dying his orangey-red hair to a lighter brown, similar to Pep's. But he doubt if his dad would hear of it.
"Coming," Lorra grumbled, dragging her trunk down the stairs, making a din. Her replicate, Lolly, tucked her shoulder length red hair behind her ears and dragged the trunk too, doubling the din made.
"Come on you two!" Ron barked, "We wouldn't be late if you two forgot where your wands and books are. Your room's a mess! You should tidy it up sometimes, you know."
"It's so unfair. It's just the school hols and dad had to start it off with a nagging," Lorra muttered to Lolly.
"there, there," Luna said, "We'll waste more time if you go on, darling. Now let's see. Everyone's set? Alright then, Lorra, you can go first."
Lorra grabbed a handful of Floo powder and dragged her trunk along.
"Remember," Ron reminded, "To say clearly—"
"Dad, I know," Lorra interrupted, rolling her eyeballs.
"Really! I'm just concerned and worried that yall might—"
Lorra disappeared into green flames.
"That girl! How can she go off when I haven't even finish talking!" Ron said, feeling a surge of anger.
"Dad, you're really a nag," Lolly said with a look of amusement on her face, "I'm sure you'll make a great grandmother."
"What? Young lady, you better watch what you say! When I was your age, your grandmother could take no rudeness! When I said—"
Lolly disappeared into green flames.
"Those two! They're too rude!" Ron heaved, "We'll have to knock some manners into them!"
"Darling! They're growing up! Give them some space," Luna said as she hand out the powder to Winston.
"But if I said that to MY parents, I would have—"
Luna grinned as she turned to her son, who was also the eldest, "Here, Winston, we'll go after you."
Even as Winston disappeared into the fireplace, Ron was still rattling off about his childhood days.
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As Winston stepped out of the fireplace, he saw Genna and Pep sitting on the bench outside the house.
Genna threw her head back and laughed heartily as Pep grinned at her.
A tinge of jealousy surfaced in Winston, but his attention was directed as the fireplace burned again and his parents came out from the grate.
"Great house," Ron said in awed.
"Thanks," someone said, "It's Hermione's work after all. She sure knows her magic."
"Draco!" Ron grinned and walked over to hug him.
"It's nice of you to arrange a gathering for all of us before the children go off to Hogwarts," Luna said serenely.
"oh, it's no problem," Draco said lightly.
His gaze wandered onto Winston, "Why not put your trunk upstairs? It's the room on the furthest right."
Winston nodded, his eyes still lingering on Genna and Pep, and then turned to proceed up the stairs.
"So, how's your job? Heard you got a promotion!" Ron joked.
"Well," Draco mused, "Not as good as Harry. He's getting a pretty good income as a senior Auror in training those beginners. No wonder Cho doesn't have to work."
"Well, at least he's enjoying what he's doing," Ron sighed, "People now are breaking rules without any consideration of the consequences. So I have to deal with at least four cases each day. Plus, I'm still trying to get used to Hermione instructing us in the court."
"I sense sarcasm," Hermione piped up behind them.
Hermione and Luna exchanged laughs while Ron flushed.
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Winston kicked open the door and saw Pep's trunks at a corner. Putting two and two together, he realised that he was going to share the room with Pep.
Not that he hate Pep or anything. Sure, they're good friends with each other and Genna. But he had started liking Genna since last year, and he's just jealous that Genna and Pep are always close. Even though Genna was from Ravenclaw, and Pep and him were in Gryffindor, it's always Pep that she looks for. Never him.
He could sense that Pep likes Genna, because Pep was always touchy about Genna and everything about her. But he didn't tell anyone that he likes Genna as well because he didn't want Pep and him to become rivals. Pep was still a great friend.
A scream of girlish laughters erupted from next door, and he could hear Lorra and Lolly shrieks and Clare's howls.
He grimaced. He was sure that three would spend their second year pulling his leg again. He knows Lorra and Lolly loves to tease him because he always gives in to them. And plus Pep's witty sister, the three of them could easily gang up on him.
Winston pulled open a drawer and begin stuffing his clothes into it. Then, he noticed a package wrapped neatly in lavender wrapping paper.
Out of curiosity, he picked it up and shook it.
It felt light and it jingled.
Then, the door opened and before he could see who it was, he was pushed away and his fingers stung where the attacker's fingernails had sunk into them.
He jerked his head up and saw Pep glaring at him, stuffing the package into his pockets, "That's mine."
Winston growled, "I only looked."
"You touched," Pep pointed out.
Winston rolled his eyeballs, and Pep was reminded strongly of the twins rolling their eyeballs.
"Dude, I was just wondering what was that," Winston said incredulously.
Pep eyed Winston cautiously, "Still, you shouldn't touch something that isn't yours."
Winston shook his head and continued unpacking, "you're mental."
Pep shrugged and went out of the room.
When Winston finished packing, he went downstairs and saw Genna watching Pep eat at the dining table.
Genna's eyes flicked behind and exclaimed, "Winston! When did you arrive?"
She jumped up and pulled him over to the table, "come on, you've missed out lots of stuffs that we've talked about!"
Glad that Genna had purposely included him into the conversation, he broke into a huge smile. Pep looked at him and kinda grinned in a reluctant way.
"So, we were saying, that Prof. Oak is going to perform a dance and sing, this year as his welcome speech," Genna said excitedly, her face shinning radiantly.
"Who says?" Winston asked, surprised.
It was sure funny that the Headmaster is going to greet students with a dance and a song, but how come he didn't know?
Genna laughed, "It's just a guess, Winston. But we're pretty sure about it, since Prof. Oak finished ten glasses of wine last year. We're sure he's going to do something stupid this year."
Pep and Genna exchanged laughs hysterically, while Winston tried to grin. He couldn't help but feel a bit left out, because he really didn't share their kind of humor.
A/N: I know there's nothing much to review about but do comment beacuse i really REALLY want to know how this story's settings appeal to you people out there(: thank you loads !
Btw, I don't really like the idea of Harry pairing up with Cho and Ron with Luna, but I just can't find a partner for them so I just mixed and matched :x anyway, they're just minor characters, so don't get too bothered by the pairings:D