Chapter One
Harry's ears rang for a moment as he heard the familiar sound of the Hogwarts train whistle. He looked into his wife's light brown eyes as they waited, hand-in-hand for the train which their three children were aboard, to come to a halt. It had been Lily's first year at Hogwarts, whereas Albus and James had already been in Hogwarts for several terms, as Albus was in his third year now, and James had just sat his O.W.L's.
Harry always loved when his children came home, as he missed them while they were away for term. He could tell that Ginny missed them as well, like any parent would. They were very excited because this summer they were going on holiday to Romania with Hermione, Ron and their kids, to visit Ginny and Ron's brother Charlie. It was a wonder, thought Harry that Charlie had not yet retired, as he was in his late forties, and being a dragon trainer certainly wouldn't be an easy job!
Finally the train came into view, and Harry walked forward a few paces still hand-in-hand with Ginny. He felt her squeeze his hand gently and he squeezed hers back. Once the train had stopped a wall of sound greeted his ears as the train doors opened. The nearest door to Harry opened and he saw the long red hair of his daughter bobbing through the throng of students. When she spotted them, she turned and muttered something to the group of first-year girls and boys that she had been with and started to half walk half bounce happily over to her parents. She greeted them with a huge toothy grin and a quick hug each. She seemed to be bursting to leap into their arms, but didn't seem to want to while her friends were watching. She turned slowly to her mother and said "Mummy, can I go and talk with my friends? It's just, we were sort of in the middle of a conversation'. Harry had the urge to laugh at his daughter's boldness but also felt some other, unexplainable emotion. He had never heard his daughter speak so maturely before. But before he had time enough to dwell on this, she had hurried away again to speak with her group of friends, which he noticed, included the Lovegood twins, Lorcan and Lysander Scamander. They both had their mother's dirty blonde hair and pale skin. Just as this thought crossed his mind, Luna herself with her husband Rolf Scamander appeared beside their twin sons.
He turned slightly and saw through the smoke emitting from the train, his eldest son James standing with his back to him, in what appeared to be a very strange head writhing routine. He moved his head an inch and saw that he was not in fact writhing his head, he was instead in a very intense lip-lock with a young witch he only presumed was James girlfriend, who he must've "forgotten" to mention in his letters. Harry could not help but feel slightly proud of his son.
He turned yet again, and this time saw his best friends Ron and Hermione standing just beside the platform barrier. They were both in conversation with Luna who seemed to have received the same story from her children as Harry and Ginny had with Lily. He indicated to Ginny that he was going to talk Ron and Hermione, and she followed. Ron looked up as they approached and waved heartily.
'Alright mate?', grinned Ron. Harry grinned back, took Ron's outstretched hand and shook it. He hugged both Hermione and Luna and then turned to face the group of friends. 'So Luna', said Ginny kindly, 'how's the new job going?', for Luna had recently been promoted to head of the wizarding naturalist company she worked for. 'Oh, very good' replied Luna in her usually dreamy voice, 'Yes the people are very nice, and I'm very happy there'. Ginny acknowledged this with a smile. There was a brief silence as they all waited patiently for Luna to go on, but when she didn't Hermione chirped in. 'Oh, I almost forgot to mention, me and Ron (she nodded swiftly to her husband), we were hoping ye would all come over for dinner this Friday? And also of course the children are welcome'. Luna beamed when she heard this and looked as if she was about to rocket through the roof, with the vigour of her bounce. 'Oh yes please'! Exclaimed Luna, 'Yes I would love that'! Her eyes seemed to bulge with excitement. Rolf took her hand and simply nodded his agreement, as he stared lovingly into her silver eyes. Ginny just about suppressed a giggle as she accepted the invitation to dinner as well, although in quite a less exuberant manner as Luna had.
Just as Harry was about to go looking for him, Albus, with his cousin Rose came strolling through the crowd and reached their parents. Albus smiled shyly at his Uncle and Aunt, then said awkwardly 'Alright dad, mum'. He gave his mum a quick hug then started to play quietly with Rose's ginger cat, while Rose hugged her parents in turn and began to chat animatedly to them. Ginny and Luna started talking for a few minutes, then both turned and walked over to the group of first years. Several minutes later they both arrived back with Lily, Lorcan and Lysander. Hermione seemed to be looking around anxiously for something then turned to Harry and said, 'Harry, you wouldn't mind helping me find Hugo would you?', 'Course not', replied Harry, 'I might find James while I'm at it'. They set off around the platform and stopped only moments later when Hermione spotted Hugo standing amongst a small group of giggling girls. She hurried quickly towards him and Harry watched as she took him away from the girls and walk briskly back to Ron. Harry wandered back to where he had last seen James but he could no longer see him there. He walked around the platform and finally found James with the same girl, but this time leaning against a pillar as they hugged tightly and then finally began to talk. Harry allowed him a few minutes before heading over to him and bringing him back to his mother.
After another ten minutes, everyone had said their goodbyes and once they were given the all clear the three families passed through the barrier. The Potters all bundled into their car as did the Weasley's their car. Luna and Rolf however were going to walk to a nearby field then were going to disapparate. Harry was happier now that all of his children were back with him again, as was Ginny.