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What does family mean?

To Harry it's like a foreign word. He's not known the love and support of a family. The closest he's got is with the Weasleys. Then when he was 13 his godfather turned up and he too...left him. It was only nineteen years later after his victory. He finally had what he deserved. A family. Blood relatives.

All was well because the word was no longer strange on his tongue...it was a soft, calming, familiar word.

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To Ron it was not a novelty, to say the least. If he was being honest, it was like almost a burden. Being the second to youngest in a family of nine was no laughing matter. Ron was poor. Not particularly good at anything and even if he was, it didn't matter, because someone in his family must have done it before. But if one thing was true, it was that he was loved.

As much as he may want to have a go at being solo, his family loyalties are strong. His worry for Ginny in Second Year, his awe and regard for Bill and Charlie and finally the big fight with his best friend...He left Harry and Hermione, but only because he was concerned about his mum, dad, brothers and sister. And can we blame him? After all united we stand and divided we fall, aren't the Weasley family the biggest example of all?

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To Hermione, a family is just her and her Muggle parents. She wishes she could share he world of magic with her mother and father but they can't understand. She wishes she could tell her parents the horrors of her life and her struggles, the way Ron can. She wishes her mum could help her with her Charms homework and her dad with Potions. Hermione loves her parents, really she does. But sometimes in the deepest of nights even after marrying Ron and having a family of her own; she still wishes her parents belonged to her world.

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To Sirius, family was a word he detested. He didn't fit in the Black home. He may share blood with Regulus, Orion and Walburga but his true family was at Hogwarts. Where his friends showed him unconditional love. Total Support and a sense of security and belonging. To lose his family, both by blood and by words, was his undoing.

Sirius Black, once a fun loving teenage with a family of friends died, alone, with only one family member remaining and the son of another. He never wanted a real family of his own because he didn't know how 'normal' ones functioned.

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A/N : I might carry on. If you suggest a word for me? Anyway review and let me know what you think...

-Vitzy-