Chapter 1
On a sunny English summer's day in August 2021, an English Wizard walked into Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport with his wife and youngest son, he was there to pick up a friend they hadn't seen in just over 20 years, since she had moved to the US to play Quidditch for the Boston Bounty. She was now retired and after resigning at the Bounty's coach, she was moving back to England to teach at Hogwarts. This wizard and his wife were also teachers at the school.
He scanned the arrivals board for flight BA 238 coming in from Boston.
"Look love, its's just landed" his wife pointed out.
He followed to where she was pointing.
"So it has, let's make our way to the arrivals gate" he said leading the way through the evening crowd at the airport.
"What is this place?" the little boy asked his mother.
"This is Heathrow Airport Angus, one of the busiest airports in the world" his father answered in place of his wife.
"Airports have planes right?" the boy asked.
"That's right honey, they do, good thing you've been listening to your father" his mother told him.
"Well I'm not a Muggle studies professor for no reason" the wizard winked at his wife.
"Sure honey" his wife replied somewhat sarcastically.
"Did you tell Ginny anything?" the wizard asked
"Nope, I thought it would be fun for her to find out everything on her own in due time" she smirked back at him.
"My dear what Slytherins have you been hanging around?"
"Honey, I hang around the same students you do" the witch laughed back at her husband.
"Why did they fly by plane and not travel by magic?" Angus asked his parents.
They both shared a look. Despite him only being six, they both felt his intelligence was far beyond his age.
"Well honey, I think your Aunt Ginny wanted her daughter to experience flying the Muggle way" the man told his son.
Ginny, had an 11 year old daughter, whom she was brining to England to first time. She had fallen in love with a American Auror, Benjamin Dawson, they had gotten married and when their daughter Lauren was three years old, he was killed in a mission that went wrong. She hadn't kept in contact with her family or friends for the last 20 years. So she wasn't aware what had happened in their lives, since she was away.
"Oh, but doesn't it take longer?" the boy asked in confusion.
"It does, about six or seven hours"
"That's long" the boy replied sounding shocked.
The witch noticed the number of flights arriving that evening "With this large crowd, it might be some time before they come out" she observed.
"Yeah, let's take a seat, I think the flight Madrid is coming out now, and that was three flights before theirs" the wizard said noticing a number of people around him speaking in Spanish.
About 20 minutes later, his wife had taken their son to the bathroom. He noticed that passengers from the Boston flight were now trickling out. He stood up and walked closer, so as to look out for Ginny and her daughter.
There was no missing her distinctive red colour; he saw it before seeing her face. He met her eyes and waved at her. He noticed a girl with light brown hair next to hair; she looked exactly like her mother at her age, only difference was the colour of her hair.
"Dean, oh my goodness it's so good to see you" Ginny exclaimed as she walked up to him and hugged him tightly.
"You too Ginny, it's been too long, you look fantastic" he told her.
"Yes, about time I returned home, don't you think?" she joked.
"This is my daughter Lauren, Lauren this is Dean Thomas, he and I went to school together" she said introducing them to each other.
"Nice to meet you Lauren, welcome to England" Dean smiled at her.
"Thank you Mr Thomas" she replied in a distinctively American accent.
"Well you'll certainly standout with that accent at Hogwarts" Dean told her with a smile.
"Where's Parvati?" Ginny asked.
"She just took Angus to the bathroom" Dean replied before looking aver the red head's shoulder and seeing his wife and son walk back.
"There she is now" he said nodding in their direction.
Ginny turned around and saw the Indian witch and the little boy she assumed was their youngest son walking towards them.
Parvati came up and hugged her former Gryffindor housemate.
"Oh My Parv, it's so good to see you" Ginny squealed.
"Wow" exclaimed Lauren as she watched her mother interact with the other witch.
"It's so good to see you too Gin, you look amazing! And this must be Lauren?" Parvati said turning her attention to the younger witch.
"Yes this is my Lauren, baby, this is Mrs Thomas" Ginny told her clapping her daughter's left shoulder.
"Well Lauren, it's very nice to meet you, you look just like your mother did when she was 11" Parvati told her.
"Nice to meet you too, and yes everyone tells me that" the younger witch smiled back.
"This is our youngest son Angus, this is Mrs Weasley-Dawson" Parvati said introducing him to Ginny and her daughter.
"Hi there Angus" Ginny said smiling at the little boy.
"Hello" he said to her
"Where's Leroy?" Ginny asked noticing that the eldest Thomas boy was not there.
"Our son, decided he wanted to spend the day with his cousins. We tried to get him to come, but he didn't want to, he's not a teenager just yet, but he's already acting like it" Parvati told her.
"Oh that's okay, I'll meet him soon"
"Yeah, you'll see him in class" Dean told her, as they all walked towards the exit.
"So his cousins must be Padma's kids right, who did she marry?" the red head asked.
"They are her kids yes, and you'll find out who she married soon enough" Parvati told her smugly making Ginny scowl.
"Oh don't be like that, you'll have fun finding it all out" Parvati added linking arms with the red head, while still holding her young son's hand.
"I'd rather be prepared by you telling me, why do I get the feeling I'm in for some shocks" remarked Ginny
"Because you are" winked Dean. They had reached the apparition point, which was in a secluded area of the airport car park.
Ginny whispered the charm and her and Lauren's bags shrunk in size.
Angus giggled as the bags became smaller.
"Where are we
going mum?" Lauren asked.
"The village of Hogsmeade baby, it's the closest we can apparate to Hogwarts"
"Yes, because as Hermione told us, you can't apparate into our out of the school directly" Dean said.
"I missed Hermione so much, I wonder if I'll see her sooner or later" remarked Ginny.
"You will" replied Parvati airily.
"You know our address in Hogsmeade?" Dean asked. The red head nodded
"Hold on Lauren" Ginny said taking her daughter's arm.
She spun on the spot and landed outside a small house. She saw Dean pointing his wand and removing the security and locking spells on the house.
Ginny and Lauren walked the pathway and followed the Thomas's into their house.