It had been over 4 years since Zach had visited his father's side of the family. He had always loved it in England and since he was a wizard the distance wasn't the problem, but since he looked so much like dad, mom thought it would be a better idea not to confront his aunt with it to often.
But now there he stood on the Weasley's doorstep, with a suitcase in his right hand and his guitar on his back. He knocked on the door twice and waited for the door to open. When it didn't, he decided to knock again and after his third knock he grew impatient. The door happened to be locked so he couldn't just enter and he didn't have his wand so a spell was of the table. After a few more minutes of waiting Zach decided to take a walk around the house. The garden was lovely and Zach thought of how much time his aunt must spend maintaining it.
When he came closer to, what he assumed to be the backyard, he started to hear some voices yelling. He began to raise his pace in enthusiasm. He looked around but saw no one. Untill he looked up to the sky. Four redheaded figures were racing through the air on brooms. He could only identify the redhead who was winning, she was gliding through the air with such elegance while her brothers were trying to kick each other of their broom.
Ginny finished which a huge lead and while she was celebrating she spotted a redhead in her garden and descended as quick as possible. When Ginny noticed it was in fact her favourite american cousin, she tackled him in a hug.
They broke of the hug and Ginny spoke up by saying excited "Zach what are you doing here?" Zach responded by saying "didn't you parents tell you that I would be staying here for the summer?"
"You? Staying with us? They most certainly didn't mention that in the slightest!" Zach heard two voices taking turns in the sentence behind him. He turned around and was faced with two lanky redheaded boys who he knew as Fred and George and a shorter and buffer redhead who he recognized as Ronald. "That's kind of strange, since I remember mum writing a letter to aunt Molly about me staying". "Well she must have forgotten to mention it I guess" Ronald said, "she is doing some groceries with Hermione at the moment" Ron continued. "Hirmoney? Who's that?" Zach questioned. "It's Hermione" Ron said with gritted teeth and walked off.
"Dont mind him"Ginny told Zach, "I think he has a crush on her that's why he's acting so protective".
"So who is she excactly?" Zach asked Ginny. Ginny explained to him who this Hermione girl excactly was, she actually turned out to be one of Ron's best friends and classmates. She continued by saying " she is a muggleborn and one of the smartest students in school and since she wants to stay at the top, she's staying with us to learn more about the wizarding world.
Zach found himself pretty excited since he had never been friends with a no-maj child and especially not a british one.
Zach and Ginny decided to play some Quidditch while they had to wait for Molly to come home , which he enventually grew bored of. He descended and took a sip of water and Ginny soon followed him. "why are you quitting?" Ginny questioned. " I just don't get why you brits like this game so much, it's way easier to play Quodpot with two players."
When Ginny was about to protest and defend Quidditch, a voice came from inside the house saying "who's suitcase is this?". Ginny and Zach rushed inside to see a confused Molly standing next to a girl. Zach figured that it must be Hermione, she had bushy brown hair and deep brown eyes and was wearing some casually clothes.
"Oh dear I complety forgot you would be joining us this summer Zachary" Molly apoligized while hugging Zach. "It's no probIem aunt Molly, I just hope me staying here won't cause any problems" Zach answered, remembering his resemblance to his late father. "Ofcourse it's no problem. Have you even eaten yet? You look so slender!" Molly answered. "Well I actually am kinda hungry" Zach said in a hestitated manner.
Molly hurried to the kitchen to prepare something and Ginny was dragged along which left Zach and Hermione alone. Hermione was the first to break the silence by saying "I'm Hermione Granger and you must be Zachary, Ginny won't stop talking about you. Is it true that you attend Ilvermorny?" in a kind of bosy but cute way.
Zach could notice that she was as intrigued about his life as he was about hers, he shook her hand and responded with "yes that would be me and is true that you're a muggleborn?" he asked in a playfully mocking way.