This is my first fanfiction so tell me how I did. Flames are welcome!

I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters/names/objects mentioned in this story. The only characters I own are OC's Melrose DeGroot and her family.

Family is What Matters

CHAPTER 1

You walked into your room as exhausted as ever. The first day back at Hogwarts always wore you down and you just wanted to rest in your cozy satin bed after hanging out for a bit in the common room. You dragged your heavy feet up the stairs and you opened the door to your room. You looked at your bed and you dropped your purse at the sight. You balled up your fists and your face heated up.

"FREEED! GEORRGEE!" you yelled out.

"Uh-oooh!" you heard the twins downstairs.

"Grrrr!" your growled and they ran up to the boys dorm.

"That's not funny!" you yelled out as you heard them slam the door at a distance. You loved their pranks, but not when they are done to you.

"Whats wrong, Melrose?" Hermione asked while reading her book for Defense Against the Dark Arts, Confronting the Faceless. Ron made a face at Hermione. She always annoyed him for some reason but you knew he was sooo in love with her.

"I told them to stay out of our room! They've turned all of our beds into race car beds for 4 year old boys!" you yelled and Hermione and the girls in the common room ran up the stairs. You heard all of the commotion upstairs and you knew they were pissed as well. How the hell were you going to fit in that small bed? You didn't care. You marched right up to the twins dorm and you kicked the door open.

"Bloody hell!" they both yelled out without their shirts on and you grabbed them both by the ears.

"Ahh! Ow! Ow! Ow!" they groaned as you tugged on their ears all the way down the stairs and all the way up to the girls dorm shirtless.

"Turn...them...back!" you enunciated to them pointing to your child-like beds.

"Ok! We will!" they yelled out. They waved their wand a few times and your beds were back to normal.

"Can you let go now!" they said at the same time and you let their ears go and they groaned in satisfaction and pain as they rubbed their sore red ears.

"Come on, it was just a joke." George chuckled.

"Yeah, you know especially in our last years we would go all out." Fred said with a smirk. You sighed and shot them an evil glare with your hands on your hips.

"Ok….bye!" they said running back out. You groaned in tiredness and walked over to your bed pulling down the sheets.

"They are something." Angelina chuckled sitting on her bed. She always let George off the hook since she always had a bit of a crush on him. You just shook your head.

"There is no way in HELL they are going to pull anything on ME. They know better." you said yawning pulling the sheets over your legs.

"Come on, Mel! Its funny!" Parvati Patel said tucking herself in as well and as you all fell back on your pillows, something exploded in them and covered your faces. You smacked your lips and tasted pie. You looked around and saw the girls had pies all over their faces. Icky, sticky pie….

"Oh, yeah...funny." you said sarcastically.

"FREEED! GEOOORGE!" the girls yelled out again. You had a feeling that you would not get ANY sleep this year.

You woke up early in the morning clean and fresh. Some of the other girls didn't bother to wash off the pie from their faces because they claimed it would be a good 'facial mask' anyways. Lets see if they think differently when they wake up with sticky faces and a bad sour odor under their noses. You brushed your long curly dark brown reddish hair. It reached down close to your elbows. You brought out your chocolate brown eyes with some mascara. You inherited your mothers Spanish heritage indeed but your fair skin was all of your fathers who was Irish and Dutch.

"Hey, Melrose….is your brother still dating Pansy Parkinson?" Katie Bell asked you.

"They never dated. It was just….I don't know." you said fixing your hair. You had no idea how you made it into the Gryffindor house and your brother made it in Slytherin. He was in the run for the 'Slytherin Prince' title along with Draco Malfoy. Tristan, your brother, inherited the Spanish genes as well except he had black hair and your fathers blue eyes that made girls go absolutely crazy. He was tall dark and handsome and you both were only one year apart him being older of course. You two were known as royal families coming from a very, very rich pure-blooded background. Much like the Malfoy family. Except without Death Eaters. You can care less about that though. If you could, you would banish all millionaires in the world to a deserted island on Mars or something.

"Melrose, I heard your brother isn't dating Pansy anymore." Parvati came in 5 minutes later.

"He's….never….dated….her. Geez." you said in an annoyed tone. All the girls went through you for your brother. No guy even dared go up to your brother to ask about you because he was very protective of you. Not that you two got along very well since he was all about fame and money and girls. You are more about friends, trust and kindliness. That's what sorted you into Gryffindor probably.

"What a day already. What is your first class?" Hermione asked standing next to you in the mirror fixing her very curly dirty blonde hair.

"Umm….Ancient Runes." you said.

"Advanced?" Hermione shot you a look.

"Yep!" you said putting your stuff away.

"Me too!" she shrieked out. You shot her grin. Finally, someone to talk to. Hermione was a bit annoying with studying and her big words and her etiquette behaviour. She was your best friend though, so you dealt with her. You both walked downstairs and saw the twins chattering with Harry and Ron. You slowly walked up behind them without them knowing. Ron and Harry looked up ant you and gulped.

"Ahhh!" the twins shrieked out as you tugged at their sideburns.

"What you did last night….not nice and I suggest you don't do it again unless if it is a Slytherin you are doing it too, agreed?" you asked in a calm tone.

"Agreed!" they groaned out.

"Ow!" they rubbed their sideburns. You can see they had water eyes from the pain. You just giggled and sat next to them.

"You are evil." George said.

"You sure are." Fred said agreeing.

"Well, don't do things that you don't want done to you." you said reaching for a grape on the table with a sly smile on your face.

"We didn't hurt you though!" They both said. You just rolled your eyes and grabbed your bag.

"Ready?" Hermione asked.

"Yes…lets get away from these pranksters." you said and Hermione paused for a second and looked at the twins.

"Guys….grow up." She said and she walked away. You heard them mocking her with as you both walked away. The twins were something alright.