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"Elena Astrid Weasley! Get your butt down here right now!" Ginny's clear voice rang out through the small house, calling for her 16 year old daughter. It was the day Elena, or Lena as everyone called her, was to start her last year at Hogwarts. She picked up several trunks and brought them out to the small car, which was just big enough for the two females and all their things. As she was loading their things, she flipped her long, vibrant red hair behind her and called once again to her child. "ELENA! Don't make me come up there to get you!" She shook her head and slammed the trunk shut.
"Coming Mum!" Lena called down to her mother. She took one last look around her room to see if she had missed anything. She sprinted down the stairs and out the door, skidding to a halt in front of her mother. She grinned sheepishly but adoringly down at her mother. Standing at 5'8, Lena towered over her mother by 7 inches. Ginny simply laughed and shook her head, motioning for her to get in the car. "We're going to be late, Lena." She chastised as they started out towards Kings Cross Station.
Ginny had accepted a teaching job at Hogwarts five years ago, when dear Professor McGonagall had expired at the hands of several Deatheaters. She had taken over the Transfiguration position, albeit a trifle sadder than she would have liked, as well as the Head of Gryffindor House. She smiled at the memory of how embarrassed Elena had been when she had told her. Luckily, most of the students had accepted her easily. She supposed one reason was because she looked no older than most of them. Even at the age of 34, she had kept her youthful appearance.
Elena stole a glance over at her mother, feeling a bit jealous that she was so beautiful. Even if Ginny didn't notice, Elena knew what the buzz around Hogwarts was about her mother. Every boy talked about what it would be like to be her boyfriend, to be able to talk to her and kiss her. They all goggled after her like dogs, waiting at her feet for a kind word or a look.
She sighed to herself, slouching in her seat. Her mother was perfect with her ivory complexion scattered with freckles, fiery curls that fell past her bottom and big brown eyes that seemed to hold all the secrets of the world, and still managed to look innocent. She looked like a doll. Elena contemplated her own looks, tall, tanned from being outside all the time, not at all slender or delicate like Ginny. She fingered her straight, dirty blonde/light brown hair, cut to her shoulders, just long enough to throw it back in a ponytail. The only feature she had managed to capture of her mothers was the color of her eyes, a deep brown.
Ginny glanced over at her daughter. "Everything alright, dear?" She asked, keeping her eyes on the road. Lena shrugged. "Just wondering how you could look so perfect and me...well, and me like this." Ginny frowned lightly, she was nowhere near perfect. "There's nothing wrong with the way you look, darling. You're very pretty." She smiled in an encouraging way. There wasn't time to say more, for at that moment, they had reached King's Cross station.
The two parked the car and climbed out, looking around at all the bustle from everyone at the station. "Let's get our things to the train." Ginny suggested and they did just that, smiling and saying quick hellos as they passed friends and acquaintances. They finally made it to the train and lugged everything on board, Ginny putting hers up front with the other professors and Elena moving to one near the middle of the train. There was still a substantial amount of time before the train departed, so both got back off and looked around for people they knew.
"Well, if it isn't the prettiest teacher at Hogwarts." Came a deep voice behind them. Ginny turned abruptly and immediately smiled up at her brother Ron. "Ron!" She exclaimed and gave him a big hug. "Hi, Hermione." She said, hugging her sister-in-law as well. "Hey there, Kyle. How's it hanging?" Ginny laughed and did a complicated handshake with the twelve year old boy that was one of her many nephews.
"Uncle Ron! Aunt Hermione!" Elena squealed like an excited little girl and gave them great big hugs. She watched her mother and Kyle do their little ritual before waving over their heads at one of her friends. "Ashleigh! Over here!" She called, calling over a short girl with blonde hair and sky blue eyes. "Hey, L.A., Professor." She greeted her friend and teammate, along with her professor. Elena gave her mum a look that made Ginny laugh. "Don't cause trouble." She warned teasingly and the two girls scampered off.
Ginny smiled as Kyle also ran off to be with his friends. Ron watched his little sister, still looking like a teenager, and debated on telling her about the Defense Against The Darks Arts Professor. Before he could say anything, however, Hermione smiled and began talking. "Did you hear yet, Gin? Professor Lupin is coming back to teach Defense Against The Dark Arts." She said excitedly. "You remember him. He was the best Dark Arts teacher we ever had."
Ginny's face turned a shade of pale at Hermione's news. "Remus is teaching again?" She asked in a quiet tone, looking up at her brother as if for confirmation of this fact. Ron nodded, seeing something in Ginny's face that suggested she had feelings for their old professor.
Hermione was more than a bit confused at Ginny's reaction. "I thought you would be happy to know he was back. Elena and Kyle will get the best Darks Arts professor around." She said with a frown at Ginny's less than enthusiastic response. "Are you alright, Gin? You look a bit peaky." She said concernedly.
'He's coming back.' Ginny thought to herself, running the idea through her mind. It had been closer to 17 years since they had last set eyes on one another. She looked up at Hermione and managed a smile. "I'm fine." She said to her. "So, any plans for a new member of the Weasley family?" She joked to turn the subject away from Remus.
Hermione giggled and looked up at Ron, love for him written all over her face and in the way she held his hand. "Well, another 6 months from now we'll have two new additions." She said, leaning up to kiss Ron gently. Ron beamed at his wife and then looked over at his sister. He had noted how she turned the conversation, but didn't say anything about it just yet. "Probably troublemakers like Fred and George." He said smiling. He was about to say more when the whistle sounded.
Ginny sighed in relief when the train sounded, giving her an excuse to get away from them and think over what Remus coming to Hogwarts would mean for Elena and herself. Elena didn't know he was her father, Ginny had never told her. But then again, Remus didn't know she was his daughter either. She said goodbye to her brother and Hermione and made her way through the students onto the train. She sat in her compartment, praying no one would join her so she could think in peace.
AN: Here it is! Chapter one! I hope you all like this and I will be getting the next few chapters up today, cause I have them written already. Make sure you review and let me know what you think!
