Chapter 1: On To the World Cup

"Kids, get your selves down here right now!" Alicia called up the stairs of the Weasley family house.

"Do we have to wear these?" Greg yelled back. "They're so, weird." But he came down the stairs anyway.

"Nice disguise Uncle George," I said laughing. George Weasley wasn't really my uncle but I had started calling him that when I was little and the habit was hard to shake.

"What? Oh, oops. I had better go change before we leave. I forgot I was still in my wizard robes." He replied dashing up the stairs.

"Hey Greg, that's a perfectly normal Muggle outfit. You live in London but you obviously don't go into the Muggle world very much." I commented.

"Why should I? It's not like I'm going to be here much longer anyway. I start Hogwarts this year." He said indignantly.

"No wonder you don't have any friends," Celeste commented as she came down the stairs, "You go out in public in your wizard robes."

"I don't go out in the street in my wizard robes!" I noticed Greg said nothing about his lack of friends.

"Yeah, well there's no Muggles at Hogwarts and there's plenty of people to win over as friends." I commented breaking up the family's fighting quite subtly before it got out of hand.

I was a twelve year old witch fresh from my first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I had battled and beat my crazy sister twice after she gave my ex-boyfriend a love potion and had her 'friend' Moresby take my dad hostage. It was an interesting year and I was not thrilled about repeating it. I was also the star Quidditch player on the Gryffindor House team and was top of my year despite my numerous detentions and trouble making spouts. Oh and I was Riley Potter, the daughter of Harry Potter.

"So, Mum, when are we leaving to go to the Quidditch World Cup?" Lauran asked, following her twin sister down the stairs.

"As soon as your dad comes down and your uncle Fred gets here with your aunt Angelina. They should be here any second." Alicia Weasley, Lauran, Celeste, and Greg's mum answered.

"There they are." I said, "I'll let them in." I went to open the door to my surrogate Aunt and Uncle.

"Hey Riley, they kept you around then? Not caused too much trouble I guess." Fred Weasley said jokingly.

"Well, it depends on your definition of 'too much'" I replied.

"That's my girl," Fred said, coming into the house.

"Hi Riley, it's good to see you." Angelina greeted me as she too went to greet the family inside the house.

"Yep, it's good to see me. That's what everyone says but I wonder how many actually mean it." I muttered before closing the door.

"So Uncle Fred, who are you betting is going to win the match?" Greg asked. "I think that it's going to be England for once."

"I'm not so sure. England's got Oliver Wood but France has that one Chaser, what's his name? Gervais?" Fred replied knowledgeably.

"Yeah, but they've also got that lousy keeper. He's no good at all." I jumped into the conversation.

"He's been improving but I agree with Riley, he's not nearly as good as Wood." Greg pointed out.

"I'll wait to take sides until we get there." Fred said, "I want to see what the various sides are. Where's George, we need to go."

"He's coming," Alicia answered breaking away from the conversation she was having with Angelina. "He needed to change."

"So how are we getting there Mum?" Lauran asked.

"Oh, we're taking a train. It's only an hour away." She replied. "Greg, grab those suitcases and take them out to the car. Lauran, go see what's taking your father so long."

"Okay," Lauran dashed up the stairs eager to be going.

I grabbed two suitcases and helped Greg carry them out to the car. It was a very nice day, perfect for the Quidditch match tonight. The suitcases were filled with tents since we would be camping out after the Quidditch match.

"That all of them?" Greg asked.

"Looks like it. How do you think they'll keep the Muggles from being suspicious?"

"Well they'll have to wipe the campground managers' minds a lot. I'm not sure exactly what else they do. I think that they used various charms to keep the Muggles away from the actual stadium and that sort of thing."

"Yeah, but the trains and all must be abnormally crowded. And then there's all the foreigners coming in. That has got to be interesting for border patrol."

"Yeah, I guess so. Here they come. Let's get in the car, I'm ready to go." Greg and I climbed into Fred's car and buckled up ready to go.

"So, how much trouble have you four been causing?" Fred asked as he climbed into the driver's seat. "I heard about your little stunt at Hogwarts that landed you with that unforgettable detention."

"That was a lovely train ride." Celeste said sarcastically.

"Dad, let me help you put up the tent." Lauran said while grabbing a pole falling on George Weasley.

"Gee Uncle George," I said, "we had our tent up ages ago. Need some help?"

"No thanks Riley, I've got it." George pulled out his wand and waved it. The tent immediately popped into place. "I'd best hope your mum doesn't see me using magic. I'd be in for it then."

"You kids go run off and find your friends." Fred said laughing as George struggled to put up the final tent and gave up, waving his wand again.

"We'll go find out friends, but poor Greg here can't do that." Celeste said, taunting her younger brother. "He hasn't got any."

"Yeah, I wonder how many friends you'd have if it weren't for Riley." Greg shot back.

"Hey, don't go dragging me into this." I protested.

"I'd still have more than you." Celeste retaliated.

"Let's just go." I set off in a random direction.

"Fine, come if you must, pig-head." Celeste struck once more at her brother before following me into the campground.

We walked through the campground filled with British, French, Scottish and many other nationalities of people. I was constantly waving to people from school and friends of my parents as we walked along. We hadn't seen any of our closest friends yet.

"Potter!" someone called from up ahead. "Celeste, Lauran, over here!" It was Colby Seaworth.

"Hey, Seaworth," I greeted him before we had reached his family's campground. "Hello Mrs. Seaworth."

"Hello dear." Mrs. Seaworth pulled me into a hug before greeting the rest of the party. I had met her at the beginning of the summer after getting off of the train.

"Colby, come here for a second." Celeste pulled her boyfriend away from the group. He was red in the face.

"Ah, so that's her boyfriend?" Greg asked. Lauran and I nodded. "Hmm, things just got more interesting."

"Don't you even think about it!" Lauran warned her younger brother. "She'll smack you all the way to America if you're not careful."

"Oh, don't worry. I'm not going to do anything…" Greg said, then added under his breath, "yet."

I laughed but stopped when I saw another familiar face coming over. "There's Lauran's boyfriend. We'd better get out of here if we want to keep sane. None of them have seen each other all summer."

"Let's go!" Greg and I walked off after saying goodbye to Mrs. Seaworth.

"Oy, Potter! Over here!" We had just gone around the corner when someone else called my name. It turned out to be Julia Johnson and her older sister Olivia.

"Hi Julia, hi Olivia," I waved walking over to the pair.

"Who's that?" Julia asked, pointing to Greg. "I didn't know you had a little brother."

"Greg? Naw, he's Celeste and Lauran Weasley's little brother. They just saw their boyfriends for the first time all summer." I said rolling my eyes.

"And you got ditched." Olivia stated.

"Well, we sort of ditched them. Greg and I would probably do more damage than good. I've got to go. I need to find my dad; he should be around here somewhere. See you later?"

"Yeah, see you in detention Potter." Olivia replied grinning.

Greg and I wound our way through the campground. "Do you know where you're going?" Greg asked.

"I've got a feeling. Lily's not going to be a pleasant face. I'm not looking forward to this at all." I replied shaking my head.

Greg was the only person who fully believed that Lily was horrible, that she could be a danger to mankind as we know it. Even Celeste and Lauran didn't fully believe me.

"Look, there they are." Greg pointed to a large tent with three figures sitting in the front.

"Please let it be Dad and two of his friends. Please, please, please!" I knew all too well that it was Lily sitting there with Mum and Dad, but there's no harm in hoping.

"Look Mum, it's your other daughter." Drat, Lily was the first to see me. "And she seems to have brought a little friend."

"Hi Dad, hi Mum." I forced a smile. "You're looking well Lily. Feeling better I expect?"

"Hi Riley! Come give your dad a hug. Hello Greg, it's nice to see you." Dad pulled me into a hug.

"Hello Riley, you look like you've been well taken care of." Mum didn't even attempt to hug me. At least she wasn't putting any fronts up anymore of pretending that she wanted me as much as Lily.

"So, um, how have you been doing?" I asked trying to keep the conversation going.

"Better than when you were around," Lily said snidely.

"Lily, that was uncalled for, however true it was." Mum sort of defended me.

"Well I can see that I'm not wanted around here so… I'll see you later Dad." I fought to keep the grin that usually came so easily on my face. "Come on Greg, this is pointless." I turned and walked off without as much as a goodbye from Mum or Lily. Dad at least kept up politeness and said he'd see me later. At least I had one family member that I was actually related to that cared about me.

"Wow that was worse then usual." Greg pointed out.

"Yeah, I'm not exactly a wanted family member by Mum or Lily." I replied; I had gotten used to that fact a long time ago.

"Well, you just don't happen to be related to most of your family. That's okay, your dad wasn't related to his either." Greg tried to sound cheerful.

"Yeah… Are you hungry? I definitely am. Let's go eat." And with that we went back to the Weasley family tents to eat.

AN/ Ya that's the first chapter... What do you think? Please review!