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Lacy here. Alright kids, the first chapter of Heidi Book Two is here. In this chapter we'll see Heidi getting her Hogwarts letter, shopping for school supplies, Sirius almost taking Lockhart's arm off, Heidi's first train ride and her sorting. *grins* That last one will be fun. Alright, sit back and have fun!

Disclaimer: I own Heidi.

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Remus and Sirius both choked on their coffee as a loud squeal rang through the house. Sirius glanced at the calendar.

"Her Hogwarts letter must have arrived." he said as his mother started screaming.

Remus nodded. "Yeah, let's go quiet your mother before making sure Heidi didn't wake half the block."

The two quickly silenced Sirius's mother, with help from Harry before the three made their way upstairs. Once on the right level, they found Heidi dancing around the library with her Hogwarts letter in hand.

Sirius shook his head. "That's just not normal."

Harry snorted. "You saw her last year, Padfoot. She was more excited then I was to go to school and she wasn't even a student." he waved a hand at his sister. "She must be on cloud nine now."

Remus laughed. "Are we going to stand here or go in and congratulate her?"

Sirius and Harry looked at Remus like he was nuts then echoed each other.

"I'm not going in there."

Remus shook his head. "There's some show of Gryffindor courage gentlemen." he pushed off the door frame and walked into the room. "Ladybug, was there a reason for the squeal?"

Heidi spun to face Remus. "I got it, Uncle Moony! My Hogwarts letter! I'm a real student now!"

Remus smiled. "Congratulations, Heidi."

Heidi started dancing around again. "I'm a student now! I'm a student now! I'm a student now!"

Remus laughed and left the room. Tonks could bring her back to earth when she got home.

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Heidi stepped into Ollivander's wand shop with Remus while Sirius and Tonks dragged Harry off to do something. She looked around the shop in awe. When Harry had gotten his wand the year before, Heidi had gone with Sirius to pick out Hedwig as a late birthday present for Harry so she'd never seen the inside of the shop.

"Breath taking, isn't it?" Remus asked as he watched Heidi look around.

Heidi nodded. "Yeah."

"Miss Potter!" Ollivander, the old man who ran the shop, appeared from the side. "Your brother was just in here a year ago." he smiled. "I suppose it's your turn now."

Heidi nodded again. "Yes sir."

Ollivander nodded also. "Well, let's get on with it. Wand hand please."

Heidi held out her left hand. She was different, being the only left handed one in the family. She stood still while Ollivander measured her. Something caught her eye while the old man prattled on. A single box, back in a corner by itself. Ollivander gave her three different wands before noticing her staring.

"Caught your eye, has this one?" he asked.

"Um, yeah." Heidi said. "A bit."

Ollivander picked up the box and brought it over to Heidi. He opened it and presented the wand to her. The handle was brown while the body was a darker, almost black, brown. Heidi almost felt like it was to calling her and she reached out, taking it firmly in her hand. She felt warm the instant it touched her fingers and she gave it a wave, shooting off blue and cooper sparks from the tip.

"Bravo!" Ollivander said. "You're a unique one, Miss Potter, to draw the attention of this wand."

"What is it?" Remus asked.

"Ivy and wolf hair." Ollivander said. "Nine inches. Very unique this wand. Only one ever to be made with wolf's hair."

Heidi looked at Remus. He was the only reason she could think of for her having such a special wand. Before Remus or Heidi could comment, Sirius stuck his head in the shop.

"She all set?" he asked.

Remus nodded. "Just have to pay."

"Well hurry up and get out here." Sirius said. "We've got a surprise."

Heidi frowned at her godfather but let Ollivander wrap up her wand while Remus paid before they headed outside. She broke into a grin right away. Tonks stood there, Harry at her side, holding a bird cage and inside was a small black owl, sleeping peacefully.

"Happy birthday, Ladybug." Harry said.

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As the family approached the book store, Harry heard someone calling his name. He turned and found Hermione, Ron and the rest of the Weasleys coming towards them.

"Hey guys!" Harry greeted his friends.

Ron pointed to the small red headed girl behind him. "This is our sister, Ginny. It's her first year too."

The twins stood on either side of Heidi, each with an arm around her.

"So, Miss Potter,"

"we hear you'll be joining our ranks this year."

"Is this true?"

Heidi laughed. "Yeah, it's true."

"Any idea what house you'll be in?"

"Gryffindor of course!" Sirius piped up.

Tonks cuffed him upside the head. "We went through this last term with Harry, Sirius. Don't start."

"I always kind of pictured Heidi in Ravenclaw." Ron said. "Ya know, cause she's always reading."

"Um, Ron," Harry said. "Hermione reads all the time too."

Ron paused. "Oh, right."

Hermione shook her head and looked at Heidi. "Whatever house you go into, you'll be great."

Heidi smiled. "Thanks, Hermione."

"Shall we head inside?" Remus said, motioning to the book store.

Sirius stood tall to see over the mass of people just inside. "I wonder what's with the crowd."

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They soon found out it was Gilderoy Lockhart selling his latest book. But that wasn't the biggest bombshell. No, it turned out Lockhart was the newest Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

"The wallpaper would be a better teacher!" Sirius had exclaimed. Of course, that came after he had to physically remove Lockhart's arm from Harry before the Prophet reporter could take a picture of them. And by remove, Sirius almost took Lockhart's arm out of its socket while warning him to never try a stunt like that again.

Remus was the one to take the kids to the train station. Sirius had to be at the castle to get ready and Tonks had a shift at the Ministry. They met the Weasleys half way to the platform.

"Remus," Arthur Weasley greeted. "good to see you again."

Remus shook Arthur's hand. "You too Arthur." he looked at the kids. "So, Ginny's the last one?"

Arthur nodded. "That she is. I hear it's Heidi's first year as well."

Remus smiled at his niece, who was walking with Hermione and Ginny. "She was very excited when she got her letter. I'm surprised all of London didn't hear her."

Arthur laughed. "Sounds like she takes after her mother."

Remus nodded. "Very much so." he saw they were approaching the platform. "Alright, Heidi, you go through with Hermione and Ginny, I'll take care of your things."

Heidi nodded and she held onto Hermione's cart as they walked through the wall between platforms nine and ten. They passed through and Heidi smiled as she took in the Hogwarts Express.

"Let's get you girls on board." Remus said, coming through behind them. "The boys can find you."

Heidi nodded and followed Hermione with Ginny holding onto her hand. Both were more then a little nervous. Ginny hugged her parents before following Hermione onto the train and Heidi faced Remus.

"We'll see you at the school." Remus said. "Remember, no matter what, we love you."

Heidi hugged Remus. "I love you too."

Remus kissed her on the head before ushering her off onto the train where Hermione and Ginny were waiting.

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"Come on Prongs! Just go stop her under the mistletoe and kiss her!"

"She'll hex me, Padfoot. Forget it!"

"I thought you were supposed to be a Gryffindor, James. That's not showing much courage."

"There's a difference between courage and stupidity, Tonks."

"It's Christmas, Prongs. Go, you might be surprised."

"Alright, but if I get hexed, I'm blaming all of you."

"GO!"

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"You finally did it, Prongs!"

"That I did, Padfoot."

"You sure you wanna put up with him forever, Lily? I mean, you kinda married us all by marrying James."

"I'm sure, Tonks. You're all family anyway."

"You hear that Moony? Lily said we're family!"

"Get off me, Padfoot!"

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"How many more days do you think we'll have like this?"

"As many as we want, Dora. He can only take what we let him have."

"Sirius Orion Black! Get Harry off of that broom! Now!"

"Oh come on, Lily! He likes it!"

"I'm not going to save her from hexing you, Padfoot. I'd listen."

"Welcome to the insanity, Heidi. It gets worse the older you get."

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"Heidi?"

Heidi turned to look at Hermione and Ginny. "Sorry, I was thinking."

"About what?" Ginny asked.

Heidi smiled a bit. "Over the summer, Padfoot, Uncle Moony and Aunt Dora showed Harry and I memories of our parents."

Hermione frowned. "How did they do that?"

"I'd guess with a pensieve." Ginny said. "It's like a bowl of water that you can put memories into so other people can see them."

Heidi nodded. "Ginny's right."

"So what did you see?" Ginny asked.

"Their last Christmas as a group at Hogwarts." Heidi said. "Aunt Dora was two year behind them. Um, Mum and Dad's wedding day and just a normal afternoon not too long after I was born."

"Is it hard seeing them?" Hermione asked.

Heidi shrugged. "At first, it was a bit hard but I'm glad to have gotten to see the memories."

"Heidi!"

The girls looked towards the door of their compartment and smiled at Seamus.

"Hey Seamus." Heidi grinned.

"Mind if I join you?" Seamus asked. "The twins are out to drive Percy nuts and are taking the rest of us with 'em."

Ginny laughed. "They've been doing that since we left for school."

"Come on in, Seamus." Heidi said.

Seamus sat down beside Heidi, across from Hermione and Ginny. "What were you three talking about?"

"My parents." Heidi said. "I was just telling Hermione and Ginny that Harry and I got to see memories of them over the summer."

"That's great." Seamus said. "What were they like?"

Heidi spent the rest of the ride to Hogwarts telling the three about the memories and about her parents.

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Heidi looked around the Great Hall as she and the other first years walked in. She noticed Sirius was missing from the head table and figured it had something to do with why her brother and Ron weren't on the train. She saw Remus and Tonks smiling at her and smiled back. When she saw the Sorting Hat however, her smile fell. She wasn't sure she was gonna be in Gryffindor and no matter what Sirius said, she knew he wanted both her and Harry in that house. She bit her lip.

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"She's got that same look Harry had last term." Tonks said softly.

Remus grunted. "If Sirius were here, I'd smack him."

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"Potter, Heidi."

Heidi heard McGonagall call her name and moved up to the stool. Just like with Harry, the hall went silent as she sat down and the hat was placed on her head.

"Ah, baby Potter." the hat said. Heidi rolled her eyes but didn't speak. "You're just like your brother, almost. You're a bit more private. But very clever. Yes, very clever. I think I know just where to put you." Heidi stopped breathing. "Ravenclaw!"

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*looks out from behind wall* Okay, so Katie's gonna kill me for that. *grins* I told you the sorting would be fun. Don't worry, we'll get to see everyone's reactions in the next chapter. Alright! Let me know what you think, flame policy stands and thanks for reading.

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