Disclaimer: I don't own HP, the only think I own is Grace, Conner, Aly, Maggie, Lizzie, Casper, Tatiana, and Al.

When the Bell's reached their large two story house, the four siblings hung back behind their mother and followed her into their home. The dirty-blonde haired woman seemed to have forgotten about her children started to mutter under her breath, "Damn kids, always expecting me to do everything. They're lucky I'm even considering picking them up tomorrow."

Everyone blinked, all thinking 'Has mum finally lost it?' as Grace stumbled her way to her room. Maggie turned around and said, "She's been doing that more and more lately. Sometimes she thinks Papa is still alive." Katie could smell a mixture of liquor and the stench of garbage.

"Go pack for Lizzie's." Katie instructed Conner and Alyson. "I'm going to owl Uncle Al." When Conner and Aly went off to their bedrooms, Katie continued, "Let's go to my room." The two girls walked pass their mothers room and heard her loud snoring. "Well pfft." They walked up the stairs and passed many pictures with broken glass. They finally reached Katie's room, when they entered it both noticed a small owl bouncing excitably around the room. Katie recognized it has Ron, George's younger brother's owl. Confused she untied the letter from the hyper bird's leg and saw that in George's neat handwriting the front of it read, "Katie."

Katie laid the letter down on her small oak desk. 'Sorry George it'll have to wait.' Maggie filled Casper's food and water dishes, then she sat on Katie's small bed only to jump up just as quick as she had sat down. "Ew." Maggie was holding the carcass of a mouse. "I wish Tatiana wouldn't put them on your bed!"

Katie grinned, "Owls will be owls, but shouldn't I be saying that?" Katie laughed at her little sister. She took out a scrap of parchment and began to write. After five minutes she was finished.

Dear Uncle Al,

Aly, Conner and I just got back from Hogwarts. Mum seems to have really lost it. She doesn't seem to realize we're here –which is probably a good thing. Maggie starts Hogwarts this year and I don't think Mum'll be able to get her things, without going into a long speech about how all Hogwarts is, is a fool's school –yeah she's really lost it. She's almost completely sworn off magic, it's a miracle she let me keep Tatiana after you gave me Casper. By the way, I'm giving Tatiana to Maggie for Hogwarts. So I was wondering –no begging if perhaps you would take care of Maggie this summer? Con and Aly are going to be spending most of the summer at Elizabeth's –you met her at Conner's birthday party several years ago, remember? I'll be spending most of my time between here and my friends houses. Please send your answer soon!

Love,

Kate

Katie got up and opened the cage door and grabbed her tawny owl, Tatiana, "Hullo girl it's been a few weeks hasn't it?" Katie asked referring to when Maggie sent her a letter awhile back, Tatiana hooted in return. Katie used the string that George had used to send his letter, to tie to Tatiana's leg. "Tatiana take this Uncle Albert's, please." The medium sized bird flew out the window.

"Kate, mum's asleep, what do we do?" Alyson asked as she sat down to Maggie on the bed. "Who's owl?"

It took Katie a few moments to realize what Aly was talking about. "Oh! That's Ron's owl, I thought it left already." Pig was now in Tatiana's cage drinking her water and looking content. "Just stay in here. I need to read, and respond to this letter, but after I do we'll go and get our trunks from the car." Alyson nodded and began to look at her sister's photo album that Alica had given her the previous year for Christmas.

Katie began to silently read George's letter.

Dear my Bell Rose,

I have bad news, I'm afraid. When we got home my mum and dad had us all sit down and pretty much told us we're going 'underground' for the summer. They said that our friends wouldn't be able to come there –wherever there is –except for Hermione Granger and Harry Potter a bit on in the summer. I asked them, "Are you aware that you are ruining mine and Fred's childhood?" and I swear little Ronald mumbled, "What childhood?" the nerve of him, I swear! It gets worse however. We won't be able to send or receive owls at this place. We have a week before we actually leave, but I'm going to say as much as I can now, before I can't anymore. Oh my. That sounded like I'm dieing!

If we didn't both have our families in the situation their in, I'd apperate over to you and we'd run off together, how romantic would that be? Katie, don't answer that. I'm sorry I'm failing you. I had so looked forward to you being here. How am I going to survive without you? I'll be nothing but a brain dead copy of Fred.

I do have good news, believe it or not. After we dealt with that git Malfoy we stopped in to visit Harry, and well long story short, he gave us his winnings from the Tournament! How amazing is that? We're going to use it to buy our Joke Shop and put the rest away, after we leave Hogwarts.

I was thinking that since we're going to be holed up with Hermione and Harry, do you think Ronnikins will come to his senses about his feelings for Hermione? What about Harry? Do you think he'll notice Ginny's crush on him? Maybe Fred and I could help them realize…

Anyways, I'm using Ron's owl, Pig, and I told him to stay their and wait for you to respond.

Love,

George

When Katie finished reading it, she sighed. Conner, who had come into the room a minute earlier asked, "What's wrong?"

"I won't be going to The Burrow. The Weasley's are going somewhere, I think it has to do with you-know-who." Katie responded and grabbed another piece of parchment. Aly and Conner looked at each other concerned for their sister.

Dearest George,

Oh no. It has to do with You-Know-Who, doesn't it? I'm sure this is all for the greater good, no matter how badly this hurts me. George, as much as I would love to run off with you, we both know we wouldn't be able to survive without our families. Seriously, you with out Fred? No way. You're not failing me. You could NEVER fail me! I'll get over it. I hope you know that I LOVE YOU! I will just try to think of all the other times I spent there. Remember, when I went to sneak into bed with you, only I crawled into Fred's bed? All of us listening to Ron mumbling in his sleep about Hermione? Ha, good times. Maybe I'll just make up what would have happened had I been able to stay at The Burrow.

George, that's great! I can't believe it! But why do I feel that you two are going to be testing y'alls products are defenceless first years?

As much as I would love for Ron and Hermione to stop arguing in the common room, I think they're at the point where all they're going to do is, deny their feelings. Same goes for Harry and Ginny.

I've got to go, we're going to go unload our trunks from mum's car, now.

Love,

YOUR Bell Rose

Katie signed the letter and tied it to Pig's small leg, and watched the bird flew out the window.

"Ready, now?" Alyson asked flipping the photo album shut.

"Yep." All four left the room and when they passed their mum's room, they we're relived to hear that she was still asleep. If she had been awake they most likely would have gotten yelled at.

Conner opened the trunk of the car and the three old leather trunks were slowly lifted out, one by one. Aly and Maggie took, Aly's in the house while Katie and Conner took Conner's. Conner and Katie went back to get hers but there was a brunette girl waiting for them when they returned to the car.

"Hi, are you a witch?" the girl directed the question to Katie.

"Uh. Yeah, who are you?" Katie asked, obviously surprised that the girl could guess that she was a witch.

"I thought so. Why would a muggle have three large trunks? I'm Leanne, I'm also a witch." Katie and Conner looked confused, neither had ever seen this girl at Hogwarts. Leanne saw their faces and continued, "You see, my family travels a lot so I've been taught at home. I begged my parents to let me go to Hogwarts this year so they're letting me! I'm a bit nervous about being sorted, however."

"That explains it. Yes, sorting does wreck havoc on your nerves. I remember when I was sorted. I'm Conner by the way." Conner said to the girl.

"I'm Katie, what year will you be in?" asked Katie.

"Nice to meet you two!" Leanne exclaimed. "I'll be in sixth year. What about you two?"

"Oh cool, we'll be in the same year!" Katie said.

"I'll be a fifth year." Conner answered. "Hey Katie shouldn't we take this inside?" Conner asked refereeing to her trunk.

"Oh right. Sorry Leanne we'd better get this inside." Katie said. "Maybe we'll see each other later?"

"Alright, bye!" Conner and Katie each picked up a side of the trunk and walked back to their house.

"What took so long?" Aly asked.

"We met a girl; apparently she's a witch too." Conner explained. They all met up in his room and they were now lying on his bed.

"Wow, what are the chances of that?" Maggie asked excited that their were other magical beings in the area.

"She said her family travels a lot, and she's been taught at home till now. She's in Kate's year, but she'll have to be sorted with the first years." Conner told the two youngest of the family.

"Do you think I'll be sorted into Gryffindor?" Maggie asked as Katie began to braid her strawberry blonde hair.

"Of course you will. Everyone Bell that I've ever known has been a Gryffindor. Well there was Great Aunt Samantha who was a Ravenclaw, and most of mom's side has been Gryffindors so I think you're a shoe-in." Katie told her.

"I think our family is just like the Weasleys all of them are Gryffindors." Conner commented.

Just then there was a tap at the window, Katie looked over and saw Tatiana. Aly jumped up and opened the window for the owl. Tatiana gave the letter to Katie. She finished the braid and began to read the letter out loud.

Dear Katie,

I think we need to discuss this in person. I'll be flooing over in about 20 minutes after you receive this letter.

Love,

Uncle Al

Katie looked at the letter again, they all looked at each other. Katie said, "Uh oh."

XxXxXxX

A man of about 42 years of age stepped out of the fireplace and looked around for his nieces and nephew. They weren't there, but there was a muggle family of three, however.

"Oh, bugger." Albert Bell said realizing he had the wrong house. He took out his wand and preformed the memory charm on them. He then apperated to the house he had meant to be at.

"You did it again didn't you?" Katie asked, shaking her head. "Are you ever going to learn?

Albert hung his head in shame. "I thought it would be different this time!" Katie looked at him and said, "Uh huh." Albert added, "Honestly!"

"They were muggles weren't they?" Conner asked.

"Maybe…"

"They were!"

"D'worry I took care of it." He said. "S'where's your mum?"

"She's passed out in her room." Katie explained.

"Accio Grace's wand!" Al sighed. The wand came flying towards him, he caught it and put it inside his robes. "Just in case. Look, I want you four to come live with me." Al said, the four were speechless. "I'm going to take Grace to St. Mungo's. You shouldn't have to deal with this."

Maggie was the first to say something, "You mean it?"

"I do."

"Wow." Was all Katie could say.

"Well, what do you say?" Albert asked his family.

"Of course!" Conner said for all of them.

"Exactly what is going on here?" Came the voice of Grace Bell as she walked into her living room to find her brother-in-law whom she hadn't seen since the funeral of her late husband. The kids stepped back from their mother.

"Grace, I'm taking the children." Al said simply. Grace looked like someone had taken her bottle of fire whiskey away from her.

"You're doing no such thing!" Grace yelled as she looked for her wand.

"You're not going to find it." Grace looked murderously at Albert. For a second Katie was afraid she'd do something horrible to him. "I'm taking the kids, and I'm going to take you to St. Mungos. Grace you need help."

"You're not taking my children away from me! I'm not going anywhere."

"I was afraid of this. Kids, go pack." Al told them. They nodded and went to their rooms. Al made sure the kids had all left and then turned to Grace, "Incarcerous!" Rope came from the end of his wand and wrapped itself around Grace.

"Release me this instant!" Grace demanded glaring at her brother-in-law.

"You know I can't." Al said and walked to Conner's room as it was the closest.

"Conner, I'm going to take your mum to St. Mungos. Tell your sisters I'll be back shortly."

"Okay, please be careful." Conner said.

XxXxXxX

"Well, that was a lot harder then I had expected it to be." Albert said to himself as he climbed the stairs. He first went to Katie's bedroom where she was trying to get Casper from under her bed. Al pointed his wand at her school trunk and said, "Extentio undecto." Katie looked at her uncle weirdly. "It'll make it bigger so all of your stuff will fit." Katie blinked. "Packus!" All of Katie's things levitated themselves to the trunk and neatly packed themselves. Her clothes were the only thing that seems to be just thrown in. When everything was packed the only things remaining in the room was the bed, oak desk, and her dresser. "We'll come back to get those later." Katie nodded. Al next said, "Locomotor Trunk!" The trunk floated a few inches off the ground and Al left the room to put the trunk in the living room.

Katie looked around the room and realized things were changing. She grabbed Tatiana's cage and Casper then left the room.

XxXxXxX

"Alright now that we have everything packed lets go." Albert said ten minutes later. He looked around, "Katie, Conner, and Aly can floo to the manor with their trunks, and then I'll apperate with Maggie and her trunk." Katie was the first to go, she dragged her heavy trunk into the fireplace and clearly said, "Bell Manor." With a flash she was gone, both Conner and Aly did the same thing, Maggie grabbed her Uncle Albert's hand and one of the handle's of her trunk and with a POP, they were gone.

A/N: Jeeze, I seriously had intended the chapter turn out WAY differently then it did. But it had a mind of it's own. But I've been trying to keep it as canon-wise as I can in reference to the books, like Leanne, and The Order of the Phoenix and etc.

A/N 2: Bell Rose is a reference to a fic by georgeloveskatie on harrypotterfanfiction dot com. I absolutely adore the fic and couldn't help myself to add that.

A/N 3: Incarcerous is an actual spell, the others (Extentio Undecto, and Packus) are real spells, but I had to think of a name for them because wikipedia said the actual name of them were unknown. So I'm sorry if they're lame. I am horrible at coming up with names for spells.

A/N 4: I know things seem to be really going well for Katie, and that wasn't originally my idea, obviously. As I had said, this chapter had a mind of it's own. I had first planed for Al's stupid wife Maria to tell the kids that Maggie couldn't come to their house for the summer, but then I thought nah. So then I was going to have Grace kill Al…but I'm not that mean. Either way Grace was going to St. Mungo's no matter what. Maybe I'll keep things going well for the kids, maybe not. I don't know. This chapter majotrly screwed up my plans for the fic.