Carina paced back and forth in front of the door hearing Sirius tell the people in the house that they had a new guest, that she was safe to be around, and not to bother her.

"Well, who is it Sirius?" the voice who called everyone to supper asked. She sounded nice, but Carina knew looks could be deceiving.

"You got yourself a bird," one playful voice from earlier called out.

"Blimey, about time Black," the other playful voice chuckled.

"I'll have you know she's not my bird, but she is important to me. She's my niece, Carina Black," at this declaration Carina strode into the room eyeing the gob smacked people and immediately made her way to her uncle's side.

"How do we know she's not an imposter?"

"She could be dangerous!"

"We don't even know her!"

"Sirius how could you be so irresponsible!"

"ENOUGH!" Sirius yelled quieting the yelling that had been going on from everyone in the room which was overtaken by redheads with a few unique characters spread about. "She is MY niece and I expect you to treat her with respect and kindness. She's not here under the best of circumstances."

"What would be those circumstances?" an older lady, the mother of all the redheads Carina guessed, spoke looking Carina up and down.

"Mi mama, my mother, she was murdered by men in robes. I was in the shelter under the house and they came down looking for me. They tried to take me with them but I fought back and after… afterwards I went upstairs and I found mi mama dead in the kitchen. I didn't know what to do so I just started packing all my stuff in case more of those guys came and when I went through my mom's study I found this letter," Carina explained holding out the letter to the older woman. She took it reading it over then her gaze softened as she finished reading it.

"Oh, you poor thing," the woman put down the letter that was quickly snatched up by some older redhead twins that were quite handsome in Carina's opinion. The older lady walked towards Carina then pulled her into a crushing hug. "Well, you're welcome with this rambunctious bunch. I'm Molly Weasley."

"Thanks," Carina spluttered as Molly let her go.

"Well oh beautiful one, I'm Fred," one twin held out his hand to Carina who took it then smirked as he kissed the back of it.

"And I'm George, welcome to this humble abode," the other twin laughed taking Carina's other hand doing the same as his brother.

"You're Fred," Carina pointed at the second twin whose eyes widened. "And you're George, I'm assuming everyone has to be tested before they're allowed into the family fold?"

"How did you…" Fred began looking curious at the small girl who did what no one else could, not even their own mother could tell the two apart.

"I'm Ginny!" a smaller redheaded girl smiled at Carina who pulled away from the twins' grip.

"I'm Ron," a taller redheaded boy who looked younger than the twins but older than Ginny.

"I'm Hermione Granger, pleasure to meet you. I love your accent," she said excitedly from her seat at the table.

"I'm from Miami so I got a bit of an accent from being around little Havana my whole life," Carina smiled at the brunette who she could tell would be a lovely friend.

"Miami? So, you're a Yank?" Sirius chuckled putting his arm around Carina's shoulder to lead her to the table.

"Well, duh eres un gran bruto," she rolled her eyes slipping into her Spanish. Half time Carina didn't even notice she would slip between English and Spanish due to being around her mother who was English, but growing up in the culturally rich little Havana made her quite versed in the language.

"What?" Sirius asked raising an eyebrow.

"I said yes you big brute," Carina laughed followed by everyone joining in at Sirius' affronted look.

"Come here dear and serve yourself some supper," Molly smiled.

Carina smiled feeling herself relax a bit, "So Carina, does this mean you'll be going to Hogwarts?"

"Hog-what?" she questioned then immediately she realized that they were talking about school. "Oh, tu escuela, um well, I mean do you guys even take transfers? Ilvermorny always has a few transfers, but I don't know about Hogwarts."

"Should be fine dear, we'll just discuss it with Albus when we seem again," Mrs. Weasley responded smiling at Carina.

"Albus?" Carina questioned.

"Albus Dumbledore, our headmaster," Ginny answered. Carina merely nodded pushing the food around her plate nervous at the thought of meeting and dealing with a whole new school.

"Ilvermorny, what's it like?" Hermione asked clearly the scholar of the group if the thick tome she had sat next to her plate was anything to go on.

"It's… well it's amazing. It stands at the highest peak of Mount Greylock in Massachusetts, where it is concealed from non-magic gaze by a variety of powerful enchantments, which sometimes manifest in a wreath of misty cloud," she explained. "It's crazy cold in winter, but the granite castle as a way of staying warm no matter what. There's marble statues of our founders Isolt and James Sayre outside the front doors which is quite welcoming when you think about it."

"It sounds amazing," Hermione stated smiling at Carina who smiled back.

"It is amazing. I loved it especially my house, we're all unique characters that's for sure," she giggled making the twins heart flutter at the sound.

"Well, what house were you?" Hermione continued.

"Oh, I was a Thunderbird," Carina answered taking a drink smirking internally at the confused faces of everyone around her.

"Um, what's that? Can you tell us about your houses?" Sirius asked intrigued at the different world his niece lived in.

"It is sometimes said of the Ilvermorny houses that they represent the whole witch or wizard: the mind is represented by Horned Serpent; the body, Wampus; the heart, Pukwudgie and the soul, Thunderbird. Others say that Horned Serpent favours scholars, Wampus, warriors, Pukwudgie, healers and Thunderbird, adventurers," Carina smirked outright at the twins who beamed brightly at her.

"Well, I'll say Gred, we've found our match,"

"That's exactly what I was think Forge," George chuckled as Carina blushed.

"Adventurous and soulful? I think she's meant for much better than the likes of you," Ginny scoffed then laughed at the mock glare the twins threw at her.

"It seems this year is definitely going to be a lot more interesting with you around," Hermione whispered in Carina's ear who laughed at the sibling's squabble.