The Weasleys

Hinata had woken up in what appeared to be the hospital at about seven o'clock at night. Dumbledore had explained that they meant no harm and that the twins, Fred and George, had been merely trying to help. He also said that she could attend his school until he figured out how to send her back, but until the school opened, she would have to stay with the Weasley family.

But why can't I just stay here? she asked inside her mind. But she did not argue when Dumbledore led her outside of the school and teleported to a ramshackle place that looked as though it would fall down at any second, quite unlike the Hyuga compound she was used to. But she followed the man up to the door.

After a few quick knocks, a chubby, red-head woman with a kind-looking face answered the door. She smiled as soon as she saw Dumbledore, but her joy turned to confusion as she eyes Hinata.

"It's good to see you, Albus. And who would this be?" she asked in a friendly voice.

"It's good to see you, too, Molly. And this is Hinata Hyuga, I hope it would not be a burden to you to look after her."

"Not at all!" the woman answered brightly. "Where are her things?"

"Right on her back." Dumbledore answered. All Hinata had was her backpack that she had taken on her mission, filled with supplies, including food, weapons, bedding and an extra change of clothes. And in her arms she held Akamaru, the poor dog who had chased her as she teleported. According to him, as she had spent enough time around Kiba and him to understand him, Kiba and Shino had tried to follow, too, but couldn't make it in time. She knew the woman, Molly, was looking at her feeble belongings with pity. Well, apparently she came from an alternate universe, so she probably should be getting pity, but she didn't like it.

"I see. So we'll have to fix that." Molly said.

"N-No, it's quite alright Weasley-sama. W-Where I-I come from, we can get by with just a f-few supplies." Hinata answered, bowing slightly. Molly looked inquiringly at Dumbledore, and he quickly said the excuse for Hinata.

"She's a Japanese exchange student." he said. Hinata knew nothing of this "Japan", and if it came up, she would have to make something up or tell them about Konoha.

"Hey, mom, who was at the door?" a red-head girl asked Molly, who was apparently her mother. "Oh, hello, Professor Dumbledore and…uh…"

Dumbledore chuckled a little before saying, "Hinata, this is Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger. Hermione will be your classmate. Girls, this is Hinata. She's an exchange student from Japan."

The other girl, who had bushy brown hair, perked up at this statement. "Japan? That's-"

She was cut off by a boy stamping down the hallway to where everyone stood. "No one wants to hear about your smart facts, Hermione. Oh, who's this?"

Before Dumbledore could answer, however, three more boys appeared. They all asked who she was. "Hinata, this is Bill, Charlie, Percy and Ron. Ron will be another one of your classmates. Boys, this is Hinata."

They all greeted her warmly.

"Hey, did I hear Hinata was here?" a somewhat familiar voice asked.

"Yes, I thought I heard Hinata's name." another said.

Hinata bowed as the twins showed up in the now too-crowded space. "Y-you must be F-Fred and G-George, the ones I must thank for my life."

"Aye, that we are." said one, Hinata thought it was Fred.

"Are you kidding? These two saved your life?" Ginny asked incredulously. Hinata blushed slightly but nodded a confirmation. This seemed to greatly surprise everyone.

"Hey, we are extremely capable of doing something heroic!" George argued, somewhat sarcastically. At this everyone broke into laughter except poor Hinata.

When Akamaru started barking furiously, Hinata escaped from the random laughter and asked the dog what was wrong. He barked more.

A strange smell ever since we got here? That smells like Orochimaru? Hinata thought with confusion. She quickly activated her byakugan. She traveled through the city until finally seeing a strange man in a chair. From what Hinata could see with the black and white vision, he was probably pale, even pure white, and his head resembled one of a snake. He looked directly at her and seemingly hissed.

The girl stumbled backwards, deactivating her byakugan. Everyone was now staring at her in worry. She longed to know who that person was, and somehow the name just came to her…Voldemort. What an odd name. Of course, everyone's name here was odd.

She straightened up to the gazes and asked a single question, "W-Who is Voldemort?"

Several gasps echoed in the room, and Ron cried out, "Don't speak the name!" Then Dumbledore said quite calmly, "I do not know why no one wishes to speak Voldemort's name. But Voldemort is an evil wizard, he wasn't always like that, he was just always somewhat power-hungry, who uses mainly snakes and has servants called 'death eaters', who bear a special mark."

A chill went down the kunoichi's back. Voldemort was almost exactly like Orochimaru.

"Anyway, it's time to get Hinata settled. Will you be okay rooming with Hermione and Ginny?" Molly said, ending an awkward silence that had followed Dumbledore's explanation.

"I-It's fine," replied Hinata. Dumbledore said his goodbyes before leaving, leaving the Hyuga heiress alone with the strange family.

And I'm still not entirely clear about what a witch or wizard is. I suppose they're like ninja and kunoichi. Hinata thought as she followed the red-head and brunette up the stairs. Hinata was to sleep on a pile of sheets on the floor. She put her backpack down there, but still clung to Akamaru.

The girls kept Hinata up most of the night as they talked, and as soon as they fell asleep, Hinata took her backpack and Akamaru and placed some bedding on the ground outside. She fell asleep out there.

The girl took a pinch of the strange powder the family called "Floo powder". They had been very confused to find Hinata sleeping outside that morning, but it quickly blew over and by five, everyone was excited for the arrival of a boy by the name of "Harry". Hinata had no idea who he was, but didn't bother to ask. He was probably just a family friend.

She stepped into the fireplace and threw the powder down, saying, "Number 4 Privet Drive!"

Suddenly, she was in a dark, small space with Arthur, Fred, George, Ron and Akamaru(who she had refused to put down).

"Yeah, we're having the time of our lives here," George was telling Ron. It seemed the fireplace was blocked.

"Here, hold Akamaru," Hinata said, thrusting the dog into one of the guy's arms. She quickly hit it once, and the entire flimsy barrier broke and was no more as Hinata calmly moved the brand new fireplace that was sitting in front of the old aside and walking into the room, looking curiously at the new people. The rest of the party came soon, Fred trying to restrain Akamaru, who was suddenly barking furiously.

"N-No, Akamaru!" Hinata said. Akamaru still barked, despite Hinata's efforts to calm him. She even shouted in her own language. Finally, she knocked him once on the head and he passed out. Then she turned to the boy and bowed respectively to him. "I-I'm very s-sorry about him. I-It's y-your s-scar. T-There's a s-strange, dark chakra c-coming from it."

"Er…" the boy said.

Arthur had just stepped out, and was brushing off his green robes and straightening his glasses. "That's better. Ah-you must be Harry's aunt and uncle!"

Hinata looked at the other two in the room. one of them was quite chubby and they both looked mean, even compared to what Hinata had seen. When Mr. Weasley held out his hand, the fat man stepped back, pulling the woman with him. Arthur tried to explain everything to them, and even Hinata didn't get it, though she kept that cleanly off her face. He then turned away from the gaping couple and turned to Harry.

"We'll get your trunk, Harry," Fred said, winking. He and George then left the room, Hinata following close behind, cradling Akamaru. She followed them up the stairs to a particular room. By the time they were inside, Hinata was deep in thought and didn't think to look at her surroundings.

She had been on solo missions before, but they were all quick and she was in a familiar world. All this talk of magic confused her, even though she had found that it was all like chakra. And she missed Kiba, Shino, Neji, Tenten, Hanabi, her father and just everyone. She missed Naruto most of all. Even if she got back in the next two or three years, she wouldn't be able to see Naruto because he was training with Jiraiya.

"I-I wonder if anyone misses me…" she accidentally wondered out loud.

"What was that, Hinata?" George asked.

"N-Nothing!" Hinata answered. The two exchanged glances, but shrugged and carried the trunk downstairs. When they got down there, there was another fat male, a kid this time. For some reason, he was holding his butt. The twins grinned evilly and Hinata saw Fred drop something before they hauled the trunk to the fireplace and used floo powder to get back to the burrow. Hinata soon followed them. The twins looked excited about something. Maybe the thing they dropped, but why?

When Harry came, they asked if "he" took it, to which Harry excitedly said "yes". Hinata quietly slipped away as they started laughing and talking more about this magic they had.