Today is the day that we'll be doing all of the shopping. Mom had gotten the unfamiliar currency that was used in the Wizarding World while I was sleeping. We exited our room and started to make our way out of the hotel. We didn't get past the lobby because my mom wanted to stop for no reason.
Linda/ Molly!
Oh! She wanted to say Hi.
The room was full of redheads and the boy from yesterday and a bushy haired girl. They were the only brunettes in the whole bunch.
The fire headed woman looked up from hugging the green eyed boy that I had been staring at.
Molly/ Linda!
They engulfed each other in a hug.
How the hell did they know each other? Molly looked way older than my mom.
Apparently their actions caused all eyes to fall on me.
Linda/ Estella, this is my friend Molly Weasley and her family.
I smiled shyly as I let Molly hug me.
Estella/ Hi.
Molly/ Oh my! You are so beautiful and so tall! Come, come, and let me introduce you. Everyone, this is Estella; Linda's daughter. She'll be joining you all at Hogwarts this year.
The younger female Weasley's face lit up at this. She seemed nice, I just hope that she doesn't claim me as her older sister or something.
Molly/ How old are you dear?
Estella/ Um, I just turned thirteen.
Molly/ Good, you'll be in Ron's year. This is my husband Arthur.
She pointed to the pudgy older gentleman who was standing far in the back of the lobby. He seemed shy, but in a perfect dad way.
Arthur/ Hello Estella.
Molly/ And my son Percy.
He looked to be a little bit older than me, but not by much. He wore glasses which made him look like a complete and total bookworm which is what he probably is.
He just waved at me and I noted him as the quiet one.
Molly/ The twins, Fred and George.
Fred & George/ At your service.
Those twins were completely identical from what I could see. I'm gonna have a hard time telling them apart. They were really attractive too.
Molly/ This is Ron. You'll be in his year along with Harry and Hermione. And this one here is my daughter Ginny.
Ron looked really nervous as if my presence was disturbing him in some odd way. Hermione was smiling gratefully like she was ready to take me under her wing. Ginny looked the most welcoming out of them all. My eyes drifted back to the boy. Knowing his name did not help with trying to figure out how I've met him before.
Estella/ Are these all of your kids?
Molly laughed along with her husband.
Molly/ No dear, only the ones with red hair. I have two more boys. They're older, their names are Bill and Charlie. Perhaps you'll see them at Christmas. Is that alright with you Linda? You're invited as well.
My mom shook her head. From what I know, she hasn't seen this woman in over ten years and she can't just throw her chances of reuniting away. If she did, I was gonna be pissed.
Linda/ I wouldn't want to intrude.
Molly/ Nonsense, it would be anything, but intrusion.
With the flick of her wand, Molly lifted all of the chairs off of the table and onto the floor. I was dazed by this.
Linda/ I miss magic.
Everyone started to take a seat and chat amongst their selves.
Molly/ You could always move back to England.
Estella/ I agree! Lets move back to England.
Linda/ What's gotten into you? You haven't been here a full day. What does England have that America doesn't?
I looked at her like she was stupid.
Estella/ Magic.
Linda/ There's magic in America.
Estella/ Not where we live. Just look at it this way; since I'm going to school here, I wouldn't have to travel overseas to go back home for the summer.
She rolled her eyes at me.
Estella/ What if I wanted to invite Ginny over? It would be too much of a hassle to bring her over to New York. I have a possibility of friends here.
I looked over to the other side of the table to see Hermione stroking an orange cat that had a thick mass of fur.
Estella/ Aww, he's cute! What's his name?
Hermione/ Thank you. His name is Crookshanks.
Ron/ You think that hellcat is cute? He almost ate scabbers.
Estella/ Who is scabbers?
He held out this really ugly rat for all to see. It was fat and mangy and bald in odd places, not to mention adorned with scars all over the place. He even had a toe missing. What a fucked up rat.
Ron/ He's been in the family eleven years before I got him.
Estella/ That's an unusually long lifetime for a rat.
Oddly enough, at my statement, scabbers hid himself in Ron's hands.
Estella/ Anyways, can I see Crookshanks?
Hermione laughed.
Hermione/ Of course.
He pranced across the table and into my arms. He rubbed his nose against my jaw and instantaneously started to purr.
Estella/ What kind of pets can you have at Hogwarts?
I scratched Crookshanks behind his ears and he arched his back in pleasure.
Hermione/ Either a toad, owl or cat.
Estella/ What are the advantages of having an owl?
Hermione/ It's your own personal mailman, but you could always use the ones at school.
As an only child, you never learn to share very well so I guess I was getting my own owl.
Estella/ What is school like?
Hermione/ First of all, you need to get sorted; since its your first year and all.
Ron/ That's really odd. Everyone gets their letters when they're eleven. Why'd you get yours so late?
Estella/ My mom didn't want me to know that I was a witch so she hid every letter they sent me, but this year I got my hands on it first.
Harry/ You only got one letter at a time?
I nodded.
Harry/ That's crazy. My uncle did the same thing, but owls kept putting letters through our chimney and mail chute. We had to leave because the house was flooded with letters.
I laughed at that.
Estella/ Your uncle really didn't want you to come did he?
Harry/ He doesn't like me very much. Neither does my aunt and cousin. They never planned on telling me that I was a wizard.
Estella/ Neither did my mom.
We all went shopping together and at the end of the day I had gotten a fourteen inch Cherry wood wand with Veela hair core. I got all of my books, robes and even an owl. She was a black baby barn owl named Clarity.