Time

"No, dear you have to-" Sophia heard Molly say before laughing heartily "Oh look, you've got it all over you," she laughed again and she heard scuffling around the kitchen before she entered. It was late in the morning and the days were growing colder. Ginny had already left to school much to the families anger and anxiousness.

"Sophie! You are awake!" Leon exclaimed from the stool he was standing on next to the bench, his face was covered in flour and his arms looked like dough was sticking on it. "I tried to wake you but you would not wake, I thought you were dead!" Molly and Sophia laughed and Molly walked back over to Leon with a wet cloth and started to wipe his face.

"Good morning Sophia, you gave our Leon quite a fright this morning," Molly said still wiping at his face

"I can see," she smiled in reply

"But-!" Leon started but Molly wiped his mouth one last time before rubbing at his outstretched arms. "But you didn't even move when I yelled or jumped on you!"

"Yeah, he even woke me up," Fred said walking into the kitchen with a grumpy expression etched on his face as he sat down with a cup of tea. Sophia smiled at him apologetically and he harrumphed away from her dramatically taking a delicate sip out of his chipped cup. Sophia giggled at the sight of him and he continued to act dramatically.

"Yeah, he screams louder then a Banshee..." George added as he also sat down with a similar expression.

"Sorry... I guess I didn't hear it," Sophia said cheekily

"Mama, what do I do next?" Leon asked Molly and she dropped the dishes she was cleaning and quickly walked over to help Leon. It had been a recent occurrence where Leon started calling Mrs. Weasley, Mama. I guess he had come to terms with the fact they may never get back to their normal lives. Or it could be the fact that he felt more closer to being a son to a mother with Molly than he did with his natural mother.

"So, what are we doing today?" George asked Fred and he shrugged in response

"I dunno, what do you wanna do Sophie?" he asked her

"Me?"

"Yeah, I am asking you aren't I?" came his reply

"I-I I don't know, what did you guys feel like doing?" Sophia answered

"We can go to Diagon Alley?" George suggested and everyone jumped up in fright when Mrs. Weasley accidentally broke the dishes in the sink. She turned around to the three of them furiously

"No, you will not go there!" She yelled at them, Sophia coward as well as the twins

"We need to check on the shop anyways, Mum. We haven't been able to go near there at all," Fred retorted and Mrs. Weasley began to seriously consider letting them.

"Alright then, but Sophia stays," she reasoned and all three of them began to protest "Would you all like to stay?" she tested them

"But Mum, she's old enough to-" George began to reply

"George! She is a muggle! And there is a war out there right this second!" she rebutted

"Please may I, Molly?" Sophia pleaded "I haven't been able to go outside since Leon and I fell from the sky. We'll be quick, I promise and if anything goes wrong I'll tell the boys what spells to use. Hermione would never shut up about all her spells in the books,"

"I would feel better if Charlie or Bill or Arthur was with you..." she confined

"Oh thanks Mum, it's nice to know you have so much faith in us," George remarked sarcastically

"Don't you think we can't take care of her?" Fred scoffed obviously offended "Because trust me, I wouldn't let anything bad happen to her. She's as good as family, Mum," Molly looked at the two of them quite taken a back by Fred's remark. Sophia blushed scarlet and George had just as fierce look upon him as Fred did.

"Fine. Go. Do whatever you want." she answered them crossly "And if I hear that anything bad has happened, anything of a sort. Sophia I'm going to have to ground you,"

"But... I've never been grounded before in my life..." Sophia said weakly turning white at the thought of being grounded, her imagination running wild as she thought of Cinderella scrubbing away at the floors.

"Go. Leave before I get angrier." she ushered and the three of them didn't need to be told twice as they hurried out of the kitchen door. Sophia ran back upstairs to wear some clothes Ginny had left behind including a long hooded robe she threw on as she rushed down the stairs again seeing the twins shuffle on their feet impatiently.

"About time woman, you take forever," George said as they pulled out the back door so Mrs. Weasley couldn't see them leaving.

"Are we disapparating there?" Sophia asked

"You mean apparating, and yeah we are," Fred said taking her hand in his making her heart race faster at the contact "Ready?" he asked just as she heard George's leaving pop and she shook her head fearfully. Fred laughed at her

"I'm worried about getting splinched..." she expressed and Fred stopped laughing

"Don't worry, I won't mess up," he said and Sophia found herself agreeing with him with a nod. She moved closer to him in an embrace and he started to count down.

"Three... Two..." he said and she shut her eyes tight "One." and they left the restricted safety of the Burrow. Sophia had never experienced anything like this before. She felt an over-whelming feeling of suffocating as she felt herself being forcefully squeezed through a tube too small to fit through. All of a sudden it was over and she found herself able to breathe again, but as soon as she went to open them she felt sick rising in her throat. She moaned a little and Fred pulled away from her to inspect her.

"Are you okay?" he asked with mirth "You'll eventually get used to it,"

"Ah, you say that as if I'm going to be doing this often," Sophia groaned as she finally opened her eyes to see the sad sky beaming down in the now dingy lane of shops she knew that once thrived. Sophia looked at him once her eyes adjusted and he grinned at her.

"Well, if you play your cards right, you just might," he whispered to her just so George couldn't hear. Sophia smiled up at him pulling her hood up.

"Come on you two lovebirds, we gotta get going," George said and Fred took Sophia's hand and the three hurried through the damp streets quickly, finally rounding to the boys' shop. Fred and George quickly rushed in while Sophia stopped to look around before entering also.

"Wow... this shop is amazing," Sophia breathed thoroughly impressed with all the displayed merchandise. Little life was in the shop as she heard Fred and George trudging through the shop in the distance. The movies never did this shop any justice she thought as she looked at the barrel of trick wands. She pocketed one wanting to try it and walked to the voices of Fred and George. She rounded a corner and saw a wand protruding out like a torch and she quickly covered her mouth and started to back track. Their steps were quiet and deliberate, it was obvious they were after Fred and George and Sophia had never foreseen this.

Sophia felt ridiculously stupid for letting herself, Fred and George to come to this shop during a war. Molly was right, she thought but within her aggravated reprimanding of herself she backed up into a shelf causing a commotion.

"What was that?" One of them whispered viscously and Sophia started to panic

"It came from this way..." the other replied and she heard them coming closer. She pulled her hood back up and decided to face them, coming up with an alias. The wand was pointed to her face and hid away from it. "Who're you?"

"I'd appreciate it if you put your wand down, thank you," She replied with sneer hoping to pull off a decent Death Eater attitude. He lowered his wand and she saw his face for the first time, what she saw was frightful and mauled. His face had barely and human features left behind all the deep scaring.

"You didn't answer my question lady! Who are you?"

"If you must know, my name is Isobel Bellon," as soon as she said her name the two hooded figures gasped and bowed. She was confused to say the least.

"I-I'm terribly sorry Mrs. Bellon, we did not know you were sent here before us," he said bowing lower than necessary, Sophia had to try hard to not let herself look confused so she pushed forward an air of importance.

"So you should be," She said snootily and the two of them sneered at her annoyed "Now leave and leave this business to me,"

"But the Dark Lord said for us-"

"Are you questioning my authority?"

"N-no madam-"

"Then if I tell you to leave, then you leave," She thundered and they shook under her gaze and left promptly without another word. Once they were out of sight she sagged into a chair on the side already tired.

"Sophia... what was that?" She heard George ask from around the corner who had obviously seen the whole conversation

"Just... Death Eaters," She replied

"Who is Isobel Bellon?" Fred asked and Sophia lifted her eyes to meet his

"My grandmother..." She answered