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Hello! So i spent like an hour looking up different early reader chapter books on the Barnes and Noble bookstore site for this chapter and it will be mentioned again later. Okay, so, hope you like the tenth installment of this fanfic!
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Chapter Ten
The group of teens and one child trooped back down the stairs a while later to find just Mrs. Weasley in the kitchen.
"Mrs. Weasley do you need help?" April asked excitedly as she watched all the magic going on.
"You know what dear, how about you bring out one of those baskets of bread. We're all eating outside."
"Okay."
April grabbed the smallest basket as that's all she could really carry and followed the mother of the Weasley clan out the door. Hermione and Ginny were asked to take out the plates while Ron and Sarah got the silverware. They headed outside to hear a loud crash from the other side of the house. It was Bill and Charlie using their wands to make two battered tables try and knock the other out of the air. April was clapping happily as she watched, Fred and George were cheering, Ginny was giggling, and Hermione looked caught between amused and anxious. Finally Bill's table caught Charlie's and knocked one of its legs off, causing Percy to stick his head out the window.
"Will you keep it down?"
"Sorry Perce." Bill grinned.
Soon the two tables were groaning under the weight of so much of Mrs. Weasleys delicious food. April had finally learned that she didn't need to ask for certain foods so she piled her plate high with different things. After swallowing, she piped up to Sarah from where she was sitting. She had wanted to sit next to Charlie and ask about Dragons which he happily answered.
"Sarah, do you have my book."
"Yes, but you cant read at the table." April pouted. "Sorry, butterfly."
"What book is it?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"It's called Ivy and Bean, the library gives out free books over the summer and I got her a bunch."
"It's a chapter book. I've started reading them and I barely need help!" April said proudly. "Sarah got me a lot of them!"
"That's pretty good April." Hermione said and April nodded.
After dinner and a delicious dessert of homemade strawberry ice cream, it was time for bed. April didn't want to be read a bed time story, she was so sleepy, so she just changed into her pajamas and instantly fell asleep on her camper bed, holding her stuffed butterfly closely. The others fell asleep soon after.
It seemed as if Sarah had only gotten an hour sleep when she was suddenly jumped on. Her eyes opened to see April in her pajamas, lying on top of her with a grin. Hermione and Ginny were groggily getting up.
"Mrs. Weasley says it's time to get up!" April said excitedly.
"Well that was a way to wake me up." Sarah sat up once April got off her. "You want to go wake the boys?"
"Yeah." Sarah followed April up to Ron's room where April looked around before spotting George and jumping onto his stomach. He made a loud noise, waking up Fred and Ron.
"Ow, April, why did you do that?" He grumbled.
"It's time to wake up! You need to get ready!" April exclaimed before getting off him and going back to where Sarah was trying not to laugh. The boys all groaned.
"If you guys don't get up, I'll sick April on all three of you." Sarah smirked and left with the girl.
April was put in jeans and a long sleeve shirt with a picture of Minnie Mouse, the Disney cartoon mouse, along with her usual trainers and a black puffer jacket. She also had a rucksack like Mr. Weasley said was required. After Sarah dressed herself, they headed downstairs with the other two girls. April was the only chipper one out of the kids. When Sarah and April made it down, Mr. Weasley held out his arms and spoke.
"What d'you think? We're supposed to go incognito-do I look Muggle, Sarah?"
"Yeah, just a little oversized but that's fine."
April was already eating but she nodded as she had a mouth full of porridge. When she swallowed, no one noticed George hand April and Sarah a few wrapped candies which they put in their pockets. It was good too because Mrs. Weasley noticed George put something in his pocket and she accioed all the Ton-Tongue Toffees the twins had on them. Sarah was shocked when the woman just threw out the twins hard work.
"We spent six months developing those!" Fred shouted as George glared at his mother.
"Oh a fine way to spend six months. No wonder you didn't get more O.W.L.s!"
It was eventually time to go and it was good because the tension was very suffocating. The twins didn't even bother to say goodbye to their mother and showed no sign they heard her say behave. April and Sarah caught up with the twins and sneakily handed them the trick toffee. They grinned and seemed in better spirits as Sarah grabbed George's hand. Mr. Weasley was explaining about the Portkey.
"Unobtrusive things, obviously, so Muggles don't go picking them up and playing with them…Stuff they'll think is just litter…"
They made it to the base of Stoatshead Hill and started the climb. It was tough and April was having some trouble keeping up but they eventually made it to the top, Hermione and April the last to make it. They then went in search of the Portkey but a few minutes into the search a male voice was heard.
"Over here Arthur! Over here, son, we've got it!"
They all headed over to two tall silhouetted figures against the starry sky.
"Amos!" Mr. Weasley shook hands with a ruddy faced wizard sporting a scruffy beard and holding moldy looking boot. "This is Amos Diggory everyone. He works for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. And I think you know his son, Cedric?"
"Hi." Cedric said as he looked at them and they all said hello though April also waved excitedly, remembering Cedric who at one point had treated her to some chocolate during one of the Hogsmeade weekends, just like Alicia did. He grinned at her.
"All these yours, Arthur?"
"Oh no, only the red heads." He pointed out his children. "This is Hermione, friend of Ron's-and Sarah, another friend-"
"Merlins beard." Mr. Diggory's eyes widened. "Sarah? Sarah Potter?"
"Yeah." Sarah said uncomfortably. Cedric cleared his throat and she looked over to see him holding up chocolate. "Yeah, she can have some."
Cedric handed April some chocolate and she thanked him before eating the piece she was given. Mr. Diggory finally noticed April.
"And who's this?"
"Oh, this is April. A…friend of Sarah's."
"I live with Sarah so I got to come too." April said once she had swallowed. She had chocolate surrounding her mouth and Mr. Weasley conjured a napkin which Sarah handed the girl.
"Will she be able to get through the Muggle repellents?"
"Dumbledore confirmed she is a witch." Sarah said simply and he nodded.
"Well we better get ready." Mr. Weasley said. He looked at Sarah, Hermione, and April. "You just need to touch the Portkey, that's all, a finger will do-"
All ten of them managed to crowd around the boot held out by Mr. Diggory. It seemed strange as they all put a single finger on the boot, April having to reach up as she was smaller. Nobody spoke as a chilly breeze brushed past the hill and Sarah realized how weird this would look to a Muggle if they walked up here. Ten people, two of them grown men, clutching this manky old boot, waiting.
"Three…two…one…"
It happened immediately. What felt like a pull behind the naval and suddenly they were off the ground and speeding through a howl of wind and color. Their fingers were all seemingly glued to the boot as if magnetically pulling them forward and then-
Sarah's feet slammed onto the ground and she fell when April staggered into her. The only ones not on the ground were Mr. Weasley, Mr. Diggory, and Cedric, though they looked very windswept. The boot landed with a dull thud near Sarah's head and there was a voice heard.
"Seven past five from Stoatshead Hill."
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I wanted a little more story with Cedric and April but not very big. Read and Review!
