Chapter 10!

I don't own Harry Potter or it's characters. I own Vespera :)

I tumbled out of the floo, tripping over my skirt, and again falling on my face.

I instantly heard someone start laughing, "I've never seen anyone fall out of the floo twice. What are you doing here anyway? It's rude to just drop by places."

I rolled my eyes, of course I caught Ron at a time when he wasn't locked up. I stood up, and wiped my skirt and arms up, "Well hello to you too Ronald. I'm not just dropping by, Fred invited me. Unlike you, some people do have manners."

"Well, that's too bad for you. Everyone left. Leaving me here alone to welcome you." Ron grinned deviously, then pulled out a wand. "Flipendo!" He yelled at me.

I panicked. I hadn't actually performed any spells before. I pulled my wand out of the holster on my arm and waved it upwards. I turned my head, ready to be hit by whatever spell he had thrown at me, when nothing happened. I looked up at him, and grinned at his face. I could see a slight glitch out of the corner of my eye. It was just a place where when he threw the spell, the shield seemed to pixelate.

"Expelliarmus!" I heard someone yell from the doorway, then saw Ron's wand flying out of his hand. I put my wand back in the holster, then looked at the doorway. There was a guy standing there with dark black hair, not a Weasley. for some reason, he seemed almost familiar?

I smiled at him, as he leaned against the door frame, "So you must be the infamous Vespera that Fred told me about." I nodded, and he continued, "Sorry I wasn't in here when you arrived. I was supposed to be watching Ronald, however, I was also put under the instructions of the twins to not let any of their pranks get ruined. Your arrival came a few minutes too soon." He looked at my wand, "Looks like you used a pretty powerful shield there, what kind of wand is it that you've got?"

I frowned and looked down at it, I couldn't tell him what it was made out of, so I simply shrugged, "I don't know really..."

He smiled, "That's perfectly fine. If you wouldn't mind, please just stay in here, and I'll get Ronikins into his room." He grabbed Ron's ear, and dragged him with Ron complaining the entire time.

I sat down on a chair, and looked around. The room looked simple, and very common. It was probably the poorest room I had ever been in. Although, I liked it. The room was very homey.

The next thing I knew, I was being shoved forward, out of the chair. I rolled over in the floor, and had my wand pulled out, assuming Ron had come back for me.

However, I was welcomed with the smiling face of a twin, "Hullo Little Star. It was so nice of you to join us. It's almost time for diner."

I grinned, then George came around the corner into the entrance way, "We won't poison you."

Fred answered, "At least we won't."

"Percy on the other hand,"

"He just might."

"Bill," they paused and looked at each other, "Nah."

I couldn't help but laugh at them. "Hello to you two. Thanks for inviting me over." I stood up, and started to put my wand away, when Fred took the wand out of my hand.

"Star, looks like you got yourself a wand."

"It is very pretty."

"Shiney."

"Different woods."

"Must be pretty powerful." Fred handed it back to me, "Don't let anyone take it. It may save you one day." He put his hand on my head and messed up my hair.

I took my wand, and put it in the holster. "Well it'd be easier to keep if someone wouldn't take it."

They both grinned, then each took one of my hands. "What have you been up to?" George asked me.

I shrugged, "Nothing much. Reading, I quite enjoy those pranks in the book. Then Draco and I, well mostly me, Draco just spelled the ball, rode on the brooms." They were nodding, paying attention, but not really caring it seemed. "Are you two on a school quidditch team?"

Fred nodded, "We play beaters for Gryffindor."

"We haven't won a single game since Charlie left though."

"Unfortunately, the Ravenclaws keep beating us."

"At least," George paused, "the Slytherin haven't beat us."

Fred nodded, "Those scum."

I frowned, maybe I wouldn't be accepted by them if I were in Slytherin.

"What's wrong Vespera?"

I sighed and looked at George, "I'm not sure if anything is wrong really. Except that I plan to be in Slytherin, and I plan on playing Quidditch."

Fred looked at me, "I doubt a soul as good as yours, could end up in slytherin. They're all pureblood lovers." He was subtly saying that I couldn't be in Slytherin just because of my blood status. I would prove them wrong.

"Nor could you play quidditch your first year, you aren't allowed a broom."

I let go of their hands, and kept walking forward, "I'll be the one to decide what house I will go in. You two don't really know anything about me, now do you? I'll be in Slytherin. As for not being on the quidditch team, I've already been offered a spot, and a broomstick to use."

They held out their hands and stepped in front of me. "Turn around now."

"And walk out that door."

They started shoving me out the door, until I was outside, then they shut the door in my face. I pounded my fist on the door, "Fred and George Weasley, let me back in!"

Suddenly the door flew open, and a hoard of redheads came out, then ran to a shed.

A twin grabbed my hand, and started running too, dragging me with him. I was thrown into the shed, "Come on then! Grab a broom." I looked at them, none were all that nice, and grabbed the one that the end looked the cleanest. Then we began walking to a field, "Ginny wants to play, so Ron will have to play in order for the teams to be even. 4on4."

"What happened to that one fellow that was here when I arrived? Couldn't he play instead of Ronald?" I asked, the guy had just seemed to disappear.

Fred shook his head, "He left. Seems you scared him away. Not really, he was only babysitting Ron, he couldn't stay much longer." We stopped in front of the family, "Ginny will play seeker, Ron a keeper, George beater, Charlie you be Chaser. I think we all know our team players." Charlie waved his wand, and Ginny's, Ron's, George's, and his own shirts turned red, while Bill's, Fred's, Percy's and my shirts turned blue.

I got on my broom, along with the others, and then Mr. Weasley walked out, carrying a box. he opened it, and released the quaffle, the beater, and then held up the snitch. "First to catch the snitch wins. Good Luck. Aaannnddd go." He released the snitch, and we all rose up on our brooms.

This game, was actually challenging. I had to keep dodging whatever it was that Ron kept aiming at me, while avoiding the other plays, and looking for the snitch. After about 10 minutes of me not seeing the snitch, I stopped moving, and closed my eyes. I had to trust that Fred would keep Ron from injuring me.

I opened my eyes, and scanned the field, looking for anything that had a slight glare to it. I finally saw it. The little thing was right near the ground, it was as if this was their safe place to hide. I nose-dived for it, and of course, it flew upwards in a curve.

This chase was on. I flew after it, and was a good 15 feet in the air when I finally grabbed it in my hand, at the same time that I felt something hit my side. I wasn't expecting it, and I fell off my broom.

To the ground. I landed on my side that hadn't been hurt before. I rolled over onto my back and held up the snitch with my hand and yelled, "How long did it take?"

Fred grinned, "It took 15 minutes."

"I thought Ginny was a good seeker..." George continued.

"I hope you're in Gryffindor," Fred this time.

"we could use a player like you." They both finished in typical twin style.

Fred landed next to me and held out his hand, I handed him the snitch. George held out his hand, and I took it with the arm that had been holding the snitch, the side that been hit by the ball of terror. He pulled me up, and I can only guess that the pain was evident in my face. Or maybe it was the fact that when George pulled me out I yelped. Perhaps though, their worry was because I fell back to the ground, letting go of George's hand, and wrapping both hands around my sides, although I wished I had more hands, so I could have held my leg up and crawl into a lump of pain.

I decided though, they really looked worried because I had squashed a butterfly when I landed. "Sorry you guys, killed the butterfly." I grinned up at them.

"What happened?" Percy asked Ron, glaring at him.

"Why do you think that I did something?! She's the clown that fell off her broom!" Ron defended himself, of course I purposefully fell off my broom.

"Not until he hit me with the ball of terror." The Weasley's laughed at my name for the quidditch item I had not identified yet.

Percy took Ron by the hand and dragged him towards the house, yelling at him the entire time. Meanwhile, Fred and George tried to figure out what to do with me.

Charlie and Bill had a plan though. Bill told the twins, "Go get Mum, she'll want to know what happened." They both ran off, past Ron and Percy, into the house.

Charlie rolled me back on my back, and pointed his wand at my face, "This is going to hurt, so I'm going to put you unconscious. You'll be fine and awake in a few hours. We're going to get you better however we can."

"Okay." I whispered.

His wand lit up, and then my vision turned black, leaving me unconscious.

I woke up, my eyes fluttered open. I sat up and groaned. It wasn't that my sides hurt, but they were stiff, and felt bruised. "Where am I?"

I was welcomed by a lovely voice, "St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. Vespera, you're never going to the Weasley's again. Not that you'll really have the time to."

I looked over and smiled slightly at Draco, "Yeah, sorry about that. How long have i been out of it?"

Draco rolled his eyes, " 2 weeks and 5 days. Not your fault at all. They actually had your bones fixed within 48 hours, they had to regrow them together. That stupid Weasley though, Charlie was his name, hit you with some spell that he uses on baby dragons. It's too strong for a human, it'll only knock a dragon out for a day or so."

I frowned, "What had to be regrown?" I was counting the days in my head, "Wait. You mean that Hogwarts starts in 2 days?"

"Yeah, it does. Don't worry, your trunk is packed for you. Also, your mother was informed of you being in the hospital. That woman is a right twit if you ask me. She's told how her child broke ribs, her arm, and fractured an ankle and all she does is send a letter back, muggle post stamps and all, saying that you were a run away, she didn't care if you were hurt, and that this should teach you a lesson to not run away from home. She also included, how she didn't want some mentally disabled child in her care, and released you from her custody. All in one fatal letter."

My eyes opened wide, "You mean I'm an orphan now?"

Draco nodded, then shook his head, "Well technically you are, but you aren't homeless. You'll still stay with us during breaks. Mother has already confirmed it with everyone. So, you're basically family now." He smiled at me, as if this made everything okay.

"When can we leave here Draco?" I sat up and threw the covers off of me.

"Once you get dressed, and I get Mother." He stood up and pointed to a pile of clothes. "The showers are through the door to your left. I'll return once you're done." Then, Draco left to get Narcissa. Meanwhile, I was left alone to shower.

When I came out in my clothes, I was in a panic. "Where's my wand? My holster isn't here."

Jaelah was standing there and replied, "I'm sure the wand that you stole is in the hands of it's owner by now. You probably stole it from a Weasley at the ball the other night. They probably just took it back when you were nearly killed there."

Narcissa came around, "The wand always returns to it's master. It's okay Vespera. Now, come along. We have to get ready for Hogwarts." We each took her hand, and apparated back to the Malfoy Manor.

With just enough time to get one day of reading done before going to Hogwarts, the place I would spend my next 7 years.

AN: End of this chapter. Sorry it took so long to write. I was trying to think of a way to spend the several weeks she had left of Summer, I was dreading typing them up.

The spell is something I made up, and i don't actually know if it would work. In my mind, it did, so let's just go with it.

This story :D I've had the sorting and the song typed up for a while, so the next chapter should be up soon (depending on how much sleep I get.)

Uuuhhhh I've written the last chapter and the epilogue of the story already.

I promise, I'll post the end eventually 3 I won't ditch you guys.