Morenwyn Weasley
I sighed in annoyance as Ginny vibrated in her seat as we read one of her ridiculous Boy-Who-Lived books that Mother insisted on us reading. I had no idea why she wasted money on such things when she had so many mouths to feed. There was Daddy, Mother, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred and George (twins), Ron, Ginny and myself. There was also the fact that we were poor in the first place. As a Pureblood, Blood Traitor or not, Daddy got regular raises. It was an extra Galleon in each payment but that quickly added up and yet we always had to penny pinch.
"Sh~!, Harry is about to save the Princess from the Evil Dragon." Ginny said not taking her eyes from the book. Unlike Fred and George who were identical physically down to their freckles, they let me check when I first heard the expression and found that they really were but I could still tell who was who, and personality wise Ginny and I were very different. The only real trait we shared was the Weasley Red Hair. Her eyes were brown while mine were blue, she had freckles while I didn't, she was small while I was as tall as Ron was at this age, and she was skin and bone while I had some baby fat. I was about to say something when a hand covered my mouth and I was carried out of the room by a snickering George.
"You should know not to mess with Ginevra when she's reading her Potter books." Fred said walking beside his twin as they went to the pond out back.
"You don't want her nicking one of our elder brother's wands now do you?" George said setting me down. I rolled my eyes at the two Jokers.
"As if she could, Mother dearest practically attacks Bill and Charlie when they come home for their wands and locks them away in a box in the basement." I said only to see the two blinking at me in confusion. "What?"
"What basement?" They asked in unison.
"The one under the house where Mother brews that odd potion that looks the same but smells different every time you smell it, or at least it does for me. I thought you two knew since you've been nicking her potion books." They looked around to make sure no one heard me before we heard the 'loving' tone of Molly Weasley.
"FRED, GEORGE YOU TWO BETTER BRING YOUR SISTER BACK HERE NOW!" Molly screeched much to my annoyance. The twins covered their ears knowing I was going to reply in the same manner.
"I'M FINE WITH THESE TWO MOTHER! YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE THOSE FICTION BOOKS!" I shouted back making the twins snicker. I sighed knowing that I was going to be in trouble but Molly really was too restricting in EVERYTHING.
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"That's the Printing Press sorted Odd." I called out to Xenophilias Lovegood as I gestured for Luna to pull me out from underneath it. It was an old Printing Press from a Muggle Newspaper that had gotten shut down and then had enchantments placed everywhere before the Muggle Baiting Laws were in place. It had taken me weeks to get through enough books in the closest Muggle Library to learn how to fix it once it broke as the enchantments kept a repair charm from being used on it. Needless to say I had more respect for and knowledge about muggles than Arthur did.
"Ah. Excellent Ducky, you can have your pick of the lower library to read here and you'll get five more Galleons than before." Odd said with a happy smile as the Press started up at the wave of his wand. I had got a job helping him with the Quibbler and was Supervisor when he, Pandora and Luna were away on Hunts. Of course the only ones that knew I got paid were us three and the twins since Molly bought too many Potion Ingredients to be healthy.
"She's Morenwyn, Daddy, not Ducky." Luna said in her usual dreamy tone making me shake my head knowing that she did this on purpose.
"Quite right, Luna." Pandora said walking in with a tray of drinks, muggle of course as none of them liked Pumpkin Juice, floating in front of her.
"Thanks Pan." I said taking the offered drink while she cleaned the dirt off of me. "When can we start learning wandless magic?"
"Luna's already started and you'll start once you get Occlumency down." I pouted at the smug Luna who was playing with a slowly falling light with a teasing glint in her eyes.
"No need to rub it in Luna. Unlike you I have to go to school." A side effect of using the Library so often caught the attention of muggle authorities and it was declared that I would attend Muggle School before Hogwarts. Molly had kicked up a fuss but Amelia Bones quickly sorted her out. "Speaking of which I have to redo my homework. Apparently telling your teacher that your brother ate your homework doesn't get you a reprieve from it."
"Did one of your brothers really eat your homework or was that just an excuse?" Odd asked making me sigh.
"Recently Ron has started shovelling everything near his plate into his mouth like a Neanderthal and for some reason mother refuses to scold him and gets on my back for doing it. Apparently I'm over stepping my responsibilities and making trouble where there is none to be had." I grunted out in annoyance. It seemed the older I got the more I butted heads with Molly. It had gotten so bad at times that Arthur had stepped in and told us both off for it. Despite people thinking he had no backbone Arthur Weasley could be a very aggressive man when he needed to be.
"Well, you'll be at Hogwarts in a few years and after that you can move out like I know your Brothers are planning." Pandora said making me give her a smile. Although I had to wonder why I was pulling away from my family, Bill and Charlie had plans to leave as soon as they got their NEWTS, Percy did everything Molly told him but let me make my own mistakes so I could learn, the twins spent most of their time making plans for them to leave, Ron and I argued almost daily and Ginny only cared about becoming Mrs Ginny Potter now, something that made Molly too happy for my liking.
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"PANDORA! LUNA!" I shouted as I saw the Rookery in flames. Odd was away at Gringotts leaving only Pandora and Luna. I had been making my way to them to get the next Quibbler ready for tomorrow when I saw the house explode. I ran into the house uncaring for the heat in order to get to my friends and found them in the Potion Room. I froze for a moment as I saw a dying Pandora holding a crying Luna.
"Live for me, my little moon. Your father will need you as you need him." Pandora said weakly as she saw me at the door. "Mo, my second daughter, please keep my little moon safe. I love…you…all…" I watched with Luna as Pandora went limp, staring at us with now lifeless eyes.
"MUMMY~! PLEASE DON'T GO!" Luna wailed snapping me out of my shock. I ran to Luna and extracted her, with great difficulty, from Pandora's corpse. During the struggle I caught a glimpse of the underside of the cauldron Pandora had been using. On it was a Rune, one I didn't recognise but I knew Pandora hadn't put it there as she knew nothing about them and neither did Odd.
"Luna we have to go. It isn't safe here. Pandora wants us safe. She needs us to be safe." I said with tears running down my face as I carried the smaller girl away despite her fighting me every step of the way. I coughed as I walked out of the Rookery to see Amos and Cedric Diggory running towards us.
"Morenwyn, Luna, thank Merlin you're okay." Amos said between breathes before noticing Luna's state and grimaced as he stunned her. "What happened?"
"Pandora's cauldron exploded, she shielded Luna from what I could see and when I came in she died begging me to get Luna to safety." I said as best I could in my grief. Amos grimaced while Cedric looked at us with wide eyes.
"Cedric, stay with them. I already sent word to Odd and The Ministry." Amos said as I did my best to make Luna more comfortable. I watched out of the corner of my eye as Amos walked into the flames of the Rookery and came out with Pandora covered in a conjured cloth.
"For what it's worth, I'm sorry. She was a lovely woman." Cedric said making me give him a small smile.
"Always the Hufflepuff, never lose that Cedric, never lose that." I said before letting the world fly by as I held Luna close. I could only hope that she came out of this alright.
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"What did you just say?" I said in a cold tone as I stared at Molly Weasley in absolute disbelief and rage. Odd had turned up and taken Luna to be checked out as the Ministry workers studied the remains of the Rookery. He would have brought me too but Molly had appeared and overruled him. I had been only half listening to her words that ranged from sorrowful pity to angrily dismissive but the last part she said I couldn't just ignore. The whole family, even Bill and Charlie, froze at my tone while Molly frowned.
"I said that Pandora shouldn't have been doing experiments in her house. Honestly, she was so irresponsible-*CRACK*" Molly started to say before I felt myself lose control of my magic which destroyed the table next to me.
"How dare you, you COMPLETELY HEARTLESS BITCH! MY BEST FRIEND JUST WATCHED HER MOTHER DIE IN FRONT OF HER AFTER AN ACCIDENT AND YOU THINK ITS OKAY TO INSULT HER MEMORY NOT EVEN A DAY AFTER HER DEATH! DO NOT TALK TO ME, DO NOT EVEN LOOK AT ME, AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU THEN YOU WILL KEEP YOUR LOUD MOUTH SHUT FOR ONCE IN YOUR FUCKING LIFE!" I screamed at her before walking past only for her to grab my arm.
"NOW YOU LISTEN HERE-!" Molly screeched before my magic reacted and blasted her through the wall out into the garden.
"Does anyone else want to follow Molly's example and insult the memory of the recent dead?" I asked the completely stunned Weasley family before Bill stood up and enveloped me in a hug. Just like that my anger was gone replaced with the grief of losing the woman that had been more motherly to me than my own had been. I barely felt the arms of the others as they joined the hug, except Ron (who was stuffing his face) and Arthur (who did not look happy with his wife as he went to check on her).
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"It's the same every year, packed with muggles." Molly said loudly making me shake my head in annoyance as we walked to the Pillar that led to Platform 9¾. It had been a little over a year since Pandora's death and several things had changed. I no longer listened to Molly and Luna could no longer stand the sight of me leaving me friendless. Odd still treated me the same when I helped him with the Quibbler and handed him books so he could help Luna through Puberty like Pandora was going to.
"Yes because when you go to a muggle train station you expect their to be Centaurs." I said aloud sarcastically getting a glare from Molly which I ignored as I looked around the station and noticed a lost looking boy that had a beautiful owl in a cage despite being a little smaller than me. "Hey Percy, I'm going to give a Muggleborn a hand before Molly sets upon him." I watched the responsible brother nod before going right up to the boy.
"Um, hello?" He said looking at me with wide green eyes almost making me giggle.
"Let me guess, Professor McGonagall didn't tell you how to get to the Platform." I said before turning my attention to the owl that barked at me and gently nipped at my fingers through the bars. "I suggest you let her out once you're on the Platform."
"Um, I was shown around by Hagrid not McGonagall." He said making me frown.
"That's odd. I've met the man and while I can't fault his heart I doubt he told you everything you needed to know simply because it's common knowledge here. Tell you what, I'll owl you some books that help Muggleborns learn about us so you don't end up insulting anyone. I'm Morenwyn Weasley but most call me Mo, the Pillar that leads to the Platform is this way. Just don't let Molly the Loudmouth see you, she'll try and boss you around since 'children shouldn't question their elders'." He nodded and followed from a distance as I returned to the brood.
"Welcome back, none of them noticed despite Mother looking around a lot and being louder than usual." Percy said with a confused and worried frown on his face. That probably had to do with the odd looks Molly was getting for talking extra loudly about the Platform. If I didn't know any better she was trying to get someone's attention but I had no idea who it could be.
"Will you stop trying to break the Statute and just get to the damn Platform already?!" I shouted at her getting another glare which I returned but she did as I said considering that breaking the Statute would see her in Azkaban. I winked at the boy before following George through the portal. Like all the times before I couldn't help but marvel at the Hogwarts Express. Thanks to all my reading I had a great appreciation for all old technology which included steam trains, telegraphs and other technology that paved the way for others that was now everyday use for muggles.
"Thanks" The boy whispered as he slipped past us making me smirk at him. I hoped the boy got a good feeding while at Hogwarts and some confidence otherwise the idiots would eat him alive.