It was now the 25th of August, Marnie was standing on her mum's porch waiting for her mum to answer the door.

"Hey sweetie," Gillian greeted her daughter opening the door.

"Hey mum, you look nice."

"Thanks sweetie, you're just in time."

Marnie nodded and walked in the house. Her brothers ran to greet her, she gave them each a hug.

"I'm really glad that you don't mind babysitting, I'm sure you had something more important to do."

"I don't want to make you feel bad. I had already agreed to babysit before my dad told me that he got us tickets for a sporting event that only happens every four years."

"You mean the Quidditch World Cup?" Malcolm asked.

"Yes, Bulgaria and Ireland are playing. My dad got tickets since he was on the Kenmare Kestrels."

Malcolm nodded. They said goodbye to their sons and left on their date.

"So, what do you want to do?" Marnie asked her brothers.

"How about we play 'Scrabble'?" Scotty asked.

Marnie smiled. "Okay, go grab the game from the game closet."

Scotty nodded, ran towards the game closet and ran back towards them. He put down the game and dealt out the seven tiles. This was his favourite game. He was the more book smart of her two brothers while Brett was the musical one.

They began playing the game. As usual, Scotty won but Marnie wasn't very far behind. After the game, Marnie began making their dinner. She turned on the muggle radio a Bob Marley song was playing. Her dad had been a big fan of him when he was younger. Though, he died when her stepmother was three months pregnant he had convinced her to name her sister Marley.

She stirred the pot of noodles, she didn't like cooking the muggle or magical way. It just wasn't her thing. She finished making dinner for her brothers and herself.

"Dinner!" she yelled.

The two boys obediently ran in the kitchen. Marnie set down the three plates of the orange noodles. The three of them started to eat.

"You two excited to start school again?"

Brett groaned but Scott nodded. Marnie couldn't help but chuckle. After dinner, they ate some dessert which was a blackberry pie.

After they finished, Scott helped her wash the dishes. After that she helped them take their baths. She put them to bed.

It was now about 9:30, she threw herself on the couch and turned on the Wizarding Wireless and a Celestina Warbeck song was playing. She groaned and covered her ears with the nearest pillow. She actually didn't mind Celestina Warbeck in moderation but most of her songs were overplayed. She drifted off to sleep a few minutes later but only slept maybe thirty minutes when she was woken up by a breaking news bulletin coming through the wireless.

"There has been an attack at the Quidditch World Cup!"

She shot up causing a head rush. She began pacing across the carpet. She hoped her family was okay.

The door opened about ten minutes into her pacing.

"Is something wrong?" Malcolm asked.

"There was an attack at the Quidditch World Cup. Can I go check on them?"

"Go ahead."

Marnie hurriedly grabbed a handful of 'Floo Powder', threw it in threw it in the fire.

She appeared in her house fireplace stepped out and searched for her sisters, dad and stepmother.

"Marnie?"

She turned to see her disheveled looking father and ran towards him in relief.

"I thought you were babysitting?" Martin asked.

Marnie shook her head. "I just finished, is everyone okay?"

"We're just a bit shook up is all." Maureen answered her stepdaughter as she joined them.

Marnie breathed a sigh of relief. She walked to her her room, she noticed Nixie wasn't on her bed. She didn't think much of it. Nixie liked to sleep with her sisters on occasion.