Al sat at the kitchen table eating breakfast with his younger siblings, as James was still asleep and Lily was fixing her hair. Today the four Potter siblings were going back to Hogwarts. When Al woke up this morning, he didn't feel excited or anxious to get back to school. Instead, he felt nervous about going back, because he knew things were changing, and not in a good way.

"Al, please don't play with your food," said Ginny, cutting Hazel's toast and eggs.

"Sorry, Mum," mumbled Al, not realizing he had been pushing his eggs back and forth on his plate.

"Mummy, why can't I go to the platform?" said Hazel, as she used her fork to repeatedly break the yolk of her eggs.

"Sweetheart, we've been over this," said Ginny, as she put a plate of buttered toast and eggs in front of the twins. "Only one parent and the kids going to Hogwarts allowed."

"But why?" asked Hazel.

"Because the baddies will get you!" said Colin, aiming his fork at Hazel.

"Colin Arthur, put your fork done," said Ginny, sitting down to eat her breakfast.

"It's not fair!" said Hazel, crossing her arms and pouting her lips.

"It's okay, Hazel," said Al, trying to help out. "You'll get to go another time."

"I wish I was going to Hogwarts," said Hazel, using her fork to pat down on her eggs.

"Well guess what? You're not going to Hogwarts," said Iris, matter of factly. "So stop whinging about it like a baby." Before Ginny could scold Iris for being rude, Hazel took one of her yolk-soaked egg whites and flick it towards Iris, who was sitting across from Hazel. The six year old's aim was perfect, because the food particle landed on the left side of Iris's face. Immediately, Iris hopped out of her chair and began to chase Hazel out of the room.

"Oh, Merlin," groaned Ginny, as she followed the girls out of the kitchen yet another fight.

As the twins left the table after finishing their breakfast, James walked in with his hair tussled from his sleep and wearing his Quidditch joggers and a Gryffindor jumper. Although still drowsy, he woke as the twins darted out of the kitchen.

"What did I miss?" asked James, grabbing a plate of toast and eggs for him on the counter.

"Hazel threw eggs at Iris," said Al, which made James snorted with laughter. "Where's Lill?"

"Still in the bloody bathroom," said James, with a mouth full of eggs. "I knocked on the door to do my hair, and she shrieked at me to get the hell away from the bathroom or she'd hex me to eternity."

"Rough," said Al, shaking his head and laughing at his sister. Just then, Al noticed James' eyebrows furrowed together in confusion as he scrolled through his phone. "What's wrong, Jay?"

"Look at this," said James, showing his phone to Al. When Al took the phone from his brother, he immediately cringed at the Kells picture of Troy surrounded by Stanley, Bruno, and Kyra leaning against a wall in Diagon Alley with serious faces, trying to act tough and serious. However, Al's mood changed when he read the caption:

"Among the eight, we'll strike the many who are small. You think you know what we mean, guess you'll see."

"What in Merlin's beard...?" said Al, confused by the post.

"Right? It's bloody bizarre," said James. As he was speaking, Lily had come down to the kitchen after getting her hair and makeup down for the day. Lily saw her brothers looking over the post and peered over to see what they were looking at.

"Among the eight, we'll strike the many who are small. You think you know what we mean, guess you'll see," said Lily, reading the post allowed. "There's no way Troy came up with that all on his own - his too daft to be that clever and ambiguous."

"What does it mean, Al?" asked James.

"No idea," said Al, getting out his phone to look through his rarely used Kells account for that post.

"You think we should be worried?" asked Lily, standing between her brothers. James sighed and Al looked down at his plate. Although their sisters were tough, neither one of them wanted Lily or Iris to be afraid at Hogwarts. The girls still had so much time left at Hogwarts, and they deserved to feel safe at the school.

"Don't worry, Lill," said James.

"Yeah, Jay and I will make sure nothing happens," said Al.

Lily smiled and hugged her brothers, feeling satisfied with that answer. However, both James and Al gave each other a quick glance. Their eyes had worry and fear in them. Unfortunately, they knew they could make as many promises as they could to their sisters and friends and family, but they had no idea what the next term would hold at Hogwarts.