A/N: I don't own Harry Potter

This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Auction: Day 6 -auction 2 Prompt 3: Molly Weasley II

Word Count: 936

Molly looked around Diagon Alley. She wished her father had been able to take her, but he was busy dealing with some emergency at the ministry. She wasn't surprised. Lately there seemed to be a surge of emergencies. There was something about the Death Eaters happening, not that she knew anything about that, mind you. She was the perfect little angel. She certainly wasn't the one slipping extendable ears under the door of Mummy and Daddy's room while Lucy distracted them. No, not her!

"Xena, Molly, hurry up, you're falling behind," her Aunt Luna called. Aunt Luna and Uncle Ron had volunteered to take Molly with them while they bought, their daughter, Xena's school things. Xena was the same age as Molly and the two couldn't be more different, well they appeared different anyway. Molly knew that deep down, they were quite a bit alike. Molly just was a bit more logical in her thinking and didn't believe everything she read or was told. Xena often looked for strange creatures that no one else thought existed. As usual, Xena was already wandering off, chasing some creature only she and Aunt Luna could see. While Luna went after Xena, Molly followed Ron. Ron was looking at the list of things the kids needed for school. Molly knew her father was planning to buy her an owl when he got off work.

"Ready to start school?" Uncle Ron asked, looking at his niece.

"Yes, no, maybe," Molly answered. "I mean, I know I'll be sorted into Gryffindor like everyone else, I know what's going to happen, what kind of classes I'll be taking. I mean, I did read all the books cover to cover," she admitted.

"But?" Ron asked.

"But, the books don't tell me how to make friends. The books don't tell me what to do about the fact Lucy isn't coming with me, that she won't be with me for another three years. The books don't tell me what to do about not knowing anyone."

"You'll know Fred. And there's going to be a lot of kids who don't know anyone. I mean, there's always going to be some muggle-borns who didn't even know magic existed. Also, I made friends with your Uncle Harry when I offered him a chocolate frog card," Uncle Ron offered, as the pair entered the book store. Aunt Luna and Xena would catch up to them in a moment.

"Fred is... he's..." Molly paused, trying to find the right word to describe her cousin.

"The most awesome kid ever?" Fred announced, walking up behind Ron and Molly. Molly rolled her eyes.

"I'm surprised to see you in the bookstore, Freddie, I didn't know you could read," Molly commented. Ron tried not to laugh. Molly smirked, watching Fred roll his brown eyes.

"Mum taught me to read the moment I was born, Mols. What about you? The picture books are over there, remember?" Fred retorted, pointing to a self of books for babies. Molly tried not to laugh.

"Fred Weasley!" a voice yelled, echoing through the store.

Fred hunched down slightly. Molly could see her aunt standing in the doorway.

"You apologize to Molly this instant!"

"Sorry, Molly," Fred grumbled. Molly smiled as her Aunt Hermione crossed the store quickly, looking straight at her son.

"And what did I tell you about running off?" she asked. Fred looked down at the floor.

"But Mum! I saw Uncle Ron and you were talking to Aunt Luna and I was bored!" Fred whined.

"Just because you're bored doesn't mean you can run off!"

"Relax, 'Mione, he's fine," Ron said. Molly shook her head as Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione started yelling at each other. No matter what, those two always seemed to fight. Molly remembered one Sunday dinner where they had actually started throwing hexes at each other. She remembered hearing from some family member that once upon a time, they'd been a couple. Fred glanced at her, looking miserable.

"Want to go get our school books while they fight?" he offered, giving Molly a hopeful look.

"Yeah, they'll probably keep this up until either your dad or Aunt Luna show up," Molly agreed. The two slipped off into the shelves, reading from Fred's school supply list. Molly knew hers said the exact same since they were both going to be first years. She also picked up a set of books for Xena, that way they could get out of this store, and hopefully someplace more interesting, quickly.

They had managed to find all the books on the list, plus a few more. Molly found one about making friends and Fred found one about how muggle pranks.

"Do you really think anyone's going to fall for those?" she asked, as he flipped through the pages reading some of the pranks to Molly.

"Maybe? Still interesting how muggles do things without magic. Grandpa was asking Uncle Harry the other day about aeroplanes again."

"Those big scary metal birds?" she asked. She would much rather floo everywhere, or walk, or alongside apparate.

"Yeah, think you'll ever fly in one?" Fred asked thoughtfully.

"No way!" Molly exclaimed. "What about you?"

"Maybe, someday, it could be interesting," he mused.

"Molly! Fred!" Aunt Luna's voice called. The kids grabbed their stacks of books and hurried back to the entrance.

"Let's not tell them we were getting along?" Fred whispered, looking at Molly. She nodded quickly. She had a reputation to uphold after all.

"Me, get along with a prankster like you? Never," Molly laughed, giving her cousin a secret smile before pretending she had nothing to do with him.