The twins are finally here! Rejoice!
Harriet stood in the receiving parlor with a small over the shoulder bag with an expanded inside, her school trunk, and Hedwig in her cage. She had only a few minutes before she could go through the floo to Platform 9 3/4 and she was still hoping that her father, Sirius, and Remus would come to see her off, but she knew that probably wasn't going to happen.
Over the last couple weeks since her birthday they had been oh so subtly trying to get her to change her mind about going back to Hogwarts, from mentioning she couldn't train physically while she was there to actually hiding her trunk in the manor somewhere. Harri had taken each instance in stride and told them that they could make as many emergency ways into the school as they liked because she was still going. They had almost immediately decked her out in a thick leather cuff that was both an emergency portkey and a way for them to track her, it also transformed with her animagus forms unlike her clothes and wand, that were taken to the pocket dimension like everyone else's when they shifted. On Glacia it was a band around her left foot and on Godiva it was a collar. When she had sent Clint and Bruce's birds out the night before they had finally stopped trying to keep her at the manor and she thought that had been the end of it. Apparently not.
Harri sighed as she cast a tempus and found it was time to go. "Idiots." She muttered sullenly. She shrunk her trunk with a quick tap of her wand to the front clasp, pocketed it, grabbed Hedwig's cage, and checked her glamours before stepping into the floo. When she arrived on the platform she made sure her scar was covered and kept her head down as she quickly boarded and found herself a compartment with a clear view of the station.
Not wanting to deal with the traitors yet, Harri cast a modified notice-me-not on the compartment door that would only allow those she saw as friends to see it before resizing her trunk up above her for the elves to take to her room and sitting down. She watched the train station carefully, waiting for the hoard of redheads that would bring her mates to her. She tensed when she saw Percy appear through the portal, knowing her mates were close behind.
George appeared first and then Fred, through the portal like rays of sun and hope through a clouded sky. Harriet forced down a lump in her throat as they high-fived then shared the grin she was so familiar with. Glacia and Godiva both shifted in her subconscious as her eyes automatically searched them for injuries or sickness she knew logically wouldn't be there. "I forgot how cute they were as third years." Harri muttered to herself. She watched them until they disappeared from view to get on the train.
Only then did she notice Molly Weasley, still on the platform with Ginny, looking around with a frown on her face, "Missing someone bitch?" She growled softly.
Harri was drawn away from her rage at the Weasley matriarch when she heard familiar laughter coming down the hall. "Don't spend to long harassing your brothers you two! I'll find us a compartment." Harri smiled at the sound of the twin's friend Lee.
"Pick us a winner Lee!" Came Fred's voice.
"Make sure it's not infiltrated by Slytherins!" George added.
"Or boring book worms!" Fred called.
"Or boring Slytherin book worms!" They said in unison, Harri could just picture their dramatic shudders.
Lee laughed at their antics, "Got it!" Seconds later he slid open the door of Harriet's compartment and peered in, "Oh hello there. Sorry for just bursting in like this. Do you have people coming to sit with you or are you alone?"
Harri gave him a kind smile, "It's just me. You're welcome to share."
"Thanks, but I have to warn you that my two friends are a bit rowdy. Will that be a problem?" Lee questioned.
"Of course not." Harri said, "I was just going to glance over my boring text books, so company will be nice."
Lee nodded and shut the compartment door, "Cool." He quickly stowed his trunk and sat across from her, "I haven't seen you around before. You a firsty then?" Harri nodded, "You know what house you're going into?"
"Definitely Gryffindor." Harri said as she shifted to fold her legs under her.
"Great! Another lion! I and my friends are in Gryffindor as well." Lee said, bouncing excitedly. "I'm Lee Jordan by the way." He finally introduced himself, thrusting his hand toward her.
Harri shook the offered hand, "I'm..."
Just then the door burst open to admit the twins. "There you are Lee!" George exclaimed.
"We thought you'd gotten lost!" Fred laughed.
"Not lost." Lee chuckled, "Just chatting with this friendly firsty." He gestured to Harri and, as one, the twins turned to her.
Harri's heart almost stopped as her mates focused on her and both the broken bond from before and the new bond reacted. She felt a tugging on her magic and forced herself to keep still and not kidnap her mates right then to take them to safety. The twins obviously felt something too because their jaws had dropped and they were staring at her with wide eyes. Harri smiled warmly at them, "Hello."
"H-hi." They both stuttered uncharacteristically.
Much to Harri's amusement Lee didn't seem to notice anything and simply plowed right on, "What took you guys so long?" He questioned.
The twins were still staring at Harri and she simply raised an eyebrow at them with a small smirk. Instantly George shook himself out of his shock and elbowed Fred, "Oh you know just teasing Ron." He said, his gaze still not wavering from Harri.
"What about now?" Lee asked, rolling his eyes.
"He's searching the train for Harriet Potter. Says he's going to be her best friend." Fred said off handedly, Harri resisted the urge to snort. He and George leaned toward Harri together as their faces split into identical grins, "Now,"
"Who are you,"
"little firsty?" The twins asked.
Harri smirked and crossed both arms out in front of her as she offered her hands to the twins, "I'm Harriet Potter. Nice to meet you." The twins' eyebrows shot up as they took her hands, all three felt a jolt go through them as they made contact. The twins gave greetings of their own and introduced themselves.
"Are you really?" Lee asked in shock, Harri nodded, "I guess I really did pick a winner huh?"
"Sure did." George muttered as they both let go of Harri; both were looking her over now, confusion showing on their faces.
Lee finally noticed that the twins had yet to sit down, "Sit you two. Your hovering is probably freaking out the poor firsty." The twins finally looked away from Harri to share a look, with a quick nod to each other they scooted Harri to the center of her seat and sat on either side of her. Lee frowned at them, "You two are acting weird."
Before the twins could retort, the compartment door was slid open again revealing a nervous Neville. "S-sorry to in-interrupt." He stuttered, "Have yo-ou seen a to-oad?"
Harri shook her head, "Sorry, no." The twins mumbled their own negatives.
Lee stood, "I haven't either but I'll help you look." He hooked a thumb at the twins, "When those two start acting strange its best to get out before something explodes." Lee shot a look to Harri, "You should probably escape too firsty. No use getting blown up your first day."
The twins tensed a bit but Harri just smiled, "It's alright Lee. I'll be fine. I promise to escape if it gets too bad."
Lee nodded, "Alright. I'll be back later then." He and Neville left.
The twins both turned to Harri, "Did you feel that?" They demanded in unison.
"Yes I did." Harri responded.
"Do you know what it is?" Fred asked.
"It felt like our magic was pulling us toward you." George commented.
Fred nodded in agreement, "And when we shook hands it was like we got a shock."
"I know what it is and yes, it will feel like that." Harri said.
"What is it?" They asked.
Harri bit her lip, "I'm not going to tell you right now."
Fred cocked an eyebrow, "Is it dangerous?" Harri shook her head.
"Then why won't you tell us?" George asked.
Harriet sighed, "You wouldn't believe me." She knew that soul bonds happened more often in the wizarding world than in the muggle world but that didn't mean everyone knew about them beyond the fact that they had a perfect match out there somewhere. Harri didn't know how the twins would react, especially since they had never met before this, this time around and there was no friendship basis like last time. She looked back and forth between them with a considering gaze. "How about a deal?"
The twins shared another look before responding together, "What kind of deal?"
"I will give you guys a chance to look up what this is yourself with a clue or two from me. If you haven't found it by the time we are heading back, I'll tell you."
"And if we can find it before then?" George asked.
Harri gave them a mischievous grin, "I'll tell you who the Marauders are."
Their eyes went wide, "How did you know we knew them?"
"How did you know we wanted to know?"
"You know them?"
"You know their real names?"
"Are they still alive?"
"Can we meet them?"
Harriet laughed lightly and held up her hands, "Whoa there. Slow down. The reason I know you guys know...well that would a bit of a spoiler." The twins exchanged raised eyebrows, "As for the other questions, yes I know them and their real names. As for the last two, maybe."
"To which one?!" They demanded.
"Both!" She grinned. The twins both groaned and Harri giggled, "So, do we have a deal?" She crossed her arms and held out her hands to them again.
"Deal!" They said shaking her hands smartly.
"Great. The only clue I'll give you is it is a kind of bond." Harri said, she didn't want to make it too hard but she also knew there were a few different types of bonds that could react on a first meeting.
They both nodded in acknowledgment before leaning closer to her with big grins, "So if you know the Marauders." Fred started.
"Then you must get into a bit of mischief yourself." George finished.
"I dabble." Harri said innocently, making the twins laugh. In her subconscious Glacia and Godiva settled, reveling into the feeling of being with their mates again.
The horcrux was fixed after she came back and was healed so I'm going with, for now, she still has that particular scar. Since its not holding the horcrux any more, the next time she's goes through her burning day she will lose it.
Also, I'm trying my best with the twins but they are rather hard characters to write correctly.