Disclaimer: Don't own Harry Potter and friends. Their all JK Rowling's. But my characters belong to me!! (They appear at the very start of this chapter! Sorry if I'm annoying people:P)

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Emily walked down Diagon Ally, thinking about the little 'incident' she had had with Ron.

'Who knew red heads could be so cute!' Emily thought with a giggle.

"Yo! Em!" yelled out a voice.

Emily turned and saw her little brother running up to her with his hands full of interesting things. He had short brown hair with green eyes. Most people called him small, but Emily called him average height. He was rather skinny too.

"Heya Paul! Couldn't help yourself could yah?" Emily asked looking at his hands.

Paul blushed and said, "Well, what do you think? This place is new for me; I gotta get a little bit of everything".

Emily laughed.

"Come on, we don't want to be late. You know what mum's like," Emily said pulling him by his arm.

Emily and Paul ran down Diagon Ally with their arms full of books and other bits and pieces. They finally reached the place they were supposed to meet back at, The Leaky Cauldron, and walked back out on the streets of London.

"Emily! Paul!"

They both turned and saw their maid, Lucy. With her long brown hair in her usual bun and bright brown eyes, Emily and Paul could pick her out of a crowd. There also was the reason that she was still wearing her maid uniform.

"Emily! Paul! Your mother's parked down this way!" Lucy called.

Both Emily and Paul gulped. When they were late their mother always punished them. It wasn't their real mother. Their real parents died when they both were really young. So when this lady needed kids to get a certain job she wanted, Emily and Paul were the unlucky kids to get chosen.

Emily and Paul followed Lucy until they saw their mother's bright red car. She loved the colour red. And there she was their stepmother Amanda Avalon. With her golden blonde hair blowing in the wind and those dark evil eyes watching them, she was the perfect evil stepmother.

"You two are late. What time did I tell you to be here?" Amanda asked in her usual witchy type voice.

"Twelve on the dot," Paul said proudly.

"Exactly! And what time is it know?" she asked again.

"Five minutes past twelve," Emily said trying to keep her voice from shaking.

"Right again! You're late! You two know what happens when you're late!" Amanda yelled in a screechy voice.

Emily and Paul exchanged scared looks. They knew exactly what happens. They'd get a beating by their father.

"Know get in with this junk!" Amanda ordered.

They did what they were told and hoped in the back of the car. Then all five of them were off on their way back to their mother's mansion.

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"RONALD WEASLEY! TIME TO GET UP!"

'Bugga shit! It's time to go back to Hogwarts!' Ron thought as he sat bolt upright.

Ron quickly grabbed his hot water bottle and stuffed in under his pillow.

'Please give me an instant temperature' Ron pleaded to himself.

Just then his mum came in, in a towering rage.

"I thought I told you to get up!" she roared at him.

"I know that. But it's my fever. I'm burning up mother," Ron said in between small breathes.

"Sit up!" his mother ordered.

"That's one thing I can't do," Ron said placing his hand on his forehead.

"Sit up know or I'll make you!" she ordered again.

Ron sat up in his best acting. He sat upright and acted like it was killing him.

"Please hurry mother. It's killing me to do this," Ron said acting in pain.

His mum picked up his pillow and found his water bottle.

"I'm not that stupid no matter what you think Ronald Weasley," she said in her calmest voice.

Ron's face fell.

'I knew I should have tried the broken arm!' Ron said to himself.

"Ok Ron, get up unless you want me dressing you again," she yelled.

Ron quickly got out of bed and grabbed some clothes.

"Can you leave? I'm not changing with you here," Ron said disgusted.

His mum left the room to get changed.

"And don't take your time!" she yelled from the other side of the door.

Ron rolled his eyes and started getting dressed.

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