Disclaimer: It all belongs to J K Rowling except that characters that I have created.
A/N: I hope you didn't miss chapter 9 that I posted Sunday night. With the ff.net thingy, I am afraid that some people might have missed it. Anyway…..A year has come and gone since the last story. It is now 2007 and Kyleigh is now nine years old. The bad guys are laying low for a while and the families are just enjoying growing up together. The first part of this chapter involves Percy and Penelope's little boy Basil. The idea came to my muse Eva in a dream months ago and we were finally able to incorporate it into the story. The second part was a combined brainstorm and we both nearly laughed ourselves sick. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did…….
The Marauders: The Next Generation 10
As July 2007 rolled around so did an invitation. Charlie and his muggle wife Anna were having a Weasley and extended family reunion. Of course all the Weasleys were invited as were the Malfoys, Blacks, Lupins and Snapes. As it was a tough time for Charlie to get away from the dragons, they thought it best to have the reunion in Romania. It turned out to be a very eventful week. Everyone was having a great time. The children, most of whom went to Malfoy School, were having a wonderful learning experience with dragons. Charlie and Anna were excellent teachers. They had explained about all the different breeds they had and where they came from. Anna, a muggle doctor that studies blood, was showing them the differences in wizard, muggle, werewolf and dragon bloods. It took some fast-talking to get Remus and Charlie to let her draw some blood from them. She just smiled and said to herself "Men can be such babies." She explained to them that she had been doing studies on dragons and their blood so she could better treat them if they became ill. There was one dragon in particular however that wouldn't cooperate with her and was kept away from all the others. Apparently it had been on a rampage lately and could not be trusted around any of the children, a Norwegian Ridgeback that had been captured because of it's rampaging ways. Charlie had yet to figure out why it had turned so aggressive. It was still a very young dragon, no more than 15 years old. Charlie was puzzled, they usually don't turn mean until they are ready to die, but this dragon was still a baby, as dragon's go.
One afternoon after they had been there nearly a week, Penelope, Percy's wife was gathering up the younger children for their naps when she realized that Basil, her five year old was no where to be found. A few of the older children had gone off with Charlie to town to get supplies, could he have gone with them? When they returned a few minutes later, her fears were answered. They hadn't seen him. Penelope was getting frantic.
"Percy, do you have any idea where he could have gotten off to?" she asked, near tears.
"No dear but we will find him," he said trying to comfort her.
They went around asking all the adults and children if they had seen him, but all the answers were the same, No.
When Penelope came up to Hermione and Draco, she was in a right state.
"Penelope, what's wrong?" asked Hermione.
"We can't find Basil," she said as the tears were streaming down her face.
"Relax, Penny, we'll find him," said Charlie. "He is probably off somewhere curled up asleep."
As Kyleigh listened to the conversation she thought of Basil. Suddenly she knew where he was.
"Charlie," she said.
"Yes dear," he said as he turned to look at Kyleigh.
"He's fine, he is over talking to Norbert," she said nonchalantly.
With a puzzled look he asked, "Norbert? Who's Norbert?"
"The Norwegian Ridgeback," she said.
"Merlin's Beard. That the one that is separated from the rest," and he took off running.
Right behind him was Penelope, Hermione, Draco, Harry and Ron.
When they reached the pen they saw him and sure enough he was standing right up against the fence.
Charlie approached as quietly as he could, not wanting to startle the dragon.
"Basil," he whispered, "You need to come away from the fence son, do you hear me?"
"But why?"
"Because this dragon isn't safe and I don't want you to get hurt," said Charlie in a soft voice.
Penelope was starting to cry harder and louder and Charlie said through gritted teeth, "Penny you need to control yourself, you aren't making it any better crying like that, you could spook him even more."
"Basil, you need to come away from him, I don't want him to hurt you," said Charlie.
"Oh Uncle Charlie, don't be silly, Norbert would never hurt me. He doesn't want to hurt anyone. He just wants his mommy," said Basil confidently.
"How do you know he wants his Mommy?" asked Charlie.
"He told me silly. He doesn't want to hurt anyone. He just wants his Mommy," said Basil sweetly.
Suddenly, Hermione grabbed Harry's arm and said, "Harry, Norbert wants his Mommy."
Harry looked at her like she was nutters and then with eyes widening he said, "Norbert wants his Mommy."
"I think that we have established that," said Charlie, "but what does it mean?"
"Charlie," said Ron. "This is the dragon you took from Hogwarts fifteen years ago. This is Hagrid's Norbert. Hagrid is his Mommy."
"Oh then we have to get these two together. Harry……"
"I'm already there," said Harry as he disappeared with a pop.
"Basil, can you please tell Norbert that Harry just went to get his Mommy?"
"He is going to be so happy," said Basil excitedly.
After about an hour, Harry returned with a weeping Hagrid.
"I can't believe it. You found my baby," said Hagrid as he walked up to the fence.
"Hello Norbert," said a still crying Hagrid. "I have missed you so much."
Norbert answered this by putting his head down so Hagrid could rub it.
After a few minutes, Hagrid turned to Basil and said. "Norbert tells me that you can talk to him too."
"Yep, he is a really great dragon and he misses you terribly," said Basil stifling a huge yawn.
"I have missed him too, but now that I know where he is I can come and visit anytime I want. And it is all because of you," he said with tears in his eyes as he picked up Basil and swung him around.
"Wwwweeee," said Basil as he smiled very big grin.
As Hagrid put him down he puffed his hair and said, "When you come to Hogwarts we will have to see what other animals you can talk to."
"Great, that would be a lot of fun," said Basil as his mother ushered him off saying it was way past time of his nap.
As the afternoon wore on, Anna came across a very quiet Kyleigh.
"Are you feeling alright Kyleigh?" asked Anna as she came to sit next to Kyleigh in the front porch.
"Oh yes, I'm fine. Just a little bored. All the guys are off playing quidditch and I have read all of the books I brought with me," she said sadly.
"Well I think I may be able to help you there," said Anna smiling broadly.
"Really?"
"Sure, come on in the house and we can see what books I have," said Anna as Kyleigh followed her into the house.
They walked into the small library. Kyleigh was amazed at all the books lining the shelves. When Anna looked at Kyleigh she had to laugh. She looked like she had just walked into a candy shop.
"There are so many books. Do you have any favorites?" asked Kyleigh.
"As a matter of fact, one of my favorites was Matilda. It's about a little girl who finds out she has special powers," said Anna.
"Oh that sounds interesting. Can I borrow that one please?" Kyleigh asked happily.
"Of course and when you get finished with that one there are plenty more."
"Thanks," she said hugging Anna as she went back to the porch, curled up in an overstuffed chair, and started to read.
As Kyleigh began to read she became very intrigued and a slow smile crept to her face. When she finished the book a few hours later she thought, I wonder if this can be done? And she tried. She tried to make a pebble move on the ground and for a couple of days nothing was happening. On the third day she was concentrating very hard. Her brother Martin had been aggravating her no end. Martin was a sweet child but could aggravate a rock. She got so worked up she let her mind go and it happened. The pebble she had been concentrating on flew through the air and hit Martin right in the back of the head. He turned around to see who could have thrown it but the only person there was Kyleigh and she had her nose in another book. Besides she would never do anything like that. With a puzzled look he turned and walked back to where Hagrid was telling some of the children about some of the other animals that Charlie and Anna had. Kyleigh stifled a giggle. This could be fun she thought. So for the rest of the day she practiced having pebbles soar through the air, occasionally hitting someone with one. Not hard enough to hurt anyone, only hard enough to make then turn to see where it had come from. Her favorite targets were Fred and George. Being the two who had pulled some of the best jokes while they were there, she felt it was her duty to get them back. For the rest of the week she would move things on people but only if they weren't paying attention. Little did she know she was being watched.
After dinner Severus came up to Kyleigh and asked, "Walk with me?" as he offered his arm for her to take.
She smiled sweetly at him and said, "Of course," and they slowly walked away from the group.
"So how have you been enjoying your vacation?" he asked.
"It has been very…um educational," she said trying to hide her smile.
"Educational indeed. Learn anything new about yourself?" he asked.
She looked up at him with big brown eyes, "Why whatever to you mean Master?"
"I've seen what you've been doing," he said with an amused look.
"You aren't going to tell are you?" she asked as she started to squirm.
"Not if you let me in on the game," he said.
She looked up at him with admiration and asked, "What do you have in mind?"
"Well, I was plagued with a set of twins at school. I would love to get them back. I over heard Fred tell George he would supply the canary creams if George would supply the cream puffs at dinner tomorrow night. It seems that your Mommy and Daddy are the objects of their affection, shall we say, at the moment. Apparently they were unable to get a good joke on them at school so they want to do it now. And what better way then with all the children watching," he said.
"Why those two little stinkers," said Kyleigh. "Count me in."
"Excellent. Here's what we can do……" and Severus explained the whole plan.
So the next evening when everyone was ready for desert, George brought in his famous cream puffs. He served everyone else first and saved Draco and Hermione for last. He sat a plate in front of Draco and to Draco's right, Fred. He then sat a plate in front of Hermione and to her left, himself. As he was doing this, to distract him Severus asked," So Fred, George, how much longer do I get peace and quiet at school before the next round of mischief makers come?"
Fred laughed and said, "You have another whole year of peace, then the triplets start and Flannery."
"All girls," said George, "How bad could it be?"
"Coming from you two," said Mrs. Weasley, "pretty bad."
"MOTHER!" they said together.
"We're hurt *snif*," said George.
Everyone burst into laughter. They didn't notice the looks of triumph on Severus and Kyleigh's faces.
"These look wonderful Uncle George," said Kyleigh sweetly.
"Well eat up," he said with a smile on his face.
The whole table took a bite at the same time. After a few moments Hermione looks at Kyleigh who is now crying.
"Kyleigh are you alright?" she asked.
As tears are streaming down her face she puts a hand to her mouth and points at George.
Suddenly everyone at the table burst out laughing. Fred and George are sitting there in all their feathered glory.
"Nice," chirped Fred. "Who switched the canary creams?"
No one took credit.
"No really. Who was it? Ron?" asked George.
"Wish I had but no it wasn't me," he said with tears welling up in his eyes. "But whoever did it, I am in your debt forever. That was bloody priceless."
"Harry?" asked Fred.
"Nope," he said holding his sides from laughter.
"Well then who and how? After I put it on the plate it never left my hand until I put it in front of Draco," said George.
"Oh it was for me? Nice George. Well whoever it was I am in your debt," said Draco as he scanned the table for clues on who it could have been. And then he noticed his sweet little girl as she looked him in the eyes.
Suddenly the table went quiet as a cup of pumpkin juice came floating across the table and dumped itself in Fred's lap.
"Charlie, do you have a poltergeist?"
"No not that I know of," he said barely able to contain himself.
"Then who?" George asked as he was the object of the next prank. Out of nowhere a creampuff comes flying across the table and hits George right in the face.
With this Severus completely loses it and stands up clutching his sides in pain.
"What do you know about this Professor," asked Fred.
"I think I know what is happening here," said Anna.
Everyone looks at her with amazement.
"It's called the Matilda syndrome," she said near tears.
"Matilda syndrome? I have never heard of that. What is it?" asked Draco looking at his daughter smiling.
"May I," asked Kyleigh.
"By all means please," said Anna who was practically hysterical.
"It is caused when a very bored nine year old little girl who reads too much finds a book on telekinesis and decides with the help of a trusted professor to get back at a couple of practical jokers he had at school," Kyleigh said nonchalantly.
Everyone stopped dead, looked at Severus, who bowed graciously, then burst into applause and a standing ovation.
"All hail our new king and queen of practical jokes, Severus Snape and Kyleigh Malfoy," said Fred as he started molting.
"Like I said, bloody priceless," said Ron laughing.
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That night as Draco tucked Kyleigh in he said, "I can't believe you pulled that off, it was wonderful. However, you do realize that now you will be in line for retaliation from Fred and George."
"I don't think so because they told me it was the best joke ever and they didn't want me to get them again, however I think Master may be in for a spot of trouble," Kyleigh said laughing.
"I think you may be right there," Draco said as he kissed her goodnight.