Sorry 'bout the way Hagrid talks, I can't write it right (but Neema can!)

This chapter was revised by Neema Tallgrove Colorfur, and again by Bailey Silverfur.

Lost Relations

"Certainly," said Hagrid, and we left to meet our long lost, kind of, relatives.

"Hagrid," I said, very confused, "I understand that we're witches and all that, but why were we sent to Ohio instead of our cousins?"

"Well, first of all, the Weaslys, your cousins, didn't have enough money at the time for you, and wouldn't have enough for you to start school when you were old enough. Harry Potter, your relation," he said, turning to Selene, "had just went to the Dursleys, there was no one to take care of you. And," he said, finally, he turned to Erin, "Hermione Granger will be glad to help you. The reason they couldn't take you is because they didn't know about you, or the fact their daughter was a witch." As we walked from Professor Dumbledor's office to the Great Hall, I noticed the great marble staircases I remember from the book.

"Wow!" I whispered to Erin, "Those marble staircases are even more beautiful then they were in the movie, or then I imagined them from the movie." Erin wasn't listening. "Erin?" I followed her gaze from her eyes to something floating in the middle of nowhere.

"Ohhhhhhh! New liddle ickle firsties to play wit!" Peeves the Poltergeist was hovering there, examining Selene, Erin, and I.

"Oh my gosh!" Selene exclaimed, "It's Peeves! I always wanted to meet you, Mr. Peeves!"

Peeves looked amazed. "You talk funny!" he said.

"We're American. You know, we were a colony of Britain a long, long time ago." Peeves still looked confused. I wondered if anybody at this school knew what America was. Then I came back to reality when Hagrid yelled at Peeves.

"Get goin' Peeves! These 'ere ain't yer regular 'firsties'. They'm be relatives o' Hermione, 'Arry, and Ron. So's you best be nice, ya hear me?" Peeves had no intention of leaving. "Go before I call Filch!" The poltergeist fled quickly. "Now, where was I?"

"At the part about why you didn't notify us sooner." My dear friend Erin piped up.

"Oh yes.

"Now, this is why I didn't notify you sooner. This is because the Weasly's just recently obtained enough money to take you in, and we didn't want to notify you too soon." By now, we had reached the Great Hall. Hagrid led us inside. Hermione and her parents were there, along with Harry, and all of the Weaslys. Mrs. Weasly immediately came over to me.

"Oh, darling, I'm so glad to see you again, it's been such a long time. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you sooner, but now you're here." She babbled on for quite a while, and I noticed Mrs. Granger doing the same thing to Erin. When I looked over at Selene, I noticed she was deep in conversation with Harry about Quidditch.

"Yeah, with Oliver, George, and Fred gone, we lost our game quite badly. We had to use three second years, and they were horrible." Finally, Bill looked at his watch.

"Holy crickets! I'm gonna be late for work. Gotta go Mum."

"Oh yes," said Mrs. Weasly, "I might as well be going, too. Do you need a ride?" she asked Mr. and Mrs. Granger.

"Oh yes," replied Mr. Granger. Finally, only the three of us were left with Ron, Ginny, Hermione, and Harry.

"Uh hmm," said Hermione.

"Err," said Harry.

"Where's the bathroom?" I asked (inside joke)

"Uh hmm," said Erin.

"Err," said Selene.

"Ho hum," said Ginny

"When's lunch?" asked Ron.

"Well," said Hermione, "the bathroom is down that hallway," she pointed, "and to the right. Lunch is in an hour, and we have a break. So, I think we should show you around, using the "Marauder's Map." At this, Harry whipped out an old piece of parchment, but then quickly put it away.

"Oh, hello Hagrid," he said.

"Hello. I'm here to get you guys to Diagon Alley for your school supplies. I have all the money in my pocket, so we best be off. We'll be back tomorrow, or perhaps the day after." With this, he left, motioning us to follow.

"Bye," we all said.

"Bye," they returned.

"Well," said Selene after we had left the great hall, "that was, err, interesting."

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This chapter was revised by Neema Tallgrove Colorfur