Arnold and the truth about his Parents

Part 2: The Burrow

They went into the innkeeper and Arnold watched his grandfather and grandmother look around the room they finally spotted someone and pulled Arnold to a table.

"Phil! So good to see you again!" a man with red (starting to go silver) hair said to Arnold's Grandfather.

"Arthur good to see you again as well still with the ministry?"

"Yes… so is Percy… he's home at the moment as well with Ron…"

"Oh I was under the impression that only Ron was going to be there…"

"Well so where we this morning but Percy decided to surprise us… but don't worry you can still stay…" the man said. Meanwhile a similar conversation was going on with a white haired lady and Arnold's Grandmother.

"Molly good to see you again…." Arnold's grandmother said to the ageing lady.

"Its good to see you to Lindsey… and this must be Arnold…"

"Yes… he looks a lot like Harry doesn't he?"

"So I see… but I also see a little bit of Hermoine in him as well… specking of them both have you heard from them at all?"

"No… its like they disappeared or something… which could mean you-know-who killed them but that also could mean their in hiding…"

"Yeah… you can't expect the worse… Harry's been in more danger in his years at Hogwarts than Fred and George put together…"

"Speaking of Fred and George are they still running that jock shop?"

"Yes even though I was angry at them for doing that when they finished school I'm impressed they've done so well…"

"Okay… so how are we getting to The Burrow?"

"The ministry lent us some cars… I didn't want Arnold to go through the same thing that happened to Harry on his first time going by Floo Powder."

"Alright…" They all walked back out to the ally and Mr Weasly showed them the way to get to the cars. They hopped in and Arnold watched in amazement as they travelled through the streets of London and into the suburban parts of London. The pulled into a house that sort of reminded Arnold of Stinky's house… When he walked in he looked at the house amazed Standing in the hallway was an old Grandfather clock but instead of it having one hand it had seven one for each member of the family. It also didn't have numbers on it it had stuff like lost, at work, here, there, at home, in mortal danger. 4 of the arrows where pointing at Here 1 of them was pointing at, at work the other 2 where pointing at, at home.

"Mum is that you?" A deep voice asked. Suddenly Arnold heard footsteps coming down the stairs and a tall red headed person with freckles appeared. He looked around the room and when he saw Arnold he froze.

"You must be Arnold… I'm Ronald Weasly one of your dad's best friends growing up." Arnold nodded

"Hi…" Suddenly a boy with red hair (almost as red as his fathers but not quite came out from behind his father.

"Dad Emily's teasing me again." The boy said. He looked around and fell silent, he then spotted Arnold.

"Hi I'm John Weasly." The boy said to Arnold.

"I'm Arnold Potter." Arnold replied.

"Are you going to Hogwarts?" John inquired.

"Yes… are you?" Arnold said realising he probably was.

"You betya, my cousins Percy Jr, and James and Sam there twins… already go there… they say its really cool, you go through this thing called the sorting, I'm not sure what that's about but Uncle Fred said it was something to do with going through an course with dementors and other animals like that." Ron laughed at that, remembering it was sort of what Fred had told him before he went to Hogwarts.

"What's so funny dad?"

"Nothing son… I'll just advice you on NOT believing everything Uncle Fred and Uncle George tell you."

"Why Dad? What's the sorting?"

"Don't worry you'll find out when you get there…Why don't you take Arnold up and show him his room."

"Sure… you're going to be staying with me… in my Dad's old room" John said leading him up the stairs.

"So Ron how's Lavender?"

"She's good… unfortunately she couldn't get any time off work to come down so how's Arnold doing filling Harry and Herm's shoes?"

"Well Arnold lingered over a book called Hogwarts: A history, in the bookstore, I seem to remember Hermoine wanting that book when she was going to Hogwarts." Ron laughed

"Hogwarts better watch out then…" He said smiling.

"So who's the father of James and Sam?" Phil queried.

"Fred believe it or not. He married Katie Beth and they ended up having twins themselves, which unfortunately for Hogwarts there EXACTLY like their father and Uncle…" Ron said  "And Percy Jr is exactly like his father, he's a prefect this year and is in the running for being head boy next year." Ron said groaning.

"So is this the room that your father used to have?" Arnold queried after reaching the room, it reminded him of his own room back at the bordering house. The room had two beds set up

"Yeah… it's not great or anything but if my dad stayed here I'm happy."

"Its awesome… it reminds me of my own room back where I live…"

"Alright…" Suddenly a girl with long reddish-brown hair came in.

"Jo-hn when are you…." The girl had spotted Arnold. "Who are you?"

"Emily don't be rude…" John scolded. "This is Arnold… Arnold this is Emily my LITTLE sister…"

"Alright…" Arnold smiled at the little girl.

"So are you ready for school?" Arnold asked John.

"Yeah… I just have to finish packing but that's not until 1 month away… so its not like I'm in a hurry to pack or anything…" Arnold herd laughing just then and another man with red hair came in.

"Hi Uncle Percy… why where you laughing?" John asked.

"Well… you have the personality of your father in you… I can see that clearly.. Hi I'm Percy Weasly…" Percy said noticing Arnold and sticking out his hand.

"Arnold Potter…"

"You should meet my son at dinner, he's over at one of his friends house's for awhile."

"Alright…" Percy left the to join the other adults in the dinning room.

"That's Uncle Percy, according to Uncle Fred and Uncle George, he grew up to quickly…" Arnold laughed.

"Personally I think Percy Jr is growing up to quickly as well… he wants everything perfect and he gets all top marks in school and is SO serious all the time, he never can get a joke, and he brags about EVERYTHING so far I've heard him say he's a prefect about 50 thousand times."  John complained. "Anyway do you want to play Quiddish?" Arnold looked bewildered.

"What?" Arnold asked.

"Quiddish… you don't know about quiddish?" John looked surprised. "I cant believe you don't know how to play the greatest sport around… here let me show you…"

To be continued

Authors notes: Please read and review and MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone