Chapter 4: Brynn Devlin: Exchange Student
Harry stepped out of the fireplace and into chaos. Everyone was there. Fred and George, Bill and Charlie, Ron and Hermione, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Ginny and him. It was wonderful.
Mrs. Weasley was the first to see him. 'Harry!' she cried as she ran to give him a huge bear hug. 'How are you? You look too thin, don't worry I'll put some meat on your bones.'
Turning to her husband she shouted, "Arthur come say hello to Harry! Fred George, be dears and take Harry's things up to Ron's room would you?"
Noticing that Mrs. Weasley was acting different from normal, ha asked, "Is everything all right?"
Mrs. Weasley turned right to him, "Oh dear I am only a little out of it. We have been asked to house a student for a few weeks and I am a little nervous." Breaking off she yelled at Bill for putting his feet on a table.
Hermione came up behind him, " Harry, how are you?"
Harry turned around. He grinned, "Not bad, feels great to be back and away from the muggles."
"I don't know," piped Ginny from the kitchen table, "They seemed fine to me except they seemed scared of me. No ones ever scared of me. It was strange."
Hermione laughed, " It's probably your looks Ginny, never anywhere have they seen such a beautiful young woman."
Harry turned beet red at that but Ginny didn't seem to notice, "My looks? Why would they be afraid of that? Nothing strange about it. What do you think Harry?"
Ginny turned to look at him and found Harry the color of a carrot. Harry was saved from answering when Mrs. Weasley came and shooed them out of the house. "Go play quidditch or something. Just stay out from under my feet."
Outside Ginny, Hermione and Harry found Fred and George playing quidditch with Ron.
"Where are Bill and Charlie?" asked Ginny as she went to stand under an old oak tree.
Blowing out a breathe of air, " They are allowed to stay inside while we have to come out here." He complained. " Why would mum get so worked up about a student staying with us. Hope he's a good quidditch player."
Hermione's back went up, "Why do you automatically assume that it will be a boy. I bet it will be a girl . Everyone knows how much we need another girl around here," she looked towards Ginny who agreed.
" I don't care who it is just as long as they don't mind chocolate." Fred declared.
It was only Harry who didn't laugh at that, "What do you mean?"
Ron, gasping between laughs managed, "Fred…and George… made new…chocolate…turns…you brown."
Holding his sides up George laughed "Its amazing. Genius on our part."
Hermione thought it was a stupid project and let them know it. No one listened.
"Now you just wait here, while I talk to Molly and Arthur." Dumbledore said. Brynn nodded. They had just arrived moments before. They had apparated, Brynn style-silently.
Dumbledore had been more than a little surprised to find out she could do it quietly but to his credit didn't make a scene.
As she watched him walk into the kitchen where she could hear people discuss s0omething heatedly. She could only imagine it was her they were discussing. The talking stopped so she figured that Dumbledore was talking.
Brynn took a look around the room. A living room filled with broken non-wizard items. Muggle things, they called them.
She was worried about being here. She didn't want to leave her mother alone, but if the end result was her safety then she would gladly do what ever it took. Her eyes were focused on a large clock against the far wall. It looked like a normal grandfather clock, except she noted as she got closer, it had peoples faces on it. Right now every one of the nine heads were pointing to a word, home. Nice.
Pulling out of the back pack she had slung over one shoulder, came her cd player. As she put on the ear phones, her mind grew easy. Kiss, was her favorite group. Funny how heavy metal could make her feel calm.
She was startled when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning she saw it was Dumbledore. He motioned that it was time for her to come in. She nodded and hooked her ear phones around her neck.
She walked into the kitchen behind Dumbledore. It was a cramped space and she saw four people at the table. All looking remarkably alike.
"Molly, Arthur I would like you to meet, Brynn Devlin. Brynn these are the Weasley's and their two eldest children Bill and Charlie.
Brynn grinned at the family. They were uneasy she saw.
"Look, I appreciate you taking me in like this. I know it cant be easy for you."
Molly nodded, looking a little anxious. Mr. Weasley, Brynn noticed was looking at her headset that hung from her neck.
No one had offered Brynn a seat so she kept standing . Dumbledore however had taken a seat nest to one of the sons, Bill who had an earring in one ear.
" Brynn Bill here, will be taking care of your mother while you are gone. He has agreed so he plans to leave very soon. Don't worry they will be safe."
I looked at the guy. He seemed ok but then how was I to know.
Continuing Dumbledore pointed to Charlie, "Charlie here will be helping you with learning whatever you need to know. He also will be acting as a teacher this year so as to keep an eye on you if anything should go wrong."
I looked towards Charlie. Tall he seemed. Not as rebel with looks as his brother but nice just the same. " You're ok with this, giving up your work for a year?"
Charlie who had been watching Brynn nodded his response, "I'll miss it, but if it helps then its what I will do. Dragons can wait."
Brynn felt her eyes widen at that, "You work with dragons?"
"Yeah, its good work. Right now I am in Albania."
Mr. Weasley who couldn't control his urge to see her cd player any longer finally asked what it was. "What is that cord you are wearing around your neck."
Brynn looked down in confusion, "What-oh my head set?"
Taking it off, Brynn pulled the rest out of her back pack. Mr. Weasley was at her side in a second.
"What does it do exactly?" He asked his eyes bright as he tried not to touch it.
A little confused Brynn answered that you listened to music from it. "You don't have them?"
Bill answered for her. "No, we just listen to music live or from the radio."
Astounded Brynn placed the headphones over Mr. Weasley's ears, " Have a listen, just remember you might not like the music." With that said she pressed the play button.
Harry stepped out of the fireplace and into chaos. Everyone was there. Fred and George, Bill and Charlie, Ron and Hermione, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Ginny and him. It was wonderful.
Mrs. Weasley was the first to see him. 'Harry!' she cried as she ran to give him a huge bear hug. 'How are you? You look too thin, don't worry I'll put some meat on your bones.'
Turning to her husband she shouted, "Arthur come say hello to Harry! Fred George, be dears and take Harry's things up to Ron's room would you?"
Noticing that Mrs. Weasley was acting different from normal, ha asked, "Is everything all right?"
Mrs. Weasley turned right to him, "Oh dear I am only a little out of it. We have been asked to house a student for a few weeks and I am a little nervous." Breaking off she yelled at Bill for putting his feet on a table.
Hermione came up behind him, " Harry, how are you?"
Harry turned around. He grinned, "Not bad, feels great to be back and away from the muggles."
"I don't know," piped Ginny from the kitchen table, "They seemed fine to me except they seemed scared of me. No ones ever scared of me. It was strange."
Hermione laughed, " It's probably your looks Ginny, never anywhere have they seen such a beautiful young woman."
Harry turned beet red at that but Ginny didn't seem to notice, "My looks? Why would they be afraid of that? Nothing strange about it. What do you think Harry?"
Ginny turned to look at him and found Harry the color of a carrot. Harry was saved from answering when Mrs. Weasley came and shooed them out of the house. "Go play quidditch or something. Just stay out from under my feet."
Outside Ginny, Hermione and Harry found Fred and George playing quidditch with Ron.
"Where are Bill and Charlie?" asked Ginny as she went to stand under an old oak tree.
Blowing out a breathe of air, " They are allowed to stay inside while we have to come out here." He complained. " Why would mum get so worked up about a student staying with us. Hope he's a good quidditch player."
Hermione's back went up, "Why do you automatically assume that it will be a boy. I bet it will be a girl . Everyone knows how much we need another girl around here," she looked towards Ginny who agreed.
" I don't care who it is just as long as they don't mind chocolate." Fred declared.
It was only Harry who didn't laugh at that, "What do you mean?"
Ron, gasping between laughs managed, "Fred…and George… made new…chocolate…turns…you brown."
Holding his sides up George laughed "Its amazing. Genius on our part."
Hermione thought it was a stupid project and let them know it. No one listened.
"Now you just wait here, while I talk to Molly and Arthur." Dumbledore said. Brynn nodded. They had just arrived moments before. They had apparated, Brynn style-silently.
Dumbledore had been more than a little surprised to find out she could do it quietly but to his credit didn't make a scene.
As she watched him walk into the kitchen where she could hear people discuss s0omething heatedly. She could only imagine it was her they were discussing. The talking stopped so she figured that Dumbledore was talking.
Brynn took a look around the room. A living room filled with broken non-wizard items. Muggle things, they called them.
She was worried about being here. She didn't want to leave her mother alone, but if the end result was her safety then she would gladly do what ever it took. Her eyes were focused on a large clock against the far wall. It looked like a normal grandfather clock, except she noted as she got closer, it had peoples faces on it. Right now every one of the nine heads were pointing to a word, home. Nice.
Pulling out of the back pack she had slung over one shoulder, came her cd player. As she put on the ear phones, her mind grew easy. Kiss, was her favorite group. Funny how heavy metal could make her feel calm.
She was startled when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning she saw it was Dumbledore. He motioned that it was time for her to come in. She nodded and hooked her ear phones around her neck.
She walked into the kitchen behind Dumbledore. It was a cramped space and she saw four people at the table. All looking remarkably alike.
"Molly, Arthur I would like you to meet, Brynn Devlin. Brynn these are the Weasley's and their two eldest children Bill and Charlie.
Brynn grinned at the family. They were uneasy she saw.
"Look, I appreciate you taking me in like this. I know it cant be easy for you."
Molly nodded, looking a little anxious. Mr. Weasley, Brynn noticed was looking at her headset that hung from her neck.
No one had offered Brynn a seat so she kept standing . Dumbledore however had taken a seat nest to one of the sons, Bill who had an earring in one ear.
" Brynn Bill here, will be taking care of your mother while you are gone. He has agreed so he plans to leave very soon. Don't worry they will be safe."
I looked at the guy. He seemed ok but then how was I to know.
Continuing Dumbledore pointed to Charlie, "Charlie here will be helping you with learning whatever you need to know. He also will be acting as a teacher this year so as to keep an eye on you if anything should go wrong."
I looked towards Charlie. Tall he seemed. Not as rebel with looks as his brother but nice just the same. " You're ok with this, giving up your work for a year?"
Charlie who had been watching Brynn nodded his response, "I'll miss it, but if it helps then its what I will do. Dragons can wait."
Brynn felt her eyes widen at that, "You work with dragons?"
"Yeah, its good work. Right now I am in Albania."
Mr. Weasley who couldn't control his urge to see her cd player any longer finally asked what it was. "What is that cord you are wearing around your neck."
Brynn looked down in confusion, "What-oh my head set?"
Taking it off, Brynn pulled the rest out of her back pack. Mr. Weasley was at her side in a second.
"What does it do exactly?" He asked his eyes bright as he tried not to touch it.
A little confused Brynn answered that you listened to music from it. "You don't have them?"
Bill answered for her. "No, we just listen to music live or from the radio."
Astounded Brynn placed the headphones over Mr. Weasley's ears, " Have a listen, just remember you might not like the music." With that said she pressed the play button.