Weasleys and Friends- Chapter 3

Aletta ran upstairs to collect her belongings which included a huge, white tote bag that weighed as if an elephant was packed inside it, and a large suitcase, accompanied with a cage containing a beautiful, white owl with freckled, smoky spots. Aletta called him Smoky.
After she transported her heavy luggage to her car, she ran into the kitchen to collect the cherry pie.
Before she could run back out, her mother called her back. Aletta set the pie down on the table next to the door and walked back to her mother, out of breath. As soon as she walked into the kitchen, she started to complain, which was one of her bad habits.
"Mum, I don't want to miss the train! And I still need to drop off the pie and-,"
As Aletta rambled on, her mother approached her and cradled her radiant, natural face with both of her hands. Aletta suddenly stopped as her mother gave her a small smile.
"Sweetie, I would just like to let you know that I'm proud of you. You will do fine at Hogwarts," Aletta smiled at her mother's thoughtfulness. "And do try to meet a nice man while you're away. Your father and I have been itching for a grandchild!"
Aletta pulled out of her mother's grasp disgusted and exclaimed, "Mother! I can't have an affair with a student!"
"There are male professors, child!" Joan explained. "I, of course, didn't mean a student!"
Aletta laughed at her silliness and hugged her mother.
"Don't worry, mum," she said. "I won't let you down. I know I haven't exactly done well at my other jobs-,"
"Aletta," Joan said seriously. "Please get along with the staff. I know you haven't gotten along with a lot of you colleagues in your past professions, so all I'm asking of you is for you to control that anger that rises up in you so easily. Remember your breathing and-,"
"Mother, I know!" Aletta said annoyed.
"Please try to ignore the unpleasant people there. I am sure that there are many students that are very-,"
"Mother!"
"-rude to their professors and I'm sure they wouldn't make an exception with you and you know how kids are these days to their teachers and-,"
"MUM!" Aletta yelled as loud as he could to cease her mother's incoherent ramblings.
Joan suddenly stifled herself and walked over to collect the pie. She brought it over to Aletta.
"Here," she said holding out the pie to Aletta and she took it carefully. "I think it's cool now."
"Okay, thanks Mum," she then leaned over and pecked Joan on the cheek.
"See you over the holidays!"
Aletta then disappeared out the door.


Ding Dong!
A short, plump, lady came to the door of The Burrow and opened it. There stood the admirable, well formed, five foot eleven Aletta Dumbledore with a huge, flavorsome-looking cherry pie. The lady eyed it with interest in her eyes. She obviously hoped it was for her.
"Hello, dear!" she cried out in mirth as she stepped to the side so Aletta could enter the house. "We've been expecting you!"
"Oh, you have?" Aletta asked, confused.
"Yes," she said. "Joan called and said that you would take the kids to King's Cross Station!"
Aletta was shocked. She would love to take them, but she didn't know if there was room in her old, crappy Dodge Spirit. Wait a minute, she thought, I'm a bloody witch.
"Okay," she said, her eyes twinkling.
"Good," Mrs. Weasley chattered. "Just let me run in the kitchen and collect the children!"
Before she could scamper off, Aletta called out, "Oh, and Mrs. Weasley?"
The amiable, red- headed lady nodded her head as a sign for her to continue.
"This is for you. My mother made it," she said holding out the pie.
Mrs. Weasley beamed, as she finally knew it was for her. She took it out of Aletta's hands and ran into the kitchen yelling behind her, "Thank you! It looks delicious. Now I better get those kids out there and into the car. You don't want to be late for the train!"
Aletta checked her watch and realized it was almost ten and it takes a half and hour to get to the station, and the train leaves at eleven. She was now slowly growing anxious.
Suddenly, six teens walked out of the kitchen and toward the doorway. One of the girls had bushy, brown hair and cinnamon eyes. The other girl next to her was Ginny, Aletta supposed. She hadn't seen the Weasley kids in years since she had always been bustling around looking for a well-paying job. The boy next to Ginny had jet-black hair, emerald-green eyes, and glasses. She then noticed the other three boys. Ron was the second tallest and still had that cute, friendly face she would never forget. And the other two she saw were the twins, Fred and George, who had grown to be quite handsome but still had the evil glint in their eyes.
When they approached her, Ron's mouth fell open as he looked at Aletta. She tried hard not to laugh.
"H-hello," he stuttered. "I'm Ron."
Aletta smiled at him and replied, "I know, Ron. Nice to see you! You've grown into quite a handsome, young man!"
Ron thought he was going to faint as his cheeks turned a deeper red than his hair. The prettiest girl that he was gaping at knew his name. And thought he was handsome!
Aletta then turned to the boy she didn't know next to Ron. Her eyes then roamed to the lightening-bolt shaped scar on his forehead, but she quickly looked away to not be rude.
"And you are?" she asked, knowing that it would have been sort of rude if she asked him if he was Harry Potter.
"Harry," he said timidly, "Potter."
Aletta smiled at him and turned to the brunette with the bushy hair that didn't look very pleased.
"Hi," Aletta said sweetly, hoping for at least a smile in return.
The girl just kept her frown on and swept past Aletta toward the car, with her luggage.
"Don't mind her," Ron said. "She's just jealous because I think you're pretty-,"
"Oh, don't flatter yourself!" Harry joked as he lightly punched the blushing Ron in the arm.
Aletta laughed and turned to Fred and George as Harry and Ron went to put their things in the car, "Hello, Fred," she said to one of them, hoping he really was Fred.
"Hello," the one next to him said. "I'm Fred, not him."
"And I'm George," said the one Aletta thought was Fred.
"And you guys have also turned out to be quite attractive," she complimented.
George and Fred then blushed slightly and picked up their bags to put them in the car. Aletta then turned to the little girl that was left. Ginny.
"Hi, Ginny," Aletta greeted warmly. "How are you?"
"Good," she said shyly, glancing around Aletta to look at her other friends.
Aletta could tell she got very nervous when she met someone. She doubted Ginny remembered her since she was only two when Aletta knew her.
"Do you want to go put your stuff in the car?" Aletta suggested, and she nodded quickly as she rushed past Aletta to the car.
Aletta then followed suite and ended up at the car that was now full with kids. Ron was sitting between the twins and Ginny and Harry sat upfront. The brown bushy-haired was standing outside the car, telling one of them to move over. Aletta walked over to the girl and said, "A simple spell, and you'll fit easily and comfortably in the back."
The girl glared at Aletta as she performed a spell and the inside of the car got wider while the outside stayed the same. As the girl got into the car, Aletta walked to the back of the car and did the same spell, except on the trunk. It grew twice as big as it was before and she fit the entire luggage in nicely. When she was finished and content with the seating arrangements as well as the placement of the luggage, she ran inside to tell the Weasleys that they were departing for the train station. Aletta then walked back out with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, following her to say their goodbyes. Aletta got into the car and when they were done with their farewells, Aletta turned on the car and set off toward the train station.
"Mum told us you were going to be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?" Hermione, who Aletta had learned was the bushy girls name, asked later during the ride, already forgiving Aletta and being a bit bolder since the whole group had been talking all about music and magic. After all the spells Aletta told them she was going to teach them, Hermione grew quite fond of her.
"Well, she's right," Aletta confirmed.
Aletta heard the whole group sigh of relief and she asked why.
"Well, there's this one cruel, nasty professor at Hogwarts that has always yearned for that job, and we feared that Professor Dumbledore was going to hire him for it," Harry explained as the whole group started to talk about how relieved they were.
"What does he- or her teach?" Aletta asked with curiosity.
"Potions," they all said in unison and Aletta nodded.
"And he's a he," Ginny added in a squeak.
Aletta turned to her and smiled. She then realized that she still hadn't asked the kids what year they were all in.
"So what year are you guys in?"
Ron answered for all of them, "Harry, Hermione, and I are 5th years and Ginny is a 4th year while the twins are 7th years."
The twins groaned as they thought about how they would need to take N.E.W.T.S and other tough tests.
"Well, we're here!" Aletta exclaimed and the kids began to chatter louder as Aletta pulled into the Kings Cross Station.