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All JK Rowling's characters, etc, etc! But oh how I wish they were
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All the Colours of Hogwarts
Mrs. Weasley continued her speech, interrupted only a couple of times by sobs and
comical shouts from Fred and George mainly consisting of thank yous to Ron for
marrying his fellow head of Hogwarts and therefore their well earned day off from work.
Their business, Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes, had been in such high demand that up
until now they had had only 3 days off since they left Hogwarts in which they weren't
either working in their shop or inventing (Harry had counted these - Mrs. Weasley, still
easily irritated by all the bangs and smells that noted the twins presence, had insisted that
Christmas Day should be work free but Harry saw on more than one occasion a few
under the table modifications of crackers so these three days, he guessed, he had probably
just not seen it.)
After raising their glasses of champagne, courtesy of Hermione's parents, the infamous
clipboard emerged for what everyone hoped would be the last time to prepare for those
apparating, using portkeys or the Floo Network. Harry could picture Hermione right now
pacing back and forth, fretting that she could not oversee things and knowing that people
weren't doing as good a job as she would. Ron was allowed this task off and sat very
quietly in the corner, growing steadily paler. Harry was paired with Bill, who despite
wearing the same suit as all the men still managed to look far cooler. His hair was shorter
than when they had first met but it was still too long for Mrs. Weasley. Along with this,
Fred and George's noise and smells, Charlie's constant search for more dangerous
adventures with dragons, Ron's ability to blow things up and Ginny's experimentation in
the kitchen Mrs. Weasley must have nerves like no other - but Harry guessed it must just
be a motherly thing to do - worry.
They walked out into the sunshine and towards the garage at the front of the house, away
from peering muggle eyes, where the old Ford Anglia had once lived. Three wizarding
families were to use a portkey to arrive here in the next twenty minutes, a few minutes
apart. Harry looked at the list given to him and Bill and saw that Luna Lovegood and her
father were to arrive first in five minutes. Despite being rather a good Ravenclaw witch,
Luna had taken her apparation test five times and failed. On the last attempt she split
herself right in two, giving holidaymakers in Aberystwyth and Blackpool a bit of a fright.
The head of the Apparation Council must have decided then that her mind was far to
scattered for apparating as she had not taken the test again.
With a thud, Luna and Mr. Lovegood arrived in the middle of the garage holding what
looked like a skipping rope cut in half. If Harry had not known it was Luna it would still
have been impossible to confuse her with anyone else. Her waist length, golden hair was
braided with the colours of Hogwarts - red, gold, yellow, blue but only one strand of
green) and her hat was emitting the loud chimes of church bells that echoed around the
now bare garage. The Lovegoods were the closest neighbours of the Weasleys but still
lived many miles away. Hermione was at first reluctant to invite Luna as they still did
not see eye to eye after their run in over Ron in the 6th year. Ron - torn between how he
had always felt about Hermione and not thinking she would ever feel the same and the
continuous attention from Luna - had decided to keep his options open and dated both of
them. Until they ran into each other that is after Ron had absent-mindedly arranged to
meet them both after Quidditch practice and they realised what was happening. If you
looked closely you could still see where Luna's hair had never grown back properly and
Harry now had two scars as Luna had caught him on his neck with her nails as he helped
pull the two girls apart from their hair pulling.
Bill directed them towards the arch of wands and when they were out of earshot
conversed with Harry about what Hermione's reaction to seeing (and hearing) that hat
might be. Shortly afterwards, Seamus and Lavender Finnigan arrived holding baby
Patrick and what looked like the entire Mothercare catalogue and five minutes after them
Bill and Harry stood well back as Hagrid arrived and the ground shook. With everybody
ticked off their list and directed to the back garden by the arch and cherubs, Harry and
Bill returned to the kitchen where the last off the wizards arriving by Floo Powder were
being given a clothes-cleaning spell by Fred.
"IT'S TIME!" bellowed Mr. Weasley as Harry approached Ron holding out his
hand to pull him out of the chair.
All the Colours of Hogwarts
Mrs. Weasley continued her speech, interrupted only a couple of times by sobs and
comical shouts from Fred and George mainly consisting of thank yous to Ron for
marrying his fellow head of Hogwarts and therefore their well earned day off from work.
Their business, Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes, had been in such high demand that up
until now they had had only 3 days off since they left Hogwarts in which they weren't
either working in their shop or inventing (Harry had counted these - Mrs. Weasley, still
easily irritated by all the bangs and smells that noted the twins presence, had insisted that
Christmas Day should be work free but Harry saw on more than one occasion a few
under the table modifications of crackers so these three days, he guessed, he had probably
just not seen it.)
After raising their glasses of champagne, courtesy of Hermione's parents, the infamous
clipboard emerged for what everyone hoped would be the last time to prepare for those
apparating, using portkeys or the Floo Network. Harry could picture Hermione right now
pacing back and forth, fretting that she could not oversee things and knowing that people
weren't doing as good a job as she would. Ron was allowed this task off and sat very
quietly in the corner, growing steadily paler. Harry was paired with Bill, who despite
wearing the same suit as all the men still managed to look far cooler. His hair was shorter
than when they had first met but it was still too long for Mrs. Weasley. Along with this,
Fred and George's noise and smells, Charlie's constant search for more dangerous
adventures with dragons, Ron's ability to blow things up and Ginny's experimentation in
the kitchen Mrs. Weasley must have nerves like no other - but Harry guessed it must just
be a motherly thing to do - worry.
They walked out into the sunshine and towards the garage at the front of the house, away
from peering muggle eyes, where the old Ford Anglia had once lived. Three wizarding
families were to use a portkey to arrive here in the next twenty minutes, a few minutes
apart. Harry looked at the list given to him and Bill and saw that Luna Lovegood and her
father were to arrive first in five minutes. Despite being rather a good Ravenclaw witch,
Luna had taken her apparation test five times and failed. On the last attempt she split
herself right in two, giving holidaymakers in Aberystwyth and Blackpool a bit of a fright.
The head of the Apparation Council must have decided then that her mind was far to
scattered for apparating as she had not taken the test again.
With a thud, Luna and Mr. Lovegood arrived in the middle of the garage holding what
looked like a skipping rope cut in half. If Harry had not known it was Luna it would still
have been impossible to confuse her with anyone else. Her waist length, golden hair was
braided with the colours of Hogwarts - red, gold, yellow, blue but only one strand of
green) and her hat was emitting the loud chimes of church bells that echoed around the
now bare garage. The Lovegoods were the closest neighbours of the Weasleys but still
lived many miles away. Hermione was at first reluctant to invite Luna as they still did
not see eye to eye after their run in over Ron in the 6th year. Ron - torn between how he
had always felt about Hermione and not thinking she would ever feel the same and the
continuous attention from Luna - had decided to keep his options open and dated both of
them. Until they ran into each other that is after Ron had absent-mindedly arranged to
meet them both after Quidditch practice and they realised what was happening. If you
looked closely you could still see where Luna's hair had never grown back properly and
Harry now had two scars as Luna had caught him on his neck with her nails as he helped
pull the two girls apart from their hair pulling.
Bill directed them towards the arch of wands and when they were out of earshot
conversed with Harry about what Hermione's reaction to seeing (and hearing) that hat
might be. Shortly afterwards, Seamus and Lavender Finnigan arrived holding baby
Patrick and what looked like the entire Mothercare catalogue and five minutes after them
Bill and Harry stood well back as Hagrid arrived and the ground shook. With everybody
ticked off their list and directed to the back garden by the arch and cherubs, Harry and
Bill returned to the kitchen where the last off the wizards arriving by Floo Powder were
being given a clothes-cleaning spell by Fred.
"IT'S TIME!" bellowed Mr. Weasley as Harry approached Ron holding out his
hand to pull him out of the chair.
