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A boy with dirty blonde hair and very noticeable freckles on his long nose tried to get some attention, while his parents were fighting. No, it wasn't anything serious - they argued every day. It was quite normal and often for things that didn't matter. Right now, his mother and father couldn't agree if they would listen to the music or news on the Wizarding Wireless Network, or WWN as the wizards called it for short.

The boy coughed a couple of times, but that didn't work either. He decided to take bigger step, so he climbed the chair, took a deep breath and yelled "IF I AM UNWANTED IN THIS HOUSE, WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY IT INSTEAD IGNORE ME?"

It worked. His parents stopped bickering at once and gave him a surprised look. His father was first to break the odd silence "What was that behaviour, Dennis Lovegood Weasley?"

"Just trying to get a few moments of attention, if it is possible in this madness." Dennis coolly answered slowly getting off the chair.

"Don't you talk to me with that tone, boy." His father's snarling voice responded.

"Let him be, Ron. It's our fault, after all." Said Dennis' mother softly.

"I'm sorry I behaved the way I did, but it was the only way to make you hear me." Dennis apologized "I have to tell you something. Important."

His parents turned into ears. They were eagerly expecting to hear what their boy had to say. Dennis completely enjoyed in the attention he suddenly had, so he almost forgot what he wanted to say. His father needed to push him a bit "You were saying...?"

The dreamy look wiped off Dennis' face "Oh, yes. I wanted to tell you that I am accepted at Hogwarts."

"Darling, that's wonderful." His mother Luna said hugging him. His father joined them saying "It was about time."

They stood embraced together for a few moments.

"If somebody would see us now, they'd think we're such a loving family." Luna joked.

"Well, we are a loving family, we're just a bit weird too, I guess." Dennis added.

They all laughed at this, but what Dennis said was not so far away from truth. It's not like they never did any weird things. For example, Dennis had two last names. Ron and Luna thought it would be interesting, so they gave him his and hers. They'd also bought Dennis a strange animal for a pet for his ninth birthday. It was a dog that basically looked like one hairy ball. You could barely see its eyes, nose, mouth, ears, tail and even legs. He was small and, if you wouldn't know it was a dog, you'd definitely think he was one extremely soft ball for playing games. His name was Fluffy. Dennis named him and couldn't understand why his Dad laughed maniacally every time he'd hear his son calling the dog.

"Dennis, can I see the letter you got? So many years had passed since I had opportunity to read one of those." Ron Weasley said to his son.

"Sure thing, Dad." Dennis said and went to bring the letter. Dennis's father opened it and smiled when he saw who the headmistress was.

"Good ol' McGonagall."

"She was nice. I liked when she'd transform herself into a cat." Dennis's mother said absent mindedly.

"A cat?" Dennis was in awe "Cool!"

"Yeah, we thought so, too, when we were your age." Ron said continuing to read the letter. It didn't last long when he yelled "WHAT THE HELL?" probably with a reason. The same line, or similar situation, was in a couple of more houses, not so far away.

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"You are kidding me, right?" Fred Weasley asked "I did hear Severus Snape, didn't I?"

Alexander and Mina nodded.

Fred burst out laughing "Snivellus, almost headmaster! Haven't heard better joke in months!"

"Why, dad?" The kids asked in unison. They didn't see what so funny was. The guy was the deputy headmaster, so what?

Their father laughed some more and when he grabbed a breath, managed to say "If he's the deputy, then you're doomed!'

Hermione heard that and ran out of the kitchen with a warning expression on her face "Frederick Weasley! How can you say that? Frightening children just before the year had started!"

"But, they are doomed, face it. I have to tell them the truth, don't I?" Her husband responded and added with a smirk "Do you suggest I should lie to them?"

"Like it would be your first time." Hermione snapped, but instantly calmed down "Kids, professor Snape is not that bad. He can just, sometimes..."

"... take you a lot more points than you deserved." Alex's and Mina's father finished the sentence.

"What, he is, like, some kind of a bad guy there?" Mina wanted to know.

"You'll see." Fred answered, not wanting to scare them any more. He felt that he should say something more, if nothing, because of his wife "Maybe he'd changed, who knows? Miracles happen."

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