AN: The movie was Practical Magic starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock, I love that movie. Sigh. Anyways, just to state, if I mix up American and English speech a bit in my stories, it's natural, I'm English but I read so much American stuff that I say the American variation of things sometimes (And I sometimes speak in an American accent just to confuse my friends! Lol, that's fun) and it's a weird habit I've picked up, so just ignore it please!

Chapter 9-Off to Hogwarts

Paisley blearily waved her hand around, trying to find the annoying beeping sound that was coming from her left hand side. She reached out and leaned right over, eyes still shut.

"Oh shut up." She grumbled, leaning over some more, she fell off the side of her bed, entangled in her blankets. "Ouch." She muttered, finally opening her eyes to glare at the innocent looking digital alarm clock that read seven o clock. "Damned thing." She grumbled, staring at it more intensely, she saw the date on the right hand corner of it. The first of the seventh, the first of September, her first day of high school.

Paisley smiled and quickly rushed around her room, she grabbed her towel from the desk chair and ran for the bathroom, excited to start a new life. Soon afterwards, she hurried out of the shower and rushed downstairs after changing into a long demin skirt and a baby pink top.

"Morning Mum!" Paisley exclaimed as she bounced happily into the kitchen, she sat on the counter.

"Morning P." Virginia replied hesitantly, "Are you feeling alright?" She added, feeling the girls forehead for a temperature, Paisley smirked at her mother.

"Perfect." She replied happily.

"That smirk get any worse and I'd mistake you for a Malfoy." Virginia told her daughter. Paisley was about to ask who when a voice came from near the fireplace.

"Don't insult her like that."

"Dad!" Paisley exclaimed, she rushed to her father and hugged him.

"Hey P!" Harry exclaimed, "Came to get some of your Mum's delicious breakfast."

"Hermione kick you out again?" Virginia asked, Harry rolled his eyes.

"No, she warned me last week never to go to her house for breakfast because the kids might like it, but she didn't." Harry replied, Paisley giggled whilst Virginia smiled and pecked him on the lips on her way to the table with a fresh batch of chocolate chip pancakes.

"Yummy, choccie chip!" Paisley exclaimed as she forked one onto her plate. She ripped a bit off with her fingers and looked to her parents.

"Everything ready?" Virginia asked, "Not forgetting anything?"

"Nope." Paisley replied, shaking her head.

"Actually, you are." Harry stated, Virginia and Paisley both turned to him and Harry smiled, handing Paisley a large, powder pink jewellery box. "I got this charm made for you a few weeks ago, as a promise to make up for all of the birthdays and Christmases I've missed." Harry further explained, Paisley looked confused and opened the box with a gasp.

Inside of the box was a gold necklace with a small snitch charm on the end.

"Wow Daddy, it's really pretty." Paisley said softly, she turned the box charm to show Virginia, who walked around the table and put the necklace on her daughter. "Thank you!" Paisley exclaimed, running around the table to hug a happy Harry.

"No problem." Harry replied, hugging the tiny red head back. "Now eat up, the train ride is long."

"Way long." Virginia added, Paisley quickly ate up her breakfast and then they started to load the girls trunk and bag into the car.

All of the way there, they talked, joked, listened to music and sang along with said music. When they finally arrived at Kings Cross and were walking to the platform, Paisley looked around in confusement.

"I've been here a million times before and I'm sure there is no platform nine and three quarters." She stated, Harry and Virginia grinned.

"C'mon, we'll get you there." Virginia told her daughter with a sly smile, they leant against a barrier. "Just relax." Paisley rolled her eyes and leant back, immediately regretting doing so when she fell onto her bum. Her parents came through a gate seconds later with her things, laughing heartily.

"Mum! Dad!" Paisley exclaimed, Harry chuckled and gave her a hand to get up on.

"Sorry, but that was priceless." Virginia told Paisley, who 'humphed' and turned, walking off into the crowd.

"Whoops." Harry muttered.

"Don't worry, she'll get over it." Virginia stated, still giggling slightly. They walked around trying to follow their daughter, who was purposely trying to lose them as a joke.

Paisley turned to look at her parents whilst she was still walking and smiled at them, she turned to carry on walking again when she bumped into someone.

"Oh! Sorry!" Paisley exclaimed, falling onto her arse for a second time that hour.

"Watch where your going brat." The girl sneered, Paisley looked up at the platinum blond haired girl with stone cold grey eyes.

"I'm sorry." Paisley said again, more apologetically.

"You better apologise brat." The girl sneered again.

"Leave her alone Malfoy." A boys voice came from behind Paisley, Paisley was helped up by someone and turned to see her three elder cousins.

"Why Weasley? Is this little brat a Weasley too?" The girl called Malfoy taunted.

"You could say that." Lory sneered.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Malfoy sneered.

"None of your damned business, now get lost." Jesse commanded.

"Yeah, go back to Daddy little brat." Mazie added, Malfoy huffed and walked off.

"Just ignore her, she picks on every red head." Jesse told Paisley, who nodded slightly.

"Why?" Paisley asked.

"'Cause she's a bitch." Mazie stated acidly.

"Are you alright P?" Virginia asked worriedly, coming up to the group, more Weasley's were crowding round.

"I'm fine Mum." Paisley replied, "Thanks." Paisley said to her three cousins, who waved it off.

"Nah, it was nothing." Mazie said.

"We should've done more." Jesse added.

"Yeh, bitch slapped her, how fun." Lory said excitedly, then saw the looks her Mum, Nan and Hermione were giving her, "Or maybe not." Paisley giggled.

"Hello Paisley, it's good to see you again." Molly said to the girl, giving her a motherly hug.

"Yeh, good to see you all too." Paisley replied hesitantly, glancing at her Mum who was frowning. "I need to get my things on the train." She added so that she could go, Paisley stood next to Virginia and tried to get the trolley from her Mum. "I need that Mum!" Paisley exclaimed.

"I know, but your gonna have to ask nicely." Virginia said with a smirk.

"Please?" Paisley asked, "Pretty please? With cherries and cream?" She then pouted at her mother who quickly swung her arms around her face, to block the view.

"No no no! Not the pout! Please not the pout!" Virginia exclaimed jokingly, she took down her arms and saw her daughter still pouting at her. "Fine." Virginia gave her daughter the trolley.

"Bye Mum." Paisley said, and hugged Virginia tightly.

"Your coming home for Christmas remember." Virginia said, Paisley nodded.

"I know, and you have to write to me!" The girl exclaimed, looking up at her mother.

"I will, and I'll send you howlers when your bad and new merchandise when your good." Virginia said with a small smile.

"What's a howler?" Paisley asked, Virginia just shook her head.

"Never mind." She replied.

"Bye Daddy! I better see you at Christmas too!" Paisley exclaimed, hugging Harry enthusiastically.

"You will, trust me." Harry replied, hugging Paisley back.

"C'mon, you can get a carriage with me, Mum and Remus." Kaci said excitedly, Paisley glanced at her Mum, who nodded.

"Knock yourself out Baby." Virginia said, Paisley grinned and walked off with her light trunk being dragged along afterwards.

"Who said I was staying with her?" Hermione asked the crowd of Weasley's jokingly. "Surviving the train ride might be a little hard Remus." She added, looking to the werewolf who shrugged.

"Oh well." Remus replied with a grin, "I'll see you all at Christmas then."

"Aren't you going to say bye to Uncle Remus, Heather?" Hermione asked her and Ron's two year old daughter, taking the girl into her arms. Heather shyly looked down. "No?"

"Bye bye." Heather said shyly, looking at Remus, who smiled.

"Bye bye Heather." He said softly, he said his goodbyes to the others and wandered off onto the train, searching for the two first years who had buggered off to a compartment already.

"See you all later." Hermione said, she kissed Heather on the forehead. "I'll be home tonight to tuck you in alright?" The little girl nodded and hugged Hermione childishly.

"Bye bye Mummy." Heather said, Hermione smiled and hugged the little girl to her before leaning up to Ron's height and kissing him on the lips.

"If I come home and it's a mess, I will not be happy." She stated, Ron rolled his eyes.

"I wouldn't dream of it." He retorted, Hermione eyed him warily before kissing him passionately again, ignoring the elder students catcalls.

"See you later." Hermione stated.

"Yep, see you." Ron replied, "Say bye Heather?" Heather looked as if she would cry. "Go now before she starts big time." Ron whispered to Hermione, who looked very worried.

"You sure?" She asked, Ron nodded.

"Yeah, just go already Gorgeous." Hermione blushed and pecked Ron once more and kissed Heather's forehead again before walking off and onto the train to her compartment with Remus and the two girls.

The whistle to signal the train was about to leave went off and Hermione quickly hurried to find the compartment.

"Hey Mum." Kaci said, not looking up from her book as her Mum entered the apartment.

"Oh, hi Kaci." Hermione replied, sitting down by the window on the opposite side to her daughter and put her feet up onto the seat, hugging her knees and burying her face into her folded arms.

"If you don't like leaving so much, why not quit the job?" Kaci asked, still not looking up from her book.

"Because I like this job." Hermione's muffled voice replied.

"What are you reading this time Kaci?" Remus asked, Kaci just held up her book so that Remus could see the front.

"Virginia Andrews? She's a good author." Paisley commented, "Have you read the Hudson series?"

"Rain?" Hermione asked, lifting her head up in the slightest, watching Paisley nod before she thumped it back down. "We've read them, Rain had such a bad life." Came (yet again) Hermione's mumbled voice.

"Yeah, she did." Paisley said with some thought. The door to their compartment was opened and two girls peeked in.

"Paisley!" One of the girls exclaimed, she had raven coloured hair and was wearing simple jeans and a 'Weird Sisters' t-shirt.

"Chenyce!" Paisley exclaimed, she jumped up and hugged the girl.

"Um… You two know each other?" Kaci asked, finally looking up from her book.

"Yeah, we met in Diagon Alley!" Paisley told them excitedly, Chenyce glanced at Hermione inquiringly.

"Er, is she alright?" She asked, indicating the professor.

"She's fine, just missing her daughter already." Remus stated, Hermione looked up at Chenyce and smiled.

"Hey, sorry." She said softly, then saw the girl behind. The girl was quite tall for her age and was obviously Middle-Eastern in heritage, she had long black hair that was tied into a low ponytail at the back of her head, she had thin rimmed glasses and she wore a peacock blue sari. "Hiya, I'm Hermione Weasley." Hermione introduced herself as, "I teach DADA. This is Remus Lupin and he teaches History of Magic whilst that young lady is Kaci, my daughter."

"I knew that already." Chenyce stated, Hermione rolled her eyes.

"But your friend didn't." She retorted, Chenyce spun around.

"Oh yeah!" She exclaimed, "Everyone, meet Shira, Shira meet everyone." She exclaimed.

"Hi." Shira said meekly.

"Hi Shira, how bout you both sit down?" Paisley asked kindly, Chenyce plopped herself onto the seat beside Remus and Hermione, who had taken her legs down off of the seat whilst Shira sat down next to Paisley on the edge.

"So Shira, are you excited to come to Hogwarts?" Remus asked kindly, Shira nodded politely.

"Yes sir." She replied.

"Don't worry, we don't bite." Kaci said happily, "Well, Remus does, but only on full moon." That made Shira go a little white.

"I'm a werewolf, but it's nothing to worry about." Remus stated, Shira paled even more.

"I thought you preferred the whole secrecy thing?" Chenyce asked, Remus shrugged.

"Professor Dumbledore usually tells everybody at the feast that they're to stay away from my quarters during the full moon, it doesn't take a genius to work out why." He told the girl.

"Are you a muggleborn Shira?" Hermione asked the girl politely, Shira looked confused.

"I'm sorry, a what?" She asked.

"A muggleborn is the technical term for a witch or wizard to come from a family where no magic roots are held." Hermione said in her know-it-all fashion. "I'm a muggle-born also, it was quite strange, the new experiences and world and everything." Shira nodded.

"It is."

"Don't I know it." Paisley agreed. Shira looked confusedly to her. "I'm a pureblood, but I was raised a muggle." Paisley briefly explained.

"Oh." Shira muttered. "What is the school like then?" All four of the first year girls turned to the two professors.

"There are lots of secret passages." Hermione started hesitantly.

"Ooo, more pranks." Kaci said mischievously.

"Now girls, I know what my imbecile husband and best friend have been saying to you, not to mention the things Sirius and Remus have said, and I do not want you getting into trouble, understood?" Hermione asked Paisley and Kaci.

"Mum, we are daughters of the biggest trouble makers after the Marauders! How could you try to make us promise such a thing?" Kaci asked innocently, Remus laughed whilst Hermione just shook her head and tried not to smile.

"Kaci-Leigh Granger-Weasley." Hermione said warningly.

"Whoa, chill Mum!" Kaci said, "Argh, I hate that name." The other three girls giggled.

"Leigh is such a strange name." Chenyce stated.

"But so's 'Chenyce'." Paisley pointed out.

"Yes but people just add 'Leigh' to their names at the end." Chenyce told them, "Kerri-Leigh, Jamie-Leigh-"

"Chenyce-Leigh, Shira-Leigh, Paisley-Leigh." Paisley continued, causing all of the girls to giggle again.

"They just sound odd." Remus stated, Hermione agreed with him.

"Oh boo hoo." Kaci muttered sarcastically.

"I can't wait to watch a Quidditch match." Chenyce said excitedly, "Ricky said that they rock."

"What's Quidditch?" Shira asked confusedly, they spent the next half hour explaining the game and details of Quidditch to the muggle-born girl before the lunch trolley came.

The rest of the train ride went fairly quickly, Hermione and Remus told them more about the school and they talked about what they expected of certain classes.

They were now finally pulling into Hogsmeade station.