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"I'll leave you guys now, you probably don't wanna be seen hanging around with a teacher." Audrey began.

"No, stay-" Madeline began.

"-We don't mind hanging around with you at all." Michael finished.

"Yeah, please stay, Audrey." Jade added.

"Ok." Audrey said happily. They went straight to the last compartment. "I know from experience that this is the only one that'll be totally empty." Audrey told them, and opened the door.

***

"I feel like a little kid again, sitting with you guys." Audrey said, smiling. "Kind of happy, actually."

"So, what are you going to teach us this year, Audrey?" Madeline asked, while Michael rolled his eyes at his twin's eagerness.

"Yeah, I heard that DADA is the most cursed teaching position at Hogwarts." Jade said.

"I'm going to teach you lots of things." Audrey said with a smile. "Starting with Faeries."

"Wow, I've read about them." Madeline said, eyes wide in awe.

"Which type? Which nationality?" Jade queried.

"Depends on how I'm feeling. Now, I think I'd better go, or you three will know my whole lesson plan for the year." Audrey got up and left, despite their protests.

***

"What do you think Hogwarts is going to be like?" Madeline asked Jade.

"I dunno, Maddy. I'm just going with the flow so far. What did Gabby think when she found out you were leaving?"

"Same as she thought when she found out you were leaving, Jade. She went ballistic. Miss Giddygaddy is a psycho."

"That I can agree with." Michael said.

"Shut up, Michael, she was no worse than your protégé, Dale." Madeline retorted.

"Uh, I'm confuzzled. Protégé?" Jade said.

"Oh, right. Well, you know how in Little Women, Meg and Jo each look after one of their little sisters, considering them 'theirs'?" Madeline began,

"Uh, yeah." Jade said.

"Well, it's sort of like that. My favourite of my siblings is Giddygaddy, and Mike's is Dale." Michael nodded, indicating his agreement with his twin, something, which was quite rare, the twins hardly ever agreed on anything.

"Speaking of siblings, Mum's pregnant again, too." Jade said.

"Too?" Michael asked.

"Yeah, didn't you know that Mum was pregnant?" Madeline snorted.

"No, unlike you, I don't hang onto her every word." Michael shot back.

"No, you read my diary instead." Madeline said sweetly. Michael scowled, which caused Madeline to giggle, and Jade to sigh.

"The animosity between you two is ridiculous." She said. "When are you going to learn to get along?"

"Never." They said in unison, then glowered at each other.

"What happens if you're in the same house?"

"Simple," Madeline began,

"We'll ignore each other." Michael finished.

"But you finish each other's sentences! You could be great friends!" Jade said in exasperation. The twins looked at each other, then her, wicked grins on their faces.

"Yes, Auntie Jade." They chorused.

***

"Firs' years, firs' years this way." Hagrid yelled. "You 'right there, Jade? Wha' 'bout you twins?" He waved at them.

"We're fine, Hagrid." Jade said wearily. She'd spent the whole train ride listening to her cousins' bickering, and she had a migraine.

"Tha's good. Come along, then." He said. They walked with him, and got into the boats. "Remember, no more'n four to a boat." He called out. Jade and her cousins sat in a boat, and were joined shortly after by a petite copper-haired girl with warm light brown eyes.

"Hi." She said. "My name's Mandy Pyro. What's yours?"

"I'm Jade Potter, and these are my cousins, Madeline Weasley and Michael Weasley." Jade said.

"Cool. I've read about you guys, and your parents. Me Ma didn't want me to be a witch like Da, so she tried to hide me away in Australia, in hope that I'd be a muggle. We were visiting her folks here when I got me letter. She was not happy." She grinned good-naturedly.

"Why didn't she want you to be a witch?" Michael asked.

"'Coz Da left her for a witch when he found out she was pregnant with me. 'Twasn't supposed to last, he told her. He was only having fun. She was devastated."

"Ouch." Madeline said sympathetically.

"I guess, I never knew him, so I don't really care what he thinks of me, or Ma. We're happy without him." Mandy shrugged.

"You'll see your first view of Hogwarts in a minute." Jade muttered. A split second later, Hagrid called,

"Yer'll see yer first view of Hogwarts in a minute." Their boat giggled, causing the other first years to look at them in puzzlement.

"Ooh, isn't it pretty." Madeline breathed.

"That it is." Jade agreed. Mandy just nodded, eyes wide.

"It's nice." Michael commented grudgingly.

They got out of the boat when it gently bumped against the side of the lake. "Evryone ou'? Good." Hagrid raised one ham-sized fist, and knocked loudly on the door.

Over yet again. *Whew!* 'Tis quite hard to write the chapters, considering I'm 16, not 11, so I have to remember not to make Jade too mature.