Chapter Eight

A Family Affair

Seamus grinned and stepped back to center stage. "That was lovely, ladies. Very nice. I will definitely always respect you three!" He winked cheekily at the Gryffindor chasers who were now back in their seats. They smiled back.

"Now, for our next act, another charming young Gryffindor lady, Miss Virginia Weasley!" Seamus gestured to the girl sitting in the audience. She flushed a little but stood gracefully and undid her black robes. She revealed a knee-length, pleated black skirt and a red wooly sweater, her Christmas sweater from her mother that year. Ginny stepped up to the stage and thanked Seamus, who jogged down the stairs to his seat.

Ginny beamed out at the audience. Then she raised her hands and clapped her hands twice. Her eldest three brothers, that had been sitting next to their parents disappeared, much to the surprise of Molly Weasley. The twins, who'd been talking to the self-dubbed "Gryffie Three," vanished as well. And Hermione flopped down on the arm of couch as her boyfriend also went missing. A split-second later, all six Weasley boys appeared in a semicircle around their baby sister. Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George and Ron looked around, rather puzzled. Then they looked down at their clothes and noticed they were all wearing blue jeans and their most recent Weasley sweaters.

Ginny glanced over her shoulder at them and shrugged. She turned back to the audience and said, "I need a little help." Then she winked. This gained a twitter of laughter from the crowd.

She smiled again and waved her wand in the air. A drumbeat sounded and then a seventies-esque guitar riff began playing. The Weasley boys behind Ginny started bopping their carrot-topped heads to the music.

Then Ginny started singing. The boys, knowing the song because of their father's love of all things Muggle, sang the chorus with Ginny. And somehow they all guessed the one word she had to change.

"We are family!

I got all my brothers with me!

We are family!

Get up everybody and sing!"

The boys, overcoming the shock of appearing onstage in front of the entire Hogwarts population, started getting more into the song. They started really getting down, much to Ginny's delight.

"We are family!

I got all my brothers with me!

We are family!

Get up everybody and sing!"

Ginny gestured to her brothers behind her and sang.

"Everyone can see we're together

As we walk on by."

Her brothers surrounded her and grinned. Still bopping along, they said:

"And!"

Ginny grinned and continued.

"And our red hair shines in all weathers.

I don't tell no lies!"

The Weasley boys all drew their hands to their mouths and sang.

"Oh!"

Ginny giggled and sang.

"All of the people, around us they say

'Why'd they have seven?'

Just let me state for the record-

They wanted a girl and now I'm here!"

The boys all stared at her, scandalized. Then they shrugged and sang again, Ginny injecting little bits.

"We are family!

(Yeah!)

I got all my brothers with me!

(Oh yeah, oh yeah)

We are family!

Get up everybody and sing!

(Sing it to me!)"

All seven Weasley children bopped and wiggled to the song as they all sang together.

"We are family!

I got all my brothers with me!

We are family!

Get up everybody and sing!"

Ginny stepped to the front and began again.

"Living life is fun and we've just begun

To make our way in this world of ours."

The boys stopped their dancing to shout and point to the sky.

"High!"

Ginny beamed. She was loving this.

"High hopes we got from our parents

Through their goals for us."

The boys all pointed to their little sister.

"She!"

Ginny stopped dancing and put her hands on her hips and shook her head.

"No, I don't get upset.

Here's what I say,

It's my golden rule."

She grabbed two of her brothers, who happened to be Ron and Charlie, and hugged them close.

" 'Have faith in me and my family.'

That keeps me strong!

Oh no I can't go wrong!"

The Weasley sons and daughter went back to dancing around the stage, each brother taking a turn dancing with their little sister.

"We are family!

I got all my brothers with me!

We are family!

Get up everybody and sing!"

They repeated the chorus of the song five more times. With every chorus the family of redheads sang, the music faded away. When they were finally finished, the Great Hall echoed with applause. There were many loud whoops for Ginny, the loudest of which came from her boyfriend, Colin Creevey.

Ginny was beaming. Finally she was getting the attention and admiration she deserved. She clapped her hands twice and her brothers disappeared from the stage behind her and reappeared, all wearing their robes again and still grinning. Ginny stepped off the stage and calmly walked back to her chair.

~*~TBC~*~