A/N- ok firstly I would like to say that English isn't my first language so I'm really sorry for all the mistakes I make. Secondly I have a bad habit of writing "u" instead of "you" and spell check doesn't pick up this mistake so I will go through the chapters and correct this. Disclaimer: I Do not own Harry Potter or any of the Characters I only own Christina and the plot.

It was early morning at the burrow, around 9 :00am, and the entire dining room table was occupied by a bunch of tired but still happy and laughing teenagers. There were the Weasleys, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny and then a couple of non-Weasleys mainly Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Oliver Wood. They were all talking happily about the year to come and all the things they had done over the summer. They were alone at home since Mrs Weasley had to go do some shopping.

Harry, Hermione and Oliver had all arrived that morning and were going to be staying with the Weasley's for 3 days until school started again. Fred and George would be starting 7th year, Harry, Ron and Hermione's 5th year and Ginny's 4th year. Oliver would be going back to Hogwarts to be the new flying instructor because Madame Hooch was retiring.

"Did you hear about the Quidditch match between the Golden Goats and the Black Nights? (A/N: I made these up) It was incredible!!" Ron exclaimed.

"Oh I wonder who will be the new Defence against the dark arts professor this year." Said Hermione.

Fred and George were talking about the new jokes they had developed and were already making mental lists about who they should play their pranks on. Everyone was having a great time until……..

"TWINS!!!" came a loud, sharp cry from upstairs.

"umm we best be off." Replied Fred looking at his wrist at a non-existent watch.

"yes.. um something we need to do." said George standing up.

"If you like your noses the shapes that they are you will sit down NOW!!" the voice came from a fairly tall girl standing at the entrance to the dining room, her wand pointing at the twins. The twins sat down so quickly that the chairs might have given way. Now this scene might have looked normal except for the fact that this girl's hair was bright orange and sticking up at odd angles.

"Give me the counter curse to this NOW!!" she shouted pointing to her hair.

Harry, Hermione and Oliver looked quite confused but Ron and Ginny looked highly amused and Fred and George looked scared beyond all comprehension.

"Oh come on Christy it was only a joke." Fred said meekly.

"Yeah, now you look like a real Weasley." said George.

She gave the twins a death glare that could have melted ice and waved her wand in front of her and the twin's hair burst into blue flames. The flames did not seem to hurt them but it did look extremely ridiculous.

Fred got up and muttered, "Fine you win." he pointed his wand at her and said "finite incantatum"

"Nice try smart guy but a I already tried that one and it doesn't work. Now give me the real counter curse." She said glaring at the twins.

"Darn. Finite inflamaré cheveux." Muttered George.

At once, the girl's hair changed from being bright orange to being a dark mahogany brown. It fell to her shoulders ad framed her face, contrasting nicely with her bright blue eyes. She pocketed her wand in the back pocket of her corduroy jeans and fluffed her hair. Harry immediately thought that she looked incredibly familiar but cast the thought aside.

"Thank you" she replied sweetly "Do not mess with my conditioner again."

Fred cleared his throat and pointed at his head, which was still blazing with bright blue flames, he gave her a look of pure innocence and then looked at George whose expression was identical to his twin's. The girl laughed slightly and blew at Fred's head and then at Georges extinguishing the flames.

She then turned to the rest of the table and said "Morning everyone"

There was an awkward silence and then Ron cleared his throat "This is Christina our cousin, Christina this is Harry, Hermione and Oliver." He said pointing to each in turn.

"Hi" she said waving her arm in front of her.

She sat between Ron and Hermione and was introduced a little less vaguely by Ginny.

"This is Hermione Granger, top of everyone of her classes." Hermione blushed and shook Christina's hand.

"This is Harry Potter. I think you know about him." Harry smiled and shook her hand over the table.

"And lastly this is Oliver Wood. He is going to teach at Hogwarts." Oliver shook her hand over the table as well (he was sitting next to Harry). Christina started buttering herself a piece of toast when immediately Hermione started asking school related questions.

"Which school do you go to?"

"Oh this year I'm going to go to Hogwarts." Christina replied

"Oh really where did you go to school before." Harry asked

"I was sort of home schooled by a tutor."

"Why?"

"Well my mother thought it would be better that way and I would get the benefit of having the teacher pay full attention to me." She replied

"What did your father think about it?" Hermione asked

"I never knew my father." She replied shortly as if it were the most common thing in the world.

"Oh im so sorry.... " Hermione began to apologise.

"Don't be sorry. If anyone should be sorry, it should be him he's the one that left." She said not lifting her gaze from the table, Christina was obviously getting flustered and she cursed under her breath. She turned to Ron, changing the subject completely, asking "Are we going shopping today for the school supplies and stuff?"

"Yeah. Mom said when were done we can go. This year she decided to lighten up a little so we can go on our own."

"Ok. Well I'm going to go finish getting ready." Christina replied getting up and leaving the room, her untouched piece of toast still sitting in her plate half buttered.

"Urgh I feel like such a fool." Hermione exclaimed.

"Don't worry Mione you didn't know. Besides she will be ok." Replied Ginny "Well I guess we better go get ready as well Hermione. We'll meet u guys down here in 15 minutes okay?"

Ginny and Hermione went upstairs. They walked into the room just as Christina finished brushing her hair. Ginny's room, which the three girls would be sharing, was fairly cramped. There was one single bed where Ginny would be sleeping, the couch which Christina had already claimed, and then a mattress for Hermione.

"Are you guys nearly ready?" Christina asked after about 20 minutes of hair brushing; make up applying and just plain fussing.

"I'm done." Hermione replied.

"Me too." Came Ginny's response.

Christina linked arms with both girls and they walked down the stairs.

"About sodding time." Ron said annoyed.