Chapter Two: A New Person

Fred, George, Ron and Harry tried as hard as they could to get as much information as they could out of Charlie, Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley over the next few days about the mysterious visitor, but the three elders held their tongue and didn't say anything about the whole incident and just said not to worry about it. Ron and Harry eventually gave up but the twins were still going at it.

"Fred. George. Please. I already told you not to worry about it. It has to do with the ministry and your father. Nothing at all with you two." said Mrs. Weasley with a basket full of the kid's clothes. She was doing Harry's, Ron's and Ginny's laundry before they headed off to Hogwarts. The phone rang and Ron answered it as he entered the living room.

"Hello?" he asked. On the other end of the line he recognized his sister's voice.

"Hey Ron, is mum there?"

"No she just went outside to wash the clothes."

"Oh alright, well then you can tell her that I'm gonna stay the rest of the week with Hermione and I'll be going back to school with her. So she doesn't need to worry."

"Alright, fine I'll tell her. See ya at school."

"Bye."

Ron hung up the phone and walked outside to where his mother was magically washing the clothes.

"Hey Mum, Ginny just called and wanted you to know that she's just going to back to school with Hermione."

"Alright, lucky she brought all of her school supplies there then." said Mrs. Weasley as she went back to doing the laundry. Ron turned around and went back inside where he found Harry sitting at the table with Fred and George eating breakfast. Harry looked up at him and then grabbed an envelope from next to him.

"This came for you when you had your back turned, when you were talking to your mum. It's from Bill." Ron took it from him and opened it. He flipped it open and read it out loud.

"Dear Ron, I'm going to be teaching this year at Hogwarts as the New Defense against the Dark Arts teacher. I thought I'd give you a heads up, just to let you know that even though I'm your brother, I'm not going to let you slip by with all sorts of stuff in my class and I won't give you extra attention, or advantages. I already sent a note saying this to Ginny; this also goes for Harry as well. He may be part of our family but that doesn't give any extra advantages. I will talk to you later at school. Sincerely, Bill." Ron snorted and then smirked. "I wouldn't expect him to give me extra attention anyways." Harry laughed and put his bowl and spoon in the sink.

"I didn't think I'd get anything special either, but that's pretty cool that he'll be teaching that class. At least it's someone we know that won't be dangerous and won't try and kill people at the school."

"That's true. Anyways what are we gonna do tomorrow since it's our last free day." asked Ron putting on a sweater sporting a heavy metal band that he saw in concert.

"You can come to Diagon Alley and visit our shop. You'll then be able to go shopping or go to Three Broomsticks." said George. Fred reentered the room wearing his new works cloaks.

"There's a Three Broomsticks at Diagon Alley?" asked Ron. Fred just nodded.

"George we have to get going." Fred tossed him his cloak as well and the two twins headed outside to talk to Mrs. Weasley. Harry and Ron quickly ran upstairs to change, so that they were able to Apparate with the two to the shop. They bustled down the stairs and went outside.

"I'm sorry boys, you missed them. They already apparated to the shop." called Mrs. Weasley from the kitchen. Ron and Harry walked back into the kitchen and looked at the plump woman. "You two may apparate there if you wish."

"Thanks mum." said Ron.

"Yeah, thanks Mrs. Weasley." said Harry. Ron and Harry turned to each other and closed there eyes. They pictured the shop in there minds and felt the space close around them as if they were being squeezed through a tiny jar. Soon they felt like they were free again and they opened their eyes and saw that they were in the shop. Fred and George entered the shop from the back and jumped in surprise.

"Can't you two enter through the door so that we at lease hear you?" asked George after he picked up the items he dropped.

"No kidding." Fred walked behind the counter and George went to stock the shelves with the items that he had in his arms. "Well we're not open for another half hour, so why don't you guys go shopping and then come back here. Then we can join you for lunch."

"Alright then, we'll see you at lunch." said Ron. He and Harry then left and headed for Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor. The two entered the parlor and walked up to the counter and looked at the menu on the wall.

"I'm gonna get Dark Forest Dream. Sounds interesting to me." said Ron. Harry continued to look at the menu, but just decided to stick with Cherry Volcano Rupture. They ordered their ice cream and sat down at the seats outside of the parlor. They sat for about five minutes in silence eating their ice cream and just staring at passerbies. Ron took off his sweater as he was finally feeling the heat. Their ice creams were beginning to melt so they ate it faster and then decided to go over to Flourish and Blotts where they saw a sign featuring a new book on vampires and they decided to come back to it and check it out.

About another ten minutes later they threw away their cups and headed over to the book store. When they entered, they were greeted by a breeze of cool air. To their left they saw that stand that was holding the new book. The two walked over to it and each took one to read the back.

"Sounds pretty interesting to me." said Harry. "I think Ginny would find it interesting, too. I'll buy her one." Ron pulled his sleeve to get his silent attention. Harry looked at him and he followed Ron's gaze. There in the corner of Flourish and Blotts was a chick that looked to be also a seventh year. She had light brown hair held up in a ponytail with a red ribbon. She had somewhat pale skin and dark, full red lips. She was wearing coal grey eye shadow and black eyeliner. Her height was around five foot seven inches. She was wearing black and white parachute pants that had white bondage straps attached from her hips to the lower part of her legs. Then she also had chains that were in the same manner. Her shirt was black as well and underneath she was wearing a white fishnet shirt.

Ron saw on her left hand was a spider tattoo in between her thumb and pointer finger. She was also holding a copy of the new book. Harry also noticed that she had a nose ring and two earrings in her left cartilage. She was also wearing a black leathered spiked bracelet on her right wrist. She looked up from the book she was looking at and headed in their direction. Ron and Harry both quickly went back to looking at the books in their hands. She went to the counter and bought the two books she was carrying and then left the store.

"Who was she?" asked Harry.

"Not sure, but she was pretty damn good looking though." Harry nodded his head in agreement. The two agreed upon buying the books with Harry carrying two copies of it; one for himself and one for Ginny, who has been his girlfriend since their sixth year. They walked up to the counter and placed their books down on it.

"Ahh, I see you have found a liking to our new book. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is an excellent author." spoke the man with grey hair. Hey rang up their books and Harry and Ron handed him the money. "Three 'Demon in My View' books for you two. Come back in about a month for her second book, which we should have on shelves by then." They nodded and thanked him and then headed back to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.

It only took a minute and when they entered they had found it already half full.

"Man this place fills fast." said Ron. Harry nudged Ron in the side and told him to look to the right. There stood the same girl from Flourish and Blotts. She was looking at Exploding Dung Bombs and Sizzling Hard Candy.

She felt the two staring at her and looked up quickly. They didn't have time to look away and she finally caught them staring at her. She smirked which gave her silver eyes a mysterious sneak to them. She put down the Sizzling Hard Candies and took the Exploding Dung Bombs. She stopped and took a few Sparkling Boomerangs. She walked past them and placed the items on the counter in front of George. He gave her the price and she paid him. She didn't give Harry or Ron a second look as she walked past them and headed out of the store. The two picked up the scent of cinnamon and figured it came from her.

Fred walked next to the two guys. When they snapped back into reality, they jumped at his presence.

"Damn don't do that." said Ron as he over exaggerated a heart attack. Fred smirked and then spoke.

"I noticed that you were staring at the new chick."

"Yeah, do you know who she was?" asked Ron.

"No I don't, hence the words "New chick" Ron." said Fred. "She seemed to be your type Ron why don't you talk to her the next time you see her." Ron blushed slightly.

"Sure, ok." George walked up behind Fred and placed money in his pocket.

"We going to lunch? The last customer just walked out and I put the 'closed for lunch sign up." He said. The three nodded and they headed out of the store and went for The Three Broomsticks.