"That was the quietest car ride I've ever been on," I muttered to myself as I stepped into our London home, which is, of course, located in London.

I threw my things onto my bed but didn't bother to unpack because we'd be leaving for our Scotland home tomorrow as soon as my parents got back from their vacation in wizard Aruba.

I didn't feel like going back downstairs so I went over to my desk and sat down. I flipped the radio on and started to look at some old sketches and things. Many of them were Quidditch players, both real and imaginary. There were also magical creatures, an eerily accurate picture of Hogwarts, (Eerie because I hadn't ever set eyes on Hogwarts when I had drawn it) girls in ball dresses at my parent's fancy parties, my grandparents, Kent, Alicia and Angelina, and Oliver.

I stared at the picture of Oliver I had drawn. It looked basically like the one that I knew was downstairs talking to Kent about Puddlemere United, the Quidditch team that Kent played for and Oliver hoped to play for someday. The only difference was that this was a picture of a slightly younger Oliver whose jaw wasn't so pronounced as it was now and whose hair wasn't as dark.

I looked away from the picture, hoping to forget about Oliver but I saw the moving photograph on my desk. A pouting Katie turned away from an Oliver with his arms tightly crossed across his chest and a slight frown on his face.

I slapped the pictures on the desk and slammed the picture down so that it wouldn't torment me anymore. I had been home for all of five minutes and I was already feeling bad about what I had said to Oliver. I glanced out the window and was surprised to see an owl skim the trees of the park across the street and fly to my window. I opened the window and the bird stuck out its leg expectantly. I untied the letter from its leg and it hopped inside my room. It perched on the back of my chair, obviously waiting for a reply. I opened the letter and read it.

Kat,

We promised to owl you as soon as we got home so here it is! We hope you are having a lovely time.

We saw you walking out with your brother and some girl, whom we assume is his current girlfriend, and with Oliver trailing behind. We came to the conclusion from this observation and the icy look you gave to our dear Quidditch Captain, that you two have not reconciled yet and that he is going to be staying with you for a short amount of time.

We would be honored to help you get through this dilemma by coming to visit you at your lovely Scotland abode. If our help is not needed or wanted then please let us know. If you do want our help then please send us an owl. Mum hasn't heard the whole of the escapades at Hogwarts yet and we may not be allowed out once she has. We are eager to delay and hopefully avoid the punishment so in helping you, you would, in turn, be helping us.

Hope to see you soon!

Who else,

Gred and Forge

God I loved those twins! I hurried downstairs after signaling the owl to jump onto my shoulder. I raced into the kitchen where, as I had guessed, Kent and Oliver sat discussing Puddlemere United and Quidditch in general.

"Katie!" Kent exclaimed, "Good, you can clear up the dispute Oliver and I are having about which would be a more challenging opponent, the Holy-head Harpies or the Wailing Wizards."

"Definitely the Harpies but I want to ask you something," I replied, knowing Oliver had said the Wizards.

"Ah, she is my sister through and through! Ask away, dear sister," Kent said happily as he smirked at Oliver.

"Can Fred and George come and stay with us starting tomorrow night?"

"I don't know, you three got into a lot of trouble over the past two years," Kent teased, not really worried about that.

"Yeah, but we promise to be decently well behaved," I replied grinning, "Although you may want to be careful if you use a shower cap. And you might want to fill Jess in on proper warning signs that she is our next target for a prank."

"Yes, they can come. And Alicia and Angelina too," Kent added as I opened my mouth to ask just that.

"You're the best Kent!" I exclaimed as I flung my arms around him. The Weasley owl on my shoulder hooted happily, "Oh, and I don't think I got to tell you how glad I was to see that you hadn't messed things up with Jess yet."

"Do you approve of her then Katie?" Kent asked in serious tone.

"She the first one ever," I replied.

"Good, because that's the first criteria," Kent said as he nodded, "my sister has to like her. The second is that she has to be able to cook my favorite kind of cake."

"I'm honored," I grinned at him before turning to go back upstairs and write a reply to the twins and owl Alicia and Angelina.

I left quickly but not so quickly that I dodged the glare that Oliver sent my way as I left the kitchen. I got back upstairs and wrote the following reply to the twins:

To my partners in crime Gred and Forge,

I am happy as always to accept your help. I shall see you tomorrow at 4:30 when I step out of your fireplace to smuggle you out of your house, I mean, to take you hostage, no, I mean, to escort you to my lovely Scottish home.

All of you assumptions and conclusions were correct. Wood is staying with us for a week and the girl was Kent's girlfriend. She's been around for almost nine months now, and I actually like her. She writes for 'As Time Flies', you know the Quidditch magazine. She and Kent met at some Quidditch party or something and he's managed to keep hold of her.

I look forward to your visit. I told Kent to bring Jess up to speed on proper ways to tell if you are the next victim, I mean recipient of one of our pranks or not. I also have a surprise for both of you; don't bother asking what they are because I won't tell you.

From your humble helper in mayhem,

Katie

I sent the owl with the letter and then wrote two more letters, one to Alicia and one to Angelina. They read as follows:

Alicia,

I hope you got home okay. Unfortunately I have a favor to ask of you. I know, summer has barely even started and here I am blabbing about needing favors. I promise it's not that big of one, you wanted to do it anyway.

In the absence of Wood's parents (I think they are on a cruise with his sister and her family) he is staying with us. Why they didn't postpone their cruise and take him with them is beyond me, but what ever the reason I'm stuck with him for a week. At the moment I am at my London house but we are going to our home in Scotland tomorrow as soon as my parents get back from some resort in wizard Aruba.

So, about that favor… I was hoping that you could come to stay with us in order to ease tension between me and Wood. Okay, forget that, and let's be truthful. I want you to come so I can ignore Wood and stay mad until he apologizes first! I know I would crack if I didn't have someone to occupy my time.

If you come there's something good for you, other then a nice relaxing stay at my house and a nice beginning of summer tan. I'm not telling you what; it's a surprise. Let me know if you can come. If you can I'll see you at 3:30. I'll come by floo powder.

Your best friend always and forever,

Katie

Angelina,

I noticed that you hadn't practiced since Ravenclaw creamed us in that last match. I think you should come and stay with me starting tomorrow so we can practice. There's a surprise in it for you if you do come.

I tried to bribe Alicia into coming and I'm not sure if she can. I hope that you can because otherwise it's just me and Wood. His family decided to go on a cruise and he has to stay with us for a week. I've seen him for a total of five minutes and I'm already starting to crack! PLEASE COME, I BEG OF YOU!

Owl me back and let me know if you can come. I'll be there tomorrow at 4:00 to pick you up by floo powder if you can.

A friend who will be in your debt,

Katie

I leaned out the window and whistled. My owl, Jade, came soaring out of the park and into my open window. She hooted happily, glad to be out of the Hogwarts area, and nipped my ear affectionately. I yanked open a drawer and pulled out several owl treats which I tossed to her. Then I gave her the letters and told her to take them to Alicia and then to Angelina and wait for replies from each. I watched as she went soaring off into the setting sun.

"Katie!" I heard the call after a large thump sounded from the living room area.

I took the stairs three at a time and ran into the open arms of my parents. They had come back from wizard Aruba early.

"Mum, Dad," I cried excitedly, "You're early!"

"Yes, we couldn't wait to see you," Dad replied, "We haven't seen you for almost six months."

"Yes, well, your father couldn't wait," Mum teased, "I wouldn't have had any peace if I hadn't agreed to come home today. Besides, the hotel paid us to leave early. They seemed eager to rent the room to some royalty that was coming in unexpectedly."

I laughed and hugged them each again, "Are we going to Scotland tonight then?"

"Yes, I would like to go right after dinner. Now where's that brother of yours and Oliver? Oh, and Jess, where is she?"

"Um, kitchen I think," I replied, "Oh and the twins, Alicia and Angelina may be coming to stay with us starting tomorrow."

"Oh?" Dad asked, "Who gave permission for that?"

"It was all Kent," I blamed, knowing that Dad was just teasing, "He made me do it!"

"I most certainly did not!" Kent exclaimed as he walked into the room, "If I recall it was more like she had me at wandpoint."

We all laughed, picturing me threatening my older brother who was probably about twice as tall as I was. Oliver walked in and smiled at my parents. I excused myself rather quickly.

"Not so fast Katherine Ann," my mother called after me.

"Darn," I muttered.

"I want to hear about this 'adopted brother' of yours. I got an interesting note from your friend Alicia Spinnet congratulating us for adopting Harry Potter," my mother started, "spill."

"Poor Alicia, I said called Harry my 'adopted brother' because that's how I've started to think of him. Alicia didn't understand, even when we tried to explain it. Finally she figured it out all by herself. I'm quite proud of her actually," I explained.

"Yes, I had guess that much. But Katherine Ann, are we talking about the Harry Potter?" Mum questioned. Leave it to Mum to want to know that sort of thing.

"Um, yes," I replied, "He's on the Quidditch team with me. He's probably the best Seeker I've ever seen."

"My daughter has connections to Harry Potter!" Mum exclaimed happily.

Mum ignored the part about Quidditch. Mum tended to be the parent who wanted me to be a 'proper young lady' while dad was the one who encouraged sports.

Even though Dad was a muggle he still enjoyed Quidditch. We were always going to see Kent play when we could and he liked us to take him flying. Dad was actually the one who told me I should try-out for the Quidditch team in the first place.

"Is he better then Lynch?" Dad asked eagerly. Lynch was his favorite Seeker as well as his favorite player.

I thought for a minute, "I don't know, but I'm sure he's better than Lynch was at eleven. I also know he could beat the robes off of Lynch if he chooses to play professional Quidditch in a few years."

"I'd like to meet this Harry Potter," my dad said, anyone who could 'beat the robes off of Lynch' was someone to meet in my dad's book.

"We'll see dad. He's a little busy saving the entire wizarding world," I replied chuckling, "Probably the entire Muggle world too."

"Oh, yes, the ones I want to meet always are," Dad sighed.

I patted his back consolingly, "I have to go check to see if Jade is coming back."

"Okay Katherine Ann," Mum said happily thinking of how Harry Potter was my 'adopted brother'.

I ran up the stairs and climbed out of my window. There was just enough of the roof outside my window that I could climb out onto it and then get up onto the roof of the rest of the house. When I was at our London house this was my sanctuary. From here I could see most of London and it reminded me of flying.

I spotted a speck in the distance and knew it was Jade. Sure enough she flew up and perched on the roof beside me. I untied the letters from her leg and opened them. Both girls said they could come and asked what the surprise was. I knew that the best was to get Alicia to come was to guilt trip her and the best way to get Angelina to come was to mention how we were creamed by Ravenclaw. I am devious, aren't I?

Jade and I sat on my roof watching the sun set completely. Then I heard Jess calling into my room through the closed door that dinner was ready. I climbed off the roof and went to go eat, glad that we were going to my second favorite place in the world, (After Hogwarts, of course) our house in Scotland.

AN/ Okay, I hope you liked it. Here are some things to think about while you review:

What mischief should the frineds get into?

Also do you think that Oliver and Katie should make up soon? If so, who should appoligize first?

Oh, and do you think Katie should date Jeremy Mattson?

And finally do you think that Jeremy should come stay with Katie for a little while or should they just go to the beach or something?

Review and give me your ideas and opinions!

Love From,

MotherCrumpet