"Ooh! Look at that!" Harry said in awe as he stared the brooms in Quality Quidditch Supplies. It was the day before school and Harry had received his letter on his birthday congratulating him on getting into Hogwarts. Sirius, Miranda and Jack had informed Harry all about Hogwarts and that he was really a wizard. It taken a while for Harry to get his head around it, but now he couldn't wait to go to the Wizarding School.

"Are Rachel and Ashley wizards too?" Harry queried, turning to his godfather. Sirius nodded.

"Yep. They've known about magic all their lives, but I had to keep you away from it all. As you can see from today" he said, indicating to another wizard who had come up to shake his hand. Harry was rather flustered from all the attention. Miranda was smiling broadly, dabbing a handkerchief at her eyes which were shining with unshed tears, while Jack smiled proudly at his grandson. He looked just like James.

"I can't wait until tomorrow!" Harry yelled excitedly. Sirius grinned, then felt his grin falter slightly, Harry wouldn't be around much except for the summer holidays. Well … maybe he could convince him to come home for Christmas? He doubted it.

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"Rachel! Ashley! Will you stop making such a racket!" Ginny yelled, looking furious. It was too much to bear. They were both so excited about Hogwarts that they couldn't stop screaming! The Lupin twins both obeyed their mother on seeing the look on her face.

"Sorry, mum" Ashley apologized. Rachel rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Suck up!" She hissed. Ashley looked offended.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"AM NOT!"

"ARE TOO!"

"SHUT UP!" Ginny screamed, gripping her hair in frustration "For the love of god, Shut. Up! I tell you what. Go out somewhere, please. Just give me some peace!"

"I'm gonna go to Draco's" Rachel said, sneering at her brother "I don't really wanna hang around with wimps"

"I am not—"

"Are too! I bet you won't get into Gryffindor, I bet you'll probably get into Hufflepuff. Ravenclaw, if you're lucky" she smirked.

"That's not true! I bet I will get into Gryffindor"

"Well, we'll see"

"I—"

"Rachel, stop winding your brother up and go to the Malfoy's" Ginny snapped. Rachel smirked at her brother one last time, before flooing to the Malfoy's.

Ashley groaned. He wanted to go and see Harry, but he knew for a fact that he'd gone to Diagon Alley to get his stuff. He should've gone with.

"I am so bored" Ashley whined.

"Oh Ashley, go read up on some spells or something" Ginny snapped. Ashley winced at his mother's fierceness and quickly obeyed. Rachel was right; he thought dejectedly, he wouldn't get into Gryffindor. At best, he'd probably get into Hufflepuff.

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"Ready for tomorrow?" Ginny grinned as Severus seated himself next to her on the sofa. Severus shook his head.

"No. Teaching complete dunderheads isn't exactly my idea of fun. I'll never be ready for it" Ginny laughed.

"Don't worry, you'll do fine"

"Anyway, I'm not actually teaching them until Wednesday"

"Oh, well, you'll have my children to teach" she said brightly "I'm sure they'll be as good as gold" Severus stared at Ginny as if she was insane.

"Are you mad?! There is absolutely no way that your children are going to be good!" Ginny grinned.

"I know. They take after Remus and I and you know very well what I was like"

"Too right" Severus moaned "And the fact that your husband was a trouble-maker won't help things. Your children are going to be just like you two"

"That can't be that bad, can it?"

"Yes!" Ginny giggled.

"Aw, poor Sev" she said teasingly "can't handle some eleven year old kids."

"I can! You've just got to show them that you're not going to take any messing around and they'll do anything you say, but … I have a horrible feeling that your children are going to annoy me because they've known me all of their life"

"Hmmm … you do have a point. Well good luck. All I'm saying is: I'm glad it's not me teaching them. I'd go mad" she said cheerfully. Severus groaned loudly as he put his head in his hands. The next seven years were going to be hell.

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The next morning, Rachel and Ashley Lupin were up at six in the morning, making sure that all of their stuff was ready.

"Sssh! We mustn't wake mum and dad up! They'll kill us at this time in the morning!" Ashley hissed. For once, Rachel was in agreement.

"What time does the train leave?"

"Eleven o' clock" Rachel answered. For the next two hours, they spoke in hushed whispers until Remus appeared from the bedroom, rubbing his eyes furiously.

"Looks like it's time to get mum up so we can get you two to school" Remus said with a small smile.

"Yeah! We mustn't be late!" Ashley yelled and with that said, the Lupin twins dashed into their parent's bedroom and started jumping on their mother.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! GET OFF OF ME! REMUS, HELP!" Remus chuckled as he simply made his way to the kitchen to make some coffee.

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Harry was jumping around the house in excitement. Sirius yawned widely and tried to calm his godson down, but to no avail, he was all fired up, ready to go to school.

"Come on then, little man, we'd better wake Grandma and Grandpa up. They said they wanted to see you off" Sirius stated. Harry nodded and flung himself onto his grandparents' bed.

"Get up! GET UP! It's nine o' clock and you guys PROMISED to see me off at the station!" Harry said loudly. Jack groaned.

"Alright, GET OFF! Then we can get up and get ready!"

"Okay!" Harry said, jumping off the bed and hugging Sirus around the stomach "I'm going to Hogwarts!"

"God, he's really starting to remind me of James" Miranda murmured "Sometimes, I think it's him when it's not." Jack nodded in agreement.

"I know exactly what you mean"

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The Lupin twins had spotted Harry straight away at Kings Cross Station, but it was only Ashley that went over to greet him. Rachel looked around the place, hoping to spot Draco.

"Oh, here we are" Ginny said with a smile "Platform 9¾" The three eleven year olds looked around in confusion.

"Where?" Harry questioned.

"Here" Remus replied, pointing to a solid wall. Rachel and Ashley looked to each with raised eyebrows.

"—packed with muggles, of course" Ginny whirled around to see a red-headed woman with five red-headed children. Wow, Ginny thought, I could never have that many children. Looking closer, she realized that she'd seen the woman once before.

"Okay, Percy, you first, dear" The woman said, turning to the eldest. The boy called Percy nodded and ran straight into the wall, and then he was gone. Harry's eyes widened in amazement. Sirius chuckled at his godson's reaction.

"I'm sorry" Ginny said, stepping forward, turning to the woman "But I've got the distinct feeling that we've met somewhere before" The woman looked to her and smiled kindly.

"Ah, yes. I remember you! Although, I must it's been somewhat a long time" Ginny raised an eyebrow.

"I'm Molly Weasley" She said, extending a hand. Suddenly, Ginny remembered, it was the woman that she'd expressed her woes about at The Three Broomsticks years ago.

"Oh, Ginny Lupin" she said, shaking Mrs. Weasley's hand.

"Mum! Can we go now?" Rachel whined.

"Yes, sweetie, alright!" Ginny said with a smile.

"Ah, your children's first time? It's Ron's first time too" she said, pointing to a gangly red-head. Harry smiled and walked over to Ron.

"Hi. I'm Harry Potter" he said, holding out his hand to shake his. Ron's jaw dropped, but he quickly shut it on seeing his mother's glare.

"Ron Weasley"

"Honey. We need to go! The train's leaving in ten minutes" Remus said urgently. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Alright"

They all quickly made their way through the barrier and helped their children with their trunks. Suddenly, Ginny's eyes welled up with tears. It was only then that she realized that her children were leaving her. It hit her hard when she suddenly realized how much she was going to miss them! She sniffled slightly and Mrs. Weasley handed her a handkerchief.

"There, there dear, you'll see them soon enough" she told her, smiling kindly.

"S-Sorry"

"Mum!" Both Ashley and Rachel ran up to their mother and gave her a hug "We'll miss you and don't worry. We'll send you lots of letters!"

"Bye Sirius! See ya Grandma and Grandpa. I promise I'll write to you at least once a week!" Harry promised. Sirius bit his lip as he too, felt tears in his eyes. His godson was going away and he probably wouldn't see him until the next summer.

"Have fun" he muttered gruffly, pulling him into a hug.

"Bye! We love you!" Ashley yelled as they quickly boarded the train. As the train let the whistle blow three times, it began to move slowly out of sight.

"Bye!" Jack and Miranda yelled, waving madly at their grandson. Suddenly, Ginny burst into tears and Remus pulled her into a hug.

"There, there" he whispered as Ginny's body wracked with sobs.

"Don't worry Ginny dear, they'll be back soon" Mrs. Weasley assured her.

"How about we all go for a drink at The Three Broomsticks? My treat" Sirius said, turning to the adults "I think we could all do with one, don't you?"

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Rachel grinned on seeing Draco.

"Hey Draco!" she yelled, but a girl with brown curls was in the way.

"Get out of my way!" Rachel snarled, pushing her roughly out of her way and carried on making her way over to Draco. The girl fell backwards and ended up being caught by Ashley.

"Are you okay?"

The girl nodded.

"Thanks."

"No problem. Sorry about my sister, she can be a bit bitchy at times"

"That's your sister?" the girl questioned incredulously. Ashley nodded.
"The name's Ashley Lupin. Pleased to meet you" The girl smiled.

"I'm Hermione Granger"

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"Blaise, I am so bored! Can't we go and do something interesting other than sit here, looking stupid" A girl with long black hair hissed. Blaise Zabini merely shrugged his shoulders.

"Sure"

"Hi!" Rachel said, entering the compartment "Sorry, everywhere else is full. D'you mind?" she queried. The girl shook her head.

"Rachel Lupin" Rachel introduced herself. The girl nodded.

"Ella Snape" Rachel did a double take. Snape? That couldn't be! Could it?

"Blaise Zabini" Blaise muttered "There's no need to ask who you are" he smirked at Draco"A Malfoy, obviously"

"Draco Malfoy" he stated with a nod to confirm the boys' statement.

Suddenly, a voice floated in from a different compartment.

"Wow! So it's true! You really are Harry Potter!" Rachel merely rolled her eyes, while Draco looked interested.

"I'll be right back" he murmured, striding past Blaise and Ella.

"What's so great about Harry Potter?" Ella questioned.

"Nothing" Rachel stated "Apart from the fact that he stopped You-Know-Who at the age of one"

"Wow … I bet he's probably just like any other normal boy" She sneered.

"Yep, probably"

Draco's voice could be heard through the compartment door.

"You'll see that some wizarding families are better than others, Potter. I can help you there"

"I think I can choose the wrong sort for myself, thanks"

Uh oh, Rachel thought, I'd better make an entrance, before things get ugly.

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Draco glared angrily at Harry.

"Get out Malfoy!" Ron hissed angrily. Ashley looked to Draco, to Ron, and then to Harry. He, personally, didn't really like Draco's attitude either.

"Malfoy, I think you'd better leave" Ashley interrupted pointedly.

"Hey Draco, what's up?" Rachel questioned cheerfully, entering the compartment.

"Hey Rach" Harry grinned. Rachel winked at him.

"Hi Harry"

"C'mon Rach, we don't want to hang out with losers and really poor families. They're beneath us" Rachel winced slightly, her family wasn't all that rich, but the way he said really poor, it sounded like the Weasley's were worse off than her family.

"Yeah, let's go" Rachel smirked at her brother, before exiting the compartment.

"I really don't like her" Ron murmured "She seems like a right royal bitch"

"That's my sister" Ashley announced "Not that I really care about her at the moment because you're absolutely right"

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"Potter must think he's so great" Draco snarled "Did you see the look on his face?" Rachel nodded in agreement. Ella smirked evilly.

"Potter doesn't sound like he's anything special"

"And he probably isn't" Blaise agreed "I didn't really like the tone of his voice back in there"

Suddenly, a voice could be heard throughout the entire train.

"Would you all please begin to change into your robes please. We will be arriving at Hogwarts shortly" They all looked to each other. It was almost time to see what Houses they would be in.