"Oh dear, such a clumsy thing. You should have fun with that, Mr. Black." She said before finishing with my arm and darting away again. I yawned and layed down.
"Seven AM!" I warned, falling to sleep almost immediately.
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Uh, Rita?" Harry asked as him and Ronald walked over to where I was standing, waiting to board the express.
I had served my two weeks worth of detention in five days-quite the accomplishment of you ask me- and was now free for summer vacation.
"Yes?" I asked, turning towards the two.
"We're, Er, sorry. About being so mean to you." Ronald said, rubbing his neck.
"Don't worry about it, Orange One. Apology accepted." I laughed. The two looked relieved.
The train whistle blew, and we all looked over to it.
"Well Harry, I'll see you in a week!" I said, running off to board.
After we had proved my father's innocence, he was able to finally gain recognition as Harry's rightful guardian, but Dumbledore had insisted that harry must stay at the Dursley's for at least a week every summer. He wouldn't explain why.
Odd man...
Anyways, I was finally going to have an actual parent, and would no longer be living with Tonks. The idea was upsetting, as we had gotten quite close, but I was very excited to be living with my dad.
It would be weird, no doubt.
"I'll see you over the summer, right Rita?" Hermione asked as she ducked into my compartment for a moment. I nodded.
"Of course!"
"Oh, I found Pepper!" She exclaimed suddenly, pulling him out of her basket.
"PEPPER!" I nearly shrieked, rushing forward and grabbing my cat from her.
"Oh my Merlin I've missed you so much where the bloody hell have you been? You didn't even leave a note!" I reprimanded.
He merely melted and curled into a ball on my lap, purring profusely.
Hermione laughed.
"I'll see you later, Rita." I smiled and waved goodbye, and she left to find her friends.
I was soon joined by Lee, Fred, and George, however, and the silence was ruined.
It was a fun train ride though.
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The train pulled into King's Cross Station, and I looked out the window at all the people.
"Ugh, it's like a swarm." I said, spotting some red heads in the crowd.
"Is that your mum and dad?" I asked, pointing out the window and turning towards the twins. They joined me at the window and looked out, nodding.
"Come on, Rita. I'll help you carry your trunk." Fred offered, breaking away from the window huddle.
"Okay. I'm going to miss you crazy bastards." I said, laughing.
"And we're going to miss you, ya crazy witch." George joked, ruffling my hair. I groaned and attempted to fix it, but it was pointless.
Stepping off the train and into a huge crowd was not fun. I felt like I was being swallowed alive by an ocean of arms and unfamiliar faces.
"Rita!" Lee said, pulling me over to where Fred and George had walked off to, attempting to fight through all the people.
"Bloody hell this is a lot of people." I said, looking around for my father.
"Come here, shorty." George said, before giving my a piggy back ride so I could look over the crowd.
"Found them!" I yelled out, pointing the way. George led the way, me still on his shoulders.
There was Mr. And Mrs. Weasley standing next to my father. Lee had disappeared to wherever, and Fred walked over and gave his parents a hug.
"Okay, rides over." George joked, dropping me.
"Oi, you arse-"
"Language." My father warned, and I grinned innocently at him.
"Oh Rita, it's so nice to finally meet you! The twins talk about you all the time!" Mrs. Weasley said, enveloping me in a tight hug. I laughed.
"Do they now? It's nice to meet you too, Mrs. Weasley." I said politely.
"Oh please dear, call me Molly."
I shook Mr. Weasley's hand-who told me to call him Arthur- and then gave my dad a hug. He was a bit surprised at first but still returned it.
"This is going to be the best summer ever. We have so many prank ideas! Don't worry Rita,we'll write and tell you all about them!" George exclaimed. I laughed, and Molly scowled.
"There will be no more pranks. I cannot believe that you two blew up a teacher's office!" She said.
"Er... that was my idea..." I said, smiling nervously. My dad started to laugh, but was able to conceal it with a laugh.
"Oh dear, they've already started to corrupt you!" Molly exclaimed. Fred snorted.
"I think it's more the other way around, Mum. We've never blown anything up before."
I whacked him on the arm, and Molly crossed her arms.
"Well it was only a matter of time." She said.
"We must be off, now. It was nice to meet you, Rita." Arthur said, trying to steer his kids off the platform. The crowd had thinned quite a bit, and was now more open.
"We'll be off too." My father said, steering me towards the barrier as well.
"So it seems you are carrying on our pranking legacy." My father said, a slight smirk on his face.
"I s'pose that's what happens when you're friends with the Weasley twins. No matter how much Hermione tries to get me to act more "mature"." I said.
"She's the one with the crazy hair, yes?"
I nodded.
"I swear, she's a professor in training." I laughed.
This would be a good summer indeed.