Hey guys, I missed you so much! You're probably soooo mad at me right now for not updating in three weeks! I'm so sorry, but a lot of things have been going on and I've just never found the time. But I'm back and I promise not to take so long next time! So let's get this show on the road! The new house!

New House, New Neighbors, New Beginnings

Hermione wore a huge grin on her face as she raced through the trees, jumping from branch to branch but keeping one eye on the cars on the road. She was following Sirius to their new house and boy was she excited! For the first time in years she finally starting to feel free and this new house was just the start of a new life for them, so she was desperate to see it. The wolves were running on the ground beneath her while the Cullens had decided to drive to the house behind her family.

Sirius turned down a road on Hermione's side of the road and she started to go further into the woods. Houses started to show through the woodsy neighborhood. After a few houses Sirius made a right turn onto a dirt path and a few moments later a cozy looking house could be seen. Hermione smiled. The house wasn't too big like 12 Grimmauld Place, but it definitely wasn't an ordinary house like most. It was a country looking wooden house that had two stories. The front lawn was very spacious and a garden lined the front of the house. Hermione jumped out from the trees as the wolves changed back to their human forms and everyone else exited the cars.

Sirius held his arms out with a grin. "Welcome to la casa . . . us." He finished lamely and most snorted. "I'm still working on the name. Anyways, isn't she a beaut? This place was practically made for us. Like this garden for Neville," Neville looked at the plants excitedly, "This spacious lawn for you kids to run around, especially little Jesse," Jesse giggled in Dean's arms, flapping his arms excitedly, "and all these trees for our spider monkey." Sirius winked and Hermione who looked at the trees dreamily, causing everyone to laugh. "So, who wants to see inside?" Sirius asked and everyone responded excitedly. "Nah, I don't think you want to see the inside."

Hermione glared. "Sirius, if you don't take us inside this instant I will shove my foot so far up your—"

"Inside we go!" Sirius said quickly and the kids snickered. As they walked into the foyer every eye widened. It was very elegant looking with cream marble walls and white tiled floors with the color black stylishly splattered across each one. The stairs were cascading down from the second floor balcony. Next to the stairs was an arch doorway that led to the back deck.

There was another arch doorway that led to a grand dining room that also had cream colored walls with a creamish white and green patterned rug. In the middle of the room was a large oak dining room table that had seven creamy greenish yellow chairs on each side and one each end. Above the table hung a gold chandelier. There were big windows that lit the room with light. Another arch doorway connected the dining room to the kitchen. Padma looked as if she were in heaven when she entered this room. The cabinetry was cheery wood and the appliances were stainless steel. The ceiling was a smooth white with recess lighting. In the middle of the kitchen was a small, square cherry wood island with a white marble top that had brown, leather chairs, two on each side.

"I have a feeling Padma will never leave this room." George laughed, his twin joining in. Leah felt her heart flutter at his laugh. She heard Jared snort on her right and Leah elbowed him in the ribs without looking at him.

Sirius led them out of the kitchen, through the dining room, and across the foyer to yet another arch doorway that led to the living room. The walls were a dull red color and the floor was dark brown hard wood floors. There were two white three people couches, one against the windows with two glass tables on each side that both held white lamps, and the other was across the entertainment system on the right side. The entertainment system was also made from cherry wood and it held a flat screen TV, a movie player with movies in the drawers below, and a stereo. There was a white rug in the middle of the room with a glass coffee table on top.

Draco whistled. "Nice." He said, impressed.

"There's a lot of white in this house." Narcissa said in a warning tone.

"Yeah, do you really trust Jesse, the twins, and Seamus to be around so much white?" Hermione asked, earning a 'Hey!' from said boys and a stuck out tongue from Jesse.

"Moony put an instant cleaning spell on everything. You drop forty cups of putting on something and it'll instantly disappear." Sirius explained.

"Don't give them any ideas." Padma moaned as the twins grinned. They laughed and Sirius led them into the foyer and up the stairs. Upstairs was mostly a big hallway that was in the shape of a T with there being a small hallway in front of them that connected to one that went on both the right and left side. Each door had a certain design on it.

Sirius grinned. "Well? Go find your rooms!" with that said, all the kids scrambled to find their rooms, the wolves and Cullens deciding to follow a random person.

Hermione found her bedroom door and she was at awe with the picture. Her picture, of course, featured the woods but it was as if it were in the fall time because the leaves were red, orange, and yellow. Autumn was her favorite season. Suddenly a girl jumped into the picture onto one of the trees and Hermione realized it was herself. The picture version smiled and waved up at her before climbing higher on the tree.

"The picture will constantly change." A sudden voice said and she turned to see Remus smiling down at her. Beside him was Seth and Bella who must have followed her over. "One moment you may be swinging through the trees the next you may be sitting in one simply reading. The picture Hermione will grow as you do." He explained.

"Wow, that's some great magic." She complimented, looking back at her door. As she looked closer she realized that the branches at the very top came together to spell out Hermione. "That's awesome." She whispered. Grabbing the handle she entered her room. The walls and floors were completely white with absolutely no decorations. There was a queen sized bed against the left wall that was made from black varnish wood with a purple, silk comforter and purple, white, and black throw pillows. There were two bed side tables on each side made of glass and at the end of the bed was a coffee table. In the middle of the room were two black leather love seats in the shape of an L with a flat screen in front of them. On either side of the TV was a book shelf that held many, many books. There was also a desk with a laptop on top of it. There were glass doors that led to a balcony and there were four doors in her room also.

Hermione gave Remus a confused look. "Why's it so white in here?"

He grinned. "We didn't decorate the rooms too much because we felt you'd want to make it your own. But seeing as you're you . . ." he trailed off and pointed to one of the doors on the left side of the bed.

Hermione walked over and curiously opened the door. She gasped as she looked around. It was about the size of a walk in closet and each wall was lined with shelves from bottom to top. Every shelf was filled with art supplies; different colored paints, pencils, crayons, paint brushes, rulers, paper, sketch pads, water colors, anything you could think of! Hermione felt as if she had died and gone to heaven.

"Dean and Luna have the same thing. We figured, after seeing your room in your house when we picked you up at the beginning of the summer, you'd want to turn your walls into your own personal mural." Remus said and Hermione ran to give him a hug.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she squealed and he laughed, hugging her back. Seth smiled fondly at his imprint. Every smile she gave made him smile even more. He loved seeing his imprint so happy. After letting Remus go, she looked at her floor. "Can you make the floors a purple rug?" she asked. He nodded and with the wave of his wand the floor was purple and fluffy. "Thanks."

"No problem. That door to the left leads to Padma's room and the one to the right leads to Luna's. The last one next to the TV is your closet." Remus explained.

Hermione opened her mouth to say something when a shout rang through the house. "Holy fucking Merlin!"

Hermione laughed. "I'm just going to make a wild guess and say that Dean found his art room." She said, running out of the room.

Later that night everyone was hanging around the house doing their own thing. Esme, Padma, and Narcissa were in the kitchen making dinner. Edward, Draco, and Theo were up in the music room playing around with the instruments. Blaise, Dean, Harry, Seamus, Sam, Paul, Jared, and Emmett were all outside playing soccer. Rosalie was playing with Jesse in the backyard where there was a mini playground. The twins were talking to Brady, Colin, and Leah about their dream about owning a joke shop. Luna and Neville were outside tending to the garden. Remus, Sirius, Carlisle, and Jasper were all upstairs in the library talking about past wars and wizard history. Padma and Alice were in Padma's room talking about fashion. Lastly, Seth and Hermione were in the living room talking about their pasts and where they hope to go in the future.

"Whoa, so let me get this straight. You fought a troll, deadly plants, flying keys, a human chessboard, and could have possibly died if you were wrong about the riddle all in your first year?" Seth asked incredulously.

"Mmhmm. And that's only the first year. Just wait until you hear the next four." She said brightly and he blanched. He hated the idea of his imprint possibly being killed. At that moment the doorbell rang. "I got it guys!" Hermione yelled and laughter could be heard throughout the house. "I'll be back." She told Seth, who nodded, rubbing his ringing ears.

Hermione bounded to the front door and opened it to reveal a family of five. There was a woman who had short brown hair, blue eyes, tan skin, and was wearing a very warm smile. In her hands was a plate of lasagna. The man standing next to her was very tall and strong with short, dark brown hair, and dark, almost black, eyes. There were three kids standing behind them, two boys and one girl. The tallest boy, who looked to be the oldest, had tan skin, light brown hair, and blue eyes like his mother. He had his hands buried in his pockets and was wearing a big grin. Next to him was a girl who looked about Hermione's age with long, curly brown hair and eyes like her father. She was smiling slightly and Hermione got the feeling she was very shy. Lastly there was a small boy who looked to be about Jesse's age with dark brown hair like his parents and dark brown eyes. He was bouncing on the balls of his feet with and excited smile and waved at Hermione when she opened the door.

"Hello." Hermione smiled, waving back to the boy whose smile widened. "Can I help you?" she asked politely.

"Hello dear, my name is Lisa Jackson. This is my husband Raymond, My oldest son Christopher, my daughter Kylie, and our youngest Delante." As she introduced them they all waved and Delante yelled 'Hi!' excitedly. "We came to welcome you the neighborhood. Not many people move down here." Lisa said warmly.

"Oh! Thank you, that's very kind of you. It's nice to meet you. My name is Hermione Granger." She introduced herself, shaking Lisa's hand.

"Hermione. Such a pretty name." Raymond smiled.

"Thank you."

"I heard there were welcomers!" Hermione turned to see Sirius bounding down the stairs. "Welcome to mi casa! Sirius Black at your service." He said cheerfully, bowing. The kids laughed in the background while the parents looked amused.

"Since when is your lazy butt at anyone's service?" Hermione asked and she ducked into the house before he could smack the back of her head.

Lisa laughed before holding out the lasagna. "We made you a lasagna as welcome gift."

"Did someone say lasagna?" Draco came bounding down the stairs and snatched the dish from Sirius' hands just as he took the offered food. "You guys are officially my favorite people in the whole state." He said before running into the dining room.

Sirius laughed at his cousin's actions. "Why don't you stay for dinner? There will be plenty of food." Sirius offered.

"Oh, we wouldn't want to impose." Raymond said.

"Don't worry about it. It's the least we can do for your kindness." He insisted.

Lisa thought about it. "Okay, if you're sure."

"I insist." He said, opening the door for the family to enter.

"Dinner!" Padma yelled.

Sirius laughed. "I guess you made it just in time."

There you go guys! I introduced another new character Kylie (xXBelieverXx) who is just awesome. What did you guys think? I think that Delante will most definitely be friends with Jesse cuz the little guy needs a friend his own age. Review my dearies!

Hugs and Kisses!

-Olivia Rose