AN:

(1)thanks for the reviewing, Ebbe04, Aria Deloncray and Gurlof the night :)

(2)When you read Jeff, Stella and Parker saying this (Papa, Mama). Say it in a Spanish accent or Italian. Its not the western lax way of saying it "Mahmah" its "Ma!-mah". (i'd use the IPA but i doubt ff net would recognize the odd symbols)

(3)Thanks for reading! And I'm listing down the children at the bottom AN.

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Almost Empty to Empty:

Dr. Hermione Granger loves her life, she loves having her children around, she loves having dinner with all of them. When Maggie turned 11, she nearly couldn't let go of her first born at the platform but she did so dutifully. It was Maggie's time to experience life away from parents even if she was only 11. It felt odd the first week Maggie was away, but Hermione coped with it, plus she had 3 other rug rats running around wreaking havoc at the Granger-Wood house in Oxford. 2 years later it was Wyatt's turn and the house felt more empty , but at least she still had Nick and Emma who often fought about the stupidest things like "How much sugar does mum's tea need," or "Dad's scottish, mum's welsh. What are we then?". But this year hit her hard. Three of her four were at Hogwarts. Then again, she cherished the fact that she could spend the next 3 school years with Emma.

September first,

Emma had been so upset that Hermione had opted to let the little girl fall asleep in her bedroom. Oliver hasn't come home from work yet but he owled that he was going to be a bit late as he had business to attend to. Hermione knew what business it was and she was betting 10 galleons that Cal was staying up right now as well waiting for her own husband to make an appearance. Deciding that she could only take in so much soduko, Hermione summoned the phone and called her old friend. Alas, Dr. Callista S.W. was also waiting up and judging from the shuffling of paper she heard in the background, the University professor was marking papers.

"How are the papers?" asked Hermione slightly whispering as to make sure Emily wouldn't wake up. Cal grunted and said "It wouldn't be boring if I made Percy mark them…"

"And what? You sit on the table seducing him…" teased Hermione.

"Funny. Very Funny….."

"You know he still wants another son…he says there are too much female hormones…"

"In our house. He can birth himself if he wants another…." laughed the professor.

"You never know, maybe you'll succumb….or slip up"

Cal laughed at that, heck she would birth again. She almost died giving birth to Parker, something about high blood pressure and some kind of hemorage that could've killed her if the doctor wasnt also a witch. Though she opted to make sure that Percy never learned of this because if Percy had found out he'd blame himself or something.

"Feeling like you lost a part of you?" asked Cal. Hermione had at first denied it but then told the truth. "Its like I lost my legs…."

"At least you got Emma still….don't worry, soon you'll get used to it. Remember when Parker went to Hogwarts last year?"

"Yes….you were depressed for abit…until we told Percy to take you somewhere special for your anniversary."

"Ah yes….that was a good weekend. Anyways….Percy just got home" said Cal.

"How do you know that?" asked Hermione

"My Weasley clock said so…."

"I need one of those….which only means Oliver is on his way back…"

"Yes…-Hi Perce, oh its Mia…- he says hi and says that Oliver left same time he did…."

"Oh okay…I'll leave you then…are we still on this weekend?"

"Course yes…I'll talk to you later"

"Nightey.."

Cal clicked off the phone and had followed to the bedroom to find Percy sitting by the edge of the bed taking his shoes off. She walked towards him and kneeled on the floor helping him with his shoes. "Long day huh" she said to him as he handed her his shirt and trousers. "Yes…but its okay. My back just hurts. I need to replace my chair…."

"Aww poor Percy….hey guess what?" said Cal.

"What?" asked Percy eyeing his wife who was sitting behind him massaging his back.

"You look old". Cal said snickering from behind and didn't expect Percy to turn around and lunge at her. With Percy tickling her she gasped "And you said your back hurts"

Percy stopped and smiled at her, he then rubbed his nose to hers and said "Well, not for you….any pain goes away because of you". Cal smiled and kissed him square on the lips, though very short it left a tingling feeling on Percy's lips.

The next day:

The children were settling into the dorms. Nick Wood had indeed been sorted into Ravenclaw and he was not alone. At least Parker was a Ravenclaw as well as George's youngest Ryan (11 years old) , who he had been friends with since they were in nappies.

The older children were already settled in as they did it years and years before.

Jeff was busy being Head Boy.

Maggie, who is the fitness instructor of the Gryffindor team as well as one of their chasers, had already started the fitness program for the people who wanted to try out for the house team.

Stella had already hexed Mike Flint 7 times as he stalked her around the castle the night before as well during the early morning run with the Quiddtich hopefuls claiming it was his duty to watch out for students because he was a school prefect.

Wyatt had already pranked Parker whilst Parker sent a buttered toast to his face during breakfast.

McGonagall already sent owls to Fred, George, Charlie, Ginny and Remus, whose 15 year old spawns had already pranked Trelawney by charming her tower to disappear. How did McGonagall know that it was them, she caught the head boy hurrying away from the crime scene. Of course she dismissed his involvement because he said "Good moring Professor...late for prefect's meeting" in which the headmistress walked with him to over see the first meeting of the year. Little did she know that at that point, a tower was being charmed away. Later during breakfast McGonagall found Trelawney came bounding into the great hall screaming bloody murder as five particular 15 year olds snorted out their pumkin juice in glee of the spectacle in the middle of the hall..

Oh it was a spectacle, the old bat was flinging her arms around exclaiming she would send the grim on those who had made her tower disappear . Sirius Lupin (15 years old) and Sirius Potter (15 as well) after composing themselves had started howling like wolves at the Ravenclaw table while Joshua (Charlie's 15 year old) , Patrick (Fred's) and Theodore (George's) were trying to escape the great hall.

First Period: the 4 Weasleys and the Lupin, were sitting in headmistress office all snickering when Jeff had walked into the room with Harry who looked like the grim himself or at least trying to be as there was an evident smirk being held down.

"You told on us…you suck" said the 5 in unison at the headboy who looked like he rather facing one of Hagrid's pets.

"Hey, I didn't say anything I was just brought here.. please spare me… You haven't even toppled the prank we pulled last year on Lacrue (potions master)……." Realizing that he as in front of his head of house and McGonagall Jeff shut up while Harry hit his head with a roll of parchment.

"My, my, I didn't think taking on 11 Weasleys in one year was going to be that big of a problem. I dare say I was wrong. 5 points a piece and your head of houses will deal with you. Oh yes, Ravenclaws, your head of house has handed you to Professor Potter to be punished"

The two Siriuses and Theodore groaned but straightened up when Harry passed by them and hit each of their heads with parchment.

"Jeff, wrong judgment. But we all just want to see that old bat to come out of her nook once in a while. So you get off unscathed. The next I hear that you aided these 5 devils, you'll get detention…ah-ah-ah even if you are head boy. Maybe even demoted to prefect. As for the 5 of you, you will mow the Quiddtich pitch for the first game in 6 weeks and the second game which is in 7 weeks. Muggle way of course. I'll supply you with the grass cutters, nice dull ones at that. Oh and Potter you'll have to deal with your mother's howler"

Sirius Potter groaned but soon the 6 were walking into the hall way talking about how great the prank was. Jeff then exclaimed, "damn….James and Stella sure are lucky. Didn't even get caught….fucking luck. I almost got…."

"HEY at our expense Mr. Head boy" exclaimed Joshua who was a Gryffindor prefect. Jeff stuck his tongue out at the 15 year old and went his way to his class where he had been plucked out earlier. Lupin then said "You have to admit it, if it weren't for those three giving us the charm we wouldn't have done it…."

Little did they know that Harry was walking behind them silently under his cloak, chuckling. He wouldn't punish them seriously for that kind of prank. Heck no, he had tried to get the old bat out of the tower numerous times before, Plus Trelawney had prophesized that Gryffindor was going to loose this quidditch season. But we all know she's often wrong.

At the other side of the castle Maggie was having a good day lounging around a tree as her divination class was cancelled due to a disheveled professor and the tower disappearing. It was a good warm day and she was sitting under a tree as she tried to tie her hair in a way that no strand would stick to the back of her neck. She groaned and cursed at the heat because her hair frizzed due to the humidity. Her attention however was diverted from the wild hair on her head to a couple walking by the court yard. Oh she wished one guy would just pluck the courage and ask her out. Guys seem to have deemed her untouchable because she was the great-Oliver-Wood's daughter. She inwardly frowned but forced a smile at her friends. After having a small chat with one of her divination classmates she was informed that there was an intriguing poster in the hallway. Curious as she was she bounded to the hallway and found a crowd huddling around the poster. She asked one of her friends what the poster was about and said that it was something about Quiddtich. Pushing her way to the front she herself gaped at the poster.

Interschool Quiddtich Tournament.

Open to everyone capable and beyond the age requirement at their school's Quiddtich rules.

Try outs will be held on September 10 at Pitch B, practice pitch. Does not need to be on the House Quiddtich team.

Cheating and other wrong conduct (see list below) will likely make you loose 100 house points, and will be expelled from any Quiddtich Team/ activity for 2 years.

The Hogwarts Quiddtich season will co inside with the Tournament as the practice pitch, recently built, will be turned into the official Tourney Pitch.

See you soon.

Maggie walked away from the crowd letting the poster sink in. She wanted to go for it. A chance of a life time? Heck yes. Along her way back to the tree, she had spotted Stella who was walking out of a classroom.

"Stella.. STELLA!" she screamed to beckon her Quiddtich Captain. Stella Weasley stepped away from her 7th year friends to greet Maggie. Stella briskly walked to her childhood friend, letting her long aurburn hair swish with her movement. Maggie noted that many of the guys in the hall had found that they lost what ever train of thought they had as the 7th year passed them, then again she couldnt blame the guys. Stella had her skirt an inch higher than the normal code of length, it just made it worse beacuse due to the heat most people werent wearing their cloaks. This included Maggie.

"Hello Maggie, what can I do for…what the hell is that…." Stella said as Maggie pointed at the poster. Maggie then explained what it was, Stella then broke into a smile and exclaimed "Dude that is cool!". She watched as Stella eyed the poster in hunger then her eyes set on Jeff Weasley talking along with the 7th year Slytherin prefect, Mike Flint. She saw that Mike's face broke into a smile as he watched Stella bob up and down to read further as there was still a crowd infront of the poster. Not to mention the leg skin Stella was showing off as of the moment. Maggie frowned at him then poked Stella and nudged at Mike who had said something that had made Jeff hit him on the arm angrily. Stella turned around and glared at Flint before excusing herself saying something about needing to talk to Uncle Harry. Maggie watched as the older girl break into a run and wondered why the head boy hasnt fined her yet, oh yea wait Jeff was Stella's twin. Maggie smiled and greeted Jeff and Mike as she passed them .She couldn't help but blush when Jeff had flashed a smile at her.

Stella Weasley ran as fast as she could to Professor Potter's office. She knocked thrice and the door opened to reveal her uncle sitting there drinking tea with none other than her father. She was about to say something when her father said " I have eyes in this school…." Stella was creeped out a bit, did her father know that she had helped her younger cousins with the first prank of the year. She hoped not.

"Papa what are you doing here?" she asked her father.

"Having a nice chat with your Uncle Harry" said Percy as he sipped his tea.

"Uncle Harry, can you book a pitch for the Gryffindor house…" the 7th year auburn haired girl asked.

"I'm way ahead of you Stella. McGonagall already foresaw this and we took the liberty to book the pitch twice for each house…..to prevent people from hogging spots."

"Cool….and I need a new Chaser, seeker and Beater….for the house team..."

"Pitch A is solely for inter house Quiddtich so that has been taken care of already…I seem to have made the right choice of captain …haven't failed me for 2 years…."

"Thanks Uncle Harry…Papa….your tie is loose….mama left before you didn't she?" she said as she stepped nearer to fix her father's tie not paying much attention to Harry's amused face. Ginny as well does his ties, as he was rubbish trying to tie them the way they should be.

"…..stop analyzing me and go to class…" Percy said chuckling as he swatted his daugher's hands away from his tie.

"Bye…." She gave her father a hug and her Uncle Harry a hug before running out of the office. The two adults sat there chuckling. "So what charm did they use on the old bat's tower?" asked Percy as he tried to think of a charm that be used in that magnitude. Harry shrugged and said that it was a funny way to start the year.

"What else could I do for you Perce?" asked Harry.

"I'm just giving each head of house the tournament package. A favor to Oliver who is having a long talk with McGonagall as of the moment" said Percy handing a package to Harry who in turn opened it and started to skim through the guidelines. He stopped at section 2.0.

"Minimum marks…" said Harry. Percy nodded and explained that the chosen players were required to hold a certain average to up hold the integrity of the school.

"Let me guess, your idea?" chuckled Harry.

"No….the head of Games and Sports did. But he got it from how I deal with Stella. You know that she has to maintain an A average right?"

"Heck yes. Haven't seen anyone work as hard as Stella, though she prefers EE's because Jeff rubs in the fact that he can get A's with out lifting a finger." Agreed Harry chuckling at the simple sibling rivalry between the younger Weasley twins. Then he thought about it, if James and Sirius had seriously been failing their classes, he would make them quit their teams as well. Soon Harry was agreeing more to the Minimum marks thing. He didn't want his house, or Hogwarts for that matter, to be labeled as all muscle no brains.

AN:

Who's whose:

(Houses under: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw)

Granger-Wood: Maggie (14). Wyatt (12), Nick (11), Emma or formally called Emily (8)

Silverio-Weasley: Jeff , Stella (17), Parker (12)

Bill: Armand (23), Reggie (21), Alec (19), Francesca (16)

Charlie: Paul (20), Joshua (15)

Fred: Mathew (18), Patrick (15)

George: Theodore (15), Alfonso (13), Ryan (11)

Ginny: Gillian (22), James (17), Sirius (15)