Disclaimer: Do I wish I owned Harry Potter? yes. Do I actually own it? no.
A/N This chapter is a lot longer, it has more words than all of my previous chapters combined! Please read and review!!
"We're here." I announced when the ministry car pulled to a stop in front of the station.
"This is here?" Laurel asked.
"Yes."
"But this is a MUGGLE train station!"
"But Platform 9 and 3/4 is a magical station. Don't worry." I reassured her. "Come on, we have.." I checked my watch "20 minutes before the train leaves."
We get out of the Ministry car, grab our trunks, and head up to the door of the station. Inside, I went up to a woman behind a counter where the platforms 9 and 10 were. She pointed to an entryway, and I motioned for Athena and Laurel to follow me in. We went through and saw two train tracks marked 9 and 10.
That's when Laurel started freaking out.
"Where's platform 9 and 3/4's?" She asked frantically. " I only see platform 9 and 10! Is this some kind of sick joke Maddy?! Because if it is and we don't get to school i'm gonn-" she then stopped when I covered her mouth with my hand,
"You just really need to calm down." I said. "To get to platform 9 and 3/4 you have to go through a sort of ... barrier."
"Okay, then where's the barrier?" Athena asked. I pointed to a brick column.
Laurel and Athena looked at each other and started to laugh hysterically.
"That's... a...good...one!" Athena managed to choke out.
"Walking... through...a...column!" Laurel said before doubling over in laughter again.
"It's no joke." I said and pointed back to the brick column where a family just walked through and another was now standing, saying their goodbyes..
The family consisted of 7 people. A middle aged couple, an older set of twin teenaged boys, two younger looking teenage boys, and a girl. This would have been a normal site except while most of the family had fiery red hair, one of the two younger teenage boys had jet-black hair.
"Is that...?" Laurel trailed off.
"Yeah it is..." I answered her. "It's Harry Potter."
"Man, it must be rough..." Athena muttered behind me. "With all that attention he's getting..." she pointed at the witches and wizards staring at him in awe.
"Yea, you can only imagine.." I agreed.
I turned my attention back to the couple, now talking to the older teenage twins. Well, they were more scolding than talking.
"Now Fred, George, I need you to promise me that you won't be causing the kind of trouble you did last year! Because if you do, there'll be hell when you get home!"
My ears perked up when I heard the two names of the boys , then I thought Nah, it couldn't be that easy to find them.
"Honestly Mother! Language!" One of the twins said grinning.
The woman blushed. "Only you two could drag that kind of language out of me!!" The woman said sternly. "Now promise me.
"We promise mum." The boys said together.
"Now I suggest you uncross your fingers behind your back." She said.
"You know us too well mother." They said while bringing their hands infront of them.
The mother then turned to the youngest of the red-heads and said "Now Ginny, watch out for all your brothers, especially the older two. Okay?"
"Yes, mum." The girl answered shortly.
The mother and father said their goodbyes to middle red-head, and then stopped at the jet-black haired boy.
"Now Harry, you may not be one of our blood related children, but we still think of you as one. Feel free to contact us if you need help!"
"Thanks Mrs.Weasly." The boy replied, and they all walked through the barrier.
Mrs.Weasley?! It was true, I had found them. Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny. It all made sense now.
"What's wrong?" Athena asked. I ingnored her and walked up to the woman.
I tapped her on the shoulder, and she turned around to look at me, her eyes blood-shot from crying. "May I help you dear?"
"Mrs.Weasly?!" I asked. She nodded.
"It's me Maddy!"
"Maddy?!" Her voice sounded shocked and surprised. After a few moments of silence.she then squealed and pulled me in a bone crushing hug.
"Don't kill her Molly." Mr.Weasly said grinning.
Once Mrs.weasley let me go, Mr.Weasley pulled me into a hug even tighter than Mrs.Weasley's.
"You're one to talk!" Mrs.Weasley chuckled.
"We haven't seen you since you're 11th birthday party!"
"It's been way too long." I agreed.
"Are these the friends Albus told us about?" Mr.Weasly gestured behind me.
"Yes." I said turning around to face them, "This is Athena," I gestured toward Athena, "and this is Laurel"
I gestured to Laurel.
"We've heard so much about you!" said Laurel as Mrs.Weasly took her time to hug Laurel and Athena. She then let go of them and hugged me.
"We've missed you so much!" She started to cry.
"I missed you to..." I said trying to soothe her.
"Especially Fred..." She whispered to me.
I smiled "I missed him too." I whispered back to her.
She pulled away and started talking.
"I remember when you visited us all the time. You were always getting into trouble with Fred and George.
Though you were always the brain behind the group. Strange thing was, you never acquired a british accent, then Albus told us of his "Home Roots" Theory. Do you know about the theory?" she asked Athena and Laurel.
They both nodded. You see, my grandfather's theory is that when you have a strong love connection in one place, you form a magical bond, and no matter where you are, a peice of that place stays with you. Thus, me and my american accent.
"OH MY GOODNESS!" Mrs.weasley screeched. "You girls better get going! You have less than 5 minutes to get on the train! We'll keep in touch!'
Athena and Laurel went through the barrier first, and as I went through I could've sworn I heard Mrs.Weasley say "I wonder what Fred and George are going to say when they see her?" and I just started to smile.
We were very lucky that We got one of the only empty compartments left. When we got settled in, we started hearing voices in the hallway.
"Why did the girls have to kick us out out of the compartment?"
"Well Ron, let's stop and think," A voice said irratabley. "When we first enter the compartment, right off the bat you make some loony lovegood comment to Luna, then on top of that you ask hermione if she'd gained weight over the summer! If I were one of them I'd kick us out too!"
"Fred! I'm not the only one who did something stupid! I clearly remember George talking about loon- I mean Luna too!"
"Well Fred is an ass, but we don't need you encouraging him!"
"Hey!"
"Get over it George. Let's try this compartment."
The 5 boys entered the compartment and Fred started to speak. "Do you mind if we...?" He stopped speaking when he saw me. "Do I know you?" He asked me.
I grinned. "You could say that." I answered him. "You could also say that I was the one who cut off most of your hair when you were nine, and that we used to pretend we were married." I said still grinning.
Everyone in the compartment started to look at me like I was crazy except for Fred and George. They stood stock still as glimpses of realization crossed their faces.
"Maddy!?" They both screamed. I nodded and they pulled me into a tight hug. My eyes started to water. Athlough he would probably deny it, I could see that Fred was crying too, while George's eyes just glistened.
"Fred...George...can't...breathe..." I gasped as their gripped got tighter.
"Sorry." The both muttered.
"Why did you leave? We saw you one day, and the next day you were gone!" Fred asked me.
"Order Business, we'll talk later." I whispered to him.
"And who are these fine looking young ladies?" Lee Jordan asked.
George smacked him in the back of the head.
"Well who are you?" Laurel asked, clearly ticked.
"How could I have been so rude? I am The Lee Jordan!" he said cockily.
"Well, The Lee Jordan, i'm Laurel and this is Athena." She gestured toward Athena next to her.
"Athena, goddess of war and wisdom, and not to mention beauty." He winked at her. Athena just blushed furiously. He then Proceded to kiss her hand, his gaze never leaving Athena's eyes. Athena became a shade of red unrecognizable to man.
This was getting to lovey dovey for my taste, so I couldn't help but start to belt out "So this is love" and strangely, Fred did the same.
Everyone in the compartment started laughing except for Lee and Athena. Lee turned an even deeper shade of red than Athena.
"All jokes aside, it was pretty freaky that you two decided to do that at the same time." Laurel said.
"Way to to state the obvious Laurel." Athena muttered, and Laurel just rolled her eyes.
Fred and I just shrugged.
"They used to do it all the time when we were little. Probably a bit more than Fred and I did it." George said.
"Weird." Laurel breathed.
"Very." George agreed.
Laurel started to smile, George did too.
Fred and I started to hum "So This Is Love" only loud enough so we could hear. Then we burst out laughing.
"What are you to lauging about?"
"Nothing Harry!" Fred and I answered simultaneosly.
"You know my name?" Harry asked looking at me.
"Well, I saw your scar..."
"I just figured you didn'nt since well, you didn't..." he trailed off, not knowing how to finish the sentence.
"Didn't what? Bow down at your feet and beg for your autograph?" I teased
"Well, actually.. uh ... yeah."
"Well I just figured you wouldn't want all the attention." I told him, then continued with an even bigger grin on my face."But I could if you wanted me to." I then got on my knees infront of him. "Oh HARRY! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!" I started dramatically then continued, "I give you my heart harry!" I then started laughing hysterically, and everyone joined me.
Once the laughter died down Laurel and George started talking about quidditch, which got everyone else taliking about it too.
Eventually the conversation divided into pairs of two's. Laurel and George were still talking about quidditch. Athena and Lee were comparing the grossness of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor beans they had tasted. Fred and I, well talked about everything, candy, sports, muggles, weasley's wizarding wheezes, etc.
About an hour before the train was supposed to stop. Lee went to go check on his sister, and Athena grew quiet. In about 15 minutes I heard Laurel point behind me, gasp then say "Oh.My.God."
I turned around and saw where Laurel was pointing, and I also gasped. There leaning against the window, was Athena sleeping soundly.
"What's wrong?" Fred asked.
"Should she not be sleeping?" George asked, confused,
We ignored them and started to talk.
"Is there any other way?" asked Laurel.
"We've already tried everything during the summer and nothing else works!"
"This is going to be so embarassing for her..." Laurel said.
That's when Lee came back.
"Oh great another person to add to the embarassment." Laurel added.
"Did I miss something?" Lee asked.
"If you did we don't know what it is." Said George.
"You guys have to promise not to laugh."
"Oh, now they talk to us!" George said.
Laurel and I just glared at him
"Okay, Okay WE PROMISE NOT TO LAUGH..." George said mockingly, then he added "I am a master at keeping a straight face, if I do say so myself."
"Only because he had to talk himself out of many sticky situations." Fred whispered to me, and I laughed quietly.
"What's so embarrassing?" Lee asked.
"You'll find out." I answered him. Then I turned to Laurel. "You do it, I did it this morning."
"Fine."she said, then called across the compartment. " Athena! BOYS!"
Athena woke up with a screech, her eyes darting around the compartment.
We tried, really we did, everyone tried to cover their mouths, trying to hid their silent chuckles. It took Athena a minute, she was still hazy from sleeping, but she got it, and then groaned.
"Oh no."
We then took that as a permission to laugh, and we did.
"I think we should change into our robes now." Ron said, after we stopped laughing.
Laurel, Athena, and I flicked our wands, and in an instant our muggle clothes changed into sleek black robes.
"How did you do that?" asked Fred. We just grinned in response.
"That means they're not going to tell us." said George decidedly as they started to grab their robes from their trunks.
About 15 minutes later, the train pulled to a screeching stop in ront of the station. We all grabbed our trunks and headed out to the platform.