Molly had the best she had in years but woke up early. She didn't know when Haley would wake up and didn't want her to be alone. She took a quick shower and sat in the living room waiting. She heard the shower start again but didn't know who it was until fifteen minutes later a girl with wet, blue hair walked down the stairs.

It wasn't until Molly chuckled did Haley notice her. "Good morning, dear."

"Hi," Haley said quietly.

"How did you sleep?"

"Good. I like the bed. And it was cool falling asleep under the stars," Haley said with a sheepish grin.

"Charlie will be glad. Come sit." Haley sat down on couch across from Molly. Molly was watching as Haley's hair kept changing colors. Haley didn't even seem to notice.

"Do you know your hair is changing colors?"

"What? I thought it was still red," Haley crossed the room to look in a mirror. Haley focused for a moment and I turned back to the way it was yesterday. "That's better."

She sat down again and Molly was chuckling at her.

"The others should be up soon. What would you like for breakfast?"

"It really doesn't matter, Mrs.… uh, Molly."

Molly gave her a sad smile. "Come along, dear," she said standing up and taking Haley's hand. She led the girl into the kitchen. "Let's make breakfast. It's a sure way to wake the boys up."

Haley smiled and did as she was told. Molly got out all the ingredients and Haley began making the blueberry pancakes that the Dursleys had her make every Sunday. Although Haley was never allowed to try them she knew they were good because Dudley would eat about 10 every Sunday. It only took a few minutes of them on the stove and Haley and Molly could hear people waking up and taking showers. Molly put bacon and eggs on the stove once the pancakes were done. Haley decided to make a breakfast toad in the hole and put it in the oven. The oven was much faster than a regular one. 'Magic,' Haley thought to herself as she set the toad in the hole on the table beside her pancakes. She made some toast as well. Haley and Molly were putting the last things on the table when everyone rushed to the table much to Haley's amusement.

"Wow looks good," Bill said as he sat down.

Fred and George made Haley sit in between them. They all began to dig in, except Haley.

"Oh nice!"

"Blueberry pancakes!"

"Haley, you have to try mum's pancakes!"

"They're the best!"

Haley chuckled at the twins and said, "Well that's good to know. Maybe next time I'll let her make them instead."

"Wait!"

"You made these!"

Haley nodded before grabbing one for herself, "I also made the toad in the hole."

Everyone looked at Molly for conformation and Molly nodded at them, "She did. All on her own too."

"Practice makes perfect."

"You made them a lot?" Arthur asked.

"I made pancakes every Sunday and toad in the whole once a month."

"How old were you when you started?" Percy asked.

"Um, I'm not sure. I started doing most of the cooking around seven but I didn't know how to make pancakes until I was about eight."

"That's really young," Ginny commented. Haley just shrugged.

Everyone tried the food and Haley was surprised by all the compliments.

After breakfast Molly quickly cleaned up before Haley tried to do anything.

Bill looked at Haley and said, "So I hear you play Quiddich."

Haley nodded.

"How would you like to play a game of three on three?"

"Sure."

"Okay Charlie and I can be captains and…" Bill was going to continue but was cut off by Fred.

"Whoa! No! Seekers are captain, Bill. You know that!"

"Yes I do know that."

"Captains should be Haley and Charlie!" George said firmly.

"Haley?"

"She's youngest female seeker to ever make a house team!" Fred yelled.

"Maybe but I don't think that would be a fair match against Charlie," Bill explained.

"You're right."

"It wouldn't be fair."

"For Charlie," the twins finished together.

"Okay! If you're that sure of your girl she'll be captain."

Everyone went outside. The ones that weren't playing wanted to see this match also. Haley cared her Nimbus 2000 out with her.

Charlie explained, "Alright, Bill, Ron, Fred, and George are playing. We pick our teammates. As you are the youngest you will get first pick. Fair warning, if you don't pick Bill I will and we won't go easy on you."

Haley gave him a cheeky grin and said, "I choose Fred!"

That was a surprise.

"Um, okay Bill."

"George!"

"Ron you're with us!"

Fred and George were celebrating. They knew they could win this.

Charlie cleared his throat and said, "Um okay. Ron is our keeper, Bill is our chaser, and I'm seeker."

"George is keeper, Fred is our chaser, and I'm our seeker."

Everyone was interested in these odd teams but took a seat and watch the game. Bill had the ball but Haley intercepted a throw and passed it to Fred who got a goal. The game kept going like this. They kept underestimating their baby sister. Haley was having a good time. Charlie's team had scored three goals. Haley's team had scored ten. Then Haley surprised everyone by doing a head dive. She pulled out of it a foot above the ground and came went back up to her brothers.

"What the bloody hell was that?" Charlie asked.

Haley just held up the snitch and said, "That was me winning."

Fred and George almost fell off their brooms in laughter. The three of them landed and hugged in celebration. Bill, Charlie, and Ron landed still trying to figure out how she caught it.

Molly and Arthur looked at their little girl proudly. Ginny and Percy were laughing at the dumb looks on their brothers faces.

The twins lifted Haley onto their shoulders and carried her to the others.

"We warned you!" the twins told Bill and Charlie.

"How did you do that?" Charlie asked still in shock.

Haley just shrugged.

"Pure talent!" Fred said happily.

There carried Haley into the house and dropped her on the couch.

The others followed them in. Charlie sat on the floor and said, "I can't believe my baby sister beat me!"

"It was brilliant!" Percy said still laughing.

"She cooks, she's a brilliant Quiddich player, and she survived the killing curse… Is there anything you can't do?" Bill asked.

Haley seemed to be thinking about it but shrugged when she came up with nothing.

"She is also at the top of several of her classes!"

"And she knows martial arts. Which reminds me never sneak up on her."

"She can play guitar."

"She can sing."

"She can dance even if she doesn't think so."

"She writes music but we aren't allowed to hear it."

"She's ridden a centaur!"

The twins began spinning off her achievements.

"Wait! You rode a centaur?" Bill gasped.

"Yeah, in the forbidden forest. His name was Ronan. He liked me and I met his centaur friends. I'm allowed to go in there whenever I want to visit them. I was visiting them one day when I twisted my ankle. He let me ride him to the castle. Madam Pomphery was in the Great Hall for supper so he took me to her there. Everyone saw it," Haley explained.

Arthur chuckled, "You will never cease to amaze me."

"She can talk to snakes," Percy told them.

They were all stunned.

"Albus thinks that when I killed Voldemort he suffered the loss of some of his powers first and transferred them to me. I can talk to snakes because he used to," Haley tried to explain. "Actually I can talk to all serpents. And I read that dragons are serpents so I'm curious to know if I can talk to dragons."

"That would be awesome!" Charlie yelled. "I'll take you to work sometime!"

"No you will not!" Molly said. "She doesn't need to be around dangerous dragons!"

"I'll keep an eye on her mum. And I'm not saying anytime soon. Maybe when she's of age or something," Charlie said before whispering, "We'll talk later," to Haley.

They continued talking for another hour when Molly decided to make some lunch and Haley offered to help. Molly pulled out cheese and meat. She was just going to make some sandwiches when Haley got creative and started making three giant pizzas. One was pepperoni, one was sausage, and the last was loaded with some of everything.

They didn't take long. Haley seemed to have made the doe several times before because she didn't even need to measure. They set them on the table and Molly yelled, "Lunch!"

"Mmm," Arthur said, "What smells so delicious?"

"Haley made lunch," Molly told him.

"Haley made it?" Bill said sounding excited.

"Yeah, but it's nothing special. Just pizza," Haley told them.

"She's being modest," Moly told them, "She made the crust and sauce from scratch!"

"It looks amazing!" Ron said happily.

They all ate happily. It was pretty good to Haley but everyone else thought it was simply amazing. It was the best pizza they ever ate.

They went back to talking after dinner. "So what are you making for supper Haley?" Bill joked.

"I can make almost anything."

"Actually," Arthur said, "I was thinking that was could have a bonfire tonight. Maybe roast some wieners like we used to."

"That sound awesome Dad!" Fred said happily.

"We can have a firework show tonight!" George said.

"And Haley can play her guitar around the fire."

"And we can go swimming!"

"Wait!" Haley said, "I can do what?"

"Oh come on Haley!" Ron begged.

"Half of us have already heard you play," Fred joined.

"Please!" George and Percy pleaded.

Haley sighed, "Fine!"

"Awesome! Let's go swimming while the others cut wood," Fred said happily.

"I can't."

"Why not?"

"Hey Bill, here's something I can't do. I can't swim."

"We'll teach you!" Fred and George said.

"Go change into you can swim in and meet us in the kitchen."

Haley searched her dressers. She found a black tank top and an old pair of running shorts. She put them on and suddenly got self-concuss about her body. The tank top showed her shoulders that had scars from her uncle and her legs looked even smaller in the shorts. She thought about changing her body but that felt like lying to her family. There was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

"Molly, can I come in?"

Haley thought for a moment before saying, "Yes."

She opened the door and closed it behind her saying, "We were wondering if you were having problems finding something."

"Um, no, it's just um…" Haley hesitated.

Molly looked at Haley. She seemed even skinnier than she thought. "What is it, dear?"

Haley took a deep breath before turning around and lifting her hair so Molly could see the scars.

"Oh my god!" Molly gasped. She ran her hand over the welts before turning Haley around so she was looking at her. "You can cover them for now if you want. Eventually I want you to talk to one of us about it, okay?"

Haley nodded and turned around again, "Are they gone?"

"Yes dear." Molly gave her a hug and they went back downstairs.

"There you are!" George said.

"Thought you may have been backing out," Fred joked.

"No, I should probably learn to swim. It may come in handy."

The kids ran off leaving Molly alone with Arthur. "Molly, I know when something's wrong. What is it?"

Molly hugged Arthur close and cried. After she gained her composure she said, "It was worse than we thought."

"What was?"

"The Dursley's were. She has scars on her back, Arthur. I think there from a beating," Molly choked out.

Arthur pulled her close again. "She's safe now and they'll pay. I promise." After the couple calmed down they went to watch the children. The swimming lessons were hilarious. Haley could really get scary. Finally Fred and George calmed her down and got her to swim. After a half an hour Haley was swimming with the best of them. She seemed to like it on the bottom of the creek. She could also hold her breath for long periods of time so occasionally one of the boys went down to make sure she didn't drown. After a few hours they got out and decided to lie down in the sun to dry off.

As Haley relaxed she heard a small female voice say, "Ssstupid humansss."

Haley sat up to see a garden snake between Fred and herself. "Hello!" she said to the snake.

The snake turned to face her, "You are a ssspeaker!"

"Yesss. My namesss Haley. What isss yoursss?" Haley asked.

"I do not have a name."

"May I give you one?"

"I sssupposse."

"How about Medusa?" Haley asked.

"Very acceptable."

"Bloody hell!" Fred shouted backing away from Medusa.

"What's wrong?" Bill asked.

Fred just pointed and said "Haley, that's a snake!"

"Yes it is. And that's a rock. And this is grass. What's you point?"

Bill chuckled, "Fred's afraid of snakes. Fred, she's a parseltongue remember? She was probably having a good conversation with him."

"Actually Bill, she's a girl, and her name is Medusa."

The others walked over and Charlie asked, "What's up?"

"Haley made a new friend," Bill said pointing to the snake. Haley hissed something and picked the snake up before getting to her feet.

"This is Medusa. She doesn't like humans very much but almost all snakes seem to like me. However she's mad at Bill for calling her a boy when it's so obvious that she's too pretty to be a boy."

"Uh, sorry," Bill said awkwardly.

"All is forgiven. She won't bite you."

Fred shivered a bit.

"Thanks," Bill said.

"Wait, Medusa understands English?" Molly asked.

Haley looked at Medusa before saying, "Apparently she has been living her for a long time and has picked up the language from you but obviously cannot speak it."

"Tell Charlie that he lost his sunglasses by the old oak tree."

"Charlie you lost your sunglasses."

"How did you know that?"

"Medusa found them by the old oak tree."

Charlie ran to the tree in question and bent over to pick them up. He ran back and looked at Medusa and said, "Thanks!"

"No problem. She likes you because you work with dragons."

"The jobs a lot of fun. Can I pet her?"

"Sure."

Charlie pet her nicely and Medusa enjoyed it immensely.

"Haley, would Medusa like to be yours?" Arthur asked.

"Yes. Most snakes spend their entire lives searching for a speaker to be with. The last speaker they knew of was Voldemort and he already had a mean snake named Nagini."

"Well, you can keep her if you like," Molly said.

Haley looked at them stunned, "Really?"

"Of course. How many pets can talk back to their owners?" Arthur joked.

"Would you like that, Medusa?"

"Very much, new master!"

"Alright then. I'll just go put her in my room then. Thank you!" Haley ran off to put her new friend away.

Fred turned to his parents and shook his head, "A snake? Of all the pets in the world you get her a snake?"

"Calm down, Fred," Charlie chuckled, "It's a garden snake. It's not like it's poisonous."

Haley was very happy. She knew how to swim and had a new friend. It was a good day. Haley skipped downstairs to find Molly grabbing the supplies for supper.

"Need a hand Mum?" Haley asked causing Molly to drop what she was holding and stare at her. "What?"

Molly wiped a tear away and said, "You called me mum."

"Um, yes."

Molly pulled the girl into a hug. She didn't let her go until Bill walked into the room.

"I'm interrupting aren't I?"

Molly just smiled at him and said, "She called me Mum."

Bill broke into a large smile before picking Haley up and threw her over his shoulder. He was about to carry her outside when she said, "Wait! Mum, hand something so you don't need to carry it all yourself." Molly giggled and handed Haley the buns and ketchup. "Okay, I'm good."

Bill chuckled and carried the girl to the fire pit. "Hey Dad, can you take these so I don't drop them when Bill finally decides to put me down?"

Arthur smiled widely at the title and did as she asked but Bill didn't put her down instead he walked over to the creek. Everyone followed him to see what he was up to. Fred and George seemed to be the first to understand and started laughing. A moment later the others joined. Then Haley realized where he was taking her.

"No! Bill! Put me down!"

Bill just chuckled. Then Haley gave a loud and girly scream as Bill threw her into the creek. When she surfaced she didn't have time to yell at Bill because was being pushed in by Fred and George. Then they looked at Ron with identical evil grins and Ron decided to dive in on his own. Charlie grabbed Fred by the waist and threw both of their bodies into the water. George yelled, "No Fred!" and jumped in after them. Ginny jumped after him. Molly and Arthur watched and laughed. Haley grabbed onto Bill's back pulled him back under.

After a while of swimming and play fighting they got out again and went to warm up by the fire Arthur made. Molly dried Haley off magically and gave her a sweater. They all roasted wieners and talked a lot. Haley did more listening then anything but occasionally joined in. It was getting dark but no one wanted the night to end. Fred and George ran into the house and when they returned they had a large box and Haley's guitar.

"You said you would," Fred said he handed it to her.

"Oh please, no one wants to hear…" Haley started.

Bill cut her off by saying, "Yes we do." Everyone nodded and Haley sighed.

"If I die young, bury me in satin, lay me down on a bed of roses. Sink me in the river at dawn; send me away with the words of a love song. Lord make me a rainbow. I'll shine down on my mother. She'll know I'm safe with you when she stand under my colors. And live ain't always what you think it ought to be, no. Ain't even gray but she buries her baby. The sharp knife of a short life, well, I've had just enough time. If I die young, bury me in satin, lay me down on a bed of roses. Sink me in the river at dawn; send me away with the words of a love song. The sharp knife of a short life, well, I've had just enough time."

"Wow," was all Molly could say.

"Told you she was good," Ron said smiling.

"That was amazing Haley," Arthur said breathlessly.

"Uh, thanks."

The night continued with a few more songs and a few stories. At the end of the night Fred and George lit several fireworks that they had been saving for a special occasion in Haley's honor. They didn't go to bed until well past midnight.