Disclaimer: I own nothing, all the characters besides Joey and Danny belong to J.K. Rowling. *Sigh* I always feel sad after I say that.
When they landed, they were laying on the grass in front of an enormous gate with beautiful designs etched into the metal. Including the Gryffindor Lion in one section. When they all stood, they looked up at the gate that towered over all of their heads.
"So…..how do we get in? Fred asked.
"Yea, do they expect us to climb this thing, because I left my wall climbing kit at home." George added.
Before they could think of any other ideas, a small peep hole opened three feet from the bottom of the gate. "Whos is standing at Joey and Danny's gate?" a small voice squeaked. Hermione immediately looked horrified at the voice. Ron gave her an exasperated look. She was going to offend Harry's brothers before he even met them.
"How could Harry's brothers have house elves!" Hermione was swelling indignantly. Remus and Sirius looked confused for a second at her words. Then they seemed very amused. "What?" She asked. Before they could answer her the house elf opened the gate a bit wider.
"Oh, yous must be the Weezy's. Danny and Joey has beens expecting you today." The small house elf walked out in front of the gate. "Hello, I is Minnie. And you is?" Many of them looked shocked at the elf asking them for their names. None of them had anything against her asking but it was just unusual for a house elf. She was also dressed differently for an elf. She was wearing a rather nice looking purple sweater and a dark grey skirt, along with sneakers that looked no longer than a few months old.
"Um… I'm Sirius." Sirius said uncertainly, stepping forwards. The house elf smiled at this.
"You is being Sirius Black?" She asked. Sirius nodded. "Joey and Danny is being very happy when hearing of your escape. Danny started crying. Always more emotional than Joey, Danny is." The twins started sniggering at this. What kind of guy cries at the escape of a their parents old friend? What a wimp! "And if he is being Sirius Black, than you is being Remus Lupin, no?" When Remus nodded, she smiled again. "They is speaking very kindly of you as well. They were furious when they heard of your resignation from Hogwarts. They is wishing they is there to kick you, were their exact words, if I am remembering the rights thing." Remus looked shocked at her bluntness.
"Fred and George Weasley at your service milady." Fred and George said together, bowing towards Minnie. She smirked and curtsied towards them. "I is hearing you both is pranksters. Is this true?"
Fred and George smirked. "Our reputations precede us!" George exclaimed.
"They do." Minnie said. "If you is good pranksters, and always so happy, yous will get along well with Joey." She turned to everyone else. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley stepped forward.
"Hello, I'm Arthur, and this is my wife Molly." Mr. Weasley said, gesturing to himself and to Mrs. Weasley. "And this is our son Bill." Bill waved from the back. "Our son Charlie couldn't be here."
"Oh, Joey and Danny is wanting to talk to you specifically." Minnie said, gesturing to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. "They is also wanting to talk to Mr. Ron and Mrs. Hermione. Where is they?"
Ron and Hermione stepped forward. "Hi, I'm Hermione Granger. And this is Ron Weasley." Hermione said. Ron waved from his spot next to her.
"Well, now that we is all knowing each other, I is taking you to meet them." She waved for them to follow her in past the gate. When they all stepped in, the general response caused Hermione and Mrs. Weasley to give the Weasley children a few slaps. Remus and Sirius looked shocked, but not as shocked as everybody had seen this years ago, but it was still shocking to look at. The Potter Mansion was huge. The walls were made of stone, it had a huge overhang in the front. It was taller than any of the trees that hid it from people who might live nearby. In between the front door and where they stood was an enormous garden. Filled with plants which none of them could name. They could even see a greenhouse and a garage towards the back. It looked like it was about half the size of Hogwarts and that in itself was an accomplishment.
As they started walking up the garden path, Hermione started talking to Minnie. "So Minnie, how much are you being paid?"
Minnie looked at her strangely. "I would never ask to be paid! Joey and Danny is more than kind to me! They is giving me my own room and is helping with chores! They is making me call them by names and not 'Master'. They is not letting me punish myself and is playing games with me and asking my opinion and giving me sick days," Minnie kept going on and Hermione looked shocked. So they were nice to her. This was amazing! Still, they could pay her. When Minnie finished, Hermione looked at her.
"I didn't mean to insult your masters. I was just curious, I'm sorry for offending you." Minnie smiled.
"You is not insulting thems. And they is not my masters. They is my friends." She kept walking towards the front door. They were a little over halfway there now. "By the ways, you might have to wait for a while. Joey is in practice."
"Practice for what?" Ron asked. He would rather know as much as possible about Harry's brothers before he and Hermione had to talk to them.
"Joey is in band. They is recording new CD." Minnie answered brightly. "Danny is also good singer, but too shy. Only sings when Joey begs for them to sing together. But they is both loving music. It is always playing in the house."
Finally, they were at the huge ornate wooden door. Minnie opened it and held it open for them. When they had all filed in, she closed the door behind them. "This way." She said, walking forward. There really were no other options, as there was only one door. Made of solid, impenetrable metal.
"Well that's new." Sirius said from the back. Most of the others were shocked as well. It just looked so out of place in such an old fashioned home. Minnie stepped towards the door and put her finger on a scanner. After a few seconds, they heard a click. Signaling that the door was open.
"Before yous is going in, I has to tell you something. Joey and Danny is disguising the mansion as huge recording company building. Yous has to get through the recording studio to gets to the rest of the house. Joey will be inside, but I am not allowed in. There are muggles in the band, so theys is not supposed to be seeing me. I is seeing you on the other side yes?" Minnie said quickly. When they all nodded she stepped aside. Joey is being right inside this door. Yous is having to be quiet. Theys is recording." Then she snapped her fingers and disappeared. They all took a minute to get rid of the shock of her abrupt disappearance and her actual personality. She was a very strange elf.
"Okay, nobody be rude, we want to make a good impression. If they really are Harry's brothers, then we don't want to offend them before he gets to meet them." Mrs. Weasley said. She was standing in front of them all, so she saw Sirius and Remus trying to hid their laughter. "What?" She asked angrily.
"Nothing, nothing! Why don't we go see them then?" Sirius said, still hiding a smile he pulled open the door. When they walked in, it looked surprisingly normal. It looked like a recording studio, not that it was supposed to look like anything else. When they came in, there was a man hurrying around the room packing bags. They also saw a band playing through the glass.
"Are you the Weasleys then?" He asked them, stopped their attempts to find a boy who looked like Harry behind the window.
"Yes that would be us. Along with Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Hermione Granger." Arthur answered. "And you are?"
"Jackson, manager for the band. Who are you looking for?" Jackson answered.
"We're looking for Joey, we hear he's a member of the band." Molly answered.
"Oh, Joey, he's right there with the guitar. Hey, look, I gotta head out, do you think you could tell them to call me later?" Jackson said, slinging his bag over his shoulder.
"Yes, absolutely." Mrs. Weasley answered.
"Thanks." He said, rushing out through the huge metal door, pulling a cell phone from his pocket. "Yea, Dex, I'm on the way. Hey did you remember to," the sound cut off as the door shut behind them.
They all stepped towards the glass and stared at the band members. It appeared to be one way glass because none of the band members seemed to notice that they were there. "Oh good Merlin, Arthur look at the boy!" Mrs. Weasley said. "Look at his hair! And is that make up?" She already seemed upset at the boy's appearance.
"It's not that bad Molly. At least it's better than the singer." Mr. Weasley said. At his words, everybody turned towards the female singer.
"Oh good Lord, her hair is PINK!" Mrs. Weasley shrieked. Most of the band was dressed the same way, strange hair and clothes. And as all of the band members besides the singer were male, it was considered strange that they were all wearing makeup.
"Oh Merlin! Arthur, already I don't think it's a good idea to let this boy raise Harry! Look at him! Look at his friends! I mean, that girl looks like a scarlet woman!" Molly was getting hysterical and Arthur was trying to calm her down. The children on the other hand were having their own conversation.
"It'll be cool having another guy outside the family to talk to over the summer break." Fred, who looked on the verge of bursting into laughter, said quietly.
"I agree, especially one who has such excellent taste." George added. They both started laughing quietly so as not to turn their mothers hysterics on themselves.
"That singer sure is something though." Bill said quietly.
"Yea, shes hot but bring her home and mom would have kittens." George said.
"Not just kittens, she would have the whole farm." Fred said. Ron and Hermione were listening, but not really contributing to the conversation. They were looking at Sirius and Remus, who were practically falling over from laughter.
"WHAT IS SO FUNNY!" Mrs. Weasley shrieked at them. They were saved from trying to come up with an answer by the opening of the recording room door. Out came the bass player and the drum player. Mrs. Weasley tried to hide her disdain behind a smile.
"Is your rehearsal over?" Remus asked. Both boys nodded and left, they seemed like they weren't much of talking types.
The Weasley family walked into the room. Mrs. Weasley walked straight to Joey, trying to ignore the girl in the corner packing up her things with her headphones blaring in her ears. "Hello, I am Arthur Weasley and this is my wife Molly." The boy looked shocked at the group of people in front of him.
"What, I don't know who you, oh." A look of realization passed his face. Then he smiled with amusement. "You guys are the Weasley's?" When they Arthur and Molly nodded, looking confused, he smiled again. "Then you've got the wrong guy."
"Oh, so you aren't Joey Potter?" Arthur asked. Molly looked relieved, then annoyed again, because now she knew it must be one of the boys who had already left, and that was no better.
"No," The boy started. "Hey, JO!" He shouted across the room. Everybody turned towards the girl still packing up her things in the corner. She was shaking her head back and forth to the music and obviously couldn't hear them. Mrs. Weasley looked even more horrified. "Joey, Joey!" The guitar player was shouting now. Finally, he got an aggravated look on his face. "JOHANNA!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.
The next second, he was on the floor with the pink haired girl on top of him. "DON'T CALL ME JOHANNA, MIKE!" Her black high heels were digging into his legs. So he quickly said sorry and she let him up. Then she finally noticed that there were other people standing in the room.
"Oh, you're the Weasley's aren't you?" She asked. Completely unabashed.
It took a few seconds for any one of them to move, then Remus and Sirius snapped out of it while The Weasleys were still trying to figure out what to say. "Hi JoJo." Sirius said quietly, stepping forward. Her face lit up at the site of them.
"Wow, you guys got old!" She yelled before running forward to hug them. "I missed you guys though. I'm so sorry that I couldn't come see you Remus. Or testify for you Sirius. But to be fair, nobody knew me and Danny existed so they probably wouldn't have believed us anyways. Plus Peter, the jackass, was gone." Her face went dark for a moment before lightening again. "Danny will be so happy to see you two again!" Then she realized the Weasleys were still frozen. "Hi, by the way, I'm Joey, or JoJo, whichever."
They all just stared at her for a moment before Ron partially snapped out of it. "You're….you're a girl!" He said.
"Well what did you think I was, a hippogriff?" She asked, then she looked over to see Joey the guitar player leaving the room. "Ohhhhh, you thought I was Joey, didn't you?" She asked, pointing in the direction of the door he had just exited through. When they all nodded she laughed. "You never told them?" She asked Sirius and Remus laughingly.
"They never asked." Sirius said. She and Sirius continued laughing, Remus looking at them smiling.
"Well, now you guys have to come upstairs and meet Danny!" And turning around, she picked a bag up off the floor and walked straight through a solid wall at the very back of the recording studio.
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