The Surprise
Disclaimer: I don't own of the main ideas or characters. Just the little plot bunnies they formed.
Gideon looked at everyone who wanted to be in on the surprise as they raised their hands. He would have counted, but as it was everyone He didn't bother. "Great!" Then he turned to Fabian and said "Keep watch for when Molly comes." Fabian nodded and took a seat next to the window.
Then Ginny came in. "Dinner's done. We just have to wait for everyone to get here." Then Harry informed her of the surprise plan. She grinned, and couldn't wait to see everyone's reactions and faces. "Great plan!" Then she curled up on the sofa, with her head on Harry's shoulder. She grabbed a few of the chips and popped them in her mouth. She checked her watch, they still had forty-five minutes. She glanced over at the other women. She noticed Tonks was tapping her fingers rhythmically against her thigh. Ginny guessed she was nervous about meeting her son.
Ginny figured everyone in the room could use a distraction for the next forty minutes. There were only so many things to talk about. She got up and walked to the game closet. Harry looked at her as she got up and watched what she was doing. Then he understood. She pulled a muggle game that she knew everyone would enjoy, from the top shelf. It was a favorite of Harry's and her's - Taboo. Then she walked back over and set it on the table. Then she opened and said everything on the table. By now everyone had figured out what she was doing and was looking at her. She took her seat next to Harry and started explaining. "Come on guys. We're going to play a game. Basically, all you have to do is guess the words. There's a theme for each card." She held up one of the cards as she spoke. Then she continued "Someone on your team will make up clues for you to figure out. And someone on the other team says if you're correct or not." They all nodded in understanding, even Lily, who had played this game countless times with her parents. Ginny knew how competitive everyone in this family was, so she figured they would have no problem having teams that were guys versus girls. Then she announced her idea. "We'll do guys versus girls." She was proven correct as couples smirked at each other. Then Harry directed everyone to move into a circle formation.
Once they started playing, everyone loved it. It was a game that made more sense when you were playing it rather then having someone explain it to you. Everyone was having a ball. Harry leaned over to Ginny and whispered "Good idea! I wasn't sure what we were going to do while we waited for everyone to come. Through the game they learned that Lily, Harry, Remus, Ted, and Hermione were very good at coming up with questions. They also learned that Fred, Gideon, Tonks, Ginny, and Regulus were good at answering questions. Quickly, the forty minutes passed and Molly hadn't arrived yet. Ginny quickly tallied up the points and the boys ended up winning. Then Sirius and James starting gloating. Most of the adults rolled their eyes, but Lily had a different reaction. She was very competitive and didn't like to loose. She turned to her uncle and said "Shut up Uncle Padfoot!" Everyone started laughing, not at what she had said, but Sirius' face. After she stopped laughing, Ginny berated her daughter. "Lil's be nice to your uncle."Her daughter nodded.
When everyone had finally stopped laughing, Fabian looked out the window and spotted Molly walking up the lane. He stood up and said "They're here!" He, followed by his brother and nephew, fled the living room, and raced to the dining room. Then all the others who were participating in the prank followed them. They had originally thought that everyone would have to crowd in, but Harry explained that he knew that they would have a lot of people over, so he had built the dining room more like a restaurant. It had ten tables that could seat six. More than enough for the entire family, including the returnees.
When everyone was out of site, Harry and Ginny opened the door for Molly. When the older Weasley came over the door-step, she hugged her daughter, then her son-in-law. She spotted Ron and Hermione sitting on the couch. She then went to catch up with them. Arthur came in after her waving and smiling. Then he went and sat besides her. Harry looked at the large group of kids coming through his door. He smiled, he was happy he had so many nephews and nieces. He tended to spoil them, something that their parents hated. Harry realized Molly really had picked up everyone's kids. The one's that lived with him came in first. Teddy, came in and greeted Harry, "Hi Uncle Harry." Harry waved and then Albus and James came in. At the same time they said "Hey Dad." They soon moved into the living room, as Harry's nephews and nieces entered. Hugo came in quickly after James, with Rose following him. They both said "Hi Uncle Harry." Then they went and talked to their cousins. Rose, like Lily, wasn't at Hogwarts yet. But, she had spent the day with her grandmother. So, she had went with her to pick everyone up. Then Fred came in greeted his uncle and then went to talk to James. Harry assumed they were probably talking about what trouble they had caused over the term. Harry shook his head, they really were like the people they were named after. Then the last two came through the door. They looked nothing like the rest of the family. Both Victoire and Louis had inherited most of their mother's genes. They were less outgoing then the rest of their cousins too. Quietly they greeted Harry. "Hi Uncle Harry." Harry smiled at them and then shut the door.
He knew the rest of the family would be here shortly. Percy would be over with his kids shortly, they weren't old enough for Hogwarts yet. Once everyone was in, Ginny instructed Teddy, Albus, and James to put their trunks in their room. Then, the rest of the kids, already knowing the drill, brought their trunks to a spare room. Once everything was put away, everyone came back to the living room. Rose and Lily were catching up on what they had done that day. Then Harry told all the kids "You guys can go to the playroom. We'll call you when dinner's ready." They all nodded and raced off. The playroom was actually more of an arcade. All of the kids loved it. Then Harry and Ginny took a seat on the love seat and listened to see what the other's were talking about. It seemed Mrs. Weasley was telling everyone what she and Rose had done. She noticed Harry and Ginny and returned and said "Next time, remind me to take Lily, too! She and Rose get along so well. " She smiled before adding, "Lily reminds me so much of your mother. I wish you could have met her. But…" After Fred's death, Mrs. Weasley had become very sensitive around the topic of death. Harry nodded and smiled. He had already seen how similar the two Lily's were.
Harry was about to say how he wished he could meet her, but the doorbell rang. He got up and answered it. On the doorstep everyone who was normally invited could be seen. He waved to all of them as they came in. Andromeda entered, she didn't know about any of the returnees yet, so she went off to find Teddy. Then Bill and Fleur entered. Bill shook Harry's hand and Fleur kissed his cheeks. Then they went to catch up with the rest of the Weasleys. Percy, Audrey, and their two daughters Lucy and Molly entered soon after that. The adults waved and their two girls raced off to go find their cousins. As they ran by Harry they shouted "Hi Uncle Harry!" Harry laughed and beckoned the last two in - George and Angelina. Harry really couldn't wait for George to see Fred, as they were so close. And his death had really hit his twin hard. Those first months, George locked himself in his room. He was worse than Harry, who had done the same, but only for a week. Angelina, was the only person who was able to get him to come out, talk, and eat. She helped him recover, but Harry knew that George still felt as if a part of him was missing. It was the same way Harry felt towards all of his deceased family and friends.
It seemed as Harry had said hello to all the newcomers, Ginny had went to go start putting food in the table. A few seconds after everyone sat down, Ginny called "Dinner's ready!" She knew the kids on the second floor probably didn't hear her, so she cast a Sonorus Charm and repeated herself. "Dinner's ready." A
few seconds later, it sounded like a heard of buffalo coming down the stairs. Ginny shouted "No running in the house." But everyone had already come down the stairs and was going into the dining room. The adults having heard Ginny first, were ahead of them.
Mrs. Weasley was the first to enter. She looked around at all the people that weren't supposed to be there. Her lips were shaped like an 'O'. Then Fred grinned and said "Hey Mum! Long time, no see." Fabian and Gideon started laughing. This threw the older woman over the edge and she promptly fainted.
Thanks for reading! Please Review. Taboo is a game I played at a friends birthday party. I love it.