6 YEARS LATER

"Look, my letter's here, Hagrid!" Halley said one evening. "I'm accepted into Hogwarts!"

"That's great, Hal," Hagrid responded. "Lemme see."

Halley handed Hagrid the letter, who read it aloud.

Dear Ms. Starr,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress

"Hogwarts is real, not just a story as I thought," Halley said.

"Well, I did tell yeh we lived at the edge of it. That big castle righ' there."

"I thought that was just an old castle..," Halley mumbled. "Anyways, when'm I going to get my 'equipment'?"

"In a few days' time, I have to be somewhere tomorrow. Need ter explain something important to some unaccepting guardians."

"Oh, alright. I'll be here alone, I presume?"

"No, I've decided to leave you with a friend of mine's. They already have a few kids at Hogwarts, and they're very welcoming. Arthur an' Molly Weasley. They'll help yeh get yer supplies."

"They sound nice..."

The Lucy Malfoy Hagrid had found six years ago was replaced with the somewhat fictional character Halley Starr. Her light blonde hair had darkened over the years, and her green eyes had gone blue. Nobody would've known she was related to the Malfoys.

Suddenly there was a pop, and a woman with red hair and brown eyes, accompanied by a man with red hair and blue eyes was there.

"Molly, Arthur, this is Halley," Hagrid said.

"Oh, hello!" the woman, Molly Weasley, said. "It's so nice to finally meet you."

After all the arrangements were made, Halley said goodbye to Hagrid, and, suddenly, she was in a different place. She did not understand this, it was odd.

Halley glanced around the home, and saw several red-haired children and teenagers. The younest, the girl, approached Lucy. She seemed about a year younger, and the only girl at the home.

"Hello," she said, "I'm Ginny."

"I'm Halley," Halley responded.

Ginny smiled slightly. "Nice to meet you, Halley, these are my brothers Ron, Fred, George, and Percy." She motioned to her brothers. "Come here, guys," she said, speaking to her brothers.

Ron came first. Then Percy. Fred and George hung back, slightly glaring at Halley, but Halley did not know why.

"Come forward, Fred and George," their mother encouraged. They greeted Halley, but rather coldly.

"Come, I'll help you get settled in," Ginny said, leading Halley to a room.

Halley finally got settled in. Ginny had left a bit earlier, explaining she was going to help a family member with something. Halley wandered the house, and heard from one room, arguing as it seemed.

"We can't trust her, she's a Malfoy, Mum!" one of the twins, Fred, was saying.

"You can trust her, she's perfectly fine," Mrs. Weasley said patiently.

"She's a Malfoy!" Fred repeats.

"She doesn't seem so bad," Ginny pipes up.

"Shut up, Ginny," Fred says.

"Fred," Mrs. Weasley says.

"Sorry Mum. But the girl's a Malfoy!"

"Give her a chance; she doesn't know she is."

Ginny glanced to the door, and then froze. "Oh hi Halley," she said, and the others stopped arguing.

"Oh, hello, Halley," Mrs. Weasley said. "Are you hungry?"