Martin resembles Giancarlo Esposito
Maureen resembles Julianne Moore
Marley resembles Bailee Madison
Clancy resembles Chad Allen
WC: 1,111
It was now the next day and time to go back home. Marnie always went home because her dad's birthday was a few days after Christmas. Max and Atticus always joined her.
"I know you guys don't really care - " Marnie cut him off.
"Max, we care about you."
"That's nice to know."
"What is it?"
Max said. "Due to all petrifications at school, my parents are transferring me to America for school."
"That's sad, we'll miss you." Marnie said sincerely.
The blonde boy smiled at her as there was a knock on the compartment door.
"Come in."
Lee walked in.
"Hey Lee." Marnie greeted.
He smiled. "Hey, mind if I sit here. Fred and George decided to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas as did Angelina and Alicia."
"Go ahead."
The dreadlocked boy sat down.
"You remember Atticus and that's Max."
Lee nodded. "Atticus isn't that a character in a muggle book named 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?"
"Colour me surprised, how do you know that?" Marnie asked raising an eyebrow.
Lee blushed. "My mum is quite the bookworm."
Marnie nodded. The four of them continued talking until the sweet trolley pulled up to the compartment and they bought some more sweets.
"I still have some of my 'Irish Potato Chocolate Cake', want some more?" Atticus asked Marnie.
"Sure."
He broke off a piece of the cake and handed it to her.
"Did I hear that right, 'Irish Potato Chocolate Cake' ?" Lee asked confused.
Marnie answered. "You did, it may be an interesting combination but it's good. It combines two of my favorite things, chocolate and mashed potatoes."
Lee nodded.
"Do you want to try it?" Marnie asked.
"Sure." Lee answered.
Atticus tore off another piece of his cake and handed it to Lee. The dreadlocked boy took a cautious bite.
"What do you think?"
"It certainly is interesting, I like it." he replied.
Atticus and Marnie nodded.
They reached King's Cross around 6pm. Marnie hugged Max in goodbye before the group of fourth years walked off the train.
"Marnie!" Marley yelled running to greet her oldest sister.
Marnie smiled and hugged her sister. Marley had inherited walnut brown eyes from her maternal grandmother and inherited dark brown hair from their paternal grandfather. She inherited her mother's skin tone and facial features.
"Hey everyone!" Madison greeted her sister ignoring Marnie.
As the sisters finished greeting each other their father and stepmother/mother joined them.
"Hey daddy," Marnie said hugging her beloved father.
"Hey sweetie."
Madison pushed her older sister out of their father's arms so she could greet him. Marnie turned to greet her stepmother. Despite having her own but wayward biological mum she still called Maureen 'mum'.
Atticus and his family joined them. Mrs. Quigley had black hair with cerulean blue eyes in stark contrast to her husband Mr. Quigley had ash blonde hair and dark chocolate brown eyes.
The two families greeted each other.
"Hey Marnie!"
She turned to see Lee and his parents walking towards them.
"These are my parents."
Marnie smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan."
"You too."
Marnie introduced her parents to Lee before they apparated away.
"I take it you're still fighting with Maddie?" Maureen asked her stepdaughter once they got home.
Marnie sighed. "Yes, I am."
"I'm afraid she gets this stubbornness/pigheadedness from my side of the family."
"I hate when we're fighting," Marnie said.
Maureen smiled at her step-daughter. "And you take after your father for sure."
Marnie nodded. That's why she was a short hatstall between Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.
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It was now a few days later, Marnie was reading when there was a knock on the door. Her dad was in his potions laboratory so she got up to answer the door.
"Hello lass, is your dad home?" a man around her dad's age asked in a rather thick Irish brogue. He had red hair but was balding.
"He is, he's in his potions laboratory. I'll go get him."
"Okay."
"I suppose it would be okay if you came in."
The man walked in and sat on the couch. Marnie walked down to her dad's laboratory which was in their basement.
"Hey sweetie."
"Hey dad, there's someone at the door for you."
Martin nodded, wiped his hands and followed his daughter up the stairs.
"Martin!" the man exclaimed.
Her dad smiled. "Hey Clancy."
The two men shared a hug.
"Honey, this is the old chaser and captain of the Kenmare Kestrels, Clancy 'O Donovan."
"It's nice to meet you, Mr. O'Donovan."
He said. "No need to call me, Mr. O'Donovan, call me Clancy."
Marnie nodded.
"So, you're the reason your father gave up the exciting world of being a professional Quidditch player."
"It was worth it." Martin smiled at his oldest daughter.
Clancy defended himself. "I'm not criticizing you, Martin. I was injured badly in 1982 and I haven't played since."
Just then Madison walked down the stairs. "Who was at the door, dad?"
"This is my old teammate Clancy O'Donovan, sweetie."
"Nice to meet you."
"You too, how many daughters do you have?" Clancy asked.
Martin smiled. "I have three daughters, Marley is over a friend's house."
Clancy nodded. "So, did you end up marrying that muggle woman Gillian or something similar?"
"No, we ended on good terms when Marnie was six months old. I met Maureen Richards a few months later and we conceived Madison around July 1979."
Clancy nodded.
"Gillian and I co-parented Marnie until she turned three."
Madison cut her dad off and groaned. "That's enough of Marnie's sob story."
Marnie glared at her sister.
"What are you doing for Christmas?" Martin asked Clancy.
He answered. "Not much, it's just me and my nephew."
"Why don't you come over here? You shouldn't be alone for Christmas." Martin offered.
"We couldn't intrude, it's a family holiday."
"Nonsense, the more the merrier."
Clancy smiled at his old friend. "Alright."
"You'll have to run it by mum," Madison reminded her dad.
"Yeah."
"Well, I'll see you hopefully at Christmas." Clancy said.
"Alright."
Clancy said goodbye to his old teammate and his daughters.
"He was nice and for an older guy, he's kind of cute." Marnie said.
Madison sighed. "Not as attractive as one Gilderoy Lockhart."
"Can we agree to disagree at least for now?" Marnie asked her sister.
"I suppose."
Martin said. "Now you two hug."
The two sisters hugged.
"Dad, how is that potion for Nixie coming?" Marnie asked her dad.
"It's almost done, sweetie."
Marnie nodded.
A few hours later, Maureen returned from work and greeted her family.
"Honey, one of my old teammates visited today. He said he wasn't going to be doing anything for Christmas." Maureen cut her husband off.
"And you invited him over didn't you?" she smiled.
"I did, it's just him and his nephew."
"That's perfectly fine, dear."
Martin nodded.
