Hermione was sitting in the twin's empty room with her head in her arms.
"Hermione, what's wrong, my love?" Ron asked cuddling his wife. Hermione buried her head in Ron's chest and sobbed.
"I miss my babies" Hermione cried.
"Oh Mione, I know it's hard but Jack and Emma going off to Hogwarts means you did your job as a mum. You raised them so they could stand on their own, especially Emma" Ron said.
"I just miss them so much" Hermione cried in Ron's chest.
"I know, babe, I'll miss them too. I'll miss playing football with Jack when I come home from work then taking a shower and then have Emma snuggle up to me when she wants a book read to her" Ron said.
"They'll be come home for Christmas won't they?" Hermione asked.
"Yes baby, they will" Ron said rocking Hermione on their son's bed.
"I love you" Ron whispered.
"I love you too" Hermione whimpered.
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Emma began to feel sleepy and fell asleep in the soft fur of Annie's back.
"That is so cute, what is your surname again, Jack?" Lizzie asked.
"Weasely" Jack said.
"I know your dad" Lizzie said.
"You know someone who had cancer?" Jack asked.
"Yes" Lizzie said.
"Really? Who?" Jack asked.
"Me" Lizzie said.
"You, you had cancer?" Jack asked.
"I had leukemia when I was seven; your dad is such a nice man, he is a great healer" Lizzie said.
"You don't look like you had cancer, you seem very healthy, what kind of leukemia did you have?" Danny asked.
"AML, I hope you won't run away or treat me differently" Lizzie said.
"That's the same thing Emma said to me when she told me she was deaf. Honestly, I had no idea, I just thought she had speech impediment" Danny said.
"I guess you and my cousin have something in common, Liz" James said.
"I have to use the loo, I'll be right back" Lizzie said standing up and bringing out a cane to support herself as she walked. As she got out of the compartment she tripped and her artificial leg, that looked like a real one, came off. Jack rushed to help his new friend.
"It's ok, my mum has one, I know what to do" Jack said. Lizzie wiped her eyes as Jack helped her with her leg.
"You don't its gross?" Lizzie asked.
"No, not at all" Jack smiled at her.
"Thank you, Jack, not many people reach out people like me" Lizzie said.
"Hey, what are friends for?" Jack said helping her up and handing her the cane.
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Danny would look over at the sleeping Emma every so often.
'She's so pretty' Danny thought. James noticed this but didn't say anything. Emma slowly opened her eyes and sat up.
"Had a nice nap?" Emma read on Danny's lips. She nodded and slumped back in her seat.
"Where are Jack and Lizzie?" Emma asked.
"Jack went to help Lizzie to the loo" Danny said.
"Help her? What happened?" Emma asked.
"Well, we found out Lizzie was a patient of your dad's and Lizzie was trying to get out of the compartment and her artificial leg came off and Jack went to help her" Danny said.
"That seems like my brother, and the compartment door is about to open" Emma said as she felt footsteps near the door. Danny watched in amazement as the door opened and Lizzie and Jack walked back in.
"How, how did you know that?" Danny asked.
"I felt their footsteps, when the ears went my other senses got stronger, especially my tactile senses" Emma said.
"Tactile? What does that mean?" Danny asked.
"You'll have to excuse my sister, mate; she's way too smart for her own good, dad said she takes after mum" Jack said. Emma stuck her tongue out at Jack.
"Tactile means your sense of touch" Emma said.
"Maybe you'll be in Ravenclaw instead, Em" Danny said.
"I hope not, I really went to be in Gryffindor" Emma said.
"Anything from the trolley, dears?"
"May I a pumpkin pastry please?" Emma asked.
"I'll get it, Emmy" Jack said.
"Jack, you know how I am, I want to did myself, thank you" Emma said in a warning voice.
"Jack, you remember the last time you offered to help Emma?" James said.
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Emmy, let me help with the dishes, there are a lot of them" a nine-year-old Jack asked.
"For the last time, Jack, I don't need help! Leave me alone!" Emma shouted very loudly.
"You need learn to accept help sometime you know!" Jack shouted. Emma threw a dish at Jack and it made a small cut in his arm. Emma started to cry and ran to the backyard. Jack usually never told on Emma because he knew it was Emma being Emma. Hermione heard the noise from her home office and went to the kitchen.
"Jack, my poor boy, you're bleeding, what happened?!" Hermione asked.
"I wanted to help Emma with dishes and she threw one at me" Jack said.
"Where is she?" Hermione asked.
"In the backyard, please don't yell at her, mum, she's very upset" Jack said. Hermione cleaned up Jack's cut and put a band-aid over it then went to find her daughter. She found her Little Emma crying in the tire swing over their swimming hole. Kodiak was licking her hand. Hermione tapped Emma's shoulder. When Emma saw her mother she looked away ashamed. Hermione forced Emma to look her.
"Emma, why did you throw a dish at your brother?" Hermione asked stroking Emma's hair.
"I didn't want him to help me, I wanted to do the dishes myself" Emma cried.
"Sweetie, you need to learn to accept some help" Hermione said.
"You told me I need to learn to do things for myself that the world wouldn't always be fair or kind to me because I'm deaf" Emma cried.
"I also should have told you that you need at accept help sometimes" Hermione said.
"I feel so weak when I asking for help" Emma said.
"Honey, the only weak people in this world are the ones who don't have the courage to ask for help. Your Uncle Harry had to learn that the hard way a few times when we were young" Hermione said.
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Jack knew that Emma would learn this in time but for now he would just let her be.
"Do you have anything glutton free?" Lizzie asked.
"There is a charm you can I use to it glutton free, is that alright, dear?" the witch asked.
"Yes please" Lizzie said sweetly. The witch did a charm on the pastry that would make it taste the same expect without the wheat.
"The medication gave me Siliack Disease" Lizzie said.
"I can't believe you were one of our dad's patients" Emma said.
"I know, really weird, I'm glad you guys are all so understanding" Lizzie said.
"Will you be able to manage walking around?" Emma asked.
"Oh yeah, McGonagall told me in my letter that they kept the elevator and ramps from when you mum was in school so I'll be ok" Lizzie said.
"Look, we're here!" Danny said. The kids looked out the window to see Hagrid waiting for all the first years and the Castle in the distance awaiting their arrival.