Nothing I had ever experienced could prepare me for what greeted me. A plump women with red hair ( must have been a Weasley) engulfed me into a bear hug while a guy with jet black messy hair and a scar on his forehead ( must be 'potter') shouted up the stairs for Sirius to come down. This set off a portrait shouting out about "mudbloods" and "traitors" in her house and disgracing the Black family. The plump Weasley women finally let me out of the hug and introduced herself as Molly. Sirius stood on the bottom stair staring at me. No pictures could do him justice. He was very handsome with scraggly black hair. I looked down on the ground awkwardly.
"Cassandra" he whispered "My Cassandra."
I ran up and hugged him tightly.
"Daddy," I whispered. It was the first time I had ever called someone 'daddy' as Lucius always insisted that I call him by his first name. I now knew why. He held me at arm's length, looking me up and down.
"You have grown so much!" he exclaimed.
It was then that we realised that the portrait had gone silent and no one had pulled the curtains. I turned around and came face to face with a portrait that looked so distinctly like aunty Bellatrix. I instantly knew that I should curtsey or kneel for this portrait so I did.
"Please to meet your acquaintance Mrs…."
"….Black" the portrait replied curtly
"Mrs Black."
"Well, it's nice to have respectful, non- traitorous child in the black family again. You will bring honour to the Black name once again I'm sure" she said, giving me a piercing look.
"Blimey what's gotten into her? What is she going on about?" exclaimed another red head- this time a boy
"I was living with the Malfoy's" I mumbled.
"YOU WERE WHAT?" another 2 (this time identical) red haired boys practically shouted as they came into the room
"Now, now Fred, George, there's no need for that" molly said sternly
"Hi I'm Ginny" said yet another red head (how many were there?) kindly as she came down the stairs. "I'm Ron's brother -who's over there" she continued pointing at the red head who had exclaimed about Mrs Black's peculiar behaviour before.
"And I'm Hermione," said a bushy haired girl who followed Ginny down the stairs. Ah that must be the granger mudblood that Draco was talking about "You'll be sleeping with Ginny and I so we can show you to our room if you want." She said, snapping me out of my retrieve.
"Yeah sure ok then Gra- Hermione. That would be great" I needed to get out of this corridor and fast. I had been here little over 10 minutes and already I was overwhelmed and confused. Some time alone, unpacking, would do me some good.