Jade woke up the next morning. Well, woke up, would be an exaggeration, she hardly slept all night. She always had trouble sleeping in new homes and although she liked it in the Burrow, she couldn't help herself and worry a little.

She also used to have terrible nightmares and she didn't want to risk waking up the whole house and being send away like it happened lots of times.

So she didn't sleep for a couple of nights and then when she finally fell asleep – almost unconscious, she was too tired to have any dreams at all.

It worked so far and Jade was being careful to keep it that way.

She hopped down the stairs at the usual time, knowing Ginny will be up soon and Ron will join them too, because today was Friday and that meant they were having a BBQ tonight!

It also meant Molly will probably send them to the village to buy something and also they will go to Luna's house and invite her for dinner.

Jade didn't know who Luna was, but she liked her name and Ginny told her Luna is her best friend.

It was going to be pretty exciting day.

When she entered kitchen, there was only Molly, taking out the bread from the oven and she looked pretty surprised to see Jade up this soon, but jumped right into the role of mom ready for everything.

"Would you like some breakfast? Here, you can have a cup of cocoa, the porridge will be ready soon. Did you sleep well?" asked Molly.

"Thank you." Jade thanked for the cocoa but ignored the last question about sleeping.

She didn't sleep well, because she didn't feel 100% sure about her new home, but she didn't want to lie.

Molly was about to ask again but she was interrupted by a knock on the window. There was big gray own, patiently waiting for someone to open the window.

They've never seen it before at the Burrow so Molly was pretty sure it was an owl from Hogwarts, clearly twins have exploded some toilets again or something.

Molly didn't want to bother with it right now, she was looking forward to nice calm breakfast, but she also knew, the sooner she finds out what Fred and George have done, the sooner she will deal with it and the sooner she can calm down and enjoy the rest of the day.

Taking a deep breath, she opened the window and reached out for the letters the owl carried, but the bird gracefully flew across the room and landed on Jade's shoulder, offering her it's right leg where it had tied a pretty long roll of parchment.

Startled Jade took the letter and patted the head of the owl, careful not to touch owl's beak or poke it's eye.

The bird than looked around the kitchen, but it didn't find the one it was looking for, because it dropped the second letter on the table and left through the window, disappearing on the horizon where the sun was rising.

It was a letter. Clearly addressed to her. A letter for Jade.

Molly knew right away it was from Charlie, she knew her son's handwriting, so she turned around, closed the window and proceeded to finish the breakfast.

Jade just sat there not sure about what to do. She wanted to read it so badly, right there right now, but at the same time she'd like to have some privacy. It was the first letter from her brother and it was all written just for her. Would it be too rude to go back to her room or should she just read it in the kitchen?

Molly solved the dilemma when she suggested:

"you should finish breakfast first, and then you can take the letter up to your room, that way you won't have anyone reading over your shoulder – Ginny can be really annoying that way."

Jade nodded and smiled to her bowl of porridge. She didn't add sugar or marmalade today, she didn't have time for this- there was one important letter to read, patiently waiting in front of very impatient Jade.

She put the bowl and spoon into the sink, grabbed her letter and smiled at Molly, before turning around and sprinting up the stairs, almost knocking over Ginny who were just getting down for breakfast.

She closed the door carefully and ran to her bed. She opened the window, letting in the fresh morning air, before it will be too hot from the sun.

Sitting down on her bed, she unrolled the parchment and started to read…

Dearest Jade,

At first I want to welcome you to our family. We're a bunch of crazy people, each with different kind of craziness but all together it somehow works well and we live happy and at least NOT boring lives.

Don't worry; I have a feeling that you will fit in quite well.

Does dad follow you around asking all sorts of questions about muggles? If he didn't do that yet, it's only because mom told him to leave you alone, but just wait until boys come home from school – they'll keep mom busy and I'm sure dad will start his questioning. Don't you worry, he's really quite harmless.

I have to thank you for the lovely letter you wrote – it was FAR FROM BORING! I enjoyed every word! It was welcomed change from Ron's short letters which are basically lists of all the meals mom made during last week.

Don't get me wrong, I love Ron's letters, but they always make me so hungry (the food here can't be compared to mom's cuisine)

/Ron – if you're reading this, I really do like your letters, they keep me going every week – but QUIT READING OVER JADE'S SHOULDER – the same goes for you Ginny! And Mom, stop worrying, I'm not starving to death here, they feed me well./

Now, back to the topic.

You've asked about our family, well, all I can say is that you'll see yourself when you meet them, the only advice I'll give you is – never ever accept any food the twins offer you – I'm sure mom already warned you about them.

I will come home in two weeks – couple of days before boys come back from Hogwarts, so we will meet soon! Please tell mom I'll be coming, she likes to know beforehand so she could prepare everything, but also tell her not to stress herself too much.

I'm sending you a dragon scale from one little dragon we have here, it's a newly discovered kind from Central Kenya, well, at least it's new for us, but the local people knew it for a long time. They call itKereng'ende which means dragonfly in Swahili and we've decided to keep that name because it suits the dragon well.

The scale it transparent but it changes color with the mood of the dragon, that's why it's so easy to work with this kind – you always see what they're thinking. I will bring home some photographs but they aren't developed yet so you'll have to wait.

Also, the scale changes color with the mood of the person who keeps it close. It will take it some time to accommodate to you, but after two weeks it should be pretty stable and it will show only your mood, no matter how far away from you it is! Pretty cool huh? Just keep it close to you – maybe in a pocket of your shirt, close to your heart and then you'll never be confused about your feelings again.

The one dragon we have here lost a couple of scales during the transport, which is pretty rare, so keep an eye on it.

I've sent one to Ron too and I'll bring one for Ginny and the twins too but they'll have to wait. You can tell Ginny – if she wants it sooner she'll have to write me a letter too (and that dear sis is not a blackmail – it's just that I do love letters and sometimes I get pretty lonely here so a brother has to do what he has to do )

I have to go now, another lecture on care for the new dragon will start in few minutes. I'm sorry I had to keep this letter so short but things are pretty crazy around here, now when half of us is getting ready for vacation.

Take care sis and please write again soon.

With love, your (awesome) brother Charlie