Second chapter!
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33-year-old Remus Lupin and 32-year-old Nymphadora Tonks Lupin were on their way to drop their 13-year-old daughter, Emily T. Lupin, off at Kings Cross train station in London to get the train to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it was Emily's third year, Harry's first year and Willow would be starting next year. As they walked, Harry was getting more and more excited, all the Marauders were there to drop them both off, Emily saw her friends arriving swiftly at the station and ran over to join them before being caught up by her parents and the others. She ran to the twins and hugged each, holding George a little longer considering they were dating, it was only ever subtle things that showed the two were dating, nothing major.

As the Weasley family arrived at Kings Cross Station, they headed straight to platform 9 3/4 when Fred and George saw two girls struggling with heavy trunks, the boys headed over, telling the others that they would be back shortly. Heading over to where the two girls were stood, George looked at his twin before speaking,
"Would ya like some help there?" George had his trademark smile on as the girls nodded, Fred chuckled,
"Firsties are ya?" The girls looked at each other before nodding at Fred who was now lifting one of the trunks onto a trolley while George lifted the other onto another trolley. The two girls loo0ked at each other before back to the two boys,
"Who are you two and why are you helping us?" This time it was Fred and George who shared a look before looking at the longer haired girl, the one who had asked.
"We are Fred and George Weasley and we are helping because we know how hard it can be to go away for so long the first year." They helped the two girls before quickly catching up with the rest of their family and friends.

As the Weasley family and the Marauders' families approached the barrier the two girls who the twins had just helped came over and spoke slowly but surely,
"Umm, sorry to ask but could yo- could you hel- could you help us get onto the platform?" Molly looked at the two girls before chuckling lightly,
"Don't worry, It's Ron and Harry's first time to Hogwarts as well," Harry and Ron smiled at the two girls who smiled back,
"All you have to do is run straight at the barrier between platforms 9 and 10, best to do it at a bit of a jog if you're nervous." The two girls nodded but asked if one of the older ones could go first.
"Right, Fred you first," Molly said looking at Fred,
"He's not Fred I am! Honestly woman, you call yourself our mother?" Called George, Molly then apologized to Fred,
"Oh, sorry George! Go on go through." Just as Fred passed Molly he spoke again,
"Just kidding, I am Fred," he ran through the barrier and was swiftly followed by George, Emily, and Percy. As the others all reached the other side, Percy spoke up,
"Mother, I must go and find the other prefects-" he was cut off by Emily, George, and Fred,
"You're a prefect Percy?" Emily spoke feigning shock,
"Why didn't you say anything," George added while a smirk was on his lips,
"Oh wait you might have said something," Fred announced like he was remembering something,
"Once," Emily informed looking at Fred,
"A minute," added George,
"Every day," added Fred,
"All summer!" the three chorused before Emily hugged her parents and James gave her some money secretly for some sweets. Tonks saw the exchange and smirked at the amount that James gave Emily knowing that Emily would be able to spend it all on sweets.

Emily grabbed a hold of George's hand and he took her to the train to get a compartment for the twins, Emily and their friend Lee Jordan. They quickly found one and sat down with George's back against the wall and Emily resting her head on his shoulder. The train quickly filled with Hogwarts students before setting off on its journey to the old castle. Emily looked up from leaning against George's shoulder with her eyes closed peacefully as he messed with her waist length neon magenta hair when Fred and Lee came into the compartment arguing about something, Emily caught onto what they were arguing about, what they should all do when they left school. They all waved to Molly and Arthur Weasley, the Marauders, Willow, and Ginny still chatting before all chorusing in a yell,
"We'll send you each a Hogwarts toilet seat Ginny and Willow!" They could have sworn they heard Molly yelling back at them and they broke out laughing.

After this, the previous argument continued
"A joke shop would be amazing, but I want to get that law set in place first" Emily said as they all sat back down As the train drove away they all carried on talking about nothing when two young girls, obviously first year's, came to the door of the compartment, she spoke slowly,
"D-do you mind if I sit in here? It's just everywhere else is full." Emily looked at her with shining aquamarine eyes, her head still resting on George's shoulder, Emily smiled,
"Of course we don't mind, there is enough space." They all watched the young girl as her face lit up,
"I-I'm Hermione Granger," spoke Hermione, she motioned towards the girl next to her, "And this is my twin, Sophia." Emily was still curled up on the seat but spoke again,
"Well Mia, Phia, I'm Emily and I give everyone nicknames," She nodded her head backward,
"This is George," she then pointed to Fred and Lee and named them respectively.
"Fred," Fred gave a nod,
"Lee," Lee waved at the girls with a smile, Hermione and Sophia sat down on either side of Lee.
"Oh there's Angelina and Katie but you'll get to meet them later." Emily's voice was distant now which made George, Fred and Lee worried, she only ever went distant if she was thinking about when she was hurt at 10. However this wasn't the case, Emily was trying to think of why the name Granger would sound familiar when a young boy then walked in, he had dark hair and was holding a toad,
"M-may I join y-you?" Spoke the boy looking terrified.
"Of course there is plenty of room," Emily spoke with a smile looking at the boy and introduced everyone as he spoke once more,
"I'm Neville Longbottom."
"Cool, so Hermione, Sophia, Neville. What houses are you guys hoping to be in?" Lee asked looking between the three,
"We are all Gryffindor's but Emily here has friends in all four houses."
"Well I wouldn't mind Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, they both seem really good," Hermione spoke first,
"I want to be Gryffindor like my parents, they were aurors –" Neville spoke but Emily quickly interrupted,
"Wait, Alice and Frank?" Neville nodded,
"My mum worked with them, they took her shift that night because she needed to stay home with me because dad had to go away with the Order." Emily walked over to Neville and hugged him, as she did she whispered something in his ear which was too quiet for anyone else to hear.
"I am sorry, really. We stand by each other. My door is always open."
"Well I want to be in Ravenclaw." Sophia called.

The rest journey was filled with laughter and eating the sweets that Emily's uncle gave her money for.
"So," Hermione asked,
"You guys are like a gang?"
Neville looked scared while Fred laughed as his twin spoke,
"Not a gang as such, just a group of friends who like a laugh, yeah pretty much a gang, just not evil." Hermione nodded as her sister still looked uncertain. Hermione's questioning look came back,
"However, if you're a gang there has to be a leader, a secretary, then who's the leader?" She asked as everyone else pointed and looked at Emily who was smirking. She had never truly understood why the boys called her the leader of their little group, she looked at Hermione and smiled softly. Soon they noticed everyone queuing up for the toilets to change into their school robes, Fred and George told the young twins that they always change in the compartment to save queuing for the toilet.

As they all began to change the younger kids all noticed Emily had scars covering her torso and arms, it was Lee who noticed their shocked expressions,
"She was hurt by a group of Death Eaters, we don't really bring it up." Emily didn't turn around. She knew that the younger kids meant well but she hated the scars, she hated the fact that they made her vulnerability obvious.

The four third years were seated at the Gryffindor table, Emily in between the twins and Lee sat opposite them so they could all talk with ease,
"Oi, you guys. If Mia and Phia get into Gryffindor then the Prankathalon will be more than spectacular!"
The three seemed to agree with Emily. As the first years came in they quickly turned and saw Hermione and Sophia who were looking very nervous about starting Hogwarts. The list was being read out quite swiftly and the first years quickly walked, almost ran, to their new house.
"Granger, Hermione," Called Professor McGonagall as the third year's new friend walked cautiously up to the hat stand.
"Ah, your head is ready for knowledge and is very loyal, maybe Hufflepuff is the place for you, but then it's also very cunning which could lead to you in Slytherin, but you are brave and courageous when it comes to a prank, I know." The hat carried on like this for around five minutes before screaming out, "GRYFFINDOR!"

The four third years were out of their seats in a matter of milliseconds as the girl came running grinning over to them, as Emily glared at a lot of the people next to them some girls just started whispering about her, George put a hand on her shoulder as Fred pulled Hermione onto his lap. Sophia quickly joined the Gryffindor's, and soon Ron and his new friend Harry Potter, Emily's cousin as such, joined the table close to the third years, Harry smiled at Emily before going back to his conversation with Ron Weasley and Neville. Neville was able to find a space next to Harry but he met Emily's eye and she winked at him with a reassuring smile.

Another name was read out,
"Draco Malfoy." Emily had her attention back on the sorting as the hat was placed on Draco's head, the hat was about to yell out but faltered and quickly stopped and called out something that shocked everyone,
"GRYFFINDOR!" Emily was up in an instant, as was Harry, cheering her little cousin came running over to her and hugged her, he shook hands with Hermione, George, Lee and finally Fred before he tried sat in between Emily and George, normally this would have angered Emily but today she didn't want anyone hurting her little cousin today, however no-one moved to allow Draco a seat so he tried to look for a seat elsewhere but George looked at Emily's pleading face and lifted to first year into his own lap. Emily made sure that Draco was close to her side before she turned to pay attention to the rest of the sorting, she sent evil glares at everyone staring at Draco.

As the sorting ended Professor Dumbledore did his usual welcome speech,
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts with a few start of term notices before we all become too befuddled by our amazing feast. Mr Filch would like me to remind you that magic is not permitted between classes in the corridors. And the Forbidden forest is out of bounds to all students, some of the older students would do well to remember this," he looked directly and the twins and Emily,
"Now just a few words, dimple, floppily, grape, flick, dust." Emily laughed claiming he was mad while taking a Galleon from Harry and getting an angry glare from Ron.
"No, Professor Dumbledore isn't mad he is incredibly smart!" Emily just tried not to laugh too much,
"Oh, he is bonkers, totally and utterly mad. He has known me since I was a baby, I know he is mad. He is brilliant, spectacular and mad as a box of frogs. He is one of the kindest people I know but he is… complicated."

Very quickly the feast was underway and Hermione soon felt uncomfortable as many people were glaring at the fact that she was sat on Fred's lap and gently lay her legs across George, Draco and Emily. Draco loved how none of this group were judging him because he was sorted into Gryffindor. Emily was helping Draco reach all the food he wanted, all the while she was sending reassuring smiles to Neville who was getting funny looks. The conversation between the first-years had quickly turned to family,
"Half-blood," Harry said confidently,
"Pure-blood," Ron said,
"Pure-blood," Neville spoke shyly,
"Muggle-born, according to my aunt and uncle" Hermione's sleepy voice added, Emily looked at her new friend,
"What does that mean?" Fred asked softly,
"My parents died when I was very young, mum was a Muggle born but I don't know about dad," the conversation quickly went back to the first years,
"Pure-blood," Draco said sounding ashamed of what his blood was, Emily pulled him into her side to hug him gently,
"Half-blood,"
"Muggle-born,"
"Half-blood,"
The conversation continued like this until Emily had had enough of them so spoke up,
"It doesn't matter what blood runs through your veins, what matters is what happens in your heart and mind. If you are in Gryffindor then you are brave, you might not even realise it yet. Merlin, that sounded so like a teacher," everyone who had heard her comment laughed when Emily finished, she was often considered as defensive but never patriotic to her house. She carried on speaking,
"Really though, it doesn't matter if your muggle-born, or if every generation of your family has been Slytherin, you are your own person, so be something truly unforgettable. You all wanted to know each-others blood status but you can get purebloods who can't do any magic, the squibs, or the Muggleborns who are some of the best wizards and witches that this world has ever seen. God that made me sound like a teacher." With the final comment, anyone who heard was laughing.

As dessert appeared Hermione cuddled into Fred complaining how if she had known there was pudding she wouldn't have eaten so much to begin with. Everyone who heard laughed, having known the feeling in their first year, as her eyes began to drop, her arms held onto Fred's robes and Emily took her cloak off and put it over Hermione. Draco was also beginning to fall asleep so Fred curled Hermione into his lap while George pulled Draco into his lap, Lee taking off his cloak and wrapping it around Draco.

Dumbledore soon called to signal the end of the feast and Percy came over to wake Hermione and Draco but was stopped by Emily and Lee who gently shook their heads and Percy knew better than to argue with the group, Sophia had found some friends in her year already and was checking over her shoulder to see if her sister had made any and wrinkled her nose at what she saw. She had found friends, Ron and Harry to be exact, but Hermione still had her group. Fred lifted Hermione carefully in his arms as George did the same with Draco and was followed up to the Gryffindor tower by the rest of the group who had been joined by Neville, they were almost looking in a defensive manner, they were almost like a pack of lions defending the young. They decided that that was what they were, they were a prowl of wolves guarding these children no matter what.

As they arrived up into the Gryffindor common room, first years were told where to go, Harry went with the boys to their tower after being told by Emily that if anyone so much as looked at him wrong to come and find her in the 3rd Years Boys dorm, Sophia looked over her shoulder to see if her sister was following her but Hermione and Draco still hadn't woken up.
"She can have my bed, I can share with George. Come on Perc, it's not like we haven't done it before, you've even been sent to find me when the others couldn't at midnight." Emily's voice left no room for argument, while Percy blushed fiercely at the memory of seeing George and Emily sharing a bed,
"Draco can have mine, I can sleep in the windowsill," Lee said happily, he had done that before. Before heading up to bed, Emily went down to the first year girls dorm and grabbed Hermione's trunk and Lee did the same in the first year boys dorm for Draco. So that is how they spent that first night; Emily and George sharing, Hermione in Emily's bed, Draco in Lee's bed, Fred in his usual bed and Lee sound out on the windowsill.

They all slept without so much as a movement until 6:25 when Hermione woke up and saw Emily and George cuddled up in each other's arms, this clarified her idea confirming it, the two were dating. She wouldn't let anyone know. The idea was a secret she assumed apart from the odd few people who had found out. Hermione looked more carefully and saw that Emily was crying and George was drawing circles on her back, both were sound asleep, she wondered if this was normal for them and if the others knew. She would ask Emily about it. She noticed Draco beginning to stir and saw Lee in the windowsill, she had known these people for less than 24 hours and they felt more like a family than anything she had ever had before. Yeah Sophia had been great but sometimes they were opposites pretty much, they sometimes got on, other times they were like mortal enimies.

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