Getting to know you
The next morning started like any other in the Burrow. Mrs. Weasley woke up and after seeing her youngest children Ron and Ginny still sleeping in their cribs next to her and her husband's bed, she went downstairs to cook breakfast to the family and Mr. Weasley started to get ready for work.
Their oldest child Bill was already at Hogwarts at his first year there and he had been very nervous about going there but according his letters he was doing fine, has a few friends and the homework wasn't too hard. Yet.
Their other children were still home. Their second oldest Charlie, who was nine years old, was still in his room as was their next son Percy who was five. The twins usually slept late, which worried Mrs. Weasley if they would continue it when they grew older. And Ron, who was one, and Ginny who was just few months old were still in their cribs upstairs.
Then Mr. Weasley came down to the kitchen in his worn work robes and sat down to the table and started eating the toast Mrs. Weasley had given him and drinking tea while reading the Daily Prophet while Mrs. Weasley cooked the sausages in the pan.
Not five minutes later Percy came down already fully dressed in blue jumper and brown trousers and his red hair smoothly combed. He had always been very precocious. He always said that he wasn't a baby anymore and that he could do things without help and loved to prove that he was right. After saying politely morning to his parents he sat down next to his father and started eating the toast that Mrs. Weasley gave him.
Then Charlie came to the kitchen still in his pajamas and his red hair messy. He also said tired morning in between his yawns and sat down. But instead of starting to eat he put his head on the table and continued his sleep. Mrs. Weasley looked at him disapproving and whacked him to the head with her spatula. That woke him up. He glared at his mother and started munching his own toast while giving hidden glares to his mother time to time.
Then the twins came running to the kitchen in their pajamas and guilty looks on their faces. Fred still had some blue stripes in his hair from their backfired prank earlier that week.
''What did you do now?'' Mrs. Weasley asked knowing the looks. George nudged Fred to tell her.
''We accidently woke Ron and Ginny when we tried to take Ron's teddy,'' Fred said. Mrs. Weasley sighed too tired to give the twins a proper scolding and went upstairs to get Ron and Ginny down since they were up.
The twins sat down and didn't look anyone. Percy was looking at the disapproving, Charlie was still trying to register what just had happed and their father was looking at them suspiciously.
''Why did you try to take Ron's teddy?'' Mr. Weasley then asked.
''We were going to do a teeny tiny little prank later,'' George said as he squeezed his thumb and index finger close together as to show how little prank.
''Why didn't you take your own teddy?'' Percy asked suddenly. The twins glared at him for poking his nose into other people's business. As he usually did.
''My teddy is in the pond,'' Fred said pointing outside.
''And my teddy was stolen by gnomes when I tried to mess with them last week,'' George said.
''So we figured that Ron might not need his,'' Fred continued. That's when Mrs. Weasley came down holding little Ron, who had stopped crying and was sucking his thumb, and Ginny in her arms.
''Boys I'm very disappointed in you. I don't know what possessed you to try take away Ron's teddy but you should know that was very wrong,'' Mr. Weasley tried to scold his twin sons but didn't really know how.
That's when they heard a small cough at the door and everybody turned to look and saw a little black haired girl in a very big grey T-shirt. Mrs. Weasley then put Ron to his high chair and gave Ginny to her husband and went to Lucy.
''We didn't get to introduce our selves last night did we? My name is Molly Weasley,'' Mrs. Weasley said as she led Lucy to the table, ''that's my husband Arthur Weasley,'' Mrs. Weasley said as she pointed at her husband who was holding little Ginny in his arms yet still cheerfully waved at the girl who shyly waved back.
''These are my sons. Charlie, Percy, Fred, George and Ron. And this is my daughter Ginny,'' Mrs. Weasley said as she pointed each of her sons and the Ginny in Mr. Weasleys arms. Lucy just nodded. ''I do have another son Bill but he's at the Hogwarts right now so you probably see him at his Christmas break,'' Mrs. Weasley added.
''What's your name,'' the twins then asked together forgetting their embarrassment from earlier.
''Lucy,'' Lucy said shyly.
''Did Professor Dumbledore tell you anything last night?'' Mr. Weasley asked concern clear in his voice.
''He told me that I would move somewhere else because my family is in the better place,'' Lucy said remembering Dumbledore's warning that she couldn't tell who she really was.
''Yes dear but we will be here for you from now on. Boys, Lucy will be living with us from now on as your new sister if you will, so be nice to her,'' 'Or else' was the silent warning that wasn't said in Mrs. Weasley's speech. All the boys nodded their heads as an understanding.
Mrs. Weasley then gave all of them their breakfast and double amount for Lucy. Then the usual chatter on the table started. Lucy took this as a chance to study her new family. The first thing she noticed was that all of them had red hair and freckles, even the babies.
Mrs. Weasley was very motherly and bit chubby woman, Lucy already liked her, she reminded her of Lily. Mr. Weasley was kind, calm man who had very few grey hairs in his already balding head, he was nice but totally different compared to James. Charlie was cheerful once he fully woke up. Percy seemed too pompous for her taste but he was probably nice when she got to know him. The twins seemed like that kind of kids she would feel right at home with. Ginny was too small for Lucy to see her properly from where she was sitting but she was still a very small baby even smaller than Ron. And he was, well he was still a baby. Probably the same age as Harry.
Harry.
The thought brought sadness back to her mind. Her parents were just killed right in front of her eyes and while she was under the ruins that man came and took Harry away from her. Before her mother died she had told Lucy to always protect Harry as the big sister she was. And the first chance she got she failed her mother.
Harry had been taken from her.
But Dumbledore had assured that Harry was safe. And Dumbledore doesn't lie. Harry was in a good place. Lucy didn't really know her Aunt Petunia but she was her mother's sister. She had to be somewhat nice. Right?
''Hey do you wanna see something really cool?'' One of the twins asked. Lucy nodded her head excitedly. The twin, Fred or George, grabbed her hand and led her upstairs. The other twin was already waiting at one of the doors. He put his finger in front of his mouth as to sign them to be quiet.
They walked in to the room. It wasn't big room per say. It held two beds one that was neatly made and the other one was a mess. There were few quidditch posters on the wall and some of them were pretty old it seemed.
Then one of the twins took something from the terrarium near the window and showed it to them. It was a blue frog with dark orange and green spots.
''It's Charlie's pet. Bill gave it to him before he went to Hogwarts. His name is Mr. Rainbow. Pretty girly name don't you think?'' The other twin, Fred, said before he realized there was a girl next to him. When he did he was pretty shocked but then,
''Yeah, it is. Mr. Swamp would be better because the colors,'' Lucy said pointing the dark colored frog. That brought respect to the twins when they realized that Lucy was not a girly girl at all.
From that day Lucy and the twins were inseparable. They did pranks together, spend all their time together. They even had a same room together 'till Lucy was eight years old when she started to share a room with their family's youngest Ginny who had developed a phase when she had very often nightmares and didn't want to sleep alone, so Lucy moved in with her. That eventually stopped the nightmares when Ginny new there was someone there protecting her from scary monsters at night.
When Bill met Lucy he took her right in. He liked her very much and Lucy liked Bill, he had a very likable laid back personality. But the twins were still her favorite. She was the only one who could really identify the twins from each other. And when they went to Hogwarts and were all sorted to Gryffindor they received a nick name, The Weasley Triplets. They were so inseparable that you would think they really were triplets. If it weren't for Lucy's black hair people would totally buy it.
Dumbledore did come and visit them time to time so to see how Lucy was doing and if any changes had happened to her. He had decided to tell her what he had discovered the first night when she was a pit older. And that time came when she was nine years old.
Dumbledore took Lucy to a walk so nobody could over hear.
''Lucy there's something you should know about yourself. But this is something you can never tell anyone,'' Dumbledore said.
''Like when I can't tell anyone I'm really a Potter?'' Lucy asked having remembered Dumbledore's words from the first night.
''Yes, like that. I am going to tell you a little story, why don't we sit down. I am not as young as I used to be,'' Dumbledore said as they sat down to the grass.
''Many, many years ago there was a young witch who lived with her father and brother. She adored her family, some might say even worshipped them. But one day her father and brother were called to serve in a war and out of duty they went. The girl prayed every day and every night for their safe return. But they never did.
Months later, after the war, a group of soldiers came to her house and brought to her her fathers and brothers bodies. She was devastated. She couldn't bear to think life without her beloved father and brother. But she didn't bend to the will of the higher powers and went to search an old legendary dragon that was rumored to be able to do anything. She found the dragon. It was large and pure snow white with sparkling blue eyes. The eyes hold the wisdom of the years in them but they were also old and tired. The girl begged him to help her and resurrect her father and brother. The dragon, who was old, older than time, looked at the girl and saw a sincere love in her, decided to help her. But not without a payment.
The dragon told the girl that he was dying, but being an immortal creature couldn't really die and was just slowly withering away. So in exchange of the power to resurrect her father and brother the girl had to promise the dragon the use of her body as a host to him. The girl would be in total control over her body and would gain certain powers from the dragon and her life force would keep the dragon alive. The dragon would change host after the old one would die but always in the same blood line.
The girl agreed to this and let the dragon merge in to her body. She went back home and right there used her powers to resurrect her fallen family. Her father and brother came back to life but because the balance of life must always be sustained she lost her own life along with her body.
There has been several Dragon Girls after her and more of their powers have come up,'' Dumbledore told her.
''What kind of powers?'' Lucy asked.
''The Dragon Girl is immune to almost every spell there is. Her blood has some of the dragons healing properties. She can speak to any kind of lizards and almost all dragons do obey her. And she can resurrect the dead but does lose her own life in exchange,'' Dumbledore told her.
''That's an interesting story but why did you tell it to me?'' Lucy asked.
''Lucy, my dear, I have done some of research and studied you over the years and I know that you are this generations Dragon Girl,'' Dumbledore said.
That made Lucy very quiet. She, a legendary Dragon Girl. How could that be?
''You're sure?'' Lucy asked hesitantly.
''Yes my dear. But this does not change who you are. Being the Dragon Girl doesn't mean you have to do heroic deeds such as give your life for others. Just live your life as you have and cherish this gift of yours. You can image how many pranks you can pull using this gift,'' Dumbledore added with twinkle in his eyes. This made Lucy bright up.
''But there is also another thing I must discuss with you. Have you noticed that sometimes you feel pain even though you have not hurt yourself?'' Dumbledore asked.
''Yes, sir, sometimes,'' Lucy said
''As I predicted. Lucy my dear, I believe that you and Harry have a certain kind of connection. Whenever one of you gets hurt the other feels it. But how I do not know,'' Dumbledore said.
''Mum did it. Before You-Know-Who came she put a protection charm on me and Harry so that I could protect him,'' Lucy explained.
''Lucy always use the prober name for things. Fear of the name increases fear of the thing itself. But that explains it then. Thank you for telling me this,'' Dumbledore said as they got up from the ground.
Dumbledore then led Lucy back to Burrow and she went right back to twins, who were planning a big prank on Percy. They had done many pranks on Percy so that he would lose his up-tight personality 'till now nothing has worked, if anything it has only increased.
Dumbledore smiled at how well she has taken it living with the Weasley's and how well all the Weasley's took her in. He thanked Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley once again and then left back to Hogwarts.
During the years at Weasley's Lucy had become part of the family and she didn't let the whole Dragon Girl thing bother her. She did discover few of her powers like how she could speak to lizards but she kept all of this a secret from the Weasley's like Dumbledore had told him.
Only thing she really looked forward was the time she would finally meet Harry again.