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"Why can't I go? I can walk around in the light now." Whined Persephone as the discretely made their way to platform 9 ¾.

"Daughter, you're too young." Said Margareta shorty as they made their way through the muggles. They turned a few heads with their long dresses but most people assumed they were part of some religious movement and left them alone.

"Don't worry, you'll go next year." Said Galatea as she pushed her cart. She looked around and glared at a couple who was staring at them.

"Why didn't we just get some servants to do this for us?" asked Portia as she struggled with her cart

"Better yet why didn't we just use a charm or something to at least make them lighter?" asked Harry as he too struggled with his cart. He remembered that he had done harder work when he lived with his aunt and uncle but years of being catered to by servants had made him soft.

"Because we don't want to go to Azkaban for breaking the statute of secrecy." Said Margareta and Addie quietly together.

"Strange." They both said at once again. This made all of the children start to giggle. Persephone then remembered what had made her so angry and stomped her foot.

"I want to go now!" said Persephone stomping her foot. Addie rolled her eyes.

"I want a lot of things I can't have."

"Like what, mother?" asked Portia as she steadied the cage perched on to her cart. The cage held Peter Pettigrew in his rat form. He wanted to see his children off and this was the only way he could.

"Oh, my old job as an auror back, a longer lasting cushioning charm for my shoes, these muggles to stop staring." Said Addie as they approached the platform.

"Why would you want to be an auror, it sounds dangerous?" said Portia as she heard a red haired woman loudly ask where the platform was.

"It was but exciting too. I hope you never have the chance too though with the war and all." Said Addie as she glanced at Molly Weasley who was drawing undue attention to herself and their world.

"Is that Molly Weasley, from school?" asked Margareta as she remembered her first year at Hogwarts. She then wondered why Molly would be ignoring the statute of secrecy so blatantly.

"Wow, I would have thought she could have found her way to the platform blind folded with her legs tied together." Said Galatea

"How would she get there if her legs were tied together?" asked Harry as he saw the sea of red heads pass him by being led by a loud woman. He assumed that this was the Molly Weasley that the adults had been talking about

"She could slither like a snake or roll around or…something. Harry, don't ask me to explain these things. Said Galatea as they stood behind the family

"Do we really have to run through or is this a trick?" asked Harry asked Harry as he looked apprehensively at the seemingly sold looking wall.

"Oh, it's your first year?" asked Molly Weasley as she looked over at the child behind her. He looked darling in his blue and green checkered suit coat, matching knee length breeches, and long white socks.

"Yes, mine and my sister's." Said Harry. He decided he liked this woman even if she did look a bit shabby. She reminded him of his old governess only less stern.

"You're a twin?" asked Fred and George at the same time. This got the adults attention and they began to quietly argue whether or not to stop Harry from talking to them.

"No, she's just my sister." Said Harry motioning towards Portia. Portia smiled and did a little curtsy. Molly found her darling too in her knee length pink dress with bows down the front, long stockings, and adorable pink wide brimmed hat on her head.

"So your father was a busy man?" asked Ron as he too noticed the children behind them. Molly Weasley slapped Ron hard on the back of the head.

"I'm sorry for my son." Said Molly

"It's alright. We really must be getting onto the platform." Said Addie. The conscious that was reached was that they would be free to speak to whoever they wanted to once they actually made it too the train.

"Quite right Mrs…" said Molly

"Misses Pettigrew, pleased to meet you Mrs. Weasley." Said Addie shaking her hand

"How did you know I was a Weasley?" asked Molly

"Red hair and second hand clothes. Not to offend of course." Said Margareta clearly meaning to offend. She wanted the children to have a clear idea of their social class in the grand scheme of things. She watched Galatea almost be knocked out of the way as one of the twins pushed past her onto the platform. Persephone looked down at them; an impressive feat given her size. They went onto the platform quickly and stowed their stuff. After some teary goodbye Margareta and Addie prepared to find a secluded place to disapperate.

"Addie?" asked Margareta as they found a phone booth to leave. Persephone rinkled her nose at the filth but said nothing. She had whined herself horse at the train station but she was happy that she at least got to see the train.

"What?" asked Addie as she took Persephone's hand and reached for her husband's.

"Where's Peter?" asked Margareta as she realized that her brother was nowhere to be found. Addie gasped as she saw that he wasn't there and she had been holding Margareta's hand the whole time.

"He must still be with the children." Said Addie quietly as realization dawned on her. She was then angry, she knew that it was a bad idea for him to come even if eh had turned himself into a rat.

"This is bad, this is very bad." Muttered Margareta as she began to panic

"I have an idea!" said Addie suddenly. Persephone gave her a critical look.

"What?" asked Margareta

"We just go to Hogwarts with the children and take him back." Said Addie amazed at her own brilliance

"How do we explain our presence there? Hmm?" asked Margareta thinking it was a stupid idea

"We came along to collect a pet." Said Addie smugly

"You expect a Legitamens like Albus Dumbledore to believe that lie?" Said Margareta

"He's a Legitamens?" asked Addie

"What's a Legitamens?" asked Persephone

"He's can go into your mind and pick through your thoughts." Said Addie

"Really?" asked Persephone

"Last I checked. Face it, we just have to wait until the children come back for winter holidays." Said Margareta worriedly. Addie nodded in agreement and they disapperated with a pop.

"Face it, there aren't any empty compartments." Said Portia as they walked along the hallways. Every compartment had at least one person in it and every seemed to find their clothes hilarious. They felt the same way and made it known. They weren't making many friends that way.

"Change and then sit anywhere." Said Galatea as she came from the bathroom in her Hogwarts robes. They snickered at her uniform.

"You look like a new comer." Said Harry between snickers. He knew that he would have ti wear almost the same thing soon but he didn't want to think about it.

"Laugh now cousin but just wait, you'll have to change soon." Said Galatea haughtily as she walked over to a compartment and said high to her friends. Harry and Portia decided that they wouldn't enter because it looked full and they didn't know anyone there.

"Let's find those red heads we met earlier." Said Harry

"But they looked so…poor." Said Portia

"We know them. Besides, father said that the didn't go by class at Hogwarts." Said Harry

"Did you really?" said Portia as she held the cage with their father close to her face. Suddenly realization dawned on both of them.

"We forgot him!" they said loudly at once. They raced to the first compartment they saw to figure out what to do. They ignored the bushy haired girl with her nose in a book and they began to panic.

"What are we gonna do?" asked Harry as he held the cage

"I know, we jump from the train and try to apparate home! How hard could it possibly be?" said Portia

"Extremely." Said Hermione noticing her new compartment mates. They looked at her in alarm and then tried to look innocent. They nonchalantly put their feet up on their trunks but their breathing and eyes betrayed them.

"Hello there, mind if we stay here?" asked Portia

"Alright, what are you both so upset about if you don't mind me asking." Said Hermione

"We accidently took our…pet with us and we need to take him back." Said Harry nervously. Peter was glad that they remembered not to mention him.

"Well you could just take him back when they let us go home for Christmas." Said Hermione

"Good idea!" said Portia and Harry once as they relaxed. They hoped that their father could play the part of the pet rat until Christmas.

"I'm Hermione Granger." Said Hermione offering out her hand Portia took it first and shook Hermione's entire arm up and down.

"I'm Portia Pettigrew and this is my brother Har…old." Said Portia remembering that Harry was going to be called Harold at Hogwarts so as not to arouse suspicion.

"You're twins?" asked Hermione surprised. They didn't really look alike.

"No, we have different mothers." Said Harry and Portia at once

"I'm sorry." Said Hermione embarrassed. She wondered if things like that were accepted in the wizarding world. She also wondered if they were normal as she looked at what they were wearing.

"About what?" asked Harry. He had grown up knowing that he had a half-sister so it didn't seem strange to him that he had a sister by another mother.

"Oh…nothing." Said Hermione as she thought of a change of subject. Just then the compartment door opened.

"Have any of you seen a toad?" asked a very distraught looking Neville Longbottom. Hermione was happy for the distraction.

"No but we'll help you look." Said Hermione. Harry and Portia looked at eachother before nodding and getting up. They spent some time looking for the toad until they came upon the compartment Ron Weasley was sitting in by himself.

"Have you seen a toad? A boy named Neville lost one." Asked Hermione. Ron shook his head no and then looked over at the other two people with her.

"Hey, I remember you." Said Ron

"And we remember you…" said Harry

"Ron, Ron Weasley." Said Ron holding out his hand. Hermione was the first to shake it.

"Hermione Granger."

"Portia Pettigrew." Said Portia as she shook Ron's hand

"Harold Pettigrew." Said Harry as he shook Ron's hand. He decided that he would like to have Ron for a friend. He had never had a boy for a friend before.

"Would you like to help us look for the Toad, it's more fun than sitting around." Said Harry.

"Sure." Said Ron