UTHOR'S NOTE:Okay all, so I've realized that I forgot to mention that my version of J.K. Rowling's AMAZING world of Harry Potter does not go completely along with what is canon, and I know that. I created my own age differences between characters and they're not quite apparent so here they are!(The list will change as they get older, duh)
Victoire: Sixth year, age 16
Dominique: fourth year, age 15
Louis: Third year, age 13
Lucy: sixth year, age 16
Molly: Sixth year, age 16
Freddie: Fourth year, age 14
Roxanne: third year, age 13
Rose: Third year, age 13
Hugo: second year, age 12
James: fourth year, age 14
Albus: third year, age 13
Lily: second year, age 12
Sincerely, Elle
"Happy Christmas to me, Happy Christmas to me, Happy Christmas dear Molly, Happy Christmas to me!" Molly's off key singing jerked Lucy out of her slumber.
"wassa happen'n?" Lucy mumbled, spitting out what strands of Rose's curly hair had made it into her mouth through the night.
"It's Christmas Luc!" Molly shouted at her.
"Geez, no need to be so loud," Rose muttered, rolling over.
"Wake up Rose!"Dom shouted from her mattress, where she and Alice were buried in wrapping paper. "It's Christmas! Look I got the new book by Gilderoy Lockhart!" Gilderoy Lockhart was a basket case who used to be an author, he lost is memory when an obliviate charm that he tried to cast on Uncle Harry and Uncle Ron backfired. He now has started writing books about his "life" that are really utter rubbish, but very comical. He seems to think that what he writes is true though(Lucy had gone with Dom, and her Aunt Hermione when they were in Diagon Alley).
"And I got a set of potions that can turn your hair and nails different colors!" Lily exclaimed, she had always wanted to be a stylist, and always was trying to convince the other girls to let her style their hair and nails. Lucy dug into her pile of gifts and pulling out a small one that was teal and had tiny silver hearts on it. This has got to be from Ben she thought. Well, let's get this over with. She opened the box to find a brown speckled stone pendant in the shape of a heart, on a bronze chain. hmmph! She thought.
"What's that, sissy?" Dom asked her, only now did Lucy realize that she had stood up on her mattress to peer over Lucy's shoulder.
"Oh nothing, just from Ben," She replied.
"What does the note say?" Dom asked, curious.
"What note?" Lucy asked, puzzled.
"The piece of paper at the bottom of the box," Dom told her pointing. Lucy saw that, indeed there was a note. She opened it.
Dear Lucy,
I hope you like the necklace, I found it at a muggle antique shop with my Aunt Belinda, who loves muggle junk. The shopkeeper told me that it's one of a kind!
Lots of Love,
Ben
P.S. Will you go out with me?
"He never does give up does he?" Rose said, also looking over Lucy's shoulder. Lucy shook her head. Digging more into her gifts, she had gotten lots of wonderful things. A broom care kit from Molly, a makeup kit kit from Roxanne (really?), a set of muggle books from Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron, Holyhead Harpies stuff from Aunt Ginny and Uncle Harry, a box that said open it you know you want to from Freddy and James(which she threw into her desk drawer, a book on rabbit care from Lily (which on the sticker said it was to her and Ollie, more books from Al and Rose, quaffle slippers from Uncle George and Aunt Angelina, a dressing gown from Aunt Fleur and Uncle Bill, a container of Scaly Skin from Louis and Hugo, A patchwork dress from Aunt Luna, a book on kitten care from Lorcan and Lysander(those two really were weird, she didn't even have a kitten!) the customary Weasley sweater from Gran(this year it was dark pink with a grey "L" on it) and lastly a small box from Liesl, Mum, Victoire, Dad and Gran. She opened the box to find a note that said look in the closet Lucy got up and opened her closet to see a small fluffy grey kitten!
"EEEEE! MOOOOOLLLLY! ROOOOSE! Look I got a kitten!" Lucy shouted picking the furry thing up and reading the note on it's neck.
Dear Lucille Amelia,
I hope you love her! Victoire picked her out at the shelter, she's a girl and real sweetheart. Name her whatever you want. Thank you for being such a wonderful and responsible friend, sister, cousin, prefect and daughter! We Love you!
Love,
Gran, Maman, Liesl, Victoire and Dad
"Thank you so much!" Lucy squealed hugging Liesl and Victoire.
"You're welcome! And thank you so much for the books and the hair care potions set!" Victoire exclaimed.
"Of course!" Lucy replied. "Now lets get dressed so we can go down stairs and eat!"
"FFFFFOOOOOODDD!" Molly yelled jumping up and and yanking off her pajama top and pulling on her Weasley sweater. Lucy did the same but also pulled on leggings instead of just her pajama pants. The rest of the girls also dressed in various stages of comfort clothes, all wearing a rainbow of Weasley sweaters. (Victoire's was light blue, Molly's was bright Blue, Liesl's was coral and gray, Dom's was indigo and green, Rose's was light green, Alice's was baby yellow and grey, Lena's was purple and pink and Lily's was light pink and baby blue.) Roxanne was nowhere to be seen.
"Happy Christmas everyone!" Gran shouted while she finished up the breakfast. Lucy noticed that one of the chairs had been decorated and had a welcome sign on it. Then it clicked. Today was the day her Grampa was coming home from St. Mungo's. He had been in and out of the hospital a lot recently and hopefully he was coming home for good. Lucy reached over and put her arms around Gran.
"It'll be okay Gran, he's coming home," Lucy whispered. Gran nodded, wiping a tear out of her eye.
"Okay everybody, wash up!" Gran cried out softly. Aunt Ginny noticed that her mum was having a hard time and spoke up.
"HEY! YOU LOT! SHUT IT! Would everybody please go wash your hands! Aunt Astoria will be here any moment with Grampa!" Ginny shouted. Aunt Astoria was yet another friend of the family they called "Aunt" she was married to Draco Malfoy and Had a son named Scorpius (who fancied Rose) and a daughter Bella Malfoy. Draco always looked awkward during holidays because he was the only member of his family who didn't really act like they were part of Lucy's family as well.
As if on queue he doorbell screeched.
"Mrs. Astoria Malfoy and Mr. Arthur Weasley have arrived!" The Doorbell yelled.
"GRAMPA!" The entire Weasley-Potter household screamed and rushed to open the door, Lucy fought her way to be the first one to open the door, (and succeeded, she was a very good shover after all) and when she did she hip bumped james out of the way and stuck out her tongue. When she opened the door Grampa and Astoria got a quick glimpse of the Wealsey, Potter, Longbottom, and Macmillian children before they were bombarded by hugs and kisses.
"Astoria, why don't you come on in for a minute?" Lucy's mother called from her spot on the couch.
"I'd love to Audrey, but I have to get back to my family for Christmas breakfast!" Astoria replied.
"Oh of course, I understand. But you are still bringing Draco and the kids over for Christmas dinner, right?" Audrey asked, getting up to kiss both of Astoria's cheeks.
"Of Course! I wouldn't miss it for the world!" Astoria said laughing, and pulling the instructions for Arthur Weasley's care. "He's still in a wheelchair and is expected to be for a while more now, but he should be fine in a few weeks."
"Good, good, thank you again for bringing Arthur home even though its Christmas day!" Gran said hugging Astoria.
"Anytime, Molly dear!" Astoria said. "But hopefully I'll never have to again! Well, I've go to bounce! Good bye everyone!"
"Good bye Aunt Astoria!" The children chorused. Astoria waved and stepped through the door as it shut with a crash. The Weasley family slowly made toward the table and breakfast bar Gran had set up. Lucy grabbed a plate and started piling eggs, tomatoes bagels and donuts as well as several sweets.
"Guessing by the fact that you haven't come leaping into my arms, the answer is no?" a voice from behind her said. Lucy turned to see Ben holding a plate piled high with sweets.
"Yeah, I just don't think so," Lucy said like she always did. Ben's face fell slightly, a Lucy jumped to add more. "I'm really sorry." And for the first time out of all twenty four, she actually did. Ben nodded.
"That's okay, I get it. I-er I'm gonna find...uh..Ted!" Ben said before scurrying away.
"Way to be harsh Lu, poor guy!" Percy Weasley said from behind his daughter.
"I wasn't harsh! I thought I was rather kind about it!" Lucy said surprised that her father had something to say about it.
"Oh, come on Lucy, why don't you just say yes?" Her dad asked, exasperated.
"Same reason Uncle Harry said no to Romilda Vane!" She shot back.
"Okay, first of all, how do you know about that, second of all, that's completely different," He replied.
"To answer the first question Aunt Ginny told me, and to the second it isn't any different at all!" Lucy informed her dad.
"I can't believe Ginevra would tell something like that to a child!" Percy said astonished.
"Relax dad, Aunt Ginny didn't say it crudely or anything-that was Uncle Ron-and I'm not a child! I'm sixteen!" She said.
"Whatever, it's different because your Uncle didn't like Romlida in that way."
"wha..huh?" Lucy said, confused. But then she got what her dad was saying and she felt her cheeks grow hot. "Well it's the same with me and Ben!" And Lucy stomped off to go find Dom or Alice or maybe Lily or at least someone supportive!
"Hey Lucy!" Someone called. Lucy didn't even turn to see who was talking to her. "Lucy! Lucille!" Lucy turned around to see Lorcan Longbottom.
"What?" She said bitterly.
"Do you think you could, um, talk to Molly for me? Your the only one she'll listen to," He asked.
"About what?"
"Me."
"And that, my dear friend is one of the only things she will not listen to me about-or anyone for that matter!"Lucy informed the lovesick boy. She turned to leave.
"Come on! Please Luce!" Lucy kept on walking. "Luuuuuuucyyyy!" Lucy sighed, she hated turning down Lorcan but she had to, she desperately wanted him to see other girls and understand that Molly just didn't like him. At the same time she also wanted to force Molly into going out with him at least just one time, but she knew she couldn't. That was up to Molly, not her.
Lucy found a seat on the couch next to her Aunt Ginny.
"Thanks for the Harpies stuff by the way!" Lucy told her.
"Your welcome! And thank you for being one of the only Harpies fans in this house!" Her Aunt replied. Aunt Ginny used to be a chaser for the Holyhead Harpies, but now was a sports columnist.
"Of COURSE! How could I not support the best team alive!" Lucy replied laughing.
"Hey! Have you guys seen Al?" Lena asked coming up to the two of them.
"Yeah, I think he's stuffing his face along with Rose and James," Lucy told the young girl. She nodded in thanks before running off.
"I wonder why she's looking for Al?" Ginny wondered aloud.
"She has like, a huge crush on him didn't you know?" Lucy said surprised Aunt Ginny hadn't noticed.
"Really? That must be why Lily kept writing to me about how she wished older brothers were off limits to friends!" Ginny realized, laughing.
"Yeah, it's tough on Lily because she was friends with Lena before she had a crush on Al. It seems to be a bit of jealousy, though that Lena is interested in being friends with someone who's not her!" Lucy explained. "Although, she is dating someone so she can't really judge."
"Really? Who? I wonder why she hasn't mentioned it in one of her letters!" Ginny asked excitedly.
"Steven Abbott a hufflepuff in her year," Lucy told her."Ben's cousin."
"Oh! She has mentioned the name Steven, but I didn't know they were going out!" Ginny told her niece.
"Yeah she is, but don't worry, Steven is a really sweet boy with good intentions. And he seems to really adore Lil," Lucy reassured her aunt.
"Oh good! I would really love to meet him someday though!" Ginny said.
"I think the only reason you haven't is because James would be an prat the whole time!"
"Yes, James can be a prat just like his Uncle Ron!"
"Yeah, aaaaannd you might be in a spot of trouble with dad!" Lucy said tapping her knees together.
"How so?"
"Well I let something slip about Romlida Vane and Uncle Harry and how it was you who told me and now he's mad at you," Lucy explained.
"I am at liberty to tell whomever I want whatever I want!" Ginny exclaimed.
"I know that but dad has blinders on his beliefs," Lucy said.
"You are absolutely right, I couldn't have explained Percy better myself!" Ginny agreed, laughing.
"Hello Ladies, care for a drink?" James asked sliding in next to his mother and cousin and handing them each a glass of pumpkin juice. Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Don't you have a prank to pull or an Aunt to terrorize?" Lucy asked him.
"Nope! Just two beautiful ladies to talk to!" James said, happily sipping his pumpkin juice. Ginny looked over at Lucy and rolled her eyes.
...
"I can't believe we're going back to Hogwarts already!"Liesl said glumly from Molly's bed.
"Me neither, but after Christmas dinner I'm kind of glad to be leaving here!" Lucy replied.
Looking back on it, she wasn't just glad she was anxious. That dinner Rose had decided to announce she was going out with Scorpius, which did not go over well with Ron-or Draco for that matter. It had concluded with Rose kissing him at the dinner table to make a point, Ron shouting, Rose running to her room, Hermione and Astoria following her and Draco and Scorpius leaving the burrow early.
"Yeah that was definitely not one of our best Christmas's," Molly agreed. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Lucy called out. Hermione entered the room.
"You haven't seen Rose anywhere have you? I wanted to talk to her before we leave tomorrow. She isn't in her room," Their Aunt told them.
"I believe she is in the bathroom with Dom still crying, she was in here but then Ronald kept bursting in," Molly informed her. Hermione frowned at the use of her husband's first name instead of "Uncle Ron".
Lucy nodded in agreement at Molly's words.
"Aunt Mione? I just want to say that Rose isn't mad at you, she just isn't the mood to talk to you in case you are going to defend Uncle Ron," Lucy said, picking up the teacup on her nightstand and sipping from it. Her Aunt sighed.
"I know, I just wished she understood that I'll Love her no matter what. Just like she knows you guys will. And know that I will never defend what Ronald did and said that night!" Hermione told them, sitting down on Lucy's bed.
"She does, she just can't remember that right now. It's easier for her to know and rely on the fact that we'll love her forever because we've been through our share of heartache's and family arguments over guys more recently than you have," Lucy told her.
"I understand, but I still wish she trusted me the way she trusts you Lucy," Hermione said sadly. "She tells and asks you things normal girls ask their mum's!"
"That's because she's worried that with you being you, you won't understand things that aren't proper and how you would've done it."
"I wasn't always perfect and proper! Can you girls keep something from your cousins Hugo and Lily? They're still a little young to know this," Hermione asked the three girls. They all nodded and sat closer to Hermione on Lucy's bed.
"My parents weren't all that thrilled to find out that I was dating Ron. They had gotten several letters with me complaining about him while I was still at Hogwarts. They were even more appalled to find out that we had gone off and skipped the last year of school together. My dad told Ron at one point that he didn't and never would deserve me," Their Aunt Hermione told them.
"But you were doing it for the greater good! And you were of age! You had to help the world!" Leisl exclaimed.
"No, in the muggle world you come of age at eighteen not seventeen, and my parents also were very prejudice against the Weasley's. They thought that they were ignorant and poor.''
"We aren't poor!" Molly informed her.
"We aren't now, but when your dad was young the Weasley's weren't the richest," Hermione said. " Anyway, I just want Rose to know that I know what it's like not to have your parents except the man you love."
"Wow, I didn't know all that! You really should talk to her, it would do her a lot of good!" Lucy said. Hermione nodded.
"Your sure she's with Dominique?"
"Pretty sure!" Hermione nodded her head in thanks and made her way into the adjoining bathroom.(The bathroom connected to all the girls rooms.)
"That's pretty interesting about Aunt Mione, isn't it?" Molly said. The other two girls nodded.
"Do you have any idea where Vic is? If she doesn't start packing soon she'll be pushing into the last minute zone!" Liesl said.
"She's probably off snogging Teddy in a dark corner somewhere! This is the last night that they'll be together before she leaves for Hogwarts," Molly replied. Lucy understood, but still didn't want to end up packing for Victoire again. Lucy walked over Ollie's hutch and lifted her rabbit out and held him to her shoulder.
"I'm going to find Victoire and tell her I'm not going to pack her stuff for her again!" Lucy called over her shoulder as she walked out of their bedroom.
"Okay! Good Luck!" Liesl called to her before she and Molly burst out laughing.
Lucy walked down the hall and up the stairs before she reached Teddy's room, where she took a deep breath and opened the door, it was unlocked which was a good sign. Or not she thought as opened the door to reveal Teddy and Victoire snogging on his bed.
"AAAAAAH!" Lucy squealed.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Screamed both Victoire and Teddy. Lucy almost threw Ollie up in the air.
"Next time, lock the bloody door!" Lucy shouted.
"How was I supposed to know that you would come barging in?" Victoire asked.
"I ALWAYS end up barging in!" Lucy replied. "And while I'm in here I would like to tell you,that I will NOT be packing for you again!"
"Okay, okay, now can you please leave!" Victoire shouted.
"You better be thankful that I am not your mother or heaven forbid, you father Victoire Hermione Weasley!" Lucy called out as she scuttled out the door and down the stairs to her bedroom where she was greeted by a jungle. Clothes and books were strewn everywhere, and both her kitten and Molly's miniature owl scribbles were sitting on top of the bookshelf.
"Molly Penelope Weasley, what HAVE you done!" Lucy screeched grabbing both her cat and Scribbles off the bookshelf.
"I didn't do anything James's stupid dog did!" Molly said indignantly.
"What did Paddy do this time?" Lucy asked, exasperated.
"He came running in chasing after your fuzzball and Scribbles flew to protect her, they both got scared and Scribbles grabbed the cat by the scruff in her beak and flew to the top of the bookshelf. The mess happened when the bloody dog tried to reach them," Molly explained.
"And neither of you thought to try to stop him?" Liesl and Molly both looked at her guiltily. Lucy sighed.
"I'm going to go find one of the adults to fix this up magically," Lucy told them and headed down the stairs into the kitchen.
At the kitchen table were her mum, Aunt Fleur and Aunt Ginny talking in hushed tones.
"Mum?" Lucy asked. Audrey looked up.
"Yes, ma cherie?" Her mother asked.
"Padfoot wrecked our packing and I was wondering if you could just magic it back together?" Lucy asked.
" Of course sweetie just hold on a sec," Audrey told her daughter, before leaning down and whispering one last thing to her sister in laws.
Audrey followed Lucy up the stairs and when she saw their bedroom she gasped a little.
"Wow, what a wreck! Well, PACK!" Audrey cried. The clothes and books folded themselves into the girls trunks. Audrey waved her wand again and the rest of the mess cleaned it self up. "There you go girls!"
"Merci Maman!" Molly thanked her mother.
"Votre accueil mon chéri!"(Your Welcome my darling) Audrey said kissing Molly's head and exiting the room.
"Let's go to bed so we'll be able to get up tomorrow!" Lucy told them.
"Yeah, and Liesl just sleep in Vic's bed I doubt she'll come back from Teddy's room," Molly told Liesl.
"Good night guys," Lucy said pointedly and clapping her hands to shut off the lights.
...
"OI! Hurry up we're going to be late!" Lucy shouted into the doorway of James and Freddy's room. All four boys(Lorcan and Lysander were staying there too)were still in bed. Lucy sighed and entered the room
"WAKE UP!" She yelled in James's ear as she shook him awake.
"Bloody hell woman!" James yelled as he sat up.
"Can I trust you to wake the rest of you lot up?" Lucy asked a disheveled looking James. To the contrary, Lucy was wearing black capri leggings, flats, a trench coat and her hair up in twist. Her makeup was also on point, winged eyeliner and red lipstick.
"Can you? Of COURSE I will be a complete drill sergeant!" James told her getting up and putting a hand on his forehead in a salute. Lucy nodded in an equally drill sergeant way and saluted. She left the boys bedroom and headed to Al, Hugo and Louis room.
Hugo was sitting on his bed tying his shoe, Al was dressed and packing and Louis was still snoring away.
'WAKE UP! WE"RE GOING TO BE LATE!" Lucy shouted at Louis, shaking him as she did James.
"Go away Mum," Louis mumbled in his sleep.
"I'm not your mum and no, I'm not going away until your up and dressed!" Lucy told him.
"Lucy! What are you doing in here?" Louis asked, jumping out of bed.
"I'm on wake up duty, now get your arse dressed!" Lucy said before stomping out of the room. She had been to Teddy's room first thing to wake up him and Victoire. Lucy headed down the stairs and opened the door to Dom and Rose's bedroom. Dom was finished packing and had she was lying on her bed reading 300 Ways to Use Your Veela Charms to the Fullest and Rose was still double checking all her packing. Alice on the other hand, was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey, we have to leave soon so put your shoes on, Dom. And finish up packing, Rosie," Lucy told the pair of them.
"Kay, have you seen James anywhere?" Dom asked her, putting down her book and pulling her Ugg boots on. (Dom had not failed to look like she had just woken up with her over sized quidditch jumper, black leggings and hair in a messy braid.)
"Yeah, I woke him up and he said he was going to wake the twins and Freddy up," Lucy replied. "Why?"
"Oh, cos Alice's mobile phone lit up and she took one look at it and headed out," Dom explained. "Usually it's only James who can text her and have her immediately bolting!"
"Yeah, I think her Mum needed something earlier and texted her," Lucy told her younger cousin.
"Do you think I should put Tonks in her basket now or later?" Rose asked, referring to her fluffy ginger cat.
"Definitely now, and Dom you should put Carl away as well," Carl was Dom's purple pygmy puff. "How are you holding up?"
"Fine, Mum talked to me last night. Said she talked to you too," Rose said twisting one of her curls around her finger.
"Yeah, I hope you don't mind."
"No, it's just, you didn't tell her I've been going out with him since beginning of second year, right?"
"Of course not, that's for you to tell. Not me," Lucy told her, sitting down next to Rose on the bed and picking up her fat cat and stuffing her in her basket. Rose smiled and leaned into Lucy.
"You should probably make sure Lily, Lena and Roxanne are all ready to go since your on wake-up-and-shove-out-the-door-duty!" Rose said, laughing at the annoyed look on her cousin's face.
Lucy got up and made her way farther down the hall until she reached the shockingly pink bedroom of her youngest cousins.
"Hey! You guys better be up and running soon!" Lucy called into the doorway, seeing that Lily was still in her pajama's, Roxanne was still sitting at the vanity applying several pounds of makeup, and Lena was up, dressed and sitting on her trunk. "Way to go Lena! Up, dressed and smiling!" Lucy said. Lena smiled at her.
"Thanks! I know I'm just so awesome!" Lena agreed, laughing.
"Rox, your just headed back to school, almost nobody but us is going to see you, you don't need so much makeup, we've seen you at your worst!" Lucy told Roxanne.
"Easy for you to say, all you need is mascara, eyeliner and lipstick to look fabulous! You don't even need makeup sometimes!" Roxanne said to her older cousin, turning around so that Lucy could see her half done face. Lucy also caught a glimpse of the Roxanne she knew and loved.
"Come on Rox, let me do that," Lucy sitting on the vanity bench next to Roxanne. She took a makeup wipe and dabbed off the makeup Roxanne had put on and applied a different style. Gold eyeshadow, and brown eyeliner. Then Lucy reached her hand into the vanity drawer and found a natural lipstick and handed it to Roxanne.
"Here, put this on." Lucy said.
"Thanks Lucy!" Roxanne said beaming.
"You're welcome!" Lucy said. "Now finish up, I have to finish yelling at people to hurry up, okay?"
"Kay!" They chorused back.
Lucy started back down the hall to her bedroom. All three girls were laughing and talking while finishing up their last minute packing.
"Hey guys! Almost done?" Lucy asked from the doorway.
"Yeah, almost. Can you do my hair?" Victoire asked.
"Sure." Lucy walked over and fishtail braided Victoire's blond hair quickly.
"You should pack up your pets now," Molly informed her sister. Lucy nodded she picked up Tabbi(that's what she decided to name her cat) off her bed and put her in the cat basket. She also grabbed Ollie and put him in the basket with Tabbi. Both Scribbles, Molly's owl and Zinnia, Victoire's owl were in their cages, ready to go.
"Okay guys, let's go!" Lucy said grabbing her trunk and pet basket and making her way down the stairs. The other three girls followed.
At the bottom of the stairs was both her mum, and her aunts, all looking haughty.
"Hey mum! What's wrong?" Lucy asked her mother.
"Where is everyone I said to be down by 8:00 and it's 8:15!" Audrey yelled.
"I'm really sorry mum! Hey, look, I'll go get everyone dressed or not. kay?"
"Okay honey, but please be quick!" Her mother agreed. Lucy nodded.
She ran up the stairs and stuck her head in Rose and Dom's room first.
"Mum doesn't care if your ready just get down stairs!" Lucy yelled.
"Okay okay! We're coming!" Dom shouted back, Alice, Rose and Dom all went trampling down the stairs with their trunks. Lucy ran to Roxanne and Lily's room.
"Let's go, let's go, people!" Lucy said anxiously. "Now, now, now!"
"We're coming Luce!" Lily replied. "Sheesh!"
"Kay! We're ready!" Lily said cheerfully. Lucy bolted up the staircase to the boys floor and shouted down the hall way.
"EVERYBODY! DOWNSTAIRS NOW!" All the boys just blinked at her. "SOOO?Let's MOVE!"
"We're coming, keep your hair on!" James told her. Ben and Freddy laughed, trooping down the stairs. Lucy followed them down stairs to see the female members of her family standing in groups.
"How come you're all standing apart?" Hugo voiced what Lucy had been thinking.
"Your Uncle got cars from the ministry and we can't all fit in one car," Hermione told her son.
"Duh! There's like fifteen of us!" James said.
"Do NOT sass your aunt!" Ginny scolded him. James just laughed. Ginny glared him down and James finally recoiled in his mother's gaze.
"Sorry Mum!" James yelped. Ginny nodded.
"Okay let's get in the car!" Ginny said. "Let's go, let's go!"
Lucy ended up in a car with Hugo, Lily, and Ben. It was an eventfully horrid ride. Lucy had been squished between Hugo and Ben, who were both upset at the other. This was because Hugo was very protective of Lily and apparently it was Ben who encouraged Steven to ask her out. They argued the whole time. Unfortunately the ride from the burrow to Kings cross station was a rather bumpy one, and Lily ended up vomiting all over the car, where the driver nearly swerved off the road and started to curse at Lily, who burst into tears.
But that wasn't important now, now Lucy was on the train back to Hogwarts, back to potions and spells and no large obnoxious family. Well, technically there would be all of her cousins, but the ones who drove her really crazy (Don't get me wrong she loved them all) were all in different houses. The only ones in Ravenclaw with her were Rose and Victoire.
"Hey Luce, how much longer until we reach Hogwarts, you think?" Albus asked for the one millionth time.
"I don't know Al!" Lucy snapped back. She had been trying to read her transfiguration book for the last two hours, but one or another various family members would try to talk to her or ask her something. First Molly wanted to borrow money for when the trolley was to come, then Victoire wanted to gossip, James and Al kept asking her when they would get there and Dom wanted help on divination crap etc. Lucy liked divination fair enough but would rather stick to more precise areas of magic, like transfiguration. Lucy had finally taken up residence in the quietest compartment of people she got along with. She was now sitting with Rose, Al(who was only slightly annoying) and Lily(who was still motion sick).
"Lu-u-cy!" Lily cried.
Lucy glanced up to see Lily looking very green in the face.
"Uh-oh! Lily please just breathe!" Lucy said nervously. Lily lurched forward, looking greener and greener by the second.
"Hold on, Lils! We're almost there!" Lucy said.
"Yeah, in three hours!" Al said. Lucy glared at him. Lily unfortunately was not in control of her stomach. Lily took one last lurch and vomited. Rose and Al rose their feet in time, but Lucy was not so lucky. Ew! Lucy sighed.
"Scourgify!" The vomit disappeared. "You okay, Lils?"
"Yeah sort o-" Lily started before she vomited again.
"Scourgify!" Lucy shouted again. Lily smiled weakly. "Maybe you should take a nap Lil honey." Lucy rubbed Lily's back and smoothed her hair. Lily nodded and put her head in Lucy's lap. Lucy leaned back and opened her book to learn how to transfigure a strand of hair into a scarf.
"Hey Rosie?" Lucy asked.
"Hmm?" Rose said, not looking up from her book.
"Can I borrow a strand of your hair?"
"Huh?"
"Your hair! A strand of it!"
"Oh! I guess!" Rose said yanking out a strand of hair.
"Thanks! Frigore!" Lucy shouted, and the red lock of hair turned into a bright red scarf.
"Hey look I did it!" Lucy put the scarf around the sleeping Lily's head.
"Hmm," Rose said again. Lucy sighed, this was going to be a long train ride. So Lucy leaned her her head against the window and closed her eyes.
...
"Lu! Lils! Luuuuucy, Liiiiiiiiiiiiiily!" A voice yelled. "Wake up! We're almost there!"
"Whaaa?" Lily asked sitting up, sleepily.
"School. Almost. There," Al told her. Lucy said up and straitened her clothes and hair.
"We are?" She asked.
"Yep, real soon!" Al replied.
"Ugh, okay." Hogsmead Station was starting to pull into view and Lucy could finally feel the feeling she always felt when she came to Hogwarts. The feeling of not having to be someone or something that her dad wanted or her grandmother thought she should be. It's was truly comforting.
"Okay! Let's go!" Molly said from the doorway.
"We're coming," Lucy grumbled. She grabbed her trunk and her pet basket. They all rushed up to the path that led from Hogsmeade station to the big oak front doors of Hogwarts.
While the rest of her family laughed and joked up the hallway, Lucy just walked quietly. Finally they reached the hallway where they all separated. Lily, Lena and Louis to the huffepuff common room in the basement by the kitchens, Al, James, Hugo, Roxanne, Freddie, Molly, Lorcan, Alice and Dom, to the Gryffindor tower, and finally Ben, Victoire, Rose, Lysander, and herself to the Ravenclaw tower.
"So, we're back!" Ben said from beside her. Lucy nodded.
"Yep."
"Must be sad to have to come back from being with your family and all," Ben said.
"Not really, its actually kind of relieving," Lucy told him. "Most of my family is here anyway."
"But what about your parents and your aunts and uncles and stuff?" He asked.
"Eh, I mean I guess I miss my mum sometimes and My Aunt Hermione and Aunt Fleur," She said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, the rest of my family, either I'm not too close to like Aunt Angie, I write to them an awful lot like Aunt Ginny and Uncle Bill, or like most of my family, they all have unrealistic expectations for me, or they just like, want me too be someone else. Or they just annoy me and make me feel like I have to do something great with my life, like all of them. I just want to finish Hogwarts with straight O's, and become a healer. I just want to be normal, you know?" Lucy spilled.
"Woah, yeah I get that," He said.
"Yeah, well I should get going, my dorm mates probably are waiting for me," Lucy told him noticing that they were the only ones still standing in front of the door. Lucy knocked.
"How far can one walk into a wood?" The door's light voice asked. Ben looked at her and shrugged. Lucy rolled her eyes. Ben was in Ravenclaw not for being smart but for being a smart-alec, she thought.
"Only half, for after that one would be walking out," Lucy told the door.
"Why of Course!" the door replied, swinging open. Lucy walked into the, starry, blue Ravenclaw common room.
People everywhere were chatting and reading. Lucy made her way up the curvy, bronze and silver staircase, and up to her dorm.
"LUCY!" A girl with sparkling green eyes shouted before pouncing on her with a hug.
"Jane!" Lucy exclaimed, hugging Jane back. Lucy also proceeded to hug all the rest of the girls in her dorm. There were five other girls in Lucy's dorm: Claire Finnagen, Jane Thompson, Ella McKinnon, and of course Leisl and Victoire.
"How was your winter holiday?" Lucy asked the other girls.
"Oh, just marvelous! I went to Ireland to visit my stepsister and her husband and baby. And oh my stars, that baby is the sweetest lil' thing you ever saw!" Ella exclaimed. Ella transferred from Salem Witch Institute in fourth year and had a very thick southern accent.
"Ooh! do you have a picture?" Victoire squealed. Ella reached into her nightstand drawer and pulled out a picture of a chubby blob wrapped in a blue blanket. Ella was right, the baby was the sweetest thing ever.
"Awww, what's her name?" Jane asked bending around Victoire to look.
"Lenora Ella Kemp, but we call her L.E. or Ellie," Ella told her.
"Oh, kinda like you! Her middle names Ella, after you I presume. And your nickname is Elle,well, or Elle Belle!" Victoire exclaimed.
"Yeah! I feel so darn lucky that Jenny named her after me! I mean we a have two other sisters, one of which is her real honest to goodness sister and the other our half sister!" Ella told them. Lucy laughed and smiled along with the other girls.
"I spent my Christmas just me and Aunt Alexa," Claire said. Claire lived with her Aunt . "It was so much fun! We went to muggle London and saw all the lights, we got our nails done and stayed up all night!"
Lucy walked over and sat next to Jane, who had sat down on her bed and was looking glum.
"How was your Holiday, Jane?" Lucy asked her.
"I spent my Christmas here," She said. "Again."
"Oh." Jane's dad was a muggle and really hated her and her mum for being witches. Because of that Jane spent holiday at Hogwarts and most of the summer at a muggle summer camp.
"Yeah, but it was okay there were others that were here too," Jane reassured her. Lucy nodded.
"Okay, good. I'm not sure I'm ready to have to deal with Professor Starta already!" Lucy said groaning at the thought. Professor Kalli Starta was a very strict and old fashioned woman. She drove all the girls crazy. And the boys all claimed that she was part banshee.
"I hope she retires before our N.E.W.T.'s, apparently she's even worse about them than O.W.L.'s!" Jane exclaimed.
"That's not possible! Lane Jennings fainted in fright last month during one of her O.W.L. speeches!" Lucy informed her.
"Well, personally I hope that we all don't have to find out!" Ella piped up.
"If you mean you hope you don't pass your end of term exams, I hope you're not serious!" Lucy exclaimed.
"I just mean I hope she's no longer a teacher here when we reach N.E.W.T.'s!" Jane told them. "She completely ruins ancient runes!"
"I am so glad I didn't take ancient runes, Arithmancy is way better and Professor Macmillian is a great teacher!" Victoire piped up.
"I wouldn't know" Lucy commented. Lucy's choice classes were ancient runes, Muggle studies, Care of magical creatures, and divination.
"Hey, anybody hungry? I'm starved!" Claire said.
"Me too!" Lucy agreed. The rest of the girls chorused their agreement as well.
"Let's head down to dinner then, what are we waiting for?" Victoire said, grabbing Lucy's arm and pulling her out the door. They all headed down to the great hall for what they expected to be a fantastic dinner.