Fjorm exited the floo to see Harry shaking hands with a stocky man with burns on his arms, "Thanks for taking care of that thing in first year, Charlie."
"No problem, Harry," Charlie said, as Edelgard and Lucina came out of the fireplace. It made the small dining room feel absolutely tiny, with them, a man with an animal tooth earring, and Mrs. Weasley.
Speaking of the Weasley matriarch, she immediately pulled Fjorm into a quick hug, repeating the process with Lucinia and Edelgard, who looked quite uncomfortable with the contact.
"You'll be sleeping in Ginny's room with the rest of the girls," Molly said almost apologetically, "It'll be cramped, and we're really not suited for accommodating nobility, but-"
"We'll make it work," Edelgard said for the three of them.
"And Harry," Molly continued, "You'll be staying in Ron's room."
"Right," Harry nodded.
"Alfonse will stay with Bill and Charlie in Fred and George's room. Bill, Charlie, you're fine with that, right?"
"Whatever takes the pressure off you, Mum?" The earring'd man said with a nod, "We'd be happy to take Harry too, for that matter, Ron's room is smaller than Fred and George's."
"I'll stick with Ron," Harry said, as a loud moan came from above them, "What was that?"
"Just the ghoul in the attic. Ginny!" Molly called, and a redhead a year younger than Harry came running down the stairs.
"Yes, Mum?"
"Can you take the girls to your room, show them where they're staying?"
"Sure," she said, looking over the three lovers appraisingly.
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Ginny guided the three young women to her room, trying to figure out how they mixed with Harry's tastes, and could only come to one conclusion for sure; Harry liked older women. Which wasn't good for Ginny's chances of wooing him away from the trio or, failing that, joining.
She swung open the doors to the room, pointing to three mattresses on the floor, "Those are yours. Sorry if they aren't fit for princesses."
That was another frustrating thing. Harry had fallen in love with princesses. Actual, honest to God, Princesses. How could plain, simple, poor Ginny Weasley hope to stand up to the exotic looks of the three princesses,with their blue or multicolored hair or silver hair?
Sharena was looking at the broom Ginny had got when she joined the Quidditch team. The other princess was seemingly friendly enough, cheerful and immediately aiming to make friends with Ginny. As they entered, she turned before rushing forwards and pulled all three of her fellow princesses.
"I can't wait for tomorrow," Sharena said, "We'll finally see that sport Harry and Ron love so much!"
A slight blush spread across her face as she listed the duo. Great, another one with a crush on Harry.
"Well," Ginny said, dully, "Let's get ready for dinner. Mum's been cooking up a storm."
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Alfonse toyed with the blue button up shirt he was wearing. He would admit, this world's clothing certainly breathed better than anything on Zenith. Sharena was in the same attire across from him, a blue button up shirt with golden buttons and a pair of "jeans"
Harry came down the stairs then with Ron, them both sitting on either sides of the royalty of Askr. Harry clapped a hand on Alfonse's shoulder, grinning at him, "Ready for today, mate?"
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"If it makes you happy to have us with you," Alfonse said. He wasn't sure he would have an interest in "Quidditch", but he would make an effort for his best friend's sake. The Minister of Magic, apparently so relieved about Harry returning and probably trying to impress Askr, had gifted them an entire box for the Quidditch World Cup, "Ireland" vs "Bulgaria".
Eventually, everyone who wasn't "apparating" was gathered. Fred, George and Ginny blinked sleep from their eyes while all of the Heroes were wide awake; you got used to waking up at odd hours in the Order of Heroes. They began to march towards a hill in the distance, the Order members moving at a steady pace while the non-order members, minus Arthur, lagged behind.
"So, remind me of the rules of this game again?" Alfonse asked Harry. Harry lit up, and began to explain.
"There are four positions in Quidditch: Beater, Keeper, Chaser and Seeker. That's what I was. The Three Chasers on each team try to send one of the balls, the quaffle, through one of three hoops. The keeper defends the hoops, while the seeker looks for a small golden ball called the snitch. Getting the snitch gives you 150 extra points, and is the only way to end the game. Meanwhile, two beaters use two heavy metal balls, bludgers, to try and unseat everyone else," Harry explained this with sparkles of joy in his eyes and a wide smile on his face.
"I see," Alfonse said, still a bit confused about the rules.
Finally, they reached the top of the hill, two people gathered there already, standing before a dirty boot.
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