"ɪ'ᴍ ɢᴏɴɴᴀ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴜᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴜɪʟᴅ ᴀ ʟᴇɢᴏ ʜᴏᴜꜱᴇ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ɢᴏ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ ɪᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ" - ʟᴇɢᴏ ʜᴏᴜꜱᴇ ; ᴇᴅ ꜱʜᴇᴇʀᴀɴ
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YOU HAD ENDED UP GETTING PERMISSION FROM YOUR PARENTS TO HEAD TO THE LEAKY CAULDRON FOR THE FINAL WEEK, WHICH YOU WERE GLEEFUL FOR.
ron and hermione weren't surprised at your two new additions, muichiro and gyomei, ron had even suspected it in his letter.
hermione had even gotten a new cat too. he was big and orange and his name was 'crookshanks'. you thought he was adorable.
harry was still yet to arrive, but he was coming.
you were wearing a beige jumper which had a white collar and you had tucked it into a pleated brown skirt, accompanied by brown converse.
as usual, scabbers squeals loudly, running passed you all, scared out of his wits as crookshanks, kyojuro and gyomei chased after the feeble rat, obanai and muichiro lurking behind too.
crookshanks pounces into hermione's arms, your cats all huddling around you, muichiro jumping in your arms, kyojuro circling your legs and obanai and gyomei glaring at the rat.
"i'm warning you both!" ron hisses, "keep those bloody beasts of yours away from scabbers, or i'll turn them into tea cozy's"
you shriek in fear, holding your cheeks, "that sounds terrible!"
"they're cats, ronald. what do you expect? it's in their nature" hermione sasses, you nod, still slightly fearful.
"cats? is that what they told you?"
"looks more like pigs with hair if you ask me"
you gasp offendedly, pouting madly and crouching to hug all your cats.
"you are all very handsome" you coo.
"that's rich coming from the owner of that smelly old shoe brush" hermione scoffs.
hermione does the same, "it's all right crookshanks, just ignore the mean little boy"
ron shakes his head at you two in disbelief before glancing up in joy, "harry" he calls gleefully, happy to be out of that conversation with you two.
you and hermione turn around, "harry" you both chorus with a grin.
you beam happily, jumping up and running over to the boy, encasing him in a tight hug, in which he felt something oddly.. new.
"EGYPT. WHAT'S IT LIKE?"
you were very interested in what ron had to say about his recent trip to egypt.
"brilliant. loads of old stuff like mummies, tombs, even scabbers enjoyed himself" ron chuckles, he had just shown harry and you the newspaper with him and his family in it.
"you know the egyptians used to worship cats" hermione says knowledgeably, rubbing crookshanks' back.
"yeah, along with the dung beetle"
you scoff.
"not flashing that clipping about again, are you, ron?" one of the twins muses as the two of them walk over.
"i haven't shown anyone" ron says in annoyance as the same twin snatches up the newspaper, "no, not a soul" the other one says.
"not unless you count tom"
"the day maid"
"the night maid"
you giggle, both twins chuckle, draping an arm over your shoulder each.
"feels like it's been forrver since we've talked to ya, sweetcheeks"
you flush at the nickname.
"haha.. i-i guess" you mumble.
the twins smirk, ruffling your hair, making you pout, before walking away.
you sigh, fixing your hair, which was out of it's plaits, running down your back.
"you know, i never realised how long your hair was" hermione raises her eyebrows, scanning it up and down.
you blink.
"i mean, it's always been in plaits and it looks a lot shorter. still long, but shorter than now"
you smile and you and hermione both stand up, walking over to ginny as she enters.
you grin at her as you all start a conversation.
you look off to the side, catching sight of a poster strung up on the wall. it had a man on it, he looked crazed and was holding up a number. it looked like a wanted sign of sorts, you tilt your head, slight fear filling you.
you had seen the man on both muggle and wizarding news.
that man was sirius black.
a convicted murderer, and also the man who outed harry's parents to voldemort.
you frown, but try and ignore the poster, looking back to the group of girls.
finishing the conversation, you all walk back over to the table.
"hermione, [name]" ron's dad greets, you both nod, "good morning, mr. weasley" you both say together, you beaming.
you all take a seat at the table with mrs. weasley nagging you to eat some more food, claiming it will help you grow. though she does point out how you look a lot larger around the chest, luckily nobody having heard that.
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date posted ; 11/12/22
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