The Burrow is a lot bigger than I thought it would be.
'How did we get here?' You ask. Well, Dumbledore says we can't stay at the Leaky Cauldron for the rest of the month we have until Hogwarts so he talked to Mrs Weasley and explained why we're here, so she can give us a place in the burrow. She gladly said yes to Dumbledore and so here we are. Dumbledore, being Dumbledore, just left us here in front of their house.
"We should probably go in." Says Hazel. She's holding the handle of her trunk, which was also bought by Dumbledore so she can put her things in there. My free hand is shaking (my other hand is holding my trunk from Dumbles). I nod and we go up to the door together and knock.
The door is opened by none other than Mrs Weasley herself.
"Welcome! I know everything so you don't have to worry about awkwardness with me. I've told the boys and Ginny not to ask questions so they should be alright. Arthur knows as well."
"The first thing he asks Harry is 'What is the function of a rubber duck?'." I say. "He's a really awesome guy. How's Ron?"
"A bit nervous about Hogwarts. I probably shouldn't ask but does he fit in?"
"He becomes best friends with Harry Potter so he'll turn out fine." Says Hazel.
Mrs Weasley beams and lets us into the house. "Welcome home." She says in the voice that I've grown to love about her. It's so warm and motherly that you can't help but trust everything she says.
"You girls will stay in the room just below Ron's. Ron is at the top by the way. Make yourselves at home."
We thank her and climb the stairs. "These stairs could go on forever for all I know." I pant as we go further up. The stairs seem to reach to infinity.
"Hello. I'm Ginny."
The cutest 10 year old redhead I've ever seen smiles at us, looking really shy.
"Hi Ginny. I'm Hazel." Says Hazel.
"I'm Isabelle." I say.
"Do you want me to help you unpack? Or carry your bags? You're almost there by the way."
"I think we're fine but thanks for offering. The only thing we have in our trunks are books." Says Hazel.
"And a time turner." I say under my breath. I'm not sure if Ginny heard or not, but of she did she chooses to ignore it.
Ginny comes with us to our room and the whole way I am dying inside. Dumbledore brought us to the burrow and we are walking up the stairs with Ginny Weasley.
I can't help but smile at myself.
"Hazel? Can you please pinch me again?" I say.
"Only if you pinch me!"
"What are you two talking about? It's only the burrow." Says Ginny.
"We..... Um... Well, we're excited for Hogwarts. I mean we get to meet Harry freaking Potter!" I squeal
We then start singing Harry Freaking Potter and Ginny laughs.
"Are you two going to sing that to him?"
"Yup!" We say in unison.
Suddenly we bump into two identical gingers.
"So who's Fred and who's George?" I ask.
"I happen to be Fred." Says one. I hope he's not kidding with me.
I smile sadly. In seven years he will no longer be here.
They turn to go back into their room and we carry on up the stairs. Yes, it's a lot of stairs.
Finally, we reach our room.
"Are you the new people?"
Ron is leaning forward from outside his room.
"Look! It's Won Won!" I exclaim, pointing at him. His ears go red and he disappears back into his room. Hazel laughs hysterically and I join in.
"Imagine his face if we repeat that in six years though." I say. I cackle evilly and Ginny opens the door to our room. We step inside and look around.
It's simple but perfect. Creme walls and a white carpet. Two white beds sit on either side of the room and we even have Christmas lights.
"I love it!" We shout at the same time. Potato twins to the death.
We flop down on a bed each and sigh. Sharing a room together in the burrow. In the freaking burrow.
"Perfection." I say. Ginny shakes her head in disbelief.
"You two are acting like this place is famous or something. I mean it's home, but it's not a five star hotel."
"To us it is." I say and leave it at that. Ginny gives us a questioning look but doesn't say anything, probably because Mrs Weasley told her not to ask us about our backgrounds.
"Lunch time Weasleys!" Mrs Weasley calls up the tower of stairs. "And you girls!" She adds.
We race down the stairs which takes less time and have a feast of every kind of sandwich you can think of. Ron is stuck sitting beside me, which I can see he hates. Probably because I called him Won Won.
"I'm not that bad, you know. I just know how to get on your nerves. I know a lot of things." I say quietly. "Just give me a chance and you'll see my fun side."
"Ok then." He says warily. "Mum warned us you would be a bit weird and said to give you two a chance so..."
I grin. "I'm the weirdest out there."
"I can tell that for myself." He laughs.
"By the way can you sit with us on the train? We want to meet someone and introduce you to him. You'll get on like a house on fire, trust me."
"Ok... Somehow I can't help but trust you. Is that weird?"
"No. It's the same with Dumbledore. And your mum. We tend to have that effect on people."
"Ok." Ron turns back to his food and I catch Hazel's eye. I just had a conversation with Ronald Weasley! I'm even sitting next to him! I subtly pinch myself again and wince.
'That's why you don't pinch yourself.' Mouthes Hazel. I swear that girl can read my mind.
Once we finish lunch Ron takes me to his orange room to show off those Chudley Cannons posters of his. The pictures actually move.
"So um... I know I'm not supposed to ask but where did you come from?" He sits on his bed next to me.
"I..." I decide to make up a story. "I moved here with my family. They're all muggles. I got homesick... And... I... Uh.... Ran away? Dumbledore found me and offered me a place at Hogwarts. I think that's what happened with Hazel as well."
Complete lies, all of it.
Ron nods slowly. "Are you going back to them?"
"No. I'm staying at Hogwarts in the summer."
We sit in silence for a while and then I get up. "Well, thanks for showing me the posters. I'll definitely be supporting the cannons in their next game. I'll be in my room." I walk down the stairs to the lovely creme room as fast as I can go without looking too suspicious. As I suspected, Hazel is in there.
"If Ron asks, we moved here with our families but got homesick and ran away. Dumbledore found us and offered us places at Hogwarts and we don't want to see our parents again so we won't be leaving until we finish school."
Hazel grins. "That's exactly what I told Fred. I was hoping you hadn't told anyone anything else before I came to tell you the story."
We walk around the burrow together for a while and chat with the Weasleys until dinner. After dinner we climb the stairs again for bed.
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So basically we go to Hogwarts in the next chapter. That's where Hazel and I meet Harry, Hermione, and best of all, Snape. (Yes, Isabelle is based entirely off me and everything she says and how she reacts to situations is exactly what I would do)
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