In the Era of a Legend :: (Closed to LadyShalott) :: WARNING: 18+ content

I blinked when Cormac grabbed my hand, bringing me out of the hall- and my eyes widened. I had to admit, I felt a bit frightened. I've never seen him so angry- and when he grabbed my arms outside of the hall- I flinched. Thankful they weren't too tight. But still, tight enough.

"Cormac, I-" I cut myself off as he started talking on, my eyes slowly widening as I listened to him talk. Trying to retort, trying to defend myself as he spoke, but I wasn't given a chance. He just kept talking- and I had to admit. It hurt. It stung. I mean, I knew I was being a brat lately- but I was fed up with him. And if it weren't for him avoiding me the past few days, I would've... But am I really being that much of a bitch to everyone?

I kept listening to him, feeling tears peck at my eyes, begging to fall. But I refuse to cry in front of him. Not once- I felt my arms tense up, though, when he tightened his grip- flinching slightly as I continued to listen to him, the anger in his eyes clear as day- I really must've messed up. Fuck. What was I even doing here? He was right, after all. I am a terrible friend; worse a girlfriend. I guess that might've been why I quit trying.

I allowed him to push me, my gaze then going to the ground, before closing them tightly, letting him finish before I turned my gaze up to him- the rage in his eyes still prominent. "I admit, Cormac... I am a shitty person. But you know," I closed my eyes tightly, "As a boyfriend, you sure haven't cared about me one bit. And I'm glad it's over," I glared at him half-heartedly, "Saved me the trouble of breaking it off myself," I finished taking, before pushing past him, my shoulder hitting his as I walked off- waiting until I was out of his sight before letting the tears fall- only one destination in mind.

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Fred sighed, frowning when Cormac dragged Maria off. He had a bit of a bad feeling about this, but he also was sure this was going to be the end of them, and he was thankful for that. But he genuinely wanted to chase after- having no idea what Cormac would do, considering Maria's been rather... Bratty towards him lately. And it's been significantly pissing Mclaggen off.

He merely nodded, walking with the group to the table, taking his usual spot beside Alexandria and putting an arm around her shoulders, sighing at his brothers worried expression. "She'll be fine, George. She's probably breaking up with him right now," he tried to console his brother, but frowned, his glance going towards the door every once in a while.

He then sighed, moving Alexandria a bit closer to him, looking at his brother, "And besides. If he tries to hurt her, she'll just go all spider monkey on him," he smiled at his brother, then looked at Andri, "Right?" he spoke.

Fred bit his lip when Cormac came in- without Maria. And proceeding without Maria- about to open his mouth when George spoke instead, demanding to know where the girl was; but when Cormac said he didn't know, nor care, he began to get worried- his attention going to his brother. "George-" he spoke, trying to help the girl in getting the boys attention.

He sighed, shaking his head when she finally got his attention, smiling lightly when he bolted off. "He may be a bit dramatic. But you have to admit, how much he cares about her is bloody adorable," he smiled lightly, before shaking his head, sighing. "He'll find her though. And I'm sure she's okay," he frowned. "Cormac probably just bloody pissed her the hell off."

"Probably," Lee agreed, then looked at the other two, "What do you say we get out of here, though? Perhaps go to the grounds, or prepare ourselves for tree climbing- you know, once George's calmed her down. Or that might be good for her, she could punch a few trees," he smiled innocently.

Fred laughed lightly, "She does that anyways, though," he spoke, smiling slightly, then grinned, "Just wait, too much influence and our little Alex is going to start punching trees as well," he smirked, pecking the girl.

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I don't know how long I had been huddled up in a ball until George got there- but when he got there, I couldn't help but feel some sort of sense of dread; but I let him pull me to him, hugging him back when he did so; biting my lip as he asked me what happened. What am I supposed to tell him? Cormac broke up with me? That's not why I'm upset though. Fuck. Why am I upset?

Maybe because he was right, really. I really wasn't made for this stuff- for relationships. Just look at my heritage- why the hell would I be? Besides; if Cormac really was right about what he said, all I'd do was hurt him- right?

I simply shook my head, pulling away from the hug and wiping my eyes, my gaze going to the ground- preparing myself for what I was going to say. "We... We shouldn't be together," I murmured, refusing to look at him, "I... You... You can do so much better than me. You know that, right? You deserve better than me. I'm.... I'm not cut out to be a girlfriend. Fuck. I'm not cut out to be a person," I murmured, elaborating further.

I closed my eyes, shaking my head. "I... He's right, George. I may be pretty- but I'm nothing. Absolutely... Nothing... I mean, look at me. My family. If not dead, I'm going to end up in prison for dealing or for gang violence or something. I'm... I'm not worth the trouble," I then opened my eyes, daring myself to look at him, "You shouldn't bother with it. Y'know? You can do better. Much better."

Fred laughed greatly when Alexandria climbed up on his back, shaking his head and smiling, "So hyper," he laughed, but nodded; letting Imposant get a good grip before glaring at Lee, smiling, "Uh-huh. Apparently," he laughed, before adjusting Alexandria on him and taking stride out of the Great Hall- laughing again when she flipped Marcus off- immediately running off out of the Great Hall, aware of the glare that the Slytherin boy sent our way, heading towards the forest.

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I closed my eyes tightly as George started to speak, reluctantly listening to him speak; I honestly don't understand what he was saying. I mean, I comprehend it- but why did he care so much? What made me worth it? I shook my head- but hugged him back when he hugged me, sobbing into his chest, tensing at the laughter that was coming into sound.

"I'm not worth it, though," I murmured to him, before shaking my head and pulling away from him, "What kind of suitable girlfriend would I even fucking be?" I whispered, before my attention turned to the trio that came up.

I turned my attention to George again and frowned, standing up and wiping my eyes, offering a weak smile, "Nah. Nothing to worry your little faces off of," I clapped my hands together, before putting my hand out to help George up, "Let's get out of here, though. You four can't see them, wouldn't want you running into a thestral," I laughed lightly, my eyes going over the creatures before I wiped my eyes again.

Fred frowned when he saw the two, giving off a sigh. Something had to of happened. But he couldn't imagine what- just that Maria and Cormac were broken up- but if they did, isn't that something that she wanted? Wasn't she going to do that anyways?

He bit his lip and shook his head. He was going to ask his brother about it later. He simply smiled weakly when she mentioned thestrals; looking around and biting his lip. No wonder they found them in this clearing. He simply sighed; his arm over his Alexandria's shoulders. He hated seeing his brother cry; or both of them for that matter. "Lets go let you pull some Tarzans," he spoke up, using the reference Maria kept using, "And let Alex here be the monkey she's craving to be," he smiled at the girl.

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It's been quite a few weeks since Cormac and I broke up- which was quickly gathered around the school; considering the lack of our communication, the fact that he managed to convince Sprout to let us switch partners, and the fact that he's been flirty, you know, as he usually was.

On my half, however, I've stuck by what I said to George- as much as it hurt me, he deserved better. Far better. And I reminded him of this repeatedly. It would help if he wasn't so damned persistant though.

I simply sighed. Today was exciting though- I was going to the Burrow. I was getting to meet their parents for the first time, and I was going to be able to see my godfamily again- that, that I was ecstatic for. According to the last letter I got, they were already there; getting familiar with the Weasley's already. I was still quite excited- currently in the Great Hall, nomming on an apple.

"Man, I wish I could come with you guys," Lee laughed, "It would be awesome to cause chaos out of the school. But unfortunately, my parents want me with them," he rolled his eyes. "You guys got to cause chaos for me, okay?" he grinned.

"Of course, Lee," Fred laughed.

Fred grinned when he saw Alexandria and George come into the building, quickly standing up and greeting her as he usually did, laughing at her and Lee's exchange. He was aware that his friend liked her- and admittedly, that bothered him. But he knew Lee would never steal her from him- not in his right mind. And he knew of Maria's and Alexandria's secret plan to find him a girl, he smiled at the thought of it, then grinned at her, finally noticing her hair, "Very fashionable hair, Alexandria," he smiled, running a hand through it. "It's beautiful, like you."

His attention then turned to George, and he sighed. He knew his brothers inner turmoil, and honestly, it was irritating him a bit, Maria's sudden change of attitude. It made him want to kick Cormac as hard as he could for whatever he said to the girl.

I smiled when the two came in, then gave a quick nod, "It suits you, Andri," I laughed, "I was wondering how much you were going to stand my luffly haircut," I grinned dorkily, then sighed. "You guys get to meet Melaine and Scott- and Anne and Lukeus!" I squealed lightly, as much as I could, and grinned, "I'm going to make you meet them sometime Lee. Anne and Luke are the cutest fucking brats ever," I smiled lightly; my smile fading as I looked at the table, sighing.

"I love how you adore them so much, but you call them brats constantly," Fred laughed, shaking his head. "I look forward to meeting them," he smiled.

"They are bloody brats!" I spoke, defensive, smiling lightly, "It's Maria this. Maria that. Oh hey, Maria? Will you draw me a picture of The Mad Hatter? Oh hey, Maria, will you sing me a lullaby? What about teach me this guitar chord? Can we climb that fence?" I laughed lightly.

"I didn't know that you sing," Lee laughed slightly, shaking his head, "I need to hear this," he grinned, and I shook my head.

"That's just it, I don't sing. I'm bloody terrible at it. But they always fucking ask me to. I'm like- yo, have you heard yo mother?" I smiled, shaking my head, then sighed, my gaze finally going to George and I bit my lip- I admit, I did feel guilty, being so distant from him. But I can't- he deserved better. Far better. I bit my lip, my gaze going to the table, sighing at the thought before looking at him again, smiling, "Aren't you excited to meet them?" I questioned, "I think you'll find them adorable."

Fred laughed lightly at me, shaking his head and then turning his attention to Andri, "So! Are you excited to meet the great Weasley parents?" he bragged, his arm around her shoulders as he waited for her answer.

Fred smiled when she thanked him, laughing lightly. I simply grinned and nodded, "I'd be happy to," I told her, grinning, but then I pouted when she said I had to sing with her, "But you don't want me to sing with you," I told her, "Everyone would leave, like, 'OH MY GOD. WHAT IS THAT TERRIBLE VOICE? MUST ABBANDON' or something," I nodded thoughtfully.

I turned my attention to George again as he spoke, and smiled lightly, "You should be," I spoke, before sighing dramatically, "The day those two learn pranking tricks is the day this world turns to chaos," I spoke, then grinned, "Let's do it."

I rolled my eyes when Lee spoke, sticking my tongue out at him, "Oh yes. A true master. May we all bask in your glory," I said sarcastically, grinning at his expression.

Fred couldn't help but turn red and laugh at Alexandria's words, kissing her cheek and nodding, "Good luck." he grinned, "They're going to love you," he told her, then laughed when she mentioned the owl she got, "That's fine, I'm sure. Mum always says the more the merrier," he grinned, then gasped, "We get to meet Zara? I think I should be scared," he said dramatically.

I laughed, "If Zara's anything like you, this'll be one hell of a visitation thing," I smiled, my attention then going to the trio and Ginny as they came in, sitting down. "Oh, Ronald!" I exclaimed dramatically- teasing the boy as I so often do- which I haven't been doing much of the past few months. I missed it- I embraced him in a dramatic hug, "Oh, how I wish you were joining your lovely older friend in meeting her amazing godfamily!" I joked, pulling away, grinning at his sort of taken-aback expression as I ruffled his hair, laughing when he glared at me.

"Hey Harry, Hermione, Ginny," I greeted the other three, "Long time no talk like dorky ninja-poppet,"

Harry laughed slightly at me, "Hey, Maria," he spoke, "Fred- Lee, George, Alexandria," he then greeted, smiling.

I raised my eyebrow at the trio, shaking my head. Always up to something- probably playing investigator with the whole Chamber of Secrets stuff. I simply smiled and nodded, "Sounds like Andri and I with these three lunatics," I motioned to Lee, Fred and George, laughing when Fred stuck his tongue out at me, "My point exactly," I grinned.

"Uh-huh. You two? Study?" Fred laughed, "Like I believe it," he smiled, standing up when the bell chimed, the rest of us following lead. "We'll see you after the break, okay? Don't get into TOO much trouble," he spoke, raising an eyebrow at them.

"Them? Trouble? Nah. Never," Lee laughed, shaking his head, and I joined in on the laughing. THen laughed again at Andri and her case.

"This is a good time to point out how unfemale I am compared to our lovely Andri," I laughed, "I mean, she has THAT. And I have this," I spoke, holding up a lone backpack, before shaking my head and putting it back on.

"You're just a light packer," Fred laughed, shaking his head, "Anyways, lets get going. See you Ron, Ginny. Bye, Hermione, Harry!" he called, ruffling his sisters hair as they passed.

"Bye guys!" I laughed, giving Ron another annoying hug before waving and leaving with the group. With a sigh, I picked up my stride, catching up to George. Maybe I've been a bit too distant from him. Maybe just a little. I just bit my lip, shoving my hand in my pocket and looking to the ground.

It wasn't long until we made it to Hogsmeade and the train station; and once we were there, we quickly learned that there were a few others with the same idea as us- so, which ended up taking twenty-five minutes about, we got everything packed up; so by the time we got in the train and everything ready, it was already about fifteen-twenty minutes before we had to leave.

"I'm. So. Ex. ci. ted!" I exclaimed, sitting beside George and hugging my sketchbook to me- two things I refused to give up to the luggage man, my sketchbook, and my pens and pencils. "Fuck. I can't wait. Can you guys? I can't. Not at all!"

"So hyper," Fred laughed, his arm around Andri once again, "But I'm excited as well. I'm sure we're all excited," he smiled, "Now if only this damned train would start," he rolled his eyes, laughing again.

"It should. Train! Start!" I banged my hand against the wall, "Fuck! Shit. Mother fucker with a cane decorated by batman, shit," I spoke, rubbing my now aching fist.

Fred gave me a blank stare and then laughed again, shaking his head, "You're insane, Maria. Just insane." I then gave him an innocent smile.

I grinned, "A batman decorated cane! Like, THE batman. Holy awesome batman!" I smiled innocently- but my gaze turned to the floor and I bit my lip when he grabbed my hand. I missed his touch, I did. This was a happy time, though- so... I smiled, holding his hand as well, "Me? Careful? Psh. My middle name is Evelyn- careful is not anywhere in that definition," I laughed, then my face went blank, "Or is it? I don't know."

Fred laughed when Alexandria spoke, but nodded, "Fine. Dangerously different, I agree," he laughed, shaking his head. He had to admit, he was nervous about her meeting his parents as well- he was positive they would love her, absolutely. But mainly, he was nervous about officially meeting HER parents. He didn't know what to think about it, exactly. It was excitingly nervous for him. But most of all- she was going to see the Burrow. Admittedly, he's not too worried about Maria seeing it- but at least Maria can relate, for the most part. She's not more well off than they are- but Alexandria. Alexandria is fucking rich; how was she going to react? He bit his lip at this thought, suddenly very nervous. He loved his home, he did- but compared to what she was, undoubtibly, used to? Would it be worth it to her?

After an odd amount of hours, they finally made it back to Kings Cross- and after getting their luggage, Fred slipped his hand in Alexandria's, frowning lightly when she dulled her hair, but still smiling. She was beautiful, and it was obvious that she was nervous, and that made her all the more gorgeous in his eyes.

His attention then turned when George called for his father once they made it out of the wall, a grin on his face as he waved, "Hey, dad!" he called, then laughed when he tried to figure out which one was Maria and which one was Alex.

I couldn't help but laughed either, smiling when Alexandria corrected him; I couldn't help it though, he seemed nice enough, but I was started to feel shy, so I cowered nearer to George a bit. "Pleasure, Mr. Weasley," I nodded in a greeting to him, my hand going to the sleeve-arm-thing on my backpack, I then smiled and shrugged, "In a natural sense of term, it's kind of boring. I, however, make it exciting," I laughed lightly, shaking my head, but I couldn't help but blush- George told them about me? Honestly, I felt flattered. And happy.

I laughed as I shook his hand, and shook my head, "Unfortunately, rubber ducks aren't rare. But they're bloody awesome, you know, when I was a kid during bath time, I’d run around the house stark and pretend that Zombies were going to kill me if I bathed," I started thoughtfully, "But my godmum would say I can use a zombie duckie if I got in the tub, so I would get the duck and pretend to kill various water dwellings," I smiled innocently. "So basically, the function of a rubber duck is to squeak, and to entertain kids that refuse to bathe," I rambled- then, upon realizing I was rambling, I blushed and looked down.

Fred laughed, "You're a character, Maria," he shook his head, then looked at his father, "We should get going, shouldn't we? Mum's probably wondering why we're taking so long," he smiled as they started stride towards the car, his stomach whirling. He was excited, he had to admit. Things were going well so far- and his dad seemed to like the two so far, and seemed to click with Maria, at least a bit. He had to admit, he's never seen her shy like she was before, with the rambling. It was rather adorable; it made him want to go all older brother on her.

I was really nervous, honestly. I mean; meeting new people. I'm usually not shy, but the fact of the matter is, these were George's parents. And the fact that he's talked about me to them? Yeah. Shy. OVERBEARING EMOTIONS. Holy shite. Holy fuckedy shitnwit.

I blinked when he mentioned the clock. A clock... didn't it typically tell time? Yup. It usually definitely tells time. I couldn't help but smile. So much about magic I still had to learn about; once we made it to the car, though, and put the stuff in the trunk- me holding unto the sketchbook, I grinned happily, "I call shotgun!" I randomly exclaimed; then laughed awkwardly at the expressions I got, "Meaning, I get passengers seat," I smiled innocently, quickly getting into the car before anyone could complain, laughing at their reactions.

The car ride was eventful, full of Arthur questioning me further about the ethics and antics of the muggle world, which I happily answered as I doodled in my sketchbook- and by the time we got to the burrow, I had a nice new owl to add to my collection of drawings.

I wasn't expecting what we saw when we got out of the car though- my eyes widened at the house in front of me.

Compared to my shabby, run down two-room garage house that I was used to, or the one-bedroom apartment in Dublin, it was... Amazing.

"Holy.... Shit," I murmured, my eyes wide, before I looked at George, "This is blasted amazing! It's like, the perfect place ever. Imagine jumping off of- man. This is. No words," I grinned, looking at it again, managing a small squeal, "It's going to be amazing, living walking distance to this place," I squealed again.

Fred laughed, shaking his head, "Excited much, Maria?" he smiled, but his smile widened at Alexandria's reaction, feeling a burden blast itself off of his shoulders. She liked it, she really liked it! "I'm really glad you like it," he smiled at her, hugging her tightly; then grinning when she said she would love to come back. It was a relief. A great one, at that.

He laughed when his mother came out, smiling at her excitement.

I felt my face flush when she hugged me though, awkwardly returning the hug, I was excited though, they were here. My lovely fracking godfamily was here. I could barely hold the excitement. I then smiled when she introduced herself, "Maria Stone. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Weasley," I offered a quick bow of my head in greeting, then shook my head no, "And I'm fine, thank you," I told her.

She nodded, "Alright, then!" she spoke, then looked at them, "Come in, come in!" she quickly said, waving them to come in, walking towards the door, and we followed.

That was, until a burst of brown hair came running out, followed by a burst of ginger, shouting, in unison, "MARIA~!"

I was then tackled in a hug- to the point of falling on the ground; with an 'oof' coming from my mouth, and I laughed, hugging them back, "Hi- you two- can't- breathe- off?" I laughed at them.

"Oh! Sorry!" The brunette, small girl, quickly spoke, standing up, "Come on, Lukey! Get off of sissy!" she exclaimed, pulling the boy off of my by his waist- who seemed latched on; and with some prying, he was off, and I was on my feet again, laughing.

"It's nice to see you guys," I spoke, shaking my head, the goofy grin.

"We missed you, Maria!" Luke exclaimed, his big eyes gazing into mine, "Anne's been a pain! She keeps saying that Batman is better than the Joker!" he whined, pointing at his sister in drama.

"Well, of course Batmans better! He's the hero!" Anne retorted.

"No! The Jokers obviously better! Have you SEEN him?"

I laughed, shaking me head, "I don't know, guys, I have to say Harley Quinn is better," I pointed out, they then glared at me.

"That's only because you have a girl-crush on Harley!" Anne whined, causing me to laugh, shaking my head.

"You guys," I rolled my eyes, then blinked, "By the way!" I spoke, "Anne, Luke, this is Fredward, Andri, and George; you lot, these are the brats I call my godsiblings," I spoke, pointing at each when I said their names. Fred laughed, shaking his head, completely lost on what they were just talking about.

"It's nice to meet you guys," Fred spoke, to which Luke and Anne grinned.

However, Anne's attention was at George, immediately tackling the twin in a hug, "So you're Maria's amazing friend! Come on, you need to meet mummy and daddy. Maria! Daddy said that he has that special knife for you," she spoke, taking George's hand and dragging him towards the door, I laughed, shaking my head as Luke grabbed my hand, following his sisters stride.

"These kids..." I laughed, blushing from when she greeted George.

Fred just laughed, shaking his head as they all went inside.

I grinned when we made it inside finally- the inside was just as amazing as the outside; and Luke finally let go of my hand when we were inside; and the inside revealed two, obviously Weasley, boys currently arm wrestling.

I smiled when they introduced themselves to Andri and I; as Charlie and Bill- I couldn't help but feel nervous. They've told me about Charlie and what he does, Fred and George has, and I had to admit, I've sort of admired what I've heard- fuck. He trains dragons! Do you know how cool that would be?

"Hi!" I spoke, smiling, "I'm Maria," I greeted Bill and Charlie, a small blush on my cheeks out of nervousness, "It's nice to meet you all, finally," I spoke, my shy side kicking up again.

"Nice to meet you, Maria," Bill nodded, his attention then going back to Alexandria; she was beautiful, very obviously veela, and that intrigued him. "And you must be Alexandria?" he spoke, smiling at her, "I've heard a lot about you from Freddy boy. Interesting girl, it seems," he spoke, smirking when his brothers face turned red.

Luke just grinned, "Come on, Maria!" he spoke, taking my hand and dragging me out of the room; Anne following shortly, into what I deemed as the kitchen- where the people deemed as my godparents were conversing about the ethics of whether unnatural colors should be natural hair colors.

I laughed.

"Maria!" Scott suddenly exclaimed, noticing me; "There you are, girl! I was waiting for you. God. I thought you got lost by the willow tree or something," he spoke, quickly hugging me.

"Nah. No willowing for me today. Just you know, casually hopping about the pumpkin seeds," I grinned at him.

Melaine just shook her head, coming over and hugging me tightly, "Nice to see you again, Bluebird," she spoke, pulling away from the hug- their attention turned to George, though, when he was dragged in. "And this is?"

"This is Maria's special friend, mummy!" Anne grinned, letting go of George's hand to stand by me, immediately taking mine- unaware that my face was pink again.

"Special friend?" Scott murmured, then looked at him, circling him, observing him, "You must be George. Hm... Clean. Polite. Not into anything that would be bad for dear Maria..." he then grinned, standing up straight and offering his hand to him, "Scotts the name. Pleasure to meet you. Good god, Stone over there never shuts up about you," he spoke, winking to me.

"Scott! Quit embarrassing her," Melaine scolded, bringing the attention to my flushing face, which I groaned and looked down, trying to hide the blush. "I'm Melaine, it's a pleasure to meet you," she smiled, "Your other friends must be out there, yeah?" she spoke, then walked out of the kitchen, smiling when she saw them. "There you two are," she spoke to Fred and Alexandria, "You must be Fred, and you must be Alexandria. It's a pleasure to meet you two, dear Bluebird always speaks so fondly of you guys," she said, giving them both a short hug.

Fred smiled, his gaze continuously going to Bill in a small glare- knowing the gaze he was giving her, so he put his arm around Andri's shoulders protectively, "Well, I'm glad she does," Fred smiled, "It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Whitestone," he nodded politely.

"Pish posh. Call me Melaine," she said, shaking her head, "No need to be so formal with me. And don't be formal with Scott, okay? He'll pull a willy-nilly," she laughed lightly.

"Sir? SIR? Me? Sir?" Scott gasped, "Maria! The boys calling me a sir!" he exclaimed, "What kind of life is this? Have I gotten OLD?" he exclaimed, dramatic, "Out of all the formalities!" he spoke, waving the boy off, beginning to follow his wife, then grinned back at the boy, "Call me Scott. No need to be formal with us," he laughed, leaving the kitchen, followed shortly by Anne and Lukeus.

I blushed when George squeezed my hand, but smiled, walking out with him, my hands in my pockets. I had a feeling this was going to be super awesome and fun.

Scott grinned, walking up to Fred and Alexandria, "Pleasure! You must be the other rockstars she talks about. Fred and Alex, right? Right. Thought so. Names Scott. Don't go off calling me sir, or Mr, or anything like that. I'm not that old yet," he winked, shaking Fred's hand.

Fred laughed, "Well, it's nice to meet you," he spoke, however, his attention was turned when Alexandria left to answer the door, blinking when she was pulled out of the house, thinking her parents must be there. And he was proven correct when she walked in with three others- and he smiled. Her mother was beautiful, like he remembered, and Roel was handsome, as well- he could see where Andri got her looks. And Zara, he assumed... He had to admit, he had difficulties believing they were related for a second; she was pretty, but no where near as Veela as Andri and Clarisse. Immediately, he walked up, "It's nice to meet you," he spoke, putting his hand out for them to shake, "I'm Fred. Your daughters very lovely," he said.

I smiled when they came in- and frowned. They were all so dressed nicely, I almost felt underdressed- with my biker gloves, black baggy running pants, converse and my baggy white v-neck with various grass, dirt, and blood stains on it.

The blood stains, admittedly, are all my own.

I shook my head and walked over, smiling, "Hello," I spoke, nodding my head politely. "I'm Maria; it's nice to meet you all. You know, officially," I laughed lightly.

"Mariaaa," Anne whined, hugging me around the waist and looking at Andri's familiy, "Why are all your friends so pretty and cute?" she groaned, burying her face in my stomach, to which I laughed, ruffling her hair.

"And this is Anne," I introduced, my hand still in the girls hair until she got distracted, running off to do whatever, and I shook my head.

Scott and Melaine smiled as they walked up, "It's nice to meet you," Melaine introduced, "I'm Melaine; your daughter is good friends with my darling Bluebird. I'm sure you three are just as delightful," she said politely.

"So polite, love," Scott laughed, "Scott. No need for formalities," he spoke, unable to hide the small blush on his cheeks from looking at Clarisse- she was a beauty. "Pleasure to meet you," he added on. I simply laughed, shaking my head and backing away from the group, watching as Luke ran up, hugging his mothers arm.

"You are really pretty, ma'am," Luke spoke to Clarisse, then he grinned at Zara, "Do you like to play hide and tackle?" he questioned her, "Maria plays it all the time with us! It's really fun. I can never catch her though," he pouted, "She's a cheater. Don't play with her, she wins every time," he whined. Melaine just laughed, shaking her head.

"This is our son, Lukeus," she introduced, smiling politely.

Fred blushed when she kissed his cheeks- he couldn't help it. But he smiled, especially as it seemed they approved of him. He felt a bit more relieved, and he shook Roel's hand, giving a polite nod before he backed over towards Alexandria, his hand slipping into hers, "Your family seems very nice," he smiled at her, thinking of how beautiful she looked in comparison to them. Though her mother may be a beautiful woman, he had to say, Andri topped her dozens by dozens.

"I like to think so," I laughed lightly, smiling innocently, standing beside George.

Melaine smiled, "Maria's very fond of her, as well. I think, with her living with us, she can now accept spending summers with you. I think she would love being able to see France," she laughed lightly, "Knowing her, she'd want to jump from the Eiffel tower and manage to break herself in the process of trying to get there," she smiled.

"Hey! I'm not THAT clutzy!" I called, sticking my tongue out in their direction.

"Oh- uhuh?" Scott laughed, turning to look at me, "Who's the one that has had nearly all of her bones broken? Or maybe the one that cut her arm open playing war?"

I felt my face heat up, "Good point," I laughed lightly.

Scott merely shook his head, laughing.

Luke blinked at Zara, "Hide and Tackle!" he smiled, "It's kind of like hide and seek- but when you find someone hiding, you gotta tackle them and keep them down for thirty seconds, then they're it!" he nodded, "Maria got the idea one time, because she said that hide and seek is boring normally. I agree!" he nodded, grinning.

I laughed lightly at Luke, but then Bill started speaking- and he said Charlie was getting something for me. My face then turned about a thousand shades of red and I cowered behind George, holding unto his shirt. "I'm going to hate your brother," I murmured into his ear, "He's going to be there, in all his glory, and I'm going to be fawning over his job. It's not fair. I hate you for dragging me here," I joked, burying my face in his shoulder.

I grinned though when Mrs. Weasley said it was time to eat, the most of us venturing towards the table- me taking a spot beside George, laughing when Luke claimed the spot beside me- much to Anne's pouting, who took the other seat beside George, saying it was just as good, which caused me to laugh.

Our attention, however, was turned to Zara as she started shrieking in french- blinking.

As much as I loved Alexandria, I don't know if I could put up with her sister. I bit my lip.

Fred frowned as he watched it, a seat saved for Andri beside him at the table, sighing when she came and sat beside him, deciding not to mention it, figuring she was embarrassed- after all, he understood, he had younger siblings. "Help yourself, Alex," he smiled at her, "Make yourself at home," he said.

I blinked, watching as they all served themselves; laughing as Melaine helped serve Luke and Anne food; until she blinked, suddenly remembering something, "Oh, yeah!" she smiled sheepishly, rushing off and coming back, a small bento in her hand, "Sorry, Bluebird. Almost forgot- Molly helped me with this for you," she said, putting it in front of me, and I blinked.

"You guys didn't have to," I murmured, laughing lightly, "But thank you. I feel picky compared to you all," she merely smiled and shook her head.

"Even outside of Hogwarts, you're still a picky eater," Fred laughed, shaking his head, and I was about to speak until Anne cut me off.

"That's because she's a passa... Passan... Passi..." she trailed off, trying to remember the word.

"Pascatarian," I corrected her, laughing, shaking my head.

"Yeah! Pascatarian!" she nodded, then blinked, feeling the need to elaborate, "She doesn't eat land-animals. Isn't that right, sissy?" she smiled innocently at me, and I laughed again, nodding my head.

Fred blinked, "Well, that explains why you never touch any form of meat other than fish," he laughed, shaking his head, and I smiled.

"It's not that I have anything against eating land-meat. It's that, when I was a kid, I did something that busted my digestive system. How I did, I don't know. Don't ask me. That was a really weird accident," I laughed, shaking my head, "Anyways, anything that's high in fats meat-wise, or even just a bit of land-animal, I can get really sick off of. Fish, I can handle to a certain extent, but mostly, I need to eat things that are high in Vitamin C and all of that other uninteresting things that I'm rather rambling on about now. So lets go with that and make Maria shut her yap now, okay? Okay," I laughed lightly, my face flushing as I looked at the table.

Bill just blinked, laughing and shaking his head, "I don't know, Charlie," he said to his brother, "I think she might be more of a daredevil then you," he told the boy, and Fred laughed, nodding in agreement.

I laughed, shaking my head, "Nah. Theres Pascatarian, Vegetarian and Vegan. Most people don't know Pascatarian because it's not that common," I smiled innocently at Andri, then laughed when George questioned me, "Nah. Not nearly as bad as when I dislocated my shoulder," I smiled innocently. "Heres a note, don't try to jump on a running horse from a tree without a saddle on it the first time when you're learning to ride a horse. You will fall, and your shoulder will get stepped on," I blushed, laughing lightly, and again when Charlie teased George about his cooking.

"You know, ever think that it's your fault you always get hurt?" Fred questioned, laughing.

I blinked, seriously contemplating this, before shaking my head and giving a grin, "Nope!" I said innocently, much to the amusement of the table, I'm sure.

However, my gaze immediately went to Charlie when he suggested teaching me how to ride a dragon- my eyes widening as I gave him a gaze that was like, 'what?' "...Seriously?" I questioned, "Like, serious business seriously? Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious serious?" I questioned, smiling at the baffled expressions I got. It was fun being the muggleborn here. I then grinned a goofy-dorky grin, "That would be amazing!" I exclaimed, "Okay, George, he's now my favorite out of your siblings," I spoke, looking at said twin as I pointed to Charlie with my knife.

"Hey!" Fred laughed, "I thought I was your favorite?" he spoke, pretending to look offended.

"Yeah. Used to be," I joked, laughing at his expression, popping a kiwi slice in my mouth.

Fred pouted, about to make some retort, when Bill asked him about Alexandria, his face flushing, making random murmurs until Alex said something stable, to which he murmured a yeah. blushing even more when Bill spoke again, simply shoving food in his mouth. He had to admit, he did feel slightly insecure that she hadn't said yes to him yet. But he said he could wait, and he was going to. He wasn't going to force her into another official relationship, especially not after what Marcus did to her...

He turned his attention up as Zara left though, frowning slightly, but smiling when his dad fawned over Clarisse, rolling his eyes. "I wouldn't mind trying french food," he pointed out, wanting to get to Andri's roots. He wanted to knwo more about her culture, but he was still amused by his fathers fawning. Veela's were tortrous, to say the least, but he put his hand in Andri's when Bill made the veela comment, frowning slightly.

The kids attention, however, were on Andri, with WIDE eyes. "Whoa," Luke murmured, "How did you do that?!" he exclaimed dramatically, and Anne nodded hyperly in agreement.

"Yeah! Your hair just like, changed colors! That was so cool. That was really cool!" she squealed, "You should teach me how to do that! Mummy says I can't dye my hair until I'm Maria's age," she pouted, "But I really want to! If you show me how you changed your hair, I can do it, too!"

"No you can't," Melaine laughed, shaking her head.

Anne pouted, sticking her tongue out at her mother.

Luke laughed, "That was really cool! Come on, do it again! Show us!"

I laughed at the kids, shaking my head and smiling, but my attention, though, turned upwards when Arthur questioned about my hobbies, and I grinned. "Dangerous?" Scott scoffed, laughing, "More like death defying!" he grinned.

I stuck my tongue out at him and turned my attention to Arthur, laughing, "Well, I do a lot of dangerous stunts and tricks. Like, I'm into a lot of mixed martial arts and other fighting skills," I smiled, "Mixed martial arts is like... A very violent form of fighting. Then uh, I practice with a lot of weaponry and regular martial arts stuff- ask me to wield nunchucks, I dare you," I laughed, and bit my lip, "I'm also currently getting into the art of Le Parkour, which is like... Sort of wall climbing, roof jumping. It's really cool; I mean, it's really dangerous, one false move and you could like, die, when you're hopping the roofs. Especially in a city," I laughed, "I'm not THAT talented yet. But getting there. Uhm... As for other hobbies..." I trailed off, thoughtful, "I draw a lot-"

"And she means a lot!" Anne cut me off, smiling, "She's really talented. I love it when she draws me pictures! I have a wholllleeee bunch hanging on my wall!" she grinned dorkily, causing me to blush and laugh, shaking my head.

"Yeah. I draw," I blushed still, "Uhm, I've been learning Guitar for the past couple years. I've taken a liking to learning multiple languages, currently teaching myself Korean, after that I'm going to try learning some of the more uncommon ones, like Greek. Uh..." I trailed off, still trying to think.

"Don't forget, you dance a lot," Scott laughed, nodding at me, causing me to blush, "Remember when she and Ilijah would break out into dance whenever we put on the Proclaimers?" he grinned.

"I remember that!" Melaine smiled, giggling, "It was so cute. Remember how you two made up a whole dance routine to I'm Gonna Be?" she fawned, and I blushed.

"I... Don't... Know what you're talking about. Anyways! Other than that, most of what I do involves venturing forests and hanging about, eating books. I mean, I'm a Ravenclaw, I totally eat books. And finally, I tend to skateboard a lot. Which is like- this board on wheels that you use to bring yourself places," I laughed lightly, blushing still.

"Don't forget, you play War and Hide and Tackle!" Luke spoke, "Speaking of which, can we play war while you're down?" he pouted, and I laughed.

"Do you have the water guns?" I questioned him, then laughed again when he nodded hyperly, smiling and shaking my head, "Then yes, we can," I spoke, shaking my head.

"You do a lot of things," Fred pointed out, causing me to laugh and stick my tongue out at him. He simply rolled his eyes, smiling. He had to admit, he was completely lost on whoever this 'Ilijah' was; but he figured there was a lot about her she wasn't yet ready to admit to. He simply shook his head, waiting for his fathers reply on all of the various things she does.