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22.

Riley let out a breath as she steps out of the Hogwarts express. It had been a long journey, one taken on her own. Sure other kids were going home too but they were all younger than her and not people she knew well. She steps down onto the platform and looks around for a sign of her father.

"Riley!" A voice calls.

Riley turns towards the voice and runs to meet her father, hugging him in the process. Her father is joined with another man, a tall ginger-haired man, one she nearly recognized.

"I missed you," Riley tells her father.

"I've missed you too pet," he turns to the man, "Riley this is George Weasley, James' uncle, we'll be staying at the burrow for a good while."

"Nice to meet you, Riley!" George beams.

"Nice to meet you too, you're Fred's dad aren't you?" Riley asks.

"That I am. My boy causing you trouble?" George jokes.

"Not as much as his father would've."

The pair laugh. The trio heads to the small car outside King Cross Station and load it up with Riley's things. The two men sit in the front, George driving and Riley sits in the back. She starts to look around the car interior.

"So how long is the Burrow from here?" Riley questions but there is no point.

Within seconds the car is sitting outside the tall home. Riley didn't even see George move the gears, let alone the whole car. George faces her with a grin.

"I'm not sure, how fast can you run?" He laughs getting out of his car door and pulling the seat forward to let Riley out.

The two men lead the way and let themselves into the burrow. Riley follows and is greeted by a very motherly looking woman. This had to be Fred's grandmother. The woman brought Riley in for a hug.

"Hello darling, I'm Mrs Weasley, but you can call me Molly." The woman gives a warm smile.

"It's lovely to meet you, Molly." Riley returns the smile.

The two women head into the sitting room area and Riley is greeted with more people, some she already knew. Harry Potter, Ginny Potter and Lily Potter II being some of them. Along with them is a woman standing beside a ginger man with a little boy next to him. And George is now standing beside a tall black woman, that must be Angeline Weasley, Fred's mother.

"Riley it's good to see you again!" Harry approaches the girl and shakes her hand.

"You too!" Riley nods to the whole Potter family.

"I hope my son isn't keeping you in too much trouble." Harry laughs.

"James, yeah no, he's been fine. Just that article." Riley looks at the group and they all seem to have read it based on their reactions.

"This is my wife Angeline Weasley." George steps forwards.

"It's lovely to finally put a face to a name, I've heard great things about you, Riley." Angeline embraces her.

"You too. Fred speaks highly of you both." Riley states.

This caused a laugh from the third and final man in the room, who is swiftly hit in the arm by whom Riley presumes is his wife.

"Hermione Granger-Weasley," the small woman puts out her hand, "and this is my husband Ron and son Hugo."

"Very nice to meet you." Riley beams, she wouldn't admit it but Hermione Granger has always been her favourite in stories told by her father or anyone.