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I wake up with Astara coiled around my face. I laugh, a little too used to that, and lift her up. I place my familiar in my lap as I sit up. I jump back slightly when I come face to face with Bipsy. The small house-elf was standing next to me on the bed, her nose touching mine and tear-filled eyes.

"Bipsy thinks Misses needs to stop getting hurt. Bipsy gets worried for Misses. Misses too kind to be in pain." I pout at her words, my chest tightening at her worry, before opening my arms. She immediately falls into my arms and sob into my chest. I rub her back to soothe her while Astara moves to wrap around us both, her head ending on my shoulder.

I hear a small sniffle shortly followed by someone blowing their nose loudly. I look over and see Chip crying and wiping his nose on the pillowcase he wore. He still wasn't used to the physical contact of a human so I didn't try to pull him into a hug as well. "You okay, Chip?"

"Chip just happy Misses is Alive and well. Misses scared a lot of people. The badger and Eagle were crying to Misses. Chip saw" His names for Susan and Mandy made me smile.

"Could you get the gang for me?" Bipsy was starting to calm down in my arms, her sobbing turning to tiny little hiccups. "Yes Misses. Chip will do as Misses asks. Chip good elf" With that he vanishes with a small pop.

Bipsy is finally calm enough and Astara loosens her hold so she can sit back. Once Bipsy sat comfortably by my legs Astara moves back around my abdomen and chest. I pet her hair and turn around when I hear the doors being flung open. Five of the most important people to me came rushing in. I giggle when they each start pushing each other out of the way. Blaise ends up on the floor and Neville pushes Draco into a bed shouting "She's my sister. I get to hug her first!"

I smile amused at their bickering. The girls reach me first and I quickly give them a hug before Neville practically jumps on me. Luckily Astara was used to this and didn't complain about being squished.

"I was so worried. I thought I had lost you. I don't want to lose my baby sister after just meeting her" I kiss his cheek and ruffle his hair before pulling away. "I'm fine. I woke up yesterday but needed to heal some more. I can leave today"

Draco comes over and pulls me to him the moment Neville lets go. "Is you scaring us going to become a regular occurrence?" I hug him back just as tightly and laugh at his comment. "Most likely." I watch over his shoulder as Blaise tries to stand up only to be knocked down again when the twins come running in. I laugh louder when Fred steps on Blaise's back making the Italian boy groan loudly.

"Move Blondie.."

"We wanna hug our girl.."

The twins speak together. I feel my cheeks warm slightly as they call me there's. The two redheads hug me tightly on each side, not even letting Draco move. Draco complains loudly when they squish him between us.

"Get off me! you Oafs!" I twins give each other a mischievous look and I move back slightly, not wanting to get involved. "Awe, Is Drakie Wakey mad?" The boys say in a sing-song voice while pinching his cheeks.

Draco stands there for a moment stunned before slapping their hands away. All of us end up laughing at how red he went. This only caused him to go impossibly red from his neck to his hairline. I ruffle his hair and Blaise finally peels himself from the floor and gives me a hug.

All eight of us spend the next twenty minutes laughing and messing around. The twin had pushed the beds on each side of me together so we were all sat together. Minnie, Dad, and Poppy all come in at once and stop when they see the mess. The others had taken off their cloaks and hung them over the end of the bed. The floor was now littered with pillows from the war we had and couldn't be bothered to clean them up.

We all turn to face them, each of us blushed slightly as the teachers raise their eyebrows at us. "Did all of you skip lessons?"

"It's my fault, Aunt Minnie. I had Bipsy get them, I forgot about classes." I give her puppy dog eyes and watch as her stern expression immediately drops.

"Very well, dear. How are you feeling my child?" The others were still shocked by me calling her 'Aunt Minnie' and sat with their mouths wide open. I shake my head at them.

"I'm all good now." She walks over to me smooths my hair down, I can't help but smile at her motherly actions. It's a shame she never got the chance to be a parent. "That's good to hear. Now don't go around giving your father any more heart attacks. You're going to make him go grey before his time. I have to get to the hall. Behave. And clean up this mess"

She addresses the last part to the others along with a stern look. They all jump up and immediately put the pillows into the correct places and straightened up any of the beds that the twins had messed up when they tried to see who could jump the highest. Minnie shakes her head in amusement and walks out after ruffling my hair.

Dad comes over and uses his magic to put the beds back to where they are supposed to be before sitting next to me. He didn't say anything and simply placed an arm over my shoulders and pulled me into his side. Poppy appears next to me and uses her magic to check my healing.

"You all healed up my dear. Just make sure you stay hydrated and don't do any heavy spells for the next few days. Also, don't eat too quickly at dinner tonight. Don't want you being sick now do we"

I nod letting her know I was listening and stood up. Bipsy appeared next to me and handed me a pile of clothes I thank her and she goes back to the kitchen. I step behind a divider and get changed into the thick black tights, a wine red skater skirt, and a white knitted sweater. I tuck the sweater into the skirt but leave it slightly baggy and pull on a pair of dark brown ankle boots. I quickly do a spell to neaten my hair before stepping out. I look around the room and see that everything was back to the way it was and the others had fixed their uniform. "You ready?" I ask, I look around for Dad only to see him gone.

"He had to go, some Slytherins were being targeted by Ron again," Draco tells me and I can see the underlying rage he felt. I had the same reaction at the idea of my snakes getting hurt. I calm down though when I realise that my dad would help them so I didn't have to. With that, we all go to dinner. I lead with Draco on one side and Neville on the other. I was proud of my brother. His parents had finally come home on Christmas eve to surprise him and had even taken him to get a new wand so his father could have his own back. Now that he could do magic correctly he had gained so much confidence in himself. He was still shy due to his Social anxiety and natural awkwardness but I knew he would grow out of that when he got older.

I take my brother's hand in mine as we walk into the great hall. All of us stick together and walk over to the Slytherin table. They had all sensed that I needed to stay with my house so they joined us.

We all fill our plates after receiving a nod from my dad and start eating.

A/N

What should the second book be called?

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