❛ASTERIA EDWARDS was your average, typical eleven-year-old child stuck in a pandemic with her mother Isabella Diggory until she found out where she truly came from.. and where she truly belonged...❜
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harry potte...
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The next day was the day they all had to leave for Hogwarts. The Grimmauld Place had been in chaos that morning, with everyone rushing around to leave in time. They had left the place in groups.
Asteria, Harry, Tonks and Mrs. Weasley were grouped together. Tonks was disguised as an old woman with her grey hair tightly curled under a purple hat. And while Molly complained about how the Ministry wasn't lending them cars to head to the station, Snuffles kept the group entertained by scaring off random cats and chasing off pigeons on the path.
Ah.. Snuffles. Though he wasn't really supposed to come with them, one could see how fresh he felt after getting out of that crammed up hell house.
The four had waited around the barrier between platform nine and ten until the coast of Muggles had cleared. Then each of them had leaned in the wall, casually falling through into the nine and three quarters platform.
Ria's stomach churned, looking around at the usual sight. They were really going back.
"I hope the others make it in time.." Mrs. Weasley muttered.
"Nice dog, Harry!" Lee called out, and he smiled at him.
"Thanks, Lee." He answered. When he left for his parents, Snuffles spared a look back at Harry, then ran off to an empty waiting room.
"I'll be back." He informed the rest of the group and followed Snuffles.
"Oh well," said Mrs. Weasley, sounding relieved, "here's Alastor with the luggage, look..." Moody was limping through the crowd, with his mismatched eye covered with a brownish Porter cap.
"Nice cap, Moody. Suits you." Ria complimented, to which he gave her a pointed look.
"Don't mention. All okay," he muttered to Mrs. Weasley and Tonks. "Don't think we were followed.."
Until they unloaded all the luggage, Mr. Weasley had arrived with Ron and Hermione. Harry and Snuffles had returned too, and after a while, Isabella and Moony arrived with Ginny and a very shocked looking prankster trio.
"What happened to you?" Hermione asked the three.
Ginny sniggered. "They just got to know who the Marauders really are.." She muttered, glancing at the three children who still looked amazed, while Remus and Isabella had sly smiles on their faces.
"Ria, a word, honey?" Her mother asked, and she nodded, walking away from the group.
She enveloped her hands in both of hers and smiled warmly. "Now.. Dumbledore and the Order want me to hide some stuff from you.." She started in a tone that said she didn't want to seem suspicious.
Ria opened her mouth to speak, but she interrupted. "Just listen to me.." She nodded. "This year.. It's— it's going to be hard for you, Ria.. I'm not going to sugarcoat it—"
