sparks fly

platform 9 3/4 shenanigins

harry potter pov

"harry! ginny! i thought youd never show up!" ron called from the platform.

i gave him a guy hug and a large slap on the back, grinning prefusley

"hermione! my god its been too long! when did i see you guys last? wasnt it-"

"elodies 14th birthday party at the burrow. absoloyte nightmare to clear up" hermione laughed and hugged me again.

hermione and ron were stood with their four children. their eldest daughter ariadne ella granger-weasley was 17 and only a few months older than our twins. she had long brown hair to just past her shoulder blades with large waves in it. she was so much like her mother, already dressed in her black nd blue ravenclaw robes with neatley brushed hair out of her face. stood next to her was 16 year old hugo george granger-weasley. he was a little scruffier with unbrushed ginger hair, tufts sticking up at the top and behind his ears. he was wearing his new hufflepuff robes, although i suspect hermione forced him into them. he didnt look too impressed with the whole arrangment. their two younger siblings wernt hogwarts age, but waited patiently with their older siblings. 5 year old Nelly charlotte granger-weasley was hugging onto her dads legs peeping between his legs at the scarlett red train infront of her. her hair was aubern colour and curls ran to her shouders. today, ron had done her hair in two little piggy tails with mismatched bobbles. obviously it had been a frantic morning. she was wearing her magical prep school unirom. a white shirt with a red pullover and grey pleated skirt. her knee high socks were slipping down to the tops of her patent black lace ups. the youngest of all the granger-weasley cohort was ron and hermiones new baby. 4 month old baby Theodore Ron Granger-Weasley was sleeping soundly in his baby carseat. ron held the handle of the carseat and rocked him sound asleep.

"so willow, are you all ready for your first day?" hermione said to willow and bent down to her

"harry seriously? you havent even attempted to brush her hair! i know its hard but if you put a little effort in she will look like a right little princess!" hermione said glaring a me. she took out a pocket hairbrush and began to seperate willows hair into two plaits.

"there! she said tying the second plaits and laying it down willows front. "beautoful"

willows hair was so curly the plaits were rather lumpy and bumpy and the ends were ringletty curls springing out. nevertheless it was a deffinete improvment. at least now wer could see her green eyes.

i felt footseps coming up behind us. it was the rest of family!

fred and his wife angelina and their three children, twins gabe and finley and daughter caitlin
george and his wife julia with their children florence, noah and hannah
percy reluctantly stood with his family. he came with his wife penelope clearwater and this children martha-may, celine and traquin
bill and fleur and thier chidlren renee and elodie
charlie even joined us with his daughter elouise

all of us chatting on the platform, we didnt even see molly and arthur come and see us. even in their old age they still come and wave their grandchildren off at the platform. i think it takes away the pain of not having to be parents anynore. they were born to be parents and they acomplished in life, now being parents and randpartnes to all 26 pf us and one on the way.

the train gave two deaphaning chuffs signalling the children to board the steam train

"nobody forget their animals!" ginny exclaimed picking up twi black cats and hending them to the twins, grabbing the family owl hedwig and resting her on gids shoulder. hedwig was an old owl but gave me a wink and a small owlish smile beofre geideon disappeadrd onto the train. ginny handed willow a fat white mouse which willow had fittingly named cheesewiskers.

we ushered on out gaggle of witches and wizards and cats, rats, bats and everything between onto the train safely and one by one saw their heads pop throuh the window of the train.

ron and hermione kissed their childen goodbye. ariadne holding a familiar fat ginger tom cat that hissed at ron as she borded the train gracefully.

"crooshanmks still cant stand you ronald" i joked with him

"bloody cat is a nightmare. i dont let it sleep in the house anymore sicne i woke up to it attached to me face with its claws" he retorted. and i laughed

hugo was handed a ruggedy old owl who flew straight into the train window instead of through the doors

hermione shook her head and picked up nelly. "erol never was the brightest owl was he dear" she brushed dust away from rons shoulder.

ron kissed his wife "he never learnt his lesson from flying into the burrow window in year 2" he lauged.

i saw my kids hands waving at me through the open top of the window. pippa held up willow so she could reach her little hand and wave to us out of the window.

as the train began to pull off and molly was in tears again i turned to my wife holding little sleeping milo in her arms.

"we did good weasley didnt we"

"thats potter weasley to you" she said and passed milo to fred

she leaned into me and kiseed me passionatley in the smoke from the train. her leg lifted up and ginger hair blowing in the wind as the hogwarts express disapeard int the horizon once again just as it did fr us all those years ago.