Was I just a ruse? ( Harry Potter x Reader)

The One with the Vacation

The brunette and her family had gone to the United States. Her brother had officially finished schooling and as he was an aspiring Magizoologist, he had to train here.

The brunette however was on vacation for one month. She roamed around with her great aunt Tina, who btw had amazing fashion sense. They would shop a lot and roam around.

She bought souvenirs for everyone and mailed them. Hermione had a special request of a book from there, which was also fulfilled. Ron's present well will be given, when she goes to visit him.

She was going there after spending one month with her grandparents in USA. However the one thing upsetting her, was no mail from Raven. She had written to him multiple times, but still no response. Ron and Hermione too had the same experience.

By the end of her stay at her grandparents house, Harry's birthday had arrived hoping to give his present, when they are at the Burrow.
She had just wished him, Happy birthday in a letter.

Then the brunette and her mother departed from the States to go to London together. Halfway through their journey, the brunette's mom received a memo about Harry using underage magic. As a first offence, he was just given a warning.
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When they arrived at their manor, the brunette packed for her stay at the Burrow. She had Mr. Meowington stay in a basket, for her to carry him around easily, Hazel in her cage.

She bid goodbye to her mother by giving her a kiss on the cheek and a tight hug. She bowed infront of Jarvis and left through the fireplace via floo powder.
.....
She arrived and Mrs. Weasley received her.

"Oh hello dear, I hope you reached here straight from your fireplace."said Mrs. Weasley pulling her in for a hug.
"Yes, Mrs. Weasley." The brunette mumbled in her embrace.

Just then the twins came out,
"Did I hear y/n? Oh you're here finally." George said excited and hugged her.
"Yeah and I bought something for you lot. Actually for everyone. Mrs. Weasley, my mom picked this dress out for you, yk for letting me stay."
"Oh dear, she didn't have to. Well thank you very much. You can stay with Ginny in her room, dear. Come down for lunch later." Mrs. Weasley said blushing red.
"Yeah and where's Ron? I thought ickle Ronnie would be greeting me." The brunette said while taking out a brown parcel.
"Not so fast Scamander, where's our souvenir?"
The twins said standing infront of her.
"I bought American fireworks for you. The muggle kind, they are really fun." she said while giggling.

Then she went upstairs lugging her luggage, trying to find Ron. He was just coming downstairs when-
"Ronald, Miss me?"
"Hey y/n, Bloody hell. When did you arrive?"
"Just now, hey tell me where's your sister's room? This trunk is pretty heavy."
"I'll help you, it's just two sets of stairs up."

They kept the luggage there and started talking.

"Hey did Raven write back to you?"
"No, I wrote to him many times. But no answer. Though it could be Errol's fault."
"Who's Errol?"
"Our family owl. George, Fred and I have been thinking of getting him by flying our dad's car."
Ron said fidgeting on his seat, looking at the brunette with an eager look.
"Is it safe for you lot? I don't think the muggles will appreciate it. But getting him here is important."
"I sent a letter to Hermione about our plan. Her response should come soon."
"Okay it's time for lunch, you should go. I'll come in a bit."

As soon as Ron leaves, the brunette closed her eyes taking the scent of fresh grass and her own perfume, the birds chirping and the sunlight hitting her face. Meowington brushes against her feet, making her aware of the presence of a person- Ginny.

"Oh it's your bedroom, right? It's beautiful. You're pretty." The brunette said making a sudden observation.
Ginny blushed red and said, "Mum called you for lunch. You're very pretty too."

They went down together, sticking closely with the wall.

The girls helped them set up for lunch. After lunch, Ginny showed her around the house and their garden. By the end of the tour, they were drenched in sweat. They ended their day with dinner and the girls just talked about Ginny's first year at Hogwarts.

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Two days, later brunette was basically a part of the family, she taught Ginny all the syllabus of the 1st year, "You'll be better off knowing, more time to spend doing pranks you see."

She helped Mrs. Weasley with chores, shared an obsession of muggle objects with Mr. Weasley, Few interactions with Percy and most importantly helped the three musketeers with their plan.

Presently the brunette woke up early to make pancakes, as  someone was coming, as per the plan which started the night before.

They were supposed be back by the dawn, but it was half an hour past the sunrise and Mrs. Weasley was already aware of their absence.
Mrs. Weasley was glancing at the Weasley clock every few seconds, pacing in a circle and just when the hands with the boys' name on it, landed at home.

She went out prepared for war. The brunette was observing all of this while mixing the pancake batter, which had also proven difficult.
She baked fancy deserts all the time back home, but it was her first time making pancakes. She had flour all over her face, dress and apron due to a minor flour accident.

While she poured the batter on to the pan, she could hear the yells of Mrs. Weasley directed at her sons, along with the faint sound of sizzling from the hot pan.

Just as her pancakes were done, she could hear people coming in, so she-
"Mrs. Weasley, the pancakes are done-

Harry and the boys sat at the table, while Mrs. Weasley started cooking after giving the brunette a small smile, and again started throwing dirty glances at her sons.

Harry was observing the surroundings, the clock, the books on the mantelpiece and the radio announcing the 'Witching hour, with the popular singing sorceress, Celestina Warbeck.'

The brunette brushed the flour from her apron and dress, and started arranging the plates. She put pancakes on each plate, stopping at Harry's plate, making him snap out of his thoughts.

"Maple syrup?"
"Yeah sure, thanks. You have a little flour on your cheek." Harry said while wiping it off with his hand.

The brunette blushed & sat on a chair after tying her loose strands into her bun, she served herself some toast and started eating.

She excused herself after that, and told Mrs. Weasley she'll be up in the room with Ginny.
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Harry meanwhile was getting special treatment from Mrs. Weasley. He saw a de-gnoming happen, met with Mr. Weasley and saw Ron's room.

The three of them met and read Hermione's letter. Harry told the brunette all about Dobby and the secret he was hiding/trying to tell him.
[Y/n] [ Ron] [Harry ]

"That's very suspicious and confusing."
"So he wouldn't even tell you who's supposed to be plotting all this stuff?"
"I don't think he could, I told you, every time he got close to letting close to letting something slip, he started banging his head against the wall."

The brunette and Ron looked at eachother.
"What, do you think he was lying to me?"
" Well, house elves have got their own powerful branch of magic, but they can't use it without their master's permission. Like Jarvis can literally apparate to America which is very far for apparition, but it should be ordered by my dad. I think he was sent to stop you from coming to Hogwarts."
"Only Malfoy hates me that much. But I don't know whether he owns a house elf."
"He fulfills all the criteria though. Old wizarding family, filthy rich and a Manor."
"I have gone there, His dad had once organized a ball for Ministry people and Mom took me with her. I hadn't seen Dobby then but they have a Manor, fancy one at that."

"Well I'm very happy, you're finally here."
"Me too mate!"

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