The Riddle Triplets

Meet the Sister

The trio cautiously approached Tom and Rosie. Tom was very tall, with short, brown hair and kind brown eyes. Rosie was a lot shorter, with long, blonde hair and soft green eyes. There was silence for a moment until Hermione spoke.

"Hello," Hermione said timidly, giving a small smile.

Suddenly it was like they'd never been separated. Rosie, their mother, grabbed the three into a gentle hug. "My babies," She whispered, "My beautiful children." Tom smiled and joined the hug, and Harry had never felt more at home.

Their parents took hold of the three and they apparated to what Harry guessed was Riddle Manor. It was huge. Extremely, utterly, huge.

As they walked inside the building, Harry was turning to look at every single bit of the house. It was full of books and pictures and strange ornaments, and it was wonderfully messy, unlike Aunt Petunia's awfully pristine home. They ascended the grand staircase an turned to the left, where three doors were lined up side by side.

"The first door leads to Harry's room, the second to Hermione's and the third is Draco's." Tom said, pointing to each door. "Go ahead, explore! We'll meet you downstairs after you settle in."

Harry slowly stepped towards his door, opening it slowly. When he got inside, he gasped. Three walls were pure white, and one was green. Against the green wall was a bed, with a green and gold duvet and fluffy, white pillows. Above the bed was gold lettering, spelling out Harry's name in elegant print. On the opposite side of the room was a huge, oak bookcase, filled with books, next to an oak desk, with writing supplies in the drawers. Facing the door was a window with green curtains. There was a beautiful view of the garden from his room, with colourful flowers, blooming trees and a fountain in the middle. Next to the window was a large wardrobe, which was filled with clothes and shoes of all different colours. Exiting the room, he turned to Draco's door, knocking on it. "Come in!" The boy called. Walking inside, Harry saw Draco gazing around in wonder. His room was decorated similarly, with silver instead of gold on the bed and for hid name. "Mine's pretty much the same as your's," Harry said. "It's really cool, isn't it? This place is massive!"

Nodding, Draco turned to the door. "Let's go and see what Hermione's room is like!"

As they entered the girl's room, they saw the main colours were blue instead of green, and her bookcase seemed a bit bigger (I mean, it's Hermione, come on) and she was quickly settling in, browsing the books.

"Oh, hi!" She waved them in. "This place is amazing. There's a huge library, I saw it when we came in. And," she said, smirking, "There's a quidditch pitch."

"What?! Really?!" Harry and Draco exclaimed.

Hermione nodded. "But come on, we should go downstairs."

Walking down the stairs, the trio quickly found the living room where Tom and Rosie (it would take a whil to start calling them mum and dad) and entered the large room. It had a huge black sofa, with deep red walls and a white rug on the ground. Harry suspected Rosie was the one who did all the decoration. Rosie gave them a beaming smile and welcomed them in. Sitting down nervously next to Hermione, Harry looked at the couple. Tom was giving them a very un-Voldemort-like grin and Harry smiled timidly back. Rosie began speaking softly.

"I'm Rosie, as you might know by now, and this is Tom. I suppose Severus has told you almost everything by now?"

Nodding meekly, Harry looked to Hermione and Draco, who both gave a small nod as well.

"Well, for now you can call us Tom and Rosie, we're not going to pressure you into doing anything you're not comfortable with yet. We've decided to let you settle in for a few days before we lay down the rules." Tom said, his voice was gentle, yet commanding. Harry didn't want to get on the bad side of the man.

"Also," Rosie said, delightedly, "We didn't want to tell you straight away, with everything else going on, but you three have a younger sister."

After a moment of silence, as they digested the information, Harry grinned, Draco laughed happily and Hermione was practically bouncing in her seat, eyes shining.

"Really?" She asked, excitedly.

"Yes," Tom nodded. They seemed to be taking turns in talking. "Her name is Jem, she's only two. Severus has been babysitting while we collected you. Would you like to meet her?"

Excited yes's chorused through the room and the family stood up and walked over to the fireplace. Tom stepped in first.

"Spinner's End!" He called, throwing in the powder. Next was Hermione, then Draco and afterwards, Harry went through. Stumbling through the other end, (he was never good with floo) he almost fell, but a pair of strong arms caught him. He looked up to see Tom smiling down at him.

"Thanks," Harry said quietly, joining his siblings in the corner. After Rosie had come through, a door opened and in walked Severus, a small child toddling behind him. She had short, curly blonde hair, bright green eyes and she had pale skin, dotted with freckles. She gazed up at the three triplets. Harry smiled and crouched down. He was quite good with children. He had helped out in his primary school.

"Hello," He said softly, smiling gently at her. "I'm Harry."

She blinked her big eyes and stuck her thumb in her mouth. "I'm Jemmy," she said. "Awe you one of my big bwothers?"

Harry nodded, and pointed over to Draco. "He's your other one, his name's Draco and that's Hermione, you big sister."

"Dwaco, Hawwy and He-Harr-Hewminnie?"

Hermione chuckled and moved forward, kneeling down. "You can call me 'Mione or Cassie if you like." Harry smiled, she was including her middle name.

"Hello, little one." Draco booped her on the nose gently. "I think we're going to have a lot of fun."

Jemmy giggled. "Mm-hm," She nodded, "Lots and lots of fun!"

Awwwwww, little Jemmy is going to me my supply of cute for this fic, because tiny little kiddies are just too cute! I don't have a sister, so imagining up one might be hard, but fun. And still, awwwwww!

Lots of love,

CarrieKN and her cactus friends.