In All Seriousness ~ A Fred Weasley FanFic

Chapter 3

I heard lots of fast footsteps run down the stairs. A storm of kids with the same burning red hair as their parents, came down. "Yes mum?" said the youngest, a girl. "Hey, who's that?" said one, "Yeah, who's that?" asked another, who looked identical to the one beside him. 

Everyone's attention went to me when the questions were asked. "Oh, um... Hi, I'm Emily...East. I ran away from home and your mum found me...and she's letting me stay here, if that's okay..." I said quietly. I'm not sure if they will all be okay with me. I hope they will though....

"Yes, Emily will be staying with us until we figure out her situation." Mr. Weasley explained. "her situation?" asked the oldest, with curly hair. "Yes, well, we think that she's a witch but we can't be sure yet" Mrs. Weasley explained. 

"Let's introduce everybody, shall we?" Mr. Weasley said. The youngest girl stepped forward first. "Hi! I'm Ginny, I'm the youngest...and the only girl. I'm 9 by the way." she said smiling. "Hi Ginny!" I said smiling back. 

The youngest boy came up next, "Hey, I'm Ron and uh, this is Scabbers." he said holding up his rat. I laughed. "Hi Ron and Scabbers!" I said.

The oldest with the curly hair came forward next. "Hello, I'm Percy Weasley. It's nice to meet you Emily." he said smiling, offering his hand his for me to shake. I shook it, "It's nice to meet you too." I said. Formal much? 

The last two, who I'm assuming are identical twins, came up to me. "I'm George!" said one. "And I'm Fred!" said the other, smiling. Fred leaned down and whispered in my ear, "Percy thinks he's so proper." George leans and whispers into my other ear, "But, he's really not." They laughed. "Oh, okie then." I said chuckling. 

"Bill and Charlie aren't here, but they're the two oldest. Also Ron is 11, Percy is 15, and the twins are 12." Mrs. Weasley explained. "How old are you dear, when's your birthday?" Mrs. Weasley asked. "Oh, my birthday is August 22nd. I'm 10, so I'll be turning 11 here soon." I said. 

"Woah, youre 10!?" Ron said surprised. "Y-yeah?" I said confused. "We're like the same age! But I thought you were like 8 or 9, you're pretty short." said Ron. The twins burst into laughter. "Heyyy!" I said, "That's not cool. I know I'm short, you don't need to rub it in." I said chuckling. I think the twins were literally dieing of laughter.  

"Well, Emily, let's get you to your room. You'll be sharing with Ginny." Mrs. Weasley said. "Thank you so much" I said. "Not at all dear. Now Ginny, why don't you go help Emily take her things to your room. I'll be up in a second." Mrs. Weasley said. "Okay mum. C'mon Emily!" Ginny said. I followed her up to her room with my things. 

~ P.O.V.: Molly Weasley ~

Ginny and Emily ran upstairs. "Boys, please welcome Emily with open arms, okay? She's been on her own for awhile now, I want er to feel safe and happy. You guys can help me out right?" i asked. "Okay mum, but why did you take her in? Not saying it's a bad thing, I'm happy to have her here, but I'm just wondering." Percy asked. 

"Well, I thought she needed help, she's so young and something bad could've happened. Her parents are Muggles and I think she's a wizard so I figured why not? I guess it's those mum instincts kicking in. We'll wait for those her Hogwarts letter and if she doesn't get one, we'll see what happens from there, okay?" I explained. "Yes mum" the kids said. 

I went upstairs to go check on the girls and to get Emily a bed. I walk into their room and Ginny is helping Emily put her clothes into an empty set of drawers. I use magic to move Ginny's bed over and create a duplicate for Emily. 

"Thanks so much Mrs. Weasley, you didn't have to do this." Emily said. "Well of course I do dear" I replied, "You needed help so I gave it to you." I smiled. 

"I'm so happy there's another girl in the house!" Ginny said. "Me too" I agreed. "Emily, do you have any siblings?"Ginny asked. "No, I don't. I'm an only child." she said. "Well, I'll be like your sister!" Ginny said enthusiastically. 

~ Time Skip: August 22nd (A.K.A. Emily's Birthday) 8 A.M. ~ 

~ P.O.V.: Emily East ~

I felt a nudge. I pulled the covers tighter over my head. I felt an even bigger nudge, so I pulled the covers even tighter. "Emily! C'mon! Get up! It's your birthday!" I heard Ginny say. 

I opened my eyes and quickly squeezed them shut, for that light was brighter than my future. I opened my eyes again and got out of bed. 

I put on a maroon alien t-shirt and some black leggings. I brushed my teeth and brushed out my wavy, dirty-blonde, slightly-above-hip length hair. "C'mon Emily! We gotta go downstairs!" Ginny said, grabbing my hand and running downstairs.