Gained A Couple Battle Scars (Second Installment)

Chapter 1: Apparition and Awkwardness

A few months ago, my life had changed forever. I found out that my parents have always been scared of my power and had someone try and ‘fix' me by torturing me. And my parents did nothing. Did they think I would never find out? The visions I’ve had whenever someone would touch my cut were true. It was vague and blurry, but true.

That evil lady can control me. Fred and George told me what happened, she told me to kill them, and I sure did try to. They deflected every spell I cast their way. I wasn’t myself when I was told to kill them, I couldn’t even remember doing it. Sure, my parents wanted my magic gone, but that lady brought out evil in me and I couldn’t control it. Not until George put his hand on my cut.

It was always interesting with him, he can touch it and my eyes go back to normal, hell my hair was black for half a year and all it took was one embrace and it was white again. I don’t understand it as much as the next person. Sure, George and I have hugged before but it's never made my hair go back to completely normal. I think I have a lot of research to do this coming year.

When I left Hogwarts, I decided to stay at the Leaky Cauldron in London. I told my mum and dad that I was with the Weasley family. They didn’t mind, told me it was probably best that I stay away from the family. So I didn’t care about lying to them about being with the Weasley family, I havent seen the Weasley family since we left the train to go home for summer holiday. Though, I was keeping in touch with Fred, George, Ginny, and Hermione. They sent me owls frequently so I spent most of my summer writing to them, working on my homework and researching everything I can about my scar. I might just ask Mr. Weasley if he recalls anything about my family name, since he thought last Christmas that it seemed very familiar to him.

I told Fred and George about how I was no longer staying with my parents, I told them everything that the lady told me back in the shrieking shack. And they didn’t blame me, they said I could stay with them over summer, but, I couldn’t impose like that. Then they said that Mrs. Weasley thinks of me as a daughter and wants me around more. I love the Weasley family.  Truth is, I don’t know how I would feel staying in the same house for three months with George. I still feel awkward about how he reacted to the kiss. And we still never talked about it. I think maybe it was just a one time thing.

But, Fred and George are coming to the Leaky Cauldron today to pick me up. Tomorrow is the quidditch world cup and then a few days after that is the start of my fifth year at Hogwarts. Mrs. Weasley has been wanting me to come there for ages. Fred and George continuously asked,  but I can't impose.

I’ve packed up my things and finished breakfast by the time they arrive. I pull on a pair of shorts and a black short sleeve shirt, black boots and make my hair white blonde with waves that goes just below my shoulders, much shorter than what I normally have it at. I put my wand in my back pocket as I hear a knock on the door. I walk across my room and open it to find the Weasley twins beaming at me. Of course they’re dressed the same wearing dark blue jeans and a grey shirt. Their hair longer and ginger than ever coming down to their shoulders. But I can still recognize who is who. Fred immediately picks me up, walks into the room and spins me around before setting me back on solid ground. I can hear George chuckling from the doorway. He walks in and Fred steps back as George pulls me into a tight hug.

“Missed ya, Em.” He says, he rubs my back for a second before joining his twin by his side.

“I missed you guys too.” I say with a smile.

“Ready to come to our house?” Fred asks.

“Mum wont shut up about how lovely you are.” George says.

“Cant be that lovely, she's Slytherin.” Fred winks and grabs my trunk.

I give him a playful glare and I see a slight smirk on George’s face as we leave the room I’ve been staying in. We descend the steps and Mrs. Weasley is checking me out of my room.  She turns and smiles and pulls me into a hug. I can tell that her breath is shaky. Shes knows about my parents... she holds me out at arms length and tries to smile. I'm not sure what to do.