The Potions Master's Daughter

The Weasleys at the Burrow

(I apologize for the very uncreative title but I couldn't think of anything else.)

A few minutes later, Sadie, Harry, Nadine, and Severus were standing in the foyer again. Sadie had her luggage, Harry had Leo, and Nadine had a large pouch of galleons and a small key.

"Stole it from Dad's room. It's the key to the Malfoy Gringotts Vault. He doesn't even know I have it," she explained.

They all took a handful of floo powder, and Severus stepped into the fireplace.

"This is how you do it, Harry. You step into the fireplace, let go of the powder, and then shout the name of the place you want to go. We're going to the Burrow. Don't forget to speak very very clearly," he called. Harry nodded. "The Burrow!" He let go of the powder and was gone in a flash. Harry just stared wide-eyed at the place where Sadie's father had just stood. Sadie smiled and stepped in next.

"Don't worry, Harry. It actually tickles a little bit," she assured him. Then she let go. "THE BURROW!" She was gone in the next flash. She felt like she was falling for the longest time. This wasn't the first time she had done floo. The moment she stopped, she saw her father. She slowly walked out of the fireplace. There was a whole bunch of redheads gathered behind her father. A woman, Sadie guessed this was Molly Weasley, and her husband, Arthur Weasley, were smiling at her. Bill and Charlie grinned as she rushed at them. All the other redheads children gaped as Bill and Charlie embraced her as if she were one of their own.

"Bill! Charlie! It's so good to see you again!"

A very young boy looking about Harry's age gasped. "You know them? Aren't you that bat's daughter or something? You look like him," he said rudely. Sadie broke away growling. Her hair shot straight up and started waving wildly. The boy gulped and started backing away.

"How dare you?! Don't you dare insult him! You forget! He will be your professor one day and I will be spending the next two weeks with you! Watch your mouth or you will make a very dangerous enemy!" she hissed. Severus just laughed.

"It's alright, Sadie. I'm used to it by now." He smirked at the small boy who was cowering away from his daughter.

Sadie let out a low growl. "But you shouldn't have to be."

Severus let out a chuckle. "Come now, Sadie. You're scaring the poor boy." Sadie didn't budge. She continued to glare at the boy.

"Good."

Two identical boys about Sadie's age started howling with laughter. They went to either side of Sadie.

"I have a feeling," one said.

"We are going to be," the other continued.

"Great friends," they finished together.

Bill chuckled and put a hand on Sadie's shoulder. "Come on, Sadie. If you scare Ron too much now, there won't be much of him to scare later."

They were interrupted by a large crash. Harry fell into the fireplace, his glasses falling off and breaking in the process. Sadie left Ron and rushed to Harry, getting there at the same time as Severus. She pulled Harry to his feet and dusted the soot off of him. Severus fetched his glasses and repaired them with a wave of his wand. He handed them back to Harry who put them back on. The Weasley boys all gasped. The youngest child, a girl, just stared in admiration.

"Is that-" Bill started.

"Harry Potter!" Charlie finished. The twins glared at them.

"Stop that! We're-"

"The ones who are supposed to-"

"Finish each other's-"

"Sentences!" the twins exclaimed.

Harry hid shyly behind Sadie. He had no idea who these people were or how they knew him. Then he remembered he was famous. This was going to take some getting used to.

"Why's he hiding?" Ron asked rudely.

Sadie glared at him, and he shut his mouth. "He's hiding because you gaping at him is freaking him out, so stop or so help me, I'll make you regret ever sending a glance in his direction! And I'll do it without a wand!" Ron gulped as Sadie glanced down at his lower zones with a smirk before returning to glaring at his freckled face.

Harry tugged on his sister's sleeve. "It's fine, Sadie," he insisted quietly. "I'm just not used to people staring at me like that. Usually, if anyone stares at me, it's because they think I'm a freak and want to beat me up." Sadie clenched her fists, knowing he was talking about the Dursleys.

Harry slowly stepped out from behind Sadie and gave a small wave. "Hi," he said in a small voice. Severus laughed.

"This is why I came along as well. We have one more guest coming."

As if on cue, Nadine strode out of the fireplace much like Sadie and Severus had. Harry groaned.

"How come you guys can walk out but I tumble out as if Dudley's just thrown me down?" he complained. For once, Sadie was too busy laughing to care that he had referenced another beating.

The Weasleys saw Nadine and went into defense mode. Bill crossed his arms. Charlie started glaring at Nadine. The boy a little older than the twins but younger than Charlie just stood, stone-faced. The twins pushed the girl behind them, and Ron hid behind his mother. 'Coward,' Sadie thought. Arthur Weasley narrowed his eyes.

"Isn't that the Malfoy girl?" the unknown boy asked. Nadine hung her head. Sadie glared up at the boy, hair beginning to float ever so slightly. Severus frowned and backed away, Harry following his lead.

"Don't talk to her like that! She's not her father, so it'd do you well to treat her that way!" The boy raised an eyebrow at her.

"And who are you to tell me not to treat someone in a certain way? You haven't even started at Hogwarts whereas I am-" Molly slapped him hard on the arm.

"She's right, Percy. You stop that this instant. She is a guest, and you'd treat her that way or I might just make you degnome the garden all by yourself." She turned to the glowering girl and the ashamed girl behind her. "I'm very sorry about that, my dear. You are welcome here."

Nadine gave a small giggle. "I'd be scared of her, Percy Weasley. She just kneed my father in his soft spot and then sent him home bent over and groaning," she exclaimed, not looking up. Percy's eyes went wide, and he backed away from the girl, who was still glaring menacingly at him. The twins snickered.

"Told you we'd-"

"Get right along," they said. They walked over and held their hands out to Nadine.

"We're Gred-"

"And Forge."

"Pleased to-"

"Meet you."

Nadine shook their hands, confused. She turned to Sadie. "Can you tell-"

"Not in the slightest," Sadie interrupted, shaking her head. "I'm sure I'll be able to figure it out soon."

Bill's frown faded. He held his hand out to Nadine. "Sorry. Our family doesn't have the best relationship with your father," he explained. She nodded.

"I know. He's awful. I'm so glad to be away from him," she assured him. The other boys finally relaxed, able to tell she was telling the truth.

"I guess someone owes her an apology, then, right?" Sadie glared at Percy, clenching her hands into fists. He looked at the ground and mumbled an apology. Sadie let out a low rumble of a growl. "APOLOGIZE!" She shouted. He glared at her before looking into Nadine's eyes.

"I'm sorry."

Arthur clapped his hands, trying to dispel the tension between the three. "Well, you kids get settled while the grown-ups catch up. Percy, Bill, Charlie, go outside and degnome the garden." Severus smirked, watching his daughter give Percy one last glare before leaving.