𝕴 𝕾𝖔𝖑𝖊𝖒𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝕾𝖜𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝕴 𝕬𝖒 𝖀𝖕 𝕿𝖔 𝕹𝖔 𝕲𝖔𝖔𝖉

𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕿𝖜𝖔

Fred and James spent the week leading up to Diagon Alley looking at the Marauder's Map and laughing whenever they opened it and one of the Professors, who were back early to prep for students, would be in the bathroom or something like that.

The dinner with the rest of their family had been chaotic as per usual with their gigantic family. Their Uncle Ron had spent nearly the entire time making Dad jokes that nobody found funny and their gran had just overdone herself with everything.

But now it was a week later and Fred and James were ready to go and get their supplies, especially their wands. They were meeting their older cousins who were already at Hogwarts to buy their supplies.

"Alright, boys, keep up!" Harry said, turning back to James and Fred. The two boys were rushing behind their parents, chattering excitedly. They were meeting the rest of their family, except for their grandparents, inside Flourish & Blotts which was the bookstore in Diagon Alley. Their grandparents and aunt Hermione and uncle Ron were staying at home with all of the younger children: James and Fred's younger siblings Albus, Lily, and Roxanne and their cousins Rose, Hugo, and Lucy.

They stepped into Diagon Alley and James and Fred were in awe. There were so many people bustling about and the shops just looked so magnificent even if they were just shops. Their parents walked them directly to Flourish & Blotts and just before they got there, James could see a bit of blue hair disappear inside.

"Teddy's here!" he said excitedly to Fred. Teddy Lupin was like an older brother to both of the boys and basically lived with the Potters some of the time. The boys took off from their parents and rushed into the store excitedly. Teddy had spent his summer at his grandmother's so they hadn't seen him since he got off the train from Hogwarts and before then they had only seen him when he came home for winter break. They were both ecstatic to be going to school with him and finally seeing him for the whole year long.

"Teddy!" Both of them yelled when they got near him. The older boy grinned when he saw both of them and pulled them into side hugs, messing up James' hair a bit.

"You're finally on your way to Hogwarts," Teddy said to the two younger boys, letting go of them.

"Why do you have to be in your last year?" James asked with a bit of a pout. "It's not fair. We don't get to see you much and after this year you're leaving school."

Teddy gave a sad sort of smile and shrugged a little bit. "Well you can think of it as I have a year to teach you how to be at Hogwarts and you can take over for me next year," he suggested.

That made grins appear on James and Fred's faces again. "Yeah! That sounds amazing!" Fred said with an excited laugh.

"But first," James' mother said, coming up behind them, "We need to get your school supplies."

"Ugh, fine." James groaned, looking around the store. He pulled his school list out of his pocket, which was crumpled into a ball.

His mother took it and uncrumpled it, looking at the list, "We will stay here and get your books. You take your list and we will have Fred's." she handed back James' list and took Fred's much neater and nicely folded one. "You boys can go with Teddy and some of your cousins to get the rest of your supplies."

The rest of their family came over to them in the store. James and Fred's cousins Victoire (who was fifteen), Dominique (who was fourteen), Louis (who was twelve), and Molly (who was also twelve) were the ones who were also at Hogwarts. The first three were their uncle Bill and aunt Fleur's children and Molly was their uncle Percy and aunt Audrey's eldest daughter.

"Mum, I think I just saw Alisie." Dominique said to Fleur. Her mother looked out of the shop and they all spotted the blonde girl Dominique had been talking about.