I Belong

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Athena stared up at The Burrow , the Weasleys' house .

It was odd looking and no Muggle would want such a home ,but to her it was a home away from her childhood home .

Fred nudged her to keep moving . They'd just arrived from Diagon Alley having bought all her school supplies .

Hagrid had long since left them there with the excuse of having some chores  to do for Dumbledore .

George had mostly help her with the buying of her school supplies while Fred had gone to check up on their new shop assistant Buttons Fay .

The younger quieter twin had been pleasant company and had less jokes up his sleeves .

And now they were here where she didn't really want to be .

Molly Weasley would lecture her . She was sure of it . She would take her Aunt Andromeda's lectures any day over the screeching Mrs. Weasley's .

She bit her lip , following close behind George that had taken the lead to the front door .

Before they reached it,it opened and Arthur Weasley wearing his work robes stepped out  , halting when he saw them .

Turning his slightly he bellowed " Molly!", through the open doorway .

" What is it ,Arthur?!", Molly Weasley's screeching voice called back from somewhere within the house.

" Rusty's just arrived !".

There was a loud scraping of sort and several voices and before Athena knew it all the teenagers that always visit over the summer were outside , talking all at once , overwhelming Athena a bit .

There was Ron, Hermione and Harry and then there was Ginny .

They were just four ,but they seemed like a hundred . It was scary .

Before long Mrs. Weasley came out yelling for them to settle down and give Athena breathing room.

" C'mon in,Rusty , I bet you're hungry . I've saved a plate for you  . Arthur ,you should get a move on . The nightshift isn't going to wait ,you know ."

" Yes , Molly Dearest ", he said before bidding everyone a goodbye and apparating .

" Well, Mum , we'll be off too . We just dropped Rusty off ," Fred spoke before he and George turned on the spot and disappeared like their father , leaving Athena all alone with the five people who stared at her for what seemed like hours ,but was only a few seconds .
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" How was America really?", Hermione asked Athena as they all sat around the kitchen table watching her scarf down her dinner.

Athena chewed slowly and swallowed before answering " La Push is in Washington State near a town called Forks . It was great . I really liked it there. I hope to live there permanently one day . I'm half Quileute,like I said in my letters . My Uncle Harry said I have a place in the tribe whenever I want to come back . He's a tribal council Elder . Like I said in my letters , I have  many  cousins and Aunts and Uncles . Leah doesn't like me ,but Seth does . He's one of my favourites . I have Muggle photos of everyone if you'd like to see . Really , Hermione , it was good for me , visiting there , I mean . I feel better than I've ever had . Yes my Dad is gone and Yes I'll miss him ,but I am not so sad anymore and even if I still have nightmares ,they aren't as bad anymore . Seth gave me a dreamcatcher . I think it'll work . Eventually .I got it enchanted in Seashell Alley ,in Seattle, before we came back , by a real authentic Native American who happens to be from the Quileute tribe himself even though nobody in La Push Reservation would remember him . He went to Ilvermorny . His older than Old Quil  Ateara the third  and even knew one of the great Chieftains Ephraim Black back in the day. He left La Push just before Old Quil's birth . I won't have bad dreams and I've gotten all of you each a dreamcatcher from him . I hope it helps . Especially with these mad times upon us . Can't have ourselves bad dreams when our waking hours are bad enough. Anyway, how have you guys been?. "

There was a bombardment of answers , but she didn't mind . She realised that she'd missed them . All of them . Even Mrs. Weasley . 

After having her dinner she and the others went up to Ron's room to talk before bed  and just generally chill.

They didn't ask Athena more about La Push or her mother's side of the family .

They spoke about the school year and about how many parents had threatened to keep their children home .

Ginny commented on her shell necklace and she told her where she got it . Harry seemed angry about that and nobody but  she and Hermione noticed it .

They'd shared a look ,yet didn't comment on it .

" Do you like him?", Ginny asked ," Jacob ,I mean."

" Didn't I write you that one?. Yes, I like Jacob ,but he likes Bella Swan and I don't think he'll ever change his mind about it.  She's pretty,though . I can't say otherwise . "

" Ugh, are you girls really going to talk about boys?", Ron groaned ," Honestly , there's other things to talk about . Better things . Like Quidditch and all that ".

It was the girls' turn to groan in disgust . Even though Ginny loved Quidditch , Hermione and Athena didn't see what all the fuss was about . They'd rather keep their noses in their books than fly around a Quidditch field dodging Bludgers.

Athena threw a pillow at Ron's head and they all laughed when he pulled a face acting as if he was angry .

He attacked Athena with tickles and she howled in laughter while begging for mercy .

The others laughed at her expense and didn't try to help .

Not too soon there was a knock on the door and Mrs. Weasley called for them to go to bed because in the morning they had a train to catch .

That caused them all to moan and groan because they didn't really want to think about school while they're having fun .

The girls left the room to go to Ginny's room where three identical beds were made up with floral comforters .

Athena dressed in a pink  pajama that  Emily had given her . It was printed full of kittens and roses .

She climbed under the covers of the bed in the middle her last thought before she fell asleep being of her family and friends back in La Push .

She missed them already and wondered what they were all doing .

She hoped they missed her as much too .

She'd write to them once she figured out how she was going to get the letters to them  . She'll write in the journal Embry had given her .

She planned to go back at Christmas and spend the holiday season with everyone . She'll buy them presents in Diagon Alley before she leaves . She'll even buy something for Leah .

She was still making a list in her mind when she drifted off to sleep .

She had no dreams that night. No bad ones atleast . It was quite a pleasant change for her .
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Sorry for the filler . Next we'll be in Hogwarts . See you.