Astronomy Geek and 2BAStar05: thanks for reading! I'm glad to liked it!

Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait! I've rewritten this chapter so many times and finally something stuck. I'm still not happy with it though. To tell you the truth, I didn't really plan anything between the Potters leaving hometo the exact arrival at Diagon Alley. I also haven't planned the entire Diagon Alley trip to when the Hogwarts Express is already past the station.

Chapter 3

Ron Weasley maneuvered around the Burrow on his new broomstick, the Phoenix 6000. He was tossing decorations on the roof of the Burrow. The Burrow flashed of rainbow colors.

“I can’t believe he’s decorating the roof. Does he expect Ben to fly at the age of five?” said Hermione. Mrs. Weasley sighed. Ginny Weasley, now Longbottom, let out a small laugh. Neville was helping Arthur Weasley capture the gnomes destroying the pumpkin patch.

“At least Fred and George aren’t here yet. I still haven’t forgotten about the last birthday party we had when we were putting up decorations,” said Mrs. Weasley fiddling with a cleaning towel.

“You mean Colton’s birthday? What happened?” asked Ginny sitting down in one of the chairs at the picnic tables. She was tired and gigantic after being pregnant for seven months.

“Harry and Ron were messing around on the broomsticks after accidentally drinking one of Fred and George’s potions. Poor Ronald got knocked into the shed by Harry. Then they started fighting and broke some stuff. Colton’s birthday party turned into a boxing match!” Mrs. Weasley waved her arms in the air. Ginny held back another laugh. Hermione only smiled.

Larissa stepped outside the Burrow. She inhaled the fresh air and the scent of pumpkin.

“Just perfect…”

“LARISSA!” squealed a girl voice in pure excitement. Larissa felt the hair rise on the back of her neck. Then a large amount of weight attached itself to her back. Larissa could spot a little bit of red curly hair and feel it on her skin.

“Hey, Maddy!” yelped Larissa. After the girl let go Larissa turned around to look at her best friend. Madison had semi-bushy strawberry blonde hair. It came all the way down to her mid back. Her eyes were icy blue and she was about five feet tall, two inches taller than Larissa. Madison gained a slight tan. Plus an orange line one the left side of her cheek and black one on the other.

“Beach?” asked Larissa raising an eyebrow.

“Oh yeah! It rocked so hard!” exclaimed Madison. “We saw a shark, and, of course, Dad just went berserk. He thought it was this dude named Krum. He tried to bind it.” Madison rolled her eyes. Larissa laughed.

All of Madison’s siblings and cousins came charging from the driveway cheering loudly. All of them had black and orange marks on their face. Even the birthday boy did, who was riding on the back of Madison’s eight year-old sister, Piper. Ron Jr., or R.J., came out after Piper. He was starting his fourth year at Hogwarts in two days. After R.J. ran out, ten year-old Miles appeared. All of them had strawberry blonde hair and the icy blue eyes. They were Chudley Canon supporters just like Ron.

“You should have seen Miles the day I got my Hogwarts letter. He had the biggest hiss fit ever! He is really excited about Hogwarts. As a matter of fact, he knows so much, he might be able to teach us everything we have to learn in our classes,” said Madison.

“I would like that since I’m not really in the mood to go,” mumbled Larissa. Madison was about to speak but the Weasley twins’ entrance cut her off. Mrs. Weasley shrieked.

“Aye!” cheered Fred and George Weasley from behind the three women. Ginny breathed heavily while Mrs. Weasley had a hand over her heart. She threw the towel at the twins.

“You scared the living daylights out of me! You weren’t supposed to be here for another half hour!” exclaimed Mrs. Weasley. Alicia Spinnett and Angelina Johnson, both now Weasleys, popped up by the kitchen doorway, startling Larissa and Madison.

“It was their idea,” said Fred and George in unison pointing at their wives. Madison shuddered.

“I hate it when they do that!” she mumbled to Larissa standing in the doorway. Larissa giggled.

“I find it funny!” she whispered back.

“UNCLE FRED AND GEORGE ARE HERE!” screamed R.J. from the pumpkin patch. Everybody could here Ron curse from the rooftop. All the Weasley kids laughed except for Madison. Fred and George tried to run for the house but were tackled by different colored redheads.

“Just imagine what life would be like if all of us were in Hogwarts together,” sighed Madison.

“Chaotic?” asked Larissa.

“Try Dooms Day.”

Ron squeezed through the crowd of redheads and stumbled into the kitchen to find Harry making his way down the stairs.

“Harry mate, what’s up?” asked Ron showing a toothy grin. Harry smiled back.

“Doing great, as usual! How are you and Luna holding up?”

“Great as well. Luna’s business is starting to become a big hit.” Ron tossed his broomstick on the couch. He wiped the sweat and loose bangs from his forehead. Ron was taller than Big Ben, in Madison’s words. Reddish brown freckles splattered across his face. His flaming hair was almost past his chin.

“Congrats,” smiled Harry. Ron flopped down on the couch, slightly exhausted. Harry sat across from him in an orange armchair.

“Now I’ll have two kids in Hogwarts. Then next year, it’ll be three, and two more years later, I’ll have four in Hogwarts. When Ben starts Hogwarts, It’ll be four kids again for one year.” Ron rolled his eyes

“That’s what happens when you have too many kids, Ron. Just like when we were in Hogwarts, there was you, Ginny, Fred, George, and Percy,” stated Harry.

“Yeah, yeah…”

Luna Lovegood Weasley wobbled down the Burrow’s driveway carrying bags full of food and cups. Her flat dirty blonde hair was up in a ball held by a single wand. Luna’s moon-colored eyes were dull from staying up all night reading and getting up early because Ben had too much sugar that morning.

Luna leaned against the door’s bottom half. Harry and Ron paused their conversation and rushed to Luna’s aid.

“Took you long enough,” muttered Luna, giving her husband an evil stare. Ron smirked embarrassingly. Harry snickered.

“Oh shut up, Harry,” mumbled Ron. Luna kissed Ron on the cheek and headed to the garden but the door was being block by Fred and George being tortured by the army of Weasley kids. Luna put on a hopeless face and made a careful voyage around the pile. Ron soon followed, alongside Harry, with a two-layered birthday cake colored orange and black.

“Time to blow out some candles!” exclaimed Harry, alarming the pile-up to move out the way. Neville and Arthur scurried out the pumpkin patch with two giant pumpkins. Ben was positioned in front of the large cake. The candles weren’t normal looking candles, but Quidditch players zooming around on sticks with their hair on fire. R.J. and Bill and Fleur’s son, Heath, imitated a guy they saw at the circus whose hair unintentionally caught on fire by Heath. Arthur Weasley whacked the two boys in the back of the head.

“Cut that out. I still haven’t told your dad about what happened at the circus but that doesn’t mean I won’t,” he whispered.

Ben inhaled a hand full of oxygen and let it out full speed. The Quidditch players stopped circling once they noticed they were bald. Luna pulled out the candles while Mrs. Weasley conjured a butcher knife which seemed happy enough to fulfill this task. The knife began cutting immediately. The cake was divided amongst the crowd with Ben getting the biggest piece that had ‘Ben’ written in cursive on it. The parents hurriedly got their share before the youth seized their own piece ferociously.