Half Light - Harry Potter and the Philosoper's Stone Fanfiction
作者: CassieBaratheon© WebNovel
章節 1: PENNY
Penny loved summer, she always had, but she couldn't wait for September to arrive. Usually, she hated September because her older brothers had to leave home to go to school, and the house was so quiet without all of them together. But that year was different, she had turned eleven and she was impatient to leave for Hogwarts. Of course, she would have missed her parents and her little sister Ginny, but hearing all her brothers Hogwarts was amazing, and she couldn't wait to see it herself.
It's been days now that Penny woke up early to check if there was any mail on the kitchen table, but there never was. Her twin brother Ron was beginning to hate her since she would always wake him up, too. And Ron loved to sleep.
"Ronnie!" she said, sitting on his bed and shaking his shoulder. "Ronnie, wake up!"
"Shut up, Penny," he complained with his sleepy voice. "Go back to sleep." Ron turned his back to her and covered his head with the pillow.
"But the letter is coming today; I can feel it!" she exclaimed.
"So, you did yesterday and the day before and the day before," the pillow muffled his voice, but Penny understood him very clearly. She was used to him doing that in the morning, when she was very persistent or annoying, as he said, "And every day since July."
Penny looked at her brother for a moment, and then she laid on him, making Ron groan.
"I'm just excited," she said, talking at the pillow. "It's like I can't stay still."
"And what's new, exactly?" Penny groaned before standing up.
"Alright, it doesn't matter!" she exclaimed, kissing Ron on the cheek. "I'll go by myself."
"For the record," Penny heard her brother say before she could exit their room, "You are not making me feel guilty."
The girl closed the door behind her with a little smile. She loved her twin brother. She loved all of her siblings, actually. They were so close, all the Weasleys were. It had been very hard for them and their parents to see Bill and Charlie leave England for their jobs. Bill was her big brother, the eldest; everyone looked up to him. He had even been Head Boy at Hogwarts. Her parents were very proud of him. Now, Bill was working at the Gringotts, the wizards' bank, in Egypt. While Charlie was studying dragons in Romania. She missed them dearly, but she was happy anyway. If they were happy, she was happy. Moreover, they wrote them two or three times a week.
Penny ran down the stairs of her wooden house. The Weasleys lived in the countryside, surrounded by green fields and so many animals. Penny loved animals and magical creatures. She and Charlie used to spend hours talking about strange creatures.
Running in the kitchen, she puffed when she saw no mail on the kitchen table. Every morning had been like that since the beginning of July. She knew the letter would have arrived eventually; she was looking forward to it.
She looked around. Her brothers were still sleeping, and her mother should have been awake. Maybe she was in the garden. Molly Weasley loved taking care of her garden.
Penny walked out the door and walked to the wooden swing that her grandpa built even before her brother Percy was even born. She sat down and started swinging lightly. The morning wind was blowing, and she looked at her house. She wanted to go to Hogwarts, but she would have missed that messed, comfy place. Her hand traveled to her dressing gown's pocket, actually Bill's dressing gown, and took her harmonica. That was the gift that her family gave her for her 6th birthday. She brought it to her mouth and started to play. She didn't know any melody; she always just made them up. It was something that she really loved to do. Sit and play music. Her brothers always said that it was the only time that she didn't speak.
Teasers, they were. But they actually had some kind of a point.
"Good morning, lovely." Penny stopped playing and smiled at her father.
"Hi, Daddy!" Arthur Weasley was the best father ever. He was kind and so funny. He had a passion for muggle things and muggles in general. If what he said was true, they were indeed quite fascinating.
"Already playing?" he said. She nodded with a smile before putting the harmonica back in her pocket.
"Can you push me?" her father laughed at her question, but he started to push her lightly. It was rare to have her father at home all day. He worked for the Ministry of Magic, so when he was home, they spent all day together. And Penny always loved it when he pushed her on the swing.
"Penny!" Penny looked at her mother. "How many times do I have to tell you?" she said, walking closer. "Shoes outside, not slippers." Penny looked down at her white teddy bear slippers. Her mother usually lectured Penny for being too messy, but the girl really couldn't help it. It was in her nature. But this time, her mother was right. Penny loved her slippers, her mother made one pair for her every year for Christmas, every time it was a different animal shape slipper.
"Oh…Sorry, Mum," she said, standing up with a jump. "I hadn't noticed."
"Like always," her mother rolled her eyes, but she couldn't hide a small smile. "Go inside. Breakfast, it's almost ready."
"Wow, sure!" Penny said, running to the house.
"And I'll clean your slippers later," she heard her mother say. Her mother was the captain of the Weasleys' boat. They would have sunk into a total mess if it wasn't for that woman. Penny tried to help her sometimes, but the messiness was a part of her.
As soon as she entered the kitchen, Penny was picked up by two arms, and she knew immediately who it was.
"George! Put me down!" she exclaimed, laughing.
"Hey, sis," he said, starting to tickle her with one hand. Penny pushed it away; she was extremely ticklish.
"Alright, alright, I'll put you down." Once her feet touched the floor, she started to tickle George, who started to laugh. He was fighting her, but not seriously. He and Fred were pranksters, and Penny believed that they could do almost everything.
"Where's Fred?" she asked, noticing that Fred wasn't there with his twin brother.
Yes, their parents hadn't been very lucky, Fred and George were twin brothers too. They were born three years before Ron and Penny. They were the funniest guys that Penny knew, and not just because they were her brothers, but because they always had some plan to do something interesting.
"Well..." but before George could say something, Penny heard a scream. Ron's scream.
"Help!" Ron ran into the kitchen, fear in his eyes. It seemed like he was trying to take something off of his pajamas. "Get the spider off!" Penny gasped when she heard George and Fred laughing.
"It's not funny!" she exclaimed, running to her twin and trying to calm him down.
Ron was terrified of spiders. He panicked when he saw one, and unfortunately, he was Fred's and George's main victim. It was because of them that Ron feared spiders. When Ron and Penny were four, the poor boy was holding his teddy bear. Since he had destroyed one of Fred's broom toys, the two boys made spider legs appear on the little teddy bear. No one could blame Ron for being scared now.
"Come on, Squirrel," Fred said. "It's a little bit funny," Penny glared at them.
She loved their pranks, but not on Ron. She never wants anyone to scare her sweet twin.
"Are you sure it's gone?" Ron asked, looking at his arms.
"I'm sure," she answered, trying to reassure him.
"Good morning." Turning around, Penny saw her little sister Ginny preparing the table for breakfast, yawning. Penny loved their dinner table. It was always full of people, and every glass was different from the others. They all had their own glass. She heard their parents talk about the other wizard families, the rich families. Apparently, they pitied them. Penny didn't understand why. Yes, they weren't exactly rich, but her parents loved each other and they loved their children, most of their clothes were homemade and their table was colorful. Those people should shut their mouths.
"Ginny, thank you, baby," her mother said as she walked into the kitchen, holding a basket of vegetables in her arms. Their parents were always proud of Ginny. She was nice and mature, but she had a fierce spirit that sometimes Penny felt she should look up to. Penny loved spending time with Ginny. They were the only girls, and it was nice to have girl's nights sometimes. She would have missed her at Hogwarts.
"Mum," Penny heard Percy's voice. Percy was two years older than Fred and George, and he was the perfect son. He was smart, tidy, and strict. He always lectured his younger brothers about... everything.
Penny was sure he was already wearing his clothes, like most mornings. He wore his pajamas at breakfast only when he was sick or sad.
"What is it, sweetheart?" Percy walked into the kitchen with letters in his hand.
"They arrived." Penny and Ron ran to their brother, asking for the letter.
"I told you they would have arrived today!" Penny exclaimed with a big smile.
"Percy, where is mine?" Ron said, and Percy gave him his letter.
"Mine, Percy, mine!" Penny exclaimed.
"Wait, Penny. There is one for everyone." Percy gave her a letter. She couldn't believe it. She was holding her letter from Hogwarts. Penny read the words written on it with wide eyes.
"Miss Penelope Weasley,
Kitchen, Weasleys' House, England"
She read it over and over; it was a moment so special that she didn't want it to end.
Her mother ran next to Ron, who was surely feeling like his twin. And suddenly, she felt her father's arm around her shoulder. She looked up, and he was smiling at her.
"Go on, Penny," her father said. She looked at her twin, who was waiting for her to open the letter. Smiling at each other, they opened the letters and started to read them.
It was official, in September she would have left home for Hogwarts. She couldn't stop smiling.
She couldn't wait to start this adventure.
Penny was sure it would be wicked.
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I hope you'll like my story. I'm sorry for eventual grammar errors, but english is not my first language.
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