Introduction

[flower_witch]

Teddy had been snogging cousin Victoire! Snogging! Mild disgust was once again at war with hysterical giggles. Al just hadn't understood what was so funny, but he was a boy so of course he wouldn't. Maybe, just maybe she didn't even blame him. And then promptly giggled again.

She looked out the window as she tried to stiffle her giggles, and from

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[notthatjames]

And her elder cousin will just be taking the opportunity to pounce her, cheerfully. "Rosie! There you are!"

[flower_witch]

The fact that he'd called her Rosie temporarily forgotten in the confusion, she spins around at the sound of James' voice.

"James!"

She answers the hug for sheer comfort.

[notthatjames]

He smiles and pulls back, looking amused. "Took you long enough. Al and I have been here ages." A beat. "Mum and Dad are here, too, and your mum and dad. But they're all -- eighteen. It's weird."

[flower_witch]

"What do you mean, took me long enough! We were just on the train to Hogsmeade!"

She colors lightly.

"... Remember? When you caught Teddy and cousin Victoire snogging?"

[elleestdouce]

And, of course, she has to see the cousin in question, yes?

So here she is, mild worry combining with obvious relief. "Rose! There you are, chere, I was beginning to fear you and Hugo were lost to us in whatever strange thing brought us here."

[flower_witch]

Rose immediately feels a slight blush creep up her face. It's one thing to giggle about it, but to actually have to look them in the face...

"Cousin Victoire! ... Where are we?"

[elleestdouce]

She notices this, but won't comment; it likely hasn't occured to her what it's for, either. "A very good question. It appears to be -- a mansion of sorts where more or less anything can happen." She shrugs. "I've met -- Teddy's mother, she's alive here, and I hear people's parents are young again as well." She has yet to meet her own, which she's half-relieved (it's been weird enough as is) and half-disappointed about.

[flower_witch]

She frowns in confusion.

"... I don't get it. What do you mean, they're alive?"

[cannon_fanatic]

He wanders through the room on his usual trek to the kitchen, shaking his head at all the children. They remind him of 'ickle firsties', and he clearly has no idea of any potential relation to the newcomer in question.

[flower_witch]

Rose turns around in an attempt to find something familiar and so her eyes will land on her Daddy's back. She'd recognize him anywhere, especially with his back turned (so she can't see that he's younger). Her voice is slightly incredulous, as they were supposed to be at Hogsmeade and Daddy was definitely not supposed to be in Hogsmeade.

"... Daddy?!? What are you doing here?"

[cannon_fanatic]

Ron stops in his tracks - He's fairly sure the voice was directed at him. He turns around to see the girl addressing him.

'Sorry, I'm not your -' But then he realises that this girl might just be his daughter, having been told earlier of her existance. He isn't sure what to say, so he tells her what he's doing.

'I was just getting some lunch.'

[flower_witch]

She can't help the giggle; after all, Daddy's appetite is legendary! Mummy's told Hugo and her all sorts of stories from their schooldays.

"But why are you here, you know, in Hogsmeade, if lunch was all you wanted? Doesn't the Ministry cafeteria have lunch?"

She still thinks she's somehow in a side room to Hogsmeade station...

[lutrinae_lion]

Hermione had been sitting on one of the couches when the new arrival arrived. With a blink, she murmurs "So that's how it works", before standing up and addressing the vaguely familiar girl in Hogwarts robes, "Are you all right?"

[flower_witch]

The girl approaching her looks an awful lot like Mummy, just... younger. A whole lot younger. So, with eyes as wide as saucers, she replies in a very tiny voice.

"... Mummy?"

[lutrinae_lion]

Oh... oh Her mouth gapes open before she realises and closes it. Well, Harry and Ginny's children were here, why not her own?

"Your Mum's name is Hermione Granger?" She asks, not wanting to distress the girl more, but wanting to be sure before she acts.

[flower_witch]

She nods her head.

"Uh huh. Hermione Weasley. Don't you know your own name, mummy?"

She's starting to worry a lot about what's happening, if even Mummy - who knows everything! - doesn't know her own name...

[little_asp]

Al was poking his nose everywhere, trying to find out what secrets this place held when he found himself back in the main room, "Rose!" he calls out, excited to see his cousin, "There you are!"

[flower_witch]

After the abrupt change in her surroundings, seeing a familiar face is a big relief.

"Al! Where are we? This doesn't look like Hogsmeade!"

[little_asp]

"It isn't! Everyone just calls it the Mansion. It's weird, but Professor Longbottom is here, and so are a few other people who used to be teachers, so it's safe enough for now, I guess."

[flower_witch]

Teachers are a good thing! She's a little less upset as things don't seem as strange as she thought at first.

"Really? Who else is here?"

And then in a softer voice.

"Can we call him uncle Neville here?"