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♫ Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus ♫

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"That was the thing about heartache. You never could erase it. You carried it with you, always."

-Kass Morgan

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Cassandra was sleeping peacefully and undisturbed when she was suddenly shaken awake by her mother. Or rather, her foster mother. Her biological mother died when Cassie was 1, she was murdered by Lord Voldemort. Ever since her parents' murder at the hands of the most dangerous dark wizard the world had ever seen, she had been brought up by the Weasleys.

"Cassandra sweetheart, it's time to wake up." 

Cassie opened her eyes reluctantly and firmly closed them again when she was met with her and Ginny's room being brightly lit. She groaned and pulled the covers over her face when she suddenly remembered that today was the day that she and her brothers were picking up Harry from the Dursleys. She squealed before pulling the covers off of herself. Her mother smiled at her brightly before exiting the room.

She got out of bed and got dressed quickly before jogging down the crooked stairs down to the cramped kitchen. She sat down at the table next to a tired but nonetheless excited-looking Ron, and across from Fred and George who were perky and in their usual playful mood. Percy of course, was already awake and deep in conversation with their father about his new job at the ministry. Percy had been boasting about it all summer. It had started getting old after about a week. Her mother put down a plate of bacon and scrambled eggs in front of her and a jug of pumpkin juice. Cassie dug in, while listening to Fred, George and Ron talk excitedly about the quidditch world cup that they were about to attend in a couple of days.  "I heard the previous one lasted months!" Fred said excitedly to the others.

Cassie smiled and drank some juice before pitching in.

"I hope this one does too, it sounds amazing!"

Fred beamed at her before clearing his plate and stood up from the table, George following closely behind him. She heard them shout something about getting changed before they disappeared up the stairs.

She was basically skipping over to the fireplace when it was finally time to pick up Harry. They had arranged it so that they would be picking him up at 5 o'clock. She stood between George and Ron, as they watched Fred disappear, while yelling "Number 4 Privet drive!". Their father had already traveled there. She watched George do the same thing has his twin, before also disappearing. It was now finally Cassandras turn. She walked excitedly over to her mother, who was holding the jar of floo powder as she grabbed a handful. Her mother beamed at her as Cassie stepped into the fireplace, dropped the grey powder and yelled "Number 4 Privet drive" excitedly. She felt a jerk behind the navel as she appeared in a dark and cramped room. She stumpled as she fell into Fred, who almost knocked over George. Seconds later, Ron appeared behind her. She heard her father and brothers talk loudly about where they were, and she too realized that she had no idea where they were.

"Wait, dad! Maybe Harry can hear us!" She told her dad before walking closer to the wall. "Harry? Can you hear us?" She shouted at the wall and she heard the laughter in Harry's throat as he explained to her father that the Dursleys have an electric fire. Just then, Ron piped up smartly. "What are we doing here? Did something go wrong?" Opting Fred to speak up, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Oh no Ron, this is exactly where we wanted to end up." Cassie laughed at her brothers bickering. Their dad quickly told them to be quiet so he could think what to do however. "Damn. Ecklectic you say? With plugs? I must see that... Only thing.. Yes, Harry! Stand back." Her father responded to her twin. She smiled at her fathers excitement and backed up from the wall when a loud bang sounded and Cassie saw straight into the Dursleys living room. It was now dusty and rubble scattered the floor. Harry locked eyes with his twin sister. There she stood, soot covering her clothes, face and bright red hair. Suddenly, she lunged at him and wrapped her arms tightly around his slender frame. Harry hugged his sister back as Mr. Weasley tried to defuse the tension and explained everything to the twins' aunt and uncle. Cassie and Harry paid them no attention however, as they hugged each other tightly. Finally, they let go of eachother and Harry glanced around the room, a smirk on his face.

After a lot of talking and throwing of ornaments by uncle Vernon, her father concluded that Ron and the twins would go back to the burrow first with Harry's trunk and his owl, Hedwig. Cassie looked over at her aunt, whom she barely knew, and found her already looking at her. She saw a sad expression in her aunt's eyes, but the moment she noticed Cassandra looking, Petunia turned away and her eyes went cold. Her aunt always reacted like this whenever she saw her niece. Cassie supposed it was because she looked so much like her mother, Petunia's sister. She was snapped out of her thoughts however when she heard her cousin Dudley choking and retching on something that looked oddly like,- his tongue? Cassie stared at her cousin as she noticed how it was several feet long and bright purple. Her father ushered her and Harry over to the fireplace as he tried, and failed, to restore Dudleys tongue. Petunia was attempting to conceal Dudley, as Vernon was throwing things at her father as Arthur tried approaching them with his wand out and ready to restore their cousin to normal. Cassie laughed as she reluctantly went into the fireplace and traveled back home.

Harry appeared moments later behind her and they found Ron, Ginny, Fred and George practically dying of laughter in the living room of the burrow. As Cassandra looked towards the kitchen table, she saw Charlie and Bill sitting there. They must have arrived while Cassie was at the Dursleys. Bill stood up when he saw his little sister and Cassie ran towards him and threw her arms around him in a tight hug. "I missed you kid, I really did." He told her while looking at her with a proud smile on his face. Soon, she hugged her other brother, Charlie. She watched as they both shook hands with Harry and introduced themselves, since Harry had never met Bill or Charlie considering that they don't live in Britain.

She smiled at them, but her smiled fell when her father appeared in the fireplace, looking livid. He tore Fred and George a new one, while Hermione, who had arrived earlier that afternoon, subtly tried to get Ron and Harry to leave the scene. The four of them went upstairs to Ron's room and they closed the door as they heard shouting coming from downstairs.

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Authors Note: What do you think of my first chapter? I'm sorry if it's kind of boring but the next one will be more eventful when they go to the qudditch world cup! This is my first story on wattpad so please let me know if you guys have any tips.

Also this fanfic will mainly follow the plot of the books, but also the movies.

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Word Count: 1,149

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