It happened as it always did when Ariel came to England, word got around fast that she was there and by nightfall Harry's home was filled with all their friends. However, unlike the distressful occasion at Luna's the night before, the house was filled with laughter, talking, and children.
"Blimey Evans," said Dean as soon as he, Padma and their 5 year old daughter, Ariel's goddaughter, Dipali, walked into the house from the fireplace, "Didn't expect to see you so soon!" He reached to hug his friend, but his daughter squealed at the sight of her godmother and leapt into her arms instead.
"Godmummy!" yelled the cute little brown skinned girl with two long, loose thick ponytails, that each alone were the width of her head.
Ariel squeezed her goddaughter, her face lost in midst the thick black hair of the little girl. "Dipali! I missed you girl!" said Ariel. "We had a lot of fun when you visited on Easter, didn't we?" The little girl pulled her head back from her godmother's and nodded profusely, her ponytails bobbing behind her. "Next time, leave mommy and daddy at home. They're killjoys," she whispered to the little girl and smiled.
"Oi, Evans!" called Dean. "Just don't want my little one to grow up to be a handful like you!" he joked.
Ariel waved her friend off, and continued to carry the child as she hugged Padma. Padma's own twin walked up right behind her to greet Ariel, and for once, there was a major difference between the two. While Padma was lean, with a flat tummy, Pavarti was heavily pregnant. "It's amazing that your about to have your first child considering how early you two got started," joked Ariel.
"Evans!" shouted Pavarti, looking at her niece.
The little girl looked confused. "Started what, Auntie?" asked Dipali.
Pavarti's tanned skin blushed. "Nothing, Dear."
"Your one to talk, Evans," said Seamus, smirking beside his wife. "If I hadn't received a letter from him last week, I'd a thought you finally killed Neville."
Ariel looked at her friends in mock disgust. "You people are sick! What a thing to say in front of a child. Dipali, hon, don't grow up to be like your dad and uncle. They are sick and twisted individuals," she said with mock earnest as she put the child down. "Now go play and forget everything you heard except what I said, okay?"
"Yes, Godmummy!" Dipali said playfully, before running off to the crowd of children near by, eager to get to her best friend Kendall and godsister Jade.
"You're going to be a bad influence on her," Dean said, shaking his head.
Ariel nodded self-righteously. "You picked the right chick to be her godmother than. Be proud!" she laughed. "Speaking of mothers..." said Ariel suddenly as a large group of red heads, with one brown head of hair in the bunch, strolled into the living room. "Goodness, Granger, your belly never shrinks!" Hermione blushed and waved Ariel off, as Ron smiled behind his wife, nodding just as self-righteously as Ariel had just moments ago.
"There she is! The second best looking twin in the world!" said George Weasley with half a smile.
"George Weasley," beamed Ariel, before rushing over to him and hugging him. "Haven't seen you in so long! Now why is that?" she asked after she let him go.
George sighed, his half smile slowly fading away. "Been quite busy, is all, making my brother and I rich men while he stays here to keep a chair and whip to my niece and nephew." With that, Olivia and Jackson came running through their uncle and Ariel, holding balloons full of water.
"Oh no you two don't!" shouted Harry, chasing after them. "Not in the house!"
Ariel smiled, watching her brother chase the twins down the hall, then drenched in the water balloons they were trying to keep away from him. She turned back to George. "Yeah, the store in Geneva Gardens is doing great, according to Longbottom. SIMS staff is always confiscating Weasley products from students. Babe's so use to them, he knows all the counter spells to all of them. And no one believes him when he tells them he knows you all, and saw all your products when they were in their experimental stages." Ariel giggled, but George only snorted lightly. Her smiled disappeared too, seeing that he wasn't much for jokes or compliments anymore.
