Fluffystwin: I have not posted in a while and I am so sorry. Here is a new chapter and I should have a second one up soon. This is mainly fluff, but it introduces someone else and a couple new relationships. Enjoy this; let me know what you think.

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Hermione stared at the group in front of her that sat around a large table in the Leaky Cauldron, enjoying some drinks before they went shopping. Everyone was laughing like they had no care in the world. It seemed as if they weren't even being hunted by Neo-Death Eaters led by a crazed Percy Weasley. To be honest, Hermione was enjoying the calm. Though she knew that it was only the calm before the storm. She laid her head on the shoulder next to her and smiled at Harry across the table. A lanky arm wrapped around her shoulders and squeezed her against him. Harry suddenly cheered and waved at someone past Hermione. She looked over her shoulder to see the two eldest of the Weasley boys walking over towards them. Fleur stood beside her husband with their gorgeous little girl, Victoire in her arms. Two of the Slytherins at the table were a little hesitant as they had never been introduced to the eldest Weasley, but their fears were quickly swept aside as soon as Bill walked straight up to Saeka and Zeherah and embraced the two women in a large hug. He shook hands with Draco and Blaise and introduced them all to Fleur and his beautiful daughter. Saeka's eyes lit up as soon as she saw Victoire and she jumped into a conversation with Fleur about the bright eyed little girl. Bill walked over to his brother and ruffled his hair.

"So, little bro, I'm hearing through the grapevine that you've managed to snag the Brightest Witch in the Wizarding World. How in the bloody hell did that happen?" Bill asked with a laugh.

Charlie grinned and patted George's shoulder. "Don't worry, mate. He'll eventually realize that for once you made the right decision."

Hermione sat up straighter and glanced at Bill, who mentioned an offhanded comment to Saeka about Grimmauld Place that got Saeka laughing. It was Saeka's return comment that made her pause.

"At least you didn't have to deal with Sirius sneaking up on you while you are trying to deliver information. I think he got a kick out of scaring the shit out of us."

Harry stopped talking to Luna and stared at Saeka in confusion. "How do you know my godfather?"

Zeherah smiled. "There's a reason that the Death Eaters wanted us dead."

Saeka winked at Harry. "You don't think the Order was just that small group of people did you?"

"Yea, I mean, come on Harry. We helped smuggle muggle-borns out of the country for Merlin's sake. We would need support."

"Dumbledore and Remus were the ones who were in charge of our operation. Bill joined us a few times, but mainly it was just us two and getting help from the American ministry. Zera was very vocal in her opposition to what the British Ministry was doing. It was actually entertaining to see her tell off Kingsley one night when we helped a family get to New Orleans."

Hermione shook her head and gave them a bright smile. "So, from the beginning, you've always been helping us from the shadows?"

"Of course, not all Slytherins are bad, we just don't like being in the spotlight," Blaise said with a wink.

Charlie laughed. "You guys are full of surprises, aren't you?"

Saeka winked. "That's for us to know and you to find out."

"I feel as if my birthday is going to turn into a disaster now," George whispered to Hermione. The lovely brunette swatted him on the arm for that comment. He bumped shoulders with her and winked at her. To be honest, he was rather happy to have someone to share his birthday with once again. It had become lonely for him; though he wasn't going to really admit that. Once Ginny, Adrian, and Terence arrived the large group set out to go shopping for the two birthday peeps. Fleur then came up with the brilliant idea of having the girls go and try on dresses for the upcoming social functions for the ministry and their operation at Hogwarts. Everyone had stopped when she mentioned that. They had all honestly forgotten that they had a charity gala to go to. The girls quickly broke apart from the men and promised to meet up with them in a few hours at some shop that Fleur was taking them to. Ginny looped arms with Hermione and gave her a shy smile. They still really hadn't discussed what had happened recently.

Hermione patted her hand and bumped hips with the younger girl. Ginny grinned enthusiastically, happy that her friend was still standing beside her through everything. Inside she knew that she still had to make up for believing Ron, but honestly she didn't even know why she believed him. She should have trusted her heart. Hermione smiled at the younger woman, she knew what was going through that ginger head. She looked up ahead of her to see Saeka walking along with her arms behind her head with her face up towards the sky. The woman's eyes were closed as she simply listened to Zeherah's voice. Joy was written all across Saeka's face, the kind of joy that you see from someone who truly enjoys life and doesn't take a moment for granted. It was amazing what a near death experience could do to someone.

Ginny started besides Hermione, making the brunette jump as well. Terence had just run up to the side of Ginny and tapped her on the shoulder. He held his hands up when he saw them automatically reach for their wands. It was instinct for them anymore. "Woah, I'm just here because Adrian sent me. He thinks one of us should be with you guys."

Hermione shrugged and released her grip on her wand. "It's whatever you guys think, but I believe you will be bored with us."

"Hey, I will have you know that I am brilliant at helping a woman decide on a dress," he said with a smirk.

Zeherah spun around and walked backwards in front of them. She flopped her wrist at them and put her hand on her hip. "He just has a fantabulous sense of fashion!" Saeka laughed and winked at Terence, who so elegantly flipped them off. Fleur covered her daughter's eyes, which only made the girl laugh. Saeka smacked Zeherah upside the head and continued walking with Fleur. Hermione shook her head, but the smile on her face betrayed her behavior. Zeherah slung an arm around Terence's shoulders and with a squeeze and kiss on the cheek his pout vanished. The odd group continued down the street and wandered into what used to be Knockturn Alley. After the war, Kingsley went to work on updating the wizarding shopping area. His first order of business, bringing in reputable business and ridding the place of dark shops. He had managed to do it and now there were a couple of little cafes, a new bookstore, and new wardrobe shops for everyone. Fleur ushered them into a new shop with a display of beautiful evening gowns in the window. Hermione cocked an eyebrow and walked into Elegant L as the sign so proudly displayed. She was a little worried about going into the store as she had never been one for fashion.

"Alexandria?" Fleur asked in confusion as soon as the door closed behind them all.

Saeka and Zeherah immediately screamed in happiness and they launched themselves at a short girl that was standing at the counter talking to the sales clerk. The girl toppled to the floor with both the women on top of her. Victoire giggled and reached her arms out to the group on the floor. Hermione looked past Saeka and Zeherah to see a short woman crouched on the ground now with her long black hair pulled back into a high ponytail. The various colors streaking through her hair stood out against her tan skin. Terence shook his head and waved to the woman on the ground.

"Alexandria, what are you doing 'ere? Bill said zat you were still in Israel."

The woman on the floor swatted Saeka and Zeherah away from her and stood up. She glared at the two on the ground before walking over to Fleur and taking a hold of Victoire's waving hands. "I came back early as there was nothing left for me to do. I broke the crypt open, but there were no sarcophagi or even any bodies like we had suspected. It was just a boring old treasure room. Plus, I was invited to this little shin-dig at Hogwarts so I figured I would come back and find a dress in England rather than in Israel."

Alexandria swatted Saeka's arms away from her as the taller woman tried to wrap her arms around her. "We missed you Alex! Why didn't you tell us where you had left in the first place?"

Alex dead panned. "Because you two would try to go with me. Last time you went with me you started dancing with one of the skulls!"

Zeherah snorted and hid her mouth behind her hand. Saeka smirked and kissed Alex on the cheek. "Well, either way, we are glad to have you back hun. Hermione, Ginny, this is Alexandria Thorpe. She is a Ravenclaw and a dear, though snippy, friend of our's."

"I'm only snippy because you two are idiots and try to drive me insane," Alex retorted.

Hermione smiled at her and held out her hand for Alex to take. Alex happily accepted and shook hands with her. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"And it's always nice to meet one of the Golden Trio," she said with a wink. "So, I take it you guys are here for the same reason as me then?"

Fleur nodded. "Of course, ze need all the help they can get."

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"Lee! What the hell is going on in here!?" George yelled as he walked into his store only to find that the place was overrun by giant pygmy puffs. Harry busted out laughing at the scene of Verity standing at the cash register with a pygmy puff trying to nom on her head. Her expression was one of exasperation. Lee came running into the room, his dreadlocks pulled back into a ponytail, powder covering most of him. Bill rolled his eyes and waved his wand, the pygmy puffs shrunk back down to their tiny size. The two other workers in the shop sighed in relief, they had been trying to shrink them for the past hour. Lee shook his head and a cloud of powder floated down to the floor. Blaise clamped a hand over his mouth to keep himself from laughing out loud. Draco shook his head and smacked Blaise on the arm. George rolled his eyes and walked past Verity and smacked Lee upside the head, making more powder fall to the floor. "So, I leave you in charge and my store ends up being destroyed. Verity, close the store and reset the displays and put the pygmy puffs back. Everyone can go home early today."

The door bell jingled as Terence walked in. His eyes widened as he took sight of what happened inside the store. "Uh, wow."

Adrian rolled his eyes. "What Terence?"

The blonde held out his hand that held a folded piece of paper. "Saeka told me to come by and give you guys this. It's what the girls want to get Zeherah. I'm supposed to take back a piece of paper of items you guys want to get George."

Harry paused before mentally giving himself a slap upside the head. "Why the hell didn't we think of that?"

Charlie shrugged. "It's not like we really had time to think about it before Fleur wheeled them off for shopping."

George pulled out a piece of paper and stole a pen from Lee's pocket. "Here, guys, use this," he offered. "By the way, take this idiot with you." He kicked Lee's ass and made the man stumble out from the counter area. "I don't need him destroying my store anymore."

Harry shook his head and took the pen. Blaise and Draco were immediately by Harry's side and they whispered conspiratorially. Charlie smirked and nodded to Bill, those three were up to something. Terence smiled at Lee and immediately flushed when Lee flashed him a bright smile. Adrian's eyes widened when he saw that. He really didn't want to know his best friends preference. It didn't take the boys long before they had a decent sized list. Charlie handed it off to Terence and George kicked both him and Lee out. George slammed the door shut behind them and sighed. He waved his wand and a broom and dust pan went to work on cleaning up glass.

"I'm so glad this isn't the busy season for the store."

Lee stuck his tongue out at the door to the shop and swung his arm over Terence's shoulder. "So, Terence, where are we going?"

"Back to the girls as they try on dresses."

"Actually we are done with dresses." Hermione waved at the boys from a small newly built café. All of them were sitting around a table with their bags shrunk and placed on the table. Victoire was giggling because Saeka had animated the napkins to fold themselves into origami gladiator mice and they were fighting each other. Fleur's eyebrow twitched as she caught sight of what Saeka was doing, but let it slide this time. Terence looked around at all of them, wondering how they were able to get all of that done quickly.

Zeherah put the Daily Prophet down. "Relax Terence, we simply picked the right dresses the first time. Plus, the saleslady was very adamant about getting us out of there. Alexandria and Saeka were causing a bit of a ruckus."

"A bit? The saleslady threatened to slit our throats!"Alexandria shouted at Zeherah.

Saeka shrugged and grabbed Victoire's hands. "We don't care do we Victoire? No we don't. We missed Auntie Alex because she doesn't talk to anyone."

Alexandria rolled her eyes. "Whatever." Fleur smirked and took Victoire from Saeka. She knew Alexandria had lost that argument and she honestly couldn't blame Saeka's very hyper reaction at seeing the woman. The woman kept disappearing for longer and longer periods of time according to Bill. She was having issues adjusting to the post-war wizarding society and would rather just stay involved with her work than deal with people. The war had done a lot of things and some people just dealt with it differently, but sometimes their way of dealing didn't help others.

"Anyways, the guys are off shopping. So, what do we have to do next?"

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Hermione stumbled through the fireplace and face planted on the long plush couch. She groaned into the mattress as her fingers released their grip on the bags in her hands. She had just spent the entire day shopping. She typically didn't mind shopping, but she had apparently never gone hardcore shopping with Saeka and Zeherah. Those two would drive anyone to the point of exhaustion. She lifted her head up to see Saeka and Zeherah come through the fireplace with giant grins on their faces. Zeherah grabbed Hermione's bags off the floor and placed them on the kitchen table. The two were laughing about something as Draco and Blaise came stumbling through the fireplace. George came out tumbling right after them, landed right on his bum. Hermione sat up and kicked her shoes off as the rest of the gang came through the fireplace. Everyone dropped their things at the kitchen table and pulled up a seat somewhere in the available space. Alexandria crossed her arms over her chest, she had been dragged here against her will and she was surrounded by stubborn people who wouldn't let her leave.

"So!" Saeka clapped her hands and got everyone's attention. "There's only a few rooms so a bunch of you get to crash in the living room. Hope you don't mind. Alexandria, your room is still here, but you should probably share it with someone."

Draco rolled his eyes as he explored the kitchen for some food. Saeka swatted him as he started rummaging through the cabinets. Zeherah laughed as she watched the two bicker over food. George crawled onto the couch beside Hermione and winked at her. She rolled her eyes and let him cuddle up against her. Zeherah cut the fire off and the fireplace disappeared from view.

"Sorry, just for protection. I don't need anyone finding out where we are."

"Well can't they just have followed us?" Blaise asked.

"If they tried they would be rerouted to a fire blazing in a forest in Germany," Saeka said with an arrogant smile.

Draco rolled her eyes at her attitude. "So where are we sleeping?"

Saeka winked at him. "We are sleeping in my very comfy bed. Up the stairs, second door on the left and it locks. Take our bags up there then come back down." Draco nodded and grabbed the bags to head up the stairs. Saeka spun around on her heel. "Bring back my blankets and pillows!"

Draco waved a hand and continued up the stairs. Hermione smiled and sat up. Everyone either took their things to their room or to the den to where they could hide them away from everyone. Zeherah and Saeka took the time to grab blankets and pillows out of the hall closet for the ones sleeping in the living room and den. Hermione helped with pulling the pull-out beds from the two couches. George and Charlie rearranged the couches so the mattresses touched in a T-shape. Everyone got the beds looking comfy and Saeka waved her wand, the fireplace disappeared and a TV replaced it on the wall. Draco came back downstairs and dropped the blankets and pillow in a corner of the mattress. Hermione giggled as Harry was in the kitchen making popcorn and Luna was rummaging in the refrigerator for drinks for everyone. This was an amazing sight to her. Everyone was getting along and having fun while trying to do something that they never normally did together. After all the blood and drama, this was just quiet and getting comfy with your family. Across from her Alexandria rolled her eyes and pushed Charlie over the arm of the couch where he landed on the bouncy mattress. Terence grabbed a blanket off the pile and stretched out on the mattress. A pillow landed on his face and Saeka continued to beat him with another.

"Get! Your! Ass! Up!" she accentuated each word with a solid thwack with her pillow. She handed the pillow off to Lee and walked over to the TV. She reached behind it and turned on a PS3 and hooked in an external hard drive sitting on top of it. She grabbed the controller and crawled onto the mattress and curled up in between Draco's long legs. "Alright everyone, grab a blanket and get comfortable." Hermione climbed onto the mattress and George slipped beside her and left a spot for Charlie. Saeka rolled her eyes and flipped through the controls and began playing something. Hermione perked up at the tell tale whirring sound.

"It's Doctor Who!" Hermione held her hand up and her and Saeka high-fived.

Harry handed the three a couple bowls of popcorn as he crawled onto the other mattress with Luna in his lap. Alexandria was pulled into Charlie's lap and she smacked him for it, but got herself comfortable. George and Charlie winked at each other before going back to the show. Zeherah stretched out on the mattress with her head in Saeka's lap, while Blaise had his head on her stomach.

Adrian sat up to peek over the arm of the couch and stared at Saeka. "What the hell is this exactly?"

Hermione was the one to answer. "It is a show about a 900 year old madman in a box who loves Earth no matter how stupid humans are. So sit down, shut up, and enjoy the show."

George laughed at how feisty Hermione was, but held her close as she snuggled into his chest. He bent down and kissed her on the head. Hermione sighed and watched as Rose took the Doctor's hand for the first time. This was something that she wanted. No drama. No blood. Just sitting on a springy mattress with George's arms wrapped around her and watching Doctor Who. This was peace. The giggling from the other couch and laughter that followed only made her smile. This was true peace from the chaos that had become their life.

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Fluffystwin: Yea I know it's shorter than other chapters, but forgive me. School is rough and I've been doing work all the time. Either way, I hope you enjoy this. Next chapter will be the rather, hehe, surprising birthday party. I have a few things to throw at you guys mwuahahahahahah!