September 1st, 2013"What's wrong with those two?" Mia asked Ginny as she kissed her cheek hello
when they met up in front of the Hogwarts Express. She gestured to Lily who was sniffling,
and Albus who was shouting at Jamie, with Harry trying to separate the boys.
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Jamie has been teasing Al all morning long about the
Sorting. I've never been happier to ship them all away. And this one," she said, looking
down at a teary-eyed Lily, "is upset that she can't go with them."
Mia smiled and brushed a strand of red hair from Lily's eyes. "Pandora's sad, too,"
she told her niece. "Why don't you go over there, and the two of you can make plans for
all the fun things you're going to do this year."
Lily seemed to be slightly mollified by the suggestion and made her way over to
where Pandora was sniffling in Remus's arms, while Sirius walked Carina and Regulus over
to meet up with Harry, Jamie, and Albus. Ron and Daphne arrived beside Draco and
Astoria, and soon Hugo joined the younger children who were sad to not be going to
Hogwarts.
"Rosie, you'll be loved just as much if you end up in Slytherin," Daphne promised
her daughter while Ron grumbled behind his wife's back. The poor girl looked absolutely
terrified, and Mia was tempted to have all of the children taken aside to have a pre-Sorting
pep talk.
However, Harry already had Albus covered, as he was kneeling in front of his son
with Sirius leading the rest of the children away from the duo. Mia smiled and ran her hand
affectionately through Carina's hair before her daughter walked over to say hello to
Scorpius. She looked up and smiled at her husband, who seemed annoyed. "What's wrong,
love?"
"You should hear the shit Harry's telling Al. 'Bravest man I've ever known,'" Sirius said
in a mocking tone.
"Hey!" Jamie approached them with a jaw-splitting grin on his face. "Teddy's...
back there," he said breathlessly, gesturing to a section of columns past the billowing clouds
of steam coming from the train, "snogging Victoire!"