194Chapter 2- Sunday at the Burrow
The second night of Ruby and Alice's grown up life was much quieter than the first. They cooked pasta and then watched TV whilst half-heartedly unpacking the rest of their possessions and organising the furniture.
Ruby entered the living room on the Sunday to see Alice already dressed and wrapping up a large parcel.
"Morning Alice, what are you doing?" Ruby asked as she made her way to the kettle.
"Morning, wrapping mom's birthday present, I hate wrapping…"
"It's your mom's birthday! Why didn't you tell me?" Ruby asked, horrified. Mrs Longbottom had always been like a second mother to Ruby.
"It was Friday and you sent a card and present, a book I think?"
"Oh…yeah, oh well that's okay then." Ruby said, taking a long sip of tea.
"Honestly Rubes, your memory is atrocious!" Alice said, smiling at her.
"Hey, I come from a bloody huge family, it's always someone's birthday! I need to focus my memory on other things, like potions and healing stuff." Ruby sat down, her memory was shocking. It was a family joke. Usually her mother would give her a week's notice before it was anyone's birthday. Ruby picked up a quill and wrote 'birthdays!' on her hand.
"Why have you written…birthdays, on your hand?" Alice asked, turning her head and squinting to read Ruby's messy writing.
"So I remember to ask mom if she can still owl me when it's someone's birthday. I know it's Aunt Hermione's soon and I think Louie's is coming up. Next month is definitely Aunt Minnie's." Ruby answered, thinking out loud.
"What are you going to get Hermione?"
"A book voucher," Ruby answered promptly, it was always an easy present to buy. "I'll get Louie some joke stuff from the shop, I don't know what I'll get Aunt Minnie, mom might have some ideas. So, are you having a birthday dinner then?"
"Yep, I'm leaving in about ten minutes. What time are you off?"
Ruby looked at her watch, it was almost ten.
"Probably about twelve, I should be getting my work shifts this morning."
"Do you know who your supervisor will be? Or the new student?"
"No idea about the student, I hope it's someone nice, if I've got to have some annoying prick following me around for six months I might ask Aunt Ginny if she can show be the Bat-Bogey hex that scares all my Uncles. The supervisor will probably be Healer Kyle, he's really nice." Ruby said, hoping that it would be Healer Kyle. The man was in his fifties and was really kind to all of the students; he was always nice and encouraging. Ruby had been ecstatic to get the emergency healing placement, she had had to write a long essay on why she wanted to specialise in it and then she had an interview with the healing trainer team in August. Her friend, Amber Brown, who had wanted to specialise in obstetrics, Merlin knows why, had ended up in Paediatrics and had been really disappointed.
"So the student reports to you, or Kyle?"
"Well, Kyle really but we're supposed to supervise them as well and offer guidance and support and all that crap."
"All that crap? My you're supportive Ruby! Do you know what happened to Peter Dean in the end?" She asked, smirking. Peter had been her student advisor when she had been a first year and he had spent the entire six months trying to get her into bed, it was only when she hexed him and Healer Shacklebolt, Annabel's godmother, had seen how insufferable she had found him that he had been reprimanded. Penny Shacklebolt had then told Kingsley, who had then told her Uncle Harry and the whole thing had snowballed. In the end Peter had had to take an extra course on Professionalism before he could graduate and Ruby had been mortified by the whole experience.
"He moved to America apparently."
"I suppose he couldn't stay after that, your family is massive he was probably worried they would never leave him alone!" Alice laughed..
"They wouldn't have done, James offered to beat him up, Teddy sent him a hexed letter, Grandma sent him a howler and Dad banned him from all his shops, even your mother barred him and you can't be a Healer and not drink!"
"Did your mom do anything?" Alice asked, clearly intrigued.
"No, it really upset her though, she gave me a big lecture on how I should have told her, it was horrible." Ruby finished quietly. Ruby knew what had happened to her mother during her childhood and then during the war. Vernon Dursley was still in muggle prison, and Ruby had felt awful that her mother had thought the situation with Peter had been comparable. He had just been a creep but he hadn't actually hurt her, just pissed her off.
"Right, well I'm off, I'll see you tonight for our last night of freedom!" Alice picked up the messily wrapped parcel and disapparated before Ruby realised she had said goodbye. Ruby often got stuck in her own head when she thought about things for too long, she suspected it was why she wasn't the strongest in exams and had only scraped her entry into Healer training. Thankfully once in the program it was mainly practical skills and essays with only a few exams, often multiple choice and fairly short, so Ruby had scored high grades throughout her studies at St Mungo's.
A grey owl swept into the room and Ruby jumped slightly before darting over to it and relieving the bird of its letter, it flew off instantly. Ruby recognised the hospital crest and she opened it with nerves and excitement.
Dear Miss Weasley,
It is my pleasure to inform you that you will be my healing intern for your final year. Emergency healing is an important and exciting branch of healing and I was very pleased with your interview and submission essay. I will expect you in my office at 07.30 tomorrow eager and ready to learn. Please feel free to bring decorative items (e.g. photographs, mementos etc.), stationary and textbooks for your desk. It is also advisable to bring spare uniforms, nightwear, food (including energy snacks and teabags/coffee), and casual reading for the many months ahead. You will also be partially responsible for a first year student and you will meet him tomorrow. Please find attached your work shifts and on-call times for the next month, these are negotiable if enough notice is given.
Enjoy the rest of your day and I look forward to meeting you properly tomorrow,
Hl. Robert Kyle
Ruby felt a grin spread across her face, she had been assigned to Healer Kyle! She looked at her shift pattern and felt even happier. She had four days on, two off, one on-call, and then she had five night shifts. Ruby looked ahead and she noticed that she was supposed to be on a night shift on Aunt Minnie's birthday; she had to remember to change that because she wasn't going to miss her god-mothers ninetieth birthday dinner for all the gold in Gringotts.
Ruby got ready for the day slowly and then packed a box of things she would take to the hospital. She looked through the photographs she had brought and picked four to take with her. The first was a picture of the entire Weasley and Potter family that had been taken on her Uncle Percy's birthday last month. There were now twenty seven members of the family, including Teddy, of course, who was a Weasley in all but a name, ranging from Granddad Arthur, who was sixty five and still worked at the Ministry (he was the head of Muggle relations) to Annabel who was fifteen (and younger than Immy by six minutes, and younger than Lily by only four days).
Ruby was probably closest to Albus and Rosie in terms of cousins but she was closest to Teddy who she counted as a brother, as did her sisters. Albus was also working at the Ministry where he was in the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts office which he loved and made his Granddad very proud. Rosie was another ministry worker, she was a junior officer in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, her work often brought her to St Mungo's and she always found Ruby to see if they could have a tea break or lunch together.
The second picture had been taken on Ruby's first day in healing school; she was standing in between her parents and godparents (Aunt Minnie and Uncle Charlie, who had flown back from Romania to surprise her). It had been a brilliant day and the picture always helped Ruby focus if she was struggling with the workload.
The third picture was Ruby with her parents, sisters and Teddy in France on the day that her father had opened the Paris branch of Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes. She had been sixteen and she had been so proud of her father; he now had shops across three continents and was currently looking to conquer a fourth (Africa).
The final picture was of Alice, Ruby and their best friend Alistair Shacklebolt when they graduated from Hogwarts. Alistair was the only child of Kingsley and Penny and was currently working in Romania. They had been best friends since before they could talk and even though Alistair had been sorted into Ravenclaw (Ruby and Alice were Gryffindors) their friendship had lasted. Alistair had recently come out as gay, Alice and Ruby had known since they were all fifteen when he had confessed it to them one day as they worked in the library. Kingsley and Penny had been incredibly supportive but some of the journalists, especially that bitch Rita Skeeter, had been very rude and Alistair had jumped at the chance to move abroad for a while when Uncle Charlie had suggested it. Uncle Charlie had recently moved back to Britain and was working as Care of Magical Creatures Professor at Hogwarts. Hagrid had decided to stick to game keeping now that he was in his nineties.
Ruby picked out an acceptable pair of pyjamas (yellow with jade green spots) and put them in the box on top of the photos. She knew that she would have the opportunity to sleep during night shifts but she still wanted to look professional if she was woken for an emergency. She folded up two spare healer robes and put them on top of her nightwear and then hung her final set of robes on the wardrobe so that the creases would drop out for the morning. Ruby was very fond of the lime green robes, they matched her hair (dark red) and eyes (emerald green) perfectly.
Glancing at her watch she realised that it was ten past twelve so she walked out into the living room and grabbed her bag and wand before disapparating. She could, as always, hear her family before she saw them. There appeared to be a Quidditch game going on and she noticed Lucy first, her orange Chudley Cannons Quidditch robes (she was a seeker on the increasingly successful team that her Uncle Ron loved), clashing horribly with her hair. She also noticed James flying near the hoops, he waved to her and she waved back before she moved over to the table.
"Hi Ruby." Uncle Percy said, standing up and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Hi Uncle Percy, how are you?" She asked politely.
"Excellent thanks, how's the new flat?"
"Brilliant thanks, you'll have to come over soon."
"Ruby dear! How are you?" Her Grandma asked, as she placed a large bowl of salad on the table and then gave Ruby her obligatory bone-crushing hug.
"Good thanks, grandma. How are you?"
"Excellent, how's Alice? Have you settled in well?"
"She's great, she's always great! Are mom and dad here yet?" She asked smiling and sitting down next to Percy. Audrey came out of the house carrying bread and Ruby greeted her warmly.
"How's Alistair getting on?" Audrey asked, looking uncomfortable. She was a journalist who worked for the Daily Prophet covering political stories and she had been very unhappy with the coverage of Alistair's declaration. She was usually able to protect the Weasleys from invasions of privacy but she didn't have the power to stop the printing about the Minister's son.
"He's loving it out there, he's coming home for my birthday I think," Ruby said, trying to reassure her Aunt.
Rosie joined the table and sat next to Ruby, Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron also arrived and greeted the family.
"Have you got your shifts and supervisor yet, Ruby?" Rosie asked, pouring a glass of Pumpkin juice.
"Yeah I got them this morning. My supervisor is Healer Kyle; I'm really pleased he's absolutely lovely. I've got good shifts as well."
"Are you working tomorrow?"
"Yep eight till eight but I've got to go in a bit early to meet Kyle and the first year."
"Do you know who it is yet?" Rosie asked, looking intrigued.
"No idea, it's a boy though. Do you know anyone who was starting this year?" Rosie had only just graduated from Hogwarts so was likely to know the students who would be joining the program.
"Umm…Lauren Baxter but she's a girl."
"You don't say, Rosie?" Uncle Ron snorted.
"Oh, Ben Harper is and Scorpius Malfoy."
"Malfoy's son got on the Healing program!" Ron said, loudly. Rosie rolled her eyes.
"Yes dad, he's smart, really smart actually," Rosie said, looking at her father and then back at Ruby.
"Was he in Ravenclaw with you?" Audrey asked. Rosie shook her head.
"No he was in Slytherin, Al worked with him in potions though, and they actually got on alright considering." Rosie replied smiling at her dad's reaction and her mother's eye roll.
"Oh well, it could be someone from another school as well, a lot of American students come over to study here. My friend Amber is from Seattle."
"Why do they study here?" Aunt Hermione asked.
"It's cheaper, and the Ministry has an agreement for a scholarship program. We can study over there for a year if we want, my friend Josh is working in New York this year."
The scene was interrupted by the arrival of Ruby's parents. Uncle Percy stood up and let Eliza sit down next to her daughter.
"Alright mom, before I forget can you please owl me when someone's birthday is coming up?"
"Course I will Ruby, I know what you're like."
"There's so many to remember!" Ruby said exasperatedly and Ron laughed.
"I know what you mean Ruby, as long as you remember mine?"
"1st March?" She answered hesitatingly, Uncle Ron nodded. "When's mine?" She asked.
"Umm…I know it's soon. November 2nd?"
"Twelfth."
"Oh well, I knew there was a two in there!" Ruby laughed and her mother rolled her eyes.
"All set for tomorrow, Ruby?"
"Yep I got my shifts and my supervisor is Healer Kyle, he was the one who healed Immy's leg."
"Oh, he was lovely. Have you got good shifts?" Her mother said fondly.
"Yes, they're really good actually. I'll owl you a copy when I get home. I need to swop a shift to go to Aunt Minnie's birthday but it should be fine."
"Are you working on Thursday?"
"Yes, ten till ten I think, why?"
"I'm going to be popping in. I'll come and see you."
"Why? Are you alright?" Ruby asked, looking at her mother for any signs of illness.
"Oh, don't worry it's for work. Maybe we can have lunch?"
"Yeah, that would be nice." Ruby said, relieved; her mother still saw Madam Pomfrey if she was ever ill and the matron had even done house calls for Ruby and her siblings when they were younger. Madam Pomfrey was contemplating on retiring and Ruby suspected she was waiting until Ruby had qualified and could take over her mother's medical care before she submitted her notice to Professor Flitwick.
Teddy and Victoire arrived and the latter came straight over to Ruby looking uncharacteristically serious.
"Ruby, are you working on Saturday?"
"No, why?"
"Thank Merlin, we need to get the bridesmaid dresses sorted. Dom is going to apparate home for the day, it was the only day off she could get so I was worried that you'd be working!"
"Nope I'm off, what time do you want to meet?" Ruby and Dom were going to be bridesmaids, Ruby had been touched when Vic had asked her and she was looking forward to picking out the dresses. As long as it wasn't pink, thankfully Dom had the more traditional Weasley hair so it would be unlikely that Vic would subject her sister and cousin to dresses that clashed horribly with their hair.
"Eleven? We can have lunch somewhere as well."
"Excellent," Ruby grabbed a quill from her bag and wrote the appointment in her diary, and then on her hand. Teddy snorted.
"Shall I owl you to remind you?" He asked.
"I'll tell Alice, she's got a bloody amazing memory," Ruby replied.
"How's Henry, Ruby?" James asked, coming and sitting down and grabbing a glass of pumpkin juice.
"Hi James, nice to see you too, yes I'm fine thank you, how are you?" She replied sarcastically.
"You look fine! Seriously, you two still…?"
"Yes we're still dating James, don't get your knickers in a twist. We're having dinner tomorrow night, do you want to come?" The bromance that had bloomed between James and Henry had taken Ruby completely by surprise. They owled frequently and often went out to muggle clubs together where James picked up a wide variety of young women, with Henry as his unavailable but charming and handsome wingman.
"Nah, we're going out tonight." James replied. Her father chuckled.
"Seriously James, are you sure you don't want to date him?" Her father asked.
"He's a great wingman!" James replied defensively.
"How long have you been dating now?" Aunt Hermione asked.
"A year in October," Ruby replied.
"Has he qualified yet?" Teddy asked. Ruby knew that Teddy didn't approve of Henry but so far they had not discussed it in detail.
"Yeah last month, he's working in Uncle Bill's office now."
"You should invite him for lunch next week, Ruby, it would be lovely to get to know him better," Grandma said. Ruby smiled; her grandmother was always trying to get them married off.
"I'm on call next Sunday so maybe another week?"
"Will you still be able to come?" Her father asked. She knew that he hated it when any of the family couldn't make the weekly lunches.
"Hopefully, they'll owl me or send me a Patronus if they need me, depending on how desperate they are. I have to let them know what my plans are and I'm not allowed to drink." Ruby was quite excited about the prospect of being on-call, she had yet to experience it as it was only for final year students and qualified healers.
Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny were the next to arrive, Ruby thought that her aunt looked slightly pale but she didn't comment on it.
"Oh, mom before I forget do you know if Milly and Patrick have picked the date yet?" She asked, looking at her mother.
"Umm…I'm not sure, Harry do you know?" She asked, looking down the table.
"I think it's before Christmas but I'm not sure when." Uncle Harry replied.
"I'll call Aunt Petunia later and ask, Milly got that job she was going for by the way." Her mother said and Ruby smiled, pleased for her cousin.
"Really, at that practice in Cardiff?"
"Yes, I think Aunt Petunia was a bit upset that they're moving away." Milly had recently graduated as a dentist and was set to marry Patrick, a Welsh physiotherapist.
"Well Dudley and Lydia only live around the corner." Ruby said, laughing. Aunt Petunia and Uncle David now lived in Wiltshire and Dudley and his wife lived two streets away and both worked at the local schools; Dudley taught physical education and Lydia was a primary school teacher.
"I know but you know what she's like." Her mother replied and Ruby nodded, Aunt Petunia was very family orientated.
"I'll try to pop over on Friday and say hello." Ruby said quietly, before picking up the quill and writing Aunt Petunia on her hand.
"Are you allowed to write on your hands at work?" Uncle Harry asked, looking amused.
"Yes, I wear gloves when I'm doing any healing so they don't mind."
"Still, it must be worrying for the patients that their healer has a memory like a fish!" He retorted. Teddy laughed.
"They should be comforted by the fact that whilst I forget people's birthdays and sometimes what day it is, I can remember the names of all the spells to get rid of dragon pox. Plus they always look reassured when the see that my surname is Weasley."
"You're welcome," Her father said, wrapping his arm around her mother who smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
Four hours later and Ruby was so full she felt like she might burst, the family had split into smaller groups and Ruby walked over to her mother who was in the Orchard sitting on the bench by Uncle George's grave.
"Are you really alright, mom?" She asked.
"Of course I am, honestly I'm just going to the hospital for work, I promise! I'll probably be there a lot over the next few months so don't worry about it." Ruby sat next to her mother feeling reassured.
"Any idea what I can get Aunt Minnie for her birthday?" She asked.
"She's always tricky, why don't you just take her out for dinner?"
"That's a nice idea, but it's her ninetieth, shouldn't it be something really special?"
"She won't want a fuss Rubes, as long as we're there for her dinner she'll be happy. Just take her out for a meal after her birthday, take her somewhere in Edinburgh."
"Okay, I'll see if Henry knows somewhere." Henry grew up in Edinburgh with his parents.
"Everything okay between you two?" Her mother asked. Ruby hesitated slightly before answering.
"Yeah we're fine."
"Really?"
"Yes, he's really kind and attractive and he has excellent prospects." Ruby answered promptly.
"That sounds like something your grandmother would say." Ruby smiled knowing her mother was right, could she tell her what her concerns were?
"It's just sometimes I think…"
"Ruby there you are! Can I have a quick word?" Aunt Ginny was looking oddly flushed so Ruby nodded and her mother made to stand up.
"Don't worry Eliza it's nothing serious, I was just wondering if Ruby knew when the St Mungo's ball is this year?"
"Oh…no sorry. It's usually in November I'll try and find out tomorrow, why do you want to come?" Ruby asked, surprised by Ginny's interest.
"The Daily Prophet wants me to cover it."
"Why? You're a Quidditch correspondent." Her mother asked, looking confused.
"I know but Skeeter's going and they want me to keep an eye on her."
"Why?" Ruby asked.
"They got a lot of bad publicity after Alistair and they want to keep things neutral for a while. The Auror department is going to be raising money this year so I'm supposed to be there anyway. I bet you'll be expected Eliza."
"I'm not an Auror, nor's Fred!" Her mother said indignantly.
"I know but you're the Girl-Who-Jumped." Aunt Ginny said in a sympathetic tone. Her mother sighed. Ruby could tell that she was resisting the urge to say 'I'm the Girl-Who-Fell- Because-She-Didn't-Have-Enough-Energy-To-Actually-Jump' with extreme difficulty.
"Merlin's sake, I hate these things!" Her mother said passionately, Ruby knew how true it was; her mother was still very shy and hated the publicity from the war.
"I'll be there mom, and you can always just show your face and then leave." Ruby said, trying to console her mother.
"Thanks Rubes, anyway I better be off. I've got to check some new products." Eliza said, standing up.
"I better shoot off as well, I want to go for a run and I've got to get ready for tomorrow. See you soon, Aunt Ginny." She said, giving her aunt a quick hug.
"Make sure you take your wand with you…"
"When I run, I know mom. I'll see you on Thursday, my office is on the ground floor, room 17."
Ruby said goodbye to the rest of the family and then apparated straight into her bedroom and changed into her running outfit, a pair on black shorts and a dark green t-shirt, she placed her wand inside her shorts in the specially designed wand pocket that stopped it from jabbing into her leg and then walked out into the living room.
"Alice, you here?" She asked, knocking on Alice's door. She heard no reply so she scribbled a quick note telling her friend that she was going for a run and then did a few stretches before leaving the flat and jogging down the stairs.
Ruby had always enjoying running, even though she hated Quidditch she still wanted to keep fit and running was always a good way of doing that. Last year she had ran a half-marathon with her Uncle Dudley and had posted a very respectable time. When she exited the building she set her watch to record her time and then started running, slowly at first and then building up speed.
She ran along the main road and then ducked into the park and circled it a few times before doubling back and repeating the route. It was probably about five miles by the time she returned to the flat and she walked up the stairs slowly, looking forward to a shower and a cup of tea.
"Hey, good run?" Alice asked from the kitchen as Ruby walked into the flat and threw herself onto the sofa.
"Yeah, how was your day?" She asked, pulling off her trainers.
"Lovely thanks, Dad let Sarah come home for it."
"How's she doing?" Alice's younger sister was in her final year at Hogwarts.
"Good, she loves being Head girl but apparently the Head boy is a knob, his name is Issac Macmillan, he's a Hufflepuff as well but they've never got on."
"They'll probably be snogging by Christmas," Ruby snorted.
"I have news on that front."
"Snogging front or Christmas front?"
"Snogging, Sarah finally admitted she likes Albus!"
"Really, at last! I don't think he's seeing anyone at the moment, I'll have to ask Rosie."
"Well, be discrete, Sarah was so embarrassed."
"Discretion is my middle name," Ruby said, standing up and walking in to her bedroom and smiling widely.
The next morning Ruby picked up her box of work things, shrunk it, and put it in her pocket and apparated to the hospital. She had the familiar feeling of nerves and excitement as she made her way to Kyle's office. The door was open and she could hear male voices inside, she peered around the door and Kyle was talking to a blond wizard who had his back to Ruby. Kyle smiled when he saw her.
"Ah, Miss Weasley, early as well, excellent! Come on in!" He said, holding out his hand, Ruby shook it smiling nervously.
"Now, do you two know each other?" He asked. The blond man turned around and Ruby realised that he did looking very familiar.
"Scorpius Malfoy." He said, holding out his hand, Ruby shook it. "You're one of Albus's cousins, right?" He asked, not unkindly.
"Doesn't really narrow it down but yeah, Ruby Weasley, nice to meet you." This was going to be a very interesting six months.
A/N I've decided to do twice-weekly updates because I'm actually very far ahead so there's no point stringing it out too much. So we finally meet Scorpius, just about, they'll be much more from him in the next chapter. Review!
Next chapter- We meet Scorpius and Kyle properly, Amber the America is also introduced and we have a brief chat with Penny Shacklebolt.
Thanks to mozie for beta-ing!
So the ages etc;
Next generation
Ruby=20, trainee healer (Gryffindor)
Imogen 'Immy'= 15, Hogwarts (G)
Annabel= 15, Hogwarts (G)
James= 22, Junior Auror (G)
Albus= 19, Ministry, muggle artefacts (G)
Lily= 15, Hogwarts (G)
Rosie= 19, Ministry, accidents and catastrophes (R)
Hugo= 16, Hogwarts (H)
Victoire 'Vic'= 28, Artist (G)
Dominique= 23, Curse breaker (G)
Louis= 16, Hogwarts (S, every family this big should have a Slytherin!)
Molly= 22, Ministry, transportation (H)
Lucy= 22, Quidditch, seeker for Chudley (G)
Teddy= 29, Auror (G)
Alice= 20, Trainee potions developer (G)
Sarah Longbottom= 19, Hogwarts (H)
Henry Chang= 23, Gringotts banker (R)
Scorpius= 19, Trainee healer (S)
Alistair Shacklebolt= 20, Dragon trainer (R)
Lorcan Scamander= 11, Hogwarts (R)
Lysander Scamander= 11, Hogwarts (S)
Milly Evans= 22, Dentist (MUGGLE)
Pansy Evans= 14, Hogwarts (R)
Eliza and Harry's generation
Eliza= 44, Unspeakable
Fred= 46, WWW and radio presenter
Harry= 44, Ministry, head Auror (Annabel's godfather)
Ginny= 42, Quidditch correspondent
Ron= 44, WWW (Immy's godfather)
Hermione= 44, Ministry, Head of Magical Law Enforcement (Immy's godmother)
Bill= 52, Gringotts
Fleur= 47, Gringotts
Percy= 47, Ministry, Head of International Magical Cooperation
Audrey= 45, Daily prophet, political journalist
Charlie= 51, Hogwarts, Care of Magical Creatures Professor (Ruby's godfather)
Luna= 42, Magizoologist
Rolf= 39, Magizoologist
Neville= 44, Hogwarts, Herbology Professor, Head of Gryffindor
Hannah= 44, Landlady Three Broomsticks
Draco= 44, Own Apothecary chain
Astoria= 40, Own Apothecary chain/ Lady of leisure
Dudley Evans (Dursley) = 44, Physical Education teacher
Lydia Evans= 42, Primary school teacher
Older generation
Molly= 64
Arthur= 65, Ministry, Head of muggle relations
Petunia Parsons (Evans/Dursley)= 56, housewife (enters baking competitions)
David Parsons= 59, Gardener
Minerva= 89, Retired but still Hogwarts govener (Ruby's god-mother)
Hagrid= 90's, Gamekeeper
Kingsley= 50, Minister for Magic
Penny= 47, Paediatric healer (Annabel's godmother)
**If you find a discrepancy bear in mind that maths is not my strong point and have a good think about whether it will actually affect the story before you moan!**
witchprincess33- Congratulations you were officially my first reviewer, thanks!
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Amy Pond-Lovegood- Thanks, see above for a timeline, I had to make an excel spreadsheet for this story and then other one for The Other Weasley, and I keep putting Fred in the other story and forgetting he's dead, then I keep mixing up Ted (in the other story, where he is a healer) with Teddy (in this story where he is an Auror) and Victoire (in the other story where she is an Auror) and Vic (in this story where she is an artist)! Sooooo confusing, hope the timeline helps, I'll put one at the bottom of The Other Weasley as well when I update it.