Annie's Birthday

Annie's POV

It's March 13th and my tenth birthday. My cousin Ron had his twelve birthday on the first. I sent him a gift, though we haven't meet yet. It must be driving him mad wondering who sent him the two chocolate frog cards he was missing from his collection. Honestly I'm not expecting anything special for my birthday. As I've never had a party before in my life.

So I saw no reason to get up early or celebrate. I see no reason for this year to be any different from my previous years as an orphan. I was dreaming about what it would be like if my parents and uncle were alive today.

"Annie, get up" Ginny whines.

"Why?" I ask her.

"Just get up and get dressed" she tells me.  I groan and do as I'm told as Mugsy lays curled up on my bed. When he's not chasing gnomes or rodents. He is asleep on my bed or by the fireplace. Once I'm dressed and my hair is brushed. I leave the room with the door ajar for him. I go downstairs to the kitchen.

"Surprise!" the Weasley family say together. I look around the room surprised. There was a banner with my name on it. Wishing me a happy birthday. Bill and Charlie are also here.

"What is all this?" I ask them confused.

"You're birthday party of course" Charlie says as he gives me a hug.

"More guests will arrive for the party tonight, including your mother's living relatives" Aunt Molly adds.

"What? I didn't know she had living relatives" I say shocked.

"Yes, the Bones family dear. Your mother was Oakley Bones before she married my brother Gideon" she states.

"Why are you doing this?" I ask them.

"Haven't you had a party before?" Bill asks me.

"No, we never celebrated birthdays" I state.

"Oh you poor girl" Uncle Arthur says as my cousins give me a group hug.

"Well you're having a party now" Aunt Molly states. "Besides it's not everyday a girl turns ten" she states. "Sit down, I made pancakes" she tells me. I do so and have chocolate chip pancakes placed in front of me.

"Thank you, thank you all" I tell them with a smile trying not to cry tears of joy. They all smile and we enjoy breakfast. They then gave me presents. Bill got my a charm bracelet. Ginny knitted me a scarf. Aunt Molly gave me a key to my parents vault. Uncle Arthur got me my own hand for the Weasley clock, so now I really feel like one of the family. Lastly Charlie got me my own broom, a Nimbus 1500. Not as good as the Nimbus 200, but still an amazing racing broom.

After presents Bill, Charlie, Ginny and I played a game of quidditch. Bill and I against the other two. It was close, but Charlie and Ginny won. Charlie said I could make an amazing chaser if I keep training. Though I don't see quidditch as a future career, it would be nice to tryout for my future Hogwarts house's team.

We returned to the house and cleaned up for lunch. Which was a wizard BBQ. Essentail a grill over a fire pit which patties, sausages and onions were cooked on. We then relaxed for the afternoon playing a muggle board game. Called Cluedo, which I had to explain the rules of.

As dinner time drew near there was a knock at the door. He returns with an elderly witch with a beaky nose, red-rimmed, bloodshot eyes, and bony fingers. She wore a feathery pink hat that was described as giving her the appearance of a 'bad-tempered flamingo'. "Annie this is your great Aunt Muriel" Uncle Arthur tells me.

"Stand up dear, so that I can see you" she tells me briskly. I do so. "Looks like her mother, but has her father's flaming red hair. Fits right in with all of your children" she states.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Aunt Muriel" I say with a curtsy.

"At least she's polite, well here you are dear" she says handing me a present. "Now where is that niece of mine?" she asks Uncle Arthur.

"Kitchen" he says and she goes to the kitchen. He follows her giving me an apologetic smile. I open the gift to find a diary.

"Don't take her attitude personally, she's rude to everyone" Ginny tells me.

"I'm used to it" I tell her. There's another knock at the door. This time Bill answers it and entered the room with three people. A woman that appeared to be around Aunt Molly's age. And an elderly couple.

"You look just like her" the elderly woman says tearing up.

"But have your father's hair" the man says.

"Hello dear, I am Amelia Bones. Your aunt, your mother was my younger sister" the woman states.

"I am Helena, your grandmother" the elderly woman says drying her tears.

"And I am your grandfather Eric Bones. You also had an other uncle Edgar Bones and his wife with your aunt. They have a little girl named Susan, she goes to Hogwarts. Just started her first year at Hogwarts and is in Hufflepuff" the man explains.

"I look forward to meeting her, how come her parents aren't here?" I ask curious.

"Oh dear, they died in 1981. Susan was only sixteen months old at the time" Aunt Amelia tells me sadly.

"I'm so sorry" I tell them.

"It's ok dear, you didn't know" my grandmother assures me.

"Now I know you got a key to your parents' vault, I took the liberty of placing some more money in it" my grandfather states.

"Also, this is a Bones family heirloom" my grandmother says handing me a gift. I open it to find a necklace with a Badger on it. "That's the Hufflepuff crest, the Bones family has been in Hufflepuff for the last five generations. Susan is the sixth generation" she explains.

"Thank you" I tell them.

"Of course we don't expect you to be in Hufflepuff. As your father's family and the Weasleys are all Gryffindors. We just wanted you to remember you are a Bones as well as a Prewett" my grandfather states.

"I'll carry it always" I tell them.

"And here is my gift to you" Aunt Amelia says handing me a photo album. On the cover is a picture of my mother, father and Uncle Fabian.

"It's filled with photos of them all, along with photos of the Bones, Prewett and Weasley family. But also has a ton of blank pages for future photos" Aunt Amelia states.

"Thank you, I love it" I say tearing up. Everyone gives me a group hug. Aunt Molly announces it's dinner time. So we all go. Dinner was amazing, we had chocolate mud cake for dessert. The party lasted two hours before the guests left. Aside from Bill and Charlie, who slept in their old room. They stayed the whole weekend.

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Picture above of Molly Weasley and picture on the external link of Aunt Muriel. Pictures in chapter of Gideon, Fabian and Oakley.

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