"Oh well, the twins must be adopted. Mustn't they? I believe the family pulled strings to keep them in Gryffindor rather than them arriving with us in Slytherin. I can't imagine that, to be honest. It's like clipping their wings," she admitted, obviously having put thought into this. "And I can agree with the dragon trainer. He does seem to have some skills. Maybe they just used it up on the older ones," she said, considering that option. It made as much sense to her as anything else.

"Yes but then things go on from there," she said. "To three and four, and them there and talking," she said, nose wrinkling at that very thought. "We would be so much better off is Weasley was gone."

"I know how much it meant to me," she admitted. "You changed my world, and saved me from all of them. I owe you for that. Not nearly as much as you owe me though," she teased, grinning.