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"Mr. and Mrs. Concord"

After the twins left Ollivanders', they went to go pick up the items that was left behind in other stores. They passed by to collect the items from the shop that Andrei worked in, and with some conversation and a few more blushes, they left, with John learning about his new nickname, and Andrei hoping MI6 won't come after him when he realized the former's age.

They then went to Twilfitt & Tattings to pick up the clothes that were done. They had come early because Adrian had told them about the clothes taking time to finish, and thankfully they had an hour left till supper by the time they left.

Adrian cast a mundane-repellant charm and notice-me-not charm on the three of them and side-apparated them out of the alley and approximately a block from their house. The twins carried their bags on their backs and walked ahead of Adrian, who spotted a Tabby cat in front of their door. As they walked up John noticed the cat, and said, "Kitty!" before dragging Oriana with him to grab the cat.

As they approached, the cat looked at them, and John stopped, before his collar started to glow slightly, "[What are you, and what are you doing here?]" Oriana tensed up, and her rings started to glow as they both got into a fighting stance. Adrian walked in front of them, and put a hand up, telling them to calm down.

"It's certainly been a while Professor McGonagall." Adrian nodded toward the cat, "Would you like some tea, or if you have the time, would you like to stay for dinner?"

The tabby started to grow in size as it turned into an old lady with salt and pepper hair tied in a neat, orderly bun, and with a small smile, she said, "Ah, Mr. Haddock, a pleasure to see you, never thought you were one for marriage."

A vein on Adrian's temple pulsed as he replied, "I never got married Professor, these are my sister's children. I took it to be my responsibility to show them the wizarding world."

"Ah, very well then, then I won't need to be explaining much or anything at all I suppose?"

"No ma'am."

"Very well then, I think I might take you up on the offer for dinner, you are the last one's on my list after all." Throughout the conversation between the adults, the twins armaments had stopped glowing. They headed toward the door after they started talking about explanations and unlocked it. Adrian started to lead the Professor inside as the twins held open the door, making small talk with her as they headed for the living room.

Once the twins had shut the door and walked into the living room, Adrian turned to them after sitting down and said, "Go upstairs and change your clothes, then you can get started on the dinner you said you wanted to cook John." John brightened at this and started to charge up the stairs.

As the twins left, McGonagall started talking. "Very attentive children you have there. To think that they would notice me in my Animagus form, I must applaud them for that. Have you been teaching them magic?" she asked as she looked around the house, noting the spacing between furniture, the width of the stairs, and the feel of magic having been cast on a few items.

Adrian smiled knowingly at this and responded, "Yes Professor, although them noticing that you weren't an actual cat was because of the way they are naturally, not because your magic."

The Professor revealed a small frown as she looked back to Adrian, "What do you mean by that Mr. Haddock?"

"You will see in a few seconds Professor. Look" Adrian said, motioning toward the stairs.

When she did, she saw the noticeably smaller twins walking down, with a procession of animals following them. They then turned to the animals, and she heard John say, "I am going to cook dinner," he was interrupted by a small cheer that went around the animals, he continued after they died down, "Wait here in the living room until dinner is done, and we have a guest, so play nice, understood?" The warm-blooded animals grunted and warbled small sounds of agreement, as the reptiles made hissing sounds and they all moved toward the living room as a group.

McGonagall watched as the twins walked into a separate room, presumably the kitchen, and when she turned back around, she realized that all the animals were looking at her. She blinked, and the animals started to move toward locations that seemed reserved specifically for them. The bear that she saw started to glow, before shrinking to be about the size of the wolf near them, and moving to the widened space between the loveseat and the three-person couch she was sitting on. The bat flew toward a peg that was suspended in a corner of the room, as the larger reptiles glowed and shrank as well, before moving with the smaller ones toward a lava lamp that was in another corner of the room. The cat padded up to the couch that she was sitting in and jumped up to curl in Adrian's lap.

"H-how is this possible? Mr. Haddock, an explanation if you will?" McGonagall had an incredulous look on her face, as she saw the obedience and magics cast by the animals.

"While I find explaining this repeatedly very tiring (A/N: I agree), I'm sure you and Professor Flitwick would enjoy knowing how this works." John got comfortable in his seat before continuing, "Simply put, the twins are a set of Siamese twins and Metamorphmagus, they are able to assimilate objects, and all animals, whether or not plant life and other people can be assimilated is unknown. John cares for those who don't have family, and adopted a few throughout our past few years of travel." John paused to motion towards the mammals and then pointed out the reptiles as he spoke, "Oriana likes to fight, and she challenged all of them to combat, and since they lost, she gets to assimilate them."

"I-I never knew this was possible. The intricacy of being able to do this, imagine! They are essentially able to transfigure themselves without any assistance!" McGonagall looked absolutely ecstatic at the idea. When she finished, she stopped and looked at Adrian with suspicion. "There's something else you're not telling me, is there?" she asked, noting Adrian's mischievous smile.

"With all due respect Professor, that's for me to know, and you to find out." Adrian said, his smile growing ever wider.

"[Dinner is ready!]"

They heard John's voice echo through the house as he called them to the dining table. Adrian stood up, and offered a hand to the Professor to help her up. The animals had already gotten up and made their way into the dining room. When they reached the dining room, they were greeted by a tall, four armed, four eyed being that had plates in one hand, a platter with a pitcher and full glasses of water in another, and a bowl filled with noodles, meat, and veggies supported by the last two.

The Professor was astounded until Adrian asked the giant, "So you finally were able to find the ingredients for that dish that you always wanted to try, eh John?"

The giant looked at them, and McGonagall tensed until she heard a small chuckle from the giant, before she heard the same voice from earlier reply, "Yeah I finally got mom to order me the Chili infused oil, it should add the kick that's been missing from it."

"What is going on!?" McGonagall cried, utterly confused at the situation.

The giant looked toward Adrian, who had a mischievous grin that exuded accomplishment, before putting down the platter with water and plates, and reaching over the table to smack Adrian over the back of his head. Thankfully, the Professor, being shorter by a head, was spared the same punishment. "You didn't tell her anything, did you Uncle?" the giant, now recognized as the twins, asked, with their two freed hands going to rest on their hips. "You're going to give her a heart attack."

The giant reached out to McGonagall, grabbing her hand carefully, and leading her to a seat at the table, before setting a plate in front of her, and adding some of what was in the bowl on her plate. "Sorry about that, our Uncle likes to play this joke whenever we have guests over for a dinner I cook." McGonagall nodded dumbly before looking at the twins' face. She noticed that the eyes were different, she saw two pupils in one gray eye, and one with six-colored trapezoids in the eye sockets, before noticing the eyes on the bottom had multicolored dots all over the iris, and both the dots and iris were in similar colors that changed with each other.

As the giant pulled away, she saw the body seemingly shrink as it split into the twins once more.

John extended a hand in greeting as he said, "[My name is John Eumann Concord, a pleasure to meet you.]"

Oriana bowed stiffly after McGonagall shook John's hand, and continued, "{My name is Oriana Amaryllis Concord, I look forward to being in your class.}"

The Professor finally snapped out of her stupor as she said, "Pleasure to meet you, I am Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress, Head of Gryffindor house, and Professor of Transfiguration. I look forward to seeing what you can do."

The twins' smiled at this, before returning to their 'Shiva' form and serving the food, while Adrian, had sat down after getting smacked. "So what did you make for us today John?"

After sitting down, the twins had separated their heads, so that they may eat individually. John answered gladly, "I made stir-fried noodles. I made some thin ramen noodles(I don't know the recipe) and set them to boil with ginkgo leaves, while I got green onions, brown onions, ginger, and green and red bell peppers and let them brown in diluted chili infused oil with garlic, then I added cooked ground beef after separating the fat from it, and let the flavors mix before straining the noodles and taking out the leaves. I then added them along with some frozen peas, carrots and string beans to finish cooking the noodles with steam. After all that, you have stir-fried noodles!"

John proudly finished describing the recipe and Adrian looked absolutely ecstatic at the thought, while McGonagall looked at it with interest. "This is Asian cuisine, no? Where did you learn to make this?"

"When we asked Uncle Adrian to teach us magic, he brought us around the world, which let us learn about the different cultures, the way they do magic, and their traditions as well, leading me to learn how to cook many different dishes as well. This originated in Japan, and is a very healthy style of cooking as well as a way to diet without dieting." John answered, smiling at the memories.

The Professor, taking note of the information, grabbed her fork as she hummed in response. She then grabbed some noodles before adding a spear of pepper and some beef and veggies as well. She didn't notice the expectant looks she got from the twins, nor how they and Adrian stopped eating as she raised the fork to her mouth and put it in her mouth.

Her eyes widened in shock as the flavors exploded on her tongue. The textures that the noodles and veggies had complimented each other so well. The beef added a strong, overbearing flavor that was dispersed by the medley of vegetables to be an exemplary taste. There was also some heat in every bite, presumably from the oil, that added a nice kick, that made you want to eat more and more.

"So how is it?" John asked the Professor, as he noticed her swallow.

The Professor paused, and a slight blush flashed across her cheeks due to her lost composure before she spoke, "Mr. Concord, I have never eaten a dish as exotic as the one you have prepared for me today, and I would gladly say that I want you to teach the house elves a thing or two at Hogwarts."

John blushed. "Thank you for the praise Professor, and to bo be honest, I'd prefer you call me Mr. Eumann, and Oriana would prefer you call her Mrs. Amaryllis instead. With all due respect, it makes us sound old." John said, with Oriana nodding at the end. The Professor smiled at this and nodded before continuing the meal.

Adrian congratulated the twins as John smiled and Oriana nodded. The Professor smiled at the celebration and took another bite of the food. When they finished dinner, Adrian started clearing up the table as the twins walked the Professor to the door. When they reached the front porch, they turned to each other and said their goodbyes. The twins watched as she walked to an alley and turned, before a small pop echoed out from it.

The twins' didn't hear a "They didn't have leftovers." before the pop sounded.

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Author's thought: So my crackhead BFF created some names that accurately depict the houses throughout the series, here they are:

Goorifyndoor

Ravencrack

Hufflepuff-puff pass

Sniverin

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