Harry Potter Alternate Universe: Year Three
Harry Potter Alternate Universe: Year Three
Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize and some of the things you dont.
A/N: I was reading your reviews for HP & the Blacks 2 and thought it was funny that you guys thought Luke needed a girlfriend when I was thinking the same things. She is a oringinal character and has made a comeo appearance in the 2nd story. See if you can find her. And the reason Harry isnt the one helping Hermione is because he doesnt know about it. Luke noticed at the end of #2 when he was giving her stuff back.
Pairings: Harry/Hermione, Becca/Ron, Luke/OC, SLIGHT Fred/Hermione
Harry Potter turned thirteen the other day and was waiting to go to the Leaky Cauldron to meet up with his best friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. Becca was too but she was more anxious, she and Ron had admitted to liking each other last year but never decided if they were together or not. Luke was miserable, that is until he received an owl that morning. They were all sitting at the table waiting for Sirius to make an appearance, he had been out late last night on some errand, when a gray owl with black spots flew to Luke. He quickly untied the letter and the owl flew off.
"Whose that from?" Harry asked, Luke shoved the letter into his pocket.
"Dumbledore. He told me its cool to transfer to Gryffindor." Luke said, Harry nodded and looked to the door when Sirius walked in. The look on his face was a cross between furious and worry.
"Padfoot, what's up?" Harry asked, Sirius sat down and smiled, though it was forced.
"I hope you all are packed, we're off to the Leaky Cauldron in a few minutes." Sirius said, he chuckled as Becca and Harry jumped up and ran to the stairs. Luke looked at his father, he looked right back at his son.
"You remind me so much of Sam, she could tell when anyone was lying but also knew when to not say anything." Sirius said with a sigh, Luke nodded and looked down at the table.
"I really miss her, dad. And sometimes I wonder of I'm any better than Voldemort or Lucius." Luke said not looking up, Sirius moved over to a seat next to his son.
"In what way?" Sirius asked laying a hand on his shoulder, Luke looked up at his father and had tears in his eyes.
"In the way I want to murder Pettigrew, well if he wasn't already in Azkaban, and that I'm heartless like Lucius." Luke said, Sirius shook his head.
"Luke, you are not heartless. You wouldn't care for me or your sister the way you do if you didn't have a heart. You have your mother's heart." Sirius said, Luke shook his head sadly.
"Its just I feel angry all the time, even when I have no right to. And I'm afraid, dad, I'm afraid I'll actually kill someone. I don't want to be like Voldemort, I just want to make you proud." Luke said, a couple tears slid down his face. Sirius pulled him into a hug.
"You will never be like Voldemort. And you've already made me proud, son. Your mother would be just as proud of you as I am. You could never be a disappointment to me. I love you, son." Sirius said holding Luke as he cried, for the first time in a long time. After a couple minutes, they heard Harry and Becca coming down the stairs. Luke stood up and quickly wiped his face.
"Thank you, dad." Luke said, Sirius smiled and nodded.
"How are we getting to the Leaky Cauldron, daddy?" Becca asked, Harry rolled his eyes and went over to Luke.
"You alright?" Harry asked, Luke turned to Harry and gave him a small smile.
"Yeah." Luke said and they headed out. Sirius shrunk their trunks and pointed out his wand hand, a purple bus came into view.
"Dad, no." Becca whined, she hated the Knight Bus. They all got on anyways.
"The Leaky Cauldron." Stan told them all as they got off the bus, Harry loved the ride, Luke didn't mind and Becca hated it.
"Just like James." Sirius said shaking his head at Harry with a smile, they walked in and had to smile at the scene before them.
"Hermione, keep that bloody beast of yours away from Scabbers!" They heard Ron, all four walked in.
"Like you can talk being the owner of that old thing." Hermione shot back picking up her orange kneezle. Becca gasped, she absolutely loves kneezles. Hermione turned around with a smile. "Hey guys."
"Hermione, he's gorgeous." Becca breathed as she went to Hermione's cat, Hermione smiled.
"His name's Crookshanks, it looks like he likes you." Hermione said handing her the cat, Luke nodded to Ron before going over to Hermione.
"Hermione, dear, were off. I've spoken to Mrs. Weasley and she said she would make sure you get to the train on time." Mrs. Granger said, she was like an older version of Hermione except she had more blonde in her hair and it was straighter.
"We can help out there, Mrs. Granger. I'm Lucas Black, a friend of Hermione's." Luke said and Mrs. Granger smiled softly at the boy.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Lucas. Hermione has told us all about you and your sister. It makes a mother proud when her daughter makes as good as friends as you." Mrs. Granger said, Luke smiled, showing off perfectly white teeth. "And you have perfect teeth."
"Believe me, we're the lucky ones. We'd probably be dead back in first year without her." Luke said, he saw Hermione's mum's eyes go wide. "I mean my dad is pretty strict with our grades, Harry wouldn't have been out for the whole summer without Hermione." Mrs. Granger smiled again, Mr. Granger walked away from Mr. Weasley rudely and over to Hermione.
"Lets go, these people are weird. That guy keeps asking me about a rubber duck." Mr. Granger said rudely, Mrs. Granger sighed deeply and Hermione looked to the floor.
"Right, we'll see you later then. Love you." Mrs. Granger said to her daughter, Hermione smiled before giving her a hug.
"Love you too, mum." Hermione said, Mr. Granger tapped his foot impatiently.
"We're leaving." Mr. Granger said as a goodbye to his daughter, Hermione nodded. Both her parents walked out and Hermione closed her eyes.
"Don't say anything, Luke." Hermione said and walked over to Mr. Weasley, he looked a bit insulted by her father.
"Hello, Hermione! Your parents leave?" Mr. Weasley asked brightly, Hermione smiled at the man.
"Yes, Mr. Weasley, I wanted to apologize for my father's behavior tonight. You see he just got home from work and he was really tired. It wasn't anything about you." Hermione said, Mr. Weasley brightened up by this and nodded before walking away.
"You shouldn't have to lie for your dad." Luke said sitting her down across from his seat, she looked at the table.
"Come on, we cant talk here." Hermione said, she and Luke walked over to Sirius and Mr. Weasley. "I'm going to show Luke where he's going to stay." They both nodded and the two teens walked up the stairs and into a room.
"Now can we talk?" Luke asked, Hermione sighed before laying down on her bed.
"If we must." Hermione said, Luke took a seat on the other bed in the room.
"We must. Why are you staying with him? You know if you go to Dumbledore or someone they could get you out of there." Luke said, Hermione's head snapped up and looked at him.
"Luke, no. If I left that would mean he'd take it out on my mother and she's been through enough." Hermione said, Luke stood up and crossed the room to sit next to her.
"What about the muggle police?" Luke asked, Hermione shook her head.
"He wont let me out of the house and don't you even suggest going there yourself because it would only make it worse." Hermione said, Luke looked at her floor.
"Have you considered telling Becca or Harry?" Luke asked, Hermione stood up quickly.
"No, if I tell Becca she'll try to get me out of there and forget about my mum, I mean I love Becca like a sister but she thinks with her heart and not her head." Hermione said, Luke looked at her.
"And Harry?" Luke asked, Hermione sighed deeply and looked at her shoes.
"I cant tell Harry. I've told you and you cant say anything to anyone about this." Hermione said looking back at Luke.
"I cant promise you that." Luke said, Hermione sat back down next to him.
"Please, Luke, promise me." Hermione pleaded, Luke looked up and into her eyes. He couldn't do anything other than nod. Both were unaware of the twins listening in on their conversation. They both walked in and closed the door.
"Hello…"
"Hermione, Luke…"
"What's going on here?" They said, Hermione sighed and shrugged.
"How long were you two out there?" Hermione asked, the twins sat on the bed opposite the younger teens.
"Long enough." Fred said, his eyes shining with anger.
"Mum and dad sent us up to tell you that we're having dinner now." George said looking at his twin curiously. All four went downstairs for dinner, the twins were sitting across from Luke and Sirius, Fred gave Luke a we'll-talk-later look. Ron and Ginny were sitting across from Harry and Becca and Hermione sat across from Percy with Molly and Arthur taking up the ends of the table.
"You didn't?" Becca asked through her laughter, George was telling her about Egypt.
"We did." George replied, Fred was just picking at his food. "We tried to lock Percy in the Pyramid but mum spotted us." Sirius laughed with his daughter, Luke was also picking at his food and kept glancing down at Hermione.
"Really?" Becca asked, she leaned over to George and away from Mrs. Weasley. "I really want to try that one." George laughed.
"Yeah, hey Fred, remember the time we stole all the toilet seats from the first floor bathrooms and handed them out on Valentines day?" George asked, Fred looked up and smirked.
"Yes, George, I believe you gave a signed one to a certain chaser of ours." Fred said, Harry looked over and laughed.
"I knew it!" Harry yelled, everyone laughed as he turned red and sat back down.
"I remember when James sent one to Lily, though his was charmed to say 'Will you marry me?' It was funny when he sent it because Lily hated him back in her early years. She was a lot like Hermione actually." Sirius said, Hermione blushed at the compliment while the other kids leant forward to hear more.
"Really? We pulled a prank the Marauders did." Fred and George said in awe, Sirius chuckled.
"Dad, how did you propose to mum?" Luke asked, surprising everyone at the table but Sirius.
"Well, it was sorta like this…."
FLASHBACK
Lily, James, Sirius and Peter were sitting in the Common Room. James and Lily had gotten engaged earlier that week and Remus was off with his girlfriend, Sarah.
"Sirius, I've gotta a question." Sam said nervously, which was very unusual. Sirius jumped up and walked over to her, the others watched.
"So do I but you go first." Sirius said, Sam looked down at her feet and mumbled something. "Sorry, I didn't catch that." Sam looked Sirius in the eye.
"Will you marry me?" Sam asked, Sirius coughed and turned his head to glance at his friends, Lily's eyes sparkled and James was ready to laugh but Peter narrowed his eyes at the two, then he looked at her.
"I was gunna ask you that." Sirius said, Sam smiled.
"Is that a yes?" Sam asked, Sirius kissed her before pulling out an engagement ring. Sam's eyes went wide at it.
"Does this mean I'll have to wear this?" Sirius asked with a smile, Sam held out her hand and he slid it on.
"Hey Sirius, you do know the guy's suppose to asked the girl to marry him right?" James asked, laughter ringing through his voice.
"You're just mad Lily didn't ask you. Plus you know Sam, she hates waiting." Sirius said, the group laughed.
"And you love me for it." Sam said, Sirius looked back with a smile.
"You better know it." Sirius said and kissed her again.
END FLASHBACK
Everyone at the table had a smile on when he finished the tale. There were tears in his eyes.
"If you'll excuse me." Sirius said and walked upstairs, Ron stood up next and everyone turned to him.
"I have a proposal of some sorts to make. I was actual going to talk to Sirius first but I think he'd like to be left alone for a bit. I've asked Harry and Luke and they said it was alright, so, Becca Black will you allow me to be your boyfriend?" Ron asked, Luke had told him not to say she was his but he was hers so he tried. Becca stood and moved around the table to stand face to face with Ron and smiled.
"What took you so long?" Becca asked, Ron smiled back at her.
"Well, you could've always asked me." Ron said, Becca looked down at her shoes before looking back up at Ron. He was a bit taller than her. He kissed her lightly and both blushed at the applause.
"Our little Ronniekins is all grown up." George said wiping away pretend tears, Ron stuck his tongue out at them. "Now, now, remember the last time you did that?" Ron immediately closed his mouth and the others laugh.
"Lets go upstairs." Hermione said standing up, Fred and Luke grinned at her.
"We thought you'd never ask." They said together, everyone laughed as Hermione turned red.
"Lets go." Harry said, the kids wished Molly and Arthur goodnight. Once they got upstairs they started talking sleeping arrangements.
"Okay, Hermione, you'll have to share with Ginny since you're the only girl. Harry, you'll bunk with Ron and I'll bunk with the twins." Luke said, everyone agreed to the arrangements.
"Um, Luke, what about Becca?" Ginny asked, she, Hermione and Becca had become better friends since they understood she was under the control of Voldemort.
"Beccs stays with dad on her last night here. She's a daddy's girl." Luke said, Becca gave everyone a hug before going into her room. She saw her dad wiping his eyes.
"Daddy, I'm really proud of you. You haven't been able to talk much about mum and you told a story about her today in front of the Weasleys." Becca said, she went to him and hugged him.
"I'm sorry I haven't told you much about your mother." Sirius said holding her tightly, she was holding him back.
"Its not your fault, dad. We know you loved her and its hard for anyone to talk about people they've lost." Becca said, Sirius smiled down at his little girl.
Luke walked into the twins room to see Fred waiting for him. He sat on the third bed for him and waited for a question.
"What are gunna do about Hermione?" Fred asked, Luke was surprised but didn't look it.
"She doesn't want to be helped but I do think we should have a talk to her father. Maybe scare him off but the last thing we want to do is make it worse for Hermione or her mum." Luke said and both boys went to sleep in their beds thinking of one girl, and both were dreaming of the same girl for two different reasons.
The next morning, Becca woke up to see her father still sleeping. Becca took this time to shower and change for the trip. When she came back out of the bathroom, she saw a strange man standing over her father. He had long black hair that stuck out all over the place and dull blue eyes, she saw he had a wand out.
"Dad!" Becca screamed, the man looked up at her startled.
"Rebecca Black, you've grown." He said, his voice was raspy like he needed something to drink. He was extremely thin and dirty.
"Get away from my daughter, Tristan." Sirius said, Tristan turned to him and gave him a small smile.
"Sirius, my old friend." Tristan said, Becca kept an eye on the wand.
"I'm not your friend Tristan. I don't know how you got out of Azkaban but I do know you're going back." Sirius said, Harry burst in followed by Luke and Fred. Tristan gave a little wave before turning into a bird and flying off.
"Who the hell was that?" Luke asked, they all turned to Sirius.
"That was Tristan Potter, James' younger brother." Sirius said angrily, he wasn't angry with the kids though.
"Becca, Harry, this is Cornelius Fudge." Arthur said to them as he walked in with the same man they had seen with Harry and Draco last year in Hagrid's hut.
"Its nice to finally meet you, Mr. Potter. Mr. Black, nice to see you again and of course you Miss Black." Fudge said before sitting across from them.
"Can we hurry, I'd like to get these kids ready for the train." Sirius said, Fudge nodded.
"Do any of you know where Tristan Potter is?" Fudge asked, Harry shook his head and Becca looked up.
"I saw him this morning." Becca said, this got Fudge's attention. "He was standing over my dad with a wand."
"Then Harry and Lucas, my son, came in and I guess scared him off because as soon as we turned he vanished." Sirius said, though they knew what happened they weren't going to say anything about his Animagas form.
After the interview, everyone packed their trunks. Sirius came into Harry's room, where Harry, Ron, Becca, Hermione and Luke were sitting in.
"Becca, I'm sorry but I wont be seeing you off this year." Sirius said, Becca frowned and walked over to him.
"Why?" Becca asked, Sirius sighed deeply and looked to the floor.
"There's something I need to do, you might not hear from me for a while but don't worry because I'll be fine." Sirius said, Becca hugged him before Luke and Harry came over to give him a hug. "I love you guys and you Becca."
"We love you too." Becca answered for them all, she gave him another hug.
"Luke, keep her safe." Sirius said, Luke nodded. "And Harry, make sure those two don't get up to anything other than quick pecks." Harry laughed as Ron and Becca blushed.
"And whose gunna look after you?" Becca asked, Sirius smiled at her.
"Your mother and James and Lily." Sirius said, they all smiled and Becca gave him one last hug.
"I'll miss you." Becca said, Sirius smirked.
"Everyone misses me. I'll miss you too. Be good and don't get into to much trouble." Sirius said before walking out. Everyone made their way downstairs, dragging their trunks outside of the Leaky Cauldron where two Ministry cars sat, waiting to be loaded.
"The Ministry supplied us with cars for today." Arthur said, everyone nodded and stepped into a car. Harry was sharing a car with Becca, Hermione, Luke, Ron, the twins and Ginny.
"Why are we all in here?" Ginny asked, but everyone ignored her as they all fought to get comfortable in the suddenly tight space.
"Alright, everyone stop." Luke said, causing everyone to stop squirming around and look at him. "Harry, by the window. Becca next to him then Ron. The twins on the other side by the window, in front of Harry. Then Ginny. Hermione, you don't mind sitting on me right?" Everyone slid into place and Hermione sat on Luke looking out the window. As Ginny moved her legs, she hit her knee on Hermione's leg.
"Ow!" Hermione said holding her leg, Ginny looked concerned.
"Oh, sorry Hermione, I didn't think I hit you that bad." Ginny said, Hermione smiled at the younger girl while holding her leg. Luke and Fred shared a look of concern and anger.
"He did that didn't he?" Luke whispered, Hermione turned to him and nodded. Luke sighed deeply. "I'll fix it on the train, okay?" She nodded again.