Chapter One; We're All In This Together

Harry met Tobey and Eve and the rest of his family and friends down at King's Cross station. Although he was very happy to see them, and to know that both his little brother and sister passed their final exams, the truth was that Harry hadn't really had much sleep in weeks. He kept hearing the latest prophecy being replayed over and over again inside his mind.

"His life will end when he saves hers."

What did that mean? Was his own life in danger again or was it somebody else that he loved that was really close to him? All the prophecy mentioned was a male and a female that could be anybody that he knew. "Uh oh, I don't think that your brother is feeling alright. He looks like he's going to have a hairball." Precious told Eve (although she couldn't hear her) while she began washing her face.

The effects of the animaylinguis potion hadn't seemed to have worn off. Harry (and probably Ron since he had drank it too) could still hear the animals speaking English. "Are you alright Harry?" Hermione asked him. "You look positively awful." She told him.

"Maybe he's in heat." Zip suggested.

"You're just a puppy how do you know about that? Besides, he's a male." Angel asked her as she sat down beside Harry.

"My sisters taught me a little thing or two about the birds and the bees." She replied. "And oh I didn't realize that it wasn't the same for boys." She said.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Harry lied trying to ignore them and block the other voices out before he coughed inside his fist. "It's just that I'm not really feeling too good and I've got a pounding headache." He admitted while Hermione noticed that he touched the middle of his forehead where his scar was even though she remained silent about it.

"Well then do you want me to drive?" Ron questioned as Harry held out the keys for him.

"Yeah, I think that that's probably the best idea." He told him before he turned around and walked away.

"That was odd." Hermione began. "Harry's usually ecstatic to see us. But he's been acting weird ever since we got here. Did you see what he just did? He touched his scar. I have a feeling that he knows something that we don't." she said.

"I know." Snape began. "But until he's willing to talk to us about it then I'm afraid there isn't much we can do for him." He finished as Ron took a deep breath and sighed heavily while he watched his friend climb into the back of the car along with (except for Tobey) everyone else.

"Well, c'mon guys. We better go so Harry can get back home and lie down for a bit. Then hopefully he'll feel better soon." Ron said.

"I hope so. Now that my bones are all healed I was hoping to keep up on my Qudditch skills and play a game with him." Eve said before they all headed back towards the car.

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Harry quickly hurried over to Hermione and attempted to yank the phone out of her hand but failed. "What are you doing!?" he cried. "I have to go to work!" he told her.

"Don't be ridiculous Harry, you couldn't even drive." She told him.

"So what? I'm a wizard, I'll apparate." He told her.

"If you're not in any condition to drive, then you're certainly not in any condition to apparate or work for that matter. And I really think that you should skip church on Sunday too." She told him.

"But Hermione, I'm the Sunday school teacher. If I won't be there to teach then who will?" he asked her.

"Don't worry Harry I can handle it." She told him.

"But what about the dragons!? And I mean the animals not the singing group. And Lightning Bolt. They need me!" he exclaimed.

"Listen Harry, we need you to stay at home and rest because right now that's more important. I'm sure that Aaron and Jessie and all of your other coworkers can handle the dragons, and Ginny and Eve will look after your horse for you. Now please just go lie down. I'm going to call David and then I'm going to get you an appointment to see the healer." She told him. "Which hopefully I can get Ginny to do it for you."

"But_" Harry began again but that's when he realized that there wasn't any point in arguing with her. Then he took a deep breath and heaved a heavy sigh. "Fine." He spat. "But I don't have to like it." He added shooting her an angry glare as he turned to walk away when suddenly he heard the sound of muffled sobs coming from back inside his father's bedroom. He turned back around and walked down the hallway while Hermione dialed David's cellphone number.

"Hullo David this is Hermione Granger. I just thought that you should know that Harry won't be in at work today. He isn't feeling too good." She told him after the phone had stopped ringing and she heard his voice answering him.

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I'll go ahead and let Aaron and Jessie know though." He said as Hermione nodded and Harry entered the bedroom to find his sister Eve glancing up at the picture on the wall of their family portrait. A seven year old Harry and a two year old Tobey knelt down in front of their parents while they stood back behind them. Lily held a six month old baby girl inside her arms that Harry knew to be Eve when she was a baby. They all grinned up at them.

That's when Lily took ahold of Eve's tiny little hand and started waving it for her. Eve sniffed while she wiped the tears out of her eyes. "Are you alright?" Harry asked her. Eve gasped and quickly turned back around.

"Harry you scared me. I didn't realize that you were there." She told him. "Anyway, no I'm not. It's been a couple of years since Mum died and I thought the pain of losing her would go away by now." She said.

"I don't think that it's ever supposed to go away completely. But it does get easier." Harry told her.

"I wish that I believed that as strongly as you do. I wish that I had your faith. Because now everything only seems to be getting worse. First you and Hermione have your suspicions that Voldemort's still alive and now you start getting sick. I already lost my mum and I don't want to lose you too." She told him.

"You're not going to lose me." He told her.

"How do you know that!? I mean you're a Sunday school teacher Harry, tell me why that it feels like instead of punishing me for not reading the Bible as much as I should that He's ignoring me completely!" she cried.

"He's not doing either. Listen, just because I'm a Sunday school teacher doesn't mean that I have all of the answers. But I can tell you one thing. When Tobey was a little boy he thought that God was punishing him for wanting another brother than a sister through the loss of Gianna. But that's when I explained to him just how much that God really loved us to let us be brothers. And when times are tough it's good to know that we'll always have each other." He told her as she flung her arms around his neck and embraced him tightly.

"I love you Harry." She told him.

"I love you too." He told her while he hugged her back and rested his chin on the top of her head as he gently rubbed her back.