A/N: I don't own Harry Potter, obviously.
Everyone sat around the Weasley table, playing with their food. The sound of forks hitting plates was the only sound to be heard. "Why don't you all go to the living room?" Molly said as she cleared everyone's dishes. Everyone grunted and sighed but eventually found themselves in the cozy warm atmosphere of the Weasley living room.
Molly set off cleaning and fixing tea. As she poured the last cup of tea into a slightly chipped blue mug a loud noise and green dust exploded from the fireplace in the south end of the kitchen. She screamed as a young girl in a white cloak emerged from the green flames. 'But the floo network is cut off!' She grabbed the mug closest to her and chucked it at the unexpected visitor.
Elise dusted off her black leggings and pushed her strawberry blonde hair away from her face. She looked up just in time to duck away from a tea mug being hurled at her. Then a plate and then a frying pan. She finally found the source it was coming from. A wild looking woman, with flaming red hair. That was tossed everywhere, making her look even more frightening. "Lady, lady please calm down! I'm here to help I swear! I was a friend of Mad Eyes I'm an Auror!" She yelled over the loud crashing of dishes against the brick fireplace.
Everyone dashed into the already crowded kitchen to see what all the yelling and screaming was about. Arthur restrained Molly long enough to allow the white heap in the corner to gain its bearings. "You may stand up, but if you do anything rash be warned there are tons of protections around this house!" Arthur said as he pointed a quivering wand hand at the white heap. The heap spoke obviously irritated, "I know all about them, seeing as I was the one who put them up." She finally stood up, blowing the hair out of her eyes.
They all studied her. She was tall, almost as tall as Ron. She wore a black v-neck shirt that showed off her curves and a grey skirt with black leggings underneath. Her appearance wasn't the oddest thing about her. It was the shiny white robe that was hanging off her thin neck and the brightly colored scarf that was catching everyone's eye.
"Could be Looney's older sister." George said as he elbowed Fred in the ribs. Fred chuckled but didn't take his eyes away from the beautiful young girl she looked so familiar. Mr. Weasley was the first one to break the heavy silence, "So who are you?" She pulled out her wand a gorgeous 12 inch willow. Everyone suddenly found themselves pointing their wands at the innocent girl. She smirked at the group, wands out hands shaking.
She summoned the blue cup off of the floor and the tea kettle off the stove. She smiled happily as a warm cup of tea floated in front of her. "I'm Elise Leaves, Head of the Auror Office." She sighed and sat down happily on a wooden chair. As she took a sip of her tea she studied the people in front of her. They all looked nervous and skittish. Elise opened her mouth to speak again, but was cut off by the kitchen door being thrown wide open.
A disheveled Lupin and a bright Tonks came into the kitchen, dragging along Bill and Fleur making it twice as crowded. Tonks forced herself to the front of the crowd and pointed her wand at the girl. "What was the color of my hair the first time you met me?" The girl crossed her arms and stared Tonks straight in the face, "Yellow with purple highlights and I said it didn't fit your bone structure." Tonks smiled and threw her arms around the girl, "Elise, oh I missed you! There is so much to tell you, I got married!" Tonks flashed her ring finger in the girls face. Elise laughed brightly standing up and hugging her long time friend.
"Well I'm glad everyone knows each other!" bellowed Mrs. Weasley who was sitting on a chair that was stuffed into a corner. Tonks released from her hug and turned to everyone. "This is Elise Leaves. One of the youngest Aurors completed her training at nineteen. She was sent here to help Harry. Mad Eye sent her." Elise flashed a smile at the group, who still had their wands pointed at her. "Umm…Hello…" Her voice trailed and she massaged the back of her neck.
Arthur lowered his wand and everyone followed suite. The tension in the room eased away. "So why were you sent here?" Elise stood up and finished her last gulp of tea, "To help Harry." Everyone turned to look at the young boy. "Mad Eye said he is going to need more powerful spells than the ones he learned at Hogwarts." Arthur nodded his head and looked at Harry, "Well maybe we can work on his training tomorrow?" Elise nodded and removed her cloak and hung it on the back of the chair in front of her, "Of course tomorrow I shall take him down the road a bit and…" She was cut off by Mrs. Weasley bellowing at her from the corner, "Are you mad? Do you want him killed? Take him out! You will take him no where miss!" Elise stood there at a loss for words, "I…um…" Mrs. Weasley spoke again, "You come into my home destroying my kitchen and I am supposed to give Harry to you!?" Elise put her hands on her hips and yelled back, "I'm a highly trained Auror if it wasn't for me you would all be living in an underground cave in hiding!"
"We already are in hiding!" Mrs. Weasley had gotten up from her chair and was now standing face to face with Elise yelling right at her. "Who do you think put those protective charms there to keep you in hiding?!" Mrs. Weasley stood up straight and allowed herself to be moved away from Elise by Lupin. "Perhaps we should all just go to bed and work this out tomorrow. We all have a heavy day of cleaning tomorrow. Don't you think so Molly?" Mrs. Weasley glared toward Elise, and Elise glared back. "Well than kids let's go, time for bed, go, go, go!" Mr. Weasley yelled clapping his hands together nervously. Everyone slowly made their way upstairs. "You can sleep with Hermione and Ginny." Elise nodded and made her way to the stairs. She followed the small red haired girl she believed was Ginny. Elise took the small cot that was set up in the corner. She fell asleep rather quickly, rolling herself up in the musky smell of the wool blanket.
It was early morning when she awoke. She hung her feet off the edge of the cot and stretched out her long limbs. She locked the door and quickly got dressed pulling out jeans and a shirt from her suede bag. As she entered the hall landing she heard muffled voices in the next room. Elise pressed her ear, as silently as possible against the door.
"I looked her up last night, she is really famous. Surprised you've never heard of her Harry. She passed her N.E.W.T with all O's…" The girl, Elise guessed to be Hermione was cut off by a boy. "No wonder you knew who she was. Isn't she your idol then?" A loud crashing noise was heard and then muffled laughter. "As I was saying, she is the youngest Auror to have that high of a level. Did you see her cloak how white it is? That shows that she is a high Auror. After Scrimgeour became Minister she took his place as Head of the Auror Office." This girl knew her stuff. "What do you think she will teach me?" It was Harry, Elise could tell. "I don't know something hard probably." Suddenly Mrs. Weasley's voice echoed through the house, "Breakfast! Now!" Elise shoved herself away from the door and retreated down the steps.
Elise took a seat near the kitchen door. Mrs. Weasley glanced over at her and gave her a slight forced smile. Elise watched as all the members of the house came into the kitchen, Ron, Harry, Hermione, Fred, George, Bill, Fleur, Ginny, Lupin, and Tonks who had all spent the night. Everyone sat at the crowded table and began eating.
"Ron, Hermione you are going to work on the upstairs bedrooms. I want all the sheets changed, the wedding is in two days and if you mess it up in anyway…" She pointed at Fred and George who were giggling over their eggs. Suddenly a tall women and a short man came into the kitchen. "'ood morning, sorry we slept so 'ate!" They sat at the table, causing everyone to shift uncomfortably as they bumped elbows. Elise guessed they were the silver haired girls' parents, seeing as they looked so much alike.
After they had all finished eating Elise spoke, "I think we should start Harry." Everyone become quiet and they looked at the girl they had almost forgotten about. Harry nodded and then looked toward his friends. "Well let's go…" She stood up and gestured for Harry to follow.
Elise waited for Harry outside on the landing of the bedroom. He emerged seconds later with his wand shoved in the pocket of his jeans. "You should probably grab your cloak too." Harry looked at her confused, "But it's warm outside." Elise rolled her eyes, "Not that one, the other one." Harry looked at her for a moment and then slipped into the bedroom again. He came out gripping a slivery cloth in his left hand. "Ready."
"The first lesson of being an Auror is that you can't show your emotions. Many Aurors have been killed or almost killed…" She looked back toward the Weasley house. She could make out the outlines of Tonks and Lupin. "Death Eaters can control the mind of the weak, turn the ones you care about against you. Your first lesson will be easy…" She was interrupted by him, "I have one question though, I thought that Auror training was three years of vigorous hard work how did you get through it so quickly…" Elise laughed, "Oh it is don't get me wrong, but I was just really good at it. I had a head start you see." She winked at him and continued walking. "Anyway Harry you cannot let your mind be easily weakened you cannot allow him to see within your head. Then he will know your weaknesses." Harry groaned, "No not Occlumency." Elise turned to face him, or at least what she believed to be him. "I thought you already mastered that?" Harry shook his head and then realized she couldn't see him, "No, I tried I really did…" Elise raised her hand up, "It's fine but you really have to practice it Harry it comes in handy." Harry mumbled something but Elise paid no attention and continued walking. Suddenly she felt very depressed and dark thoughts shot through her head. She turned around to see a black cloud moving swiftly towards them.
"That's impossible! Why are they here?" She cried outloud. Seizing what she thought was Harry's shoulder and pushing him aside. She pulled her wand out of her belt and steadied her hand. "Expecto Patronum!" A giant silvery unicorn shot toward the dementor and caught it with it's horn. Then it spun around and drove toward the others. Then it glided gently toward the ground and exploded in a burst of stars. Elise lowered her wand and grabbed Harry's hand who, by now, had taken off the cloak and had his wand ready. "Put that back on! Come on!" She pulled him down the road toward the Weasley house. She hopped over where she knew the fence was and turned to face Harry in the middle of the Weasley yard.
"I'm sorry Harry I think we are going to have to cut our lesson short. But don't worry I'll see you soon enough." Harry had removed the cloak and was shoving it into his pocket, "But what about those dementors?" Elise rumaged through her bag quickly, "Oh don't worry about it. I'll take care of it!" She suddenly pulled out a long black broomstick out of her small knapsack, "Aha found you! Now where is that…" She shoved her hand deeper into the bag and Harry could hear the various rummaging of various objects.
Elise finally grasped onto what she was looking for, "There you are you crazy thing you!" She placed the broom on the ground and threw the bag onto her back. "Here you are Harry! Happy Birthday!" She shoved a large red hardback book into his hands. "See you later than!" She grabbed the broom and hopped the fence and just like that she was gone.
Harry watched as she disappeared into the oncoming darkness that was night. He turned back to the book. It looked old and worn-torn like it had been read to many times. It had no title so Harry opened the book near the middle and read the first page. The page boasted a hand drawn picture of a man being toutured by a curse. He read the opposing page, 'The Art of An Auror'. He flipped through the pages each one hosting an odd picture. It was about Aurors, how they started and different spells they used. Harry then flipped towards the back where the contents said powerful Auror spells where held. There he found a slanty hand writing scribbled in the margins. 'Great another Half-Blood Prince.' But Harry found that this writing didn't hold scary spells but suggestions to the ones already written there along with some interesting side notes.
"Harry get in here now!" Harry closed the book and looked toward the back door where Mrs. Weasley was waving at him with a dish towel. "Sorry Mrs. Weasley I…" "Where did that famous Auror go? Did she leave you by yourself!? Oh my…get in here Harry and have some dinner!" Harry nodded and ran into the warmth of the Weasley kitchen.