Disclaimer: this goes for all the chapters in this story: Harry Potter is not mine but Ellouise is!
Dedications:
This story is …..
To my granddad, who I love so much still no matter how matter how far apart we are.
To Dante Lewis, who supported me all the way through number 1, even when no one else did, thank you so much!
To XDeMeNtEdX who said I rock her socks.
Time to grow
Chapter 1
The weather was horrid that night as the students arrived back for there next year at Hogwarts. Peeves was of course making a nuisance of him self as the pupil got to Hogwarts.
Glad to back on her house table with her fellow Gryffindor's, Ellouise's head turned to the staff table. A friendly giant named Hagrid, sitting down after bringing the first years in, which Elle had become close with last year smiled at her. Waving back she tried recognize everyone else and being that she had already gone to school there for a year already, it was a pretty easy task.
Dumbledore was there with purple robes on and his trade mark half moon glasses next to him sat McGonagall wearing her, what seemed to be her favorite emerald green robes and her hair tied back in to a tight bun. Snape, ever in his black robes, still with black greasy hair and looking sinister as he always did sat at the staff table with various other professors. But one face was missing.
She had had the whole summer to deal with the fact her uncle, Moony, would return to his post as Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher but now that it was a reality, she missed him so much.
The new Defence teacher was called Moody which didn't help. Moony, Moody. They were Kind of similar.
One of Ellouise's favorite part that night was the sorting hats song. Last year, when it had been her sorting she had felt very tense but now when she was more relaxed, the sorting was cool. It was hard to believe that had been just a year ago, so much had changed.
Dennis Creevey was the first new Gryffindor in twelve months. Then Natalie MacDonald joined.
Dinner was as delicious as ever. Ellouise still wanted the marauders house elf's Ditty's cooking though. Ditty was amazing to have about, a kind of mother hen.
It was half way through the meal was when Moody walked in. He looked strange to say the very least. He had a glass eye and a wooden leg that reminded her of the child hood villain "Captain Hook."
In Dumbledore's speech he revealed to the school that a Triwizard tournament would take place at Hogwarts that year. Two other wizarding schools would come to Hogwarts Beauxbatons and Durmstrangs and a champion would represent each school and they would be arriving in October. Fred and his twin George were most disappointed to hear that there was an age restriction on the entry age.
Then they all went to there respective common rooms Fred and George complaining all the way about the age thing.
On arriving in the common room Elle went straight to her room and got her latest read. She had took it off her book self from home before leaving the Den.
The Lords of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was the title. She was so engrossed in it. Everything about it amazed her. She liked the idea about nine people just coming from so many different back grounds and coming together and getting along with it. All the tasks and challenges life through at them. It reminded her of a certain family she knew. A werewolf, two dead people, an man who spent twelve years in Azkaban, an orphan and a girl from loving home. It didn't get stranger than that.
"Ellouise?" said Fred behind her.
"Oh hi," she said smiling at him. "How are you?" she asked.
"Yeah I'm ok but I really missed you over the summer holiday," he told her. He truly had.
"I missed you too, when I got the chance. It was kind of busy at the den. Generally everyone wanted to do more bonding!" she laughed. "But you know what, Fred? I had the best summer of my life."
"Do you remember what you said when we left school last year? You said we were going to talk about us when got back here," he hesitated a little.
"Fred I know I said that but I've changed my mind. I want to be friends, nothing more," she said and cupped his face with one hand. "I'm sorry but it can't take you back. Not just because of Angelina. It's because you're a reminder of my past and I have to move on. There is know going back." she said regretfully.
"What about in the future?" he said.
"Maybe," she said. Bring this close and yet so far, she had to stop her self from falling back in to his arms. She left with a small smile and went to her dorm to write her diary entry for that night.
Fred went to his dorm and felt crushed. He had missed her so much this summer. How was he meant to go on seeing he rat school every day and not hug her, or kiss her? He made a promise to him self that there split wasn't forever. He wouldn't let it. No matter how long it took, Fred promised himself one thing. He would wait for Ellouise Lily.
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Lily laughed as James bugged her in bed. Places butterfly kisses down her arm he smiled.
"What?" she said. That day they had spent together and James had been very romantic. He was a real gentleman when he was sweet, or when he wanted something.
"I love you," he said tucking her hair behind her ear and kissing her.
"No James seriously, you are never like this. What do you want?" she asked suspiciously.
"You want to know?" he said. He knew he had to get this right. It was important.
"Yes Jamie, yes I want to know," she said curious.
"Lily Rose Potter, I want to give it another go," he said.
"Give what another go?" she said. He was confusing.
"Parenthood!"
"Are you serious?"
"Yes for once I am lily, we never chance to be a mum and dad not really. And I love our kids to hell and back. I would do anything for Ellouise and Harry but I still want to raise a child."
"So do I but James think about what we always said we'd be a one child family," she said. "Ellouise was an accident-!"
"And the best accident that ever happened to me!"
"me too James butt is it really the right time," she said unsure.
"Yes, lily, this is the time. He time for us to live, while we can. Come on. New shot at living new baby," he said. "What do you say?"
Considering this for a minute before answering Lily looked at her husband. He was a good dad and she did like a mum, they wouldn't love Elle and Harry less just love the other child too, and Remus and Sirius did make good god fathers. She bet the kids would love a little sister or brother.
"Let's go for it," said lily rather of out of character. Why must everything be planned to the point of no return? They tried that before and it didn't work. Look at all the pranks that the marauders had pulled off. Half of them were thought of on the spot and were pulled off to perfection.
"You sure?"
"Positive, Mr Potter," she said. "But babies don make themselves you know," she seduced her husband not that he needed it.
Needless to say, they didn't sleep much that night.
a/n. yes ! There back. This is my favorite family to work with character wise and things are really going to hot up now. I have plots planned in my head up till Elle's fifth year but I even have a bunny for that now. Just got it today! Please review!
Review responses to the last chapter of 'Ellouise potter or Dursley?'
Sarahamanda: thank you! yes it's going to follow the plot off book 4.
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IamSiriusgrl: thank you and yeah fred/ elle I will be playing with but not in this story, when there older I think they might re try it don't really know yet, but I just love them together (again. Sometimes I hate it, sometimes love it). And for god's sake up date on 'Skeptically Serious', for me. Please!
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