A Serpent Among Lions

Chapter 1- Getting ready to go!

Meghan was in her room at home, making sure that her trunk was packed with everything she would need at Hogwarts: robes, books, quills, parchment, cauldron, potion ingredients...

"Mum! Where's my wand?" She called, panicking.

Ginny came into her daughter's room and laughed, "Same place it always is, Meghan, in your pocket. You need to be careful with that, you don't want to break it!"

Meghan looked down at her robe pockets and grinned sheepishly, "Oops," She was always leaving it in there ever since she got it from Diagon Alley. She supposed that she got that habit from her grandmother, who always had her wand in her apron pocket.

"It's okay, sweetheart, Grandmom does that too. Are you all ready to go?"

"Yep! I wish tomorrow was here already! I can't wait to go to Hogwarts," She said, excitedly bouncing up and down.

Ginny watched her daughter with mild amusement, she was so much like herself at that age. She had her red hair, but like Harry's it was wild and untamable.

Her heart ached as she thought of Harry. Just a month ago he had gotten wind that there was a warrant out for his arrest for murder. He stopped just long enough to say goodbye to Ginny and tell Meghan to be a good girl. Meghan didn't know the truth about his disappearance, he had told her that it had to do with his work.

Meghan noticed that her mum looked kind of sad and gave her a hug, "What's wrong, Mum?"

"Oh, I just miss Daddy, that's all," She said, smiling at her daughter, "I know that he's so proud of you and that he'll contact you as soon as he can. You know how busy he is with work."

"I miss him too, Mum. Do you think he'll be home soon?" Meghan said, looking up at her.

"I hope so, Meghan. I hope so..."

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Harry, living under an assumed name of Daniel Radcliffe, was at that moment in London in a one bedroom apartment. He hated being away from his family, especially now with Meghan about to start her first year at Hogwarts. But he was a fugitive from justice, even if he knew that he was innocent. He had mixed himself a hair dye, using a recipe he had found in an old potion book and his hair was now blonde. He had stopped shaving and had grown a mustache and a beard, speeding up the process with magic.

He knew that someone had used Polyjuice potion to make it look as if he had killed those Muggles, but who? He was afraid that whoever it was would go after Ginny and Meghan next. At least Meghan would be safe at Hogwarts starting tomorrow. But his beloved Ginny...well he could only hope that she would stay alert.