Harry Potter and the Mars Family: Year Five

Ch. 1

The rented home Tori Marsin Ipswich, England was the center of activity the week after Hogwarts let out. Harry Potter and Sloane Mars, the children of Tori Mars, were excited that their best friends would be spending nearly all summer with them in America. However, the only problem was that Harry's friends and Sloane's friend didn't get along. In fact, the families of those children didn't even get along. Through the excitement, they knew it would make for a very intense summer.

Tori was in the middle of packing when she heard the Floo downstairs flare to life and two thuds strike the wooden floor. The first of the friends had arrived.

"Harry, Sloane, go see who just arrived!" Tori yelled. She shook her head as she heard the sounds of her sons running down the stairs.

Harry made it to the living room first, and skidded to a halt. He had hoped that his friends would arrive first, but he was mistaken. Standing in front of the Floo was Draco Malfoy and his father, Lucius. Both were pale skinned with silver-blond hair and pale gray eyes. Nearly identical pointed faces stared at him, mouths pulled down in simular frowns.

"Mr. Potter," Lucius said in a low voice. His gray eyes slowly took in Harry's appearance, disgustingly noting the messy hair and smudges of dirt on his face.

"Mr. Malfoy, Draco, welcome to our home," Harry said. "I'll just go tell mom that you two have arrived. Please, have a seat."

Lucius Malfoy nodded, rather pleased with how polite Harry was being. Harry left the room as soon as he was able to, not wanting to be too near Lucius. Before school had ended a week ago, Harry had seen the rebirth of the darkest wizard of his time; Voldemort.

Voldemort had killed Harry's parents and tried to kill him when he was a baby. Somehow, Harry had reflected the spell back onto Voldemort and vanquished him into vapor and mist for most of Harry's life. Now, he was back and his loyal followers were ready to deliver Harry back into their master's deadly grip.

Lucius Malfoy was one of those followers. He also had a huge crush on Harry's adopted mother, Tori. To complicate matters even more, Voldemort had announced to Harry that he planned on making Tori his Dark Lady. Saving England came second in Harry's mind - keeping his mother safe was more important.

While Harry ran back upstairs, Sloane helped his guests get situated. Draco and Sloane were best friends, having started their friendship over the mystery of who Sloane's father was. For a while, Sloane and Draco both thought that it was Lucius, but now only Draco believed that. Sloane had actually met his father and promised to keep it a secret. The only other people who knew were Tori and Harry.

Tori came downstairs, her red hair was pulled up in a sloppy ponytail and she wore an old pair of jeans and a torn shirt. She gave Lucius a bright smile and a quick hug. Immediately, the cold aristocrat vanished and was replaced by a warm admirer.

"My dear, I do believe you can look marvelous in anything you choose to wear," Lucius said, fingering the cotton shirt. "You can make burlap look like clothes fit for a queen."

"Lucius, thank you," Tori beamed. "And, again, thank you for letting Draco spend the summer with us."

"Tori, my dear," Lucius took hold of Tori's hand and brought it up to his lips, gently kissing her knuckles. "I am placing my most treasured son in your capable hands."

Tori laughed, blushing slightly. "I promise to return him in one piece. Now, I need to know if he has any allergies."

"None that I am aware of, Tori. However, he is sensitive to the sun," Lucius said. "Now, I must be going. I'll be late for an important meeting."

Tori gave him a gentle smile. "If it's with anyone I know, say hi for me."

Lucius nodded and turned to leave. He quickly gave Tori a peck on the cheek and Apparated away with a loud pop. Tori turned to see three pairs of eyes on her. Harry and Sloane were grinning from ear to ear while Draco looked slightly dumbfounded.

"Oh, really, we're just friends," she scoffed and went back upstairs.

Sloane and Harry managed to not laugh until Tori was out of sight. Draco didn't look very amused.

An hour later, Harry's two best friends - Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger - joined them. After going over the same checklist of allergies with Mr. Weasley, who had dropped the kids off, they were ready to get going.

"Now, we won't leave until the morning," Tori said. "Draco, Sloane and Hayden will be traveling by Floo while the rest of us go by plane."

"Why am I not going by plane?" Draco asked.

Tori looked surprised. "Well, I didn't think you'd want to. It's a Muggle transportation."

Draco shrugged. "So?" To be truthful, he hadn't thought of going by plane and had no idea what it meant. However, he was suddenly curious and thought that this would make a great story to tell everyone when he got back.

"Well, I'll have to pull some strings to get you to come along. I didn't ask your father for any of the documentation that I'd need to get you to America, but I can fix that tonight - hopefully. All else fails, I'll just create the documents."

"Also, while in America, Harry is to be called Daniel. Most of the people in around Blackbird Point wouldn't even know who Harry Potter is," Hayden said. "Just remember that."

Tori then turned a steely gaze on the five teenagers. "Now, this is a big rule that I expect to be followed. I will not tolerate any fighting. I know you don't get along with each other, but I expect you all to act civilly. Is that clear?"

She watched as they all nodded, not really believing them. She sent them up to make sure that everything was packed and they would be ready to leave. Tori managed to get a seat on the plane for Sloane and Draco, but couldn't get a hold of Lucius. After a brief argument with Draco's mother, Tori just forged an identification card for him.

The next day she had them pack their wands in a special compartment of her suitcase, explaining that they weren't allowed to use magic while on the plane. Draco protested at first but eventually caved in after Tori explained that magic on the plane could cause them to fall from the sky.

She ushered them through the lines to their plane. It took a while to get everyone situated and buckled in. Harry, Ron and Hermione sat together with Uncle Hayden sitting behind them. Sloane, Draco and Tori sat together a few rows behind them.

"Are you sure this thing will fly?" Draco asked incredulously. He looked around the inside of the plane, the look on his face clearly saying that he thought they were all crazy.

"Of course it will, Draco. I've flown from America to England plenty of times." Sloane said.

"Just try to not think that the only thing between you and oblivion is a thin sheet of mettle." Tori said, patting Draco's arm reassuringly.

"Oh, thanks! I can relax now!" Draco cried.

Tori laughed and told him stories about his father and their time together in school to take his mind off of flying. It seemed to have worked and Draco was much calmer when they had to change planes in New York.

By the time they reached Florida, it was dark out. Tori had Hayden call ahead and let the family know that they had landed. They would be stopping off at the Ling Family Chinese Restaurant on the way home to pick up dinner. Hayden was excited to see his girlfriend, Su Ling.

Mei Ling, the owner of the restaurant, was a tiny Chinese woman with silver stripes in her black hair. She had married into the Ling family and took over the restaurant when her husband died of cancer. She was a formidable woman and had made friends with the Mars family, unaware that they were magical or of what they really did. In fact, Mei Ling was grooming Hayden to take over the restaurant if he should ever propose to Su Ling.

Mei Ling greeted them when they entered the restaurant, eyeing the three extra children. She made a show of counting them and then looking at Tori. "Your kids not only multiplied, but half of them don't look like you."

Tori smiled. "They're my sons' friends. They're visiting for the summer."

The Chinese woman nodded. "It gets lonely during the school year. I had gotten used to having the boys do their homework in the back room. Now, it's so quiet until school lets out."

"Mei Ling is like an aunt to us," Sloane whispered to Draco. "Her daughter is Uncle Hayden's girlfriend. Honestly, we're just counting the days before he asks her to be his wife."

Tori handed out the take-out menu and had Harry and Sloane explain what the items were when it became clear that Ron and Draco were mystified. While they ordered, Tori told Mei Ling about the death of Aunt May. Most of the regular storeowners in the town knew the various members of the Mars family, and it would come as a shock when the announcement was placed in the paper. Tori felt that it was only fair to let Mei Ling know about Aunt May in person since the two of them were friends.

"I hope they find the person responsible and give him his just desserts!" Mei Ling hissed. "May was such a kind woman. When my husband died, she was the one that helped me with the legal papers to keep the resaurant. I owe her so much."

"I'm helping the proper authorities locate this person, Mei." Tori said. "I still have some influence in England."

"Good. He doesn't stand a chance!"

They got their food and left. At Tori's home, Tori and Hayden showed Draco and Ron how to use chopsticks. Draco picked up on it rather quickly while Ron had to abandon the chopsticks and use a fork. After dinner, Hayden took Harry, Ron and Hermione to his house while Tori helped Sloane and Draco get settled in.

Draco had never seen a house like the one that Tori Mars owned. The house was built to look like a pentagon. The first level was completely underground and it contained the training area for when Tori taught her sons simple spells and dueling, plus a room for her to do potions. There was even a huge root cellar with a mixture of canned fruits and dried herbs next to ingredients of a magical nature.

The second floor was the main floor. There was a deck in front and back and a large living room and kitchen. Harry's and Sloane's rooms were found on this level, overlooking the sea.

The third floor was mainly Tori's room and storage space. Every room in the house was painted a different color. The living room was a golden color that went well with the dark cherry furniture. The kitchen was a dark red with white cabinets and steel appliances. Sloane's room was pale blue while Harry's was light yellow. Tori's room was a mixture of gold, purple and cream.

"I originally thought of putting you in Harry's room," Sloane said, "but decided against it."

Draco grinned. "Good choice."

"Just to warn you, I'll be getting up early to train. I'll try to not wake you."

"Thanks."

"Good night, Draco."

"Night, Sloane."

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Just a few notes:

A. The house that Tori lives in is one I got from an actual architect program. It's kinda my dream home.
B. This story is going revisions. I didn't like how it was going and am still rewriting it.
C. Please review. I'm getting lonely. sniff