Chapter Two: Family, Diagon Alley, and Hogwarts

WARNING: I sadly don't own Harry Potter:'(

AUTHOR'S NOTE: nothing new except I'll be updating two chapters tonight for this story!:)

"Talk"

'Thoughts'

Dreams

Parseltongue

Letters

Chapter two: Family and Hogwarts

Damion's POV:

'Can dad pack any slower!' I thought to myself as I watched dad walk from the rock to his bag. "Dad why are you packing so slowly?" I finally asked and he laughed at me.

"Because I'm bringing Harry's things with us and I want to make sure they're all safe." he said and I nodded in understanding. We went back to silence for a while before I broke it with a question.

"Dad?" I asked.

"Hm?" he said while continued to pack and not look at me.

"Who's Voldemort?" I finally asked and got worried when dad completely stiffened and started to shake a little. "Dad?" I asked concerned and slowly walked up beside him.

"W-where did you hear that name son?" he asked so softly I almost missed it. Debating on telling dad about mum's letter or not I finally decided to tell him anyways.

"Mum left me a note in one of our albums and he mentioned Voldemort and other dangers I'd be in. Mum said that this Voldemort guy wanted me dead because I was mum's child. Who is he?" I asked and dad sighed and knelt down to my level and placed his hands on my shoulders.

"Voldemort is your mother's biggest enemy. He killed your mother's birth parents when he was one and tried to kill Harry. All because a prophecy he had heard about and believed that Harry was the child mentioned in it. Anyways, when he sent the killing curse at Harry it back fired because his mum sacrificed herself for him and he ended up giving Harry a lightening shaped scar on his forehead and he was destroyed. Well, until about four years ago. But that's another story." he said and I looked at him wide eyed.

"What did the prophecy say that made Voldemort go after mum?" I asked and dad sighed.

"Basically it said that a child would be born at the end of July with the power to kill him. It also said that he would mark the child as his equal but would have powers Voldemort didn't. It also said that neither can live while the other survives. That's the summed up version of it anyway." dad said and I just looked at him while trying to take it all in.

'Mum's past was a lot harder than I thought.' I thought to myself and looked at dad. "Is that what mum meant in the letter when he said he didn't want me to have the life he did?" I asked and dad sighed deeply this time.

"It's a small part of it. The main reason is that he had to live with his aunt's family because of his mother's sacrifice. If he lived with a person of her blood then a thing called blood wards would be able to protect him from any bad guy trying to get at him while he was living there. Only they hated anything to do with magic and neglected Harry and treated him like a slave. He wasn't able to have a good childhood because of them. Then when he finally rejoined the Wizarding World he was treated as a hero not a boy. Plus he had a crazed maniac trying to kill him at every turn. He had a hard life growing up and he didn't want you to have the same life. He wanted you to be happy and to be a kid for as long as possible." he said and I just stared at him.

"Mum's life sounds like it was complicated." I said and he laughed and nodded his head smiling a little.

"That's the best way to put it son. His life was complicated." he said and smiled brighter. "But it was also filled with love and happiness." he said and I smiled at him then frowned.

"Do you think they'll love me?" I asked him knowing he'd know who I was talking about. He smiled and pulled me into a tight hug.

"I know they will. You're to lovable for them to not be able to." he said and I hugged him tighter. We stayed there for a few moments before he pulled back and stood up. "Let me finish packing then we'll go meet the others and head out." he said and I smiled at him.

Once he was done packing he threw both our bags over his shoulder and grabbed my hand and lead me out of the den. When we left the den we were met by Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle Alex, Aunt Crystal and Eric.

"Well well well, looks like the loser decided to join us!" Eric said and I growled and pounced on him tackling him to the ground.

"I'm not a loser you git!" I yelled and he laughed which made me laugh. I got off him and helped him up and walked back over to dad while Eric went to his parents.

"Everyone ready?" Grandpa asked and we all nodded. "Take each others hand." he said and we did as we were told. As soon as we were all holding hands I felt something weird at my naval and the next thing I knew I was standing in a long but thin kitchen/dining room.

"To those that have never been here before welcome to my childhood home." Grandma said almost bitterly. I looked around in awe.

"You lived here?" I asked. Grandma was about to answer but he was interrupted by what sounded like a herd running down the stairs towards us. I instinctively hid behind dad and he chuckled softly.

The door burst open and a sea of people, mainly red heads, came falling through it. When everyone was in they looked at our group and smiled. "How've you been Fenrir?" the plump red haired lady asked dad. See, shortly after mum died Wormtail was captured and Grandma was freed of all charges. Shortly after that the Order decided to tell the Wizarding World that dad was not only on our side, but mum's mate. They also told them of my existence.

"I've been as good as I can be. Damion here has helped keep me sane and happy." dad said and I hid more behind him when they all looked at me with wide eyes which made dad chuckle again.

"This is Damion?" the plump woman asked and dad nodded as he pulled me in front of him. I lowered my head so that they couldn't see my face and I could feel them staring at me.

I felt more than saw the plump woman kneel in front of me but I didn't look up at her. "Hello there little one. I'm your Grandma Molly, that man there is my husband and your Grandpa Arthur. The red haired children are mine. They're your Uncles Ron, Fred, George, Bill and Charlie and your Aunt Ginny. The bushy haired girl is your Aunt Hermione, the blonde girl is your Aunt Luna and the tall brunet boy is your Uncle Neville. The pink haired lady is your Aunt Tonks." she said pointing at each of them while they nodded at their names.

Even as she named off all the family I never once looked up at her or anyone else. "Can you look at me little one? Everyone really wants to see your face, we've all been counting the days that we were able to see you, to hold you." she said and I sat there for a second shocked.

'They've been waiting this whole time to see me? Someone they barely know?' I thought to myself and finally decided to looked up at Grandma Molly. When I finally looked up at them everyone gasped in shock. I just looked at them all until my eyes landed on a the boy that was my Uncle Ron. 'I've seen that boy before. He's in a lot of the pictures with mum. So is the girl, Aunt Hermione I think Grandma Molly said.' I thought as I looked between Ron and Hermione. Though I knew Hermione was close to mum and was my Aunt there was something about Uncle Ron that made me feel drawn to him.

It was almost like he suffered as much as me and dad did without mum. Not that the others didn't, he was just as effected as me and dad. As if sensing who I was looking at Grandma Molly smiled and looked at Uncle Ron and motioned for him to come to her. When he was beside her he knelt down to my level and smiled at me.

That smile was all I needed and I literally threw myself at him and wrapped my arms around his neck tightly. He wrapped his arms tightly around me and lifted me into the air. Once I was in his arms the others crowded around and kept touching some part of me. Some tried to take me from Uncle Ron but he just tightened his hold on me as I did the same to him.

After a while they started to except that we weren't letting go of each other and just stuck with touching some part of me. Eventually they all drifted away and moved to the long table to sit. Uncle Ron walked over to the chair to the left of dad, Uncle Alex ALWAYS is at dad's right, and placed me on his lap. "I can't begin to tell you how happy we all are to see you little one. It's not really been the same here sense-" Grandpa Arthur started but looked like he couldn't finish. "Anyways, you ready to go to Hogwarts?" he asked and I smiled brightly at him which made him smiled teary eyed at me along with others in the room.

"I'm very excited! I can't wait to get there!" I said happily and everyone laughed. "Eric's excited to aren't you?" I asked Eric who was in Aunt Luna's lap. He smiled and nodded quickly which made everyone laugh again. "What's Hogwarts like? I mean, dad's kinda told me about it and I found this in mum's secret hiding place but that's about it." I told them and placed the map on the table.

The entire room went eerily silent as everyone stared at the map. "I didn't think I'd ever see this again." Aunt Hermione whispered as she slowly picked it up and looked at it.

"Dad said mum used it to get around Hogwarts and cause trouble but I didn't believe him." I said and everyone laughed hard at that.

"I'd believe him Dame. Your Aunt Hermione and I shared a lot of those adventures and detentions with your mother and we used this map and your mother's invisibility cloak." Uncle Ron said as he caught his breath. I turned to look at him wide eyed then looked at Aunt Hermione and she smiled at me and nodded.

"I didn't know mum had invisibility cloak." I said in awe and looked back at Uncle Ron. "Can I see it?" I asked and he smiled and nodded.

"I'll show you later tonight, now though everyone wants to get to know you and Eric better. We have two years to catch up on." he said still smiling. I smiled at him and turned back to the others.

"So, what do you guys want to know?" I asked and for the next two hours we all spent talking about the past two years and getting to know each other better.

After awhile we heard the sound of someone apparating into the kitchen and I looked by the door to see that three new people had come. Two were old, one was a woman with a pointy hat and gay hair, the other a man with long white hair and a matching long white beard and blue eyes. His eyes, which were dull when he arrived, started to twinkle brightly when he looked at me. The third man was tall, pale, and had greasy black hair. He was glaring at me and I just stared at him.

'What's his problem? We don't even know each others names and he already looks like he hates me.' I thought and glared right back only to look at the others in confusion when they started to laugh.

"Don't mind Snape Dame. He and your mother hated each other when Harry was at school. They used to glare at each other the same way you two are now. Everyone's laughing because it's bringing back memories." Uncle Ron said and Snape huffed and looked away from me. The old man came up to me and knelt down beside Uncle Ron's chair and I buried my face in his shirt.

"Hello Damion. I'm your Grandpa Albus, the woman is your Grandma Minerva and the man over there is Severus Snape, though you'll call him professor Snape since he'll be teaching you potions." Grandpa Albus said smiling at me. I peeked at me and saw he had raised his hand and placed it on my hair and lightly petted it. "It's very good to have you here with us young one. I haven't seen everyone so happy in such a long time." he said and I smiled at him and snuggled more into Uncle Ron.

"Why's he so attached to Ron already?" Uncle Neville asked and I felt Uncle Ron's arms tighten protectively around me.

"I believe it's because Ron and Harry were the closest out of all of you. Harry was close to all of you but he and Ron and a special bond and I believe Damion here can sense it and attached himself to Ronald." Grandpa Albus said and they all nodded in understanding and some wiped tears away from there eyes.

After that we all sat and talked for another hour before I started to get tired. I yawned and felt Uncle Ron chuckle. "Tired?" he asked and I nodded and buried my face into his shirt. I felt him stand up and he started to talk. "If it's alright with you I'll take Damion up to my room to sleep." he said and I knew he was talking to my dad.

"I'm OK with it. I trust everyone here with Damion. Plus I think it was already the plan that he would sleep in there and I'd be sleeping with Neville in the room across from yours." he said and Uncle Ron nodded and he turned and began to head to the doors.

Once we were in his room I looked at the room and saw that there were two beds here. "You guys were seriously prepared for us weren't you?" I joked sleepily and he chuckled and sat me down on the bed closest to the window.

"Actually this bed was originally placed here for your mother. Only he was never able to come here sense your father took him to the pack to live." he said and I looked up at him.

"Can I see the cloak now?" I asked and he smiled and walked over to a trunk at the end of my bed and I crawled over and looked over it to see what he was looking for. When he stood back up he was holding a rather long cloak.

"This is the main thing that helped us stay out of trouble in school." Uncle said with a smile on his face. My eyes widened when he threw the cloak around his shoulders and his whole body disappeared.

"Whoa Uncle Ron you're a floating head!" I yelled and he laughed and took the cloak off and placed it back in the trunk. It was only then that I saw the top of the trunk. "What's HP stand for?" I asked and Uncle rubbed the letters and looked up at me.

"This was your mother's. It holds everything in it that he had in it before he joined the pack. We've taken nothing out of it." he said and I was off the bed in an instant and opening the trunk while Uncle sat beside me. In the trunk was the cloak and I took it out to see the rest.

"Why is there a lot of rags in here?" I asked and Uncle Ron's eyes became angry.

"His 'relatives' thought he wasn't good enough for new clothes and forced him to wear his very much over weight cousins hand-me-downs." he said and I looked back at the trunk.

'There's so much about mum I don't know.' I thought and looked at everything else in the trunk before placing the cloak back and closed it. That's when I heard a hoot at the window and looked up in time to see a very beautiful owl land on the windowsill. "Who's that?" I asked and slowly walked up to the bird and petted her while she rubbed her head on my hand.

"That's Hedwig. She was Harry's familiar. She's been depressed sense- for two years now." Uncle changed and I knew what he meant. I continued to pet her and looked at Uncle.

"We're allowed to bring a pet right?" I asked and he smiled and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"I think she'd love to go with you to Hogwarts. She's taken a liking to you." he said and I smiled brightly and petted her a few more times and went back to my bed. I sat in bed as Uncle got ready and laid down before I spoke to him.

"Uncle Ron?" I asked and he turned to look at me. "C-can I sleep with you?" I asked and he smiled, turned to face me and lifted the cover up. I smiled and ran over to his bed and snuggled into his chest as he wrapped both his arms and the cover over me.

'I think I'm gonna like it here.' I thought as I fell asleep.

TWO WEEKS LATER

Damion's POV:

"Come on dad all we have left to buy is my wand!" I yelled happily as I dragged dad along as he laughed.

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" he laughed out and opened the door to Olivander's. It looked like no one was in though.

"Hello?" I called and a old man came out and stared at me.

"I wondered when I'd be seeing you young one." he said and walked up to me and held his hand out. "I'm Olivander young Damion." he said and I stared at him in shock.

"You know me?!" I asked and he smiled and headed over to a shelf and looked at the boxes.

"Seems like only yesterday your mother was in here buy his wand." he said and pulled a box out and handed me the wand inside. "Give it a wave!" he said smiling and I flicked it and broke a window. "That's not the one." he said and took the wand from me. He went back to the shelves and came back with another wand. "Try this one." he said and I waved it and shattered the light above us. "That's not it either." he said and took the wand from me.

He went all the way to the back and froze in front of a certain box. "I wonder." he said and looked back at me and took the box out and walked back over to me. "Try this one." he said and I looked at dad who nodded and I took the wand from him. I instantly felt a tingly feeling going up my arm. "Curious, very curious." he said I gave him a confused look.

"What is?" I asked and he looked at me.

"It's curious that this wand is destined for you... Because it's a phoenix feather core. And not just any phoenix, see, Voldemort's wand also has a phoenix core as does your mother's. Their wands are bothers because their feathers came from the same phoenix. What people don't know is that the very same phoenix gave a third feather in secret and this wand was made." he said and I looked at my wand wide eyed.

"So what does it mean?" I asked and he smiled at me.

"It means that, like your mother, we can except great things from you." he said and I smiled at him.

Dad paid him for the wand and we left the store and I turned to him. "Let's go meet the others." I told him and he smiled and nodded and took my hand and lead me to where the others were.

HOGWARTS MORNING

Damion's POV:

"Why can't you come with me?" I asked dad as we walked into Kings Cross Station.

"I told you Dame I'm not a teacher there. I'm trying to convince Albus to let the pack move into a field in the Forbidden Forest but it'll be probably close to Halloween if he'll let us." he said and I sighed and nodded as we came to a stop between platforms nine and ten. My eyes widened as I watched my family walk literally threw the wall.

"Uh, dad?" I asked and he smiled and took my hand and ran for the wall. I closed my eyes and waited for pain but it never came.

"Open your eyes son." dad said and I did as I was told. I gasped when I saw the train.

"It's beautiful!" I said in awe and dad smiled and lead me to the nearest door and helped me onto it. Uncle Ron came up and smiled at me and wrapped an arm around my shoulders and went to lead me to his compartment but I stopped. "Uncle Ron can you take my stuff for me? I forgot something." I said and he nodded and pointed to his compartment and I got out and ran to dad and hugged him tightly. "I love you dad." I whispered and he held me close to him.

"I love you too son. Go have fun and know I'm proud of you no matter what." he whispered back and gave me one more squeeze before he let go and nudged me towards the train. I smiled at him and ran to find Uncle Ron just as the train took. off.

'I'm on my way mum.' I thought as I sat down by Uncle Ron as the others walked in. I laid my head on his lap and fell asleep without meaning to.

The next thing I knew Uncle Ron was gently shaking me. "Wake up little one, we're here." he said and I groaned and sat up and saw that my stuff wasn't here. "Uncle Neville took your trunk and Aunt Luna has Hedwig." he said and I nodded and followed him out of the train. Once out he took my hand and lead me through the crowd towards the tallest man I'd ever seen.

"Hello there Ron! Had a nice summer eh?" the tall man asked and Uncle Ron nodded and smiled at him and the tall man looked shocked.

"I had a great summer Hagrid! Damion here helped with that." he said and smiled at me making me blush. Hagrid looked at me and gasped and looked back at Uncle Ron.

"Is that-" he started and Uncle smiled and nodded and pulled me close to him.

"Yep! This is Harry's son!" he said proudly and Hagrid got tears in his eyes.

"It's very nice to meet you Damion! I was a close friend of your mother's." he said and I smiled up at him.

"It's very nice to meet you too!" I said smiling and looked at Uncle. "Shouldn't we get going to the castle now?" I asked and he smiled at me.

"You won't be walking into the castle with me Dame. You'll be going with Hagrid and the other first years a cooler way than us." he said and I tightened my grip on him.

"I don't want to leave you though." I said and he knelt down to me.

"It'll only be a short while Dame. Once the sorting is over you can come back to me." he said and I got fearful.

"But what if I don't get into your house?" I asked and both Uncle and Hagrid laughed at that.

"Trust me Dame, you'll get into my house." Uncle said and stood up and faced Hagrid. "You take care of him until he's back with me OK." he said and Hagrid nodded. Uncle smiled at me and ran to catch up with the others.

'The boats are cool but I want to be with Uncle Ron and the others.' I thought as me and Eric looked up at Hogwarts. Once we were inside Grandma Minerva lead us into the Great Hall and placed a hat on a stool and took a scroll out as the hat started to sing. Once it was done Grandma started to read off names. Eric got sorted into Gryffindor and that made me even more nervous that I'd be the unlucky one that wasn't in that house.

"Damion P-Potter Greyback!" Grandma yelled stuttering on mom's name. The whole room went silent as I walked up to the stool and I became self conscious. I smiled at Grandma and sat on the stool and she placed the hat on my head.

"Ah Potter's child. I wonder when I'd get to see you young one." the hat said in my head.

"How do you know me?" I asked and it laughed.

"My boy it's my job to know all witches and wizards that'll come through Hogwarts halls. Now, let's see where can put you. Ah, looks like you'll be following your mother's footsteps." it said and I was confused until it yelled my house. "GRYFFINDOR!" It yelled and I smiled brightly and ran to my house as the whole room burst into cheers, especially Gryffindor table.

I threw myself into Uncle Ron's arms and he held me tightly as he laughed. "Told you you'd make it." he said and I smiled at him.

And there you go! I know this one was very long but I figured you guys would be OK with a long chapter rather than a short one lol:p and if not oh well it's long and if you liked it why complain? I do hope you guys like this one so far!:) I'm writing the next one right now!:)