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Chapter 1
Halo opened her eyes to see a white room. She blinked and looked round to see a muggle hospital room, like the ones she'd caught glimpses of on TV. There was a T.V playing in the room, and she focused on it. A news program was running and there was a picture of Sirius, who was older than she'd last seen him.
"Our main story tonight is the death of Lord Sirius Black. He died a week ago in a tragic parasailing accident when a strong gale suddenly picked up, and caught his parachute, pulling him from the water, and into a seaside building, breaking the majority of his bones. Despite the amount of pain Lord Black must have been in, he died smiling, and laughing, claiming his death to be that of a true Marauder, only to be trumped by the father of his missing Goddaughter, Lord James Charlus Potter. Lord Black entered the public eye ten years ago, after an accident separated him from his goddaughter, Halo Potter. Halo is the sole beneficiary of his will, and any girl between the age of thirteen and eighteen with Black hair and green eyes can try to apply for the will, but some tests will have to be passed before they can claim Lord Black's fortune. If you wish to try out for the fortune, go down to your local police and ask to have ago at the first stage of the test."
The story moved on, and Halo was stunned. The veil led to another universe! And this one worked on a different time line to hers! But there was no chance at seeing Sirius again. He was gone. Gone forever. And she was alone in a strange world.
Tears leapt to Halo's eyes, and she began to cry. Just then, a nurse came in.
"Oh, dear, what's wrong?" She asked.
"I- I want Sirius!" She cried.
"Give me a number, and I'll call him."
"H-He was the only father I-I e-ever kn-knew!" Halo wailed. "And now he's dead!" Sob's wracked through her entire body, and she buried her face in her hands.
"What's your name?" The nurse asked, rubbing her back, before calling for a doctor.
"Halo. H-Halo Potter."
"Oh you poor thing. You must have been searching for him for years."
Halo nodded. "I- I never got a decent education, because the people who took me in only kept me for house work. They told me to call them Aunt and Uncle, but they never told me more than that, but I never gave up. I always looked for him. Every chance I got." She sniffed, giving the nurse a story she could easily follow.
The nurse looked sympathetic. When the doctor came, several tests were run, and the nurse told him what Halo had told her. The doctor nodded, and then left to make a call.
An hour later, two police men came to test her claim of being Sirius' goddaughter.
"What were the marauder's nicknames?"
"Messer's Moony Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs. Moony was Remus Lupin, Wormtail was Peter Pettigrew, Padfoot was Sirius and Prongs was my father, James Potter."
"You just answered the second question." One of the police officers said. "Now, what animals were the nicknames based on?"
"Moony was a wolf, sometimes they joked about it being a werewolf, he'd always joke about howling at the moon. Wormtail was a rat, Padfoot was a big black dog and Prongs was a stag."
"And, who was the traitor of the Marauders?"
"Peter Pettigrew, a.k.a Wormtail. The cowardly rat."
The officers nodded. "Well, we'll have to get in touch with Lord Black's lawyer, there's another test, but it can all be arranged. Good day, Lady Potter, our condolences for your loss."
The two officers left, and Halo laid back, and went to sleep, tiredness washing over her.
The next day, a man in a smart, three piece suit turned up. He had slicked back brown hair, and brown eyes.
"Hello, Lady Potter, I hear that you passed the first test, so I am leaning towards believing your story. My name is Jacob Lewis. I represented the Late Lord Black and his affairs." He placed a bag on the foot of the bed. "There are a couple of changes of clothes in there. I have talked to the Doctor, and they are ready to discharge you. I will wait out side for you to get changed, and then we will be catching a flight to Britain, for the final part of the test."
"Alright. And thank you, Mr. Lewis." Halo said.
"That is no problem." He said, before leaving the room.
Halo was quick to wash up and change into a comfortable outfit that consisted of jeans, a t-shirt, a hoodie and some trainers.
Halo and Lewis left the hospital, and headed straight for the airport. Lewis handed her a passport with all her details on, and she was allowed through customs. The plane journey was boring to Halo, so she passed most of the time sleeping, but there was only so much one person could sleep. The plane landed in Glasgow airport, and she had to do even more waiting as she waited for Lewis to hire a rental car. But finally, they were on their way once more.
When Lewis stopped again, Halo saw the ruins of an old castle. "Hogwarts." She said to herself.
"That's what Lord Black called it. Now, come on. You have a key to find." Lewis led the way up to the ruins. "Right, locate the ruins of the lion's den, and search there."
"Right. Of course." She said, smiling. Confidently, Halo strode over to the place where she knew Gryffindor tower had once stood, tall and proud.
Halo rummaged round in the rubble for a while, before coming across a box. The lid held the crest of Gryffindor house and the crests of the Potter family and the Black family. Halo opened the box to see a key, nestled in red velvet.
"Very well done, Lady Potter Black. You have passed the test, and inherited everything."
Halo nodded, and tears sprung to her eyes again. "I'd give up everything, to have them back. My entire family is gone now. I'm alone."
"For now, that may be true. But your godfather once told me something. You forge your own path in this world. You don't let anything hold you back. While life seems dark, and you feel the most alone, that is when you can find the greatest of friends. Light's that will show you a way out of the darkness."
"For a remarkably childish man, he couldn't half be wise sometimes."
"You have him spot on there. Come, let's go find a hotel for the night. And something to eat. On me."
"Thank you, but I'm sure I could pay."
"I'm sure you could pay to live out several lives in Buckingham Palace, but I'm still going to pay. Lord Black had a soft spot for you. The least I could do is help get you back on your feet."
"Thanks." Halo said.
The next day, Halo was woken by a nock on her room door. She crawled out of the soft cocoon of blankets, and walked over to the door. Opening it, she saw Lewis standing there.
"Mr. Lewis, how are you this morning?"
"Just fine. And I've come to go over your cover story and arrangements for the next several months at the least."
"You'd best come in then." Halo said.
They sat down at the table in the room, and Lewis pulled several folders out of his bag.
"Lord Black made several arrangements for you after his death. His entire fortune is massive, due to his expansion by winning lotteries, good investments and the like all went to you. It's enough to last several lifetimes. He's emancipated you, and gotten you a place to live, a cover identity, tutors to catch you up to standard, the works."
The next few hours were spent going over everything. For now, she would be Halo Evans, who's parents were on a year long vacation. Her tutors would teach her what she needed to know, and then she'd enter a public school. Everything was sorted out for her. She could easily slide into a new life. She didn't have to worry about anything, because Sirius had planned it out for her.
The two spent another two days in Scotland before flying back to the states. She found out that her new home was a house on a nice looking suburb. It had a homey feel to her. It was better than any house she'd been in before. The next two weeks, Halo spent shopping for clothes, and personal belongings. She bought mainly the gothic style clothing, smiling as she thought they looked witchy. Then, her tutors came.
It only took her a month to learn everything she needed, which included driving, as her records said she was seventeen, and Halo was soon enrolled in the local public school.
On her first day, she immediately got lost, even though the place was smaller than Hogwarts. Her eyes zeroed in on two boys, one with longish blonde/brown hair, and the other with dark brown hair. She ran over to them.
"Excuse me? Do you know where art room thirty is?" She asked.
"Oh, yeah. We're heading there now. I'm Sam, and this is Miles. You're new, right?"
"Yeah, I'm Halo. Nice to meet you."
"You too." Sam said. "Lets go, before we're late."
Sam and Miles led the way. Once there, Halo gave her slip to the teacher, who signed it, and then she had to stand in front of the class, and introduce herself.
The class went quickly, and at the end Sam asked to look at her time table. They had the same schedule, so he offered to take her to her classes. She quickly gained a friend in Sam that day, and one in, to a lesser extent, Miles.
"So, Sam, Miles, do you want a lift home?" Halo asked.
"You have a car?" Miles asked, surprised.
"Yeah, an Impala. I'm a sucker for Supernatural."
"Wicked." Sam said. "Sure, thanks." He said.
"Alright." Miles agreed.
"Ok then." Halo said, smiling.
Miles was the first to be dropped off, as it turned out that she and Sam lived on the same street.
"You should probably come over some time." Sam said. "My mom is already planning on visiting any way. She likes to do that with any new neighbours, and if she finds out that you're living on your own…"
"I get the idea. Thank you for the offer, Sam, I'll probably take you up on it at some point."
"Great, cool. So, see you later then." Sam said as Halo killed her engine in the drive way of her house.
"Yeah. See you. Probably tomorrow though, I'm knackered."
"What?"
"British for tired. See you, Sam."
"Yeah, see you."
Two weeks had gone by, and Sam was talking excitedly about getting a new car, if he could get one more A.
"I think you can do it Sam." Halo said. "You're Genealogy report's really cool. Everyone should enjoy it."
Sam nodded, confident. "Your one last lesson was good."
Halo faked a smile. A lot like she had faked her report, but had gotten me an A. I had done it on a however many times great grandmother, who had apparently drowned while being dunked to test if she was a witch, as she was an avid physician, working with many herbs that most couldn't identify at the time, and that scared people. "Thanks. And, good luck impressing Mikayla."
"Thanks."
At that point they entered the classroom, and they took their seats. The class continued with reports, until the teacher called; "Witwicky, you're up."
Sam went through his report, and once again I found myself enthralled with the tale of his great grandfather's adventures. I loved hearing about adventures. They sounded so much better than my own.
When the bell went, I left the class with Miles, Sam staying behind to pick up his grade. Two hours after getting home, I was sitting at the bay window when I saw Sam drive up to his house in a yellow Comero, with black racing stripes. I smiled. He'd gotten his A. And his car. And it was a beauty.
I left my house, and ran over to his, catching him before he went inside. "Hey Sam." I said.
"Oh, hey Halo, how are you?"
"I'm fine, nice car. I take it you got an A?"
"Yes." He said, grinning. "And I think my car's cool too. Maybe we can alternate between who drives now?"
"Yeah, sounds like a plan. Saves me money on fuel."
"You want to come in?" Sam asked.
"No, I have work to do. I just wanted to come over and congratulate you. See you Sam."
"See you Halo!" He called after me.
Neither of us new what we were about to get into. Neither did Mikayla.
A/N: So, what do you think so far? Please let me know, and please review!
