Chapter 3- The Will and a Funeral

Harry woke up at 8:00am from a bright green light. He knew that he had just dreamed of the night his parents had died. He hated waking up from death dreams. Well at least he hadn't dreamed about Sirius. What a happy birthday, waking up to the day his parents had died.

Harry got up and put on jeans and a t-shirt. He glanced at Ron's bed and found it empty. He figured that he must already be downstairs, so Harry walked downstairs. When he got there he saw a big banner saying 'Happy Birthday Harry' on it. On the table were a bunch of gifts and around the table was Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Ron, Ginny, the twins, Bill, Lupin and Hermione. Hermione got up and gave him a big hug. "Harry it's so good to see you! I heard about the attack and I'm so glad your okay."

"Hey Hermione it's good to see you."

"Happy Birthday, mate!" said Ron.

"Thanks."

Harry sat down and started to open his gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had given him a knitted sweater that was green and some fudge, Ron had given him a big box of all his favorite sweets, Bill and Ginny had given him a new wallet, the twins had given him a big box filled with tricks from their store including fireworks and extendable ears, Lupin had given him books on Curses and How to Block Them, and Hermione had given him some book's on quidditch. Harry looked down and saw 3 more gifts. One was from Hagrid (a book on Magical Creatures and some cauldron cakes), another one was from Tonks (a book on How to Become an Auror). He looked at the last one and couldn't think who it was from. There was a card on it and he read it:

"Dear Harry,

Happy Birthday! I thought that this would be a great gift for you since your starting Occumency and Wand less magic. I will be by tonight to start practice. Dumbledore will also be by again, Happy Birthday.

From, Jennifer"

Harry grabbed her gift (which was 2 wrapped in one) and started to unwrap it. He finally got it unwrapped and saw it was a Pensieve. It was silver with carvings on the side. Underneath were 2 books, One on How to Use Your Pensieve and another was How to Do Wand Less Magic.

"Wow Harry! Who gave you that?" asked Hermione.

"Jennifer."

"This will be great for your lessons."

"Yeah," Harry felt great that she had thought about him enough to get a birthday gift. "I wonder when she got this."

"She went out last night after you guys went to bed. We didn't want her to, but she insisted." Said Mrs. Weasley with a frown.

"Harry do you want to go and play quidditch?" asked Ron

"Yeah."

Just then an owl flew in. They landed in front of Mrs. Weasley and she took the letter off his leg. "Oh these are your Hogwarts letters." And she handed them their letters.

"Dear Mr. Potter,

We are glad to inform you that you have been reinstated as Seeker and have been made quidditch Captain. The team now needs 3 chasers. Below is a list of your OWLS results:

Defense Against the Dark Arts: -Practical: O, Written: O

Potions: - Practical: E, Written: O

Transfiguration: - Practical: O, Written: O

Herbiology: - Practical: O, Written: E

Charms: - Practical: O, Written: O

Divination: - Practical: D, Written: D

Care of Magical Creatures: - Practical: O, Written: O

History of Magic: - Written: D

Overall OWLS: 12

On the following page is a list of your next year's books. You have also chosen to become an Auror and you will need to keep Defense Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Transfiguration, Charms and you have the choice to pick one other course.

Yours Truly,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress"

Harry just stared at his letter stunned. He was reinstated on the team and was Captain! Ron looked over his shoulder and read his list then laughed, "I knew you would be made captain!"

"But I was banned for life!"

"Only while Professor Umbridge was teaching there. How did you do on your OWLS?" He looked over his shoulder and laughed "I got a D in History of Magic again. I didn't get on O in potions though only an E and I got an E in Transfiguration."

"How about Defense Against the Dark Arts?"

He smirked "O."

Harry turned to Hermione "How did you do?"

"I got an O in everything." She said stunned.

"Congratulations!" said Harry.

"Yeah Congratulations Hermione." Said Ron.

Mrs. Weasley turned from making breakfast and took Harry's book list. "We can go get this tomorrow."

After breakfast Harry and Ron went upstairs and grabbed his broomstick. They met outside and played. Harry and George were on one team while Ginny, Ron and Fred on another and Hermione was just watching. Harry and George were down by 20 points when Harry saw Jen standing on the ground watching them. He signaled to the others to pause and went down to her.

"Thank you so much for the gifts, they were great."

She smiled "No problem. I thought you could use them for Occumency."

Harry smiled at her "So, did you want to play? We need one more."

"Sure." She reached into her bag and pulled a Firebolt out. Harry looked at the bag questionable. She laughed "I have a spell on it that makes it bigger so I can fit more stuff in it." She then got onto her broom and flew into the air.

Jen was playing chaser and she was incredible. She scored 11 times on Ron. After they finished playing they all went into the kitchen and saw Dumbledore sitting at the table. Lupin was still there and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were also sitting there. Dumbledore stood up when they came in. "Would everyone but Harry and Jennifer please go upstairs." He asked. Ron, the twins, Ginny and Hermione left the room and went upstairs. "Harry, Jennifer will you please take a seat." They sat down. "Now, that we're all here. This has to do with Sirius's will. You were all asked here because you all are in this will. Firstly there is the sum of money in his vault, which includes all the Blacks fortune. Now in his will he leaves a quarter of the sum to the Weasley family and wishes to thank you for helping fix up The Grimmald Place. The next quarter is to Mr. Remus Lupin. He has only one wish of how you will spend some of it and I quote "Please, please buy some decent ropes." Lupin laughed then looked very sad. "The next quarter is to Mr. Harry Potter. He wishes you would spend it on your hearts desirer. He would also like to say how proud he is of you and would like you to know you were like a son to him. The last bit of money goes to Miss Jennifer McCallaghan. He has also left you this letter." He handed her the letter and she just stared at it for a minute before she slowly opened it and began to read it. "Now the property of Grimmald Place he leaves to a Mr. Harry Potter and a Miss Jennifer McCallaghan. The last order of the will is the guardianship of Harry Potter. He gives this reasonability and privilege to Mr. Remus Lupin. He wishes that you Harry will trust Remus like you trusted him." Dumbledore finally finished it.

Harry looked at Jennifer and saw she was looking at the letter with a look of horror and anger on her face. She turned to Dumbledore.

"You knew?" He nodded. "HOW COULD YOU NEVER HAVE OF TOLD ME?"

"Jennifer I'm sorry but I didn't tell you because he went to Azkaban and it was his wish not to tell you. He also told me not to tell you because he didn't want you to hate him."

"What's going on?" asked Harry.

She turned to him and he could see tears in her eyes "He's my father."

Harry just looked at her and couldn't believe it. Sirius, her father? She got up and ran outside. Harry got up and followed her. He found her at the fence crying. He came up behind her and put a sympathetic hand on her shoulder. She turned to face him and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. "Shhhh, it's okay."

"All those times we were together and he never told me! I've known my father and know he's dead and I didn't even know he was my father at the time!"

"Hey it's okay."

They stood there for 5 minutes and he just held her and let her cry. After she stopped they still just held each other. Then she looked up into his eyes. He whipped the tears off her face and before he could stop himself, he bent down and kissed her. They stood kissing for a while then he finally lifted his head. He was breathless for a few seconds then he smiled at her, quickly kissed her, then grabbed her hand and started to walk back to the house. When they got there he saw Mrs. Weasley in the kitchen making dinner. He also saw Ron, Ginny, and Hermione sitting at the table. When they walked in they were still holding hands and Ron smirked at him. Mrs. Weasley turned to them "Jennifer, Tom came looking for you. They found your mother. That's where Dumbledore, Lupin and Arthur went."

"Where are they?"

"Here's the address."

She took it then turned to leave. Harry pulled her back. "Be careful okay?"

"Yeah I'll be okay." Then she stood on her toes and kissed him. She smiled then left. When he turned around he saw everyone smiling at him. "What?" Then he sat down for dinner with a big grin on his face.

Later that night Mr. Weasley walked in. He sat down and put his head between his hands. Harry turned to him. "How was Jen's mom? Where is Jen?"

Mr. Weasley sighed. "We found her in a cave. A muggle had found her and called the police. When we got there she was still alive, but we could tell that she had been tortured. She was crazy and talking gibberish one minute then the next, she was talking normal. She died a few minutes before the healers got there. After she died Jen just got up and left. Didn't even say anything to anyone. We're holding the funeral the day after tomorrow."

"Where did she go?"

"We don't know. Remus went out after her. He came back a few hours later and said he couldn't find her."

"Oh god she has to be devastated."

Harry walked upstairs and got into his pj's and crawled into bed. Harry was really worried about her. She had lost so much already. He wished he knew where to find her so he could just talk to her. He just hopped she wouldn't do anything stupid. He fell asleep on these disturbing thoughts.

"Bellatrix, did you find anything out about that woman?"

"No, just that she was in the Order. Before we could find anything out she was too crazy to tell us anything so we disposed of her."

"You never found out anything? All of that for nothing?"

"I'm sorry master I got excited and got to hard on the Crucius curse. I'm sorry master."

"I'm sorry to Bellatrix. Crucio."

He woke up in the middle of the night with is scar hurting and to the sound of screaming. So Bellatrix had tortured Jen's mom. He felt even angrier. The next time he came across her, he was going to kill her, not only for taking Sirius from him, but for taking Sirius and Jen's mom from Jen. He fell back asleep yet again with troubling thoughts.

The next day passed in a blur. No one knew or had heard from Jen. He was getting very worried about her.

The next day he woke up and got dressed in black dress pants, a white shirt and a tie. He was not only going to pay his respects but was also hoping to see Jen. Ron stood beside him putting on gray (which were once black) dress pants and a white shirt and a tie. They both went downstairs and saw Mr. and Mrs. Weasley dressed up. Mrs. Weasley went to the stairs "Girls come on were going to be late." Harry heard them come downstairs and they were both dressed up in skirts and blouses. They all went to the table and grabbed the newspaper which was also a portkey. Then he felt a jerk and a few seconds later landed in a graveyard.

He saw Dumbledore, Tom and many other Order members, but no Jen. They all gathered around the grave where a casket was sitting. The priest went in front of them all and began. "We are gathered here today to remember the life of Mrs. Maggie Smith. She was mother to 2 and a friend to many…" Harry couldn't believe that Jennifer was missing her mother's funeral. Harry looked around and saw Jen walking toward the funeral. She had her hair down and she was wearing a black halter dress. Harry went out to meet her and gave her a big hug.

"How are you?"

She looked at him and he saw tears in her eyes. She then looked down and shook her head. He grabbed her hand and pulled her toward the group where the priest was still talking. When he got her to the front of the group beside Tom, he put his arm around her waist. She was a little tense at first then relaxed and put her arm around his waist. Half way through she started to cry and he pulled her even closer. She turned and hugged him and cried into his shoulder.

After the priest was done she hugged a lot of people and then she went back into his arms. Harry could see a lot of people walk out of the graveyard and stand at the gate talking. Harry and Jen stood there for a long time, just holding each other. Then she pulled away from him and whipped her eyes. "I want to show you something." Then she grabbed his hand and pulled him farther into the graveyard. Then she stopped in front of someone's tomb and pointed. Harry saw a name on it.

"Sara Michelle McCallaghan

1969-1989"

"Harry meet my real Mom, Mom met my boyfriend Harry." Then she looked at him. "You are my boyfriend right?"

Harry grabbed her hand. "Defiantly."

Then they turned around and Harry got sight of the tomb in front of him.

"Lily Anne Potter

1969-1989

&

"James Fredrick Potter

1969-1989"

"Look." He said and knelt down in front of the tomb. "It's my parents." Then he reached out, touched it and smiled. She knelt down beside him and grabbed his hand.

"Look they were the same age as my mom. I bet they went to Hogwarts at the same time."

"Yeah, I mean if your father was Sirius I bet that's were they met, which means that our parents would've known each other."

They stood up and stood so they could see their parent's tombs just holding each other's hand. Then he heard someone coming up behind them. He turned and saw Remus walking up.

"Aww, I see you have found your parents." He looked down at Harry's parents' tomb and smiled. Then he looked at Jen's Moms'. After a little while he turned to them. "Did you know that your Mothers were the best of friends? They were the opposite of James and Sirius, except maybe not big trouble makers like they were. Sara was even Lily's maid of honor at their wedding."

Jen and Harry looked shocked. "I never knew that they knew each other." Said Jen.

"Oh yes. Jen your parents loved each other very much."He sighed "Sirius was devastated when she was killed." He looked at Jen. "Maggie gave him regular pictures of you while he was in Azkaban. He was so thankful for those pictures. He still had them when he died."

Jen looked at the ground. Harry pulled her into a hug. At this Remus smiled. "Look at you two! Your parents would have been so happy. I know I am. I look at you both and I see both of your parents."

They both smiled and started to walk out of the graveyard. When they got there Jen went to Tom and gave him a big hug.

"Tom, please be careful. I don't want you to do anything stupid. I don't know if I could handle if anything was to happen to you too."

"I won't do anything stupid, but I want you to promise to stay at the Weasley's and do nothing except wait to go to Hogwarts. Promise me."

She looked as if she didn't want to and hesitated, then nodded. With one last hug Tom appariated. Jen, Harry, Hermione, and the Weasley's touched the paper and they arrived back at the burrow.

Mrs. Weasley turned to Jen. "Do you have everything you need?"

"I left my bag here when I left 2 days ago."

"Okay. Tomorrow we will be going to Diagon Ally to get your books."

Jen nodded. "I think I'm just going to go out side for a bit," then walked outside. Harry followed her out. As if knowing he would follow her she turned around and took his hand. They went and sat under a tree. Harry wrapped one arm around her and pulled her close while the other hand grabbed her hand. They sat like this for the rest of the afternoon not saying a word.

"Harry! Jen! Dinner!" yelled Ron.

Harry helped her get up then looked down at her and wondered how he had gotten so lucky as to have found a girlfriend like this.