Ok hey all you readers out there! I got chapter 4 ready for you..well I got it typed up anyways...let me get the reviews settled then it will be on with the show!
Nik's World- yes I know I need a beta, one of my friends offered but I still need to get her e-mail... I know I started this story last year, and I have a few more written chapters so hopefully you won't be to mad at me.
Jennifer-Marie- im gonna try to update more often, my first semester of school is really easy so I should be able to get to that...
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Chapter 4!
"Uh oh! We're in trouble," Ron said when he saw his mother.
"Why? And who's that mean looking lady?" Jessica asked as Mrs. Weasley began to walk towards them.
"That's my mum. She's probably really mad that we left her." Ron said with a slightly scared look on his face. As if on cue his mother started her rant.
"RONALD WEASLEY! You know perfectly well that I am responsible for Harry and Hermione! What were you three thinking? Just sneaking off like that! I almost had a fit! You should know better especially at a time like this. You all could have been hurt!" pausing to take a breath, Mrs. Weasley finally looked at the two extra people standing with them.
"Good afternoon Mrs. Weasley, it's nice to see you again," Oliver said, trying to get her attention away from the trio.
"Hello Oliver, how have you been? Good I hope. And who is this beautiful young woman next to you?" Molly Weasley said in a sweet loving voice completely different from the one that she was just using.
"This is Jessica Stoker. She was being home schooled in magic by her father. She's also our new seeker for Puddlemere United," Oliver said as the two ladies shook hands.
"Stoker? Ah yes, I know your father, sweet man. How are you dear?" Mrs. Weasley said in that same sweet voice.
"Um, I'm fine I guess. Excuse me for asking but how do you know my father?" Jessica asked puzzled.
"I know him from the Order, but I don't think you know much about that do you?" Mrs. Weasley said smiling.
"Sorry but no. my father was saying something about it the last time we were in London, but I didn't push him on it. I had a feeling it was important stuff I didn't need to know." Jessica said
"Well your feeling was right. Let's go inside were we can talk in more comfortable and private areas," Mrs. Weasley said, ushering them all inside the Leaky Cauldron. When they all got inside, Mrs. Weasley led them to a small door in the back. She opened the door to reveal a rather cozy looking den. Mr. Stoker, Mr. Weasley, and Professor Dumbledore were sitting in large armchairs in front of a roaring fire.
"Ah Miss Jessica, here you are. Your father and I have been having a very interesting conversation. One that involves you staying with the Weasleys while your father goes back to the states on business for the order." Dumbledore said. Anybody in the room who had at anytime been exposed to any kind of teenage girl could have told him that saying that was a very bad idea. The scream that came from the small girl was one that made everyone cover their ears.
"Are you for real! Oh my gosh! Daddy you are the best!" Jessica said giving him a huge hug. But in a minute it was all over. "When are you coming back though?" the blonde asked immediately sobering down.
"I don't know. My assignment is highly confidential and very dangerous," Ray said with a completely expressionless look on his face.
"No! Daddy! I wanna stay but I don't want you to go," Jessica said as tears formed at the edges of her blue eyes. "When are you leaving?"
"Now. This matter in America has to be addressed as quickly as possible," he answered. Getting up and embracing his daughter, he continued, "while you were shopping I went back home and got all of your stuff. You'll stay here for a day while Mrs. Weasley gets everything ready for you." He handed her a key, "you room is all the way at the top of the stairs, you can't miss it, but you key will guide you if you need it."
"Daddy please don't go!" Jessica pleaded.
"Baby I have to. I love you so much...remember that. I you ever need me, just place your hand over this and call my name. I will come for you." he took a small box out of his pocket and gave it to her. Carefully she opened it and took out a necklace with a stone pendant on it. Her father started to back up so he could apparate without pulling anyone else in, but she jumped forward and hugged him tightly.
"Daddy please don't go!" Jessica cried as she clung to the only family that she had left. Mrs Weasley got up from where she had been sitting and pulled her softly off him. Ray Stoker turned around and apparated.
Jessica wrestled out of Mrs. Weasley's arms and ran up the stairs. The whole room had been quiet the entire time. A loud slam told them all that the girl had found her room. After sitting for a few minutes Harry got up and walked up the stairs, Jessica's forgotten shopping bag in his hand.
"Jessica can I come in?" Harry asked when he got to her door. He didn't hear her say anything, but the lock clicked back and the door swung open. There she was crying in the middle of a king size bed. When she felt him sit down on the bed, she flicked her wrist in the direction of the door and it shut itself.
"What am I going to do without him Harry? He's the only thing I have ever had. What if something happens to him?" she sobbed into Harry's shoulder.
"Nothing is going to happen to him. He's a very powerful wizard, and he's very good at what he does. Or else Dumbledore wouldn't have asked him to work for the order." Harry reasoned. Jessica didn't say anything, she just looked up into the green eyes. Gently Harry raised his hand to brush away her tears. The buzz of energy that ran through them when they touched formed a bond.
"Why does that happen?" Harry asked removing his hand.
"Where did you get that scar?" the blonde asked completely ignoring his question. For the next few minutes Harry told his story. He told her how his parents died, and all the occurrences that took place at Hogwarts.
"So that's it. I am the only person to have escaped that curse, and now the person who cast is it back.." Harry finished.
"Wow! And I thought my life was bad. Well they are kinda the same, except my dad's still alive." Jessica said.
"How do you mean?" Harry asked.
"Well for starters you are not the only person to have survived the killing curse. I did as well," she ignored his gasp and pointed her wand at her forehead "Reappear," she muttered. Harry's eyes never left that spot, it took about a minute, but soon there was a crescent moon clearly scaring her forehead.
"How?" was all that he could say.
"When I was five a man asked my father that when I came of age if he could marry me. His name was Count Xavier, the Voldemort of America you could say. My father of course refused and the man just walked away. The next day he came back, but my father wasn't at home. When I opened the door he pushed me back inside and took a ring out of his pocket. My dad had told me what he had asked and I knew that if he put that ring on me I would be bound to him. I knocked the ring out of his hand and ran to my room. Before I got there he tripped me and tried the curse. It backfired and killed him instead. All of his power was transferred to me. His mark was the crescent moon, so that's what was put on me." Jessica finished pointing to the scar. Harry was puzzled however.
"Why did he want to marry you? You were just a kid." he asked.
"Because according to my father I am extremely powerful. He said that if I learned properly I could draw power from the earth and use magic without a wand. If Xavier had gotten that ring on me then he would have controlled me, but instead of him getting my power I got his. Kinda scary huh?" she said halfway smiling.
"Yeah...Ok I only have one more question." Harry said
"What's that?"
"Can you teach me how to make my scar disappear?" he asked hopefully. Jessica just smiled.
"I know how you feel but I don't want to risk trying this spell on you. See I wrote it for me, and I don't know how it would react to other people," Jessica said smiling softly.
"Please! If it kills me I will tell them that I was asking for it." Harry said with a pout look on his face.
Laughing Jessica nodded. Pointing her wand at his lightning bolt scar, she muttered one word 'disappear'. Slowly the scar receded into Harry's complexion.
"Thanks a lot," Harry said. For a while they just sat there but after a while Harry decided to ask the question he had been debating on. "Jessica, how did your mom die?" he asked quietly.
"The same way I would have. She was just as powerful as me. Xavier killed her when I was a baby. She denied him the powers that he wanted." after she spoke, Harry noticed something in her. Like she had been weakened. He couldn't put his finger on it, he just looked at the tiny little thing that was looking out the window.
Suddenly in a burst of blue and silver feathers, something landed on the bed.
"Chidori! Where have you been? I missed you girl! "Jessica said happily.
"You have a phoenix? Wow! Where did you get her?" Harry asked in disbelief.
"I don't know. She showed up at my window, my dad said I could keep her," she answered stroking Chidori's feathers. Harry was happy to that Jessica was smiling again, so he decided to go.
"She's fine now" he thought as he walked across the hardwood floor. He didn't think that she had seen him, but as he opened the door, he heard her voice.
"Harry...thanks. I know you've been through more, and it must be boring hearing me talk, but...thanks." Harry didn't say anything, he really didn't know what to say. He had met this girl a few hours ago, and he already felt like he'd known her for years. Maybe he was just crazy, but as he left her room a feeling of wholeness spread through him. He had a feeling that good things were to come.
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yeah that's about it so um review... I love hearing your comments and I'll get back to you with chapter 5 soon I hope.
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