Note from Tink's Half-Brat: Sorry it took me awhile to get the chapter up. I waiting to see if I could get ahold of Tink's beta, then never did. I also forgot, which I am REALLY sorry about. I've reading and helping my friend with writing and printing her first book. It's an independent print job, so it took awhile. Anyways, here's the seventh chapter from Tink. I'll try to have the next one up before I return to school, which is in about two weeks.

Note on Tink: She's fine. Released from the hospital and in pretty good shape given her conditoin. Doctors say she should be fine within another few weeks. My parents (mostly my mom, her stepmom) aren't allowing her near a computer for the time being. She even went as far as to hire a nanny for Tink. But she's reading fanfics again and looking for some good ones.


Only in the Beginning
Chapter Seven: Looking to the Past

Summary: Harold and Abigail Potter were abandoned by their parents for their younger triple brother, Sirius. The Potter parents leave their other two kids in the hands of Albus Dumbledore, who then takes them to Petunia Dursley. When she finds them on her front porch, she's not happy. Then later, Matthew Evans comes and takes the two babies home to his two kids Sharpay and Ryan.


GRIMMAULD PLACE, LONDON

Sirius Black walks out of the fireplace in the kitchen as he loosens his grip on his new son. He smiles down at the little boy whose sound asleep. Slowly the dark haired man exits the kitchen and makes his way up to Neville's room. He thought it might be good for the two to get to know each since they'll be 'cousins'.

"Master Sirius is back!" cheers the voice of Sirius' obedient house-elf Kitti. "Is there anything Master would Kitti to get him? Kitti wants to know what to make Master Sirius for dinner so Kitti can be good house-elf!"

"Can you keep it down a little, Kitti?" the Black heir asks. "Harry is asleep. He's had a long day."

"Kitti will be quieter Master Sirius," the house-elf nods with big silver eyes. When Sirius took over lordship of his family, he got rid of the old house-elves and bought new ones. The new ones were treated nicely.

"Just work on it," says Sirius. "Kitti, I need you to set up a room for Harry and Abbi."

"Kitti is good house-elf gets on it right away Master Sirius," smiles the house-elf. She runs off in some random direction.

Sirius moves to go up stairs to Neville's room. When he enters, he sees the boy asleep and Remus standing over him. The Black Lord could tell his Werewolf friend had taken well to the Longbottom heir.

"Think Harry could spend some time with his cousin?" asks Sirius as he ends the silence.

Remus turns to look at him and nods.

Sirius wordlessly comes forward and puts Harry into the white crib with Neville. The young boy soon fell asleep. The older male pair stands over the two boys and watches for a few seconds before turning to leave.

Remus softly shuts the door behind them.

"Where's Tonks?" Sirius questions he fellow Marauder.

Remus thinks a few seconds before replying, "She left after I went to check on Nev."

"Rose took off from Diagon Alley with Abbie," states Sirius.

"Think they're okay?" Remus asks the dog Animagus.

"They'll be fine," says Sirius as he waves his dismissingly. Turning to Remus he seriously asks, "Do you have any clue where to find your mate?"

Remus shakes his head.

"You go into heat soon," states Sirius still serious.

"I know," replies the Werewolf with a tired sigh.

"Come on," says Sirius as he walks up to their bedrooms.

"What are we doing?" asks Moony with a frown.

"Packing because we'll be moving," answers Sirius as he enters his room. "It would be best if we moved to America with Rose and Tonks."

"Why would that be?" questions the sandy blonde haired man with a raised eyebrow.

"Because Rose and Tonks have their whole lives there," explains the Lord of the Black family. "Besides, if are away from here then the Potters' can't take Harry and Abbi back easily and the laws for raising children are different in the US."

"Who are you and what have you done with Sirius?" Remus jokingly asks.

Sirius comes out of his room and turns to his long-time friend. "You wound me, Moony," the darker haired man says in mock hurt as he claps his hands over his heart.

Remus smiles before running into the room he was staying in. He turns around and says, "That's one of the most serious things you've said, Sirius."

Sirius gives a bark laugh before returning to his packing.


EVANS MANOR, NEW MEXICO

Matthew reappears in his house in the Teleportation room. He exits and makes his way rapidly to his twins' room. It is one of his favorite rooms in the house because he can always look forward to a few laughs there watching his children.

As he enters the room, he spots his princess laying sound asleep in her crib and his son nowhere to be seen in the room. He frowns and tries to think of a place he could be. The only place the Evans Lord could think of would be with his wife.

The blonde haired man smiles before gathering his sleeping daughter into his arms. He turns and exits the room. He walks down the hall and into his and his wife's bedroom. Inside he finds his wife sound asleep and crawled up with their son.

Matthew smiles softly and enters the room. He places his sleeping daughter with his sleeping wife and son. He quietly leaves the room. Once out of the room, the Evans Lord walks down the hall to his office to begin writing the adoption papers for Rose and Sirius and a marriage contract.

The marriage contract was required by American law when an underage Pureblood female with an heiress-ship to multiple houses married an older Pureblood with lordship over one or more houses. Therefore, Rose and Sirius needed to because Matthew knows Rose is the main heiress to the Houses of Hufflepuff and Gryffindor and a back-up heiress to the Houses of Taylor-Jones and Potter. Matthew also knows that Sirius is the Head of House of the Black family.


DAYSHADOW COVE, OREGON

As soon as her boss dismissed her, Tonks goes straight home to hers and Rose's apartment. She appears in the living room in a swirl of petals. The swirl of petals is her magical signature, she has limited control over nature elemental abilities.

Tonks quickly moves from the living room, through the hallways and into her daughter's room. She finds her little girl asleep in her crib. The Metamorphmagus Auror looks down at her sleeping daughter and smiles at the site. Her daughter, Cassandra Andromeda Rose Tonks, sound asleep in her alien pajamas with rainbow hair.

The pink haired woman turns on her feet and slowly retreats from the room. She makes her way to Rose's room. There she spots Rose's familiar, a fire phoenix. Rose received the fire-bird from her parents when she was seven and named it Fiery done to her childish imagination and originality.

"Fiery," calls Tonks. The phoenix looks up from its perch from beside Rose's bed and watched the pink haired woman for a few minutes. The bird sings happily and comes over to Tonks with a few effortless flaws of its wings.

The phoenix lands on her shoulder and Tonks walks out of her partner's room and back into the living room. She sits down on the black leather couch and sighs.

Fiery thrills and looks at the pink haired woman before gliding off her shoulder and onto the arm of the couch.

"Can you do something for me?" Tonks asks her best friend's phoenix.

The fire phoenix only stares back at her.

"Can you take a letter to Gringotts for me?" she asks.

Fiery crocks his head to the side.

"It's about my parents," Tonks explains. She doesn't find it weird she's carrying on a normal conversation with the bird because she's known and been around the bird for a number of years. "I want accepts to my mom's dairies," she goes to add. It was a well kept secret that her mother (aka former older sister) had Seer abilities.

The phoenix thrills.

Tonks smiles, knowing her Auror partner's familiar has agreed. Tonks pulls out her wand and waves it, summoning paper, a pen and an envelope. She quickly writes her letter before signing it. She then presides to fold the paper and slide it into the envelope. Before handing the letter off to the flaming chicken, Tonks addresses it to her parents' account manager.


MALFOY MANOR, ENGLAND

Lucius Malfoy frowns at yet another failed attempted to locate Andromeda Tonks nee Black. This was his fifth try, he only keeps trying for his wife's sake. He knows she wants to and see her older sister again.

"How's it going love?" asks Narcissa as she enters the room with little Draco in her arms.

Lucius sighs, but does not answer his wife.

"Da," screeches the little white-blonde haired boy as he holds his arms out to his father.

Lucius smiles slightly and takes his son from his wife. "I won't lie," he replies. "I can't find her."

"That means…." Narcissa's voice trails off. She knows what that means one of two things. Either Andy is well hidden under top-knout wards or she's dead and has been for some time.

"She will most likely be dead," Lucius' voice cuts through the air and shatters Narcissa's hopes of seeing her older sister. "You know as well as I that our tracking system is one of the best around. We found the general area of the Potters' location. Not even the Dark Lord's could do that."

"What about Nymphadora? Have you found her yet?" pleads Narcissa weakly. She has to know if her younger sister turned niece is still alive and out there somewhere. She would be like what….nineteen now or something.

"I haven't tried yet," Lucius says as he hands his heir back to Lady Malfoy.

"Can you try and find her?" asks Narcissa as she cradles her son in her arms.

"As you wish," replied the white-blonde lord. "I'll start now."


HEADMASTER'S OFFICE, HOGWARTS

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore sits in his office at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry thinking about the last two days and some key events leading up to them. Some were events he had to pull the strings of and manipulate while others happened as a domino effect.

The aging Headmaster of Hogwarts finds himself rather pleaded with the way events had turned out in the last few days. He has Lily and James Potter eating right out of his hand when it comes to their remaining son R.J. Potter. Before that though, the pair agreed with him about sending Harry and Abbi away.

One event he had not foreseen nor wanted was the resignation of his Transfiguration Professor, Minerva McGonagall. But it is something that doesn't trouble the elderly headmaster.

Albus' thoughts drifted back to the Potters'. He went to school with Ruth Jameson and Isaac Potter, William Potter's parents. Albus was closest to Ruth when they started, but by graduation he was closer with Isaac.

Once they were out of school, Ruth and Isaac got married. The early stages of his planning and manipulation started when he met Caitlyn Black, the new wife of Lord Black, at Ruth and Isaac's wedding.

Lady Black kept an annoying close eye on him throughout the whole event. Most of the time she spent watching him it seemed like gray eyes were staring into his soul.

FLASHBACK

A nineteen year old Albus Dumbledore turned his head when he felt someone watching him from behind. He turned around and traced the feeling back to the gray-eyed dark haired beauty on Lord Black's arm. Blue eyes narrowed as the gray eyes lock with his. The eyes stare at him unblinkingly and watch his every movement.

"That's Caitlyn Black," said a man to Dumbledore's left. "She's Lord Black's new trophy wife. Rumor has it: she's more than a pretty face."

"What's her maiden name?" asked another man. "She's good-looking. I wouldn't mind getting me someone who looked like that."

"No one knows," replied the first man who spoke. "No one even knows who her parents are. It's only known that she's Pureblood and the new Lady Black."

END OF FLASHBACK

That was when Dumbledore first noticed her. It wasn't until years later that he knew what she was and could do. Even then, she only told him a little when he threatened her children.

FLASHBACK

"I know what you are," stated a twenty-five year old Dumbledore to Lady Black.

"And what would that be?" she asked as her gray eyes locked onto him. Her eyes were one thing that he feared. He had always felt like she knew more than she should.

"You're a Seer," smirked the dark haired man. "That's why your husband married you: to add your ability to his line."

"You're right, I'm a Seer," she admitted. "My husband didn't marry me because of what I could do, he married me because of events that haven't come to pass."

"And what would that be?" demanded the man. He wanted to know. After all, it wasn't everyday one would meet a Seer.

"It starts with Tom Marvolo Riddle," she began, "and ends with them."

END OF FLASHBACK

It wasn't until years later he met an eleven year old Tom Riddle, a new student at Hogwarts. A few more years went by before that he finally got the answers to his questions, not that Lady Black knew she gave them to him.

FLASHBACK

A forty year old Dumbledore followed Lord and Lady Black into a dark corner after they had rushed out of the Malfoy family's party. Lord Black had his back to Dumbledore and he was talking to his wife in a hushed tone. Lady Black's gray eyes were glazed over.

After a few seconds, Lady Black's eyes glowed white and she spoke, "The Ones to defeat evil come to Flame Bringer and the Grim, the Naturalist and the Cursed, the Old-Turned-Young and the Shadow, and the Forgotten Pair…They enter the world as the old Millennium dies, but before the new one comes to pass…Each one shall have their own world…A power the world hasn't seen for years…The Speaker and the Thinker will be born to the Stag and the Flower, then reborn…They will cover the path to the Cursed's mate and the Naturalist's peace, the Old-Turned-Young's heart's desire, the Shadow's light, the Flame Bringer's meaning, the Grim's one and the Forgotten Pair's survival…Together the chosen ones will lead the way…The Speaker…The Thinker…The Seer…The Understander…The Mentalist…The Seeker…The Hidden…The Trickster…Together they will overcome the evil…Together they will unite the world…"

When Lady Black finished, her eyes returned to normal and zoomed in her husband. She threw her arms around him and he held her closer.

"What was it?" he asked.

"Our world's destiny," replied the Seer. "The pieces are falling into place and the players are being revealed."

"What must you do now?" asked Lord Black.

"Write some players' future families," sighed the dark haired lady. "Ruth will want to kill William when he dies."

"Why?" frowned her husband.

"The way he treats his family," said Lady Black.

"At last, you know how the outcome with Voldemort will be," said Lord Black.

"Two wars, thousands of deaths, many battles, lost innocence, families broken," answered the gray eyed woman. "And all because of one power-hungry man, Albus Dumbledore."

END OF FLASHBACK


POTTER MANOR, UNITED KINGDOM

William exits the floo into his office. His mind goes back to what he saw on the Gringotts steps. It was his wife's ghost, she looked beautiful just like the way he remembered her. The child in her arms was Mel. That's his sign that means he is doing well and like she truly wanted, not her dying wish.

FLASHBACK

A younger William Potter dashed into his wife's hospital room. He found her laying on her bed with a weak smile, pale skin and a child in her arms.

"My love," he whispered as he came over to her side.

"Will," she began weakly with a smile, "I love you, but this is the end for me. I know it, I can feel it."

"Don't talk that way," he said gently as he petted her head.

"This is our daughter, Bridgette Marie Melinda Potter," she said as she held the baby up to her husband. He didn't move to take the child, he remained where he was and petted his wife's hair. "Promise me you'll look after her and you'll raise her."

"I promise," he said. "But it's pointless because we'll do it together."

"No, we won't," she shook her head. "William, I'm dying. I'm really, truly dying. I don't have much longer left."

"That's nonsense," he argued.

She smiled and said, "I love you. Tell all our kids about me and tell them how much I love them."

She continued to smile as her arms dropped and her eyes closed as her breathing stopped. She was dead.

END OF FLASHBACK


Tink wants to know if anyone has any good fics they would recommend. She's armed to go online with my brother's iPod Touch.

-Tink's #1 Half-Brat
(Posted: Friday, August 28, 2009)