Chapter 7: Christmas Holiday
"Say dad, how do you know the Weasley's?" Harry said while they were eating dinner that night after the train station.
"Oh, Arthur Weasley is head of his Department, 'The Head of Misuse of Muggle Artifacts.' He's a great man, loves Muggles and their inventions, a real fanatic. The Weasley's are well known to be Light Wizards and Arthur Weasley is really well known at the Ministry. He could get himself promoted if he wanted to, but he loves his job. He loves doing what he desires." James said smiling at his children who were listening. Well… more like only Harry and Rosa was listening.
"Dad, are you friends with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley?" Harry asked.
James smiled.
"Yes, we're friends at the Ministry. He's a great man." James said giving his son a smile.
"So you're friends with his son? Good for you. You can always trust a Weasley as a friend, but you better watch out, they have a fiery temper. You got to watch out when you marry them red-heads son." James said winking at Lily who rolled her eyes.
Harry rolled his eyes to. He knew the red head temper very well. Ginny was quite the furious fire dragon.
James saw his son roll his eyes at the same time Lily did. He shook his head.
Damn, he lost Harry to his wife. He now had to hope he didn't lose Leonas well to become a great prankster. He couldn't stand not having a son who wouldn't do pranks and live up to his reputation. Leon had great potential to be a prankster, but with his wife around…
"So Harry, I read from your letters, but I wanted to hear it from you. How's Hogwarts?" Lily asked.
Harry's brother and sisters immediately gave their attention.
Harry started to become uncomfortable from everyone's stare. What should he say? Should he tell them the truth? He wasn't familiar with family that well. Should he tell his mum how much he hated Snape for always trying to single him out and he had to put Snape back into his place repeatedly? Or should he…
"Harry, is something wrong?" His mother asked.
Harry snapped out of his thoughts.
"Sorry, I was just thinking about some things."
"Yes well, you didn't answer my question." Lily asked looking at her son worriedly.
"Well… I really don't like Snape." Harry said as his mother threw his father a look.
"But its okay, I was able to handle him. Sometimes he tries to give me questions that are above our year level and expect me to answer it, but luckily I read ahead, so I answer them back. ¾ of the school hate him. Apparently I'm the first in my generation or at Hogwarts at the moment that stood up to him. Now he just ignores me after I show him up." Harry said not looking at them in the eye.
Lily had made a mental note of this. She would have a conversation with Dumbledore later...
Harry continued.
"I'm friends with almost all the 1st years besides some of the 1st year Slytherin's and well…Neville Longbottom…"
"Wow bro, you met The Boy Who Lived?" Sakura said excited.
"Yes… yes, tell us what kind of person is he? Oh, I wish I could attend Hogwarts this year." Rosa said with a far away look in her eyes.
Harry snorted while Lily and James were quiet and giving each other looks.
"The-Boy-Who-Lived, he's really arrogant and thinks highly of himself. He's really self-centered and ignorant in class. He's not that smart and he's average in class. He dislike's me and hates our family from the sound of how he was raised by his parents and something about our parents." Here Harry gave his parents a look. "All I can say is, he's not that popular at Hogwarts at the moment. Maybe he was at the beginning of the year, but he hates me because he accuses me in the dorm that I stole his spot light." Harry said angrily. He really didn't want to steal the spot-light anyway. He was just doing what he always did when he was at his old dimension. He did his best like always and defended others in need. He never did like the fame anyway. Plus, he was never a discreet person, so he wasn't a good person in hiding from the spot light anyway.
His sisters were giving him odd looks while Leon was looking angry. Leon rarely loses his temper; he was always the cool headed one in the family.
"You telling me he hates mom and dad?" Leon said coolly. "I say he deserves to be pranked if you ask me.
Harry nodded. He knew Leon was a bit cold and hot tempered half the time.
Before Leon could say anything else, his twin sisters spoke.
"Are you sure Harry? I mean, is he really arrogant and self-centered? Are you sure?" Rosa said giving his brother a look. She always wanted to meet the famous Boy Who Lived. She always portrayed him as a dreamy prince.
Harry nodded darkly.
"Bro… I always trusted your judgment, but if what you say is true and you don't like him, I don't like him either." Sakura said icily. She loved her brother Harry. He was everything to her, especially how he started being kind to the family early this year. Hearing how Neville Longbottom hate her family and her kind bother Harry because of something her parents did made her angry. Her parents were great people. Everyone in Godric's Hollow respected their family, and she was proud to be Potter. She knew the Longbottoms hate their family, but the thought of the Longbottoms telling their children to detest their family annoyed her. So she voiced her question.
"Mum, dad, why do the Longbottom's hate us?" Sakura asked.
Lily and James asked.
"Well sweetie." Lily said looking uncomfortable.
They looked lost and didn't know what to say.
Harry decided to break the ice.
"Look mum, I need to know some clue why Neville Longbottom hates me. He's hated me the moment we stepped into the castle. Somehow I managed to impress him in school, now he's asking me for a hand in friendship even thought I keep rejecting it. But if the famous Longbottom becomes an enemy of our family, it wouldn't look good on you at the Ministry dad, if you tell me you think we're too young to understand. I will accept your answer without an argument." Harry paused. "However, I want to warn you dad. Lily, Rosa, and Leon will be attending Hogwarts in a few more years and Malfoy will still be their. I don't want them to go through stuff with him at Hogwarts. The Malfoy's are bad enough, but I hate having to have two high Pure-blood families as enemies to ours." Harry said wisely.
James and Lily stared at their son in awe. Since when did he become so mature? Did Hogwarts change him that much?
Sakura and Rosa were thinking. It made sense. If they attend Hogwarts next year, there's a chance that they should on guard by the famous Longbottom. As much as they always admired The Boy Who Live at a young age, they love their family and family goes first on the list.
Leon didn't say anything. Whatever his brother says, he would listen and stand by him. By the sound of his brother, he was deeply mature now, and he respected that.
Sylvia and Lily didn't know what to say. They didn't understand what was going on.
"Give me a moment with your mother." Their father said getting up and following Lily to the living room to talk.
Rosa and Sakura got up ready to eaves drop, but Harry stopped them.
"No. Whatever their talking about, it has to be serious. If they think we are too young to hear about it or not, we have to accept their answer. They are our parents, we should trust their judgment." Harry said calmly. Inwardly he was desperate to know as well. He knew there was more to it then jealously between the Potter's and Longbottoms. Weren't they comrades in the Order of the Phoenix in the past? What was going on?
Soon enough, their parents came back.
"Ok, your mother and I have agreed to tell you all. Sylvia, go to your room and your mother will tuck you in bed with Little Lily." James said sternly. It was rare seeing their father look stern. It didn't look right on his usual cheerful face. Sylvia nodded without a word and her mum picked up Little Lily and left. She knew she probably didn't understand anyway. She only heard a little bit about the famous Longbottom from stories from her parents. Nothing seemed too impressive about Neville Longbottom surviving the Killing curse.
After their mother left with their two youngest sisters they looked at their father apprehensively.
"I'm sure you know, about a bit about how the Longbottom's secret keeper was Peter Pettigrew?" James asked.
Sakura and Rosa nodded while Leon look just lost.
Harry sighed and spoke.
"Leon, a Secret Keeper is a person who is given a secret of a hidden location of an area under the Fidelus Charm. That person is the only person that knows of where the location is. The information can not be forcibly taken, only unless the Secret Keeper is willing to give the location. The Longbottom's were under Fidelus. That is what father is trying to say. Understand?" Harry asked.
James nodded surprised at Harry's knowledge, then again, the letters that McGonagall sent him told him he was brilliant, snapping out of his thoughts, he spoke again.
"Yes, that is correct. Now… don't interrupt me until I'm done. Peter Pettigrew was a spy for Voldemort. (None of the Potter children flinched at the name. They were a proud family.) None of us knew that until the Longbottom's were attacked. He was the secret keeper for the Longbottoms. You see, what really happened was that your mother and I refused to use Peter, we wanted to use your uncle Sirius. We trusted Sirius among anyone else. However… wait. Let me explain. Dumbledore had a secret organization, we were well known as part of it, as well as the Longbottoms. Your uncle Sirius and Remus was part of the Organization. So was Peter Pettigrew. There was a spy among our organization, and we didn't know who it was. However, our families were in danger because we were well known Light Wizards under Dumbledore's side. So Dumbledore decided to keep us hidden under Fidelus." James said weary. He took the moment and eyed his children to see if all of them were following him.
They were, except maybe Leon, but that was understandable, he was still young and was not fully able to comprehend everything.
"We recommended Sirius, but the Longbottoms recommended someone like Peter since Sirius was too obvious. Lily was the smart one and told them no, because we all really didn't know Peter that to well. We should have noticed that he was the spy when sometimes he went missing and come back late during meetings. He was a weak wizard, and of course Voldemort would want to offer him an offer to join since he was afraid to defend himself against the Dark Lord. Now, this is what made rift between the Longbottom's and us. Frank and Alice Longbottom were great friends of our family, however we got into a huge argument on who should be Secret Keeper. You are probably asking, why didn't they choose both or maybe Remus? Well, we didn't because Dumbledore was only powerful enough to do the spell once at that time, and he would be magically exhausted for a week. Time was precious back then. Remus on the other hand was already under suspicion since you all know of his condition as a Werewolf. Lily wanted to choose Remus, but Dumbledore objected. Now, in the end of our argument, Peter was chosen despite our warnings. I trusted Sirius among anyone. However, the Longbottom's chose Peter, they said he was unlikely a spy, plus Voldemort would never choose him as a Death Eater, he was too weak. We underestimated him, which was our downfall. Peter was sneaky like his Animagus form; that little rat."
"Animagus? What is that?" Sakura and Rosa asked at once.
James nodded and at the corner of his eye he looked to see at Harry to see if he knew. His son did, much to his suspicion.
"Animagi is like a wand less transfiguration of human's turning into animals by will. Dad told us before he could turn into a stag while uncle Sirius can turn into a Grim, a big black dog. Peter Pettigrew was able to turn into a rat." Harry said much to his brother and sisters awe.
James continued to speak as he eyed Harry at the corner of his eye. Harry was either way to smart for someone his age.
"Now, Sirius wasn't chosen because of his family background. His entire family was known as a bunch of Dark Wizards throughout their history. So he wasn't chosen."
"Since Sirius was rejected, Peter was chosen. Honestly I should have listened to your mother. She never did trust and liked Peter. Anyway, weeks after both families were hidden, that worm Peter revealed the location to the Longbottom's first. If it wasn't for Neville Longbottom stopping Voldemort, we probably would have been next. However, the reason why the Longbottom hates us is because Peter was one of our friends, they blamed it was our entire fault that they were attacked and Peter became traitor. They refused to take the blame that it was their fault that they chose Peter. Their excuse was Peter was never their friend, and that we knew him best. We told them and the Order we didn't know all about him, he was follower, not a leader. The organization knew it was the Longbottom's fault, but the Longbottom's kept pointing fingers at us. Anyhow ever since Neville became the famous survivor of the Killing curse, they soon became big-headed and every time we have a get together, they always brag about their son, and it annoys the organization members who we still kept contact with."
There was a silence. James took the time to observe his children expression. Sakura and Rosa were looking icily cold while Leon wasn't sure if he should be angry or sad that it could have been their family that was attacked by Voldemort. Harry was looking expressionless. James couldn't tell. He didn't know how Harry was able to keep an expressionless face. He knew his son pretty well, but to see his son expressionless worried him. The fact that his son could hide his emotions worried him. He was quickly snapped out of his thoughts when he saw his wife walk into the kitchen and spoke to all of them.
"Their Dumbledore's favorite now, but for some reason, your father and I felt it was better this way that Neville became The Boy Who Lived and that the Longbottoms became arrogant. Sometimes, you have to watch out for Dumbledore, he's very manipulative. Unlike Voldemort who use fear for control, Dumbledore uses charm and kindness. So when you attend Hogwarts beware of Dumbledore. I should have told you at the beginning of the year Harry, and I'm sorry for you to find out now. Dumbledore is a nice guy, but that's all a mask. Just be careful with the Longbottom's and Dumbledore ok sweetie?" His mother said looking at her son's expressionless mask.
Harry's expression had immediately changed hearing his mother's voice and eyes toward him. He smiled at her and nodded.
"As for the rest of you, when you attend Hogwarts, keep your emotions in check. By the way Harry sent his letters about Neville Longbottom, he's the type that will try and get a rise out of you to get to Harry." Lily said grimly. "Not to mention, should he ever cause trouble, Dumbledore will probably be there to save the day."
Harry nodded with his brothers and sisters. He knew what his mother was talking about. He was ashamed to admit it, but back in his dimension, Dumbledore had pulled him out of thick and thin.
Later as they all were dismissed to go to bed, Harry remained up in the living room to think.
'So… that was the reason why Neville hated his family. They were to embarrass to admit it was all there fault and so they used my mom and dad as an escape goat. They didn't want others to know that it was their fault that they were attacked when they were the ones who chose the Secret Keeper. Why was none of this mention in my universe? Did the Longbottom's have a secret keeper in my old universe? Were they under Fidelus? And why were they attacked after Voldemort's downfall in my dimension? There are so many possibilities. It all goes back to that bastard Wormtail.'
Once a traitor always a traitor…
Suddenly, a stray thought hit him.
'Wait! It can't be… if Sakura and Rosa are now 10 years old, and I'm 11… that mean's… my mother was pregnant when she was killed! And… and that bastard Dumbledore never told me! Remus or Sirius! Why? Why didn't they tell me?' Harry thoughts were snapped out when a voice spoke up from his side.
"Thinking hard honey?" His mother asked.
Harry looked at her and nodded while accepting the cup of tea she gave him. Harry was silent while putting his head on her shoulder while she had an arm around him.
"Harry honey, tell me about your friends." Lily said softly breaking the silence.
Harry smiled and spoke.
"My best friends are Hermione and Padma Patil. Ron's a good friend, but he prefers to not hang out with us because he doesn't like talking about learning since it is of course, one of our big topics. Hermione is a Muggleborn witch. She's very smart and reminds me of you. Ack!" Harry gasped when his mother poke him stiffly.
"You told me in your letter that she was pretty, smart, kind, and loving like me. Do you really think I'm all of those?" His mother questioned.
Harry snorted to her amusement.
"Mother, you're a goddess. Word's can't describe you. You're everything." Harry said knowingly. She smiled at her son's words and kissed the top of his head.
"You always say the right things sweetie. Harry, I have a question, who do you love best, your father or me?" She asked. (3)
Harry was silent for a moment.
"Honestly mum, I don't think it's fair to tell you, it'll be like I love you, but I don't love dad, I love you both, but if you're asking me who do I love most of all, I say you mum, next to Little Lily." Harry said truthfully.
His mother smiled and held him with both her arms while hummed a small song.
Harry smiled and blew a few strands of her silky red hair when it fell to his eyes.
"Mum, you sure are beautiful." Harry commented.
She giggled and spoke in an amused tone.
"Harry, are you commenting me because you want something? Or because you're becoming like a flirt like your father?"
"Neither. I just felt like commenting the truth." Harry said snuggling to his mother closer. He would always feel happy and safe in her arms.
When Harry slowly fell asleep Lily began whispering out loud to herself while embracing her son.
"Harry you've changed. It's a huge changed. James suspects the imperious curse, but you're too sweet and kind and your eyes aren't blanked out. It's not Poly-juice either; we've been sitting on the couch for almost 2 hours. Have you really starting to mature on me? Your father and I must be getting old. I'm kind of happy to hear that you're top of your class and the top model student in which everyone looks up to. I didn't want you to be like your father was a trouble maker in his time."
She was silent was staring blankly out at the window when it was snowing.
"You know… I feel happy and proud seeing how you have grown into such a fine young boy. You're no longer a child, but I can't stand thinking that you're not. To me, you will always be a child. My child…" She trailed off.
James was listening behind the stairs and hearing her speak. He didn't move or say anything.
"You know Harry, you're just not like me, but you're like your father as well, defending Muggleborns back at Hogwarts, that's one of the reason's I fell in love with your father. He was passionate and brave. Of course I'll never admit it to him, but I felt happy and giddy when he would always defend me back at Hogwarts."
Sigh.
"You look so much like James, but you act so much like me. Hearing from McGonagall that you stood up for your friends and Muggleborns made me feel like I succeeded in becoming a good mother. Sometimes I thought maybe I wasn't a good mother, but seeing you here now, it proved me wrong. It's proof that I was a great mother." Lily trailed off while slowly falling asleep while embracing her messy haired son fiercely.
James smiled by the hall way and walked behind them. He cast a deep sleep spell and levitating Harry to his room first. When Harry was safely in bed, he pulled his wand out and sighed. He immediately started casting multiple checking spells, scanning spells, and confirmation spells. He sighed in relief that Harry was truly his son and he wasn't effect by any spells. He then went back down stairs for Lily.
James felt proud to of his son. He was like his wife. He sometimes thought the same thing his wife thought. Did he succeed in becoming a great father? Looking at Harry, he knew he succeeded. He smiled to himself while putting his wife to bed.
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Harry knew this Christmas was going to be a moment to remember. His father and Sirius had created a snow fight at Godric's Hollow. Harry was very surprise when he recognized some students from Hogwarts lived at Godric's Hollow. Harry recognized Susan Bones and Hannah Abbot who waved, Padma Patil who sided with him in the snow fight, and couple other students that were in higher years then him or his upper classmen. The snow fight lasted for a good seven hours. It was the best time he ever had on a holiday. In the end of the Snow fight, his mum and Mrs. Black (Amy) called them to come in for dinner. Even though Holiday was fun, Harry kept in contact with Ron, Hermione, and several others of his friends.
Harry knew Hermione and Padma were going to love their Christmas present and would love to have time to examine it, so he sent them their Christmas present early. Harry had bought Hermione and Padma a hand held object that showed a mini Galaxy. It wasn't just any gift either; using his knowledge that Nicholas Flamel taught him, Harry tweaked it a bit (Ok, he tweaked it a lot.) and added some of his powerful magic into the item. It now creates a huge screen that would show the entire galaxy from the hand held orb, and you could touch a certain area of the galaxy and it would zoom forward to get closer view. It could be used to see star patterns and planets to help those in Astronomy. With this, you would never have to use a telescope again. It was a very rare gift. Harry knew they didn't sell anything like that in the Wizard world. He knew it would cost a fortune if Harry himself sold it to the public. No more telescopes for them. Harry had spent an entire month making Hermione and Padma's Christmas present. He wanted it to be special. Padma loved Astronomy, so Harry knew Padma would love it. Hermione would love it to, because it would help her in her homework easier, since at night her sight was bad and it was hard for her to use a telescope. Harry learned this from his old dimension that Hermione always had a hard time with telescopes. How she managed to get full marks, Harry had no idea.
Soon enough, Christmas was coming, Harry was excited. He got a lot of presents for his family. Some even he created himself.
Harry woke up Christmas when his sisters ran into his room shouting Merry Christmas. Harry smiled at them. Little Lily ran up to him and jumped onto his bed giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Harry! Merry Christmas!" She giggled while sitting on his stomach. Harry smiled and hugged his youngest sister while murmuring Merry Christmas.
"Come on Harry, get UP! Let's go down and open presents!" Sakura shouted while lifting Little Lily off of him who protested. Rosa was dragging him out of bed with Sylvia in toe.
When they reached downstairs, Leon was already opening presents while his parents were waiting for all of them. They all soon joined in opening presents with Leon.
Harry smiled. His mother had given him several updated books that were for a 3rd year to a 7th year. She wanted him to be the Scholar for the family, not what James wanted. James wanted Harry to be a Professional Quidditch Player or an Auror. His sisters had chipped in getting him new Quidditch gear. Leon had bought him a book on 'Legendary Seeker's in the League.' What his father got him surprised him.
"Wow dad, is that an Invisibility cloak?" Harry asked. It wasn't his father's old one. It was a brand new one. How he got it, he didn't know, Harry knew an invisibility cloak was rare, because they don't sell them. It was different color then his father's, it was a white cloak instead of his father's blue one. Now he had two invisibility cloaks, the one upstairs from his dimension and the one in front of him.
"James Potter! Why did you give your son an Invisibility cloak? Where did you get that? You don't want our son to get in trouble do you?" She shrieked.
His father tried to calm her down while his little brother and sisters were admiring it.
"Wow, that's cool Harry."
"I can't believe dad got you something like this."
"Aww, I'm jealous."
"How come Harry gets one when we don't dad?" Rosa asked her father.
His father snapped out of his conversation with their mum and spoke.
"When you all attend Hogwarts, I have one for each of you all. It's our family heirlooms. Our great ancestor was the one that created it of course!"
"James Potter! You will not be giving them Invisibility cloaks! Harry Potter, give me that cloak this instant!" Their mother shouted much to the protest to all the kids. Harry gave his mother a realistic hurt look which causes her to soften.
"I'm sorry Harry, but you can't… you'll get in trouble… I don't want you to get in trouble sweetie. Please understand." She said trying to avoid his hurt gaze. Her was known to be the top of his class and rumored to be a late prodigy. She didn't want her son to be kicked out of Hogwarts when he had a bright future ahead of him.
Harry knew she was going to let him keep it if he played his cards right.
Harry said nothing, but gave to her with a heartbroken look and avoided her eyes with a fake watery look. His lips began to tremble but he tried to hide his face unsuccessfully.
His mother eyes began to water and she pushed it back to him.
"Harry sweetie, you can keep it, but if I hear you get in trouble for using that cloak, I will confiscate it! Understand?" She said softly.
Harry smiled at her while grinning inwardly.
"Thanks mum. I love you." Harry said giving her a genuine heart warming smile and hugged her which had made her smile.
James began to murmur in the back ground.
"Geez, I wish I could convince her of things with that puppy look."
"James!" His mother screeched at the Head of the Potter family.
As for the presents that Harry got for his family, Harry had given them dozens of small boxes of candy that would last them till summer in which they cheered, while their mum's lips thinned, she tired to confiscate the candy, but they had already brought it upstairs. Harry had brought Leon a pet Owl, in which he thanked Harry profusely. Sylvia was given a magical baby rabbit that could change multiple different colors at will. Hagrid had found it in the forbidden forest when the parents of the rabbits were killed. Hagrid had offered it to him, so Harry kept it, and gave it Sylvia as a Christmas present. She loved her present to bits. Even his sisters and parents had to admit it was pretty cute. Sylvia had named her pet rabbit, 'Snuggles.'
As for Little Lily, Harry knew she loved Dragons. Harry had made her a stuffed dragon and charmed it to be semi-alive. It would nibble, chew on her finger's or ear with its stuffed cotton teeth, and it could even float up to 3 feet in the air and blew a few red sparks out of its mouth. Mum and his sisters immediately fell in love with the stuff dragon. Harry had to admit, it was a pretty cool gift as well for a child. Little Lily had cried in happiness and kissed her brother multiple times, and held the small baby stuff dragon like it was her best friend. She stayed in Harry's lap for the rest of the present opening.
As for his parents, Harry bought his mum a few advance Charm books when he asked Dumbledore for advice. For his father, Harry had bought his father a wand holster. It wasn't just any holster either. Harry had charmed it so that only he could see it, and that it was charmed to be immune to summoning charms and had a protection charm on it. It was very powerful. Anyone who touched it who held malice toward the holder would receive a powerful shock. His father was happy with the gift and told him he never heard of a holster like this and asked where he got it. Harry had just gave him a mysterious smile and said it was a secret. It aggravated his father big time because he knew the Aurors at the Ministry would really need holsters like these.
When Sirius and his family came over at the end of present opening, they all had exchange gifts. What surprised Harry, was when Yuna approached him holding him a present. Harry noticed everyone was watching them hoping Harry would like it. Opening the present, Harry found a hand knitted sweater. It had a Griffin on the front of it, and it had green eyes. Harry thanked her, and gave her a kiss on the cheek which made her blush. Some of the people in the room had 'Aww' at them.
"Yuna-chan, I have a present for you, wait here." Harry said running upstairs.
Truthfully, Harry didn't have one. He really wasn't expecting Yuna to get him a gift. Then again, she had a crush on him for the longest and in the journal she had always got him a present when he was 6 years old, so shit, he should have known better. Then he tried his best to think of a present fast. Then it hit him. With a flick or his wrist, his wand was out, Harry conjured an arm length pillow and transfigured it into a stuff white Phoenix like his younger sister Lily's stuff dragon. With a jab of his wand, it became life like. This time, he murmured an incantation, and it was enchanted to float 3 feet high whenever it wanted to act like a real Phoenix. Last, he made a long incantation and jabbed his wand putting a lot of magic into the moving phoenix's mouth. It was now able to sing a few peaceful tunes, which made it look and sound like a baby phoenix. With a wave of his wand, it was wrapped up into a present, putting his wand away; Harry ran downstairs and gave back down breathlessly. He was gone for only five minutes.
His family was smiling at him. Some thought he really didn't have one and was trying to find something, but Harry quickly proved them wrong.
"Here you go Yuna-chan. I know you'll love the gift." Harry smiled warmly.
Yuna blushed and accepted it.
"Thank you Harry-kun." She said shyly.
When she opened it, she gasped in surprise when a Phoenix that was half the size of Fawkes flew up 3 feet in front of her and sang a few peaceful tunes. Everyone was in awe at the Phoenix. Little Lily liked it to, but she preferred her pet dragon. It was funny, because the moment her pet dragon saw the phoenix, and when the phoenix saw the dragon, they began fly toward each other and started fighting.
Harry made an 'Oops' sound.
Harry's father waved his wand and the Phoenix and Dragon separated, but they were giving each other cute like glares.
"Oh Harry-kun, it's a great gift! I love it!" She said happily while giving him another hug and a quick peck on the cheek while holding onto her Phoenix who was chirping a few peaceful tunes.
Harry smiled.
"I knew you would like it, you told me you wanted to see a Phoenix, but this will have to do." Harry said hugging the younger girl back.
She let go and immediately began to coo at her Phoenix who enjoyed her warm hug.
Lily and Amy were giggling and put their hands out to their husbands. They had that look that said, 'I told you he had a gift for her.'
James and Sirius grudgingly gave it to them however they had a small secret smile for Harry and Yuna.
The rest of the morning they finished opening their presents. Harry received a few books from Padma who told him she was absolutely in love with the gift and was asking where he got it from. Hermione had sent Harry a book on Quidditch and she left the same note that Padma wrote to him. Ron had sent him a few books on Light Wizards and Dark Wizards throughout the history. As for the rest of his classmates, they had sent him other gifts to such as candy, books, or clothes.
After they were done present opening, they spent half of their time eating breakfast and chatting. Later after breakfast, Harry asked his parents if they could visit the Weasleys, his father shook his head because they were going to spend some time with his Uncle Sirius family and Uncle Remus.
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They spent the rest of the day at Diagon Alley going shopping and having fun which included the entire Potter, Black family, and Remus Lupin. However… during the trip to Gringrotts, his father asked him if he wanted to accompany him to the family vault.
"Sure dad, let's go." Harry said excitedly, he always wanted to go to his family vault. He couldn't in his old dimension you had to speak some sacred password that only the Potters knew, and Harry never knew the password. Even the Goblins didn't know, so he had never entered the vault.
When they entered Gringrotts, his father asked a nearby Goblin if they could kindly bring them to the Potter vault. From what his father told him, his family was one of the most respected in the Wizard World because they were the 'Heirs of Gryffindor.'
"Hey dad, if we're Heirs of Gryffindor. Who are the other Heirs?" Harry asked his father while they were speeding down the rail way.
"What son? I can't hear you? We're going to fast!" His father shouted.
Harry laughed.
"I said! Hey dad, if we're the Heirs of Gryffindor, who are the other Heirs?" Harry shouted to his father.
His father remained for a moment to think, then shouted out loud much to the Goblins amusement.
"Well, Salazar Slytherin's last heir was Tom Riddle or as we know it, Voldemort! Rowena Ravenclaw Heirs are an oriental family called 'The Changs.' As for Hufflepuff, they were all killed during the last war we had against Voldemort!" James shouted to his son's stunned look.
Harry knew Voldemort was the last Heir of Slytherin, and the Hufflepuffs were exterminated in the 1st war in his old world, but Cho was the Heiress of Ravenclaw? What the hell? That was something he didn't know, even in his old world, he never knew who the Ravenclaw heirs were. He began to wonder if Cho had long known she was the Heiress of Ravenclaw.
When they finally stopped at the family vault, Harry's father put his hand on the vault gate and spoke out loud.
"The Heirs of Gryffindor has returned."
Slowly the vault door opened.
What was inside blinded him. His family vault was huge! It was like the size of the Great Hall of Hogwarts! There were mounds of gold and jewels everywhere. At the end of the Vault there were magical items and weapons placed neatly on shelves which were placed next to a huge shelf of books. Harry snapped out of his thoughts when his father spoke.
"Remember those words son, only a Potter could hear what was said and only a Potter can enter this vault. Your mother can not enter here. Only the blood of a Potter can enter this vault. Anyone else that enters this vault without the Potter blood will suffer a most painful death, or so I heard."
Harry nodded.
"Dad, why are we here?" Harry asked.
"I don't know. For some reason, something told me you might want to go see the family vault." His father said shrugging.
Harry gave a strange nod.
Truthfully, the real reason why, was that bringing Harry here in the family vault was a test to see if Harry was truly his son. James was getting suspicious of his son's new change. Even after the spells he used to scan his son, he wasn't sure. However this was the last test for his son, when you enter the Potter vault, not only does it prevent those who that do not have the Potter blood to enter, but it prevents those who are under spells or enchantments. He was thankful that this was really his son Harry. He smiled and sighed in relief knowing Harry was truly his son.
"Why don't you go ahead and explore the Vault for a few minutes, then we'll go back to the Lobby, I need to go talk to the Goblin out their. Oh yeah. Don't take any gold out of this vault! You're not of age!" His father said seriously.
Harry nodded at his father meekly. A stern look from his father didn't really look right on his father's face.
After his father left, Harry explored the vault. After exploring the vault for a few minutes, something caught his eye when he glanced around the vault. He saw a small baby hand sized orb that looked exactly like the Magical Suppressor that Nicholas Flamel found for him, or what he was using at the moment. (1) Harry walked straight toward the Suppressor Orb and picked it up. The moment he touched it, unexpectedly it glowed red for a moment and then went back to its clear coating. That was unusual, it usually glowed blue, but instead it glowed red. Harry gathered his thoughts and tried to remember what he read about Magical Suppressors when Nicholas Flamel gave him the Magical Suppressor.
Magical Suppressors
Magical Suppressors are magical artifacts that are made to keep powerful wizards magical power from bursting or to hide a power wizard's full power. Magical Suppressors were made by the Light Mages of Palemoon after their was declaration from the Witch Queen Freya to slaughter all powerful Wizards or Witches in the world who could be proven to be a threat against the Magical Kingdom of Atlantis. The Magical Suppressors were made to hide a powerful wizard or witch powers so that nothing can sense their awesome power from the Witch Queen Freya her mighty armies. Not even Aura readers was able discover a Wizard or Witches power if they held a Magical Suppressor.
There are three types of Magical Suppressors:
-The White Suppressor Orb- Is known to be a Ordinary Magic Suppressor. It was made to hide a Wizard or Witch magical power to make others think they are nothing, but a Muggle who has no Magic power at all. There were made for several Wizards and Witches who had abandoned the Wizard World and decided to live amongst Muggles instead of the Wizard World.
-The Blue Suppressor Orb- Is known to be a Standard Magical Suppressor. The Standard Magical Suppressor hides a Wizards or Witches magical power and makes others think they are your every day average power Wizard or Witch.
-The Red Suppressor Orb- Is known to be Reserve Magical Suppressor. The Reserve Suppressor not only hides the Wizard or Witch Magical power and makes others think they are your everyday wizard and witch, but it holds excessive magic from wizards and witches who are more powerful then most wizards and witches, and turns the excessive magic into a Magical Reserve whenever the Wizard or Witch is in dire need of more magical power in case they are magically exhaust. The Reserve Suppressors were mainly made for wizards and witches who has to release their magic every once in a while so they would not destroy themselves Magic Overload. The Maximum power the Reserve Suppressor can hold is Seven times the Wizard or Witches magical strength that they possess.
Flamel Note: Magical Suppressors could only be used for those who are Light Wizards.
Flamel Note 2: Excessive Magic is Magic that is within a Powerful Wizard or Witch whose magic grows everyday and when they reach a limit, the Wizard or Witch has to release the Excessive Magic by exhausting themselves so that they would not destroy themselves from Magic Overload.
'This is it! This is what Nicholas and I have been looking for! All this time… it was inside my Family vault!'
Harry looked over his shoulder to make sure his father wasn't watching. He had to do this quick or his father would notice that he had a huge amount of magical power and was using a Suppressor Orb.
Closing his eyes, Harry focused, and whispered.
"I Harry James Potter, release 'The Blue Suppressor Orb.'"
When the Blue Suppressor Orb appeared in his left hand, his magic suddenly made a Magical Spike Wave that traveled as far as a hundred mile radius from himself. Knowing he had little time and that his father would felt that wave of power, Harry immediately took 'The Red Suppressor' and quickly murmured the words.
"I Harry James Potter now hold 'The Red Suppressor Orb'… Re-possess!"
Immediately the Red Suppressor Orb vanished by his hand and into his Magical core leaving only the Blue Suppressor Orb in his hands.
"Harry! Harry! Where are you?" His father shouted inside the vault which echoed all around the Great Hall like Vault.
Quickly Harry replaced where he found the Red Suppressor with the Blue Suppressor that was now in his hand. Turning around, he ran to the door of the vault and pretended like he didn't know what was going on.
"Dad? Did you feel that? What was that weird feeling?" Harry shouted in fake panic.
He immediately saw his dad who looked worried and panic just like him. Harry felt guilty hiding his power from his dad, but he knew he couldn't reveal who he was in this dimension, things could get ugly.
"Yes Harry, I felt it! Did you touch anything you shouldn't have?" His father blurted out in panic.
Harry played it off by acting like he didn't know what was going on.
"No! I was just looking at few Gems and books! I promise dad!" Harry said giving his father the look that said he wasn't lying.
His father nodded and took hold of his hand and led him out of the vault and told the Goblin.
"Shiprook, did you know what where that huge power spike came from?" James asked the Goblin.
The Goblin shook his head in fear.
Shit! James knew he would be in fear to if he felt that huge Magical Wave of power. Whatever it was, or who it was, it was something that was more powerful the Voldemort and Dumbledore themselves.
"No, I do not know, but I advise, we should leave here and return back to the Lobby." Shiprook said in a nervous voice while looking over its shoulder and around them to make sure whatever made that monstrous power spike wasn't near them.
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While they were leaving Gringrotts, they immediately departed to go look for Lily and the rest of the family. On the way though, they saw Aurors and Hit Wizards swarming through the snow of Diagon Alley questioning every person that was in the street. James walked toward one of his fellow Aurors and tapped him on the shoulder.
Harry recognized the Auror immediately, it was Kingsley Shacklebolt.
"Hey King, are you all here because of that power spike?" James asked.
Kingsley turned around to meet one of his commanding officers and saluted him in which James waved off.
"At eased."
"Yes, our power gauges we set up here in Diagon Alley overloaded and blew up. The Aurors were immediately dispatched to discover where that enormous Magic impulse came from. We still don't know where it came from, however when I find out, you'll be the 1st to know Commander." Kingsley said to James.
"Understood, later Kingsley and Merry Christmas."
Kingsley nodded and spoke.
"Merry Christmas to you to Captain, if you're searching for Sirius and your family, they are at the Leaky Cauldron. Your wife was hysteric thinking that maybe it was You-Know-Who, I pray it wasn't him."
James did nothing, but nodded grimly. If it had something to do with Voldemort, things could turn out bad.
When they entered the Leaky Cauldron, Lily immediately ran and hugged them both and whispered to James.
"James! What was that huge Magical spike? Did it have something to do with Voldemort?" Lily whispered.
James gave a grim look while Remus, Sirius, and Amy approached them.
"No, the Aurors are not sure yet, their hoping it wasn't him, but we're leaving, I don't want to stay remaining here in case there's trouble."
Sirius, Remus, Amy, and Lily nodded. They gathered the rest of the family who looked confused and worried because all the adults in the Leaky Cauldron looked worried and fearful when they felt that blast of magic.
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Later that night when the family was having Christmas dinner, an unexpected guest arrived at the Potter Mansion in Godric's Hollow.
Crack
"Dumbledore!" "Albus!" The adults shouted in surprise to their former Headmaster who had just popped into the Potter dining room.
"Good evening James, Sirius, Remus, Lily, and Amy." Dumbledore said in his cheerful voice.
Harry greeted his Headmaster.
"Good evening Headmaster, had a good Christmas?" Harry asked.
"Oh hello their Mr. Potter, yes I had a good Christmas so far and thank you for the socks you gave me. I would like to ask how you knew what I always wanted for Christmas Mr. Potter?" Dumbledore greeted.
Harry made a small laugh.
"Oh, I don't know Headmaster, one of the portraits hinted to me on what I should get you for Christmas." Harry lied smoothly.
"Oh, I see." Dumbledore said with his eyes twinkling madly at the socks that the young Potter had given him for Christmas.
"Albus, would you like to stay for dinner? We have plenty of food; you should try some of Harry's cooking. His cooking is to die for." Lily commented while James offered the Headmaster a chair.
"Why thank you, I would love to try out some of the delicious cooking that your son made." Dumbledore commented while sitting down.
The children were in awe of seeing the ancient powerful Headmaster went back to eating. Except for Harry, who was wondering why the Headmaster came to Godric's Hollow. Thinking on if he should voice his question or not, thankfully, Mrs. Black answered the question for him.
"So Dumbledore, what brings you here to Godric's Hollow?" Amy asked.
Dumbledore chuckled.
"Ah Mrs. Black, you know me so well."
Taking a sip tea, Dumbledore spoke.
"Maybe we should discuss this while the children are upstairs?" Dumbledore asked.
The adults nodded.
Amy spoke kindly to the kids.
"Okay you lot, go upstairs and finish doing what you kids were doing a while ago. You're dismissed from the table. The adults need to talk privately."
The kids shrugged and left, Harry on the other hand wasn't sure, he wanted to know what was going on, but lLittle Lily was yanking his pants for him to pick her up and bring her upstairs.
Harry smiled at his adorable little sister and was about to pick Little Lily up, but Dumbledore interrupted.
"Ah, Harry Potter, you can stay, I wish to question you as well." Dumbledore asked.
Harry gave a puzzled look and nodded much to the protest of Little Lily who gave her oldest brother an adorable pout which made the adults laugh.
"Aww, come on Lily, we'll play a game with you upstairs okay?" Rosa said to her little sister who nodded happily and cling onto her sister who picked her up and went upstairs.
After the rest of the kids went upstairs, Harry did nothing, but sat back down on the table waiting to see what Dumbledore was about to say.
"I'm sure you felt that enormous Magic spike that was in Diagon Alley?" Dumbledore asked to the people that was in the room/
The adults nodded and just shrugged.
"At the moment, the only thing the Aurors were able to discover was that the monstrous magical spike came from Gringrotts. After questioning several Goblins, they pinpointed that the magical spike came from the bottom of the vaults. Shiprook told me James and Harry was down at the Gringrotts family vault when the magical spike happened. I was wondering if you or your son had noticed anything that was down by the vaults." Dumbledore asked looking at James who spoke up.
"Not really, I was talking to Shiprook when I felt the huge Magic Spike while Harry was inside the family vault." James said giving a hard thought like he was trying to remember every detail that was happening.
"Harry, did you notice anything when you were down at the Vault with your father?" Lily asked her son.
Harry began to think, what should he say? Before he could think of anything, he felt Dumbledore try to stealthy probe his mind. Harry smirked inwardly and gave him the old man a few false stranded thoughts as if he was caught un-prepared.
"No mum, I was busy looking around the vault until I felt that strange wave as well, I was hoping when I go back to Hogwarts, I would go look it up and see what that strange Magic Spike was about." Harry lied smoothly.
Everyone bought it including Dumbledore.
Lily smiled at her son.
"You sound so much like me when I was back in Hogwarts." Lily said patting her son on the head.
Harry smiled warmly in return. For some reason he loved people saying he acted just like his mum.
"Yeah, every time there's a strange occurrence, Lily is the first to investigate, and she goes to the Library first thing." James joked.
Everyone laughed except for Lily who slapped her husband on the arm.
Harry smirked, that sounded exactly like Hermione in his old dimension.
Dumbledore chuckled at the married couple. Yes, James and Lily were great people.
"So, do you think it has anything do with the break in at Gringrotts a few months ago?" James asked.
Dumbledore smiled.
"As sharp as always, no wonder you are an Auror Captain."
Here Harry's father puffed his chest.
"Oh Albus, don't say things like that, his head is already big-enough as it is." Lily commented.
James immediately sent Lily a playful hurt look in which she cooed at him and kissed him.
The occupants in the kitchen chuckled.
"We do not know if it was or not, however… we are taking that into consideration."
After that they all made some small talk about things at Hogwarts and at the Ministry. Then Remus blurted out a question out of nowhere which caught Harry unexpectedly.
"So Albus, how's Harry doing at School?"
This of course got Harry's parents attention as well as Amy and Sirius.
Dumbledore gave a bright twinkle eye smile and spoke.
"Harry is a great model student for the 1st years. He has potential to be a powerful wizard in the future. From what Minerva and Philip tells me, Harry is best suited to be a 3rd or maybe 4th year."
Lily and the adults gasped, they knew Harry was smart, but that smart?
Lily was the first to recover.
"McGonagall told me Harry was top of his class and best suited to be mid 2nd year, but she never told me Harry was that smart!"
Dumbledore chuckled much to the annoyance of Harry.
"Yes, even Severus admits that Harry has potential to be a Great Potions Master in the future."
Sirius jaw dropped, he immediately blurted out.
"No way! Harry is not going to be anything like Snape!"
Remus and James nodded in agreement while Lily and Amy rolled their eyes. It was common knowledge the Marauders didn't like Snape at all.
Harry did nothing but chuckled, a Potions Master? That'll be the day when he would claim to everyone that he was Voldemort's son.
Dumbledore chuckled again and spoke.
"Yes, about that, Harry I was wondering if you are willing to take a Wizardry IQ test?" Dumbledore asked.
Inwardly, Harry froze. If he did the IQ test, his family and mum would be proud that the Headmaster thought Harry was smart enough to take a Wizardry IQ test at the age of 11, but if he didn't, they would probably be disappointed in him for saying no. Then again, as much as he loved his family, he still had to hide his intelligence. Wizardry IQ test was different compared to Muggle tests. Instead of writing down answers to questions and etc, in magic, they perform a long incantation spell on you which reads your mind and soul which tells the user how brilliant and powerful the person is. The person itself can't hide how smart and powerful they are to; the spell was like a scanner. The only good thing about the IQ test for Harry was that it would only work on him if he agreed to it. If not, the user wouldn't be able to read anything.
"Thank you for the kind offer Headmaster, but I rather not." Harry said uncertainly.
Harry met an immediate uproar the moment he said replied negatively.
"Nonsense my boy, you are very brilliant for your age. You were much smarter and more powerful then I was when I was 11, and that was a long time ago." Dumbledore advised, but Harry shook his head no.
"Harry, what are you reading now that you have nothing to do in class?" Sirius asked interrupting Dumbledore.
Harry smiled.
"I borrowed some books from the Library or Professor McGonagall or Flitwick and read ahead. At the moment, I say, I'm in late 3rd year when it comes to theory. Practical, I say mid 3rd year." Harry said smiling.
The adults in the room jaw dropped hearing what Harry said beside Dumbledore whose eyes were twinkling like mad.
"Anyway, I rather not get passed to a higher grade because I rather stay where there are people that my age in and I don't want to graduate from Hogwarts early." Harry trailed off.
Dumbledore nodded.
"Yes, that does make sense. I understand Mr. Potter."
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The next morning when Harry woke up, he felt someone jumping on top of his stomach pleading him to wake up.
Opening his eyes, he met an adorable three-year-old red head that was jumping on his stomach while giggling telling him to wake up. Harry grabbed her into a hug and rolled her under him while mumbling.
"Lily, let me sleep." Harry mumbled.
"Harry! I want to have some fun! Purrrrty please!" She made an adorable pout with her bottom lip sticking out. (2) Harry could do nothing but groan. Damn those puppy eye pouts! Where do those girls learn it?
Harry huffed and murmured.
"Fine…"
She giggled at her brother and shouted underneath him.
"Yeah!"
Harry grumbled while getting up out of bed. The moment he turned his back on her, she jumped onto his back and said, "Yah! Piggy back!"
Harry rolled his eyes, but inwardly he was smiling at the ever so cheerful sister of his. Making sure she wouldn't fall, he ran downstairs with her on his back.
All the way down stairs she shouted.
"Piggy back!" She giggled all the way down.
They heard a shout from upstairs.
"Oi! Keep it down!" Sakura shouted.
Lily giggled and shouted.
"No!"
They could hear Sakura growling upstairs.
"Grrr…."
Harry chuckled and took Little Lily in his arms and swung her around making her laugh and giggle at him furiously.
"Stop! No! Harry! I'll hate you!" Little Lily shouted while giggling happily.
Harry nodded and stopped.
Lily took a deep breath before jumping into his arms and tried tickling him. Harry rolled his eyes. He wasn't ticklish anymore, so instead of her tickling him, he tickled her.
"No! Mum! Dad! Someone! Help! Harry's tickling me! Nooooo!" She was getting tickled so bad she started to cry.
Harry immediately stopped when he heard his mum shouted from the kitchen.
"My… my, you two are quite energetic this morning!"
Harry smiled and fell onto the ground laid on his back. Little Lily immediately jumped onto his stomach and held him by his neck.
"Can we go play snowman and make snow angels?" Little Lily pleaded while making her adorable irresistible pout.
Harry looked out the window and groaned.
By the looks of it, there was at least 15 inches of snow out their, and it looked very cold. He groaned again.
"Sure."
She cheered and got up and ran upstairs.
"Harry dear." His mother called from the kitchen.
Getting up, he walked into the kitchen to greet his mum.
"Morning mum! Need something?" Harry asked while his mother gave him a peck on the cheek.
His mother was cooking a huge breakfast.
"Make sure you eat breakfast and make sure Lily eats to before you go outside!" His mum demanded.
Harry nodded and walked upstairs to go get his little sister. On the way upstairs he bumped into his other little sister Sylvia.
"Harry! Are you going to make snowmen outside with Lily?" Sylvia asked.
Harry nodded. Sylvia was picking up the way Sakura and Rosa talked. Slang like Sakura, and yet polite and somewhat well mannered sometimes like Rosa. But Harry didn't care, as long as they stay out of trouble, then they can do whatever they like or talk whatever they like.
"Can I… can I come? Mum won't let me go out unless someone accompanies me." Sylvia trailed off.
Harry inwardly rolled his eyes at the obvious lie that she made. She was horrible liar. He remembered hearing from his mum that Sylvia was grounded because she pulled a prank on the neighbor's dog which was stuck being yellow with red polka dots. It didn't wear off for at least a month. From what he understood, Leon was involved as well, but he didn't get caught.
"Sure, but we got to eat breakfast first, then I'll ask mum if she could make it an exception from you being grounded." Harry said walking past her like nothing happened.
She immediately jumped on her brothers back and held him by the neck.
"Thanks Harry! You're the best!" She said letting go and running back to her room.
Harry smiled. For some reason, he didn't mind playing the older brother who watched after his younger family members and sometimes help them get out of trouble. Speaking of trouble, Sylvia was turning into a prankster like Sakura and Leon. He hated to see how things would play out when they would attend Hogwarts with him and break rules left and right. He just hoped he didn't turn out like Percy…
Percy… the family traitor…
He snapped out of those bad memories.
Shaking his head…
'No, this is my world now; I no longer belong to that dimension. I finally found happiness and I won't let bad memories taint my new life.'
"Harry!" Little Lily shouted running at him from the hallway and jumping into his arms.
"Lily, mum says we got to go eat breakfast later. Then we'll head outside with Sylvia later. Okay?" Harry asked.
Lily did nothing but said.
"Yeah!"
Harry chuckled and kissed his sister on the forehead.
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It took a while to get his mum to let Sylvia go outside and break the punishment that was issued to her. After some pleading, pouting, and heartbroken looks, his mum finally gave in. She had of course made sure they wore a lot of warm clothing to make sure they didn't get sick. Harry just told his mum to put a warming charm on them. She blinked, and pulled her wand out waved her wand at them.
Now here they were making Snowmen and Angel like shapes on the ground with some of the nearby town children.
Harry was helping Lily build a mini snowman while her stuffed pet dragon was sitting next to her puffing out small sparks everywhere. It wasn't until later he felt someone throw a snowball at him.
Whack
Turning around, he saw one of his friends from school run up to him for a hug.
"Harry! Oh gosh, I love the present you sent me! Where did you get it from? Is this your sister that you told me about? Aww, she's so cute and adorable."
Looking at the hyper girl that was once shy, Harry tried to calm her down.
"Hey Padma!" Harry said returning the hug. "Calm down, one question at a time."
She nodded.
"Are they your sisters?" Padma pointed to Lily who was making a funny looking Snowman, Leon and Sylvia who was throwing snow balls at some of their friendly neighbors.
"Yeah, the red haired girl right here is Little Lily. The boy wearing the yellow sweater with messy black hair is Leon. The black long hair girl over there is my other younger sister Sylvia. As for Sakura and Rosa… well I don't know." Harry said returning back to the snowman that Little Lily was trying to make, but failing horribly by falling down.
Padma said nothing but sat next to them near the snow and spoke.
"Hey Lily, my name is Padma." Padma greeted the little red head.
Little Lily looked up with sparkle green eyes and giggled.
"My name is Lily! But Harry calls me Little Lily! Nice to meet you!" Little Lily said standing up and bowing formally to her.
Their Aunt Amy had been drilling Little Lily the formal polite Japanese laws of tradition.
Padma gave a puzzled look at the polite girl and bowed in return.
"It's a pleasure. Has Harry been a good brother to you?" Padma asked kindly.
Harry was surprised in seeing Padma so talkative and cheerful. Usually she was quiet and shy. Today Padma was a surprise though.
Lily immediately jumped onto Harry and hugged him.
"Harry's the best brother in the whole world! He wakes up just for me every time and sometimes sneaks me candy while mummy and daddy isn't watching!" Lily bragged to Padma while hugging Harry.
Padma smiled.
"Harry, you must be a great brother. I'm jealous; I don't have any older brothers, only two younger brothers." Padma said jealously. That's when she noticed a stuffed Dragon that was sitting next to them while shooting out small red sparks out of its mouth.
"Harry! What is that?" Padma asked taking a few steps back.
Looking at where Padma pointed, Harry explained.
Padma was in awe of Harry's ability in transfiguration and charm work. She thought the Mini Dragon Harry made looked very cute and adorable. While Padma was cooing at it, Harry heard a familiar shout in the background.
"Harry-kun!"
Turning around, Harry saw who it was. It was Yuna and her twin Alex who was holding their younger sister Amanda's hand.
"Hey Yuna! Alex! Amanda!" Harry greeted.
Yuna blushed and made a small wave.
Alex nodded while letting go of his little sister's hand, who had ran up to Harry for a hug.
Amanda was so much like Little Lily, Harry couldn't help but spoil her sometimes when he seen her.
"Hey Amanda, how was Christmas?" Harry asked.
Amanda spoke in a cheerful tone.
"Great!"
Harry nodded in approval while turning to Yuna who spoke.
"You're wearing the sweater I knitted." Yuna said blushing while looking down at her feet.
Alex said nothing but walked past Harry and kind of nudged him toward Yuna. If Harry was watching, he would have seen Padma scowling at Yuna. Nobody seemed to notice except for Lily who gave a confused look at Padma.
After a several hours after playing outside, they decided it was time to go in. Padma was about to leave until she Harry a kiss on the cheek in front of Yuna who simply tried to ignore it like she didn't see it. Padma took off leaving a stunned Harry in place.
'What the hell was that about?'
Yuna said nothing, but Harry a kiss on his other cheek and ran off toward the Potter mansion for dinner.
"Err… what just happened?" Harry asked to no one in particular.
Lily just gave her brother a strange look and spoke.
"My turn!" She jumped into his arms and kissed him on his nose while walking away happily.
Sylvia and Leon just shrugged and walked off.
"Err…." Harry said unsure what was going on. "Did I miss something?"
Somewhere 20 feet away behind a bush...
"He's a heart breaker that one." James said to his wife who shook her head at her husband's comment.
"Man, I couldn't believe girls are chasing after him so early. Girls didn't even look at me until 3rd year!" James said excitedly.
Sirius gave a shake of his head while Lily took a huge mallet out of nowhere and hit him on the head with it.
"James! We must do all that we can to unite the Black and Potter family! There are too many possible interruptions around him at Godric's Hollow! We need to smuggle an Agent at Hogwarts to watch your son! Harry and Yuna must get together to unite the family's!" Sirius demanded.
James nodded his head furiously in agreement while rubbing his soared head.
Lily and Amy just sweat dropped hearing their husband's plans. Remus on the other hand just sat back and wondered if he should agree or just roll his eyes at his friend's suggestion.
