OH MY GOD! So I have been obsessively checking the amount of readers every half hour since I published chapter 6 of this story and HOLY CRAP! There were a lot more than last time! So, I decided to give you give a thank you gift and finish up the next chapter so that you guys wouldn't be left trying to predict what is going to happen next in my story. I love you guys! Thanks for reading!
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They were all sitting in the kitchen again. Danny practically had to lead them to their seats, then took the same place she had before, sitting on the island in the middle of the kitchen. She faced all of them and set her face into a determined look. She wanted to get this over with. "Questions?"
Sirius was the first one to start the questioning. And he phrased it in the most eloquent way possible. For him. "What the bloody hell just happened?" Remus sighed at his poor choice in words. ,but he looked to Danny as well. He wanted answers as well.
Danny smiled wryly at the two of them. "Joey is a mirror-touch synesthesiatic prophet." Everybody looked at her in confusion. Hermione looked at her with more confusion than the others. She had never heard of this before. No books that she had ever read had any mention of this. And even if they did, she knew that prophecies were just a murky and unreliable subject. Especially when they came out of the mouth of one Sybil Trelawney.
Danny immediately turned to her. "Dumbledore told us many things about all of you; he didn't want us to be misinformed should we ever get the chance to meet you. One of the things he told us is of your dislike for divination. Believe me when I say, none of that was an act. And should you try to tell Joey you think it was, the response will not be kind." She didn't say this in an unkind way, just matter of factly. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and continued on with explaining.
"A synethesiatic prophet is someone who gets visions of the future, but takes the mentality of a person in the situation. For all that they know, they are the person in the vision. Which means, they feel the pain, emotions, and injuries, that that person receives. Hence, Joey's stab wound. I'm going to assume this means that Bellatrix Lestrange will not be imprisoned in Azkaban much longer. And her first victim will be a muggle that she finds near the place of her escape. He'll probably be a hunter, and she'll take his knife. Seeing as I can't think of anywhere she would have gotten that weapon before then. She'll kill him, then move on to find Voldemort."
Everybody in the room was staring at her, horrified that she could talk about this so nonchalantly. "But," Ginny started, (A/N: I know she hasn't been mentioned much but don't worry, she is a part of the story, and I'm going to have her in the story more once her and Harry start going out.) "Why couldn't you just wait to ask her what she saw when she finished with the vision? Instead of making her go through so much pain trying to tell you."
"I wish that was possible." Danny said quietly. "But once Joey wakes up, she won't remember any of what she saw. She'll know that she had a vision, and that she's alive. Nothing other than that."
"That's awful." Mrs. Weasley said quietly. Danny nodded.
"When did this appear?" Remus asked. "We never heard of this from Lily and James when you two were little."
"She had smaller, less noticeable once when she was younger. Happier visions. Because of her…rough past, more of the morbid visions were brought to the forefront." Danny explained. "When we were younger, Mum and Dad noticed the visions, but they just figured she was a normal seer. And they couldn't get any other opinions, because we had to stay hidden during the war. The only reason that anybody knew that Harry was born was because of," She stopped talking when Mrs. Weasley interrupted her.
"They do not need to know that!" She screeched quickly. Danny looked at her, shocked. Then she looked at the put out faces of Fred, George, and Ginny. Even Ron and Hermione looked a bit disappointed. Harry would have wanted to know all of this. They both looked to each other and promised to tell him everything they were hearing when they saw him. Even if they knew he was going to be furious with them.
After seeing the faces of all the youths in the room, Danny quickly put two and two together. "Wait, they don't know?" She seemed shocked and angry at the same time. If they didn't know, then Harry would definitely be just as in the dark. She would rather he be well informed than to have to simmer in anger at his being uninvolved in conversations mainly centered on his life.
"They are too young to know these types of things." Mrs. Weasley said quickly. Both women seemed to be winding themselves up for an argument. But Minnie then walked into the room, distracting everybody from the growing fury in the room.
"Joey is fine nows, Danny. Shes is sleeping in her room." Minnie said. The small elf seemed well aware that she was distracting them from the pending argument. But she also knew that Danny would never take her anger out on her friend.
Danny's anger deflated as she looked at Minnie. "Thanks Min, I'll go check up on her in a few minutes. Would you do me another favor and take the Weasleys, Remus, and Sirius to their rooms?"
"Yes, Minnie would be happy to." She gestured for the group to follow behind her and started walking down the stairs. They all followed her, leaving Danny sitting on the kitchen counter.
Hermione POV
This was definitely a complicated situation. That was for sure. The twins seemed hectic, and yet, there was a sense of loyalty that they had to each other. Each depended on the other. That was the sort of thing that Harry needed. Somebody who he knew had his back no matter what he did. He also needed that idea of having a family. He needed that sense of belonging that he so obviously wanted. The Weasley's were his consolation prize. He loved them, but it wasn't the same as having his parents, but they were still his family. Having Danny and Joey wouldn't exactly be the same, but it would still be better than what he was trying to get by with now.
When Minnie had showed her and Ginny to the room they would be sharing, she waited fifteen minutes, then turned to Ginny. "Go," Ginny said quickly. "You and Ron know him best, when it comes down to it, you two have to be the ones to decide what he is and isn't ready for." Hermione was shocked at this sudden burst of wisdom from the younger girl, but didn't stop to think much about it before hurtling out of the room.
On her way out, she almost ran into Minnie. Who swooped underneath her legs and popped up behind her. Hermione caught herself before she smashed into the wall, then turned and faced Minnie. She expected to be chastised and then sent back into her room. Maybe Minnie would tell Mrs. Weasley about this, or Danny and Joey. Then she would get in trouble for sneaking around. Instead, Minnie pushed her finger to her lips. "Go to the end of the hallway, then you is making a right, then another. His rooms is firsts on the left." Then she quickly walked away in the direction of the stairs that lead to the kitchen on the opposite side of the long hallway.
Hermione walked quickly, taking care to stay quiet when she heard the voices of Mr. and Mrs. Weasley debating inside one of the rooms, and the hushed voices of Fred and George in another. When she reached Ron's room, he looked slightly shocked to see her.
"What are you doing here?" He asked. Sitting up from the bed he had been laying on. Hermione didn't answer for a moment, as she was still looking around at the lavishly furnished room. Expensive furniture was all around the room, the walls were painted in soft, neutral colors. This was clearly a guest room, as she could see all of the empty drawers and book shelves. "Yea, they clearly well off, aren't they." For once, he didn't seem jealous. What they had seen happen to Joey clearly had him shell shocked.
"We need to talk about this. What do you think we should do?" Hermione asked him, taking a seat on one of the couches in the corner of the room. He took one across the small coffee table and stared at her.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"Ron!" She said exasperatedly. "You do know, that whether or not your parents, or Sirius and Remus, or even Dumbledore, say that Joey and Danny are ready to meet Harry, that this isn't something that we can keep from him. He's already furious with us, you can tell by his letters! If he finds out we knew about this and didn't tell him? He will never forgive us!"
Ron hesitated before speaking again. "You're right." He said, looking like this was the only thing that he was sure of. "What do you think of them?"
"I think they've had hard lives, that much is evident. We probably should know more about what they've done before we start trusting them, but you can just tell, the one thing they want more than anything else, is Harry. Think about it Ron, if Ginny had been taken from you, and you hadn't seen her in 14 years, how would you feel?"
"You're right." He wasn't the best with feelings, but he knew how much it would hurt him to try and live without his little sister for so long, especially knowing that she was still alive. "I think that after everything that he's been through, Harry needs them."
Hermione nodded. "So we agree, even if everybody else thinks we shouldn't, we are going to tell Harry?" Ron nodded. Neither of them were sure what would happen in the future, but they both knew that they were doing the best that they could for their friend.
Mrs. Weasley POV
"I think that they are not fit to take care of him Arthur!" Mrs. Weasley was saying furiously. "They are irresponsible, attacking each other at every opportunity, encouraging dueling, the pink hair, the rock band, and we both know they are illegal animaguses!"
"Molly, love, so was their father." Arthur said calmly. "So is Sirius, for that matter."
"Oh, don't get me started on Sirius! He is as irresponsible as they come! He should not have been the one left in charge of Harry! Who knows what the poor boy would be like if Sirius had raised him!"
"Molly, maybe we shouldn't be so quick to judge Sirius, we've only known him for a short time, and he seems like a decent person." Arthur said, cleaning his glasses with his shirt. "And would being able to fight well be a good trait for any guardian of Harry's to have. If Danny and Joey can defend themselves without even having a wand, then isn't that a good thing?"
"Arthur," Molly Weasley stopped talking quickly, since somebody had just knocked on the door quietly. When Molly stepped forward to answer it, she found herself standing in front of a frowning elf.
"Danny and Joey is wanting to talk to yous two." Minnie said. She had obviously heard at least a small portion of their conversation. "They is waiting for yous in the living room."
"Oh, oh of course, Minnie, we'll be in the kitchen in just a moment." Mrs. Weasley said, she seemed flustered, and her face was quickly turning red. When Minnie closed the door behind her, Molly turned to Arthur, who gave her a look that said, you shouldn't have done that.
They both walked their way to the living room, right next to the kitchen, where they found Joey sitting on a one-seater chair, looking pale and shaken, but hiding it better than most would have. Danny was sitting cross legged at her feet. Unlike her sister, she seemed extremely concerned with Joey's wellbeing. They gestured for the Weasleys to take a seat in the loveseat across from their chair.
When the Weasley were seated, the group of four stared at each other for a moment. Danny took a deep breath, realizing that she was going to have to start this conversation. Joey was still fuming from what Minnie had just told them. She would calm down in a few minutes, but until then, she would have to keep the situation under control. Joey was the better talker, but when she was angry she would start saying things that she didn't mean.
"So, I suppose Minnie told you that we wanted to talk to you?" She asked as nicely as possible.
"Yes, she is a strange elf." Arthur said, he was trying to avert the coming explosion that he thought was sure to come from his wife. "I don't mean that negatively. She is just, different than some other elves that we have met before, more… free spirited."
Danny laughed quietly. "Yes, she was the daughter of one of our grandparent's elves, from birth she was raised to be just as good as any wizard. She stays with us because she wants to. She is not forced. And she is more of our friend than anything else. She took care of this house while it was…vacated. And when she gets angry she acts like she's our mother. She's our disciplinary." Even Joey was laughing now. Her bad mood gone.
"But that's not what we wanted to talk to you about." Joey said seriously.
"Than what is it that you would like to speak with us about?" Molly asked curiously.
Joey started to take control of the conversation. Danny seemed relieved. As confident as she had seemed before, she had been running off of the adrenaline. Joey was the stronger one, she was better at talking in front of people. Danny was the "Younger sister" out of the two of them.
"We wanted to thank you." Joey said quietly.
Both of the Weasley's looked shocked. After what Minnie had heard before, this was the last thing that they expected to hear. And what were they thanking them for?
Joey seemed to realize that they didn't know what she was talking about, so she continued her thought. "You took care of him, when we weren't able to. You were the family he needed when he couldn't have us."
Despite everything that she had said about the twins before, the saddened look on both of the girl's faces broke Molly Weasley down. Close to tears, she quietly whispered, "It wasn't a trouble. The boy is sweeter than most. It is always nice to take care of him. Especially since he appreciates everything that he gets. He was so deprived as a child, family was a strange idea for him."
Danny seemed to have many questions at this statement. "How…how bad did they treat him?" She asked timidly, like she wasn't sure that she wanted to know the answer to her own question. Joey had the same look on her face.
"We don't know the extent of what he went through growing up." Mrs. Weasley said. "The people to ask about that would be Ron and Hermione, and they most likely don't know everything about his home life. All that we know, is that he never looks like he's been fed well, and he seems shocked whenever he finds that somebody else cares about him. Which doesn't seem to be a very good thing."
Joeys face got hard, but in her eyes, you could tell that she was trying to hold back tears. Danny wasn't trying to hide them, instead facing the Weasleys in horror, with tears falling freely down her face.
"Thank you," Joey started, her voice quivered. She cleared her throat and her voice sounded stronger. "Again, for taking care of him. And we know you already don't have the best opinions of either of us, but, we thank you for trying to do what's best for him. We couldn't have asked for nicer people to take care of our baby brother."
They stayed in the living room for a while longer, with the Weasleys telling the girls as much as possible about Harry. They hung on every word that was spoken about him, and by the time that the Weasleys wandered off to bed, they were all tired.
Arthur closed the door behind himself as his wife turned to face him. Back in their room, it was time to finish the conversation they had started before.
"We'll tell Dumbledore to get Harry tomorrow." She said thickly, before climbing into the huge ornate bed in the middle of the far wall. Her smiling husband climbing in after her, kissing her on the check before turning over and falling asleep.
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