Tadaaaa! 0k so you get to see a bit of Harry and Ron interaction and I thought the meeting with James and the girls was nice but too mushy for me so I'm doing the big one through an outside character. Tell me what you think of the characters so far. 3 REVIEWWW!!!
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The surprised face of Molly Weasly came into view as Harry stepped through the green flames, out of their fireplace and into the Weasly's home. "Oh Harry dear, you gave me a fright." Mrs. Weasly said, clutching her chest with her right hand and a laundry basket with her left.
"Sorry Mrs. Weasly" Harry beamed his most charming smile at her "Ron knew I was coming, he should've told you."
Mrs. Weasly blushed, like most women do when hit with a smile from a Potter, and said "Oh don't worry about it dear. Ron is in his room, please go right ahead."
Harry nodded and turned to go up the stairs leading to the bedrooms. He walked slowly for his fear of stairs and halfway up, he found himself face to face with Ginny Weasly. She looked beautiful with her loose shirt and jeans, her red hair wet- indicating she'd just stepped out of the shower. "Hey Ginny." He smiled at her.
"Oh" her face changed from surprised, to annoyed, to a forced polite smile in seconds "Hi Harry." She passed next to him, avoiding touching him when he turned to her and asked "Want to go out with me Ginny?"
Without missing a beat she sighed and replied "No Harry."
"You know you want me!" he half shouted at her retreating back. When he turned back he almost fell down the stairs. Ron was standing one step in front of him with his arms crossed and wearing a scowl "Oy Potter! Stop hitting on my sister."
"Not hitting on her, just asking her out." Harry said, earning himself a punch on the shoulder.
"Dude, no horsing around on stairs." Harry said shakily while Ron laughed.
"So what's up mate? Why are you here?" Ron asked. Harry's happy smile changed into a pained look and he said "Nothing. Can't a guy spend some quality time with his best friend?"
Ron gave him a disbelieving look "Hermione wrote to your brother. He said your mom and sisters are arriving today. That wouldn't have anything to do with you being here would it?"
"No" Harry snapped back "but if you don't want me here then I could just leave." He moved to turn around but was stopped by Ron's hand on his shoulder.
"Harry, come on. It's your mom and sisters. After all these years of thinking they were dead, they are alive and you're finally going to meet them. It's alright to be scared but it's not alright to run away."
Harry raised his eyebrows at this, "Hermione told you to tell me that?"
Ron smiled and nodded "Yeah, and it took me almost half an hour to memorize the whole thing, hands gestures and all, so you better do as I say."
Harry chuckled and feeling slightly better headed back to the fireplace to the Potter Manor.
Sirius was steaming as he ordered the boys to go in groups of four down the magical phone booth that took you to the Ministry of Magic. The boys were nervous enough as it was, some of them had even tried to comb their hair for Merlin's sake- and now they had to have their big meeting in front of the whole Ministry…well maybe not the whole Ministry but rather the Minister but still, that was plenty bad. That pathetic Fudge was trying to milk this whole thing as much as he could…he'd always tried to use the 'Boy Who Lived' and his family as a publicity stunt but this was a new low. Even Dumbledore, who had always been rather patient with Fudge, was upset at his outrageous decision. Remus went down with the youngest Potters and finally all that were left were Sirius and Harry. Sirius turned to his godson and gave him a toothy smile which Harry returned with a small grin and a nauseous look.
"Harry, are you ok mate?" Sirius patted him in the back.
Harry took a deep breath and said "I've never met her Sirius, how will I know it's her?"
"Your dad and I know it's her, Dumbledore too. You have to trust us and hey, maybe when you see her you will know."
Harry nodded but didn't reply as him and his godfather headed down to the Ministry to see his sisters and mother for the first time in eleven years. Harry thought back to all the times he'd heard a girl's voice in the back of his head, almost whispering to him, and the images and memories that were not his own but sometimes flashed into his brain and once passed, he could not remember. All these years, he'd thought it had been his dead sister speaking to him, but if she was alive…who the hell had it been.
Andrew Stone watched by as his sister held their aunt's hand encouragingly. He stared sympathetically at the woman who had given up her career, engagement and life to raise him and his twin sister when their parents died all those years ago. Aunt Sam was like a mother to him but he didn't dare console her since, try as he might, he could not even begin to imagine what she was going through. First her best friend and her daughters are killed then, the only other friend she had left was accused of murdering the first one, 'man, were those four long months of trials bad', and now that Jason was cleared, it turned out Lily was alive- it was more than anyone could handle. Jason appeared and sat on his aunt's other side, taking her hand and giving her a warm smile. Aunt Sam looked back at him with the same excited smile that did a poor job of hiding her nervousness.
"Samantha, I thought you might be here seeing as you were always one of Lily's closest friends." A voice from behind Andrew spoke up. Andrew turned around to see Amos Diggory, Cedric and Camille Diggory's dad, standing there with his belly tucked into his pants and a smile on his face. Samantha smiled at him and replied, "We were indeed Amos." The three adults started conversing but Andrew and his sister turned around to greet the Diggory children.
"Hiya Cedric." Andrew shook hands with the tall seventh year Hufflepuff who greeted him in return. "Hey Andrea, you're looking as pretty as ever." Cedric said to his sister with a lustier tone than Andrew would've preferred but he couldn't bring himself to say anything since Cedric's sister herself was and always had been the object of his affection.
"Hullo Camille" he smiled abashedly at the pretty fifth year Hufflepuff. Camille was a year younger than him and his crush since third year. She was everything he wanted in a girl: smart, pretty, sweet and most importantly, innocent. Unlike most of the girl's at Hogwarts, Camille was pure and modest. Unfortunately for him though, she'd always been too sweet to acknowledge his advances and currently she was dating Ravenclaw Quidditch Team seeker, Mark Sierra.
"Hello Andrew. How are you?" she smiled at him.
"I'm good" he grunted, trying to seem nonchalant- behind him Andrea giggled. "How's umm…uh, Mark?"
"Oh, not so good" she smiled sadly at him "I don't think that's going to last."
Inner Andrew did a happy dance and resisted the urge to hug her while outer Andrew put on a sad face and said "Oh that's too bad, how come?" Before she could answer he was interrupted by the booming voice of Sirius Black "Sam, there you are." He walked up to his aunt and motioned for her and Jason to follow him "They'll be here any minute."
Upset at the interruption, but not wanting to leave his aunt alone, Andrew followed them with Andrea and the Diggorys following closely behind. They passed several hallways and finally entered the Minister of Magic's huge office. Fudge was arguing quietly with Dumbledore behind his desk while the Potter boys and Remus Lupin sat around huddled closely together on the couches and chairs. Sam went to the eldest Potter sons and Remus and gave them a big hug. Andrea went to sit next to Harry who smiled and let her grab his hand.
Andrea was definitely one of the prettiest girls at Hogwarts' with the straightest raven black hair imaginable and the exotic violet eyes she shared with her brother- unfortunately her looks went hand in hand with a shadier reputation than Andrew would've liked. If Harry Potter was Hogwarts' number one playboy (and he was), then Andrea was the number one playgirl. It stood to reason that these two would some day date and date they did, for two weeks in their fifth year last year. Although they were both good looking people individually, together they were a strange couple, especially considering Andrea's impeccably straight hair and Harry's messy mane. In the end they broke up but unlike other girls that had lived a short relationship with Harry Potter, Andrea and he had remained pretty close friends- something Andrew disliked quite a bit. He'd always had a sore spot for Potter since the first and last time he'd gotten the nerve to ask Camille out during his fourth year and it had turned out Potter was already dating her. Potter, who Andrew had known for years, was well aware of Andrew's longtime crush on Camille. What was worse was that Potter ended up being Camille's on again, off again boyfriend for the years to come.
As much as he disliked Potter, Andrew couldn't help but feel sorry for him now that he looked so scared. Trying to be polite he headed towards him and offered a kind hello to which Potter responded with a small but grateful smile. Andrew tried to think of something to say when the doors opened and James Potter walked in with his wife and daughter's behind him.
OK THAT'S WHERE I'M ENDING IT! BUAHAHAHAHA
Nawww..just kidding hahahaha I bet you freaked out. Man talk about a mood killer huh? Oh well…here's goes the rest: Enjoy!
Everyone stared at each other for several seconds since the arrival was so sudden. It was Auror James Potter that broke the silence. "Oh man! Crap! I thought you guys weren't arriving until later."
"Lily?" Sam's voice broke through the silence. The short redhead that had been standing next to James looked up at Sam and tears filled her face. Both friends ran forward and hugged happily while everyone stared dumbfound. "She's a mom?" Andrea whispered to his ear and Andrew shut her up with a elbow to the ribs.
The woman then turned to Remus, Jason and the eldest Potter sons. The girls that seemed to be the eldest Potter daughter's also took a turn at hugging their elder brothers and godfathers. Finally Lily Potter turned to her youngest sons, Darren and Danny. Andrew didn't know much about them except that they'd always reminded him of miniature versions of Fred and George. What had started out as an awkward introduction ended up as touching and sweet albeit short embrace. Lily turned to Rick, who Andrew had always liked and considered the smartest Potter, even if his hobbies were a bit erm...on the risky side. Then she turned to Jake who gave her an wakward smile and the shortest hug so far. Finally she turned to Harry, who stared at her for several seconds before finally stretching his hand in front of him for a handshake. She smiled as they shook hands and gave a brief glance at her daughters behind her. "If I hadn't already known it, I would be sure now that you are Harry."
Harry frowned and released her hand. Lily Potter moved back and looked back at all her long lost sons with a huge smile and tears in her eyes. "I can't even tell you how happy I am to know that you are all alive and well and how glad I am at our chance to be a family. James stood behind her and, putting a hand around her shoulders smiled happily and said "These are your sisters."
The tallest one came forward and started to introduce herself. Andrew had to stop himself from drooling at the curvy beautiful blonde who looked like a model. He only concentrated enough to hear her say her name was Jess or something. Next came a pretty brunette who was as short as Lily Potter but even skinnier than her tall sister, she introduced herself as Jane. Jess and Jane were crying and looking on happily at their younger brothers but their sisters didn't seem as keen to introduce themselves so Lily did it for them.
"This is Daisy" she spoke mostly to Danny and Darren as she introduced an adorable, smaller, blue eyed version of herself "she's your younger sister, your triplet." Both boys nodded but stood their ground, the small Daisy nodded right back. Lily sighed and turned to a couple of brunette girls that were identical except that one had curly hair and the other had straight hair.
"These are Erin and Annie" Lily spoke to Rick this time "Erin" she pointed to the curly haired girl "was born first, then you Rick and finally" she pointed to the straight haired 13 year old "Annie was born last." Once again nobody moved from their place as the newfound triplets studied themselves and nods were exchanged. Lily sighed and turned to the cute curly haired red head with the pretty turquoise dress.
"This is Amanda, who we call Amy. She's fifteen, a year older than you Jake and a year younger than you, Harry." Not even nods were exchanged this time and with an air of surrender, Lily Potter turned to her last daughter.
Andrew turned to look at the last Potter girl and held back a gasp. He had not noticed her before but now that he had he couldn't believe he had not noticed her before. Unlike her brushed blonde, brunette and redheaded sisters, she had a dark messy black mane that cascaded down to her lower back making her stand out from the rest. Unlike her sisters who looked perfectly decent with their spring motif dresses, she was wearing a black short skirt with a white blouse and leather boots and jackets. It was a look that said high fashion rocker. She was taller than her mother but not as tall as her model blonde sister and she was gorgeous. She looked exactly like her mother but her complexion was not as pale, she had no freckles and the black hair, lack of red hair and darker skin made her eyes seem much brighter than any of her sister's.
"Wow" Andrew heard Cedric mutter behind him and shook himself out of his reverie. Sure she was beautiful but she seemed to be flashy, like hir sister, not his type at all- besides, he had Camille.
"This is Emily" Lily said pushing her daughter forward "She's your twin Harry" Harry made a small jerk as if he was holding himself back. Andrew expected the same ritual nod when suddenly Emily walked forward and stood half a feet away from Harry. Harry stood up and they stared each other down for a couple of beats. The awkwardness in the room turned to tension in a hurry when brother and sister simultaneously stretched and shook their hands for a few seconds while the rest of the room stared in quiet amazement. And then, for the first time in all the years he'd known him, Andrew saw Harry Potter's eyes water and him and Emily pulled in for a tight hug that made it seem glued together. Andrew wasn't certain but he thought he heard Emily say a muffled "I knew it, I knew it." The hug seemed to break the tension and suddenly every Potter in the room was hugging each other and crying. It was an emotional sight and Andrew felt completely inappropriate watching it.
