Flashback:
I whispered my whole plan in his ear causing him to burst out laughing. He nodded showing that he agreed. This was going to cause a riot. This plan would definitely cause the Hogwarts students to remember who I was.
Chapter 9:
"Good" I said to Harry before turning back to the awed counter guy.
"Me and Harry are going to split the price of the brooms" I explained to him. His jaw dropped along with the customers in the shop.
"Brooms! As in more that one?" He asked. I grinned and help up seven figures.
"One for each of my friends" I explained. My friends opened their mouths to complain but I held up my hand. They knew it was pointless to argue with me. Once I decided something there was no changing my mind. During the summer I had forced Hermione on a broom. She wasn't a great flyer but she had enjoyed herself. The guy wrapped and shrunk the brooms for us. Harry and I quickly paid and headed of the store. We dropped our stuff at a table outside the ice-cream parlor. We grabbed chairs and sat down. The twins headed in to order our desserts.
"Thank you both for the amazing brooms" Ginny said. She flung her arms around Harry's neck and kissed him passionately. She was sitting in his lap and Hermione was sitting in Ron's.
"You're all very welcome" I said waving my hand. The twins came back with our ice-cream and everyone dug in. Since we were down by one chair I plopped my butt on Georges lap. We ate in a comfortable and peaceful silence. We stood up and walked towards the Three Broom Sticks. As we rounded the last corner a giant explosion knocked us off our feet. I could hear people screaming and everyone was running around. We all pulled out our wands and got ready. I was caught off guard by what I saw. Standing in the middle of the street was about 20 death eaters. They were cursing anybody that crossed there path. Luckily they weren't throwing killing curses yet. Harry was the first the fire a curse closely fallowed by the Twins and Ron. I started shouting out every spell I knew. Within 15 minutes of dueling we were being defeated. We all had cuts and were covered in dust. George and Ron were unconscious. Fred had a broken wand wrist and kept coughing. Ginny had a sprained ankle and was barely conscious. Hermione was fighting two death eaters at once. Harry was dealing with four and was actually winning. I was dealing with three and was in a kind of draw. We were all trying to protect our fallen friends and not get killed in the process. We heard shouts and the Order of Phoenix burst into the fight. A few members were giving out emergency port keys.
"Rachel" I heard Sirius yell. He was holding a port key and motioning for me to come to him. Since the Order had this under control I gave in. I ran towards his until I felt strong arms wrap around me. I felt a wand being pointed at my head. If I wasn't in this predicament I would have laughed. It reminded me of an old western movie.
"Everybody Stop," my captor screamed. I groaned; that was such a cliché line to use. Stupid death eaters and their cheesy lines! The Order of Phoenix froze and turned towards us. There were looks of horror on the Order members' faces. It was like a light bulb went off in my head. Dumbledore had been talking about me when I spied on him in the study. I was the one that Voldemort wanted. The sorting hat's words made more sense to me now. My captor's voice snapped me out of my thoughts.
"Get these anti-apparition wards down. We have what we came for." He yelled at the other death eaters. They all got to work undoing the wards. This gave me a few minutes to think of an escape plan. I was pretty good at coming up with plans. Unfortunately I usually wasn't being held captive by some lackey of a mad man. My mind wasn't coming up with anything that would remotely work. I tried to remember any of my kick-boxing training. The only move that came to mind was very girly but would probably work. I brought my foot up and stomped on his toe with all my might. He yelped and loosened his grip slightly. I spun around and brought my fist back. I punched him square in the jaw. He lunged at me and I kicked him where the sun doesn't shine. He cried out and fell to the ground bringing me down with him. I scrambled backyards and he apparated away. Another pair of arms grabbed me roughly from behind. I screamed in surprise as I was taken away by port key. When I landed I smacked my head on the ground. Everything was blurry and I couldn't make the room stop spinning. Someone hauled me to my feet and it was too much. My world started to spin harder and then close in. As everything went black I heard someone yell my name.
I could feel and see sunlight across my face. I slowly opened my eyes and let them adjust to the brightness. I heard voice from outside my door. I listened but couldn't make out any of the words. I knew those voices however. They belonged to Sirius, my mom, and Remus and they sounded worried. I bolted up straight in bed when I remember what happened. I felt pain shoot through me which caused me to yelp. The door was blasted open and before I knew it I was being suffocated. My mom was hugging me as if I had died and came back.
"Need Air" I whispered. She let go and sat on the side of my bed. Sirius and Remus both gave me hugs.
"Good to see you awake" Sirius commented which caused my mom to glare at him. I chuckled at their antics.
"How are the others?" I asked dreading a bad answer. The adults smiled making me relax.
"They are all fine. All wounds are healed and no permanent damage. You all held your own out their against those death eaters. It was pretty fun watching you beat the crap out of that death eater" Remus commented in his normally quiet voice. I grinned at him but my mom scoffed him on the head. There was pounding coming towards my room. I looked quizzically at the door. A mob of teens came flooding into my room. The twins took flying leaps and landed on either side of me. They threw the covers back and climb into bed and snuggled close to me. Harry kissed my forehead as Hermione and Ginny gave me hugs. Ron sprawled out on the bad laying across the twins and my stomach. The adults slipped out of the room quietly while the others got comfortable. I realized just how much I cared about these people. At my old school I had never cared about my friends as much as this. Hell, I hadn't even thought of my old friends since I moved here. The people on my bed were my true friends. They were the type of people that would always be there, and help with anything. I was truly grateful to have them around. We spent the rest of the day lounging around the house. Nothing really exciting happened but we were all too tired to do anything.
"Tomorrow is your first day of Hogwarts. Rae, are you nervous?" Herms asked. During the summer we had shortened hers and my name. Ginny already had the shortened name of Gin and Ron and Harry didn't need one. I also started to call the twins F-in-G. I had used my favorite fast food restaurants name as the basis for their nick name. The twins had started calling us the 'Griffin 5.' I thought the name was corny and ridiculous but they wouldn't change it. They also told everyone who entered their store about us. Apparently we were supposed to be even better than the legendary marauders. I dozed off at the group talked about school. When I awoke it was dark out and no one was in my room. I tried to roll over and fall asleep but couldn't get my mind to relax. I heaved myself out of bed and threw on my robe. I padded down the stairs and towards the kitchen. There was a light one and I could hear soft voices. Sirius and Harry stopped talking when I walked in. Sirius patted an empty chair as Harry got me a cup of hot chocolate. I silently drank my HC before I got curios. I wonder why they were up so early. I also wanted to know what they had been talking about.
"So why are you two up so early?" I finally asked. Sirius sighed and motioned for us to fallow him. He lad us into the cozy den and plopped into a chair. Harry and I curled up together on the couch. We were side by side and I had my head resting on his muscular chest. He had changed a lot this summer. Both he and Ron towered over six feet. Ron was still about three inched taller than Harry. They had both filled out and developed really nice bodies. Harry had a six pack and Ron had a four. Harry had also gotten contacts which made him look even better. I looked towards Sirius and he was watching us with a smile on his face.
"The reason I couldn't sleep was because I had someone on my mind." He commented. I figured he was talking about my lovely mother. He watched us for a few more minutes before gazing off into the fire.
"You both remind me so much of your parents. Harry you are just like James. You have the heart of your mom though. Rachel you are almost identical to your mom when she was that age. She was always hanging on boys even when they were dating others. Watching you both right now reminds me on Lily and me; when we finally became friends during seventh year. We were both like the two of you. We would cuddle up together and could tell each other anything. I was that over protective big brother. James was the same way with Jules. People would constantly ask if we were going out. I have watched you two interact and the similarities are amazing" Sirius said. He told us a few stories about the past. I slowly drifted asleep in the arms of my big protective brother.
