Chapter 9
Sirius Black was shocked to see his old mate James Potter along with his wife who was thought to be dead. In fact the Order interrogated the people claiming to be the Potters with Veritaserum brewed by Snivellus. Sirius still hated Snape, his school rival, whose reaction to the resurrected Potters was hilarious. He cursed foully at seeing Prongs causing Dumbledore scold him for bad language.
"Welcome back, James and Lily. Of course, I will need to contact the Ministry so that you can get your old jobs back," said Albus Dumbledore, who had been their mentor for a long time. James had worked as an Auror when he was alive while Lily worked in the Department of Mysteries as an Unspeakable.
"I'm sure that my old department will know that I am back as they have instruments to monitor this sort of thing," replied Lily.
The Potters had been introduced to Tonks who was Remus's fiancée and Lily had an emotional reunion with Taylor, her old mate.
"We will need to keep your return quiet as the Death Eaters or their master might come for you again if they knew you had come back," said Moody. He had taught James, Sirius and the Longbottoms. The usually gruff Auror seemed delighted that his old star pupil was back.
"Yes, Alastor is right. Severus I will need you to play your usual part by giving Voldemort false information about this meeting," said Dumbledore calmly.
"Yes, Albus," replied Snape bitterly and he Apparated away.
"Snape's part of the Order?" asked James wondrously.
"Dumbledore believes in him," replied Sirius with a shrug.
"Severus has changed. He only pretends to be a Death Eater to fool Voldemort," said Dumbledore overhearing their conversation.
Alastor rolled his eyes and Frank looked doubtful. In the corner Alice was telling Lily all about her teaching.
"So this Parkinson girl called you and Frank murderers?" said Lily shocked.
"Yes. She is a real cow and her boyfriend Theodore Nott is a lot worse," said Alice. as She had heard rumours of Nott bullying people but it was difficult to catch him at it.
"As a teacher, Alice, you shouldn't really call one of your students a cow," said Lily laughing.
"I remember her father Charles and he was tight with the Lestranges, Evan Rosier and Lucius Malfoy. I guess he has taught his daughter the same beliefs," replied James. Us Marauders used to fight them during our schooldays, he thought with a pang. Thinking about the Marauders was painful as Wormtail betrayed them by joining up with Voldemort to save his skin.
"That may be but we have a larger problem with Mr Nott as he really is Voldemort's son," replied Dumbledore.
The Order gasped with shock and terror. Hestia Jones, one of the quieter members, fell off her seat from sheer fright. The fact that Voldemort had a son who was probably just as evil as him was alarming.
"How can you be sure, Albus?" asked Kingsley.
"He reminds me of his father when I taught him over fifty years ago," said Dumbledore. Seeing Theodore Nott was like seeing Tom Riddle from fifty years ago both in looks and behaviour. Severus informed him that Nott was brainy and Dumbledore grew more nervous as Theodore seemed to go down his real father's path. He grieved for the students that were lost to evil even Tom Riddle and his son. At least there was some good as Alex Gaunt had been sorted into Gryffindor.
"So what are you going to do?" asked Minerva, looking frightened as she knew Tom Riddle from their schooldays and later when she joined Grindelwald's group because her mom had been killed during the Blitz in London. But Dumbledore managed to talk her down from killing him and showed her that Grindelwald was a monster. Anyway Tom Riddle tried to kill her but missed and then he fled and reappeared as Voldemort.
"I will ask Severus to keep an eye on the situation," said Dumbledore.
The meeting broke up and they all went home to bed still discussing You Know Who's son.
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The next morning at Hogwarts was the first Quiddtich game of the season between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. Angelina Johnson called the team together and gave them a pep talk.
Before they went outside Alex gave Ginny a kiss on the lips.
"For luck," said Alex with a cheeky grin.
"Yeah we are going to win," said Ginny. She was proud of her boyfriend's skills as Seeker and even the captain thought he was a natural.
The game was on Ginny scored the first goal of the game and the scarlet and gold crowd went wild.
Alex Gaunt was on a Firebolt and his teammates often asked him who sent it but he refused to say. The truth was Uncle Lucius had sent it as a birthday gift and he didn't like talking about his twisted family. He dodged a few bludgers that were hit by the Ravenclaw beaters and swooped down after the Golden Snitch. After struggling with the reserve Seeker Michael Corner he caught it, winning the game. Alex was lifted by his teammates who carried him twice around the pitch. He was pleased with his girlfriend's performance on the field and after showering and changing back into his robes he headed to the common room where Dean had put up some posters.
"Here he is – our brilliant Seeker!" said Seamus, who was obviously a little drunk. Everyone cheered and Alex blushed.
Fred and George could be seen selling their wares from the joke shop to the students. Hermione looked annoyed but ignored it as she and Ron were deep in conversation.
"Hi, guys," said Alex.
"Nice catch," said Hermione.
"Thanks," said Alex.
"Well done. Anymore catches like today, Alex, and we will have the cup with our name on it," said Ron happily.
"You were a good Keeper today," said Alex, trying to shift the attention off him and onto somebody else.
"Thanks mate," said Ron with a smile.
Fred and George came on over and teased Ron about his relationship with Hermione.
"Does mum know, Ron?" asked Fred teasingly.
"I will tell her later," replied Ron calmly, stunning the twins.
"So, nice catch, Alex," said George.
"Thanks," said Alex with a groan. He wished people wouldn't keep pointing him out as somebody special.
Ginny came out and put her arm around his waist.
"Hello, love," said Alex, kissing her on the cheek.
"Hey, sweetie," said Ginny, causing Ron, Fred and George to gag at the sight.
"Please can you move away? You are making me ill," said George, gasping for breath.
"You do the same stuff with Katie Bell, and I heard you guys in your room at the Burrow. It sounded as if you were getting it on with her," retorted Ginny.
"That's funny, George. You never told us this," said Ron with a wide grin. He loved seeing someone get one over on the twins.
"Our sister has quiet feet," said George. Really he and Fred liked Alex.
The party finished about 12 midnight when Professor McGonagall insisted that everyone went to bed and Hermione noticed that she looked worried about something.
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