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James returned to Hogwarts after the Christmas break feeling a lot better than when he has left. He loved the school and he knew it would be even better when Narsia started talking to him again. He liked to get along with everyone as best he could, including the Slytherin's. He didn't want the relationship his dad had with Draco, he didn't want an enemy. Sure, his father and Draco weren't exactly enemies anymore, but they were by no means friends.
After unpacking his things back into his dorm room ready for the new semester, he made his way down to the great hall for dinner, planning to talk to Narsia before bed.
As always, he sat with the rest of his cousins at the Gryffindor table, eating and talking.
"Who are you looking for?" Roxanne asked from where she was sitting opposite him.
"Huh?" he took his glance to Roxanne. "Oh, no one, it doesn't matter." The truth was, he was scanning the Slytherin table for the blonde girl he planned to talk to but couldn't find her. He saw Scorpius eating with some other fourth years so she should have been there.
After the feast he told Albus and Lily that he'd meet them back at the common room later and went after Scorpius.
"Hey, Scorpius!" James called after the younger Slytherin boy who turned around to face him.
"Um... Yeah?" he looked confused as to why a Gryffindor was talking to him.
"Do you know where I could find your sister?" he caught up with him.
"Narsia? She's not here… why?" he answered, still questioning why James wanted to know.
"Why? Why happened? Is she okay?" he suddenly felt concerned.
"Look, I don't know. Something happened to her and mum and dad won't tell me what, they just sent me back to school without her." Scorpius replied shaking off the worry he had for his sister.
"But what..."
"That's all I can tell you okay! I don't even know why you care anyway." Scorpius cut him off before walking away, leaving James standing alone in the hall, stunned.
Back at his dorm room, James started to question why Narsia hadn't come back to school and didn't tell him. He thought they were back on speaking terms, but maybe not. He sat in the common room reading a book when his answer arrived.
"We have mail!" Rose came running into the common room with a pile off letters for the family.
"We've been gone one day!" Fred laughed as he took the letter for him and Roxanne from their parents.
"Ah, you know them, always wanting to make sure we're okay," Molly smiled as she took her letter and handed another to Lucy.
"I don't understand why dad always sends us separate letters," Lucy said, taking the letter from her sister.
"Because Uncle Percy's a big worrier that's why," Fred laughed.
"Yeah, you're gone a couple of hours and he thinks the world is coming to an end," Hugo exaggerated, as he read over the letter Rose had already opened.
Rose handed one of the last letters to Albus who went to read it, Lily looking over his shoulder. "James, you've got a package. I'm pretty sure it's not from Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny though," Rose said, handing him the package that had a letter attached. He smiled, recognizing the writing on the front.
"Who's sending you a package, it was just Christmas!" Lily looked at her brother, just to make sure it wasn't from their parents.
"It's not from mum and dad Lily, calm down!' James shook his head.
"James' got a girlfriend, James' got a girlfriend," came a voice. That turned out to be Neville's son Ethan.
"No I don't… it's just from a friend," James replied, as he left the common room and went to his empty dorm.
"You're brother is so confusing!" Ethan laughed, looking at Lily and Albus.
James sat on his bed, looking at the letter. He ripped it open and took out the letter.
Dear James,
I have to make this quick because I'm not allowed to stay up for too long but I'm sorry I haven't returned to school. I really wanted to see you and give you you're gift in person. I went to Diagon Alley a couple of days before we were supposed to go back to school again and my head started hurting. It turns out I got a concussion the day of that accident and it's taken this long to really take effect. I'm at home but a healer is making a potion to fix it. I should be back at school within a week or two.
I hope you like the gift, Merry Christmas,
Narsia xx
James gasped. I couldn't believe what he just read. Putting the letter down, he opened the package that came with it. Inside the box was a silver watch, that had a red face and two silver hands that ticked second by second around in circles. He took it out of the box and on the back it had engraved- It is our difference's that make us perfect…
He smiled and slipped the watch onto his wrist. Maybe she did feel the same way about him…
It had been a week and Narsia still hadn't returned. James was starting to worry especially seeing that Scorpius hadn't been acting his usual Slytherin self. James figured his parents were probably sending him owls to tell him how she was going but the fact that he had received no more from Narsia made him worry about her.
He wanted to go and see her, so Friday morning he owled his Uncle George, still the only person that knew about him and Narsia, to ask him if there was anything James himself could do. He got a reply that night during dinner, and read it, keeping it away from his cousin's sight.
Dear James,
I'm sorry to hear about what's happened. I'm sure everything's fine, it's only been a week. If you really want to find out though, owl me straight away and I'll come and pick you up tomorrow.
Uncle George
He smiled and wrote back a quick reply. He knew his dad would have done the same thing, but it was nice to have and Uncle he could rely on for things like this.
The next day, with permission from Neville, he travelled outside off Hogwarts boundaries to meet his Uncle and waited for him to arrive.
"How you going James?" came a sudden voice from behind him.
James jumped. "You scared me!"
"I love doing that!" George laughed. "Been doing it ever since your Uncle Fred and I got our appariting license when we were seventeen."
"Very funny… but thanks for this Uncle George, it means a lot," James smiled.
"Ah, your welcome. I know how much this means to you," George patted him on the back. "Come on then," he took James' arm and the two apperated, appearing outside Narsia's house only moments later.
"I'll be here when you're ready," George smiled. Sitting down under a tree.
"You're not coming?" James asked quickly.
"Trust me, the chances of Malfoy letting me inside are very, very low," George smirked.
"Okay, I'll see you soon then," James said nervously as he walked up to the large house and knocked on the door.
I don't know what I think about this chapter. Sorry if it's a little unrealistic but I hope you like it anyway. I might not be able to update until next weekend, but I'll see. Please review :)
