I don't own Harry Potter but I do own my feet.
NEED TO KNOW ∞ Takes Place after Order of the Phoenix ∞ WARNING implied sexual relations, some strong language
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done. – P. T. Barnum
Independence Day
"Could you take Harry a letter for me?"
Snape nodded his head in consent.
Chapter 10: Kylah Emerson
Just then there was a loud bang admitted from somewhere downstairs. Snape, Remus, Arthur, Molly, and Minerva looked at each other before racing downstairs. Reaching the entrance hall they all froze in shock. Standing in the hall way with her face red from anger was a 5 foot 2 inch blonde haired, blue eyed woman.
"How dare you Albus Dumbledore!" She screamed as Dumbledore came running from the kitchen only to stop short after recognizing who was causing the commotion. "I told you that Sirius would never betray James and Lily! You told Wizengamot that I was insane and in love with a Death Eater to prevent me from caring for my GODSON!"
"Ms. Emerson you need to calm down." Dumbledore said calmly after regaining his composer.
"No, she doesn't! She needs to rip you a new one for preventing me from knowing my father!" Said a light brown haired girl that no one noticed standing behind Kylah.
"Oh my!" Minerva whispered.
Remus blinked, "You look so much like him. I can't believe it." He turned to Kylah, "Did Sirius know?"
She shook her head sadly, "I didn't find out until two days after he was arrested." She paused and looked up at Remus with a small smile. "It's good to see you again Remus."
"You too Ky," He said as he made his way to her and pulled her into a hug.
She hugged him back. Pulling away from him she pulled the young woman closer to her, "This is Vega Black Emerson. Vi, this is one of your father's best friends Remus Lupin also known as Moony."
Remus chuckled, "Named her after a star uh?"
Tonks cut in there, "Well, it's a lot better than Nymphadora!"
"Who would name their kid Nymphadora?" Vi asked as if it were the most ridiculous thing in the world.
"My fool of a mother that's who! But I go by Tonks and I'm like your third cousin on your dad's side." Tonks said as she tripped forward.
"As wonderful as it is to see you Miss Emerson, I am curious as to why you chose to come back now?" Dumbledore said trying to cover up his nervousness. The last thing he needed was someone else trying to ruin his plans with Harry. Merlin knew how hard it would be to get the boy back under control now without her here.
"Oh, well I got a couple of post owls. One from Gringotts telling me that Sirius died and left me something, and one from my godson saying that he was just informed of my existence and would like to get to know me if I would agree to it." She said with a cheerful voice that was contradictory to the glare she was directing at the distinguished wizard. "Any ideas about why he wouldn't know of my existence? Or you?" She asked rounding on Remus.
"I haven't had much contact with Harry either. Wizengamot hit me with a restraining order when I went to ask his location so I could visit him. I didn't see him until his third year and then I was a bit preoccupied seeing as how Sirius had just escaped from Azkaban. Then Sirius thought that you thought he was guilty, and that was why you left the country. Mentioning your name around Sirius wasn't a good idea, and it honestly never occurred to me that he didn't know about you. I'm sorry." Remus said sadly.
"I forgive you, Remus. Although we are going to talk about him escaping later, I hadn't heard about that. But, you are a conniving old man and I hold you personally responsible for any pain Harry has felt over the years! And the fact that my baby girl didn't get the chance to meet her father!" Ky screamed at the headmaster. "Now where is Harry?"
Minerva was about to tell her that they didn't know when Moody got there first. "My guess would be the (reinsert name) Hotel in London if this," He said taking the letter out of Arthur's hand. "Is from Potter."
Moody read the letter out loud and several people looked at Snape oddly.
"My godson tricked you!" Ky squealed in delight causing most people to laugh.
"How long have you known that Mr. Potter was gone and his current location?" The Headmaster asked.
"I'm afraid the vow will not allow me to answer that Albus." Snape lied easily
"It does not matter we will go to this Hotel and collect him." Dumbledore said confidently before apparating away.
"Oh no you don't you old goat! If Harry wants to stay in a hotel than that's what he will do! Come on Vi!" She said grabbing the teenager and apparating away. The majority of the Order followed.
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"Har… Harry I can explain!" Sam said desperately.
"You're a witch?" Harry yelled jumping up, pulling out his wand from his sleeve, and pointing it at her.
She blinked in surprise, "You're a wizard?" Sam whispered.
Harry blinked in confusion, "You didn't know? You're not… This isn't some elaborate plan to kill me?"
"Why would I want to kill you?" She asked taken back by his accusation.
"Be… because I'm Harry Potter?" He asked more than told.
Sam slapped her hands over her mouth in realization, "That's why you have muggle make up? You use it to cover you're scar!"
"Yea, so you're not going to kill me?" he asked hopefully lowering his wand before adding, "Or tell anyone who I am and Where I'm at?"
"Only if you do the same for me?"
"Why would I need to? You're not running from the American Aurors are you?" he asked jokingly.
"No, not the Aurors, just the American Wizarding Secret Sercice. I'm Samantha Wilks, Amercian Wizarding President Andrew Wilks' one and only daughter." She told him nervously.
"Well, shit! Who would have thought I would meet the Amercian Wizarding President Andrew Wilks' one and only daughter at a muggle pub while trying to get drunk and forget the death of my supposedly mass-murdering on-the-run godfather? You know, sometimes I really wonder what Fate has planned for me." He said sitting back down and glancing at the moving photograph that started this whole conversation.
"So, what do we do now that we know who we really are?" Sam asked nervously.
"Well, I didn't act any differently than I normally do, other than hiding my identity, and I really like you…" Harry trailed off.
"I feel the same!" She said excitedly before getting nervous again. "So, is there any chance that maybe… you would… consider being my boyfriend?"
Harry looked at her with wide eyes, but slowly a smile stretched across his face. "I… yea, I would like that."
"Great, then I will go get dressed, and we can paint the town red!" She yelled as she ran back into the bathroom. Harry leaned back in the desk's chair. It felt really good to be honest with her, and since she was the president's daughter then maybe she could get secret service men to protect her from Voldemort?
Ten minutes later they were leaving the hotel. Harry froze when he got outside before snapping into action and pulling Sam into the Alley way. Across the street Albus Dumbledore in all his wizarding glory walked up to the his hotel only to be grabbed by the arm by someone Harry didn't recognize. It didn't take him long to figure out who it was though.
"You will let my Godson be!" the blonde woman yelled as a teenage girl caught up to them followed by what seemed like the entire Order.
"That letter was written to me and you had no business reading it!" Remus shouted at Mad-eye Moody.
They continued to argue there in the middle of the street, three quarters of them in robes attracting strange looks.
"Who are they?" Sam whispered watching. Harry sat down in the alley with his back against the wall. "They are the Order of the Phoenix. The one with the beard is Albus Dumbledore. The guy with the wooden leg is Alastor Mad-eye Moody. I think that the blond woman is my godmother Kylah Emerson, but I've never met her before. Remus Lupin is the one yelling at Moody and he was one of my father's best friends, the one I was worried was mad at me. You see I… I out-ed him as a werewolf in the paper."
"Any way, the woman with purple hair is Tonks. The red headed woman is Molly Weasley my best mates mum and her husband Arthur is the balding man next to her. You all ready know Snape; the woman next to him with her hair in a bun is Minerva McGonagall my Head of House. Well, they are all in the Order, and probably there to take me who knows where so they can convince me how foolish I am, and that I should follow their every command without blinking an eye. Kill who they say, save who they say, and be the perfect little weapon." Harry spit out the last bit with resentment.
"Well, we can't allow that. I guess we will just have to talk to daddy." She said sighing.
"What?"
"Oh, come on Harry. You can't fight everyone without a little help. My father is a powerful man in the ICW, and you are my boyfriend. I was going to have to introduce you to him at some point; I'll just have to do it sooner rather than later." Sam said confidently. "I'll call him, and tell him I'm in London. He'll have Air Force Mage here in two hours. You don't need to worry about a passport either, so we will go eat something to eat and then fly to DC."
"Okay," Harry said slowly. "I just wish I could get my stuff out of that room before they get in there," he said looking longingly across the street. Why didn't he bring his cloak with him?
"If only we had a house-elf, we could have had him move it all to my hotel where the secret service would gather it and bring it home." She said her brow furrowed.
"A House-elf! Dobby!" Harry whisper yelled.
"Harry Potter Sir!" Dobby said as he popped in. The little elf threw himself at Harry, "Dobby is being so glad that yous is safe, Harry Potter sir! And yous is calling Dobby! What can Dobby be doing for the Greatest Wizard in the world?" Dobby said bouncing on his feet. Sam had her hand covering her mouth trying to stifle her laughter.
Harry sent her a glare before smiling at Dobby, "I need someone to get my stuff out of the hotel across the street without letting Dumbledore and the Order know and bring it to Sam's room." He told the excitable elf.
"Dobby can be doings that! No one will sees Dobby or knows Dobby be helping Harry Potter!"
"Thanks Dobby I can't tell you how much this means to me. Sam and I are going to visit her father in America but we'll be back, or at least I will." Harry told the elf who bobbed his head up and down before disappearing to help the Great Harry Potter.
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"Something is going on!" Hermione said pacing back and forth in Ron's room at Number 12 Grimmauld Place.
"I know, I wish they would just tell us." Ron said despondently laying on the bed while he munched on a chocolate frog.
"You guys don't know?" Ginny asked sitting on the bed that Harry had used the previous summer.
"Don't know what?" they asked at the same time looking at Ginny expectantly.
"Harry ranaway from his relatives after getting them to sign emancipation papers. They sent out search party's to try and find him while Dumbledore tried to get the emancipation overturned at the ministry."
"I can't believe Harry would do that! What was he thinking? Does he know how dangerous it was to runaway like that?" Hermione ranted as she began to pace again.
"I can't believe he didn't tell us!" Ron yelled resentfully.
"Dumbledore obviously has his reasons for having Harry at his relatives. Why can't Harry think about repercussions before acting? It was the same thing with the Department of Mysteries! Why can't he just do what he's supposed to?"
Ginny interrupted before Ron muttered another resentful comment, "That's not all. Apparently he gave some kind of interview at the Daily Prophet that ended up with a special edition being sent out portraying Dumbledore and Fudge in a bad light! I didn't actually read it mum has been in a right state."
Ron and Hermione were staring at her with their mouths hanging open.
"Oh and some woman showed up here a couple hours ago, and according to Fred and George she is Harry's godmother, and she had a teenage girl with her that is supposedly Sirius's daughter!" She told them smirking at their dumbfounded looks. It to a lot to surprise them seeing as Harry's their best friend and the unexpected tended to happen around him, and Ginny was very proud of herself for being able to shock them.