Previously on The Twice Blessed Child…
"He's got the Snitch! Harry Potter receives 150 points for catching the Snitch!" Lee yells
"Gryffindor wins!" Hooch yells after she blew the whistle
"Yay!" all the Gryffindor's yell
"No!" Draco yells
"Yes!" Hagrid yells
"Whoo-Whoo." Hermione yells
"He did it. He actually did it." I said
Harry raises the Snitch into the air and the crowd, and his team, cheers
"Go go Gryffindor! Go go Gryffindor! Go go Gryffindor! Go go Gryffindor!" the crowd yells
Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dudley, and I are walking along a patch with Hagrid.
"Nonsense. Why would Snape put a curse on Harry's broom?" Hagrid asked
"Who knows. Why was he trying to get past the Cerberus on Halloween?" I asked
"Who told you 'bout Fluffy?" Hagrid asked
"You named a Cerberus Fluffy." I said
"Fluffy?" Ron asked
"That thing has a name?" Hermione asked
"Well, of course he's got a name. He's mine. I bought him off an Irish feller I met down at the pub last year. Then I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the…" Hagrid trailed of
"You got a Greek creature from an Irish man. That's not weird at all." I said
"Guard what Hagrid?" Harry asked
"Shouldn'ta said that. Don't ask any more questions. That's top secret, that is." Hagrid said
"But Hagrid, whatever Fluffy's guarding, Snape's trying to steal it!" Dudley said
"Codswallop. Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher." Hagrid said
"Hogwarts teacher or not, I know a curse when I see one. I've read all about them. You have to keep eye contact. And Snape wasn't blinking." Hermione said
"Exactly." Harry said
"Now, you listen to me, all five of you. You're meddlin' in things that ought not be meddled in. it's dangerous. What that dog is guarding is strictly between Professor Dumbledore and Nicholas Flame." Hagrid said
"Nicholas Flamel?" Harry asked
"I shouldn't have said that. I should not have said that. I should not have said that." Hagrid said
With that he turns and walks away. I look back at the other four.
"So that two points us, and zero points Hagrid." I said
"Nicholas Flamel… Who's Nicholas Flame?" Harry asked
"I don't know." Hermione said
- - - - - Time Skip to Christmas Time - - - - -
Harry was playing wizard chest with Ron. Dudley and I were sitting next to them watching.
"Knight to E-5." Harry said
The piece moves across the board. I could see Ron thinking.
"Queen to E-5." Ron said
The Queen walks over to R-5 and clinks the knight away. Hermione walks up to us, with her suitcase behind her.
"That's totally barbaric!" Hermione said
"That's wizard chess. I see you've packed." Ron said
"See you haven't." Hermione said
"Change of plans. My parents decided to go to Romania to visit my brother, Charlie. He's studying dragons there!" Ron said
"Good. You can help Harry, Ana, and Dudley, then. He's going to go to the library for information on Nicholas Flamel." Hermione said
"We've looked a hundred times!" Ron said
"We haven't looked in the restricted section." I said
"She's right so look there over break…Happy Christmas." Hermione said
Hermione then turns and leaves.
"I think we've had a bad influence on her." Ron said
"I think we have influenced each other. I play winner." I said
Harry ended up losing which meant I played Ron. While I was playing against the twins walked up towards us.
"Who's winning?" Fred asked
"I am." I said
"Really, by how many moves?" George asked
"I can check him in two." I said
"Really no one…" Fred said
"…has ever beaten…" George said
"… me" Ron said
"Really I have. (I moved the piece) Check mate." I said
The three Weasley just looked at the game board.
"Rematch. I want a rematch." Ron said
"Later." I said
Christmas Morning:
I had fallen asleep in Harry and Ron's room.
"Harry, Ana, wake up! Come on Harry, wake up!" Ron yells
Harry and I get up and run to the balcony overlooking the common room, where Ron is standing next to a tree. He is wearing a sweater with an R on it.
"Happy Christmas, Harry, Ana." Ron said
"Happy Christmas, Ron." Harry and I said
"What are you wearing?" I asked
"Oh, Mum made it for me. Looks like you two have got one too." Ron said
"I've got presents?" Harry asked
"Yeah." Ron said
Oh!" Harry said
Harry and I ran down the stairs.
"There they are." Ron said
Ron sits on a couch arm and eats jelly beans as Harry picks up a silver wrapped package. Harry takes out the card. Harry reads the card
"Your father left this in my possession before he died. It is time it was returned to you. Use it well" Harry read
He open s the present. It is a cloak, my I can tell that it is a special cloak.
"What is it?" Ron asked
"Some kind of… cloak." Harry said
"Well, let's see then. Put it on." I said
Harry puts the cloak on and all of him disappears except for his head.
"Whoa!" Ron said
"My body's gone!" Harry said
"It's an invisibility cloak." I said
"I'm invisible?" Harry asked
"They're really rare. I wonder who gave it to you." Ron said
"There was no name. it just said, "use it will."" Harry said
We continued to un wrap presents. Ron got more candy, Harry unwrapped a present to find a sweater with a H on it which was from Mis. Weasley. I had gotten Harry a book on broom maintenance. I had also got a sweater from Mis. Weasley min had an A on it. Ron had gotten me some candy. I found a few other presents under the three but I knew there were from my friends from camp. So I grabbed them and headed back upstairs and to my room. I picked up a present that was wrapped in pink wrapping paper which I knew was from Ashely, she had gotten me a new pair of shoes.
I opened the blue present next which was from Josette-Lynn. She had given me a water droplet necklace.
I opened the next present which was wrapped in red paper. It was from Alexzander he also gave me a pair of blood red earrings.
I had three present left, I grabbed the one wrapped in yellow paper. I opened and found that it was from Stefan and Josh. They had gotten me a bracelet with red beads (fire) and a sun.
I opened the next present, once I opened it I found that it was from my mother. There was a small box and a note. I opened the box to find a ring. I looked at the note and read it.
Hello my beautiful daughter. Happy late birthday and "Happy Christmas". This is your first "Christmas" knowing about my world, both of my worlds. I know Chorion warned you about the dangers of the magical world, dangers that I never foresaw. I see you have made friends in the magical world, but know with these friendships comes great hardship, but also great love. I won't tell you to not tell people who your parents are, but I will warn you that just like in the world of demi-gods the more people that know the more that will want your power. Not only because of who I am but also because of who your father is. I love you very much so does your father. Maybe in few years you can meet us both, but till then know that we are watching over you.
Love Always, Mother
I opened the small box that with the letter to see two rings one of them was gold band with diamonds then in the middle there was a bigger diamond with a crescent moon on either side of it. The other ring was also on a gold band, with a big opal in middle of a pair of gold wings. I put them on and a feeling of warmth spread through me. I opened my last present, it was a black box I opened the box to see a crown but it looked like a headband. It was gold and it had different stones in it. Inside the box was a note.
Hello princesses. You don't know who I am and it is this way for your safety. In a few years your mother and I will both show ourselves to you, but in till then know that I love you very much. Your mother has informed me that you have joined the world magic, please be careful. There is much darkness and death in that world due to one crazy person. One day I will be able to give you whatever you wish, but until then take this crown. Your mother used her magic so that it will look like a headband because I know that you can't go around school wearing a crown so…she made it into a headband (she said girls your age wore these things). I also but some of me into it, so it should protect you. I am have a sword made for you but it is taking longer than planned so you just have to wait a little while longer. Also don't grow up to fast okay, so that means no kissing, or anything of that sort till you're at least 30. I also looked you up and saw that you are a little prodigy, you get that from your godfather. I love you very much Anastasia, and I will always be watching over you, protecting you, making sure nothing to bad will ever happen to you.
With Love From Your Amazing Father
I didn't put the headband I kind of just looked at it, I don't how long I sat there looking at it. I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned my head to see Harry.
"Hey who's that from?" Harry asked
"It seems we both got presents from our fathers." I said
"Really. Who's your father?" Harry asked
"I don't know. He signed the note "with love from your amazing father"." I said
"Well are you going to put it on?" Harry asked
"Sure." I said
I took the headband from the box and put it in my hair, and just like with the rings a warm feeling washed over me. We headed downstairs.
"Are you ever going to tell me who your mother is?" Harry asked
"Not right now. The teacher's at the camp and my mother don't think it is safe to tell people. At least not until after I'm better at protecting myself." I said
"Okay." Harry said
When we got back into the common room. We saw the twins, Ron, and Dudley sitting on the couch. Ron looked up at us.
"Well let's head down to breakfast." Ron said
"You are as bad as Dudley." I said
"I'm not the bad anymore." Dudley said as he a chocolate frog.
"Dude you are eating a chocolate frog." Harry said
"Whatever." Dudley said
They got up off the couch and we all headed down to breakfast. After breakfast we head back upstairs. We spent the rest of the day playing wizard chess, or snaps. Dudley and Harry were playing cards. After lunch we went outside and played in the snow. The feast that was huge even thought there were only a few people from each house that stayed. Once the feast was over we head back to the dorms. I went upstairs and I wrote notes to my friends and thanked them for the gifts, and hoped that they liked theirs. I wrote a note to my mom and dad, I didn't know how I was going to get them but I hoped it would.
I headed down stairs, to see Harry sitting on the couch with the invisibility cloak on his lap. I sat down next to him.
"What are you doing?" I asked
"Waiting for you. I was actually about to head up to your room to ask if you would come to the restricted section with me." Harry said
"Sure." I said
Harry and I stood up he put the cloak over the both us. We left the common room and walked down the library. We walk through the dark library and into the restricted section. Harry puts down the lamp, and removes the cloak. Harry starts to read the spines of the books.
"Famous fire eaters… 15th Century Fiends…Flamel…Nicholas Flamel…where are you?" Harry asked
"Made we aren't looking in the right section." I said
"Where else should we look?" Harry asked
I went to answer but he opened a book, and a man's face appears and screams. Harry slams the book shut and puts it back.
"Who's there?!" Filch yells
Harry and I whip around, Harry grabs his cloak but knocks the lamp off the table.
"I know you're in there. You can't hide." Filch yells
Harry puts the cloak over himself and I. we quickly creep around Filch.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" Filch yells
Harry and I both run from the room, breathing heavily. We get into the hall, where Mrs. Norris is. The cat meows and begins to follow us. Harry and I move around the corner, just as Snape and Quirrell appear. Snap pushes Quirrell into the wall.
"Severus…I-I thought…" Quirrell trails off
"You don't want me as you enemy, Quirrell." Snape said
"W-what do you m-mean?" Quirrell asked
"You know perfectly well what I mean." Snape said
Snape stops and looks right at where Harry and I are standing, almost like he knows we are there.
"We'll have another chat soon…when you've had time to decide where your loyalties lie." Snape said
Filch comes running around the corner carrying the broken lamp.
"Oh, Professors. I found this, in the Restricted Section. It's still hot. That means there's a student of bed." Filch said
The two Professor and Filch dart off. Harry and I quickly find a place to hide. We step into a room. Harry takes the cloak off, we look around the room to see a huge mirror. We both walk towards the mirror. I look in it to see two people standing on either side of me, a man and a woman. The man was 5' 10'', with dark eyes and dark hair. The woman was about 5'6'', with dark hair, and green eyes. The two people were my parents I smiled.
"What do you see?" I asked
"My parents." Harry said
"I see mine too." I said
"We have to show Dudley and Ron." Harry said
He puts the cloak over us and we leaves the room and head back to the dorms. I stay in the common room while Harry runs upstairs. Not long passes before Ron, Dudley, and Harry comes back downstairs.
"Is the cloak going to cover all of us?" Ron asked
"Only one way to find out." I said
Harry put the cloak over us. It covered all of us, barley. We left the tower and headed back to the room that the mirror was in. Once we were back in the room, Harry took the cloak off us and moved in front of the mirror.
"Come on. Come. Come look, it's my parents!" Harry said
"I only see me." Ron said
"Same with me." Dudley said
"Look in it properly. Go on. Stand there. There. You see them, don't you?" Harry asked
"I don't think they will see their parents." I said
"That's me! Only, I'm head boy…and I'm holding the Quidditch cup! And bloody hell, I'm Quidditch captain too! I look good. Harry, do you think this mirror shows the future?" Ron asked
"How can it? Both my parents are dead." Harry said
"I never meet my parents but that's who I saw in the mirror. What do you see Dudley?" I asked
Dudley stood in front of the mirror. He tilted his head to the side.
"I'm married and I have three children. We are all happy and healthy." Dudley said
He has a huge smile on his face. We all head back up to the dorms.
Every night for the next few nights Harry would leave the dorm under the protection of his cloak. This last time I followed him, I walked into the room to see him sitting in front of the mirror. I walked over and sat down next to him.
"You know this isn't heathy. You aren't sleeping and when you are with us you are always thinking about it." I said
"I know but I get to see them. Why aren't you here all time, don't you want to see your parents?" Harry asked
"Of course I do, but can't let my life pass me by." I said
"I couldn't have said it better myself." A voice said
Harry and I jumped up and turned around to see Dumbledore by the door.
"Back again, Harry, Anastasia? I see that you, like so many before you have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised. I trust by now you realize what it does. Let me give you a clue. The happiest man on earth would look into the mirror and see only himself, exactly as he is." Dumbledore said
"So, then it shows us what we want? Whatever we want?" Harry asked
"No it doesn't." I said
"Correct Anastasia. It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts. Now you and Anastasia, who have never known your family, see them standing beside you. But remember this, this mirror gives us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away in front of it, even gone mad. That is why tomorrow it will be moved to a new home, and I must ask you both not to go looking for it again. It does not do to dwell on dreams, and forget to live." Dumbledore said
Harry and I both looked at the mirror I saw both of my parents smiling at me.