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Chapter 9

EDDIES POV

"OI LEAVE MY PROPERTY ALONE, YOU KIDS" Mrs Figg shouted at us while we laughed.

"Ok that was fun." Harry admitted.

"Yeah... Hey, there is your parents and that must be Sirius." I pointed at my front door where James and Lily were knocking while a scruffy looking man was smiling happily.

"Oh yeah, come on." Harry walked and I ran to my house.

"HEY WE'RE OVER HERE" I shouted not caring that the neighbours were giving me disapproving looks.

"Did you have to shout it that loud." Lily scowled.

"Yes." I said with a carefree smile. "And I take it your Sirius Black?"

"Yes that's me. " Sirius said smiling at me and Harry.

"So I take it there isn't any particular reason why that woman was shouted at both of you?" James asked smiling.

"Nope." Harry and I said at the same time.

"Honestly, they are just like you too." Lily said playfully at Sirius and James.

I saw a familiar shadowed figure and froze.

"Eddie? You okay?" I saw Harry looking at me concerned.

"Yeah fine. Seeing things now." I shrugged ignoring the adults and Harry still looking worried.

"Hey its nearly lunch time." I said changing the subject.

"Oh I bet Minny's cooked something up." Lily said smiling.

"My house is connected to the floo network, come in." Eddie said opening the door and the adults walked in.

HARRY POV

Harry winced as he felt a sharp pain in his ankle and he looked to see it purple and swollen. I saw a hooded figure and looked closely.

"HARRY, YOU COMING" Eddie shouted and when I looked back the figure disappeared.

I walked in ignoring the pain in my ankle. We all used the floo network and went back home.

"I saw a shadowed figure outside your house." I whispered quickly to Eddie.

"I know it looked like Lucius Malfoy." Eddie whispered back.

"Minnie has cooked lunch for yous." Minnie said pointing at a table packed with food.

The pain in my ankle came back and I winced. Hoping that nobody noticed, but I failed to notice that my Dad saw it and frowned.

"Are you ok? Is there something wrong?" Dad asked concerned.

"My ankle hurts." I said giving up hiding it.

"Here sit down, let me see." Mum said pushing me gently in a seat and rolled up to see the swollen ankle.

"That looks sore" Eddie winced.

"Why didn't you say anything before" James asked.

"I didn't think it was that bad." I shrugged.

"Its definitely broken." Lily said.

"I'm going to get a glass of water while you fix it." Eddie said leaving the room. Mum gave me a potion from the cupboard and then rubbed some salve.

"Hey who's owl is that?" Sirius asked as a black owl came in.

"I don't know." James frowned and took the letter from the owl.

"It's for Edward." He said confused.

"That's Eddie's full name, but nobody ever uses it." I frowned. The only people that Eddie told me that uses that name is his parents and a few death eaters.

Eddie came in with a glass of water. "Who has a letter?" He asked.

"You" I said and Dad handed him the letter.

EDDIES POV

I looked at the letter and frowned. "Edward" It read. No body called me that name in ages. I opened it while everyone looked at me.

"You guys, I know I am very interesting, but this is ridiculous." I joked and they looked away except Harry.

"Lets have lunch." Sirius said hungrily and I opened it.

Dear My dear Nephew,

It has taken me and the rest of the group ages to find you. Sorry for the delay, your father is very weak at the moment. It was a very good plan to befriend the half-blood Potter and I hope that we could meet you at Malfoy Manor tomorrow at 6. Your Father would love to see you.

Yours truly,

Lucius Malfoy.

I flinched when someone put a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey you okay?" James asked and I realised everyone was looking at me again.

"Y-yeah, I-I'm fine." I said trying to stay calm.

"Who sent you that letter?" Harry asked curiously.

"My Uncle" I said and sat down at the table. Everyone followed my lead.

"Here look." I said passing it to Harry who looked confused.

"Oh" Harry said in understanding.

"So where would I be sleeping tonight?" Sirius asked.

"Obviously Padfoot. You will be sleeping in your old room." James said in a condescending voice.

"Um do you mind if I stay here tonight?" I asked knowing Potter Manor had really good shields around the house and 3 well trained magical people protecting it.

"Sure." Lily said happily. "The more the merrier."

"Great. I am going to get a few things from my house after lunch." I said smiling.

"I will help." Harry offered.

"Good and I think that I will get Moony. We will all meet here at 3:00." James said.

"I can't wait to see Moony again." Sirius said smiling.

"Who is Moony?" Harry asked.

"He was one of the marauders." James explained and then started talking about all the pranks they did.

"Let's stop telling Harry this. We don't want him doing any pranks like yours at Hogwarts" Lily said with a hint of smile.

"Of course not. We will do better pranks than them." Harry said and I laughed at their faces. I looked at my watch.

"We should go before Eric comes."

"Who is Eric?" Sirius asked.

"Eric Parker is my wonderful foster Dad" I said sarcastically.

"What happened to your real parents?" Sirius said obviously not thinking and Lily hit him around the head.

"OW Lils" He said rubbing his head.

"Sirius Black, don't you be so rude" Lily lectured.

"Oh Sorry Eddie" He said realising what he said.

"Don't worry about it." I shrugged. "And by the way they left me in an Orphanage."

"Sorry to hear that" Lily said sadly.

"Yeah I didn't like them anyway." I answered.

"Why?" Sirius asked rudely again which seemed to be a habit for him, sort of like me to be honest.

"Differences. As much as I love talking about them, I think we should go." After everyone said their goodbyes we left.