ALIVE NOVA LILY EVANS POTTER
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. John Churton Collins
Chapter 9: Friendship
"He is so on the couch for a month!" at that line, James' eyes were darker than normal.
"You two better not-" he was cut off by Hope who giggled.
"Daddy, we're not doing what you and mamma did! Whenever he does something to get me angry at him, I tell him that he sleeps on the couch!"
James sighed heavily with a happiness. When Lucas came down with the book, he opened it to the fifth page and handed it over to Remus and Hermione so they could start researching it thoroughly.
Daphne Greengrass sighed as she got up to take a long hot shower from the workout she did. Every morning she would stretch her arms and legs before going out for a five mile jog, do her sit ups and push ups alongside crunches and some yoga.
Her instructor for the yoga was Pansy's mother Fiona. Fiona and Pansy were in some ways alike except Pansy wasn't following her mother's order of marrying a pureblood-namely Draco Malfoy as she and Draco were better off as friends. Besides, she found herself falling in love with Harry Freakin Potter.
Truth be told, Harry and Hermione already acted much like love sick puppies with each other with their friendly banter. She didn't want her best friend and companion getting hurt or rejected by Harry if he and Hermione were together.
The funny thing-the name Greengrass was something her mother made up as there was no man in charge of this house. She knew what her birth name was and that the only place she could use it was here-inside what was Black Mansion now called Padfoot's home for the abused animals.
Her real name: Calypso. Calypso Elisabelle Black. She had to go by the name 'Daphne Greengrass' everywhere else. Oh how many times she wanted to slip up and tell Harry that they were cousins but the threat of Greyback hung over her head. Her mother-Elisabelle, had told her that when Greyback found them and her aunt Elisabeth that they were to die. Elisabeth didn't make it after he bit her.
Daphne had to read what happened and she knew now why she wasn't being told.
Her aunt was found brutally killed after being 'taken advantage of' was what she kept chanting as she read it. She hated the word almost as much as she hated Greyback. Closing her eyes, she turned on her shower and began washing her hair and body in cherry scented shampoo, conditioner and bodywash.
Looking over at Hermione, Remus mused on the fact that she reminded him of Elisa. The brains, the power and the overall kindness for all magical and muggle creatures. Crookshanks, he found out, was also a casualty in the 'Granger Murders' as 'Annie Gates' wrote about and had an exclusive interview with one Harry Potter.
Harry looked everywhere for the perfect pet for Hermione until it found him. A baby half kneazle, half cat that looked remarkably familiar. He thought it was Crookshanks but when Hermione saw it, she gasped.
"Crook got a feline pregnant about four years ago and this is one of the kitties!" Hope saw it and began cooing over it as well making Lucas send hateful glares at Harry who was smiling with affection for his sister and his bonded. "I call him Crookshanks junior."
Dumbledore was reading the Daily Prophet and snarled in anger. He needed to get Potter and Granger back here now so they could go on marrying the purebloods he had the liberty of choosing for them.
Ron Weasley and Ginny Weasley respectively.
Fred, George, Bill, Charlie and Percy were reading the paper and each looked as shocked and horrified as the next person.
"How could they do that to him?" Percy asked, as he was the one who called them all together in his little flat outside London. Bill gave him a look.
"We need to get in touch with them. Fast."
Pansy smirked while reading the paper.
The Harry Potter Scoop:
Who are his real friends and who are his real enemies after He Who Must Not Be Named's death?
Written by: Annie Gates
Early yesterday afternoon, I got a strange request from Harry Potter himself. He wanted to tell a bit of his story.
AG: So, why did you want this interview?
HP: So people could understand that there are others in this world who are just like Voldie.
AG: What do you mean? Who in this world would you consider an enemy?
HP: Well, for starters, Ron and Ginny Weasley along with Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Albus Dumbledore and Snape.
AG: Why these five light wizards and this...person?
HP: Person? Snape's not a person but a farm animal letting himself go dark and mind raping probably dozens of students young and old, even maybe some of his old classmates.
AG: I know mental rape is illegal these days but who do you know-besides yourself-has been mind raped?
HP: So far, only Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy. It may also be Neville Longbottom and many others but it's too hard trying to figure out who also has been hurt mentally besides me and the two or three other people I mentioned.
AG: I understand. But why these five light wizards?
HP: One-The Weasleys that I mentioned tried to give me an illegal potion and in large doses with the help of the Headmaster.
AG: Which illegal potion would that be?
HP: Amorentia-the love potion. They want to control me. They also tried that with Hermione and the Headmaster has been paying them from my trust account at Gringotts.
AG: With friends like that, who needs enemies?
HP: No one does. The Headmaster also made three marriage contracts using my family's name and connections along with trying to hide the real ones.
AG: Who did he say you were to marry?
HP: Ginny Weasley and someone else. I only know about the one for Ginny as my godfather told me before his untimely death.
AG: Do you know who the real ones say at all?
HP: No idea.
AG: Now everyone's been wondering where did you live before attending Hogwarts?
HP: With my Aunt Petunia on #4 Private Drive. They gave me hand-me-down clothes from their son who is larger than me and barely fed me. My bedroom had been the cupboard underneath the stairs before I started Hogwarts and now it's the smallest room they could give me. No one went to check up on me and to make sure I was still living and breathing.
AG: Well thank you for this truly sad tale.
HP: I'm just trying to help the Wizarding World that there are people out there as bad as Voldie and to be cautious around them.
The black haired girl gave a smile and began writing to her friends that were sadly on Vacation who didn't read this 'enlightening' tale of betrayal in their world.
She wasn't the only one.
The Patil twins and Lavander Brown were horrified. Looking at each other, they knew that they would help Harry and only those he calls friends.
What Harry didn't know, was that he had many friends in the world-and he had yet to discover every single one of them.
end chpt 10
AN: Yes, I know! Probably not the best chapter out but for now, please enjoy this.
Nova