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CLAIMER: I do own JENNIE ANDREWS and THE PLOT
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Hiya guys! Gosh I know I said I'd updae every other day since my internet returned, but it turned out that it still isn't working properly which is super annoying, so sorry!
So here's chapter ten which I hope you'll enjoy, have fun reading, also; I haven't found a date on which these event take place so I improvised a little since every source I've searched has said 'first week of june' just so you guys know
10 June 4 and 5 1992
Jennie Andrews paced back and forward in her living room, dressed in an oversized t-shirt and skinny jeans, bare foot and downright unable to sleep.
"What the hell is going on… why am I so fucking restless…? I hate these feelings!" she muttered as she paced around the table and sat down on the couch, annoyed and worried beyond belief without knowing why.
The whole day had been dull and she'd had a growing feeling of unease, and now, in the dim June night, she knew something was wrong and that something needed to be done but she had no idea what and it made her cranky, to put it mildly.
"C'mon think!" she ordered herself but as she already knew it didn't do any good; she had no idea what she'd think about so she was screwed.
"Arabella, I need Arabella, gosh I'm stupid!"
And with that said, she marched out in the relatively warm night, walked down the street in a pace that others would describe as jogging, ended up at Arabella's doorstep and knocked twice.
"Jennie, oh good! I was just on my way over, something is amiss!" were the words Arabella spoke as she stepped aside to let Jennie in.
"Glad I'm not alone feeling that way, glad I didn't wake you. Do you know what's going on Arabella?" asked Jennie as they sat down in the living room and were surrounded by cats who demanded scratching and various attention.
"I have no idea dear. I did actually owl Albus 'cause I think this feeling is magic related, but I have not yet received a reply", said Arabella and Jennie was unimpressed.
"I'll owl Minerva as well", she said and pressed two fingers to each temple in a desperate try to take away the ache that resided there.
"I like to think I have some control in all this mess, but the only thing I can control is Harry's wellbeing when he's here, god I hate it!" wailed Jennie and Arabella patted her knee with a soft look of concern.
"You do it well dear, just don't put yourself out."
"No chance of that happening, I'm needed here", mumbled the blonde and got up from the couch, smiling apologetically.
"Sorry for barging in, I hope you might have answers… I'll head back and owl Minerva and try to sleep. Bye Arabella."
"Sleep easy child."
"You too."
Jennie maneuvered her way between meowing cats, left the house and jogged back to her own, where she locked the door behind her and headed up to Sunshine's room; the owl was asleep but stirred awake when Jennie softly spoke her name.
"Hi pretty girl, can you take a letter for me?"
Sunshine hooted and jumped onto the table, looking eager.
Giggling, Jennie picked paper and pencil and se to work.
Dear Minerva,
I'm having a disturbing sense that something is amiss, Arabella does too and she has sent an owl to Albus because she believes the problem might be magic related but she has not yet heard from him, so I'm turning to you; do you know of anything strange going on, anything at all?
I hope to hear from you as quickly as possible.
Oh, and I've very much like to come over for tea! Great chance to see the school since I couldn't get to the first Quidditch game and all.
Sincerely
Jennie
"That'll do…come here sweet girl."
Sunshine jumped closer and stretched out her leg, looking important, and Jennie tied the letter to the thin bone, gave the bird a peek on the head and smiled.
"No be a good girl and fly safe but quick, and please don't return without a reply, okay?"
Sunshine nibbled on Jennie's finger and then she took of through the window and was fast gone in the night.
Jennie growled as she went back downstairs, the stupid feeling just increased by each minute that ticked by!
Muttering, she went to the kitchen and drank ice cold water straight from the tap and then she glanced out in the night and sighed.
"Might as well get some sleep…" she mumbled and headed upstairs once more, went into her bedroom and slid out of the jeans and crept between the sheets in her cold bed and close her eyes.
She awoke to screeching. Blinking, Jennie sat up and looked around; three owls sat on her bedroom table and that's where the sound came from.
She recognized them all, Sunshine, Hedwig and Minerva's owl Athena.
"Hi pretty girls, come here", she smiled and the owl jumped and flew onto her bed.
She took their letters and they all remained, Sunshine visibly relaxed but Hedwig and Athena remained stiff and important looking.
Smiling, Jennie opened Minerva's letter and Athena hooted as if saying 'hurry up and read and reply!'
Jennie,
Something has indeed happened; Harry defended the Sorcerer's stone against professor Quirrell and He-who-must-not-be-named this night and is as I write this in the hospital wing recovering.
The enclosed quill is a port key, touch it and you'll arrive by the gates of Hogwarts where I'll meet you.
Minerva.
"Fuck!"
Jennie leaped out of bed, donned jeans, sock, bra and a clean shirt and thicker sweater and shoes and then rounded on the owl.
"Sunshine, be a sweetie and fly to your room, Athena, you can fly home, Hedwig, I'll see Harry so you don't have to wait for a reply. Go on girls."
The three birds hooted and took off and Jennie glanced quickly in the mirror; her hair was a mess but it was nothing a braid couldn't fix. Making said braid, she picked up the quill and waited.
It felt like being pushed into nothingness, like being sick, like being weightless and heavy at the same time; she didn't like it.
When her vision cleared and her feet reached the ground, she found herself starring at Minerva, who looked pale and more put out than stern. Jennie also saw that they stood by large ruins.
"Uh, Minerva, why are we standing by ruins? Oh wait… the muggle protection charms, right?"
"Correct dear. Now, if you'll give me your hand we'll take care of this."
Jennie complied and Minerva quite bluntly slashed her palm with a knife, pressed her entire hand to a wall and mumbled something so quickly that Jennie had no way of hearing, and then the wall melted away into a gate and beyond it lay a castle, and what a sight it was!
Towers, walls and windows, all in a shining glory that made her dizzy and a forest that seemed to go on forever as well as a large lake in the distance.
"Oh my…" mumbled Jennie, awed by the sight.
"Oh my indeed. Now, let's make haste, Harry is thrilled to meet you."
"Right! Lead the way!"
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"Jennie!"
The sight of her little man lying in a bed in bandages and with cuts here and there make her heart ache, she abandoned all common sense and left Minerva in the doorway as she rushed into the room, to the bed and collected Harry in her arms.
"Stupid silly boy! Don't do dangerous stuff!" she scolded as she stroke his untidy hair and felt him shake against her.
"Jen-nie."
"Hush sweetie it's alright. You're very brave but I don't want you hurt. It's alright now, you're safe", mumbled Jennie as she rocked him back and forth and hummed softly.
"I saw… mum and d-ad… he to-hold me he could… bring them ba-hack", sobbed Harry as he clung to her and Jennie closed her eyes and prayed to higher power not to curse.
"I'm sorry little man but he lied… I'm afraid you're stuck with me and your aunt and uncle."
"I want to live with you!"
The sweet tingling in her body made Jennie smile slightly.
"That can be arranged darling, just finish here and come home", she whispered in the boys ear and he hugged her more fierce than ever, his sobbing slowly ceasing.
"I love you Jennie."
"I love too little man, I love you too."