Hey everyone!
Well, it took some time – really only a few seconds to a minute, but I finally thought of someone I could bring in that could be a Proper adult and that could really fit well with the whole group of people already there. And also, was there not supposed to be a None-Reading chapter between chapters 6 and 7 of PS, but oh well.
Okay, enjoy,

Venquine1990

Chapter 10
Understanding Situations

Hermione's POV

The woman that appears out of the bright light behind me is someone I have never seen before and that makes me want to look at the books that don't have Harry's name on them, but then Sirius stands up with a large smile on his face and walks over to the woman with his arms spread as he says: "Andy, good to see you."
And while I just know that the name must be a abbreviation of the woman's real name, does the hearing of this nickname apparently make the woman smile at Sirius as he hugs her and she says: "Siri, I thought you were back at Aunt Walburga's old place. What are you doing in this fine establishment, you old dog?"
And while I just can't help but wonder if this woman perhaps knows of Sirius' Animagus form, does the man laugh and say: "Same way you came here, Andy, by a bright light and a power unlike any I have ever felt before. Now, would you mind if I introduce you around?" The man then asks, suddenly sounding like a true gentleman.
This however, only makes the woman laugh and she says: "I'd be delighted." Using the same tone of voice and making them both laugh, something that makes me smile at a beaming Harry, who still sits opposite of me and who is smiling widely just at the sight of how happy his godfather is to have this woman in his life.

Sirius then walks the woman into the middle of the circle and says: "Everyone, this is my cousin, Andromeda Tonks. Andy, these are Charlie Weasley, the second son of Molly and Arthur." Charlie nods and the woman nods back as Sirius goes on: "Oliver Wood, apparently an old friend of the other people here, including Charlie."
Another nod that is returned and then I am shocked to find myself introduced next as Sirius says: "Hermione Granger, Muggleborn and the Smartest Witch her age. Also one of the two people who helped me escape back about a year ago when the Ministry was on the verge of sending the Dementor's Kiss my way."
And while both Mss. Andromeda and I shudder at the thought and memory, does Sirius smile as he turns to Harry and says: "And you just can't tell me that you don't remember that pretty little face over there." Making Harry turn bright red, before the woman smiles at him with the gentleness that makes me know she has kids of her own.

Then her name finally comes down onto me and I realize: "She must be Tonks' mum, the one Tonks always complains about because of her first name and all that." And while I feel amazed that this is the same woman, does she smile at Harry and say: "Hello Harry, it really is lovely to see you all grown up and becoming mature like you are."
And this, while I wonder how close the woman could have been to the Potters, seems to shock Harry as Sirius wraps an arm around Mrs. Tonks and he says: "Andy used to help me babysit you whenever James and Lily were out, whether to fight for the Order or to – later – make preparations as they were starting to go down under."
"Why did you need help, Sirius?" Harry asks and the woman laughs as she asks: "Are you kidding? Trust me, Harry, Sirius was nothing like he is now. Azkaban may not have been something he ever deserved, but it gave him a sense of responsibility regarding you that he severely lacked back in those says, I can assure you."
This makes me look at the man that has already done so much for Harry while on the run in pure shock as he shrugs and says: "What can I say? I just didn't want my glory days to be over and so tried staying a teenager as I didn't want to believe I was losing so much alongside my own precious youth." And the man laughs in the end.

I then decide to investigate what I felt earlier and ask: "Is it okay if I ask for a five minute break?" And Sirius nods as he says: "I was planning to give Andy a quick tour and get her up to speed on things anyway, so go ahead. And Harry, no entering that Obstacle tower without either Charlie or Oliver present, remember?"
And Harry nods before he asks: "Who's up for some relaxing in the Grass room?" And Charlie and Oliver happily follow the lad as I ask: "Harry, where's the conference room?" But then Hedwig takes off from Harry's shoulder and keeps herself afloat in front of another door, making me smile at the owl as I walk through.

Sirius' POV

I know I told Harry that I would just get Andy up to speed, but I feel slightly bad about it nonetheless as I didn't properly explain on what topics I would help my cousin catch up on and I walk her over to the room that Harry and I already deemed was meant for the adult women of the group as I say: "Walk with me."
Those three words saying everything to my cousin as it was a little hint that grew onto both of us when we were growing up, a hint either of us would give the other whenever someone in our family became too much for our nerves to handle; me and my mother and Andy with her sister Bellatrix, something I still can't blame her for.
I then enter the room and say: "Pick a bed." And the woman instantly goes for the last of the four beds, which is in the absolute back of the room and after the light has vanished and a beautiful purple and black covered bed has appeared, does the woman sit on the side and motion me to come sit beside her, but I shake my head.

Instead of that do I start to pace at the end of her bed as the worries I have felt within me since I read the second chapter of the story and that have been adding up since even if the intensity of the feelings was constantly lessened by the others and by the Obstacle Tower, are they still boiling under the surface, putting me on edge.
"Harry's not raised like Dumbledore constantly told us, An." I then tell the woman, using a further abbreviation of her name to press upon her the severity of my words and the woman turns stern and worried upon hearing this as I let out an agitated huff, trying to keep my feelings in check so I can express myself as I say:
"I read about most of what he has been through in just the first ten years of his life and it's – it's almost similar to yours and mine, only with yours it was your sister, with me my mother and now with Harry it's his aunt, uncle and his cousin. The worst part is it's mostly his uncle and that man isn't even related to him."
The woman nods only once, proving me she is listening, while her body is now in a pose I often saw it in before she would relieve her worries with me, her hands upon each other, her legs crossed and her face an almost blank mask, bar the small downturn of her lips and the way she presses them closed and a little bit forward in her anger.

"Andy, he's several inches shorter than James was when he was twelve and it seems as if even his grow spurts won't ever be able to make up for that. He'll be the size of a teenager forever and while normally I'm not easily bothered by that, do I know the cause of it and it's that, Andy, it's the cause that worries me."
Now Andy raises a single, delicate eyebrow and I sigh as I really don't want to reveal this bit of Harry's past without his permission, but I know my cousin and I know that – even now – she still studies Healing and how to improve on the many ways of Healing, both well known and secretive and I painfully admit:
"He slept in a cupboard, Andy, a cupboard! Under the stairs! For ten full years! He even called it his own in the pages of the book. He grew up there and it's the whole reason he will never reach any proper healthy height for a boy his age or someone of the Potter family for that matter. A cupboard, Andy!"

I shout in the end, unable to keep my agitation back any longer and the woman sighs as she asks: "Is there anything else I should know?" And I nod, feeling relieved that the woman takes such a professional stance upon all this as it proves she is seeing the severity of it all and I mentally go over my little list before I say:
"He got used as a box ball by his cousin plenty of times, had his glasses broken several times so I can only assume there must still be miniscule parts of glass stuck to his eyes and skin, had been forbidden to ever ask questions, had been lied to about his parents and how they came to their end and didn't even know magic existed for 10 years."
The woman nods and hums, her mask showing signs of being near the verge of breaking and I sigh as I say: "And that's just what I know about his life with the Muggles. I also know he faced Dementors several times in his Third year and a few days ago, that he witnessed Voldemort's return and that he never talked with anyone of this."
The woman sighs at this herself and then stands up as she says: "Thank you for informing me, Sirius. Is it okay if I take some time off to come up with a proper schedule for Harry to start healing of all this?" And while I understand her hidden reason for dismissing me, do I smile at the elder woman and nod, leaving the room.

Andromeda's POV

"That Albus Dumbledore is A GONER! Next time I see him I am instantly pulling Dora out of the Order and am taking her, Teddy, Siri, Harry and whoever else needed a million and one miles away from that man! How dare he allow all that to happen! And then continue saying that Harry has to go BACK THERE!"
This goes through my mind and comes out of my mouth in furious shouts once Sirius seals the door to my room and – as he must have understood my reason for dismissing him – casts a few privacy charms on the door and while I feel grateful to the man for doing this is my anger at Dumbledore stronger than my gratitude.

I then remember not just the perfect little baby that Sirius allowed me to hold whenever he and I were babysitting little baby Harry, but also the amazing boy that I had met minutes ago, one that seemed amazingly happy with seeing the strong bond between me and Sirius and that seemed to genuinely care for my younger cousin.
To know that a boy like that hides all of those pains and hidden secrets and traumas makes me want nothing more than to strangle the ones responsible and because I don't think I will ever find the address of the ones named Dursley, do I decide to let my anger out on the one person who set all those events in motion in the first place.
"Albus Dumbledore, you better watch your step. I don't know how long I'll be here, but you're definitely on my list of visits once I get out of here. And you're very, very high on that list, be assured of that, you old codger!" I then think angrily, casting all kinds of spells on the wall beside my bed and envisioning it to be Dumbledore instead.

Hermione's POV

The study room I walked in amazed me, mostly because of how beautiful the conference table and the grate within it looked, yet I had easily learned how to work the empty bookshelves after finding a single chair with a bookcase next to it that actually had the book Bambi standing out a little from all the others on its ledge.
Believing that it must have been Harry who had gone here to read this book, do I wonder why he would chose a book like that and then decide to just let it go until I see him next and instead of that, do I take a seat in the chair on the right of the already filled up bookcase and do I reach out to the empty bookcase beside me.
Instantly magic allows it to fill up and unlike any other time, do I simply let my fingers brush over the book covers, trying to feel which one can answer my questions about why Harry's words about his comfort zones sounded so familiar to me and then, for reasons I just cannot understand, does my hand stop at a book about the Greek Gods.

Tilting my head as I read this upon the title, do I fetch the book from the bookshelf, just when Sirius walks in and asks: "So, figured out why you wrote those two sentences down?" But I shake my head and say: "That was an instinct connected to the other books. I'm trying to find out why Harry speaking of his comfort zones sounds familiar."
The man tilts his head and then bends himself with his hands on his knees as he asks: "And that's why you're reading a book on the Gods of Ancient Greece?" And I say: "I don't understand it either, but I just let my hand roam the shelves and it stopped at this book." This makes the man hum and then he pulls Harry's chair over.
I look at it shortly as I let my eyes roam over the index page of the book and ask: "So why was Harry reading Bambi?" Wanting to make small talk as I just want to get rid of that stupid feeling and not wanting to understand just yet why my magic chose this book as the two subjects just don't have any connecting points whatsoever.
Sirius then smiles at the book and says: "Lily watched that movie when she was in her Fifth and it stayed with her ever since. She told us this and we decided her first kid would be named after the movie. This happened while she was pregnant and in her last month did she knit these beautiful little onesies that had Bambi's on them."

This makes me smile at the very idea of Harry in a onzy with little fawns all over it and then the man says: "Sure would like to know what that story's about anyway." And he too grabs the book, lounging back in his own chair as he opens the cover and I decide to just get this annoying subject over with and read the index page yet again.
But then, as I do, do my eyes stay focused on three different names that are right under each other. Zeus, Poseidon, Hades. I look at the names in shock and think: "Zeus, Lord of the Skies. Poseidon, Lord of the Seas and Oceans. Hades – lord of the – the underworld." And instantly the whole thing makes perfect sense.

"Sirius, you can't let Harry know this." I then say softly, knowing it will break Harry apart if he were to ever find out that the man that died for him isn't even really his father and Sirius looks up confused as I say: "Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. The three Gods that controlled the three areas of the world that Harry described earlier.
Remember? He said he felt most comfortable in the air, less comfortable in water and the least underground. That makes perfect sense, because Zeus and Hades never got along either. Harry feels as if he's infiltrating the realm of the wrong god when he goes down into his vaults." The man looks shocked and asks:
"Why do you think that?" And I realize that even the man hasn't caught up, something that makes me sigh as I know that the man's loyalty to Lily will probably get a harsh blow to the stomach after hearing this and I say: "Because Zeus and the other Gods were most known for one thing – their bonding with Mortals."
The man whitens in shock and I say: "Harry is the son of Zeus. That's why he's such a natural on a broom and feels so at home in the air. That's why that tower is so easy for him to handle, it must have been developed for Demigods especially. It – it all makes sense, Sirius, and if – if Harry were to find out – if he were to realize that –."

And finally does it seem as if Sirius is onto my reasons not to tell Harry as he whispers: "That James died for him without the man really being his father it will break him." And the man sighs as he says: "I won't tell him, yet, Hermione. But I will tell him when he's ready." This makes me want to protest, but the man stops me and says:
"I already spoke with Andy and she's been studying all the methods of Healing since I was in my very fifth. She's still studying every new method she comes across and I know her. If there is ever a person where you can vent and steam and shout and curse and who won't even budge an inch or treat you any different, it's her.
She's exactly what Harry needs to get over all the traumas Harry has faced, both inside the Dursley Household and out at Hogwarts. And when he has, when he's on the path of healing, then I'll tell him. That way, that shock can just be another thing on his list and he'll come out of it the better person." And this makes me smile at him.

And that's that!
Like I said earlier, this was not supposed to be a chapter between readings it was supposed to have a short start of everyone taking a break and then move into the next chapter, however my fingers took over and when I realized the diversity of POV's and that there were already a few pages in, did I decide to change tactics.
Okay, so Sirius and Hermione know about the Demigods, the Olympians and Harry being the son of Zeus. This doesn't mean anyone else will find out or that Harry will be informed any time soon, I just wanted some of my readers aware of the Olympians before the PJ crew were to arrive or before the PJ books were to be read.
Hope that clears it up,

Venquine1990