Disclaimer: I'm not J.K. Rowling so I don't own anything from her books, just the stuff I make up.

Okay so I have no idea why I haven't posted this. It's been through for a long time. But it's here now so that's what matters.

Chapter Eleven

Flash Forward

Alena stared up at the ceiling of her room at the Leaky Cauldron. She had been staying in the shabby boarding house since she was eleven, two years now. Her thirteenth birthday just passed but she didn't feel any older. Her life was filled with confusing thoughts and actions. She had watched her sometimes friend Hermione and her friends Harry Potter and Ron Weasley do things far beyond their age. Harry had already fought a fully trained wizard, met the disembodied spirit of Lord Voldemort, survive the horrible accusations of people, meet Voldemort again, kill a basilisk, and kill whatever Voldemort was this time.

Alena however watched in amazement, kept away from Snape, and then gone back to the Leaky Cauldron, not be visited by her father and so on. It's like Heather has completely cut her off from her father's life. The only thing she has gotten from him in the past years was a birthday card, Christmas card, and a necklace that he said belonged to her mother.

That's it.

But Alena wouldn't let that bother her when there was something more urgent in her new world. There had been a break out from the wizarding prison Askaban. A murderer was now out loose searching for something. The posters of the man were plastered all over Diagon Alley. Everyone was scared of him but Alena found her self feeling sorry for him.

Noise from downstairs had her getting off her bed. Her cat Jayde grumbled her disapproval as she was knocked to the floor. Alena ignored her and went to the door and stepped out. She climbed down the rickety stairs until she was hidden in the shadows.

The Minister of Magic was standing talking to Tom, about Harry Potter. She listened intently as she heard that Harry would be coming here on the Night Bus. She had travelled on the vile bus twice now and was not looking forward to ever riding it again.

And just like that Tom left and came back with Harry, his trunk and owl. She went back to her room before any one saw her. She closed her door and went back to her bed. Jayde hopped back on her lap and purred. She absentmindedly stroked Jayde between the ears. The cat meowed its thanks and went to the end of the bed. Alena pulled the book she had been reading off of the nightstand. She found her place and began reading about Quidditch. She found in her first year that she was completely in love with the game. She couldn't wait to get back to school so she could fly again.

While Alena was reading about a famous match her cat got up from its place on the bed and went to the door and meowed. Alena glanced at her then went back to reading. When Jayde started to scratch on the door Alena got up, "You just couldn't wait could you?" she asked.

Jayde sneezed.

Alena rolled her eyes and opened the door and froze. Harry was standing in front of the door opposite hers. He turned around as Jayde ran down the hall.

"Alena?" he asked surprised.

"Uh yeah hi," she said brilliantly.

"You're staying here?" he asked peering in to her room. She closed the door and stepped in to the hall.

"Yeah I am, and I have to go get something now, see you later," she said following where her cat had gone.

"Okay see you later," he called after her.

She ran down to the pub and out in to the little space behind where the gate to Diagon Alley was found. She needed fresh air.

What would people think if they found out she lived here? The only person who knew that she did was Hermione Granger.

Alena did her best to avoid Harry throughout his stay. Which became harder and harder when he kept walking in the store she was in. He even found her when she was hiding amongst the books in Flourish and Blotts. So she decided to give up.

"Hello Harry," she said standing up.

"Oh hi Alena," he said pushing a book back.

"So explored much?" she asked even though she already knew the answer.

"Yes actually, this place is so interesting. What about you? How long have you been here?"

She smiled, "A while, and I was just leaving."

He smiled to, "Well I'll see you back at the Leaky Cauldron then."

"See you," she said walking out of the bookstore. She went back to her room and collapsed on to her bed.

The next day even more fun.

Hermione, Ron, and Ron's whole family descended on the Leaky Cauldron. She had the mistake of sleeping in late and going downstairs to a greeting of a mess of red hair.

"Hey Alena," a girl with flaming hair said coming over to her.

"Hey Ginny what are all you doing here?" she asked looking at the packed table.

"We're here until start of term."

"Oh," was all she could say.

Hermione then joined them, "I forgot you were here," she said shyly.

"That's okay. I haven't been a very good friend either. I've only written about two letters to you the whole summer."

She beamed, "Its okay, my family and I were on holiday."

Alena exchanged some more words then ducked out back to escape. She went to the Magical Menagerie to see if she could help out. So she ended up restocking the back.

When the bell rang she froze. She peered through the door to see three people walk up to the counter. One was holding a rat.

She stiffened against the wall and listened in as Ron told the clerk about his sick rat. She told him that he lived past his life basically and gave him some tonic to feed it. Right about then, she heard a hiss and a thump. Ron said something but she didn't hear it over the shrieking from the rat.

She peeked through the doorway to see Hermione with a red fur ball her arms. Alena sighed, the devil cat might actually have found a home.

Alena slipped out the back door and went back to the Leaky Cauldron. She found her favorite place in the back and settled down with a book. Jayde found her and quickly curled up in her lap.

About half an hour later Jayde leapt from Alena's lap and went racing towards the back door. Alena peered over the top of her book to see Harry, Ron, and Hermione enter the room. They were chatting about something but when Hermione's cat caught sight of Jayde she jumped from Hermione's arms and towards Jayde.

"Isn't that Alena's cat?" Ron asked.

"Yes," Hermione asked looking petrified at what her cat might do to my smaller one.

"What's it doing here?" he asked.

Harry looked from the cats to his friend, "She's staying here."

"Why?" Ron looked around in hidden disgust.

Harry shrugged. Hermione, much to occupied with grabbing her cat, spoke, "She lives here."

Alena's cheeks burned as she watched Hermione reveal her secret.

"What do you mean?" Ron asked.

Hermione rolled her eyes, "She lives here, as since her first year at Hogwarts."

"Doesn't she have a home?" Ron asked with doubt clearly written on his face that someone couldn't have a home. He was too used to the finer things in life. Even if his finer things were a little dull and rough around the edges.

"She does but her family won't let her live there anymore," Hermione said grabbing her cat. Jayde hissed and then trotted off somewhere behind the counter.

"I couldn't imagine living here," Ron mumbled going towards the stairs. The other two followed. However, Harry stopped and looked in Alena's direction. He didn't say anything or smile but she knew what he was thinking.

He didn't have a home either. He understood.

Well that was a flash forward. I wonder how this is going to turn out?

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