Chapter 12: Getting Ready to Leave
A few months later,
"So Professor?" Tara asked as she watched Taran stroke the phoenix that was perched on the back of his chair. "How long have you had Fawkes?"
"A long time Miss. Potter." Dumbledore answered.
"He sure likes Taran." She pointed out."
Taran simply grinned. For some reason, ALL magical creatures like him. He'd known Rosepetal the for about two years now.
Rosepetal was a young fairy he met when he was three after she moved into the large rosebush outside his window. He always wondered why no one else spoke the fairy language. She had informed him that he had been the first human to hold a civilized conversation with (and considering this was a THREE year old, that was saying something). She was the only being besides Taran who knew what had happened in that horrible nightmare that always came back on the thirty-first of October.
Suddenly, the door opened to reveal Harry and Ginny. Apparently, the dueling class had ended.
"Hi Mummy! Hi Daddy!" Tara greeted as she got up and ran into her mother's arm.
"Hello Love." Ginny said as Tara jumped in and hugged her mother. "Umph. You're getting too big for this."
"How was the lesson?" Dumbledore asked.
"Did you know that Megan received that wand?" Harry asked.
"It doesn't matter who knew." Ginny said before Dumbledore could answer. "The point is that the students have seen Priori Incantatum."
"True." Harry said.
"But as for your question," Dumbledore said. "I did know. Like what happened with your wand, Mr. Olivander wrote to me as soon as he sold it."
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A few months later,
"Gratzie Roberto."(1) Ginny said into the fireplace. "Arrivederci." (2)
"Well?" Harry asked when Ginny pulled her head from the fireplace.
"He said that he'll take them." Ginny said. "Are you positive this is necessary?"
"I'm afraid so." Harry said. "Luckily, I have a few ex-Death Eater spies. He said that right now they are planning. We still have time."
"What are we going to tell everyone?" Ginny asked changing the subject.
"We need a vacation?" Harry suggested.
"I changed the subject, Love." Ginny said. "I was talking about Rigel and Polaris."
"Sirius' little brother is a grandfather?"
"Tell me something I haven't figured out." A male voice said from behind.
Harry and Ginny turned to see everyone except the Blacks.
"I STILL can't believe that shrimp had a kid before his older brother!" Melissa exclaimed.
"Calm down Melissa." Jennifer said. "Even Slytherins have a right to fall in love."
"James?" Lily asked. "Are you sure Jennifer is YOUR sister?"
"Anyways," Harry said. "The you-know-what is ready for Sirius. I've even gave it a test run."
The looks on Molly's and Lily's shocked faces was worth it.
"HARRY!" Lily scolded. "That was a VERY dangerous thing to do."
"Lily." Remus said. "This is the man who went past a three headed dog, killed a basilisk, got within five feet of a werewolf, participated in the Tri-Wizard tournament, faced Voldemort numerous times, need I go on?"
"Point taken." She pouted hating to be wrong.
"What are they talking about?" Tara whispered.
"Long story." Taran said having read a short biography about his father since he taught himself how to read.
Suddenly, the floo system activated and only Spica appeared.
"Where are the others?" Ron asked.
"Sirius was trying to find the only outfit in his closet." Spica said. "I hid all of his robes and outfits except one."
"Which one?" Sara asked.
"The one he wore all the time." Spica said "before…you know."
"You mean that leather one?" Melissa asked. "I remember the first time he wore that. I swear I almost had to throw cold water on you."
"Here Spica." Harry said tossing her something that jingled in the air.
Spica caught the small item and saw it was a set of keys with a Gryffindor Shield keychain. She smiled and pocketed the keys.
"Hi Guys." Sirius said as they entered the house.
Everyone turned to see Sirius, Rigel, Polaris, and Vega. Sirius was wearing his old leather outfit.
"Hi guys." Megan said. "Whoa! Uncle Sirius! Lookin' good!"
"Sirius." Harry started as James chucked at Lily's groan. "Do you want your present now?"
"I thought the gift giving was done earlier." Sirius said.
"The bulk of it." James said with a grin as he held out a tiny box wrapped in red and
green.
Sirius took it from him and opened it only to find a note.
Look in the shed
The entire gang went out to the shed. When Harry waved his hands to open it, the kids
gasped in awe as Sirius dropped the box in shock and starred open mouthed.
There was a large, black motorcycle. The same motorcycle he had leant to Hagrid all those years ago.
"When? How?" Sirius was actually at a loss for words.
"I mentioned it to Hagrid a while back." Harry explained. "We found it and all of us have
been repairing it. He was going to give it back, but by then, you had already…well, you
know."
"You guys." Sirius managed to say. "You all fixed it?"
"Of course." Spica said. "I was the only Maraudette who actually liked that thing. Now,
are you just going to stand there gaping at it, or are you going to test it." She added while
dangling the keys.
He gently started to take the keys from her slowly coming out of the shock. However,
before she let go, she grabbed them again.
"On one condition." She said.
"What?" her husband asked.
"You take Vega and me with you." She said with a smile.
Lily slapped her forehead. "Honestly Spica."
"To tell you the truth," Sirius said coming out of shock. "I see no problem in that."
Spica gave him the keys and undid her robes to reveal her old outfit that she used to wear in her late teens-early twenties.
"That still fits her?" Melissa whispered to Lily.
"Hey. At least we all seemed to manage to keep our figures." Lily whispered back
Harry handed Sirius the helmet as Spica conjured two helmets for herself and for Vega.
"Do you want to come?" she asked her daughter.
"Okay." Vega said taking the helmet and strapping it on.
Sirius got onto his motorcycle and waited for Spica and Vega to mount. Vega mounted behind Sirius, and Spica sat behind her daughter.
"Hold on tight." Sirius instructed his daughter as he turned the keys. The motor started and ran. Sirius smiled as the memories came flooding back.
Suddenly, he realized something.
"Does it still fly?" he asked Harry.
Everyone involved nodded. Even Arthur.
"You DID have a special license." Arthur said. "Which reminds me…"
He threw Sirius a card. After he caught it, Sirius looked down on it and smiled. It was his license to drive a flying motorcycle. And it was updated.
"Thanks Arthur." Sirius said.
"Crank it up, Sirius." Spica said.
"As you wish." Sirius said.
He obeyed and drove off into the night.
"How long will they be gone?" Tara asked
"As long as they want." Jennifer answered.
"Can I go next?" Megan asked her parents.
"Sure/NO!" James and Lily said.
"Déjà vu." Remus said as he remembered them disagreeing on whether or not Harry would be allowed. Even though Sirius took Harry up whenever he babysat and when Lily had a girls day out. The one exception had been her first day out when Harry got sick.
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"Any news sir?"
"Yes. There has been suspicious activity in Albania." Dumbledore said his visitor. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yes. Ginny and I have already talked about it." Harry said.
"When will you leave?"
"After school ends. We're not telling anyone."
"They will be worried." Dumbledore said remembering Lily's threats the last time Harry left the country to train in magic.
"You'll cover for me again right?"
"Of course. Are you taking the kids?"
"Yes. We made a friend last time in Italy. We've already contacted him and he said that he and his wife will gladly look after the kids while we stop the still loyal Death Eaters from figuring out how to bring Voldemort back."
"Have you handled a replacement?"
"Neville said that he can give it a try."
"Do you know how long you'll be gone this time?"
Harry sighed. "I have no idea. Hopefully shorter than the three years last time. But there is no telling."
"In that case," Dumbledore said taking a vial out of his desk, "I believe you better hold on to this."
It was the memory of the final battle.
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The first week of June,
"Psst. Potter." A voice said in the fireplace.
Harry got up and put his glasses on. He rolled over and saw a face in the fireplace. Quickly, he grabbed his nightrobe and ran over to it.
"Yes?" Harry asked his spy.
"Plans changed." The spy said "My uncle on my father's side is leading them. He's talking about the place where it happened when Diggory was killed."
"Do you know what they're trying to do?" Harry asked.
"They're going to try to find both potions." The spy said. "The one that was used our fourth year and the one you used for Diggory and Montgomery…I mean Newton."
"Okay." Harry said. "Thanks for doing this. How are your wife and kids?"
"Fine. Yours?"
"They're good."
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That night,
"Taran. Taran. Wake up."
Taran groaned and was shocked to see his father.
"Daddy? What's wrong?"
"I don't want to worry you, but I don't want you left in the dark. Mummy and Daddy are going to stop some bad wizards. We don't know if we'll get there in time, so we're dropping you and Tara off at a friend's house in Italy."
"Okay?" Taran said wondering why his father was telling him this at three in the morning.
"We're leaving now." Harry added.
"What?" Taran asked confused. He wouldn't get a chance to say goodbye to his friends and family.
"I wrote a few notes, and Dumbledore knows we're leaving." Harry said. "Grab whatever you want to take with you."
Taran watched his father leave the room before running to the window. After opening it, he called out "Rosepetal!"
A three inch tall red and gold fairy emerged from the rosebush outside the window.
"Taran?" she asked sleepily. "It's three in the morning. Couldn't you sleep?"
"It's not that." Taran whispered. "My family's leaving the country. I just needed to say goodbye."
"You're leaving?" Rosepetal asked. "When will you return?"
"I don't know." He said. "Can you come?"
The fairy shook her head.
"I'll miss you." Taran said.
"Me too." Rosepetal told him. "Farewell Taran Potter."
After he shut the window, she added, "Heir of Hogwarts."
TBC
1. Thank you, Roberto
2. Goodbye
End Part I
A/N: Before I do the preview, I just have an announcement. I'm going on Spring Break and I don't know if I'll be able to post any chapters during my vacation. I'm not going anywhere too exciting, but it's a good chance to take a break from school. In other words, don't expect anything for a little over a week. Part II will be coming up next, so be prepared for more Italian.
On a side note, considering it's the 1st of March today, "Happy Birthday Ron Weasley"
"Tara," Taran asked while trying to ignore Roberto. "Do you remember when those people were talking about a boy-who-lived?"
"Yeah." Tara said. "He was littler than US when he defeated a bad guy for the first time."
"They were talking about Daddy." Taran said.
Tara's mouth dropped.