Chapter 14: More Surprises and Birthday Quidditch
Disclaimer: HP not mine unfortunately.
When Ginny and Harry landed on the other side, they both knew Mr. and Mrs. Weasley would be following, so they stepped out of the living to figure out where everyone went.
They went through the kitchen and dining room, but no one was there.
After a brief hesitation, they walked outside to find everyone on the Quidditch Pitch.
Ginny pulled Harry back for a second and handed him a box.
"That's my present from me to you," Ginny whispered. "Thank you for the wonderful birthday, Harry, this is the best one I've ever had."
Harry smiled at her, but blushed at the same time as he opened the box. It was thick chain necklace and at the end, there was a pendent and room for more. The pendent already on there was a snitch.
"Thanks, Ginny, it's amazing," he said as he put it on. Ginny had put her necklace on too and Harry said, "Yours is the same. You can put more pendents on it, but that one can do something special."
"What?"
"If you press it in and you're in trouble or you just need some alone time, it'll take you to the meadow."
"Wow, thank you, Harry," Ginny whispered.
"It wasn't me. Uncle Siri thought about it too. I'm sure if I asked him, he could make my snitch do the same."
Ginny smiled and hugged him.
"You are the best friend ever, Harry."
Harry hugged her back, but let go so they could walk down to the pitch.
They walked outside to the pitch and everyone screamed, "SURPRISE!"
The pitch was covered in streamers and balloons and in the middle of the pitch, written on the grass in big letters, was HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY AND GINNY.
Harry smiled and Ginny was blushing, while trying to hide her face.
Sirius took out his wand and murmured a spell. When he took his wand away, his voice was a lot louder.
"Okay, for the first ever Potter and Weasley birthday party, we are going to have a Quidditch match. Potter's team versus Weasley's team. Whoever wins gets to choose a prize of their choice. It can be anything within reason. Now, everyone that is playing stand on one half of the pitch. The rest of you are reffing."
Everyone nodded and moved around.
Soon, there were fourteen people on one side of the pitch, including Ginny and Harry, and seven people on the other side.
"Okay, now, we have enough brooms for everyone unless anyone wants their own," Sirius continued in his magnified voice.
Harry went and grabbed his and another Nimbus for Ginny. Ron grabbed his and Sirius grabbed his.
Remus went in to broom shed and pulled out a broom that looked like a Nimbus. He smiled and winked at Harry.
"I'll take my broom," George said.
"Me too," said Fred.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley smiled like they were expecting this and said, "Accio Fred and George's brooms."
They appeared a few minutes later and Fred and George took them with quick 'thank you's' to their parents.
Bill called his and Charlie's brooms. Xeno called Luna's broom to her and his so he could ref in the sky.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley decided to ref from the ground, while Andromeda called hers and Tonks's brooms. Minny also decided to ref on the ground.
Susan and Amelia also called their brooms and Daphne and Gabriella borrowed some brooms, while Sirius called for Astoria's.
After everyone had a broom or decided where they were reffing, Harry and Ginny stood next to each other while everyone who was playing lined up.
"Ladies first," Harry said.
Ginny smiled and said, "Bill."
"Sirius," Harry said.
"Luna," Ginny decided.
"Ron."
"Daphne."
"Astoria," Harry said.
"Susan."
"Moony," Harry said.
"Gabby."
"Okay, this is where we stop this draw," Fred said.
"We only play together," George said.
"Which means, one of you gets Charlie and the beautiful Tonks, and the other gets us," Fred continued.
Harry looked at Ginny and nodded for her to pick.
"Fred and George."
"I'll take Charlie and Tonks then," he said with a smile.
"Okay," Sirius said. "Let's get this match started. Teams will have fifteen minutes to come up with a name and coordinate."
Everyone nodded and split up with Harry's team on the left and Ginny's on the right.
"Okay," Harry said. "I'm the best at seeking at least that what Uncle Siri keeps telling me. Siri, you'll be a beater and so will you, Moony. Charlie, Tonks, and Astoria, you guys are chasers. Ron, I'm trusting you because I've watched you play keeper when it's me, you, Siri, and Ginny, think you're up to it?"
"Of course, Harry, I'll try my hardest," Ron said, sincerely.
"So what's our team name, Harry?" Sirius asked in his normal voice.
"Oh, that's easy. We are the Gryffindor's, isn't that right, Siri? Just like mum and dad."
Sirius smiled at him with tears in his eyes and nodded.
"Just like Prongs and Lily, pup."
Harry smiled and Ginny walked over.
"We're ready when you are," she said.
"So are we."
We walked over to Xeno, who had decided to commentate.
"We are the Gryffindor's," Harry said. "I'm the captain."
"We are the Ravenclaw's," Ginny said.
Xeno nodded and we walked back to our respective sides.
Andromeda walked into the middle of the field with the chest full of equipment. She handed a bat to each of the beaters and handed Harry his new gloves.
"Captains, shake hands," she said.
Harry stepped forward and shook Ginny's hand.
"Good luck, Gin," he said.
"Good luck, Harry."
We stepped back to our teams and Andromeda released the bludgers. Next, she released the snitch. Harry followed it with his eyes, but it disappeared.
"Okay, everyone, mount your brooms. Keepers, head to your post, beaters and seekers in the sky. Chasers, hover above and we'll start the game."
Everyone moved to where they needed to be and the chasers on Harry's side, Charlie, Tonks, and Astoria and Ginny's side, Daphne, Gabby, and Ginny.
Harry watched from above as his team took to the sky.
"On my count, one, two, three," Andromeda threw the quaffle into the air and the game began.
Astoria caught the quaffle first and Harry had to grin. Astoria, unlike her sister, was amazing on a broom. She carried the quaffle under and over the other players and passed it to Charlie. Charlie passed it to Tonks and Tonks passed it back to Astoria, who was near the goal and took the shot. It went through the third hoop.
Harry cheered along with the rest of his team.
Bill took the quaffle and threw it to Ginny. Ginny took it most of the way down the field and passed it to Daphne, but when Daphne tried to pass it back to Ginny, Astoria intercepted it and made a goal.
This continued for a while until Ginny's team was up by ten and neither Harry or Luna could find the snitch.
The game went on for about an hour after dark, which the outside light for the pitch came on, and the game was almost tied with Harry's team having 230 and Ginny's having 220.
With a spurt of good luck, Harry caught a glimpse of the snitch and took off with Luna following. Harry caught it and everyone landed. Andromeda caught all the balls and put them away and Sirius gathered everyone.
"Okay, as it is Harry's and Ginny's birthday, and this place is very lonely, anyone that wishes to stay the night because they are too tired to apparate or floo is welcome."
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley let their kids stay, except for Fred, George, Charlie, Bill, and Percy and they flooed home. Minny stayed and so did Moony. Luna stayed, but her dad went home. Neville and Susan stayed. Amelia left with Augusta and Gabby stayed along with Daphne and Astoria.
Sirius led everyone that didn't have a room or didn't know where the rooms were and let everyone have their pick. Daphne and Astoria had a room already. Harry wasn't tired and Sirius could tell.
Ginny and Ron took the room next to Harry's like they always did and Harry sat in there talking to them while Sirius gave people rooms.
"Alright, guys, Harry lights out."
Harry grinned and went back to his room.
He looked at his dad's picture and remembered what he had said about the trunk. He opened it and climbed in. He went to the library that he'd come to love and looked for the book that stuck out the most. It was a book he recognized and was called, 'Vampires of the 21st Century.' He pulled it out and the shelf moved to reveal a room. It had a desk with several papers on it, but Harry didn't think anything of it.
He searched through the desk and found what his dad had been talking about. It was the lily that his mum had picked that had her wedding ring in it. He smiled and took it with when he left. He closed the shelf and went back up to his room.
He changed into his night clothes and set the lily next to his dad's picture.
"Thanks, dad, it's the best present ever."
James smiled and a tear fell from his eye in the picture.
Harry fell asleep.
Sirius had finished giving everyone rooms, careful not to mix the boys and girls, and went to his room.
"Gabby," he said when he saw her.
"Hey, Siri," she said and walked toward him. She hugged him and whispered, "That was an amazing thing you did for Harry and Ginny."
He smiled and said, "We had the same thing."
She lifted her pants leg to reveal an ankle bracelet.
"You still wear it?" he asked in shock. She nodded and Sirius lifted his shirt sleeve to reveal an armband.
She smiled and kissed him. Sirius kissed her back, but headed James's warning. He pulled away and pushed a strand of hair out of her face.
She leaned into his hand and sighed.
"I love you, Sirius."
"I love you too, Gabby, I always have and I always will."
She smiled and was about to kiss him again, but the door opened.
"Sirius," Ginny said.
Sirius pulled away from Gabby and bent down in front of her.
"Yes, Ginny."
"Sirius, someone's here. I don't know who he is, but Harry, Ron, and I were walking upstairs and we heard a little boy crying. We didn't know what to do."
Sirius was shocked. No one knew how to get into this house, which meant...
"Kreacher."
"Yes, Master Sirius."
"A little boy is upstairs, how did he get there?"
"Master Regulus asked me to bring him here when Master Sirius returned to Potter Manor. He said that Grimmuald Place was no place for a child and Kreacher followed Master Regulus's last order and took care of Master Rigel."
"Rigel," Sirius said. "Regulus had a son?"
"Yes, Master Sirius. He had him before he asked Kreacher to destroy a very evil thing he called a horcrux that was in a locket."
"Where is the locket?"
"In Grimmuald Place, in the drawing room."
"Okay, Kreacher, I would like you to remain here with the house elves. You can be Rigel's personal elf if you feel like it and that way you can follow through with Reggie's order."
"That would be perfect, Master Sirius. Thank you, Master Sirius."
Kreacher popped away and Sirius asked, "Ginny can you lead me to Rigel. I do imagine that he is quite terrified right now."
"Sure, Sirius," she said and led him upstairs. He was in the attic so Ginny carefully led him up there and then left.
Sirius walked over to Rigel and noticed how much he looked like his younger brother.
"Rigel," he said.
Rigel looked up, but didn't say anything.
"Rigel, I'm your Uncle Sirius. Please, come down stairs and we'll talk, okay?"
Rigel nodded and Sirius helped him downstairs.
Sirius carried him after that and helped him sit down in a chair in the kitchen.
"Kreacher," Sirius said.
"Yes, Master Sirius."
"Would you mind getting the other house elves up and whip us up something to eat and some hot chocolate?"
"Of course, Master Sirius."
"Rigel, would you explain to me what happened?"
"I don't know," he croaked.
"Do you know your full name?"
"Rigel Regulus Black-Bones."
"Bones, as in Amelia?"
"Yes, she's my mum, but when she had me, it was an accident and it was after dad had died. She didn't want me because Dad had left her, so when I overheard a conversation when I was about five, I ran away. I never looked back. Kreacher took care of me and kept me safe."
"How old are you?"
"10, I was born in the summer of 1980."
"So was Harry," Sirius murmured.
"Harry?"
"Harry Potter, he's my godson and lives with me because his parents died."
"So he doesn't have anyone either?"
"No and I think you guys would make really good friends."
Rigel nodded and asked, "Uncle Sirius, could I finish eating and go to bed? I haven't slept much since Kreacher brought me here."
"Of course, I'll go upstairs and conjure up an extra bed in Harry's room."
Rigel nodded and Kreacher brought the food.
Sirius went upstairs and woke up Harry.
"Son, I have someone that I want you to meet and after that, I'm going to put another bed in here."
Harry nodded and followed Sirius downstairs.
"Hello, my name's Harry," he said groggily.
"Hi, my name is Rigel."
Harry nodded and Sirius came back down.
"You two can go to bed now. Kreacher will clean this up and we'll talk in the morning after everyone leaves."
"Everyone?"
"Oh, today was Harry and Ginny's combined late birthday parties."
"Oh, when's your birthday?" Rigel asked.
"Mine is July 31st and Ginny's is August 10st."
"Mine is July 30th."
Harry smiled and said, "That means you're the same age as me."
Rigel nodded and Harry continued, "That's awesome now I have someone to hang out with closer to my age. Ron is a couple months older and Ginny's a whole year younger. Susan, Daphne, and Neville are around the same age, but are still immature and Astoria is a year younger too."
"Are they all here?"
"Yeah, but they'll be leaving in the morning and then it's just you, me, and daddy."
"Daddy?"
"Oh, Siri, adopted me and I've called him that since I was little."
Rigel nodded and asked, "Do you think he would do the same for me? I'd like to have a brother."
Harry smiled and said, "So would I."
"Would you, Uncle Sirius?"
"If that's what you want," Sirius said nervously.
"I would really like that," Rigel said with a ghost of a smile on his lips.
"Okay, then," Sirius said, "Now, up to bed, both of you. You guys both have a long day tomorrow and then, the real fun starts."
Harry looked scared and Rigel looked confused.
"No, it's not that bad," Sirius said laughing.
Harry led Rigel up to his room and said, "This is our room. If you don't like the scene I can change it to whatever you want."
"No, I think it's cool."
"Hello, what's your name?" James asked from his picture.
Rigel jumped and Harry said, "Way to scare him, Dad."
"Sorry," James said.
"Hi, my name is Rigel Black."
"Cool, are you Sirius's son or Reggie's?"
"Regulus," Rigel replied.
James nodded and went silent.
"Well, we better get some sleep. My Aunt Minny is here too, but I imagine she'll be gone real early because Hogwarts term starts tomorrow."
Rigel nodded and stood there for a minute.
"Here, you're about the same size I am. You can sleep in a pair of my pajamas tonight and Siri will get you some new clothes tomorrow."
"Thanks, Harry."
"No problem."
Harry climbed into bed and went back to sleep.
Rigel changed and climbed into his new bed. He finally had home and he could be happy.
So Harry got a brother and some really neat friends. I hope you all enjoyed. Please, review.