Disclaimer: I own nothing in the Harry Potter world cause if I did then I too would be able to use magic.
AN: Some ppls think this a fan girl wanting to be in the Potter world? Well true, BUT this story IS a Harry/Draco story that is LEADING up to it. There are stories in the fanfic world where Harry or Draco suddenly have feelings for each other in the 3rd year and up and I like those stories BUT like so many others, I wanted a story where it all starts from the beginning. Where feelings, obstacles and people get in the way or help along the way. This story is like that, with a sister no less and all the baggage that comes with it. And Mind You, this is ONLY the FIRST YEAR, I still have a few more to go and most of that story is finished.
Sighs Loudly and I happen to like the name Roxanne, it's unique and a rarely used name and I love that movie. I mean how many people you know that is named Roxanne? Plus it's a total different character then the one in my Naruto stories; it's just with the same name.
Now that I'm done ranting, THANK YOU for the flames and criticism. Helps remind me that there are still people out there in the world (besides my hometown who love drama) that likes to put in their 2 cents of negativity. And Yes, I will tag it with an OC. Thank you once again and Enjoy this newest chapter that had me in stitches. LoL
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'Mental Talking'
"Talking"
~Parseltongue~
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Year 1.5
Having been gone for goddess knows how long, Roxanne took off her cloak and slipped on a coat, hat and scarf before running outside to meet Harry.
Running to the barn, Roxanne saw Harry waiting patiently with the puppies running around his ankles in the snow. Once he saw her, Harry ran up to her and asked:
"So what are we doing today, Oh mighty one" and to add effect, bowed. Roxanne smiled and curtsies back. Looping her arms with his, Roxanne replied with a glint in her eyes and smirk as she led them away from the barn.
"We, oh brother of mine, are going to brush up on our training since we haven't had a chance to in school. You offense, me defense and we start now" with that, Roxanne shoved Harry away and rolled to the side while casting spell after spell. Harry, having learned really young that you always have to be on your feet when it comes to training with Roxanne, jumped to the side and put up a strong shield.
From the backdoor of the kitchen, Mother and Father stood watching their children hexing each other to oblivion with a smile.
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A door clicked behind a figure and a swish sounded in the room. Lucius didn't need to look up to know who that is and what they did so continued riffling thought his desk, in search of something, anything so he didn't have to look up at the angry face of his wife.
"Were you going to tell me about her or keep it to your selfishly self, like most things, dear" Narcissa sneered the last word at her husband and smirked when he flinched.
"I was leading up to tell you" but got cut off by a slam of a fist on the desk. A very expensive desk but both companies paid no mind as they stared at each other.
"Lies! You were never going to tell me, were you?" Silence "Why?"
Lucius stood up and walked around the desk to stand next to his wife, who stared back with hurt in her eyes as he lifted her hands.
"I didn't want you to get your hopes up"
"She's the only one who could"
"I know, I know. But I just don't want you to get your hopes up too high only to be slammed down" Narcissa narrowed her eyes at Lucius.
"What are you saying Lucius?"
"It's been almost 11 years, Cissa, 11 Years since we've had contact. What if they moved on?"
Smack. Loud enough it echoed through the room.
"How dare you! How dare you imply that they forget us or have you forgotten: we are theirs and they are ours, forever and always. How could-" And she couldn't finish that sentence as a sob escaped and Lucius held her close, forgetting about the sting to his cheek.
"They can't forget us, they just can't. How will we live?" Narcissa asked but no response came.
Until a pecking came and snapped them out of their depressing daze, Lucius went over while Narcissa magic her face free of smudges and turned to her husband.
"Who is it from, dear" Like a switch, Narcissa reverted back to being a wife.
Lucius however did not reply and stood by the window, facing out. Narcissa called him out but once again no reply and so walked over to her husband. Standing in front of Lucius, Narcissa saw a look of awe on her husband's face before it changed to a look she has never seen in the last 11 years: Hopefulness.
"I think it's time we started hoping" Lucius said as he smiled and handed the note to Narcissa and watch as her expression changed from confusion, shock and surprised then right out gleeful. Jumping into the arms of Lucius, he spun her around as they laughed out in happiness and the note filtered down to the floor with the words that brought on such celebration:
'They asked about you'
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In the days before they are to head back to Hogwarts, Roxanne and Harry set up a routine of sorts. Hand to hand combat in the mornings after a good stretched and spells casting training for 3 hours during the day and for 2 hours at night, they mix it up a little in the dark. With the supervision of the parents or helpers of course. Training in the dark is a lot like hide and seek in the dark: you trying to find the others in the dark with just your senses but this one is with magic and what you can cast out to help you.
They've been playing this since they could run around, using raw magic at first to find the other and when each got their wands, it got more interesting. Any hex, any curse or counter curse, and defense spells are used. Sometimes they hurt, sometimes they sting but all in all, they never apologized to each other because they already knew the other was always sorry or guilty.
The levels they practice on is sort of hard to say as Roxanne is more advanced in most spells and Harry is more leaning towards defensive spells. Their parents don't know what level they are on but keep pushing them to exceed higher than the day before.
Three nights before they are to head back to school ahead of the scheduled time they are supposed to, Roxanne and Harry are in their room, facing each other crossed legged on the floor between their beds and eyes closed. Breathing calmly with their hands on top of each other palms up. In the one week they've been home has been almost nonstop training and if it weren't for the need to eat, sleep or bathroom usage then there would be no stopping, well until they crash from exhaustion but Mother would not have it that way. Anyways they are in a trance of sorts as Roxanne learned a long time ago that you can train your physical body as much as you want but only when you also train your mind with it will the results be surprising. This went on from after breakfast to lunch, then after lunch to dinner and after dinner on to bedtime, which could be any time since it is still a holiday. But this is the last day before heading to school for the rest of the holiday, Roxanne and Harry stayed in a meditative state since they got up. If one were to watch the pair, they would see their eyes darting here and there under their eye lids and their breath catching every now and then. Soon their breathing even out and their bodies relaxed before their eyes open to see the other, with smiles on their faces.
Done.
Hands out to each other, they pulled each other up and patted on each shoulder with a smile.
"Now we are ready" Roxanne said to Harry, whom nodded. And a good time to cause in unison their stomach growled loudly, that had them laughing.
"Lunch is ready" Mother called from downstairs and the pair didn't need to be told twice. Running to the bathroom, the pair cleaned up and then ran down the steps, trying to out run the other. In the dining room, they both sat on their chairs at the same time, not knowing who actually won said race. They looked at their father, who is reading the newspaper and didn't need to look away to know his children are looking.
"Harry" and confirmed who won. Harry fist pumped the air, while Roxanne rolled her eyes at her brother antics. Filling their plates and conversed in light chit chatter, Mother cleared her throat for attention.
"Roxanne, dear, did you advised Severus on the situation" Roxanne nodded.
"Yeah, mum, wrote him a week ago but never got a reply back"
"Maybe he got a heart attack from the first sentence alone" Harry teased
"Like a heart attack will keep him down, he'll just sneer at it and it'll wither away" They both laughed "But seriously, he's probably just wallowing in dread"
"Dread, why on earth would he do that?" At that comment, Roxanne and Harry shared a look at their father that spoke volumes.
"Oh right, sorry, forgot" and that just made everyone laugh.
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The morning of, everyone is scurrying around while Roxanne and Harry sat at the foot of the steps with smiles on their faces and cups of hot beverages in their hands, watching in amusement. They got up early, earlier than they normally get up and packed their trucks. Rounding up everything and setting them by the door, the duo then head down for breakfast. With no one about, they set to making a simple breakfast of egg sandwich and porridge. Reading the newspaper together and minding their own business is when the sound of an alarm clock rang throughout the house and both Roxanne and Harry set the newspaper down. Tidying up a bit, the duo made a cup each of their own hot beverages and went to the foyer of the house to sit and watch the scene unfold.
A loud 'Oh my god, we're Late!' came from Mother and the loud thumping of feet ran out of the room and the yelling started.
"We're Late! Mary, get the children, David, warm the car, Ele, get breakfast ready. Hurry" and Mother came rushing down in her robe and with rolls in her hair and went straight to the kitchen while yelling out more instructions and failed to see the children on the steps. Mother then ran back upstairs to wake up father from his slumber and the children could hear the loud talking.
"Madam, the children are not in their room but" Mary tried to explained but
"What! Where are they, find them, find them" and the door slam. The children snickered from their spot and Mary's head popped over the banister to see them at the bottom. She sighs, shakes her head and walks down the steps to sit by the children.
"You've been up all this time and didn't wake your mother" Both Harry and Roxanne shook their heads with smiles on their faces as Mary sighs again.
"I assume you have eaten and are just enjoying the show?" once again the heads of the children nodded with smiles.
"At least you packed, I'll get David to bring down your trunks and until then I'll help in the kitchen. Best for your mother to find you here so you can explain to her and not me" with that Mary took off and both Harry and Roxanne laughed. Enough so that it got the attention of their Mother as she reemerges from the room.
"Children, what are you doing just sitting there? Pack, get ready, eats and we'll go" Mother rushes by, assuming the children will do her bidding and disappears through the kitchen door. Not long after, Father comes down, yawning and rubbing the sleep from his eyes only to see the children sitting and smiling. Raising an eye brow, Father sits down beside them and give them a look.
"Trunks?"
"Packed"
"Breakfast?"
"Eaten"
"You ready?"
"Yep"
"Does your mother know?"
"Nope"
"You're going to tell her?"
"Dunno" Harry and Roxanne then sipped their drinks and smiled at their father. He sighs and plucks Roxanne's cup from her hands.
"Hey"
"Go tell your mother, both of you" and took a sip while getting up. Sighs "Coffee"
Harry laughs and tugs Roxanne to her feet to follow father to the kitchen where mother is having a hectic time with the helpers in the kitchen making breakfast.
"Darling, the children have something to say" Father announces and sits on a stool to the side.
"Yes, what is it, better make it quick. We still have toast to be made and the porridge and"
"We've already eaten"
Silence. Eerie silence like in those slasher films where the killer is in the next room and you're trying to be as quiet as possible. The helpers stood rooted to their spots, as still as possible and watched with eyes trying to look away but can't.
"What" said in a very calm, very low voice as Mother turned to the 2.
"Um" Harry tried to say but nothing and so Roxanne stepped up.
"We've already eaten, packed and are ready whenever you are" and said with not an expression on her face. Everyone else held their breath, except Father, who is sipping his stolen cup of coffee quietly and with no interest to the happenings of the kitchen. The silence after that lasted for a full minutes before Mother sighed, sat down beside father and shook her head.
"We are not having any more children, Adam, these 2 are enough as it is" and that broke the tension in the kitchen as the helpers, children and parent laughed. The helpers continues cooking a smaller breakfast and mother handed over the bowl of pancake mixture to Mary who passed over a cup of coffee, a much needed cup of coffee.
"Next time children, just cook breakfast for everyone so it'll be easier, ok?" Harry and Roxanne nodded and sat down next to their parents and all's well in the world again.
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Trunks in the car, kisses goodbye and off the car went on the semi long drive back to Hogwarts and the children are ecstatic. Each reading the books they got from Hermione and the driver humming to the radio playing some tunes. All is well until a loud outburst from the back seat caught the driver by surprise.
"Shit!" Swerve "Sorry"
"What the hell is the matter with you? We almost drove off the damn road!" Usually Harry doesn't swear at anybody, well he doesn't swear at all, that's his sister's category and its fine but today called for some drastic measures.
"Harry; language" Roxanne shook her finger at Harry but he swat it away.
"Fuck language, what the hells the matter with you?" Roxanne's eyebrow reached her hairline at the foul mouth on her brother and so held up her hand in surrender.
"Sorry, sorry but I forgot about something" Bring her hands down, Roxanne look to Harry with a look that said 'please'
"Sorry too, but what is so important to forget that you had to yell it out and almost had us wrapped around a tree for" Roxanne smiled and grabbed her handbag form the floor. Digging around for a second, she 'Aha' and brought her hand back out again to hand over an item to Harry's hand.
"A bracelet? You had us almost dead over a stupid Bracelet!?" and was about to rant some more out loud BUT Roxanne cuts him off by covering mouth. After much mumbling and more cursing in the English language, Harry calmed and stared at Roxanne to let go.
"Great, now that you are done spouting profanities, let me explain. These are my own inventions to conceal us from wondering eyes and ears while we are at Hogwarts snooping around like mice while everyone else is out enjoying their time off" Roxanne explained as she held up her own bracelet.
"I ain't no mice"
"Whatever dear. Now these are just for security reasons that if we decide to snoop around the restricted section or check out Fluffy or take a stroll in the forbidden forest" At the mention of those places, Harry's face drained of any color and sputtered out non-existing words but is being ignored for the time being. "If we put these on in the dorm then as we leave our spot on the magical map will indicate that we are in fact still in the dorm but in actuality we will be out and about doing Merlin knows what"
"What magical map?"
"The one that Dumbledore has so he knows the where and what and who map"
"Does every teacher have it or just Dumbledore?"
"Just Dumbledore I believe because if every teacher had it then we would have been in much bigger shit or every other bully at Hogwarts would have been caught faster. Be glad that is not the case" patting Harry hand as he stared at the bracelet in his hand.
"And as a side note: I like it when you swear"
"I don't, felt dirty just from saying them. Gonna need a shower when we get back to the dorm" Roxanne laughed while Harry smacked her on the arm.
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The rest of the journey to Hogwarts is made in comfortable silence and as they see the lights of the castle, Harry started bouncing in his seat in excitement that made Roxanne smile to see her brother happy.
"What we gonna do first?"
"First we unpack, you shower and then greet Severus and he'll tell us that Dumbledore knows of our early arrival back to school. Secondly: grab a bite to eat in the kitchen and wonder around?" The last being made a question for Harry, he nodded and waited for the car to fully stop. But Roxanne leaned over to the driver's side and tapped him on the shoulder.
"We won't be going to the main entrance like before, sir, we'll be going here" handing over a small piece of paper, the driver nodded and Roxanne sat back in her seat.
"What are you doing now?" Harry sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose.
"Why announce we are coming back early when it's better to go to an entrance closer to our common room?" at that Harry looked up in surprise.
"There's a different entrance?"
"Of course" and nothing needed more to be said when the car stops and the driver gets out. Harry and Roxanne open the door and get out also to see a concrete wall covered in green foliage from years of unkempt gardening BUT if one were to see every closely you'd be able to see the outline of a simple wooden door. The driver sits the trunks near the children, bid them good bye and takes off.
"So how do we open it?"
"Like this" Walking to the door, Roxanne rest a hand on the center of the door and it began to glow a swirl of green and silver before the greenery disappears and the door cracks open. Smiling at her brother, Roxanne waves her hand to levitate the trunks and walks through. Harry rushed in before the door could close and reseal itself.
"How did you"
"All houses have an emergency exit in case of any catastrophes that can't be fixed by magic alone and need to get the students out quickly"
"But how do you know?"
"It was first built when the school was"
"But how do you know?" again he repeated
"It was my idea at the time. Not all things can be fixed by magic, Harry and I having the knowledge of both the world of magic and muggle know that in an emergency situation the students are priority. BUT since there have never been any disasters, the exits 'disappeared' along with the memory of it"
"Wow"
Making their way through the dungeons maze, they came upon the hallway for the common room portrait and surprised the cobra that resides within.
~Password~
~Good day, Tome. Hope you had a Happy Christmas~ the eyes widen at the words spoken to him but smiled a snake like way when his eyes set on the children.
~Miss Roxanne and Mister Harry Potter; Happy Christmas to you and it has been a quiet holiday by far but only for now as I see you are back~ Tome snickered at his little joke as the children smiled back.
~Do we really need the password, Tome?~
~From this moment forward, you two will no longer need a password, my gift to you~ and bowed it's head.
~Well then, our gift will be minor in comparison to your gift~ Harry said as Roxanne snapped her fingers and gestured for Tome to 'come out' which he looked confused.
~Our gift is that instead of going from portrait to portrait, you will now be allowed to simple slither out of your portrait and explore the real world as a real snake (Tome hissed in surprise) but only for a limited time: which happens to be from midnight until dawn. Any stragglers that don't make it will be left out until morning~ As Harry explained, Roxanne stepped forward and held out her hand to Tome who is shaking, in either excitement or fear, but slid forward nonetheless. Closing its eyes when it neared the invisible wall that separates our world with the portrait wall/world and as it slipped through to glide onto Roxanne's hand; its eyes snapped open in shock. Smiling at the cobra wrapping itself around her hand and forearm as it looked around, Roxanne cleared her throat for attention.
"Since it's just us for the next couple days, you are free to roam about the ground and castle. I know how to get in without a guardian" crouching down and lowering her hand, Tome slithered off onto the floor and shivered at the contact.
"Yeah, it gets cold around this time of year but you are welcome inside to the fireplace" Harry offered the curious snake and when it nodded, the 2 curtsied and Roxanne waved a hand to the portrait door to click open. With one final wave to Tome, Harry and Roxanne came in to a well-lighted common room with a roaring fire and lamps on the walls.
"Good to be home"
"Yes it is, now let's unpack and greet Severus at his classroom. He just might be getting worried that we didn't show up"
"Or relieved that we didn't show up" Harry said cheekily
"Without a doubt that he's sitting in his chambers, feet up and a cup of fine brandy in front of a nice warm fire" Roxanne says as she leads the way to their room.
"So we shouldn't keep him waiting in such a good mood, right" Harry smirked at his sister in mischief.
"No we really shouldn't" and they shared a laugh while opening up their trucks to begin the chore of unpacking and organizing.
OOOOOO
Once everything is at its place and Harry took his shower, Harry grabbed Roxanne's hand and hauled her out the door of their room, out thru the hallway and portrait door and once they are out in the hallways of the dungeons did Roxanne voice her interest.
"You really want to see his expression, don't you?" Roxanne asked and Harry just kept pulling her along with a grin on his face.
"Alright" she nodded as if Harry had voiced his agreement and allowed him to pull her along to the classroom in sight. Before he could knock, Roxanne stopped Harry and shook his head.
"Best to do this right, sweets and to do that, we need to go thru this door and knock on the other door" Opening the door as quietly as possible, Roxanne lead Harry through.
"What other door" He whispered as they tiptoed to the front of the classroom.
"Ever wondered what that door leads to?" Pointing to the door right behind Severus's desk, Harry shook his head.
"Never seen that door before" says innocently with more shaking of his head.
"Liar"
"Fine, I was too busy reading the books and getting the potions right then wonder around my area, ok"
"For now" and gestured for Harry to knock on the door to his heart's content. Harry smiled and feverishly started knocking on the wooden door. Once done, the 2 listen carefully and they could hear crashing of this and that, a lot of cursing and hurried footsteps coming to the door.
"What?" a grumpy and angry voice shouted once the door open but froze when he saw the knockers smiling at him.
"Happy Christmas!" the children yelled in glee but Severus will have none of it.
"Oh, Fucking Hell!" and Slammed the door in their faces, the smiles wiped off and a lot more cursing behind the door as Severus cursed the world. A huff and Roxanne opens the door, followed by Harry smiling wider.
"What Language, Severus" Closing the door behind them
"And Such Anger" tsk'ed Harry as he wiggled his finger at Severus
"Pardon my language but I assumed that you were to remain home when I didn't reply to your letter, Roxanne" Grumbled the Potions master.
"Ah, that's the cause of this tantrum" Stifling his chuckles, Harry pretended to cough but Severus knew better and glared at the children staring back at him as innocently as they can.
"It's the holidays, why are you doing this to me? Why not just stay at your own home and badger your parents instead of me" It would be called whining but this is Severus and he would say it's not whining but talking with vast amount of emotions.
"We'll let you on a secret, Severus. We are back early cause we are curious about certain parts of the castle and wanna snoop" Harry explained as he wandered around the eating, living and sleeping areas, picking up this and that, examining it closely and put them back where he picked them up from. Severus, however, sat on his chair by the fireplace and covered his face with his hands and groaned in misery.
"As compensation, I did get a nice present for you and I know you'll like it" Walking up to Severus' chair.
"I've already received enough presents from you 2. What in the world could you give me that would make this situation compensational?"
"This" and revealing something that was hidden under her robes, Roxanne brought out a very good sizable bottle and handed it to Severus, who looked at it with no interest and so quirked an eyebrow at the girl.
"This is a special bottle I made with one of my rarest beverages and it has a, get this, never ending bottom" At that Severus almost dropped the bottle from clutching it too hard or too loose, not sure but nevertheless, he almost dropped it.
"What" not his finest moment but Severus had to ask.
"The bottle is unbreakable and has unlimited supply of a few of my finest and rarest collections. All you have to do is tap it with your wand, say which you want and it will be that in here" Roxanne tapped the bottle and smiled.
"Yeah Severus, now you can have all the drinks you want without paying a cent" Harry's 2 cents input is ignored as Severus stared at the bottle like the finest gem and if one to look closer you'd see a bit of watery eyes and the faintest of smiles.
Harry crept up next to Roxanne, grabbed her hand and smiled at her.
'IS that a tear I see?' Harry snicker quietly through their link
'Best not mention it or else' Harry nodded and cleared his throat. Severus' head jerked to the children, inhaled and regained his bearings.
"Well, Thank you Miss Roxanne. This is a lovely gift and I assure you, it will be very useful in the near future" Getting up from his chair, Severus made his way to his own collection to add the newest bottle.
"I bet" Harry said under his breathe but wiped clean anything when Severus snapped his attention to them.
"Now then Sev, before we head out of your hair" 'Greasy hair' 'Hush!' 'Well it's true' 'Ugh' "Would you happen to know if Dumbledore knows of our early arrival?"
"The Headmaster has been informed, by some other source that you did plan on coming back but I explicitly told him that you will not as I didn't reply and assume that you wouldn't. Yet, here you are so I'm not quite sure if he knows" Looking miffed at the thought that he got out smarted by a duo of children, Severus poured a glass for himself and walked back to his chair by the fireplace.
"Ok, one more question before we make our leave: have you seen my cat around the castle during the holiday?"
"Cat? You own a cat?"
"Black cat has white fur around its neck and goes by the name of Collar?" At the description, Severus discreetly inhaled and blushed and quickly turned away.
"Ahh, so you have seen him?" the children snickered at their Head of House having caught him at his coloring.
"Leave" Was not a statement but a command and having not been offended, Harry and Roxanne curtsied and left, laughing on the way out.
"Ugh, Kids" Once the door closed shut, a blacker then black moving object made its way to Severus' chair and rubbed against a covered leg. Setting the glass down, Severus picked up the animal and pets it as he picked up his glass.
"So, Collar, is it? Suitable name for you I guess" Continuing the petting, the occupants of the chambers enjoyed the quietness for the rest of the night.
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The silent walk back to the common room proved uneventful and boring, as Harry so pleasantly exclaimed in exasperation and comically threw his arms in the air.
"Ugh, Severus is right, we should have stayed home"
"Harry, it's only been 2 hours, maybe less I'm not sure"
"See, you're bored too because you don't know if it's been 2 hours or not" Seeing the portrait in sight, Harry groaned dramatically and slumped against the wall.
"Listen, Harry" Clicking the portrait open, Roxanne stepped in but continued talking to a sluggishly moving brother. "All we've done so far is unpacked and harassed Severus while taking a detour back this way. We have yet to crept with the crawlies and put our nose where it doesn't belong. Plus we still have to eat, so" and the sentence lingered right there. Harry paid attention to the sudden quietness of his sister and looked up to see a small tree decorated on the coffee table in front of the fireplace.
"I think Dumbledore knows we're back" Pointing at 2 bundles wrapped in glittering paper, Harry made to run over but a hand caught his forearm and so stopped.
"Do you remember what to do?"
"Now I do" Pulling out his wand, Harry walked to one of the couches closest to the table and sat down. Roxanne, every unladylike, jumped over the couch and sat next to her brother to see if what he learn can be put to good use. Having ignored Roxanne amateur tactics of sitting, Harry concentrated as he waved his wand over the objects to cast a detection spell. When he heard that his sister and parents already mastered the technique, Harry wanted to learn and asked his sister that same night as they got ready for bed. Of course Roxanne was ecstatic to teach him and in her own words: 'Then you can finally detect your own damn things without blowing yourself up' and it was meant in humor but Harry heard the underline tone – 'you'd better learn'.
Casting the spell over the presents, Harry came up with nothing and shrugged at Roxanne who looked perplexed at it. Pulling out her own wand, Roxanne did a different type of diagnostics and came up empty which confirmed Harry's previous search. Nodding her head for Harry to pick up his present and Roxanne left her on the table as is. As Harry unwrap his present, Roxanne plucks the card from it and reads it out loud: "Your father left this in my possession before he died. It is time it was returned to you. Use it well."
Opening up the present, they see a plain looking cloak and Harry gets up to reveal the full length of it.
"A cloak?"
"Not just any cloak, sweets, put it on" with a hint of smirk, Roxanne watched as Harry puts on the cloak and everything but his head disappears. Harry gasped when he stared down.
"My body's gone!"
"That is James famous invisibility cloak"
"I'm invisible?" and twirls around to see if he is fully invisible, well mostly as his head is till uncovered.
"Always wondered what happen to it. You, Harry are the proud owner of the rarest invisibility cloak and mostly likely the only one in the world"
"Who you think gave it to me?"
"Dumbledore. I guess before James passed, he gave it to Dumbledore for safe keeping and now that you are going to school here, this cloak must have been itching to get back to its rightful owner and like most magical items, it passes from family to family. Blood and magical laws and all that" Sitting down beside Roxanne, Harry pointed to the last present on the table.
"You think he gave back what you left behind too?"
"No Harry, whatever rightfully belongs to me gets magically transported to one of my properties on the second of my death. So whatever that is, is probably a trinket or book" Picking up the present and unwrapping it as Harry drapes the hood over his head so he is now fully invisible. Plucking the card from her, Harry read it aloud: "May this ever be part of your collection, which is if you don't already have it"
Tearing the wrapping off, Roxanne is astounded to find one of the rarest copy ever made because she knows this is not part of her collection. Harry leaned over and read the title:
"'Wizarding World: From Merlin and Beyond' what is it?" Not having been familiar to the book, Harry is curious.
"This like a first ever account of Merlin's life and practices. I have one of Merlin's spell works but never have I've ever in my hand held one about his whole life" Opening the first page, there underneath the dedications is an inscription.
"'For one so old, you are still young. Happy Christmas' well rude but a compliment nonetheless I guess. I'm going to have to read this in the private of our dorm"
"Why"
"When one has something so rare, it should not be show often or else one will lose it. Get my drift, brother"
"Yes, loud and clear, sister. So when do we snoop" Slipping the cloak off, Harry rolled it up and stuffed it in his pocket.
"Tonight: when the castle sleeps. For now, we find the kitchens and have a bite to eat" So the children stand up and made their way out through the portrait hole to find food, each holding on to their own treasure and smiling the whole way.
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