Disclaimer: All of the characters that are depicted in this story belong to J. K. Rowling except the ones that are first introduced in this story.

Author's Note: So sorry I made you all wait so long for this chapter. Truth is ever since I finished the last chapter, I've been on somewhat of a break. And it hasn't helped that I've had mid-terms. Hope you enjoy. Unanswered questions are answered in this chapter.

Chapter 25

Angelica's Lost Love

The next morning, Harry lent Ginny the invisibility cloak so that she could sneak back up to her room. Harry hung back at the lake. He thought long and hard about what he would say to Ron and Hermione. He would not tell them that he was a horcrux, that much was for sure. That was something he would just have to deal with on his own. He would tell them that Dumbledore was still alive, that the Cup of Hufflepuff would be destroyed, that Andrew Donovan and Snape were his spies, and so on. It didn't feel right to tell his friends only the half truth, but Harry knew that no good could come from telling them the whole truth. He would have to tell them eventually, but for now he would just pretend that everything was fine for as long as he was able to.

Harry knew their responses long before he told them. Ron would have questions. The same questions that Harry had asked Dumbledore. The why and the how. Harry was confident he could answer the questions easily enough. Ordinarily, going through the experience again would be a painful prospect, but compared to his own death that he would one day have to face it didn't seem so bad.

Hermione would have criticisms. The same criticisms that Harry now had for himself. He could think of several things he should have told Dumbledore about while he had the chance. He should have told Dumbledore that Bellatrix Lestrange had control of Hogwarts because Dumbledore might know what to do about it. He should have told Dumbledore that he had achieved the Merlin Effect because Dumbledore might be able to tell him how to achieve it again. There were still so many things he thought he should have asked Dumbledore but hadn't because in the shock of learning that he was a horcrux, he had forgotten everything else. Perhaps he could send Dumbledore an owl, but he had probably taken precautions so that owls could not find him.

After deciding that he could not postpone it any longer, Harry got up and headed back to the castle. As he walked by Hagrid's hut, the door opened and Hagrid stepped out looking very pleased about something and holding a piece of parchment.

"Hi Hagrid." Harry said to him.

"Harry!" Hagrid exclaimed. "Where have you been? Ron and Hermione came down last night looking for you. Said you were upset about something."

"I just needed some time alone." Harry smiled to himself remembering that he had not actually gotten that time alone.

"Well ya shouldn't spend your time alone so close to the dark forest. It's dangerous. I was in there last night looking for you and I heard some noises from a creature I've never seen before. Weird grunting-like noises coming from the lake." Harry tried not to burst out laughing.

"What's the note?" Harry asked hoping to change the subject.

"Oh this? It's a note from Gwarp."

This was startling news. Gwarp was Hagrid's younger brother and a giant. Hagrid had once tried to teach him English while hiding him in the dark forest which had led to Hagrid getting the crap kicked out of him. Since the incident two years ago when Gwarp had fought off centaurs for him, Harry had seen Gwarp only once at Dumbledore's funeral. The fact that Gwarp had written Hagrid a letter raised several questions. Harry thought for a moment about which question to ask first.

"How did Gwarp write that?" he asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I would think that a letter from a giant would be, well… bigger." Hagrid looked down at the letter and chuckled.

"Well I never actually got around to teaching him how to write so I guess he got a wizard friend of his to write the letter for him."

"Gwarp has wizard friends?"

"Oh yeah, Gwarp's become quite a sociable chap." Harry had a feeling there was more to the story but decided he didn't want to pry.

"What does the note say?"

"Well Gwarp's been back to the mountains and he's successfully convinced a group of giant to come over to our side and fight against Voldemort." Harry looked at Hagrid with a surprised look on his face.

"Hagrid… you said his name." Hagrid smiled proudly.

"Yeah well I've been talking to Angie a lot. She keeps saying that we all need to start saying his name. At first I just tried to ignore it, but after a while it starts getting really annoying so I thought I'd just do it to get her off my back. Of course now that I've done it I just find myself doing it all the time. Speaking of which, hello there Angie!"

Harry looked up and saw Angie standing in the doorway leading into the castle. She was smiling at Harry her eyes twinkling. Those eyes. Those blue eyes. Harry had never noticed it before but they were just like Dumbledore's. Something clicked in the back of Harry's mind. Andrew Donovan was related to Dumbledore. Angie was Andrew's sister. Angie was related to Dumbledore.

"Morning Hagrid." Angie said in her normal cheery voice. "And Harry, where have you been? Ron and Hermione said you didn't come back last night." Harry shrugged.

"I felt like camping." Angie raised an eyebrow communicating that his answer was unusual, but thankfully asked no more questions.

Ron and Hermione's reactions were exactly as Harry had predicted. He told them the reason he had been upset was because he had gotten his hopes up after finding out Dumbledore was still alive only to discover that he would be dieing soon all over again. They seemed to buy this, as it upset them as well, though Ginny who was present at the time could probably tell that he was lying.

Harry had told them who R.A.B. was, and what Dumbledore had said about who R.A.B.'s accomplice was, but it wasn't until later that night alone in his Head Boy dorm that Harry remembered what Dumbledore had said about the memory. Dumbledore had told him that one of the memories that had come with the pensieve might help answer that question. Harry found his small parcels that all contained memories. Harry opened them all and read the notes that came with them looking until he found the right one. The note read:

This is a particularly happy moment between your parents when your father gave your mother a graduation present.

Harry uncorked the bottle and poured the memory into the pensieve. The contents swirled and Harry saw that he was looking down into the Hogwarts courtyard at a red haired girl sitting under a tree reading a book. Harry plunged his face into the contents and landed on his feet in the grass. Harry looked down at his seventeen-year old mother. Despite the fact that she was his mother, he had to admit that she was very pretty. Harry wondered briefly if all Potter men were attracted to red-haired girls or if it was just a coincidence, then sighed sadly when he realized that he would never know.

"Lily!" Harry turned to see who had just called his mothers name and instantly recognized the girl running toward them.

"Angie!" Harry and his mother said at the same time. Harry couldn't believe how fast he had recognized a young Angie. She looked so different, so much younger, and yet so familiar. Based on what he saw the Angie he had seen before was this young Angie, but where had he seen her?

"I just got my N.E.W.T. scores!" Angie said as she sat down beside Lily and handed her the piece of parchment. Harry peeked over at Angie's N.E.W.T. scores. It was mostly Es, the kind of grade Harry hoped for himself.

"Well done Angie." Lily complemented.

"Now let me see yours." said Angie. Lily reached into her bag and handed over her N.E.W.T. scores in a fashion where one would assume it was no big deal. When Harry saw his mother's scores however, it was clear that she could have rivaled Hermione for top of the class.

"Here's what I don't get about you." said Angie once she had seen the scores. "How do you get scores like this, and not go parading them up and down the halls showing them to everyone?" Lily simply shrugged.

"So, have you seen James' scores?" Angie asked.

"That reminds me." Lily replied. "If you see James, tell him I'm mad at him." Angie rolled her eyes.

"Why do you care so much what James does to Snape? I mean half the time Snape attacks first."

"And the other half?" Angie looked away. She clearly had no answer for this. At this point Harry began to notice footsteps accompanied by the muffled laughter of two boys. Harry looked and saw some of the leaves and sticks moving of they're own accord which told him that someone under an invisibility cloak was moving in they're direction. Lily seemed to notice it too.

"Don't look now, but they're coming this way." Lily whispered to her friend. An excited look came over Angie's face. Lily slowly pulled her wand out of her pocket. Then in a quick and also quite impressive move she tossed her book aside, rolled out from behind the tree, pointed her wand in the direction of the boys under the cloak and shouted "Evanesco!" The spell, whatever it was, not only knocked the boys back, but apparently removed the effects of the invisibility cloak revealing a young James Potter and Sirius Black.

"Damn Lily!" James said as he and Sirius sat up and brushed themselves off. "Where did you learn that?" He sounded impressed, but Lily simply put her wand away and sat back down under the tree. "Lily?" James walked over to the tree and stood over Lily. "Are you giving me the silent treatment?" She continued to ignore him. "Angie?" James said looking over at Angie. Harry got the impression that this was a conversation they had all had before.

"She's upset about what you did to Snape." said Angie.

"Oh that? That was just a little graduation present. I was just having a little fun." Lily continued to ignore him. "Angie, Padfoot can you give us a moment?" Angie and Sirius both nodded and ran off together in another direction. James sat down next to Lily and curled up next to her affectionately. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box with a bow on it.

"I got you a present." he said enticingly holding the present up so that Lily could see it. When Lily saw it her expression changed and she made a grab for it, but James moved it away just in time. "Ah, first you need to ask me for it." Lily held out for a few seconds before finally giving up.

"Alright can I please have it?" Lily asked sounding not to happy about being beaten.

"Certainly." James replied handing her the box. Lily opened the present and then lit up when she saw what was inside. It was the locket that Ginny had given Harry on his birthday. When she opened it, Harry saw that it already had their pictures in it. "I had it especially made by the jeweler in Hogsmeade. There's only one other locket like it in the entire world."

"James I love it!" said Lily. Harry watched as his teenage parents grabbed each other and started kissing. He let out a sigh. It was indeed a happy moment but it didn't quite answer his question. He now knew that there was one other locket like that one in the entire world and that one was the fake horcrux he had found in the cave, but who had that locket?

Harry glanced over and saw that Sirius and Angie were under a nearby tree, then looked back at his parents, then did a double take when he realized what Sirius and Angie were doing. The were kissing. Harry immediately ran over to them. Angie had never mentioned dating Sirius. In that moment, Harry remembered where he had seen Angie before. He had seen her in Snape's memory looking hopefully at Sirius. Harry watched as they finished kissing and Angie tried on the new locket Sirius had just given her.

The memory had ended and Harry was back in his dorm room. He sat down on his bed to think about what he had just seen. So Angie was R.A.B.'s accomplice. She had the other locket that was just like the one that had belonged to his parents.

But even more than that, she had been in love with Sirius. The reason that she had left the country wasn't just because her best friend had died. It was because she, like everyone else had been led to believe that Sirius Black had been responsible for it. She thought that the man she loved had been responsible for the death of her best friend. She had only learned the truth a year ago. That was why she had decided to come back.