Boiling Isles Ch.2
Luz and Harry were already half way back to No.4 Privet Drive when an older woman who was crouched over slightly and had white hair and said 'Are you alright Harry? Those Dementors didn't hurt anybody did they? I knew Fletcher was untrustworthy' Luz seemed to be taken aback by the woman while Harry was confused….from multiple things he might add but at the moment it was about why Mrs. Figg knew what a Dementor was and what she was doing out at this time.
Harry asked 'Mrs FIgg, how do you know what a Dementor is? And who's Fletcher?' Mrs Figg snorted and said 'use your brain boy, I know you inherited one from your mother. As for Fletcher he was meant to be on guard duty tonight for the order. I told Dumbledore he would be no good but did he Listen! No of course not because I'm just Mrs Figg, a Squib, what would I possibly know about apart from keeping an eye on you since your were a wee babe"
Harry Blushed at that but it clicked a few seconds later what she was and she said 'you're a squib, just like Filch, and the order, Is that what Ron and Hermione have been talking about all summer in their letters?' Luz finally chose to speak up, moving her fringe out of the way of her hazel eyes and said 'hi, so what's a squib' before Harry could answer her question, The woman Mrs FIgg said 'and who the bloody hell are you meant to be?' Luz smiled and 'Nuz Noceda, mam. I ran into young Harry here at the park.' Mrs Figg studied Luz curiously and said 'you don't look like a threat….BUt you never knows these day, new alliances are being drawn'
Luz faced Harry and asked 'Alliances?' Harry nodded grimly while he tried to figure out why the Order was guarding him but not letting him stay with them wherever Ron and Hermione are but told his new friend 'The War I mentioned in the park', a look of understanding appeared on Luz face and she looked down grimly and said 'well that not any good, coming to Magical Britain to find my dad only to come when was is breaking out….sorta typical ot be honest' Figg was still looking FIgg up and down and said, 'I don't exactly trust you but Harry seems to trust you, right you get his things while I will make a Floo Call to Dumbledore, I will mention you to. Quick Question, where do you come from lassie?' Luz let the name of her home slip past her lips without any trouble at all 'I come from the Boiling Isles.'
The Two others look at her strangely but Mrs FIgg just rolled with it and said 'Don't keep your eyes off him, you never know when someone else might try to take a strike at you' She hurried off much quicker than anyone could have ever expected a woman of her age to go at. Luz turned to face her young friend and asked 'So how far away is your house from here?', Looking around Harry replied 'about another 5 minutes away, why?' Luz grinned and resummoned her staff which vanished after a small time of being inactive. Luz let the white staff float while the blue and white owl on top screeched. Sitting down on the Staff she said 'Hop on.' Harry got on nervously. He loved flying but this was someone else's broom which didn't look like it could hold more than one person. However he was pleasantly surprised when it extended and nothing happened when he sat down. It took his additional weight with no issue. She asked him 'so what's your house number and name?' Harry spoke nervously 'No.4 Privet Drive' Luz grinned madly and said 'Owlzura, you heard the lad, off we go.' The Staff/Broom shot of flying as Harry held on for dear life, his arms barely clinging to the other woman's stomach who was grinning as they shot along the streets with pinpoint accuracy, passing Mrs Figg within minutes.
The Staff came to a stop in front of a line of identical houses, with perfectly trimmed gardens and identical cars lining the driveways. Luz whistled quietly and muttered under her breath 'Jeez Esto es inquietante' Harry didn't understand what she said and was slowly coming to the conclusion that why she spoke ENglish she was also fluent in another, German or Spanish maybe? (Sure him he never really got to learn languages in school) Harry got off the Staff and stretched saying 'That picked up speed quicker than any broom I've ever used, which is saying something cause I own the current fastest broom on the market' Luz smiled rolling her eyes, 'Kid, How many times do I have to say I'm not from your kind of world. This is my staff. It's a source of raw magic energy connected to me through my Palasmin, OwlZura.'
Luz stood up of her Staff and it vanished into thin air, 'we should start gathering your things, Is that your house here?' Harry nodded and Luz made her way up to the front door, lifting her knee up before letting out a powerful quick that would have torn down the door anyway but due to luz activating the wind magic in the soles of boots it sent the door flying across the hallway of No. 4 Privet Drive, crashing into the kitchen creating a large bang as splinters of wood were sent flying. Luz didn't give two cents about these people, if they were neglecting or abusing a child, in her eyes they were monsters that deserved to suffer just as much if not more than the former Emperor Belos.
From within the house there was a large bang and a deep, but oddly high pitched voice yelled 'what the bloody hell was that! Was that you boy! You're already in trouble for hurting Dudley, if you have damaged something of mine you will never see outside ever again!' A LArge obease man came around the corner, his grey/white hair sticking up in frustrating as his mustache seemed to twist and twirl. He looked Luz up and down and said 'who the hell are you! What are you doing breaking into my house!' Luz looked at the man quickly realising what he was,a bigot how hated everything he didn't consider normal which she definitely wasn't to him, it also became very easy to tell he hated magical folk and she could use that to her advantage. She resumonned her staff for something like the 5th time that night and said, 'Who I am does not matter, what I', here to do however does. I'm here to remove Harry Potter from your care for gross negligence and potential abuse. If you want to try and stop me, you're more than allowed to try but it won't end well for you, just look at your Son.' Shooting a Light spell up at the Ceiling blinding him and Harry who did try to cover his eyes.
The Large man groaned as Luz turned to face Harry saying 'Go grab your stuff from your room, I will keep an eye on him and anyone else.' slowly making his way over to the man she prodded him with her staff pushing him into what Luz believed to be the living room. Harry ran up the stairs the moment Luz and his Uncle Vernon were out of the hallway so he could collect his non Magical things which mostly consisted of sweets that Hermione and Ron had bought him to help him last through the summer. He started piling the few non robes he had into his Trunk which was currently empty and Picked up Hedwig's cage, hedwig screeching and clawing to get out. Putting a finger against the cage, his oldest friend nibbled at his hand, Harry muttered 'I will let you out soon girl, just wait a little bit longer' that seemed to calm the snow white barn down for the moment.
Downstairs Luz watched the "Guardians" of Harry carefully, from everything Harry had told her about his trouble they seemed like horrible people, much worse than Mrs Blight was before Amity stood up to her and finally managed to get her dad to grow a backbone and defend his children. All three of them were hiding in a corner shaking in their boots as she glared at them, her staff with Owlzura on top aimed at them, daring them to do something they would regret.
It was hard to believe that only 3 days ago she had finally been told the truth about who she was from her mamá right before she was set to return to the boiling Isles, and now she was here in Surrey England dealing with a Magical kid called Harry Potter who had neglectful guardians….As a magic explorer for the boiling isles her life was chaotic but everything going on at the moment took things to a whole other level.
3 Days earlier
'Mamá where is my toothbrush?' Luz was rushing around trying to find everything she needed for her next stay in the isles. She had only been home for about a week but she wanted to get back to Amity soon. The Two of them had been planning a big get away for the past few months and this week was going to be the first chance either of them were going to be able to get away from their jobs to go. Luz knew everything she needed to go but in typical fashion she could never find any of it.
From the kitech her mother called out to Luz 'Cariño can you come through here, ¿Por favor?' Luz came through slowly concerned as she saw her mom sitting at a table with a shot of whiskey on the table and said 'Seguro mamá' sitting down across from her mamá she asked 'what's wrong?' downing the shot of whiskey her mom looked at her and said 'I...I think it's time to tell you the truth about your father' Luz dropped the toilet bag she was holding on the table. Her mom never spoke about her dad and it was almost considered a banned topic. She straightened her back and asked 'What sobre mi papá?'.
Luz's mum sighed and said 'The truth is Cariño, is that your father isn't human, at least not fully.' Luz's eyes widened….could she maybe be an actual quarter witch or something.' Luz leaned forwards and asked 'What do you mean by that?' her mom refused to look at her so she firmly said 'mamá!' her mom sighed and said 'He is not from the Boiling Isles if that is what you're wondering. No he is from Earth. The truth of what he is is the main reason I tried to get you to stop being so interested in the fantasy world when you were younger. The Truth is, your father is a Wizard.'
Luz's eyes got wider and wider. Her dad could use magic. Was it really because of the titan that she had been able to use glyphs in the past or was it because she magic blood in her anyway...no It couldn't be that, she wasn't able to use magic Earth originally and it was only through years of intense training that she had been able to learn how to use magic on it. SO if her dad was magical then why couldn't she use magic then… Her mom could tell Luz's mind was going at hundred miles per hour trying to work out what was going on.
Luz sighed and said 'In what way was he magical?' Her mom tapped the table, 'he's a part of a community of WIzards and Witches who live across the globe. Unlike you or amity who use glyphs or just magic that comes from within, they need wands to use their magic.'
Luz nodded slowly as she took in what her mom was telling her, she was starting to wonder why she didn't have any magical abilities before going to the Isles. Her Mom sighed 'The reason I never told you about tany of this is because I didn't want to disappoint you when your magic didn't show up when it meant to. Remember Dr. Snap? He was a Wizard and confirmed you are what they call a Squib. Someone who comes from a magic family but can't use it themselves. I didn't want to disappoint you if you found out that there were other people who could use magic and when you couldn't...Lo siento mucho luz.
Putting an arm against her mom's arm, Luz asked 'So how did you meet a Wizard?' Her mother smiled and said 'I was in Spain for my Cousin's 21st, I was 18 and because of the drinking laws their, I decided to go to a puband I met this handsomely rugged man from England, por el señor estaba caliente' Luz rolled her eyes as her mom got slightly off topic. Her mom shook her head and said 'Anyways, we hit it off and we dated for the month we were both in spain. I was 19 and he said he was 18. Anyway we had fun...I definitely enamoré de el but then his Mother found out and forced us to end it and he was sent back to England before I could tell him where I lived. Then it turned out I was pregnant with you.'
Luz smiled slightly, finally learning some information about her dad which she never knew before. Now she needed to meet him if he was still alive. She needed to explore this new magical community (If she didn't she would be failing at her job). Luz grabbed her mom and said 'I understand why you didn't tell me but what was his name?!' Her mom smiled and said 'He liked to go by "Canuto" But his real name was...'
Present Day
Luz snapped back to reality as she heard Harry drag his trunk down the stairs 'So is that everything?' she asked keeping Owlzura aimed at the others in the room. Harry shook his head and said 'There are some things in the cupboard that I need to grab.' Luz nodded but moved forwards slightly to allow Harry to get into the cupboard. Luz's eyes blazed red when she saw what was in the cupboard. It wasn't the fact that almost all of Harry's magical equipment was hidden away in a cupboard, oh no her mom did that to her stuff too. No. It was the fact that there were drawings on the wall,a pair of socks on the side of the cupboard and last but not least a set of blankets that had clearly been used for sleeping. They had forced someone to live under the cupboard of their stairs. It didn't take much for Luz to put everything together as she slammed her staff down onto the ground creating a loud bang.
Suddenly all of the objects in the cupboard that were Harry's floated into his Trunk while a bunch of items that Harry had only ever seen in the Attic was placed into the trunk too. Luz said angrily 'Harry Go outside and wait for me!' The tone in her voice made it clear to Harry that he had to as he told as he started to drag his trunk out of the house which was much lighter than normal even though there was more in it. Was this part of Luz's magic?
Luz turned to face the trio still in the house and pointed her staff at the chair next to them and sent a ball of fire towards inceriating it. 'Ustedes monstruos, you're lucky that I'm not killing you. Now leave this house and never return.' Slamming her hand into the ground a set of vines crashed up through the house, trapping them where they were. Luz took several deep breaths before going outside, where she found Harry talking to the older Woman Mrs FIgg. Going up to them Mrs FIgg said, 'Professor DUmbledore has said for you to come to this address immediately, and to take Harry with you. Hurray off and safe travels. Going inside, hoping not to anger the witch from the boiling Isles.
Luz showed the piece of paper with the address to Owlzuea who hooted out into the night as she secured Harry's trunk onto the edge of the staff 'there, that should be secure enough, Do you want to let your owl fly by us?' He owns an owl? Went through Luz's head, sure she has an owl palasmin but they aren't the same thing. She shook it off as Harry let the White snowy owl out of its cage and it flew out into the night sky. SHe assumed that the Owl could follow them if Harry trusted the Owl to be let out. Luz stretched her body and said to Harry. 'Right pass that over here and then we can head off towards ….12 Grimmauld Place...strange name but okay.' He handed the cage over to her and she finished tightening it in before hopping onto the Staff, swinging her legs around to get comfortable, twisting her neck she said 'get on board'.
Harry hopped onto the staff feeling uneasy, he really wasn't sure how it could hold both of them and his trunk when even his broom couldn't do that but he trusted her enough to get onto it. He wrapped his arms around his waist and was surprised to find that she was wearing the T-shirt that he had met her in again. How had he not noticed that she had changed back. My next thought was oh god she is extremely muscular and could probably crush me. Obviously that vest was made of a thick material for him to have not felt it last time.
The staff left the ground and slowly started going up into the night sky beyond the clouds, Without turning around Luz said 'I'm not going so fast because we are going far enough up that there is less oxygen and going at fast speeds will limit how much we can breath as well. However I'm not willing to go fast on the ground if we are going into London which we are' Since Harry frequently flew on his broom at high altitudes in matches of QUidditch. Harry decided to ask her something that had been on his mind since she fought off the dementor and asked 'So, how is it that you do magic exactly, you keep saying it's not the same way as me but you're still using it.'
Luz smiled not that Harry could see it and said 'Spoilers Mr Potter, I will tell you more when it's safe, anything else you want to ask me though?' Luz knew there were other things that he wanted to ask. She could see the gears turning in his head in the same way that the gears turned in Amity or Gus's head when they didn't know something or were trying to figure something out.
Finally after a couple of minutes he decided to ask 'Earlier you mentioned your dad as the main reason you came here? What's his name? Professor Dumbledore should be able to track him down for you.' Luz hummed over it for a couple of minutes before stating 'My Mom said he liked to go by Canuto but his actual name is Sirius Black.'
A/N Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for the positive reception of the first chapter. I know I said not to expect another chapter as I will update when I want to but the moment I finished the first chapter I had an itch to write the second chapter and reveal the father! Dun-Dun-Dun! Till next time folks