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Chapter 3: Grimmauld Place
~ HARRY ~
'I can't believe they just left me here! How am I supposed to eat?' Harry's thoughts were clouding his mind. After days of being locked in his room, with only small rations of food every few hours, the Dursley's had "went out" without him. 'I wonder if they're ever coming back...' With that happy thought in his mind, he heard a crash come from the kitchen.
"Tonks!" he heard someone yell in a whisper from downstairs. The voice that yelled sounded familiar. "Sorry." That sounded like a woman's voice.
Harry heard footsteps making their way up the stairs and grabbed his wand. It was dark and couldn't see. But when his bedroom door swung open to reveal six people standing outside in the hallway, he became confused.
"Lower your wand, boy, before you take someone's eye out," came the familiar voice heard yelling 'Tonks.' "Professor Moody? What are you doing here?" Moody lit the tip of his wand and walked slowly towards Harry. "We're here to rescue you, and I'm no Professor."
Harry remembered that his former Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher wasn't really Moody, after all. "Who are all these people?" Harry only recognized Moody. The other five people consisted of a young woman with bright pink hair, a tall man with dark skin wearing blue robes, another woman a bit older than the pink haired one, a man that was undoubtedly the oldest of the group, and finally, a girl that looked his age with hair that would have made him believe she was a Weasley, had he not met all of them already.
"We can take care of all those introductions downstairs. Come on, Potter." Moody started limping out of the room, followed by Harry and the rest of the group. They all made their way into the living room where Moody sat down on the sofa and motioned for Harry to sit next to him. When Harry sat, each of the members of the group began introducing themselves while taking their seats.
"Hi Harry, my name is Tonks. It's an honor to meet you." The pink haired woman made her way over to Harry and smiled at him while shaking his hand. Next came the man in blue robes. "Kingsley Shacklebolt, Mr. Potter. It's a pleasure," he spoke in a heavy accent. "I'm Emmeline Vance," said the oldest of the women. "Elphias Doge, big admirer!" The old man had a bit of a quiver to him.
Finally, the ginger-haired teenager spoke. "Hi! I'm Amelia Pond. I've heard so much about you Harry." She had a wide smile on her face as she approached Harry. 'She must be related to the Weasley's,' thought Harry. "Um, can I ask you something, Amelia?" She looked confused, but nodded anyway, letting him know to continue. "Are you by any chance related to the Weasley's?" Amelia broke out into laughter. "No, I'm not. The Weasley's aren't the only gingers in the world, you know."
"Alright, Pond, enough talking. Go help Potter with his things. Tonks!" The pink haired woman whipped around. Apparently, she had just crashed into one of aunt Petunia's favorite vases. Amelia leaned towards Harry and whispered something in his ear. "She's a bit clumsy, but you'll learn to love her." Harry and Amelia ascended the stairs and entered Harry's room.
"How can I help you pack?"
"I guess you can start putting my subject books into my trunk."
Amelia began placing books into Harry's trunk while Harry started gathering his clothes together. He decided that while they were packing, they might as well make conversation. "I don't think I've seen you at Hogwarts. Do you attend Beauxbatons?" Amelia chuckled slightly and turned to face him "No, I don't attend Hogwarts. But I don't attend Beauxbatons either. I'm not allowed to go the school, there's too much danger."
Harry stopped packing his clothes when he heard the word 'danger.' Now he turned and faced Amelia "What do you mean 'danger'? Danger in Hogwarts? And what do you mean you're not allowed, your parents don't allow you?"
Harry felt slightly offended when he heard her say she wasn't allowed to attend school. Every witch and wizard had to attend school. Wasn't it mandatory? Amelia's face fell from her usual smile to a slight frown. "My guardian, Tonks, doesn't think I should attend Hogwarts. She doesn't think it's safe for me. It might be safe for everyone else, but apparently, I have to be different."
Harry noticed that she was upset, but was debating with himself whether to comfort her or not. He had never been good with expressing feelings."What happened to your parents?" Harry spoke in nothing more than a whisper. "They um..." Amelia now had a tear running down her face. "They died. I was barely a year old." She wiped the tear away from her eye, and now had what seemed to be a fake smile plastered across her face. "But why should I bother telling you all this? You probably have enough on your mind right now, I don't want to add to it. I'm sorry."
Amelia turned back around and continued packing Harry's things into his trunk; she had now moved onto his Quidditch supplies. There were a few minutes where neither of them spoke at all, but Harry never stopped staring at her. There was something about her that seemed familiar. "I see you have a wand." Harry gestured to Amelia's back pocket. She pulled it out and started running her fingers across it. "Yeah. So what?" She wasn't trying to sound mean, but her tone made Harry regret saying anything. "I figured since you didn't attend Hogwarts you wouldn't have gotten a wand."
Amelia was now facing him. "Tonks took me to get my wand on my eleventh birthday. It was during the school year so there was almost no one in Diagon Alley. It was my first time there. She took me through the Leaky Cauldron. You know the trick where they tap the bricks and the wall opens up? She told how to do it and let me. When the wall opened, it was the most amazing moment of my life. I remember every second of it." Amelia looked as though she was in a trance like she was going back to that day in Diagon Harry could not see it personally, he could picture himself walking into Diagon Alley for the first time with Hagrid. "Tonks walked me into Ollivander's and I walked up to the desk. Mr. Ollivander came out from the back and said that he had been expecting me. He said he remembered the very day my mother walked into his shop and bought her wand. He said I looked exactly like her, but I've never known I don't know what she looks like. It took five tries before I got the right wand. Tonks laughed every time I did something wrong with the rejects, but I know she wasn't being mean. Then I finally got me wand: a Birch Wand with Phoenix Feather Core 11 ¼ inches. I remember those exact words coming from Ollivander as I waved this wand and everything just became so amazing that day. That day changed my life."
Amelia finally came out of her trance and noticed that Harry was staring at her, still trying to figure out what was so familiar about her. "Sorry, I'm boring you. I'll just bring your trunk downstairs. Wingardium leviosa." Harry's trunk lifted into the air and followed Amelia out of the room and down the stairs. Harry didn't even question why she was allowed to use underage magic at fifteen, and he wasn't. He just followed her out while carrying Hedwig's cage in one hand, and a suitcase and his wand in the other.
"All ready to go Potter? Pond?" Moody looked very impatient, Harry hadn't realized how long he and Amelia had been upstairs. "Yeah, sir, he's ready," Amelia said, seeing as Harry was just standing in front of Moody, yet still staring at Amelia. 'What was it about her that looked so familiar?' he asked himself. But Moody broke the silence, "Follow us, Potter."
All seven of them walked outside standing in a line. "Where exactly are we going?" Harry was confused.
"Don't worry, Harry. We'll explain when we get to headquarters —" Tonks was cut off by Moody.
"Not here...Nymphadora."
Tonks got mad, and her hair turned bright red-orange, the color of flames. "DON'T! CALL! ME! NYMPHADORA!" But her hair turned back to normal as their brooms flew into their hands.
They mounted their brooms and took off. Amelia and Tonks rode behind Harry, with Elphias on his left, Emmeline on his right, and Moody and Kingsley in front. Harry didn't know where he was going, but he silently followed the crowd as they dodged buildings, cars, and bridges.
They all landed safely on the ground in a dark street, in front of many buildings numbered 1-11 and 13 on. Moody then took his staff a tapped it on the ground. Slowly, the buildings started moving, and before he knew it, Harry was standing in front of 12 Grimmauld Place.
"Come on, Harry. People are expecting you." Amelia then began walking towards the building marked "12" with Harry's trunks levitating behind her. 'She's obviously not going to get in trouble for underage magic.' Harry put his wand in his pocket, picked up Hedwig's cage, his suitcase, and his broom,and set off to follow Amelia. They both walked in at the same time. Harry was in awe from what he saw: a long dark hallway, many flights of stairs leading up, and a mysterious door in the hallway. "Go on, Harry. Take it all in. Welcome to Grimmauld Place." Amelia was still standing with him when everyone else from their group walking past, Tonks giving Harry a wink before passing.
Before he knew it, Mrs. Weasley had run up to him and threw her arms around him. "Harry! It's so good to see you!" She released him and went on to Amelia. "Oh! And you as well Amelia!" Amelia was struggling in Mrs. Weasley's grasp. "Molly, I've only been gone a couple of hours." Mrs. Weasley had now let go of her body and grabbed Amelia's face in her hands. "It's just good to know you're safe. You know what I mean."
"Yes, Molly. But I'm fine now. Don't worry."
"Oh, alright. But you know how I worry, Amelia. Especially with the two of you. Why don't you show Harry to his room now?"
Molly walked away, leaving Amelia and Harry alone. "You seem really friendly with Mrs. Weasley. Are you sure you're not a Weasley?" Amelia chuckled. "I am completely sure, Harry. Come on upstairs. You'll be sharing with Ron."
"Ron! Ron's here?"
"Thought you would have figured that out already, mate." Harry turned around and was now face to face with his best friend, Ron Weasley. "Ron!" Harry threw his arms around Ron, and Ron got pushed back by it. Amelia stood there looking uncomfortable. "Do you guys always hug this long? It's a bit long for a guy-hug, don't you think?" With that, Harry and Ron awkwardly released each other, now looking at Amelia.
"You always know how to lighten up the situation, Amelia," Ron said as he made his way over to her. She pulled him into a hug, and he happily returned it. "It's really good to see you again, Amelia," he said pulling back. "We only just got here. Mum said we should wait until Harry got here, but we decided to come anyway." Harry shot his head up into the conversation and looked towards Ron. " Who's 'we?' Who else is here?"
"Hermione, Ginny, and the twins are upstairs. Ginny's been talking about you for hours, Hermione has been worried sick, and the twins just keep apparating from room to room. Just because they're of age now."
Suddenly there was a loud POP! And the twins appeared on either side of Harry. "Harry!" They said in unison.
"Come along, upstairs —" said Fred.
"The girls have been waiting —" continued George.
"Talking about you for hours and hours —" Fred talked again.
"Nonstop." George finished.
Each of the twins grabbed each of Harry's arms, and the three of them disappeared with another POP! "Seriously guys! Of course, they leave me behind." Ron sighed. "I'll see you later, Amelia." Ron began walking up the stairs.
"Alright then. I guess I'll just be left here with all of Harry's luggage. All by myself!" Amelia sighed and looked down at Harry's things. She felt a tap on her shoulder. "Don't worry, Amelia. He's just excited to see his friends." Tonks put her hand on Amelia's arm as a sign of comfort.
"I know, Tonks. I just thought it would've been nice for them to invite me up with them. The twins didn't even say 'hi,' they just apparated in, grabbed Harry, and apparated back out."
"I know, honey. Come into the kitchen. You can help me and Molly with dinner."
A/N Hey! I just want to thank emergency70 for being my first follower for this story Thank you sooo much! You have no idea how much that means to me! I hope you guys liked this chapter, I wasn't really sure how to go about it, but I think I did okay Please review and let me know!
