I feel like I need to aploigize to my readers because the chapters that were up before couldn't have made sense because I forgot to upload this chapter before. So for this I am sorry. Please enjoy the chapter and the rest of the story has this unfolds. Again the Characters belong to J.K. Rowling.
Chapter Six
The Relative
"Professor Minerva McGonagall, Dedalus Diggle, and well let's keep that a secret for now." Came Professor McGonagall's voice.
"McGonagall!" Harry mouthed than said through the door, "Ok, Professor but answer a question. What was the item that I caught before being appointed seeker for Gryffindor?"
"Neville Longbottom's Remembrall." McGonagall answered immediately then Harry switched his attention to the unseen Diggle.
"Dedalus, why was it that I recognized you my first time at the Leaky Cauldron?"
Diggle considered a moment and than answered with an excited giggle, "Wasn't it because I bowed you out of a shop one day."
Harry opened the door to reveal his transfiguration teacher and one of his guard as well as a beautiful woman about two heads shorter than Harry with following black hair and sparkling blue eyes. This unknown women greatly resembled Harry's father but this puzzled Harry greatly since no one he knew had told him that any of his magical relatives were alive. The puzzlement must have shown on his face for the woman spoke in a sweet honeyed voice: "Professor, has he not been told of my arrival?" she asked turning towards McGonagall, but it was Dedalus who answered, "We thought it would make a nice surprise." This explanation did nothing to soothe Harry's confusion in fact it increased it so he turned to McGonagall, who started to explain who the woman is, "Harry, she is your Aunt Tabitha. I'm sorry Tabby this is partly my fault. Well, mine and Dumbledore's. Dumbledore's fault lies in the fact that he never told Harry that his father had a twin sister. My fault lies in not telling him that you were alive. Well Tabby will you help tell the story."
"Very well, Minerva, I'll tell the story," Tabitha said as McGonagall turned to her, and then headed towards the newly finished sitting room. After sitting down on the couch she began, "Harry Minerva's told me that you know how Lily and Severus met James and Sirius. So I'll start from their leaving the boys compartment and stumbling into mine. I was sitting alone at the time when they came in. Your mother," Tabitha started to giggle, "well she, came in, saw me and tried to leave again. 'Come on Severus' she said, but I called her back asking 'Have you seen and/or met my brother?' I guess I had caught her off guard because she stopped, turned, and sat down across from me. The years went on with the three of us in a compartment and my brother popping in, to make sure I was okay or so he said. We left Hogwarts with high honors and Lily and James got married, joined the order and the three of us found jobs in law enforcement with the ministry. Until," Tabitha stopped and looked pasted the others, as through seeing something the others couldn't. After a few moments she continued, "Until Dumbledore came and told all of us to stay home. James didn't like it much and Lily wasn't bothered much since she was going to resign soon, after all after a few months she wouldn't be able to continue what with you on the way, Harry. It was in June before your first birthday when James sent for me to come over to talk about some safety measures he wanted the family to take. I went and was told to leave with our parents and Lily's. He said to leave the country. About a week later he came over to tell us that Lily's parents had gone on ahead to the south of France and we were to join them within the next month." Tabitha stopped with tears in her eyes. After awhile McGonagall decided to take up the story where Tabitha left off. "So about a week later she and her parents had moved to France after settling in she was walking around looking for a job and she walked past a bar on the corner of the street." Tabitha broke in to continue, "Upon entering I found an almost identical bar to the Leaky Cauldron. So I went up to the counter to see if the bar had any positions opened. The barmaid said, there was nothing at the bar but the lady in the corner might know of something. I thanked her and approached the woman in the corner. The conversation went something like this; 'Excuse me, madam, the barmaid said you knew of a job available.' The woman looked up at me and smiled before saying 'I know of one at Beauxbatons Academy of Magic if you would like it. Tell me now and I can arrange for an interview tomorrow at one right here if that is convenient.' I came back the next day and meet Madam Maxime. She asked one question, 'Are you up to scratch on Defense Against the Dark Arts?' I told her that was my best subject.' In August we moved to the village just outside of Beauxbatons. If you were to ask people in the village about Lily's parents they would swear up and down they were wizards. For me teaching was a miracle. That was until about a month ago when Madam Maxime came to me at the end of the school year and told me to go teach at Hogwarts where I was needed more since Voldemort was finally gone for good and not to worry about her." Tabitha stopped. Hermione spoke first "So you're telling us that you've been teaching all this time?"
Tabitha nodded as a silver fox soared through the open window and spoke in Mrs. Weasley's voice "Harry, I want you and the others home this instant!" the patronus circled and vanished. Everyone started when Diggle spoke "I guess that's that. Well let's get going I for one don't want to see Molly mad." Everyone laughed and headed to the door to disapperate beyond the gate.