The dog sniffed around the street, hoping to find
some food. The moon reflected off his thick, black, shaggy coat. Suddenly the
dog picked his head up, sobs could faintly be heard down the street. He swiftly
made his way over to the sound, and was startled to see a girl about 14 with
flaming red hair crying into her arms. She was curled up with her knees to her
chest. She must have been a witch with her ruffled robes and a wand lying
beside her on the ground. Her hair was in disarray and hung neatly at her shoulders.
The dog cautiously crept up to her and liked her petite hand. She looked up,
startled, but relaxed when she saw it was only a dog.
"Oh hallo
pup. Well your not so much a pup, are you now? Listen to me I'm talking to a
dog! Oh well might as well tell someone my problems," she said. The girl sighed
and subconsciously started to pet the dog.
"Well my
name is Ginny Weasley, but about 5 weeks ago I found out that I my father is
still alive. I always knew I was adopted, always knew my mum had died in
childbirth, and I even knew my uncle is a werewolf. They had been telling me
that my father did something terrible and was dead now. 5 weeks ago I was
called up to professor Dumbledor's office. He told me that I was old enough to
know that my father was alive, an innocent ex-convict, and Harry's godfather."
Her English accent cut through the crisp night like a knife. While she was
talking she failed to notice the dog stiffen under her fingers.
"Its funny,
I don't even look the way I'm supposed to right now. Molly and Arthur cast a
spell on me so that I look like them," as she was only sniffling now the dog
decided to try and take her somewhere. She sighed and followed it as it ran
into the forest. When they came to a clearing pretty far from the village, the
dog stopped and waited for her to catch up. When she did it started to change,
it grew until you could clearly make out a human in his mid 30's. He had black
shaggy hair cut just below his ears, and a healthy yet skinny body. His glue
eyes stood out in the moonlight. Ginny gasped and ran into his open arms. After
a while he pulled back and took out his 10-inch holly and unicorn hair wand.
The man, also known as Sirius Black, said some words and did some motions,
until finally a girl about 15 stood where Ginny had. She had black shoulder
length hair with hazel eyes. She stood about 5'7" tall and filled out in all
the right places. Sirius himself stood 5'11". She grinned and embraced her long
lost father again.
"I missed
you Jessie Padfoot Black," he whispered.
"I would
probably say the same had I not been 6 months when they took you away. Why is
my middle name Padfoot?" she asked with a slight wrinkle of her nose. He
chuckled and grinned at her.
"That just
happened to be my marauder name, and your mother Ray always liked it. She
herself was Springstep," He looked as if in thought for a moment before asking
what year she was in at Hogwarts. She pouted.
"I'm in 4th
year. I should be in 5th year, I guess, with Harry and them. I
always wondered why there were two owls when Ron received his letter. I guess
that's why Dumbledore gave me 5th year assignments," she said.
Jessie suddenly realized that she knew very little about her father and they
talked for a few hours. When she realized the time she felt like she had known
him forever. They made their way back to Hogsmade, once again as Ginny and
snuffles, and she went back to Hogwarts in a secret passage.
When she
went back to the common room she was immediately assaulted with questions from
Ron.
"No I was
not out with a boy, yes Dumbledore knew where I was, and no I didn't get lost,
WILL YOU STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ALREADY?" she yelled. He immediately shut up and
went back to talking with Harry and Hermione. Ginny went to her dorm, got out
her book (Dragonflight), and went down to the common room to read. When they
started talking about 'snuffles' she found she could barely hold back a laugh.
She went upstairs and put her book in her packed trunk, and went to sleep
anticipating the ride home tomorrow. Sirius had gotten a house with Remus
Lupin, and she and Harry were going to stay there. Although, Harry didn't know
she was coming along.
The next
morning, the whole school was buzzing with excitement. The feast went by
quickly and soon they were back on the Hogwarts Express. Ginny sat with Harry,
Ron, Hermione, and Neville in a quite large compartment.
"Harry are
you sure you haven't heard from snuffles?" Ron asked. Ginny's snicker went
unnoticed.
"No I
haven't heard from snuffles Ron," Harry answered. Ginny's giggle went unnoticed
as well.
"Oh well, I
thought snuff might have sent something this morning," Ron said. That did it.
The dam broke. Ginny was rolling on the floor laughing with tears streaming
down her cheeks, and the occasional 'oh my God' gasp.
"What's so
funny Ginny?" Hermione asked. Ginny finally calmed down.
"I can't
believe he let you call him snuffles," she said. The three tensed (Neville was
asleep) and looked at Ginny strangely.
"How do you
know snuffles?" They all asked. Luckily Ginny was saved as Draco Malfoy came
into their compartment.
"If it
isn't the mudblood, Potter, and Weaslies," He sneered.
"Aren't you
missing someone Marino?" Ginny asked. At Draco's gasp she smirked.
"That's
right, I know your Dominic Marino,"
"Oh well,
who really cares Weasley," he drawled. Ginny grinned.
"Oh yeah,
my names not Weasley you know," He looked amused
"Then what
is it?" he asked.
"Well my
first names Jessie, my middle name is my dads nickname, and my last name is the
color of midnight," she mysteriously said. While trying to figure this out
Draco left. She turned back to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They all looked
shocked, and rather amusing with their jaws on the floor. Ginny grinned, winked
and sat back down.
"So what is
your name?" Harry asked.
"I told
you, it's not my fault you can't figure it out," she said. Neville woke up and
went to find his toad. The others seemed to be thinking of her name.
"Is it
Jessie Bran Dark?" asked Ron, who was surprisingly calm.
"Merlin's
beard no! I am not related to Brandon Dark from the Ministry!" she yelled.
"What's
your mum's name?" asked Harry. She blushed and tried to recall her mum's maiden
name. She saw Ron trying not to laugh, and got mad. They thought she was
blushing because she fancied Harry, not because she was embarrassed that she
didn't remember her mum's name. Suddenly she smirked.
"Her name
was Ray Lupin as I found out last night,"
"Lupin?"
they all shouted.
"Yeah,
don't seem so shocked," she said.
"So that
would make you Jessie Moony Lupin?" Hermione asked.
"EW! I am
not uncle Remie's daughter! Lupin was her maiden name," she exclaimed. They all
went into thought again. Then Hermione jumped up and whispered something in
Ginny's ear. Ginny nodded and Hermione sat down wearing a smug smile. Ron and
Harry scowled, knowing she wouldn't tell them.
"Did you always know your uncle was
Remus?" she asked.
"No not
really. I used to call him that though. Arthur took me to see him once a
month,"
"Oh, well
are you going to stay with your real dad this summer?"
"Yeah. Well
we better get ready to get off the train, we're almost there," Ginny pointed
out the window, and they immediately got everything together. All too soon they
arrive at King Cross Station.
"So Gin-
er- Jessie, are you coming home with us or are you going to go with your dad
right away?" Ron asked
"No my dad
is gonna pick me up tomorrow. Kinda like Harry and Sirius," she said. When she
realized what she said she covered her mouth with one hand, and sped off to
Molly Weasley. Ron and Harry just stood there shocked, while Hermione could
barely hide a laugh.
"How'd she
know that?" asked Ron. Harry shrugged.
"Maybe Professor
Lupin told her. She is his niece after all," They went over and talked for a
few minuets until Hermione had to leave. Now they were waiting for Fred and
George, who hadn't shown up yet. They had just graduated and were probably
saying their goodbyes. After a while Ginny was getting restless. She was about
to go look for the twins herself when she spotted a familiar face in the crowd.
"Uncle
Remie!" she yelled. Ginny broke out into a run and embraced her uncle. Harry
and Ron ran up to them.
"Hallo to
you too Ginny,"
"It's okay
you can call me Jessie now, he told me last night. We got to talk and I fell
like I've known him forever, it's really weird. I told him about Moonpaw. He
said it was rather cool, on his own words, and that now he could visit me more
without question. That's okay right?" she asked.
"Of course Jess,
do they know?" he asked, nodding toward the dumbstruck teens.
"No but
Hermione does. I want to keep the guys in the dark a while," she answered. With
that said, he went with them back to The Burrow.
To
be continued…
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I really hoped you liked it. It might be a while before the
second chapter since I don't like to type much. A lot of things will be cleared
up and revealed in the next chapter. Adios!
-Jessie-