Harry awoke to Hedwig sitting on his stomach, "Hey girl." He said in a sleepy voice. Harry noticed the letter on her leg. He took it off and opened it.
Dear Harry,
Hey mate! Living with Sirius and Remus sounds so cool! Since school starts
in two days I'll see you on the train, i'll meet you in the last compartment.
Hermione's coming too, she won't shut up about being a Prefect, it's driving
me nuts! It's so much more boring without you around, though Ginny's ok.
She's gotten into Quidditch so we play together sometimes. Hermione also
won't shut up about this transfer kid, a new kid is coming to Hogwarts
from Ireland. There hasn't ever been someone let into the school over the
age of twelve so she's all excited about it. I can't wait to get back to
school where there's a library to get her out of my hair! Gotta go, mum
is calling me for dinner. Hope to see you at Hogwarts, if I'm still sane
by then.
Ron
Harry laughed as he read Rons letter, he sure hoped Ron would still be sane by then. Especially after spending all summer with Hermione. But, Harry agreed with her about this kid from Ireland, it sounded real cool. Harry placed the letter down on the desk, got dressed and went down to breakfast. He found Remus and Sirius sitting at the table as Keara ran around the kitchen cooking and singing.
"Well look it's sleeping beauty," Sirius joked as Harry walked into the kitchen.
"Shut it," Harry said. He sat down in a chair and waited for breakfast.
"Never had a dream come true till the day that I found you, and no matter where my life takes me to a part of me will always be...I never knew the world this way your the one I think about each, even though I pretend that I've moved on you'll always be my baby. Never-" Keara sang.
"Keara, you've been singing that same verse all morning! Don't you know the other words?" Remus asked, quiet obviously annoyed.
"Well, I don't know. James just sang that song to me one day. I was real sad about a break-up with Sirius one day and was crying my eyes out. So James just hugged me and held on to me for the hour that I was crying and he sang that to me." Keara said.
"Hmmm...Which break-up?" Remus said.
"Silencio," Keara said pointing her wand at him. She turned around and put plates on the table, Keara filled them up with chocolate chip pancakes shaped like lightening bolts. She put down chocolate milk and then sat down to eat. "I don't know why but I'm in a chocolate mood today, so all meals made by me will include chocolate. I had so much fun making the lightening bolt pancakes, of coarse in honour of you Harry, for everything. I already picked up your school supplies, Sirius I got you a trial, and Remus I got you a job with me."
"How did you do all of this?" Sirius asked.
Keara smirked, and reached down in her pocket and pulled out a time turner. "Easy with this. Tanous." She added pointing her wand at Remus, to allow him to talk.
"Where'd you get that?" Harry said.
"James gave me one for my thirteenth birthday, Sirius your trial is on December 15, that way you can be free for Christmas and Harry can come to the trial with Ron and Hermione. Remus, I know how much you wanted to go back to Hogwarts, so this year you and I are going to work together on the Defense Against the Darks job. Oh, and after breakfast Harry I have a surprise for you." Keara said.
At the same moment Sirius and Remus ran up and hugged Keara the three of them fell off of the chair, all laughing hysterically. "You three act more like kids than Ron, Hermione, and I. You know that," Harry said laughing.
"Yes we do," Keara said. "We just never lost the spirit of being a kid. Now Sirius get off of my butt so I can climb off of Remus and then I'll get Harry his surprise." Sirius got off of her, and Keara climbed off of Remus. "Ok, Harry close your eyes." Harry did so and Keara lead him into a different room. "Ok, Harry open your eyes."
Harry opened his eyes and gasped. In front of him was a cute little puppy. It was black in color and on it's forehead was a star in red, the puppy ran up and jumped into Harry's arms and licked his face. "Oh, thanks so much!" Harry said.
"It's sort of part of you. I gave James and Lily each a dog one year. The dogs had a puppy, the puppy had that star, and the doggie parents died leaving this poor guy orphaned. So, I had to take him in." Keara said.
"Thanks so so so so so much!" Harry said going up and hugging her.
"Well Harry what's it's name?" Sirius asked.
"It's name? It's name is.....is...it's name is....is...James. Yeah, it's name is James." Harry said.
"Wonderful name Harry," Remus said. "Here." He handed Harry a book on dog training.
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"Hey, Remus we have to head to Hogwarts right now, Dumbledore wants the Orde-" Keara couldn't finish because Sirius placed a hand over her mouth. Keara ripped it off, and glared at him. "Dumbledore wants the staff together for a meeting. Sirius you stay with Harry and in three days take him to Kings Cross." Keara hugged Harry then Sirius, except Sirius got a kiss. "I'll see you two later." With that she apparated away.
"See you lot later," Remus said, and he too apparated away.
"Well, Harry." Sirius said rubbing his hands together. "You up for that game of Quidditch now?"
"Sure let me get the firebolt!" Harry ran upstairs took out his firebolt and ran back down stairs, Sirius was in the living room with a box and a Nimbus 2000. The two of them walked outside and into a clearing. Sirius opened the box, two bludgers and the snitch flew out.
"So, Harry you wanna play with Quaffles?"
"Nah, snitch and bludgers are hard enough."
Sirius nodded and threw Harry a bat and took one himself. "Just in case." Sirius jumped up onto his broom, and flew up. Harry followed. The two of them stayed out until dark, neither of them really looking for the snitch. They flew around and talked mostly, finally as it started to get dark Harry saw the snitch. Harry dived with Sirius on his tail. Of coarse the Firebolt out stripped the Nimbus 2000 with no trouble and Harry caught the snitch.
He and Sirius landed and put the balls away along with the broomsticks. Then the two of them went inside and sat on the couch together eating ice cream. Sirius then cleared his throat. "Er...Harry...I need to ask you something."
"Yeah Sirius."
"I...er..I a wanna...I want to...to"
"To what Sirius?"
"IwanttoaskKearatomarryme,becausewhenpeoplegointoAzkabantheylosetheirmarrigefiles.SotomakeitofficialIneedtomarryheragainanddon't
knowhowtoaskher.Justincaseshedoesn'twanttooritbringsbacktoomanymemories."
Harry stared at Sirius, "What?"
"I want to ask Keara to to to to marry me, because when people go into Azkaban they lose their marriage file. So to make it official, and legal, I need to marry her again. Though I don't know to ask her, just in case she doesn't want to or it brings back too many memories. I need your help in deciding what to do."
"Er....well I know nothing about marriage really but. If you two really care about each other, than go and just ask her. Love truly bonds you together, but if you get married you can prove your love to the world. So, just go up and tell her what you want to do." Harry said stunning himself. "I have no clue where that just came from."
Sirius laughed, "Kid you are spending too much time around Remus."
"Yeah, I guess so. But I think you should do that. It's a pretty good idea."
"Hmmmm...yeah you're right. I suppose I'll do that. Thanks kid," Sirius said ruffling Harry's hair.
"Hey! My hair's already messed up enough! Oh, god James stop it!" Harry yelled, as James licked his face over and over again. Sirius just laughed and went into the kitchen. Harry set James down on the ground and started up the stairs. At this moment he loved his life, he lived with three people who loved him for him, and he would soon be going back to Hogwarts where he had the best friends any kid could have.
Harry opened the door to his room, with James following at his heals. He walked over and opened the see-through-sliding-door to the balcony. Harry walked out and let the soft breeze whip his hair back, he sighed life was good now-a-days. Harry went back inside and opened his trunk. He took out his father's journal and placed his hand on the cover, James jumped into his lap. "I want to be in passage number 4." A whirlwind came and picked Harry up taking him to the past. Little James fell onto the floor with a plop! He stared wildly around looking for where his master went.
* ! * ! *
Harry looked around once again, he found himself in the Gryffindor Common Room at Hogwarts. Next to him in a chair was James. Sirius and Remus came running up to him.
"Oh, God Dude we just got five more time-out in the rewards room, and Mini Mouse said we should be kicked, and next time we'll go to the White Bumblebee!" Sirius exclaimed.
"What did he say?" Lily said, coming over and sitting next to Remus.
Remus sighed, "Sirius said Oh, God mate we just got five more detentions in the trophy room, Professor McGonagall said we should be expelled, and next time we'll go to the Headmaster, Dumbledore."
"Okkkkkkkk," Lily said. "I have to go to the library. I'll see you guys later." She got up and started to leave when Sirius grabbed her robes.
"What are you doing in the library Tiger?" Sirius asked slyly.
"Er...Potions homework." Lily replied going red.
"Did that with me last night," James said. "You did Defense with Remus, Transfiguration with Sirius, Charms with Keara, History with Peter, so what do you have left?"
"I..er...I" Lily was turning redder each second.
"Lily has to go now so Dog Star let her go," Keara said walking over. Sirius reluctantly let go and Lily sprinted out of the Common Room. Keara went and sat down on the arm of James's chair. "Ok, tonight at 7:00, which is in four minutes, Tiger has a date with..oh what's his name.....that Ravenclaw second year black hair, Chinese, funny accent, Jay you turned his underwear to water and it looked like he wet himself."
"You mean TK Chang!" James shouted.
"Yeah, that's the one!" Keara said. "Stupid git he is, asked her out yesterday two seconds after I turned him down. Player, stupid jerk!"
"Jerk?" Sirius said confused.
"American, sorry I know I keep talking my American slang but Rick's job was in America last year so I went there with him, Rosie, and Richie." Keara said.
"Who are they? How was America?" Remus asked, James sent him a look that said bad question Remus. Keara sighed shook her head and stood up. She walked out of the Portrait hole with out a backwards glance. "Wrong question right."
"Both her real parents were from America, not the best place to stay for a year. Rick's her adoptive dad, Rosie adoptive mum, and Richie, short for Richard, is her adoptive brother he's a fourth year here. Anyway the four of them stayed in the house her parents lived in when she was born. Bad memories for her. Not very talkative on the topic." James said quietly.
"And you know how?" Sirius said.
"Well I saw her when they came home. She ran out of her house to this Weeping Willow that's half a mile behind our houses. I ran after her and found her crying, I comforted her and she told me the whole story. Don't tell her I told you, she's very touchy on the topic." James replied.
Remus and Sirius looked at each other and nodded. "Well let's-" Sirius began but he was cut off by a scream. "Bloody that sounds like..."
"KEARA." The three boys shouted, they all got up and ran out of the Common Room in the directions of the scream.
"HELP! SOMEONE HELP! LET ME GO HELP!" they heard Keara scream. Sirius, James, and Remus ran faster.
"Shut up you stupid girl, STUPIFY!" another voice came in, it was the voice of a male, and adult male. The three boys rounded a corner to see a figure, in a black cloak, with the hood up carrying the limp form of a girl, Keara!
"Hey leave her alone!" James shouted running forward taking out his wand. Remus and Sirius quickly followed. The figure looked at them, threw Keara across the corridor and ran away.
"I'll go after him, you two take care of Keara." Sirius shouted running after the man. James and Remus bent down next to Keara, she had a cut across her cheek that was bleeding, along with one on her lower arm, which was bleeding heavily.
"Oh, I have no clue what to do," James moaned brushing some of Keara's hair out of her face. "Remus what are you doing?" Remus was ripping the bottom of his cloak, he didn't answer but muttered something and the ripped pieces were now wet. He took them and folded them so there was one small piece and one larger piece. Remus took the smaller one and put it over the cut on her cheek.
"James hold that piece there," Remus said, James did so with out question. Remus took the other piece and wrapped it around the large cut on her arm and held it there. "Where are those teachers? She was screaming pretty darn loud. What would that guy want with her though?"
"No clue," said James. "I hope Sirius got him." Remus nodded. They heard foot steps coming their way, it sounded like someone was dragging someone else. Sirius came over ropes in his hands, dragging the man in black (MIB) except the cloak was now pink. "What did you do to him Sirius?"
"Well," Sirius said plopping down beside James. "I was running behind him and couldn't catch up. He was heading towards the doors and I knew if he got outside he'd get away. So, I shouted the first spell that came to mind. It turned his cloak pink he stopped shocked at his new cloak and I stunned him, tied him up, and brought him back here. Is she ok?"
James looked at Remus, so did Sirius. Remus looked up, "Give me two minutes." Remus said. They did, the three of them sat in silence for two minutes. "Ok, James take the piece of my cloak off her cheek." James shrugged and did so. Her cheek was a light pink but clear of cuts. James looked up at Remus, who smiled shyly. Remus took off his piece. Her arm was a light pink and clear of cuts.
"She'll have a scar, but that's all," Remus said pointing to her hand, which had a scar of a heart on it. The heart was a blood red, and stood out plainly. "The red will go away in some time and she'll be fine. Now we just wake her up. Enervate." Remus said pointing his wand at her heart, the real one.
Keara's eyes fluttered open. "Where am I?" She asked.
"Hogwarts, silly." James said.
"Thanks you guys." Keara said. She sat up and pulled the three of them into a hug.
"What's this for?" asked Remus.
"Remus, don't ask just enjoy," Sirius said smirking. Keara let go and punched him playfully on the shoulder, she then slowly got to her feet. Keara then noticed the body of the MIP (man in pink).
"Should we take him to Dumbledore?" Remus asked. Keara nodded, Sirius gabbed the ropes and the five of them set off down the hallway. None of them talked until they reached the stone gargoyle. "Blood Flavoured Lollipops," Remus said.
"Remus how'd you know that?" Sirius asked as the gargoyle opened up. Remus turned away and shrugged. Sirius looked like he wanted to say something else but Keara silenced him with a look. They all made their way up the stairs, when they reached the door it was open already, Dumbledore motioned them in.
"Well what do we have here?" Dumbledore asked looking at the MIP (man in pink).
"Well sir," Keara started. "I was in the Common Room talking with the guys, we got on a bad topic for me so I left. I was walking through they hallway on my way to the library. My friend Lily is in the library on a date and I was going to spy on them. Them this guy came up behind me and grabbed me, I started to fight back but he took my wand. SO I fought back with fist and screamed for help. He told me to shut up and then stunned me."
"Then we came he dropped her and ran off." James said.
"I took off after him," Sirius put in.
"And James and I stayed to heal Keara's cuts." Remus added.
"I turned his cloak pink, he stopped, I stunned him, tied him up, and brought him back to the three of them, then here." Sirius said.
"Remus healed Keara's cuts and she has a scar on her left hand now." James put in.
"We all decided to come here to tell you and here we are," Remus finished.
Dumbledore looked thoughtful "Well let's see who this person is why they're here." Dumbledore walked foward and took off the man's mask. The man, even though stunned, looked like he was scowling. He had black slicked back hair, and his eyes opened to reveal cold dark blue eyes. Keara gasped and backed up. She found a chair and sat in it. The strange man glared at her, Keara seemed afraid to see him.
Sirius and Remus looked at James, as if asking if he knew what was wrong. James shrugged. Dumbledore sighed. "You may go back to your Common Room, you four. Mr. Lupin we'll talk on the 20th, and Miss Jordan come see me tomorrow after dinner. Is that alright with you?" Keara nodded and they started at leave, Keara took one more look at the man. He mouthed I'll get you, and she ran out Dumbledore's office.
"Keara! Hey wait up!" Sirius shouted, Keara didn't wait she ran even faster. "James who was he? What's up with Keara?"
"I don't know," James said.
"Didn't you guys see what he mouthed to her?" Remus asked, Sirius and James looked at him and shook their head. "He mouthed I'll get you and she scampered. Call me crazy but I think that man is...."
Author's note-Well I'll end it right here with a cliff hanger ending.
I'd like to know if anyone out there knows who the MIP (man in pink) is.
If you know send it in! Two good reviews and a new chapter. Hope you liked
it. ~Keara Jordan
