Life Has a Way of Catching Up With You
Lily and James's funereal was the last time she planned to see anyone from that part of her life. After she finished Secondary School in England, she felt she needed to get as far away from there as possible. She studied Archeology and Linguistics at N.Y.C. University in the Untied States. She globe trotted for awhile and finally ended up in Egypt.
There she accidentally-on-purpose fell in with a group of curse breakers from Gringots. She worked with, shared a flat with, and became friends (and nothing more) with Bill Weasely. Sophia thought she had left Dumbledore, Harry, Remus and everything else back in England, never to catch up with her, but life has a funny way of catching up with you.
The first event was a letter from Remus.
Sophia,
Harry recently started school at Hogwarts and I was contacted by Hagrid. They want to put a scrap book together for Harry. I wanted to know if you had any pictures to put in it.
Thanks,
Remus Lupin
Harry is that old? Sophia thought as she took pictures out of her magical photo album. Hard to believe.
The next event to bring her closer to England was a letter to Bill.
Bill,
Good news! You're father won 10,000 gallons. We've decide to use the money bring the whole family on a trip to see you. We will be arriving Tuesday by arrow-plane (a muggle contraption, your father's idea)
Love,
Mum
"Sophia," Bill almost yelled, "you have to leave quickly. My family is going to be here tomorrow!"
"Oh great," Sophia said, "For once I would like to see you leave. I owned this place first."
"Yes, not a day goes by without you reminding me, but I'll give your laurels for that latter. Come on, I'll help you pack."
"Just give me a second. I need to find a place to stay first." Sophia dialed the number of the place she usually stayed when any of the Weasely where in Egypt. So far she had only met Mr. and Mrs. Weasely and Charley. MR. and Mrs. Weasely had no clue about Sophia and Bill's living arrangements, but Charley did. One day while Bill was gone, Charley had apperated in unexpectedly. When Bill came back, he found his brother tied up with a bloody nose. Sophia was standing on the other side of the room with his wand. Charley had never apperated in unexpectedly again.
Sophia helped Bill show his family around Egypt. She heard endless stories from Ron and Ginny about a boy named Harry (it wasn't until latter that she put 2 and 2 together to find out it was Lily and James's Harry.) She was the one who suggested locking Percy in a pyramid when he got a lot more stuck up about being Head Boy, not knowing that Fred and George would take it to heart.
When the Daily Prophet came, Sophia commented on how much she liked the way wizarding photos moved. Some how, this led into a conversation on muggle movies. When Mr. Weasely asked if they had met any muggle movie makers, Bill and Sophia began to laugh.
"What's so funny or shouldn't I ask?" Mrs. Weasely asked.
"You probably don't want to know," Sophia said.
"She might not, but we do," George said.
Bill looked at his brothers than toward Sophia. Sophia shrugged. "We played a little trick on some muggle film makers who came to close to a dig site once."
"What sort of trick?" Fred asked.
"Bill put a glamour on us, and using a muggle trick with mirrors and glass, we got them to believe that there were ghosts in the area," Sophia said.
"Bill," Molly's voice rose.
"It was for their own good, mom," Bill said.
"It really was, Mrs. Weasely," Sophia put in. "That place was so crisscrossed with hexes and curses that it was unsafe to even do magic there."
"And you were safe there?" Mrs. Weasely asked.
Sophia looked Mrs. Weasely in the eyes. "Most muggles have no appreciation for what really Dark magic can do. Most wizards and witches to for that matter." Sophia got up. "See you at work next week, Bill."
Sophia got her own letter that week.
Sophia~
Sirius Black has escaped. He was reported to say "He's at Hogwarts," in his sleep. We think he's after Harry and will try to attack him at Hogwarts. I already have Remus Lupin up at Hogwarts. I would like to see you there to.
~Albus Dumbledore
Sophia scribbled her reply.
Dumbledore,
I remember washing my hands of that man's fate a long time ago.
S. Smalls
Sophia grabbed her coat, wrote a quick note to Bill, and apperated to England.
Number 4 Privet Drive looked the same as it did the last time she had driven by it when she was 19. She put on the standard invisibility charm on herself and leaned by the wall in the garden.
Sophia jumped as she heard a bang from inside the house. A couple minutes latter, the front yard was flooded with light. She saw a boy with James's shaggy black hair drag something out of the house. Sophia wanted to go help Harry, but she knew she shouldn't. Harry ran down the street. Suddenly, a look of terror crossed his face. Sophia followed his gaze to see a big black dog. Hello Padfoot, she thought. She ran towards the dog.
The dog was fast but all the years out of England had taught her some things. After a while, they entered a wooded area. Sirius changed back. Sophia took down the invisibility spell.
"Sirius?" she asked, hesitantly.
A hallo, waxy looking face turned toward her. "Sophia?" a horse voice asked.
"Oh Sirius, what have they done to you?"
Sirius put his hands up. "Now that you know how I escaped, you might as well turn me in."
"Why would I turn an innocent man in?" Sophia asked.
"You believe that?"
Sophia nodded. "Now can you please tell me what's at Hogwarts, because I don't think you're after Harry?"
"They think I'm after Harry? I'd never hurt him, but Peter would."
"Peter? What dose he have to do with this?"
"Peter as at Hogwarts in the form of a boy's pet. I saw him in the Daily Prophet on the front page with the family who won that sweepstakes."
"You mean the Weaselys? All that time that little rat slept in my apartment!" Sophia shouted. She got a blank look from Sirius. "I guess I better fill you in on some of the stuff that has happened in the last twelve years."
After an hour of that, Sophia asked "So what are you planning to do at Hogwarts?"
"Get the rat," Sirius said plainly.
"Well just a few precautions for you. First Fudge has Dementors posted around the school." Sirius's face went white. "They aren't aloud in the ground though. Second, Remus is at Hogwarts too. Dose he know about you being an amgius?"
Sirius nodded. "We, James, Peter," he spat the second name, "and I, did this for him."
"So you could be with him when he transformed," Sophia stated.
"How did you know?"
"Because you always consulted a lunar chart before you did anything," Sophia said and then continued on her original line of thought.
"I don't think Remus has told anyone. He might feel guilty of something. Just make sure you don't stay anywhere where he would think of looking for you. At the moment, I'm the only who doesn't think you're guilty.
"Third thing I think I need to tell you. A live rat is better than a dead, and lastly, good luck."
"Thanks," said Sirius.
A year passed without any news from Sirius. Then in one week she got 2 letters.
Sophia ~
You were right. Peter was the one who betrayed the Potters. Please accept my apology.
~ Dumbledore
She wrote back a letter that came just close of saying "I told you so."
At the end of the week, Sophia got another letter. To the normal person, this letter would seem very cryptic (which was the point), but Sophia understood perfectly.
Sophie-
The rat has escaped again. The kid and a girl helped me out of a spot. Thanks for advice. It helped. Do you know any out of the way vacation spots?
-Padfoot
Padfoot~
Good to know you're okay. I've all ways thought of as Brazil a good
place to go. How is the kid?
~Sophie
Another year passed before she heard anything again. The news came in the form of another owl.
Miss Sophia Smalls,
I have to inform you that Voldemort has risen again. This is documented to by Harry Potter. I am reassembling the order of the Phoenix. I want you to join as a full member this time.
If you wish to join, there will be a meeting at the home of Remus Lupin on the 6th of July at 5 p.m. Take the phoenix feather enclosed with you.
Albus Dumbledore
July 6? That was a couple days after Bill was due back.
Her thoughts turned to England, were Bill was. He had gone to see Harry in the Triwizards Tournament. Harry, Lily had asked Sophia to help take care of him. Hell of a job I'm doing, she thought. I haven't even been on the same continent as him for more than an hour since I was 19.
Sophia got up and went to pack.
"Lemonade?" Hermione asked
"What?" Sophia asked coming back from her own thoughts. "Oh, no, I have to go." And with that Sophia got up and left.
Hermione looked after her. She began looking through a photo album again. She found a photo with seven people in it. There were 2 babies, 4 adults and a teenager.
She recognized her self as a baby. Two of the adults looked like the same people in the photo Sophia had gotten whiled up about earlier. The other two looked familiar, but she couldn't place them. The teenager looked like Sophia. She didn't know who the other baby was though. There were no children in the neighborhood that she knew of. So she went to ask her mum.
"Oh, you probably don't remember. Those are some of Sophia's friends. They had a baby around your age, Lily and James something or other and their baby Harry. Lily and James died in a gas explosion, and Harry went to live with some relatives. The other ones are Sirius and Remus, I think."
Hermione almost fainted.
Fin
A/N - I am done with this part in the saga of Sophia Smalls. If you want more I will write more. Please review and thanks to the people who already have.
A/N 2- Who should Sophia end up with?
A: Remus Lupin
B: Sirius Black
C: Bill Weasely
Please tell me!!
Lily and James's funereal was the last time she planned to see anyone from that part of her life. After she finished Secondary School in England, she felt she needed to get as far away from there as possible. She studied Archeology and Linguistics at N.Y.C. University in the Untied States. She globe trotted for awhile and finally ended up in Egypt.
There she accidentally-on-purpose fell in with a group of curse breakers from Gringots. She worked with, shared a flat with, and became friends (and nothing more) with Bill Weasely. Sophia thought she had left Dumbledore, Harry, Remus and everything else back in England, never to catch up with her, but life has a funny way of catching up with you.
The first event was a letter from Remus.
Sophia,
Harry recently started school at Hogwarts and I was contacted by Hagrid. They want to put a scrap book together for Harry. I wanted to know if you had any pictures to put in it.
Thanks,
Remus Lupin
Harry is that old? Sophia thought as she took pictures out of her magical photo album. Hard to believe.
The next event to bring her closer to England was a letter to Bill.
Bill,
Good news! You're father won 10,000 gallons. We've decide to use the money bring the whole family on a trip to see you. We will be arriving Tuesday by arrow-plane (a muggle contraption, your father's idea)
Love,
Mum
"Sophia," Bill almost yelled, "you have to leave quickly. My family is going to be here tomorrow!"
"Oh great," Sophia said, "For once I would like to see you leave. I owned this place first."
"Yes, not a day goes by without you reminding me, but I'll give your laurels for that latter. Come on, I'll help you pack."
"Just give me a second. I need to find a place to stay first." Sophia dialed the number of the place she usually stayed when any of the Weasely where in Egypt. So far she had only met Mr. and Mrs. Weasely and Charley. MR. and Mrs. Weasely had no clue about Sophia and Bill's living arrangements, but Charley did. One day while Bill was gone, Charley had apperated in unexpectedly. When Bill came back, he found his brother tied up with a bloody nose. Sophia was standing on the other side of the room with his wand. Charley had never apperated in unexpectedly again.
Sophia helped Bill show his family around Egypt. She heard endless stories from Ron and Ginny about a boy named Harry (it wasn't until latter that she put 2 and 2 together to find out it was Lily and James's Harry.) She was the one who suggested locking Percy in a pyramid when he got a lot more stuck up about being Head Boy, not knowing that Fred and George would take it to heart.
When the Daily Prophet came, Sophia commented on how much she liked the way wizarding photos moved. Some how, this led into a conversation on muggle movies. When Mr. Weasely asked if they had met any muggle movie makers, Bill and Sophia began to laugh.
"What's so funny or shouldn't I ask?" Mrs. Weasely asked.
"You probably don't want to know," Sophia said.
"She might not, but we do," George said.
Bill looked at his brothers than toward Sophia. Sophia shrugged. "We played a little trick on some muggle film makers who came to close to a dig site once."
"What sort of trick?" Fred asked.
"Bill put a glamour on us, and using a muggle trick with mirrors and glass, we got them to believe that there were ghosts in the area," Sophia said.
"Bill," Molly's voice rose.
"It was for their own good, mom," Bill said.
"It really was, Mrs. Weasely," Sophia put in. "That place was so crisscrossed with hexes and curses that it was unsafe to even do magic there."
"And you were safe there?" Mrs. Weasely asked.
Sophia looked Mrs. Weasely in the eyes. "Most muggles have no appreciation for what really Dark magic can do. Most wizards and witches to for that matter." Sophia got up. "See you at work next week, Bill."
Sophia got her own letter that week.
Sophia~
Sirius Black has escaped. He was reported to say "He's at Hogwarts," in his sleep. We think he's after Harry and will try to attack him at Hogwarts. I already have Remus Lupin up at Hogwarts. I would like to see you there to.
~Albus Dumbledore
Sophia scribbled her reply.
Dumbledore,
I remember washing my hands of that man's fate a long time ago.
S. Smalls
Sophia grabbed her coat, wrote a quick note to Bill, and apperated to England.
Number 4 Privet Drive looked the same as it did the last time she had driven by it when she was 19. She put on the standard invisibility charm on herself and leaned by the wall in the garden.
Sophia jumped as she heard a bang from inside the house. A couple minutes latter, the front yard was flooded with light. She saw a boy with James's shaggy black hair drag something out of the house. Sophia wanted to go help Harry, but she knew she shouldn't. Harry ran down the street. Suddenly, a look of terror crossed his face. Sophia followed his gaze to see a big black dog. Hello Padfoot, she thought. She ran towards the dog.
The dog was fast but all the years out of England had taught her some things. After a while, they entered a wooded area. Sirius changed back. Sophia took down the invisibility spell.
"Sirius?" she asked, hesitantly.
A hallo, waxy looking face turned toward her. "Sophia?" a horse voice asked.
"Oh Sirius, what have they done to you?"
Sirius put his hands up. "Now that you know how I escaped, you might as well turn me in."
"Why would I turn an innocent man in?" Sophia asked.
"You believe that?"
Sophia nodded. "Now can you please tell me what's at Hogwarts, because I don't think you're after Harry?"
"They think I'm after Harry? I'd never hurt him, but Peter would."
"Peter? What dose he have to do with this?"
"Peter as at Hogwarts in the form of a boy's pet. I saw him in the Daily Prophet on the front page with the family who won that sweepstakes."
"You mean the Weaselys? All that time that little rat slept in my apartment!" Sophia shouted. She got a blank look from Sirius. "I guess I better fill you in on some of the stuff that has happened in the last twelve years."
After an hour of that, Sophia asked "So what are you planning to do at Hogwarts?"
"Get the rat," Sirius said plainly.
"Well just a few precautions for you. First Fudge has Dementors posted around the school." Sirius's face went white. "They aren't aloud in the ground though. Second, Remus is at Hogwarts too. Dose he know about you being an amgius?"
Sirius nodded. "We, James, Peter," he spat the second name, "and I, did this for him."
"So you could be with him when he transformed," Sophia stated.
"How did you know?"
"Because you always consulted a lunar chart before you did anything," Sophia said and then continued on her original line of thought.
"I don't think Remus has told anyone. He might feel guilty of something. Just make sure you don't stay anywhere where he would think of looking for you. At the moment, I'm the only who doesn't think you're guilty.
"Third thing I think I need to tell you. A live rat is better than a dead, and lastly, good luck."
"Thanks," said Sirius.
A year passed without any news from Sirius. Then in one week she got 2 letters.
Sophia ~
You were right. Peter was the one who betrayed the Potters. Please accept my apology.
~ Dumbledore
She wrote back a letter that came just close of saying "I told you so."
At the end of the week, Sophia got another letter. To the normal person, this letter would seem very cryptic (which was the point), but Sophia understood perfectly.
Sophie-
The rat has escaped again. The kid and a girl helped me out of a spot. Thanks for advice. It helped. Do you know any out of the way vacation spots?
-Padfoot
Padfoot~
Good to know you're okay. I've all ways thought of as Brazil a good
place to go. How is the kid?
~Sophie
Another year passed before she heard anything again. The news came in the form of another owl.
Miss Sophia Smalls,
I have to inform you that Voldemort has risen again. This is documented to by Harry Potter. I am reassembling the order of the Phoenix. I want you to join as a full member this time.
If you wish to join, there will be a meeting at the home of Remus Lupin on the 6th of July at 5 p.m. Take the phoenix feather enclosed with you.
Albus Dumbledore
July 6? That was a couple days after Bill was due back.
Her thoughts turned to England, were Bill was. He had gone to see Harry in the Triwizards Tournament. Harry, Lily had asked Sophia to help take care of him. Hell of a job I'm doing, she thought. I haven't even been on the same continent as him for more than an hour since I was 19.
Sophia got up and went to pack.
"Lemonade?" Hermione asked
"What?" Sophia asked coming back from her own thoughts. "Oh, no, I have to go." And with that Sophia got up and left.
Hermione looked after her. She began looking through a photo album again. She found a photo with seven people in it. There were 2 babies, 4 adults and a teenager.
She recognized her self as a baby. Two of the adults looked like the same people in the photo Sophia had gotten whiled up about earlier. The other two looked familiar, but she couldn't place them. The teenager looked like Sophia. She didn't know who the other baby was though. There were no children in the neighborhood that she knew of. So she went to ask her mum.
"Oh, you probably don't remember. Those are some of Sophia's friends. They had a baby around your age, Lily and James something or other and their baby Harry. Lily and James died in a gas explosion, and Harry went to live with some relatives. The other ones are Sirius and Remus, I think."
Hermione almost fainted.
Fin
A/N - I am done with this part in the saga of Sophia Smalls. If you want more I will write more. Please review and thanks to the people who already have.
A/N 2- Who should Sophia end up with?
A: Remus Lupin
B: Sirius Black
C: Bill Weasely
Please tell me!!