Chapter
One – Unwelcome Post
Auriellis sat at her desk frustrated and swiped at a stray
strand of wavy auburn hair that fell across her face as she tried to make sense
of her maths equations. I hate
maths! Give me history any day! She thought to herself in frustration.
"Auri! Get down
here now!" Shouted a voice from
downstairs.
"Coming Jay! Just
hang on a sec." She shouted back
grinning to herself.
Her brother Jay, her sandy haired freckle nosed, 9-year-old
brother could be pretty darned impatient sometimes.
"Have a nice time kids!"
Called their mum from the kitchen.
As she skipped down the stairs grabbing her coat from the
banister to go out with her brother, Auriellis had no idea that a certain
famous old wizard was watching her intently.
Dumbledore heard the insistent knocking on is door and
reluctantly waved a hand over the crystal ball in which he'd been gazing
dissolving the scene into blackness.
"Come in!" He
called softly, determined not to hold it against whoever it was that they'd
interrupted the only contact that the elderly mage had with his last remaining
family.
"Professor! It's
Harry! He's disappeared!" Said a frantic looking Minerva McGonagall.
Dumbledore's focus was now completely on the welfare of his
student, all thoughts of his beloved great-niece had been chased from his mind.
***
Auriellis had often wondered how she could possibly be so
different from her brother, she pondered this whilst they rode the bus to town
and she watched him sink his nose into a science journal,
"Jay! What's wrong
with a good old comic, or listening to a CD?"
Her brother just grinned up at her and went back to his
protons and neutrons.
Auriellis just shook her head in mock exasperation and
started staring out of the window. Soon
she was deep in thought.
Her mind drifted back to the last weekend, she'd been
fighting with Jay over which of them would get the bigger bedroom in their new
house and somehow, the next morning Jay had ended up with green hair, she
couldn't understand it, everyone had accused her of dyeing it, but she knew it
hadn't been her, it was a mystery. But
it wasn't the first time something strange had happened around her…
Broken windows,
Strange weather,
There was always something…
Then, of course there had been the time she'd seen a little
toddler playing by the road when a drunken driver had swerved onto the
pavement. Somehow the child had been
flung away from the wheels just in time, and Auriellis had never managed to
shake the feeling that, somehow, she had done it.
Auriellis was jolted from her thoughts as the bus stopped
at their destination. Jay prodded her
and the two of them hastily made their way towards the town centre.
***
Dumbledore spoke with Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley,
both of them seemed to be in total shock, apparently they had been walking with
Harry towards the quidditch because he had a practice and just as they were
going past the lake Harry had 'vanished'.
The headmaster did his best to comfort the distraught Gryffindors and
went outside to have a look around, and to think.
As he walked alongside the lake the headmaster's thoughts
returned to his great-niece, he couldn't help thinking about Auriellis every
time Harry was in trouble, he'd always worried that Voldemort might find out
about Auriellis and go after her as well.
After all Tom Riddle had killed the rest of Albus
Dumbledore's family, why shouldn't he want to finish the job?
Dumbledore turned towards the lake to see the merchieftess
watching him interestedly.
"Good Afternoon my friend." Said Albus as cheerfully as he could in mermish.
"Dumbledore! One of
my people reports that the boy has vanished.
Said he saw it happen… Is this true?
For if it is then it certainly isn't a good afternoon!"
Dumbledore sighed and nodded,
"You are right my dear.
You say this merman saw the disappearance?"
"That's right, apparently he just vanished into thin
air. Do you have any idea how this
might have happened?"
"That's what I'm trying to think about now, Thankyou for
your help."
"Any time white beard."
And with that, the merchieftess sank back down into the
murky depths of the lake, leaving Dumbledore to wonder what had become of the
boy who lived.
***
After a long day of traipsing around shops looking at video
games and toys that they couldn't afford Auriellis and Jay finally returned
home.
"Wow! That smells great
Mum!" Shouted Jay from the porch the
delightful smells of freshly cooked dinner to an empty stomach.
"You're timing is perfect!
I swear you kids are never late for a meal!" Chuckled Annie Morrison placing their plates on the table.
They were soon all sat around the table tucking into the
spaghetti bolognaise. Auriellis, Jay,
and their parents, Annie and Ben. The
family chatted about nothing out of the ordinary and generally enjoyed each
other's company until the meal was finished, but just as Jay and Auriellis
began to squabble over who should clear the plates away the tranquil,
easy-going mood was punctured by the arrival of an owl through the window.
"Aargh! Yelled
Auriellis jumping back from the table in surprise, "An owl!"
Annie and Ben looked at each other and paled slightly, Jay
approached the bird curiously pushing his glasses up his nose to see it better.
"What's that on it's leg Dad?" He asked pointing to a strange piece of what looked like
parchment.
"Kids, I think you'd best wait outside for a minute
okay." Said Annie reaching over and
stroking the owl to calm it down.
Jay looked a bit miffed but managed to drag Auriellis from
the room into the hallway.
The two kids looked at each other and grinned before
pressing their ears against the door.
"We know you're right outside!" Yelled their Dad,
They remained silent hoping it might fool them.
Ben smiled a little but then he looked at the parchment on
the owl's leg and the smile disappeared.
"I suppose this is what we've been waiting for…"
"All these years Ben, how do we explain it all?" Said Annie sinking to her chair.
"We might as well read it first Annie."
"But it's addressed to Auri. We can't read her mail."
"This is different."
"It's still wrong Ben,"
"I suppose you're right, but how do we explain?"
"I guess we should just sit her down and tell the truth,
she's a smart kid... she can handle it."
"I hope so."
Jay was staring at Auri with his mouth open, "What are they
on about?" He mouthed.
Auriellis shrugged her shoulders in reply.
Suddenly they both jumped as the door swung open and they
sheepishly shuffled back into the room.
"Jay, Auri, sit down, there's something we need to talk
about."
***
"It
just doesn't make sense Albus! How
could he just disappear?" Sighed Minerva
shaking her head.
"I don't know for sure, but I think we can safely say that
he has been taken against his will, we haven't heard from him since he
disappeared." Replied the headmaster
frowning.
"Wha' can we do?"
Said Hagrid rubbing the back of his neck with one giant hand.
"I really don't know. There isn't anything that I can think
of."
"I will find out what I can of course headmaster but I fear
I will not be able to find out much."
Said Snape from the back of the room.
Albus smiled briefly at the potions master.
"We all appreciate your work Severus, Thankyou."
Silence fell over the headmaster's office and after a few
moments the staff filtered out feeling despondent and restless. Dumbledore stroked his pet phoenix Fawkes
for comfort but he couldn't shake the uneasiness that had settled over him.
"I fear for him Fawkes, what more will he have to go
through?" Sighed Albus Dumbledore as
the bird fluttered back to his perch.
Just then an owl appeared at the window.
Dumbledore leant over and let it in.
It swooped down dropping a letter on the desk and left
straight away, back through the open window.
The headmaster picked up the parchment with shaking hands
and read as his worst fears were confirmed.
Dumbledore
I have the Potter boy, and the girl will be next.
T. M. Riddle.
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A/N
What
do you guys think???
It's
a bit odd, and short, but I hope it will get better as I go along… Obviously there
isn't much to go on yet but I haven't written much yet and the truth is, this
is mainly a mini-distraction to stop me from trying to strangle myself cause of
HP & the Dawn of Realisation, but, you never know, if you guys are
interested in this I'll write more and explain what's going on…
Love
Yas!
Jona
xxx
Auriellis
By: jona