A/N: What do ya'll think of Astra and Draco's relationship, guys? I think it sounds about right. You noticed I put her in tighter clothes than she was in when she first appeared in year five? That's because I wanted her to look shexy! :3 Hey! I can do that if I want! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! And Professor Snape skipping off into the sunset!
My friend Celia told a great image. A parody of sorts if you will....
At the end of Harry Potter in year seven, the only living things left are Trevor and the Squid riding off into the sunset on top of the Weasley's car. Cute, ne? ^.^ I've got a new book! Celia gave me an Amy Tan book called The Kitchen God's Wife. I bought myself a book called Chobits by CLAMP. It's great, although it's for 16+ age group. Eh... who cares! I'm old enough! Any hoo.... It's absolutely hillarious! HAHAHAHA! Oh... you ought to check out Angelic Layer as well! It's by CLAMP and it's majorly cool!
Chapter Two
Harry sat next to the fire place waiting for Ron to arrive. He sighed heavily. He missed Ginny. He had been waiting to see her, he even had a present for her that he had found in the small town that Sirius lived in.
Sirius' house was quite a bit smaller than Remus' family home. Harry felt right at home when he had walked into it. Sirius thought it was amusing when Harry started zipping around the room like a child in a toy store. Harry was incredibly happy to be with Sirius.
Sirius walked into the room smiling at Harry while pulling on his driving gloves. "Alright there, Harry?" Sirius said cheerfully.
"Yeahh....." Harry said glummly. Sirius walked over to Harry and put a hand on his shoulder.
"I just got an owl... Want to have a ride?" Sirius smiled.
"Eh?"
"I received an owl from Mrs. Weasley saying that Ron couldn't come retrieve you. She asked me if I couldn't bring you." Sirius kept smiling at Harry.
Harry smiled and dragged his trunk outside. Then, a thought hit him. "Wait a minute... Don't you have any floo powder?"
Sirius flopped to the ground on his knees and turned into a dog. Then, he begged. "Let me guess.... you don't ...." Harry said.
"You guessed it!" Sirius said as soon as he turned back into himself. "I keep forgetting to get some! My brain is still on Azkaban mode!" He wept mockingly.
Harry patted his shoulder sympathetically. "It's okay... I was just curious if there was an easier way to get there than your bike...."
Sirius straighten up and glared at Harry, taking his ears in both hands and tugging on them. "And there is something wrong with my bike!"
"Ouch! Sorry! I'm Sorry!" Harry stammered. Sirius immediately let go of his ears. Harry rubbed his ears and got onto Sirius' motorcycle as Sirius shrank Harry's trunk and set it on the back.
"Here's a helmet, kid..." Sirius smiled as he handed Harry a helmet. Harry put it on just as Sirius took off.
An Hour later, Harry and Sirius found Ottery St. Catchpole and the Weasley's house. Sirius landed his motorcycle in their yard and let Harry get off of it. In a second, Harry was thrown onto the ground by something soft and pleasant smelling. He smiled down at the top of Ginny's head as she buried her face into his chest. "I missed you!!!!!"
Mr. Weasley walked out of the house and smiled at Harry who had a very cute red head attached to him. Harry smiled up at Mr. Weasley. "Hello, Mr. Weasley!"
"I see you have a new appendage there, Harry..." He said cheerfully. Mr. Weasley walked up to Sirius and smiled. "Hello, Sirius! Bill's here if you want to say hello...."
"Bill? I haven't seen that kid since I was a seventh year!" Sirius said happily. "Where is he!"
"Right here, Mr. Black..." said Bill Weasley who had come out just as Mr. Weasley had said his name. His hair was tied back in a ponytail and he still wore that single earing. He smiled at Sirius and shook his hand. "As you can see... I'm not a scrawny second year anymore..."
"No... but you are still scrawny..." Sirius commented with grin. Bill smiled an evil grin.
Harry lifted himself up to his knees. Ginny still had a firm grip on his shirt and didn't look like she was going to let go anytime soon. Harry smirked and stood up as he placed a hand behind her knees and swept her up into his arms. "I think I ought to go inside... Hopefully I can come back out to get my trunk."
Mr. Weasley was smiling gleefully at Sirius' motorcycle as he poked and prodded it. "Amazing! Astounding! I don't believe I have seen something quite like this before!"
"Well at least I wasn't a hound for attention like some people are..." Bill commented.
"I'm not just ANY hound, Weasley.... I'm the best!" Sirius countered.
Harry entered the house and sat down on the couch. Ginny sat on his lap, still holding onto him. He breathed in her hair, his hands tangling themselves in it. He missed this... her warmth... her softness.... her scent...
"VIRGINIA!"
Harry was shot out of his reverie by Ron's shriek. Harry stared up into that glaring visage and paled. Ron was awfully scary when it came to his sister. "Hello, Ron... didn't think you would go ballistic over Harry like this..." Ginny said calmly. She was as red as her hair.
She slid off of Harry's lap and smiled up at Ron. Then, she walked past him and grabbed a newspaper. "How can you read when I'm angry at you! Do you know what you looked like on Harry like tha--"
She hit him over the head with the rolled up newspaper. She smiled in a satisfied way and walked up the stairs. Harry shook his and smiled. Despite Ron's notorious anger, he still had a long way to go to be at his sister's level.
Harry nearly jumped through the roof as a pair of arms slunk around his neck, pulling him into a hug. Familiar whitish hair fell onto his shoulder and he smiled. "Hullo Astra..."
Astra set her head onto Harry's and beamed. "Tee hee! I missed you, guy! I had a fun time back home! How was your stay at Sirius'?"
"Great! I enjoyed it very much!" Harry beamed.
"What's this...?" came a familiar growl. Harry turned his head as did Astra. Harry could've laughed himself silly at the look on Draco's face. "*sniff* How can you do this to me, Astra! Are you choosing HIM over ME?!"
Astra had let go of Harry. He looked up at her and saw an incredibly clueless expression. "Huh?"
Draco got closer and took one of her hands. He opened his black button up shirt and placed her hand inside onto his chest. "If you plan on taking my heart away, Astra... do it in a more pleasant fashion...." He purred at her. Harry felt like he was going to vomit. This was the last thing he needed to see.
Astra was blushing furiously and looked a bit like she could melt into a puddle at any moment. She didn't move or say anything as Draco pulled her closer, slinking her other arm around his waist. He had a devious glint in his gray eyes as he smirked down at Astra and brought his face closer to hers.
"HARRY!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Harry jumped and smiled as Astra jumped away from Draco. She was still blushing furiously. A black barn owl flew in and landed on her shoulder. Draco growled at Skywise and heaved a sigh.
Mrs. Weasley came out of the garden and smiled at Harry. "Come out! We have a game to play!"
Harry glanced at Astra and she shrugged. "Damned if I know...."
They walked out of the house and into the garden. There was a long rope laid across the wide expanse in the field with a long line at the middle. "We're going to play tug-o-war!" Astra beamed. "Guys versus Gals!"
"That sounds like a plan...." said Fred Weasley as he walked up with George behind him and Nevaeh wrapped around George's waist.
"Let's play people!" shouted Astra. She ran over to one side and took the front. Harry took the front of the other side of the rope. Ron came out and took up position behind Harry. Ginny came up behind Astra and took her place. Hermione came up behind Ginny and Nevaeh behind Hermione. Fred and George took their places behind Ron. Bill Weasley walked over and smiled.
"On the count of three, start.... three... two... one!"
Harry pulled as hard as he could on the rope. He gritted his teeth and pulled hard, feeling the rope give with him. Astra smirked at him evilly. She dug her heels into the ground and pulled hard, sending Harry forward a bit.
"Come on, Fred! George! Pull harder! You two were beaters! You can handle this!" cried Ron.
"Yes, but there are another two people on the other side that are beaters as well, Ron..." George growled.
"Besides... Astra's stronger than me!" Fred said.
"Do the ickle boys have a problem?" asked Ginny mischievously.
Harry grinned. "Not a problem!" Harry felt his side start to pull. Harry tugged on the rope as hard as he could and felt the rope give way.
"ACK!" Astra yelped as the girl's side fell over.
"Boys win!" Harry said breathlessly.
Draco walked over clapping sarcastically. He kneeled next to Astra and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Should I go get a doctor...?" He said with that smirk on his face.
Astra lifted herself up and growled at him. "Not by a long shot! We ain't through yet!"
Harry smirked at Ginny. "Play again, shall we?"
Ginny smiled up at him. "Whatever you say..."
They took up their positions again. "Three.. Two... One!" shouted Bill.
Harry tugged as hard as he could. The rope gave and he fell on top of Ron. Ginny kneeled down next to Harry. "You win!" She stood up and walked away to the table that Mrs. Weasley had set out.
Harry sat down at the table and kissed Ginny's cheek. She blushed slightly and smiled. Mrs. Weasley smiled at Harry approvingly. "Eat up, Harry!"
The evening went wonderfully. Ron and Hermione constantly bickered about nonessential things, as usual. Ginny kept a warm arm near Harry, much to his comfort. Bill and Charlie both made jokes about their parents, making Mrs. Weasley blush slightly in the candlelight.
Astra and Draco sat together at the end of the table. Every now and then, Astra made a startled squeak and glared at Draco. Avalon barely talked to anyone. Even Kennedy didn't seem to gain her attention. She just stared off into space, up at the stars and the moon, not saying a word as she finished her slice of pie.
Nevaeh listened to Bill and Charlie, but she seemed sad. She kept glancing around at everyone despondently. "Cheer up, Nev! The twins are a little busy at their shop this summer." Charlie said with a broad smile.
Later that night, everyone went to their rooms and beds for the night. In the morning, it would be Harry's birthday and he would at last be seventeen.
He woke up in the middle of the night to a searing pain in his forehead. He winced as he sat up. "Did I have another dream?" he muttered to himself. He couldn't remember, which was odd, since he always remembered the dreams that carried the searing pain of the lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead.
He got out of bed and walked down to the living room. He walked into the kitchen and poured himself a glass of milk. "You're up, as well?" asked a distant, but familiar voice from the couch in the living room.
He walked over and saw Avalon sitting with her feet under her, watching him like a hawk. "Vee... it's you..." Harry sighed. He realized something Astra had told him. Avalon rarely talked to anyone other than her sister. When she did, it was usually to say something as a warning. The color drained from his face.
Avalon sat there on the couch studying him with those black eyes of hers. Her long black hair was untied and cascaded around her in waves. "Do you know who you are?" she said softly.
Harry was perplexed. He heard her clearly, but what she had said made no sense. "I'm Harry Potter.... you've known that since you arrived in my fifth year...."
"Indeed.... but even before then.... I knew you...." Avalon said in that low voice of hers. She sounded similar to Astra now. "I knew that you would become friends with my sister... I knew that one day you would need her help in the worst way..."
Harry stared at her. He knew that at the end of the year before, Astra was able to make time bend for her. He had helped him most deffinantly throughout her two years at Hogwarts. "You know that as well as I do, Vee... she's always there...."
Avalon stared at him with those dark eyes boring into him. Suddenly, there was a loud boom that shook the house. Harry leapt over to the nearest window and looked out. In the distance, there was a house burning to ash. He could hear screaming, but he couldn't see anything.
"The countdown has begun, Harry...." Avalon's voice intoned and then..... Harry woke up.....
My friend Celia told a great image. A parody of sorts if you will....
At the end of Harry Potter in year seven, the only living things left are Trevor and the Squid riding off into the sunset on top of the Weasley's car. Cute, ne? ^.^ I've got a new book! Celia gave me an Amy Tan book called The Kitchen God's Wife. I bought myself a book called Chobits by CLAMP. It's great, although it's for 16+ age group. Eh... who cares! I'm old enough! Any hoo.... It's absolutely hillarious! HAHAHAHA! Oh... you ought to check out Angelic Layer as well! It's by CLAMP and it's majorly cool!
Chapter Two
Harry sat next to the fire place waiting for Ron to arrive. He sighed heavily. He missed Ginny. He had been waiting to see her, he even had a present for her that he had found in the small town that Sirius lived in.
Sirius' house was quite a bit smaller than Remus' family home. Harry felt right at home when he had walked into it. Sirius thought it was amusing when Harry started zipping around the room like a child in a toy store. Harry was incredibly happy to be with Sirius.
Sirius walked into the room smiling at Harry while pulling on his driving gloves. "Alright there, Harry?" Sirius said cheerfully.
"Yeahh....." Harry said glummly. Sirius walked over to Harry and put a hand on his shoulder.
"I just got an owl... Want to have a ride?" Sirius smiled.
"Eh?"
"I received an owl from Mrs. Weasley saying that Ron couldn't come retrieve you. She asked me if I couldn't bring you." Sirius kept smiling at Harry.
Harry smiled and dragged his trunk outside. Then, a thought hit him. "Wait a minute... Don't you have any floo powder?"
Sirius flopped to the ground on his knees and turned into a dog. Then, he begged. "Let me guess.... you don't ...." Harry said.
"You guessed it!" Sirius said as soon as he turned back into himself. "I keep forgetting to get some! My brain is still on Azkaban mode!" He wept mockingly.
Harry patted his shoulder sympathetically. "It's okay... I was just curious if there was an easier way to get there than your bike...."
Sirius straighten up and glared at Harry, taking his ears in both hands and tugging on them. "And there is something wrong with my bike!"
"Ouch! Sorry! I'm Sorry!" Harry stammered. Sirius immediately let go of his ears. Harry rubbed his ears and got onto Sirius' motorcycle as Sirius shrank Harry's trunk and set it on the back.
"Here's a helmet, kid..." Sirius smiled as he handed Harry a helmet. Harry put it on just as Sirius took off.
An Hour later, Harry and Sirius found Ottery St. Catchpole and the Weasley's house. Sirius landed his motorcycle in their yard and let Harry get off of it. In a second, Harry was thrown onto the ground by something soft and pleasant smelling. He smiled down at the top of Ginny's head as she buried her face into his chest. "I missed you!!!!!"
Mr. Weasley walked out of the house and smiled at Harry who had a very cute red head attached to him. Harry smiled up at Mr. Weasley. "Hello, Mr. Weasley!"
"I see you have a new appendage there, Harry..." He said cheerfully. Mr. Weasley walked up to Sirius and smiled. "Hello, Sirius! Bill's here if you want to say hello...."
"Bill? I haven't seen that kid since I was a seventh year!" Sirius said happily. "Where is he!"
"Right here, Mr. Black..." said Bill Weasley who had come out just as Mr. Weasley had said his name. His hair was tied back in a ponytail and he still wore that single earing. He smiled at Sirius and shook his hand. "As you can see... I'm not a scrawny second year anymore..."
"No... but you are still scrawny..." Sirius commented with grin. Bill smiled an evil grin.
Harry lifted himself up to his knees. Ginny still had a firm grip on his shirt and didn't look like she was going to let go anytime soon. Harry smirked and stood up as he placed a hand behind her knees and swept her up into his arms. "I think I ought to go inside... Hopefully I can come back out to get my trunk."
Mr. Weasley was smiling gleefully at Sirius' motorcycle as he poked and prodded it. "Amazing! Astounding! I don't believe I have seen something quite like this before!"
"Well at least I wasn't a hound for attention like some people are..." Bill commented.
"I'm not just ANY hound, Weasley.... I'm the best!" Sirius countered.
Harry entered the house and sat down on the couch. Ginny sat on his lap, still holding onto him. He breathed in her hair, his hands tangling themselves in it. He missed this... her warmth... her softness.... her scent...
"VIRGINIA!"
Harry was shot out of his reverie by Ron's shriek. Harry stared up into that glaring visage and paled. Ron was awfully scary when it came to his sister. "Hello, Ron... didn't think you would go ballistic over Harry like this..." Ginny said calmly. She was as red as her hair.
She slid off of Harry's lap and smiled up at Ron. Then, she walked past him and grabbed a newspaper. "How can you read when I'm angry at you! Do you know what you looked like on Harry like tha--"
She hit him over the head with the rolled up newspaper. She smiled in a satisfied way and walked up the stairs. Harry shook his and smiled. Despite Ron's notorious anger, he still had a long way to go to be at his sister's level.
Harry nearly jumped through the roof as a pair of arms slunk around his neck, pulling him into a hug. Familiar whitish hair fell onto his shoulder and he smiled. "Hullo Astra..."
Astra set her head onto Harry's and beamed. "Tee hee! I missed you, guy! I had a fun time back home! How was your stay at Sirius'?"
"Great! I enjoyed it very much!" Harry beamed.
"What's this...?" came a familiar growl. Harry turned his head as did Astra. Harry could've laughed himself silly at the look on Draco's face. "*sniff* How can you do this to me, Astra! Are you choosing HIM over ME?!"
Astra had let go of Harry. He looked up at her and saw an incredibly clueless expression. "Huh?"
Draco got closer and took one of her hands. He opened his black button up shirt and placed her hand inside onto his chest. "If you plan on taking my heart away, Astra... do it in a more pleasant fashion...." He purred at her. Harry felt like he was going to vomit. This was the last thing he needed to see.
Astra was blushing furiously and looked a bit like she could melt into a puddle at any moment. She didn't move or say anything as Draco pulled her closer, slinking her other arm around his waist. He had a devious glint in his gray eyes as he smirked down at Astra and brought his face closer to hers.
"HARRY!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Harry jumped and smiled as Astra jumped away from Draco. She was still blushing furiously. A black barn owl flew in and landed on her shoulder. Draco growled at Skywise and heaved a sigh.
Mrs. Weasley came out of the garden and smiled at Harry. "Come out! We have a game to play!"
Harry glanced at Astra and she shrugged. "Damned if I know...."
They walked out of the house and into the garden. There was a long rope laid across the wide expanse in the field with a long line at the middle. "We're going to play tug-o-war!" Astra beamed. "Guys versus Gals!"
"That sounds like a plan...." said Fred Weasley as he walked up with George behind him and Nevaeh wrapped around George's waist.
"Let's play people!" shouted Astra. She ran over to one side and took the front. Harry took the front of the other side of the rope. Ron came out and took up position behind Harry. Ginny came up behind Astra and took her place. Hermione came up behind Ginny and Nevaeh behind Hermione. Fred and George took their places behind Ron. Bill Weasley walked over and smiled.
"On the count of three, start.... three... two... one!"
Harry pulled as hard as he could on the rope. He gritted his teeth and pulled hard, feeling the rope give with him. Astra smirked at him evilly. She dug her heels into the ground and pulled hard, sending Harry forward a bit.
"Come on, Fred! George! Pull harder! You two were beaters! You can handle this!" cried Ron.
"Yes, but there are another two people on the other side that are beaters as well, Ron..." George growled.
"Besides... Astra's stronger than me!" Fred said.
"Do the ickle boys have a problem?" asked Ginny mischievously.
Harry grinned. "Not a problem!" Harry felt his side start to pull. Harry tugged on the rope as hard as he could and felt the rope give way.
"ACK!" Astra yelped as the girl's side fell over.
"Boys win!" Harry said breathlessly.
Draco walked over clapping sarcastically. He kneeled next to Astra and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Should I go get a doctor...?" He said with that smirk on his face.
Astra lifted herself up and growled at him. "Not by a long shot! We ain't through yet!"
Harry smirked at Ginny. "Play again, shall we?"
Ginny smiled up at him. "Whatever you say..."
They took up their positions again. "Three.. Two... One!" shouted Bill.
Harry tugged as hard as he could. The rope gave and he fell on top of Ron. Ginny kneeled down next to Harry. "You win!" She stood up and walked away to the table that Mrs. Weasley had set out.
Harry sat down at the table and kissed Ginny's cheek. She blushed slightly and smiled. Mrs. Weasley smiled at Harry approvingly. "Eat up, Harry!"
The evening went wonderfully. Ron and Hermione constantly bickered about nonessential things, as usual. Ginny kept a warm arm near Harry, much to his comfort. Bill and Charlie both made jokes about their parents, making Mrs. Weasley blush slightly in the candlelight.
Astra and Draco sat together at the end of the table. Every now and then, Astra made a startled squeak and glared at Draco. Avalon barely talked to anyone. Even Kennedy didn't seem to gain her attention. She just stared off into space, up at the stars and the moon, not saying a word as she finished her slice of pie.
Nevaeh listened to Bill and Charlie, but she seemed sad. She kept glancing around at everyone despondently. "Cheer up, Nev! The twins are a little busy at their shop this summer." Charlie said with a broad smile.
Later that night, everyone went to their rooms and beds for the night. In the morning, it would be Harry's birthday and he would at last be seventeen.
He woke up in the middle of the night to a searing pain in his forehead. He winced as he sat up. "Did I have another dream?" he muttered to himself. He couldn't remember, which was odd, since he always remembered the dreams that carried the searing pain of the lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead.
He got out of bed and walked down to the living room. He walked into the kitchen and poured himself a glass of milk. "You're up, as well?" asked a distant, but familiar voice from the couch in the living room.
He walked over and saw Avalon sitting with her feet under her, watching him like a hawk. "Vee... it's you..." Harry sighed. He realized something Astra had told him. Avalon rarely talked to anyone other than her sister. When she did, it was usually to say something as a warning. The color drained from his face.
Avalon sat there on the couch studying him with those black eyes of hers. Her long black hair was untied and cascaded around her in waves. "Do you know who you are?" she said softly.
Harry was perplexed. He heard her clearly, but what she had said made no sense. "I'm Harry Potter.... you've known that since you arrived in my fifth year...."
"Indeed.... but even before then.... I knew you...." Avalon said in that low voice of hers. She sounded similar to Astra now. "I knew that you would become friends with my sister... I knew that one day you would need her help in the worst way..."
Harry stared at her. He knew that at the end of the year before, Astra was able to make time bend for her. He had helped him most deffinantly throughout her two years at Hogwarts. "You know that as well as I do, Vee... she's always there...."
Avalon stared at him with those dark eyes boring into him. Suddenly, there was a loud boom that shook the house. Harry leapt over to the nearest window and looked out. In the distance, there was a house burning to ash. He could hear screaming, but he couldn't see anything.
"The countdown has begun, Harry...." Avalon's voice intoned and then..... Harry woke up.....