Chapter 7
"Keara we need to talk," Devlynn grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the main room and into a smaller one next to it.
"OW! Let go, Dev." He let go of her arm, but stood between her and the door. "What's up?"
"What did Black say to you earlier?"
"He's said a lot of things to me."
"You know what I mean. What did he say when the two of you were looking at the Map?" Dev crossed his arms over his chest looking impatient.
"Oh, then!" Keara grinned knowing that this could be fun. "Well he told me that we should run away together tonight. Isn't that romantic?" Keara faked swooning and collapsed into Devlynn's arms. "He's so dreamy. He wants to take me away with him to his world," she batted her eyelashes and sighed theatrically. "Think I should go with him?"
"No. I think you should stay here where you belong," Dev growled.
"But what if I want to go?" Keara pouted and stood up.
"Tough."
"But Devvy-pooh!" Keara whined. "He loves me. He told me so."
"He's lying."
"How do you know?"
"I'm a guy. Trust me. All he wants to do is get into your pants. Stay away from him."
"I don't want to. Besides, what if I want him in my pants?"
"Tough and I better not catch him in your pants."
"Yeah it is. For you," she smiled sweetly as he growled in anger. "And if I want him in my pants, he'll be there whether or not you approve of it," she reached up on her tiptoes and placed a kiss on his cheek. "Don't worry all he actually said to me was that you were glaring at him and that it'd be fun to tweak you a little so I indulged him a bit by pretending to blush. It worked," Keara grinned up at her brother's angry and embarrassed face. "Give him a chance. He's sweet and you don't have to worry about me forgetting all about you. Now stop being jealous and acting like a prick."
Dev watched as she walked out of the room and snuck up on an unsuspecting Psi, tickling him causing him to shriek and beg for mercy. Dev joined everyone a few minutes later and reminded them that they still had to work out their story. They all had to be telling the same one or it wouldn't work.
The entire group sat around in a circle in the middle of the room, some in chairs, some on couches and a few on the floor. Each threw out theirs ideas to the group for it to be discussed and either used or tossed aside. They finally all agreed upon the same story for when the expected questions came. James was to be Harry's distant cousin, Jeigh being the grandson of great-uncle, Garett that Harry had never known he had because he had been the black sheep of the family and was never spoken about. It was rumored that he had died before having kids. James said he just moved and changed his name from Potter to Erdiths and had himself encouraged the rumor that he had died in hopes of keeping his kids away from the rest of the Potters. Sirius was going to be Jeigh's brother, Strider. Ravi Fauthner, otherwise known as Remus, was close friends with Jeigh and Strider and has been staying with them since Voldemort had killed his parents. Lily became Ravi's sister, Lara, who was also Jeigh's girlfriend.
"I think it's time we saw Dumbledore," James held everyone back from leaving for dinner like they had planned to do when they had finished figuring everything out.
"Fizzing Whizby," Harry said once they got to the statue of the gargoyle. It immediately sprang to life and hopped off to the side revealing the entrance to Dumbledore's office. They trouped up the stairs, knocked on the door and waited.
"Come in, come in," Dumbledore's cheerful voice could be heard through the door.
The gang opened the door and walked in.
"I was wondering when you would come to see me," Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as he conjured up the extra chairs that would be needed to accommodate everyone. Lily sat down on the arm of James' chair and leaned against his shoulder while he put his arm around her waist. Zeta crashed out on his back on the plush carpeting not being one to like chairs, Psi on his stomach close by. Diablo sprawled out in a chair with Dev leaning on the back of it. Keara chose to lean her hip against the edge of Dumbledore's desk. The rest all sat like normal people who had been called before the headmaster.
"Hiya, Dumbledore," James grinned.
"I must say I am slightly surprised to see the four of you."
"Somehow, I doubt that," Zeta was absentmindedly playing with the tail of his braid, which he was holding in front of his face. "Not much seems to surprise you."
"So what's the story?" asked Dumbledore wanting to be able to answer the teacher's questions about the four's presence.
"Morning glory," Diablo grinned.
"Uh. All right then," Ron looked utterly lost.
"Muggle thing," replied Harry, Hermione and Diablo.
"What is with you and Muggle stuff? You. Are. A. Pure. Blood. you half wit," Zeta looked annoyed. He didn't mind the Muggle references every once in a while, but Diablo took it too far sometimes. He brought up Muggles every chance he got.
"Now Zeta. There's no need to lose your temper," Dumbledore reminded Zeta where he was and that it probably wasn't the best idea to get in a fight in front of the headmaster.
"Now, I'd like to hear the story that I'm sure you've come up with."
"Okay. Well, I'm going by Jeigh and I'm related to Harry through a great uncle named Garett, that everyone thought had died before having children, but the uncle had actually changed his name to Erdiths and spread the rumor himself that he had died. Sirius will be going by Strider and is my brother," James decided on being the spokesperson for the group since no one else was speaking up yet.
"I'm Ravi Fauthner, and Lily is my sister, Lara. She's still Jeigh's girlfriend. Our parents were killed by Voldemort and we're staying with Jeigh," added Remus.
"Impressive," Dumbledore smiled. "Thought this all out have you?"
"We all talked about it earlier in the room. We knew that we'd have to give people some kind of answers," Diablo replied.
"And how did Jeigh and Strider find out about Harry?" Dumbledore doubted that they had thought of this and he would be correct judging by the blank looks on everyone's face. "I suggest that you fi."
"They met through Keara," Devlynn interrupted quietly. "Strider met her over the summer and they started seeing each other. Keara introduced the four of them to Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Diablo, Zeta, Psi and myself."
"Now I'm impressed. You deciding to give Siri a chance with your sister?" Diablo stared up at Devlynn.
"No, but it makes sense if they're going to pull this off," Dev glared at Sirius who glared right back.
"It makes sense knowing you to still hate him too," Zeta muttered from his place on the floor. "Everyone knows you act like her father sometimes. If it was possible you'd try putting her into a convent."
"He has," Keara chirruped brightly. "Didn't work. The nun's thought I was too much of a Jezebel to be able to reform me."
"Well it looks as if all the holes have been filled. You may leave. And Devlynn, do try to get along. You're usually not so hostile."
~ * ~
"Dumbledore, who are those children?" McGonagall asked the headmaster sitting next to her at the head table during dinner that evening.
"Friends and relatives of Mr. Potter. Very nice children. Very polite," Dumbledore replied casually his eyes twinkling with mirth.
"They look very familiar."
"I agree. Jeigh does look rather like Mr. Potter doesn't he?"
"Jeigh?" McGonagall questioned.
"Yes, one of young Harry's relatives."
"I didn't think that he had any other than the Dursleys."
"I didn't either, my dear Minerva. Apparently Harry's uncle didn't die before having kids as everyone was led to believe."
"I see. They still look familiar. Other than Jeigh resembling Mr. Potter so closely."
"Mmm. have you tried the chicken tonight? It's excellent."
McGonagall gave Dumbledore a sideways glance. She had a feeling that he knew something more about the children than he was letting on.
~*~
A couple days later proved that Creevy had indeed gotten pictures and copies were presently plastered to every available wall in the castle compliments of the Marauders, Lily, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Devlynn, Diablo, Keara, Psi and Zeta. A couple had even found their way into Hogsmeade and to the boys' parents. Draco had received a particularly nasty Howler from his parents about it. They were clearly not pleased. Snape had 'misplaced' all the potion ingredients that he had needed for his classes the past two days and had been forced to cancel them. Unfortunately it had caused them to write a nasty essay due later that week, but few minded. Everyone was still rather pleased that they didn't have to put up with Snape during class. A lengthy essay was better than a Snape any day in their opinion. The gossipy Hufflepuffs had mysteriously all lost their voices after the Marauders had overheard them gushing over Harry Potter's cousins and friends. They had yet to get their voices back much to their dismay. Keara and Sirius enjoyed going out of their way to tease them by reminding them of the fact that they couldn't gossip any longer. One by one the Slytherins had started turning green from head to toe in honor of their house color. Later that day, green bull frogs had been found in every bowl of soup at the Slytherin table during lunch. The frogs then continued to torment the Slytherin's by hopping along after them everywhere they went acting as eac of the Slytherin's own personal mascots.
"Now all we need to do is figure out a way to get rid of Peeves and we'll be all set for tonight."
"Harry knows how to do that, James," Keara commented.
"He does?"
"Yeah, he figured it out I think in his first year or so."
"Oh that," Harry blushed. "I just did the first thing that came to me. I had no idea that it would work, but I didn't want to get caught."
"So what'd you do?"
"Pretended to be the Bloody Baron."
"And that worked?" James sounded awestruck.
"Actually yeah. It was pretty funny. Peeves sounded terrified," Harry chuckled.
"He took off like a bat outta hell," Keara smiled. "Just can't use it too often or he'd get suspicious."
"Yeah, I guess he would. He might be dead and annoying, but he isn't stupid. I'll have to tell Sirius and Remus about that later."
That night the Slytherins were all forced to sleep in the Great Hall after all of their toilets exploded and flooded their dungeon quarters. Snape swore that it had something to do with Potter and his friends, but since they all had more than one alibi, no one would believe him of his suspicions however accurate they might be.
"Keara we need to talk," Devlynn grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the main room and into a smaller one next to it.
"OW! Let go, Dev." He let go of her arm, but stood between her and the door. "What's up?"
"What did Black say to you earlier?"
"He's said a lot of things to me."
"You know what I mean. What did he say when the two of you were looking at the Map?" Dev crossed his arms over his chest looking impatient.
"Oh, then!" Keara grinned knowing that this could be fun. "Well he told me that we should run away together tonight. Isn't that romantic?" Keara faked swooning and collapsed into Devlynn's arms. "He's so dreamy. He wants to take me away with him to his world," she batted her eyelashes and sighed theatrically. "Think I should go with him?"
"No. I think you should stay here where you belong," Dev growled.
"But what if I want to go?" Keara pouted and stood up.
"Tough."
"But Devvy-pooh!" Keara whined. "He loves me. He told me so."
"He's lying."
"How do you know?"
"I'm a guy. Trust me. All he wants to do is get into your pants. Stay away from him."
"I don't want to. Besides, what if I want him in my pants?"
"Tough and I better not catch him in your pants."
"Yeah it is. For you," she smiled sweetly as he growled in anger. "And if I want him in my pants, he'll be there whether or not you approve of it," she reached up on her tiptoes and placed a kiss on his cheek. "Don't worry all he actually said to me was that you were glaring at him and that it'd be fun to tweak you a little so I indulged him a bit by pretending to blush. It worked," Keara grinned up at her brother's angry and embarrassed face. "Give him a chance. He's sweet and you don't have to worry about me forgetting all about you. Now stop being jealous and acting like a prick."
Dev watched as she walked out of the room and snuck up on an unsuspecting Psi, tickling him causing him to shriek and beg for mercy. Dev joined everyone a few minutes later and reminded them that they still had to work out their story. They all had to be telling the same one or it wouldn't work.
The entire group sat around in a circle in the middle of the room, some in chairs, some on couches and a few on the floor. Each threw out theirs ideas to the group for it to be discussed and either used or tossed aside. They finally all agreed upon the same story for when the expected questions came. James was to be Harry's distant cousin, Jeigh being the grandson of great-uncle, Garett that Harry had never known he had because he had been the black sheep of the family and was never spoken about. It was rumored that he had died before having kids. James said he just moved and changed his name from Potter to Erdiths and had himself encouraged the rumor that he had died in hopes of keeping his kids away from the rest of the Potters. Sirius was going to be Jeigh's brother, Strider. Ravi Fauthner, otherwise known as Remus, was close friends with Jeigh and Strider and has been staying with them since Voldemort had killed his parents. Lily became Ravi's sister, Lara, who was also Jeigh's girlfriend.
"I think it's time we saw Dumbledore," James held everyone back from leaving for dinner like they had planned to do when they had finished figuring everything out.
"Fizzing Whizby," Harry said once they got to the statue of the gargoyle. It immediately sprang to life and hopped off to the side revealing the entrance to Dumbledore's office. They trouped up the stairs, knocked on the door and waited.
"Come in, come in," Dumbledore's cheerful voice could be heard through the door.
The gang opened the door and walked in.
"I was wondering when you would come to see me," Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as he conjured up the extra chairs that would be needed to accommodate everyone. Lily sat down on the arm of James' chair and leaned against his shoulder while he put his arm around her waist. Zeta crashed out on his back on the plush carpeting not being one to like chairs, Psi on his stomach close by. Diablo sprawled out in a chair with Dev leaning on the back of it. Keara chose to lean her hip against the edge of Dumbledore's desk. The rest all sat like normal people who had been called before the headmaster.
"Hiya, Dumbledore," James grinned.
"I must say I am slightly surprised to see the four of you."
"Somehow, I doubt that," Zeta was absentmindedly playing with the tail of his braid, which he was holding in front of his face. "Not much seems to surprise you."
"So what's the story?" asked Dumbledore wanting to be able to answer the teacher's questions about the four's presence.
"Morning glory," Diablo grinned.
"Uh. All right then," Ron looked utterly lost.
"Muggle thing," replied Harry, Hermione and Diablo.
"What is with you and Muggle stuff? You. Are. A. Pure. Blood. you half wit," Zeta looked annoyed. He didn't mind the Muggle references every once in a while, but Diablo took it too far sometimes. He brought up Muggles every chance he got.
"Now Zeta. There's no need to lose your temper," Dumbledore reminded Zeta where he was and that it probably wasn't the best idea to get in a fight in front of the headmaster.
"Now, I'd like to hear the story that I'm sure you've come up with."
"Okay. Well, I'm going by Jeigh and I'm related to Harry through a great uncle named Garett, that everyone thought had died before having children, but the uncle had actually changed his name to Erdiths and spread the rumor himself that he had died. Sirius will be going by Strider and is my brother," James decided on being the spokesperson for the group since no one else was speaking up yet.
"I'm Ravi Fauthner, and Lily is my sister, Lara. She's still Jeigh's girlfriend. Our parents were killed by Voldemort and we're staying with Jeigh," added Remus.
"Impressive," Dumbledore smiled. "Thought this all out have you?"
"We all talked about it earlier in the room. We knew that we'd have to give people some kind of answers," Diablo replied.
"And how did Jeigh and Strider find out about Harry?" Dumbledore doubted that they had thought of this and he would be correct judging by the blank looks on everyone's face. "I suggest that you fi."
"They met through Keara," Devlynn interrupted quietly. "Strider met her over the summer and they started seeing each other. Keara introduced the four of them to Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Diablo, Zeta, Psi and myself."
"Now I'm impressed. You deciding to give Siri a chance with your sister?" Diablo stared up at Devlynn.
"No, but it makes sense if they're going to pull this off," Dev glared at Sirius who glared right back.
"It makes sense knowing you to still hate him too," Zeta muttered from his place on the floor. "Everyone knows you act like her father sometimes. If it was possible you'd try putting her into a convent."
"He has," Keara chirruped brightly. "Didn't work. The nun's thought I was too much of a Jezebel to be able to reform me."
"Well it looks as if all the holes have been filled. You may leave. And Devlynn, do try to get along. You're usually not so hostile."
~ * ~
"Dumbledore, who are those children?" McGonagall asked the headmaster sitting next to her at the head table during dinner that evening.
"Friends and relatives of Mr. Potter. Very nice children. Very polite," Dumbledore replied casually his eyes twinkling with mirth.
"They look very familiar."
"I agree. Jeigh does look rather like Mr. Potter doesn't he?"
"Jeigh?" McGonagall questioned.
"Yes, one of young Harry's relatives."
"I didn't think that he had any other than the Dursleys."
"I didn't either, my dear Minerva. Apparently Harry's uncle didn't die before having kids as everyone was led to believe."
"I see. They still look familiar. Other than Jeigh resembling Mr. Potter so closely."
"Mmm. have you tried the chicken tonight? It's excellent."
McGonagall gave Dumbledore a sideways glance. She had a feeling that he knew something more about the children than he was letting on.
~*~
A couple days later proved that Creevy had indeed gotten pictures and copies were presently plastered to every available wall in the castle compliments of the Marauders, Lily, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Devlynn, Diablo, Keara, Psi and Zeta. A couple had even found their way into Hogsmeade and to the boys' parents. Draco had received a particularly nasty Howler from his parents about it. They were clearly not pleased. Snape had 'misplaced' all the potion ingredients that he had needed for his classes the past two days and had been forced to cancel them. Unfortunately it had caused them to write a nasty essay due later that week, but few minded. Everyone was still rather pleased that they didn't have to put up with Snape during class. A lengthy essay was better than a Snape any day in their opinion. The gossipy Hufflepuffs had mysteriously all lost their voices after the Marauders had overheard them gushing over Harry Potter's cousins and friends. They had yet to get their voices back much to their dismay. Keara and Sirius enjoyed going out of their way to tease them by reminding them of the fact that they couldn't gossip any longer. One by one the Slytherins had started turning green from head to toe in honor of their house color. Later that day, green bull frogs had been found in every bowl of soup at the Slytherin table during lunch. The frogs then continued to torment the Slytherin's by hopping along after them everywhere they went acting as eac of the Slytherin's own personal mascots.
"Now all we need to do is figure out a way to get rid of Peeves and we'll be all set for tonight."
"Harry knows how to do that, James," Keara commented.
"He does?"
"Yeah, he figured it out I think in his first year or so."
"Oh that," Harry blushed. "I just did the first thing that came to me. I had no idea that it would work, but I didn't want to get caught."
"So what'd you do?"
"Pretended to be the Bloody Baron."
"And that worked?" James sounded awestruck.
"Actually yeah. It was pretty funny. Peeves sounded terrified," Harry chuckled.
"He took off like a bat outta hell," Keara smiled. "Just can't use it too often or he'd get suspicious."
"Yeah, I guess he would. He might be dead and annoying, but he isn't stupid. I'll have to tell Sirius and Remus about that later."
That night the Slytherins were all forced to sleep in the Great Hall after all of their toilets exploded and flooded their dungeon quarters. Snape swore that it had something to do with Potter and his friends, but since they all had more than one alibi, no one would believe him of his suspicions however accurate they might be.