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mine expect Gwen and her family. Yeah and in the book I think James Potter
was an only child or they just never really talked about his side.
Please r-r I took a lot of time out of my classes *evil grin* please just
take a minute and honestly tell me what you think. Thanks. I know this kind
a short but let my tell u the others r longer and you'll like the short
ones again
Chapter 3
Explanations
"You're my what? How can that be! So you're a muggle like Dudley?" Harry asked excitedly and quickly with out taken a breath.
"Ha, ha. No you're thinking I'm from your mother's side. I'm from your fathers. Your dad and my mom were siblings. You didn't know he had a sister, did you?"
"I don't know much about my parents." Harry's head dropped and his eyes started to study his hands. Gwen lifted his chin lovingly and smiled.
"It figures. Dumbledore told me I might totally shock the living pixies out of you."
"You know Dumbledore?"
"Not really I've only talked to him through Owl."
"Oh. What did you two talk about?" Harry finally loosened up a bit on the bed. Gwen got up and went to the window to look at the view. Not much of one, it looked onto the house next to this one, it was exactly the same.
"I've been looking for you for a so long. My mom didn't know where you were either! Harry I wish you could have met her she was really great! She wrote a letter to Dumbledore a few months, I think it was like 6-7 months before I was to attend Hogwarts and become a first year. Dumbledore response was only that I would meet you there. I don't think he really wanted to give out the address with out knowing if I was really your cousin. You were to be in the same year as me. I am only 4 months older then you." Gwen said smiling proudly at that fact.
"Why weren't you? I don't remember you at all these last four years. And what do you mean was great? What happened to her?" Harry interrupted Gwen in one big breathless sentence. The smile that had once appeared so brightly on her face soon faded. "What's wrong?" Harry said getting up and took Gwen's hand in his own.
"Harry sit down," she said putting a hand on his shoulder and gently pushing him back onto the bed.
"Gwen, tell me what happened to her."
"I guess you would need the whole story to understand this huh? Could we maybe take a walk? I'll tell you it all, I just want to get out of this small room."
"Ok. But do you have any muggle clothes? My aunt and uncle would bea. be mad at me if you went out like that. They're not too fond of witches and wizards."
"I got that impression when I came here. But all I have is what I brought with me in my pockets. And I assure you there are no clothes there."
"You can borrow some of mine. The pants will fit, you're just as skinny as me. I don't think a shirt would." Harry stated eyeing her chest.
"I'm not that big! Why don't I just borrow a black shirt from that fat kid in those pictures?"
"Dudley would kill me if I took a shirt of his."
Then I'll do it for you. I want to see him try and kill me." And before Harry could reply Gwen opened the door and walked out into the hall. Harry hurried after her, she opened the door right across from Harry's from but noticing it was just a bathroom, soon shut it with a frown. Then opened the door right next to Harry's but noticing it was only a guest room soon closed it as well. She turned around and opened the door behind her. It was Dudley's room, she could tell. It had pictures of him self all over and it was a boy's room she could tell by the smell. She turned towards Harry and grinned before entering the room. Then a minute later came out with a rather large plain black shirt.
She left a stunned looking Harry out in the hall and went into his room and shut the door. A few minutes later she came out with light worn out, over sized, blue jeans and Dudley's black shirt on. "Ready for that walk?" Harry and Gwen left the house and walked down the street.
A few blocks later they got to a park and sat down at a bench under a tall oak tree. The bench viewed the playground where a mother and father were playing with a 5-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl. They sat there for a few minutes without any sound passing between them. Soon Harry turned to Gwen with a thoughtful look in her emerald eyes.
"You want to tell me what happened? What was her name?" Harry asked softly.
"Alison. I guess I should start at the beginning. Well my mom and your dad weren't like best friends but they were pretty close for siblings. After Hogwarts graduation, she moved up to northern England with Michael her fiancée and my father." Gwen stopped and grinned.
"Alison. I like that name." Harry said smiling at Gwen.
"Yeah I do too. My mom and dad got married and Aunt Lily and Uncle James came up which gave Uncle James the idea to purpose and a year later they got married. Uncle James and mom were only a year apart but they started the same year. I think it was because mum was in Romania that year because of their father who got loaded with work. He asked her to come down and help. My parents had me in March. March 24."
"What did our grandfather do?"
"Worked with dragons, I think." Gwen grinned warmly she loved dragons. "Well anyways you came along in July and my little brother Matt came along that following April. Then your parents got killed in August but before that Voldemort killed my father for trying to protect them." Gwen stopped and looked at Harry who was nodding with understanding. She too was an orphan Harry realized and wondered where Matt was. He would love to meet him.
"Two years later my mom met John. God I hate him! My new step father is such asshole to us but he tried my mom pretty good, I guess." Gwen started coldly. "Until he lost his job a year later and began drinking and when he drank he became violent and cruel. My mom went looking for you but had no luck. She was weak John hit her so much. He hit us too but I could only fight back against Matt and my self. Didn't do much, the attacks kept happening. Then my mom got an idea she wrote the letter like I said. John beat her for this because he knew it was a start to us leaving him. He hurt her real bad and then when she was dieing he wouldn't let me take her to the hospital or anything. I knew no healing spells and John wouldn't help!"
"Gwen, don't beat your self up over it!" Harry put his arm around his new family member. "Why weren't you at Hogwarts?" The question has been tossing and turning in Harry's mind since she mentioned it.
"John thought I was a horrible child he thought the same way with Matt, for tending to our mother and begging him to bring her to the hospital. He pulled me out of Hogwarts and put me in Hulfindog, School for troubled witches and wizards a month before term started. There I got into a bad group of people and I started dressing like this. I thought if I was bad then there was a reason I would be there. So it wasn't a total waste" By this time Gwen had broken down crying and Harry brought her into a tight protective embrace.
"Are you going back to. Hulfindog?"
"No! I found Dumbledores name and sent him an owl. I told him the whole story and why I didn't go to Hogwarts. I left out a few things you know. He told me I could start up next term. I was going to visit you a week before school but I just couldn't take that house anymore." Gwen's eyes were ashened now. But soon they went back to their deep black. Harry hadn't noticed them at all. "Before I left I sent all my stuff there but I still have stuff I have to get at Diagon Alley, nothing big I got some money. I wasn't able to bring my mothers Gringotts key. And I brought my wand. He, he my mothers motto, "never leave home with out your wand, you never know what annoying person will be walking slowly in front of you who you just have to poke! She was so funny!" Gwen took a necklace she had on in her hands. It was an ancient rune from the muggle world and it represented friendship. Matt had one and so did she. "Matt gave me this last month. He has one just like it. On the other side it says in Latin together forever. Do you think your aunt and uncle will let me stay with you?"
"Probably not but I think you can scare them into it," Harry stated with a grin.
Next chapter coming soon, Hey everyone Faith here. I only put up a very nothing like chapter and like I got 2 reviews thanks to those people!!! And I will probably put another one up tomorrow or Wednesday! Ciao P.S. if there was anything I didn't explain well just tell me I'll add it in
Chapter 3
Explanations
"You're my what? How can that be! So you're a muggle like Dudley?" Harry asked excitedly and quickly with out taken a breath.
"Ha, ha. No you're thinking I'm from your mother's side. I'm from your fathers. Your dad and my mom were siblings. You didn't know he had a sister, did you?"
"I don't know much about my parents." Harry's head dropped and his eyes started to study his hands. Gwen lifted his chin lovingly and smiled.
"It figures. Dumbledore told me I might totally shock the living pixies out of you."
"You know Dumbledore?"
"Not really I've only talked to him through Owl."
"Oh. What did you two talk about?" Harry finally loosened up a bit on the bed. Gwen got up and went to the window to look at the view. Not much of one, it looked onto the house next to this one, it was exactly the same.
"I've been looking for you for a so long. My mom didn't know where you were either! Harry I wish you could have met her she was really great! She wrote a letter to Dumbledore a few months, I think it was like 6-7 months before I was to attend Hogwarts and become a first year. Dumbledore response was only that I would meet you there. I don't think he really wanted to give out the address with out knowing if I was really your cousin. You were to be in the same year as me. I am only 4 months older then you." Gwen said smiling proudly at that fact.
"Why weren't you? I don't remember you at all these last four years. And what do you mean was great? What happened to her?" Harry interrupted Gwen in one big breathless sentence. The smile that had once appeared so brightly on her face soon faded. "What's wrong?" Harry said getting up and took Gwen's hand in his own.
"Harry sit down," she said putting a hand on his shoulder and gently pushing him back onto the bed.
"Gwen, tell me what happened to her."
"I guess you would need the whole story to understand this huh? Could we maybe take a walk? I'll tell you it all, I just want to get out of this small room."
"Ok. But do you have any muggle clothes? My aunt and uncle would bea. be mad at me if you went out like that. They're not too fond of witches and wizards."
"I got that impression when I came here. But all I have is what I brought with me in my pockets. And I assure you there are no clothes there."
"You can borrow some of mine. The pants will fit, you're just as skinny as me. I don't think a shirt would." Harry stated eyeing her chest.
"I'm not that big! Why don't I just borrow a black shirt from that fat kid in those pictures?"
"Dudley would kill me if I took a shirt of his."
Then I'll do it for you. I want to see him try and kill me." And before Harry could reply Gwen opened the door and walked out into the hall. Harry hurried after her, she opened the door right across from Harry's from but noticing it was just a bathroom, soon shut it with a frown. Then opened the door right next to Harry's but noticing it was only a guest room soon closed it as well. She turned around and opened the door behind her. It was Dudley's room, she could tell. It had pictures of him self all over and it was a boy's room she could tell by the smell. She turned towards Harry and grinned before entering the room. Then a minute later came out with a rather large plain black shirt.
She left a stunned looking Harry out in the hall and went into his room and shut the door. A few minutes later she came out with light worn out, over sized, blue jeans and Dudley's black shirt on. "Ready for that walk?" Harry and Gwen left the house and walked down the street.
A few blocks later they got to a park and sat down at a bench under a tall oak tree. The bench viewed the playground where a mother and father were playing with a 5-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl. They sat there for a few minutes without any sound passing between them. Soon Harry turned to Gwen with a thoughtful look in her emerald eyes.
"You want to tell me what happened? What was her name?" Harry asked softly.
"Alison. I guess I should start at the beginning. Well my mom and your dad weren't like best friends but they were pretty close for siblings. After Hogwarts graduation, she moved up to northern England with Michael her fiancée and my father." Gwen stopped and grinned.
"Alison. I like that name." Harry said smiling at Gwen.
"Yeah I do too. My mom and dad got married and Aunt Lily and Uncle James came up which gave Uncle James the idea to purpose and a year later they got married. Uncle James and mom were only a year apart but they started the same year. I think it was because mum was in Romania that year because of their father who got loaded with work. He asked her to come down and help. My parents had me in March. March 24."
"What did our grandfather do?"
"Worked with dragons, I think." Gwen grinned warmly she loved dragons. "Well anyways you came along in July and my little brother Matt came along that following April. Then your parents got killed in August but before that Voldemort killed my father for trying to protect them." Gwen stopped and looked at Harry who was nodding with understanding. She too was an orphan Harry realized and wondered where Matt was. He would love to meet him.
"Two years later my mom met John. God I hate him! My new step father is such asshole to us but he tried my mom pretty good, I guess." Gwen started coldly. "Until he lost his job a year later and began drinking and when he drank he became violent and cruel. My mom went looking for you but had no luck. She was weak John hit her so much. He hit us too but I could only fight back against Matt and my self. Didn't do much, the attacks kept happening. Then my mom got an idea she wrote the letter like I said. John beat her for this because he knew it was a start to us leaving him. He hurt her real bad and then when she was dieing he wouldn't let me take her to the hospital or anything. I knew no healing spells and John wouldn't help!"
"Gwen, don't beat your self up over it!" Harry put his arm around his new family member. "Why weren't you at Hogwarts?" The question has been tossing and turning in Harry's mind since she mentioned it.
"John thought I was a horrible child he thought the same way with Matt, for tending to our mother and begging him to bring her to the hospital. He pulled me out of Hogwarts and put me in Hulfindog, School for troubled witches and wizards a month before term started. There I got into a bad group of people and I started dressing like this. I thought if I was bad then there was a reason I would be there. So it wasn't a total waste" By this time Gwen had broken down crying and Harry brought her into a tight protective embrace.
"Are you going back to. Hulfindog?"
"No! I found Dumbledores name and sent him an owl. I told him the whole story and why I didn't go to Hogwarts. I left out a few things you know. He told me I could start up next term. I was going to visit you a week before school but I just couldn't take that house anymore." Gwen's eyes were ashened now. But soon they went back to their deep black. Harry hadn't noticed them at all. "Before I left I sent all my stuff there but I still have stuff I have to get at Diagon Alley, nothing big I got some money. I wasn't able to bring my mothers Gringotts key. And I brought my wand. He, he my mothers motto, "never leave home with out your wand, you never know what annoying person will be walking slowly in front of you who you just have to poke! She was so funny!" Gwen took a necklace she had on in her hands. It was an ancient rune from the muggle world and it represented friendship. Matt had one and so did she. "Matt gave me this last month. He has one just like it. On the other side it says in Latin together forever. Do you think your aunt and uncle will let me stay with you?"
"Probably not but I think you can scare them into it," Harry stated with a grin.
Next chapter coming soon, Hey everyone Faith here. I only put up a very nothing like chapter and like I got 2 reviews thanks to those people!!! And I will probably put another one up tomorrow or Wednesday! Ciao P.S. if there was anything I didn't explain well just tell me I'll add it in
