Chapter 20 – Rumors and Christmas Fun
Two hours after Olivia had violently stormed out of Gryffindor tower, all it's occupants eyes were on her once again as she reentered it with Harry's arm wrapped around her. Neither one said anything as they walked from the portrait hole to the dormitories. Every girl in the tower was jealous of Olivia, especially Ginny Weasley.
Olivia could tell what every one of the girls and guys in the common room were thinking but she didn't care. "Let them think what they want, I don't have to deal with them so why should I care." Olivia thought to herself. Once they were in Olivia's dorm she put a charm on the door so that no one else could enter the room.
"So are you ready to talk?" Harry cautiously asked sitting in a chair across from Olivia's perch on her bed.
"I believe so."
"So what had you so upset?"
"Oh quite a few things actually."
"I want to try to help and I'm willing to listen." Harry persisted
"It all started with the list the McGonagall sent around today. I was going to sign up to stay because my family is in America but when I got the list my name was already on it. It pissed me off that someone tried to control my life like that. But after a while I calmed down, and then I got a letter from Dumbledore. On my birthday I had asked him if I could visit my family and friends and he said no, but I went anyway."
"How could you? You were in the library all day!" Harry interjected.
"That's where everyone thinks I was, that was really just a clone. Anyway Dumbledore told me in the letter that he had put my name on the list and was keeping me here for safety reasons and that He knew I would ask to visit my family and friends again even for just a few hours but I can't leave the Hogwarts ground."
"I'm sure that Dumbledore has good reason for keeping you here…and besides Christmas at Hogwarts isn't all that bad." Harry said trying to cheer Olivia up.
Olivia smiled at Harry's attempt to lighten the mood. She was thankful that he was there for her to talk to even if she couldn't tell him everything that was bothering her. That was the one thing that she hated about her whole set up at the moment, she had to lie and hide things from some of her best friends.
"Is that all?" Harry inquired
"Yea basically." Olivia
Harry was pretty sure that there was more to the reason as to why Olivia was so upset but he decide not to push her, she would tell him on her own time and he knew that.
"Thanks Harry, for listening…its starting to help."
"No problem…I'm just glad I could help." Harry replied getting up to give Olivia a reassuring friendly hug. "SO Olivia I have a question for you."
"Yea?"
"What were you listening to? I could only faintly hear the lyrics!" Harry exclaimed
"Oh…I was listening to my Eminem Show CD"
"Eminem?"
"Yea he's an American, muggle rapper. Do you wanna hear some of his stuff?"
"Sure" Harry shrugged in response.
Olivia took her CD out of her portable CD player and put it in her other one. As soon as she pushed play she turned up the volume and the controversial lyrics of Eminem erupted in her room. Harry sat there engrossed in the music listening to every word and deciphering its deeper meaning. As Harry listened Olivia sung along.
The two of them sat in Olivia's room for the next few hours listening to all sorts of music and talking about everything from their lifestyles to their names. After a while both began to show signs of their tiredness. Olivia's eyes kept watering because she was so tired and Harry kept yawning every other word. Olivia then decided to look at the clock and see exactly what time it was and gasped when she saw that it was 2:30 in the morning.
""What's wrong Olivia?" Harry asked when he heard her gasp
"Harry its 2:30 in the morning!"
"Oh shit I need to get up to my dorm before someone wakes up and wonders where I am!"
"Harry its no use." Olivia replied defeated when she realized the impact of their actions
"Why?"
"Everyone saw us walk in together and the other fifth years boys all know that my dorm is below yours so they know that we're in here and because we've been in here all night rumors will be everywhere about us."
"But if I go up to my dorm I can stop them…"
"No you can't you've been here for too long…Look why don't you just stay here. Tomorrow's Saturday, and if you go up to your dorm now you risk waking someone up and having to face their million and one questions. I'll conjure you a bed and you can sleep here and we'll deal with the mess in the morning."
"Alright."
With that Olivia conjured another bed in the far corner of her room and both went to bed falling asleep immediately because they were so tired.
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"Hey 'Mione." Ron greeted the following morning as he sat next to hre in the common room.
"Good Morning to you Ron…where's Harry?"
"I was gonna ask you the same thing."
"Wait you don't know where Harry is?"
"No I fell asleep before he came back to the dorm and he was gone when I woke up. I was hoping that you had seen him head down to the Great Hall or something." Ron explained.
"No I haven't seen him sine he walked through the common room with Olivia." Hermione had to try as had as possible to not spit Olivia's name out in disgust. True she was Olivia's friend but she dislikes her right now. She couldn't believe the guts Olivia had to pull a stunt like that when Olivia knew that Ginny was with Harry. But she had to be nice if she wanted Ron because Ron saw Olivia as a friend as well.
Just then a silence fell over the common room and Ron and Hermione looked to see what everyone else was looking at. There coming down the steps from the boys dormitories was Olivia followed by a very sleepy yet very cute looking Harry. Of course all the fifth years took this as a different meaning then the rest because everyone else didn't know that Harry Potter never returned to his dorm the night before.
Olivia saw the look of daggers the Hermione shot her but ignored them and headed don for breakfast in the great hall. Harry stopped to say good morning to Ron and Hermione and was instantly bombarded by questioning looks from both. They were both smart enough to know that this wasn't the place to ask the questions but the let him know that they had them.
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Olivia sat in the nearly empty great hall, it was almost ten thirty, and ate her breakfast in silence. She knew that none of the girls wanted to talk to her and that was fine by her, but that also meant that Harry would have to deal with answering all of the questions. As she sat there eating there was this nagging feeling in the back of her head that told her she needed to go and talk to Remus. So after her breakfast Olivia wandered her way through the halls to her father's office. As she passed every girl she was given an evil look. "Apparently news travels real fast round here." Olivia commented to herself.
"You may come in." Remus Lupin called from his kitchen where he was cleaning up the mess Sirius had made when he tried to cook breakfast.
"Good morning Remus." Olivia called as she walked into the apartment.
"Eve…Good morning. You know you don't have to call me Remus anymore." Remus greeted his daughter as he walked out of the kitchen to hug her. "Where were you last night I was looking for you because I needed to talk to you and everyone in the common room said that they didn't know where you were."
"I had left the common room for about two hours to vent some frustration and then I was in my room for the rest of the night."
"Oh…ok. So what brings you here?"
"I wanted to talk to you actually." Eve stated
"About what?"
"About our whole situation and the holidays."
"Ok well why don't we sit down." Remus suggested coxing his daughter to sit down on the couch behind her. "Now tell me what's bothering you?"
"I know that you're my biological father but in my mind my dad is still the muggle computer tech back in America and my mother is the muggle lawyer that I lived with for sixteen years. I can't help it I called those people my family for sixteen years and habits are had to break. I know you want the family that you lost back but it's gonna take some time before I can ever call you 'dad'. Do you understand? I don't want to hurt your feelings."
"I know Eve. As much as I want to forget the past and act like I've been there for everything I know I haven't and I need to realize that we both need time before we become the family that we once were."
Eve smiled at her father and embraced him in a loving hug glad to know that her father was accepting of her situation.
"Now what was your problem with the upcoming holidays?" Remus asked his daughter as she pulled out of the hug.
"I know I'm staying here because Dumbledore's making me, but I wanted to let you know that I was going to stay anyway. I was still a little upset when I found out that I can't see my friends and other family but I've dealt with it and I'm glad to be able to spend time with you. The only thing is I need to visit either Hogsmead or Diagon Alley."
"Why?"
"I haven't done any shopping." Eve sheepishly responded.
"I know that you have a Hogsmead trip next weekend and I'll talk to Dumbledore to see if you can go. I'll also see what I can do about bringing you to Diagon Alley with me because I need to do some shopping as well.
"Yea!...Oh I have one more question."
"And what is that?"
"Will Sirius be staying for the break?"
"Yes he will be here…"
Remus was interrupted by Sirius bursting through his front door.
"Rem I think you need to get Eve…"
"She's right here Sirius…now what's the problem?"
"I believe my two godchildren have some major explaining to do. I was walking through the halls, as a dog, and when I overheard a group of Gryffindors discussing what the two of them did last night." Sirius stated looking straight at Eve.
"Oh Sirius not you two! God of all people I thought you would be smart enough to realize that they're rumors people made up."
"Well if they're just rumors then I'd like to hear the truth."
"Fine by me. I was upset yesterday and stormed out of the common room with my headphones blaring, yes I can make muggle things work in a magical environment. Anyway I was just walking around for about an hour and a half when I stepped onto one of the missing steps. Well I was stuck and couldn't see anyone around so I was about to give up and wait for someone to walk by when Harry appeared out of nowhere, the I realized he was wearing his invisibility cloak. He pulled me out and then explained that he had followed me to make sure I was alright and to see if he could help…."
"Why was he wearing his invisibility cloak?" Sirius questioned
"I was really angry when I left and I guess he didn't want me to lash out on him. So anyway I was lost and upset so he put his arm around me to comfort me and to steer me back to Gryffindor tower. We ended up walking into the common room in that same exact position and we headed straight up to my room so that we could talk. We talked for a while about what was bothering me and then we began to talk about anything and everything. While we talked we listened to a variety of music. The next thing I knew it was two thirty in the morning. I knew immediately that rumors were going to be everywhere later. I convinced Harry to stay in my room since I knew if he went up to his dorm he would never get to sleep because he was bound to wake someone up. So I conjured another bed in the corner of my room and we fell asleep. And that's the true story in its entirety." Eve relayed
"I'm sorry Eve I guess I should have thought about the source of the rumors more before accusing you." Sirius apologized.
"It's Ok Sirius, but could you do me one favor?"
"Sure…what?"
"How bad are the rumors?"
"The one I heard was pretty bad."
"What was the rumor?" Remus asked
"You're better off not know Rem." Sirius advised.
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the weeks went by and as the holidays grew nearer the rumors about Harry and Olivia slowly began to die. Soon enough the Hogwarts Express was loaded up and the Gryffindor tower was left to the Weasley's, Harry, Hermione, and Olivia. They spent the few days before Christmas roaming the castle, doing homework and playing every game imaginable. Christmas arrived with a fury of excitement and action Olivia woke up and opened the few presents that she had and then joined the rest in the great Hall for breakfast. After breakfast left the group and went to Remus' apartment, they had decided to exchange presents later that morning so that no one would get suspicious as to why Olivia was getting a present from her professor.
"Happy Christmas Eve." Remus greeted as Eve joined him in the living room.
"Happy Christmas Remus." Eve replied "Where's Sirius?"
"He went to spend some time with Harry. Don't worry he'll join us in a little bit."
"Ok."
The two of them then sat on the floor in front of Remus' Christmas tree and began to exchange gifts. Remus had gotten Eve some pictures of her with Elizabeth as babies and of himself and Marie. He had also gotten her a magical camera since Megan told him that Eve liked to take pictures. Eve had gotten Remus a scrapbook that followed her through her life so that Remus would be able to see her grow up over and over again even though he wasn't there for the real thing. She also got him an amulet that matched one that she had. It would connect you to the other person's feelings so that you could know how they were really doing, but it only worked if the other person was wearing it. After about a half hour Sirius joined them and handed Eve two packages. He had gotten her two things that she never expected, an invisibility cloak and the Marauders map.
"Sirius…"
"Hey I figured the daughter of a marauder deserves a copy of the map. I just gave Harry his copy."
"Copy?" Remus inquired
"Well I found a way to copy it so I did so that we could keep the original. The original kind of acts like a control room so that we can control what they can and can't see." Sirius answered triumphantly.
"Thanks uncle Si." Eve exclaimed.
"Uncle Si?" Sirius questioned
"Yea it fits better then saying godfather Sirius." Eve explained
"Ok"
The rest of Olivia's holidays were pretty uneventful. She made sure to spend time with Remus everyday and slowly but surely she was beginning to think of him as her father. Olivia still received evil looks from Hermione and Ginny anytime she so much as talked to Harry or even Ron, but she grew used to them and ignored them. It wasn't until the end of the holidays that weird things began to happen…again.
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On the first day back Dumbledore announced that a new student was at Hogwarts, that she had transferred over the break. Olivia, along with everyone else, perked up to see what house she would be sorted into but paid her no mind when she was placed in Slytherin. In fact no one but the Slytherins paid her any mind
Two days later Olivia sat in potions while Snape called roll. When he called Constanza Vasaturo Olivia, like everyone else, looked at the new girl. But when Olivia looked at her only one name came to her mind, Louise.
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So who is this new girl, why does she look like Louise, what's going on between Harry and Olivia and Ron and Hermione????????? YEA I've reached 20 chapters!!!!!!! Like I said this is a slight cliffy and I'm sorry about not getting it up last night I got distracted and it took longer then I thought to write this chapter. Well I'm gonna go start 21 so …….ENJOY!
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