(A/N Harry Potter and the associated characters, etc., belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. The only things that belong to me

are the plot of this story, and the characters: Christina, Gavin, Fiona, Alex, and Savana Walker, as well as a few others.)

Harry Potter and the Staff of Time

CHAPTER 2

A Shocking Discovery

Sirius read Harry's letter over several times with a sense of disbelief. The Walkers may be alive!

It was commonly believed in the wizarding community that the Dark Lord Voldemort had killed Gavin, Fiona, and Alex Walker during his last reign of terror. Harry's letter however, indicated that not only were they alive, but, had another child as well! Not only that, but, they were comming back to England to help in the struggle against Voldemort and his dark forces.

He wondered how Harry could possibly have dreamed about these people,

whom he couldn't know about, and if it could be real? There was only one way to find the answer to these questions, he had to go and see Albus Dumbledore. This was a dangerous thing to do, considering the fact that most of the wizarding community still considered Sirius to be an escaped convict.

(They did not realize he had been wrongly inprisoned at Azkaban for a crime which he did not commit.)

...`~*~`...

"ALEX!" Savana cried, as she ran down the stairs. "You won't beleive what's happening! Aunt Christina is here! And we may be moving to England! I don't know all the details because they wouldn't tell me more until you got home!"

"What are you jabbering about?" He asked in confusion.

"Just, come with me." She said, pushing him into another room while calling for the adults.

Fiona and Gavin entered the room, followed by Christina.

"What's Savana so excited about and why are you moving to England?" Alex queried while reaching into his coat pocket which had begun moving.

" What did you bring home this time?" Fiona asked while backing toward the door.

"I hope it's not another ferret or raccoon." Gavin commented. "It took three months to clean up the mess your ferret made in the potions room last time you were home!"

"Don't worry, it's nothing that's quite so curious, as well as busy, this time." Alex said while pulling a white rat out of his pocket.

"Oh, he's cute! What's his name?" Savana asked while snatching the rat from her brother's hands.

Fiona visably relaxed and walked over next to Savana to pet the rat.

"Why are the tips of his nose and ears brown? Oh, look! "Fiona cried."He has blue spots on his back.....They form a familiar pattern......but, I can't quite place it."

"He is an enchanted Siamese rat, mother." Alex said. "His name is Orion because the spots on his back look like the constellation, Orion."

"I don't want to know where you found him." Gavin said. "I've heard enough of your stories to last me a lifetime."

"All right, what is so earth shattering that Savana's is in a panic?" Alex asked. "It's not often that she gets so worked up over something."

So, Gavin launched into a explaination of Lord Voldemort and his followers, The Death Eaters. As well as, how they were defeated by Harry Potter 15 years ago, when Harry was just a baby, and how Harry's parents were killed in the same incident.

"I still don't see what that has to do with us." Alex said. "And it doesn't explain why we have to leave for England."

"Because..." Gavin continued.... "You were too young to remember this, but, the Potters were very good friends of ours and Voldemort thought he had killed the three of us over a year before he killed the Potters."

"We've been living in hiding ever since then." Fiona explained. "Voldemort doesn't even know Savana exists! I was pregnant with her at the time he attempted to kill us. If he knew we were still alive he would have us killed."

"Our family, and your mother's family, are among the most powerful wizarding families known." Christina picked up the thread of explaination. "Your parents were working with the Potters, and others, to over thow Lord Voldemort. Now that Voldemort has come back into power we need all the help we can get to fight him."

"If we go back to England, won't Voldemort realise we're still alive and that

I exist?" Savana asked.

"It's only a matter of time until Voldemort finds out anyway." Christina said. "This way we have the element of suprise working for us. I've arrainged to have Savana enroll at Hogwarts as a sixth year student, and for you to be an assistant to Hagrid." Christina said looking at Alex. "Hagrid will put your love of critters to good use because he teaches a class in the Care of Magical Creatures."

"I never thought Alex's passion for rescuing animals would be useful. Your father and I will be living with your aunt Christina." Fiona commented while watching Alex as he retrieved Orion and fed him a peanut.

Orion snatched the peanut, then ran up Alex's arm to his shoulder. Once there, the rat happily ate the peanut. He then searched briefly for more goodies. When he realized no more treats were forthcoming, he crawled back into Alex's pocket and curled up into a sleepy ball.

"I still don't want to leave my friends and school." Savana muttered. "I think I'd be just as safe at Aurora Borealis Academy and it would be alot more fun! However, if I stayed here, I'd be worried sick about the rest of you." She added. "So, I'll call my friends to say goodbye, then I'll pack my trunk. When are we leaving?"

...'~*~'...

Sirius padded quickly across Hogwarts grounds toward the Whomping Willow and the secret entrance to the castle. He would transform back to his human self once he was outside Dumbledore's office since he couldn't speak while he was in canine form.

Once he was in the hallway, near Dumbledore's office, he checked to make sure he was alone, then, turned back into his human form.

"What is the password?" He muttered to himself as he stood by the gargoyle which stood guard over the secret entrance to Dumbledore's office. He couldn't take the chance of standing out here in the open much longer. Someone might recognize him and turn him in to the Ministry.

"He tends to favor the names of sweets for passwords." Sirius thought.

"Lemon Drops, Chocolate Frogs, Shock Tarts...." Sirius commanded the unresponsive gargoyle.

"Try Laffey Taffy." suggested a silkey, familiar voice from behind him.

Sirius jumped in suprise. "What do you think you are doing?! You could have given me a heart attack!"

"One can only dream of such things." Snape sighed, dreamily.

" I need the password, Snape. It wouldn't be floating around in that greasey excuse for a head, would it?" Sirius retorted.

" I already told it to you. I thought dogs had better hearing than humans, or are you just as deficient as a dog as you are as a human?" Quipped Snape.

"Well, at least I wasn't brilliant enough to be caught trying to dance with the Whomping Willow."1 Sirius retorted while trying unsuccessfully to hide a smile.

"That was a cruel joke!" Snape sneered.

"Which, you fell for." Sirius snickerd. "Laffey Taffy" He commanded while chocking down a burst of laughter.

The gargoyle obediently lept aside, granting them access to Albus Dumbledore's office. Snape trailed behind as Sirius dashed up the stairs to Dumbledore's office, but, came to a screeching halt outside of the office door. He quietly put his ear against the office door, listening to find out who was inside. He could hear Dumbledore's voice, as well as, Professor McGonagall's. They sounded like they were in the middle of discussing something, but, he needed to talk to Dumbledore about Harry's letter immediately! So, he had no choice but to interrupt them. He knocked softly on the door and waited for a response.

"Sirius! What are you doing here? You know how dangerous doing this kind of thing is. Someone could see you and you'd be arrested!" Exclaimed Professor McGonagall, upon opening the door.

"I don't want to see any more Dementors around here, and I most certainly

don't want to be the one to tell Harry his Godfather has been arrested again." Albus Dumbledore added with concern in his voice. " I assume that whatever brought you here is quite urgent.''

"It is urgent and I have questions I need answers to as well." Sirius replyed. He then went on describe Harry's letter in great detail.

"This is an interesting turn of events." Dumbledore said thoughtfully. "We had believed the entire Walker family was killed by Voldemort 16 years ago. We've never heard of their teenage daughter. She and her brother could be extremely powerful wizards, when you consider who their parents are. I wonder if either of them inherited the Walker Family's special gift. Harry's letter indicates that they may have."

"What gift would that be?" Snape asked.

"They are Merlin's desendants, and because of that, they may possess telepathic and telekinetic abilities." Dumbledore replyed.

"That explains why Harry saw them in his dream. One of them must have been sending him a message." Sirius stated.

"Their comming here will definately increase the strength of our forces." McGonagall stated. "It will also add an interesting teacher's assistant and new student to this school."

They all knew the Walker's were alive and comming back to England to help them in their war against Lord Voldemort.

1. Rowling, J.K.; HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN: Sirius is referring to a prank he played on Severus Snape when they were both students at Hogwarts. Sirius told Severus to follow Lupin into a tunnel underneath the whomping willow and explained to Severus how to get to the tunnel without being attacked by the tree. Sirus knew Lupin was a werewolf, and it was a full moon, he had to know Lupin would bite Severus if he saw him. Severus didn't know Lupin was a werewolf, consequently, he wasn't aware of the danger he was in. James Potter, Harry's father, rescued Severus by preventing him from entering the tunnel, being bitten by Lupin, and being turned into a werewolf. Snape is still angry about the incident.