Allison loved when the three families got together; she loved hearing her
father's stories and such. The three children ran into the house and sat
down in their regular seats.
Harry, Hermione, and Lavender were already there, talking. They were waiting on Ginny, Ron, and Draco. Soon, they all apartated and sat down too.
"So, who is going to serve tonight?" Harry asked his friends. "Oh I guess I will, but I'm not going to next time!" Hermione said. She waved her hand and food was on the table.
Everyone dug in; the food was always delicious.
"So, what took you two so long?" Lavender asked Ron and Draco. They looked at each other and laughed. "Moody." Ron said. The rest of them laughed too. Moody un-retired after he joined the Order and was now Draco and Ron's boss.
Everyone was talking and having a grand time. Soon all the food was gone and Lavender said that she would start cleaning. Ginny and Hermione offered to help.
In the kitchen, Hermione wanted to talk to Lavender and Ginny privately. "I want to do something for Harry's birthday, which is in a week. Do you have any suggestions?" The three women thought. "What about a surprise party?" Ginny suggested. "Well, yeah, that would be good, only we did that last year!" Hermione said smiling. "Oh yeah, I forgot."
"I don't want to get him some non-personal gift that doesn't mean anything. Actually I want to do some research and find out more about his parents."
"That's a great idea!" Lavender said. "What?" "Well, you can do some research, gather people from his parent's year, and interview them, on camera! Like a video research thingy! This is brilliant!" Lavender said. Ginny was nodding excitedly. Hermione didn't know if it was the right thing, but she nodded at Lavender. 'Hey, it's better than nothing,' she thought.
The kids went to the other room while the adults talked.
"They always talk about boring stuff." Corbin said. Lillie and Allison nodded their heads in agreement.
~*~
Soon a week had gone by and it was Harry's birthday. Lillie was the first to wish him happy birthday. She ran into her parents' room at five in the morning and shook Harry.
"What is it Lillie?" Harry asked groggily. "Happy birthday Daddy!" Lillie said. She kissed his cheek and ran off.
"Yeah, Happy Birthday honey." Hermione said as she kissed her husband. "Thanks." "Well, my present, well, it couldn't get here in time. I am sorry. Once it is finished, umm, arrives, I'll give it to you." Harry smiled. "Like I need a present when I have you here."
Hermione had gotten a few people, but it wasn't enough to satisfy her, seeing that she is a perfectionist and all.
~*~
They had a big party for Harry, inviting many of the people from Hogwarts that was in their year. Plus Luna and Colin Creevey.
They were about to cut the cake when an unexpected visitor came in.
"What are you doing here? You said that you wouldn't be able to make it! I'm glad you could make it." Hermione said as she gave her old professor a hug. He was still headmaster at Hogwarts, but the past few years have caught up to him.
"Hey Professor!" Harry said, pulling away from his conversation with Dean Thomas.
"Harry, just the boy I was looking for. I can't stay long, but I came across something, and I would like you to have it. Maybe once your done with it, you could pass it along to someone else who wants to read it." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled brightly, and Harry knew Dumbledore meant something, but he was soo cryptic, Harry never knew what Dumbledore meant till after it was too late.
Dumbledore handed Harry a present, wrapped in, "A sock?" Harry questioned.
"Another gift from Winky and Dobby. They thought it would be perfect to put my present inside theirs.
Harry remembered Dobby and his fascination with socks. Harry had set Dobby free in his second year with one of his socks. Dobby always tells Harry that his sock is his favorite. Dobby and Winky had gotten married just last year, and they are still happily in love, working at St. Mugos.
Getting back:
Harry took the present and took it out of the sock. It was an old dusty book. On the front was "LE&JP."
Harry looked back up at Dumbledore. His eyes twinkled and he said, "I have to go now. Take heed of what I said."
Dumbledore left, but the party didn't continue. Everyone was watching Dumbledore and Harry talk, and they were curious about what the present was.
Harry wasn't paying much attention to his surrounding and he went into his bedroom and closed the door. Lillie was watching and she looked up at her mother. Hermione looked down at her child and nodded solemnly. Lillie nodded back once and followed her dad in the bedroom.
~*~
Harry was sitting on the bed, tossing the book gently between his two hands. Lillie came towards her father and he looked up.
"Come here Lillie." Lillie climbed up and sat in her father's lap. No matter how old she was, she loved her father dearly, and she would still sit in his lap.
"This is your grandmothers and grandfathers." "What is it?" Lillie asked curiously.
"I- I don't know. But for the first time, I think I understand what Dumbledore meant. You never knew you grandparents. I never knew them either." Lillie looked up at her dad confused.
"What do you mean, you never knew them either?" Lillie asked. She always thought that they just died old, she didn't know that her dad didn't know them.
"I have wanted to keep this from you, but I remember when I was young I hated when people kept things from me because they thought I was too young. Anyway, you will figure it out sooner or later.
"Before I was born, Voldemort was high in power, more than ever. He was killing people in public, not caring at all. There was a group called the Order of Phoenix. This one was the original one. Your grandparents were in it. You know Neville right? His parents were also there. Lupin, Moody, Mrs. Figg, and a lot of other people you know were also in there. Well it was a few months after I was born; Voldemort came looking for me. He killed my mum and my dad to get to me. So your grandparents didn't just die of old age. They were murdered. I never knew them."
Lillie was stunned. "So, what's that?" She asked again, pointing to the book. "I don't know. All I know is it has "LE&JP." That means Lily Evans and James Potter."
Lillie nodded and got out of her father's lap. She thought that he needed to be alone. She opened the bedroom door and stepped out in the living room where everyone was silent, waiting for someone to come out of the bedroom.
Lillie was mature for her age, and she knew that Harry didn't want his friends to know about this, at least not right now. She told everyone, "The present is something that my dad needed to analysis. It's nothing really."
~*~
Weeks went by and Harry didn't come out of his melancholy mood. Hermione was getting worried. Harry wouldn't even tell her what the present was. He always wanted to be by himself. Everyone was getting worried, but Corbin was having quite a fun time with it.
"Lillie, what's with your dad? He still in that slump, if I didn't know any better, it looks like he prefers that little book to your mom. She better watch out." Corbin said winking. "Shove off Corbin. It's alright Lillie; whatever that present was really affected your father. Maybe you should talk to him." Allison suggested.
"Yeah, maybe." Lillie said.
Lillie had many chances to talk to her father in private, but it never seemed like the right moment. It was the night before they went back to Hogwarts and Lillie had to find out what that present really was.
Corbin, Allison, and Lillie were all spending the night together at Lillie's house. Lillie knew that both her parents were hard sleepers, so once they were asleep, Lillie snuck in and stole the book.
She went back to her room with Corbin and Allison. "Well? What is it?"
Lillie ran her fingers over the lettering that she had read once before. She opened the book but it was blank.
"Hmm, that's weird." Corbin said, taking the book from Lillie, flipping through the pages.
"NO!" Lillie's eyes grew bright green, like they usually did when she had a sudden realization.
"No what?" Allison questioned.
"Don't you guys remember anything? Their stories, second year. Think HARD!" Lillie said, jumping up and down.
"Umm, OHHHH!" Allison said. "YES!"
"I don't get it," Corbin said. Lillie rolled her eyes. "You should know especially. Your mother went through it." "You mean this is a-" "YES! YES YES YES!" Lillie said, jumping up and down again.
"So go ahead, write something!" Allison said to Lillie. "Oh, a quill," Lillie said searching the top of her desk. "Ah hah!" She grabbed a quill, opened an ink well, and dipped the quill in the ink. Taking it out, she put in on the book, writing out, "Hello. My name is Lillie Potter."
~*~
A/N: Well, that's chappy two, howd yall like it? I hope its good, trust me, this is just the beginning, and a lot more stuff is going to happen. What is going to happen? Well, its going to involve the kids, and Harry and Hermione, and even Lily and James. Hmm, sounds good huh? Yeah, that's what I thought! REVIEW!
Harry, Hermione, and Lavender were already there, talking. They were waiting on Ginny, Ron, and Draco. Soon, they all apartated and sat down too.
"So, who is going to serve tonight?" Harry asked his friends. "Oh I guess I will, but I'm not going to next time!" Hermione said. She waved her hand and food was on the table.
Everyone dug in; the food was always delicious.
"So, what took you two so long?" Lavender asked Ron and Draco. They looked at each other and laughed. "Moody." Ron said. The rest of them laughed too. Moody un-retired after he joined the Order and was now Draco and Ron's boss.
Everyone was talking and having a grand time. Soon all the food was gone and Lavender said that she would start cleaning. Ginny and Hermione offered to help.
In the kitchen, Hermione wanted to talk to Lavender and Ginny privately. "I want to do something for Harry's birthday, which is in a week. Do you have any suggestions?" The three women thought. "What about a surprise party?" Ginny suggested. "Well, yeah, that would be good, only we did that last year!" Hermione said smiling. "Oh yeah, I forgot."
"I don't want to get him some non-personal gift that doesn't mean anything. Actually I want to do some research and find out more about his parents."
"That's a great idea!" Lavender said. "What?" "Well, you can do some research, gather people from his parent's year, and interview them, on camera! Like a video research thingy! This is brilliant!" Lavender said. Ginny was nodding excitedly. Hermione didn't know if it was the right thing, but she nodded at Lavender. 'Hey, it's better than nothing,' she thought.
The kids went to the other room while the adults talked.
"They always talk about boring stuff." Corbin said. Lillie and Allison nodded their heads in agreement.
~*~
Soon a week had gone by and it was Harry's birthday. Lillie was the first to wish him happy birthday. She ran into her parents' room at five in the morning and shook Harry.
"What is it Lillie?" Harry asked groggily. "Happy birthday Daddy!" Lillie said. She kissed his cheek and ran off.
"Yeah, Happy Birthday honey." Hermione said as she kissed her husband. "Thanks." "Well, my present, well, it couldn't get here in time. I am sorry. Once it is finished, umm, arrives, I'll give it to you." Harry smiled. "Like I need a present when I have you here."
Hermione had gotten a few people, but it wasn't enough to satisfy her, seeing that she is a perfectionist and all.
~*~
They had a big party for Harry, inviting many of the people from Hogwarts that was in their year. Plus Luna and Colin Creevey.
They were about to cut the cake when an unexpected visitor came in.
"What are you doing here? You said that you wouldn't be able to make it! I'm glad you could make it." Hermione said as she gave her old professor a hug. He was still headmaster at Hogwarts, but the past few years have caught up to him.
"Hey Professor!" Harry said, pulling away from his conversation with Dean Thomas.
"Harry, just the boy I was looking for. I can't stay long, but I came across something, and I would like you to have it. Maybe once your done with it, you could pass it along to someone else who wants to read it." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled brightly, and Harry knew Dumbledore meant something, but he was soo cryptic, Harry never knew what Dumbledore meant till after it was too late.
Dumbledore handed Harry a present, wrapped in, "A sock?" Harry questioned.
"Another gift from Winky and Dobby. They thought it would be perfect to put my present inside theirs.
Harry remembered Dobby and his fascination with socks. Harry had set Dobby free in his second year with one of his socks. Dobby always tells Harry that his sock is his favorite. Dobby and Winky had gotten married just last year, and they are still happily in love, working at St. Mugos.
Getting back:
Harry took the present and took it out of the sock. It was an old dusty book. On the front was "LE&JP."
Harry looked back up at Dumbledore. His eyes twinkled and he said, "I have to go now. Take heed of what I said."
Dumbledore left, but the party didn't continue. Everyone was watching Dumbledore and Harry talk, and they were curious about what the present was.
Harry wasn't paying much attention to his surrounding and he went into his bedroom and closed the door. Lillie was watching and she looked up at her mother. Hermione looked down at her child and nodded solemnly. Lillie nodded back once and followed her dad in the bedroom.
~*~
Harry was sitting on the bed, tossing the book gently between his two hands. Lillie came towards her father and he looked up.
"Come here Lillie." Lillie climbed up and sat in her father's lap. No matter how old she was, she loved her father dearly, and she would still sit in his lap.
"This is your grandmothers and grandfathers." "What is it?" Lillie asked curiously.
"I- I don't know. But for the first time, I think I understand what Dumbledore meant. You never knew you grandparents. I never knew them either." Lillie looked up at her dad confused.
"What do you mean, you never knew them either?" Lillie asked. She always thought that they just died old, she didn't know that her dad didn't know them.
"I have wanted to keep this from you, but I remember when I was young I hated when people kept things from me because they thought I was too young. Anyway, you will figure it out sooner or later.
"Before I was born, Voldemort was high in power, more than ever. He was killing people in public, not caring at all. There was a group called the Order of Phoenix. This one was the original one. Your grandparents were in it. You know Neville right? His parents were also there. Lupin, Moody, Mrs. Figg, and a lot of other people you know were also in there. Well it was a few months after I was born; Voldemort came looking for me. He killed my mum and my dad to get to me. So your grandparents didn't just die of old age. They were murdered. I never knew them."
Lillie was stunned. "So, what's that?" She asked again, pointing to the book. "I don't know. All I know is it has "LE&JP." That means Lily Evans and James Potter."
Lillie nodded and got out of her father's lap. She thought that he needed to be alone. She opened the bedroom door and stepped out in the living room where everyone was silent, waiting for someone to come out of the bedroom.
Lillie was mature for her age, and she knew that Harry didn't want his friends to know about this, at least not right now. She told everyone, "The present is something that my dad needed to analysis. It's nothing really."
~*~
Weeks went by and Harry didn't come out of his melancholy mood. Hermione was getting worried. Harry wouldn't even tell her what the present was. He always wanted to be by himself. Everyone was getting worried, but Corbin was having quite a fun time with it.
"Lillie, what's with your dad? He still in that slump, if I didn't know any better, it looks like he prefers that little book to your mom. She better watch out." Corbin said winking. "Shove off Corbin. It's alright Lillie; whatever that present was really affected your father. Maybe you should talk to him." Allison suggested.
"Yeah, maybe." Lillie said.
Lillie had many chances to talk to her father in private, but it never seemed like the right moment. It was the night before they went back to Hogwarts and Lillie had to find out what that present really was.
Corbin, Allison, and Lillie were all spending the night together at Lillie's house. Lillie knew that both her parents were hard sleepers, so once they were asleep, Lillie snuck in and stole the book.
She went back to her room with Corbin and Allison. "Well? What is it?"
Lillie ran her fingers over the lettering that she had read once before. She opened the book but it was blank.
"Hmm, that's weird." Corbin said, taking the book from Lillie, flipping through the pages.
"NO!" Lillie's eyes grew bright green, like they usually did when she had a sudden realization.
"No what?" Allison questioned.
"Don't you guys remember anything? Their stories, second year. Think HARD!" Lillie said, jumping up and down.
"Umm, OHHHH!" Allison said. "YES!"
"I don't get it," Corbin said. Lillie rolled her eyes. "You should know especially. Your mother went through it." "You mean this is a-" "YES! YES YES YES!" Lillie said, jumping up and down again.
"So go ahead, write something!" Allison said to Lillie. "Oh, a quill," Lillie said searching the top of her desk. "Ah hah!" She grabbed a quill, opened an ink well, and dipped the quill in the ink. Taking it out, she put in on the book, writing out, "Hello. My name is Lillie Potter."
~*~
A/N: Well, that's chappy two, howd yall like it? I hope its good, trust me, this is just the beginning, and a lot more stuff is going to happen. What is going to happen? Well, its going to involve the kids, and Harry and Hermione, and even Lily and James. Hmm, sounds good huh? Yeah, that's what I thought! REVIEW!
