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LILY: First off, I have to ask once again. Does anyone know how the Scottish accent would be written? All I've got is Aye. But what else? See, I know how it sounds, but changing it to writing is another thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
MIRAI CLONE: Don't give up, do you?
LILY: Not at chance, me dear. I will once someone helps me out with the accent. Oh and I have to clear a few things up before I start this next chapter. One: IN THE *BOOK* JAMES WAS A CHASER, NOT A SEEKER! THE MOVIE GOT IT WRONG!!!! And second: KAYLEE IS *NOT* STUCK UP! I mean it people, read the ending notes at the end of the last chapter and you'll see what I mean. Now that that's been taken care of, I'll do the disclaimer and then start the chapter.
LILI: As always, I don't own the characters of Harry Potter. I still own my clones, my own mate Mirai Trunks *points to her mate who just sweatdrops but doesn't say anything*, Mystic Gohan, Gambit from X-men Evolution, Neil from the Final Fantasy Movie, Kou Leifoh from the Bouncer for the PS2 game, and my newest clone, Inuyasha, my Demi-Demon Doggie! *starts tickling Inuyasha's ears as he growls and tries to avoid her* They're all mine, except for Gohan, he's my best friend's mate. So now on with the story.
LILY: And still, anyone with advice for the Scottish accent? Anyway, here we go! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
OUT OF THE ASHES
Chapter 16
"I can't believe even after all these years, you're still so immature." Anna said as she, Sirius, James, Lily, and Remus headed down the corridor that would eventually take them to the Great Hall.
Harry, Hermione, and Ron had already gone on ahead, Harry and Ron wanting to talk to the rest of the Gryffindor team about the match that was scheduled for that afternoon.
"Me? Immature? Now what ever gave you that impression, my dear Whiskers?" Sirius asked with a innocent grin as Lily rolled her eyes at him.
"Oh I *do* wonder, Sirius." Lily said dramatically as Sirius turned to look at Lily with a look of bewilderment on his face.
"What? You know something I don't?" Sirius asked with a playful smirk as Anna grinned coyly back at him.
"A lot actually, but that's not the point, Scooby." Anna said as Sirius turned to look at James.
"Again with the Scooby thing?" Sirius asked as James chuckled and nodded.
"Anyway, Anna's right. Besides, we already know about your guys' little prank you have planned this morning." Lily said as Anna nodded as Sirius turned to look at James with a look of sad disapproving.
"You are so whipped, Prongsie." Sirius said, almost sadly as James's jaw dropped.
"EXCUSE me?! *I* didn't tell her anything, thank you!" James said, then added with a small pout, "And I'm not whipped."
"Whipped....no, not at all. Wrapped around Lily's pinky finger......yes." Anna said with a look at Lily.
"Ok, ok, enough picking on James. We're here." Remus said with a chuckle as Sirius nodded.
"Yeah, we can save that for later. Wait to you see what we've done to the Slytherins this time!" Sirius said with a gleeful smirk as Anna shook her head.
"You're simply hopeless, the whole lot of you! Honestly, and you're all supposed to be role models! And you two! You're supposed to be parents!" Anna pretended to scold James and Sirius.
"Speaking of which, there's Harry. Excuse me." Lily said with a smile as she headed over towards the Gryffindor table, and smiled pleasantly at the students who were still staring at her in awe, even after Dumbledore's announcement.
"Oh yes, and I do suppose a certain someone is due to arrive here this morning, too?" Sirius asked, looking at Anna who smiled at him as she nodded.
"Yes, she should be here soon. I asked her to try and make it before breakfast, or at least to be in time for it. I wonder what could have-" Anna suddenly stopped talking as she looked towards the entrance of the Great Hall, smiling to herself as James, Remus and Sirius looked at her in surprise, before looking around and trying to see whatever she was looking at. All they saw was the mass of students, so they turned back to her in confusion.
"Um...Whiskers? Anna? What is it? What's the matter?" Sirius asked as Anna snapped her head to look at him, then smiled as she gestured towards the entrance, and leaned in closer to speak to Sirius.
"See there? That young girl? Leaning against the wall?" Anna asked as Sirius frowned as he looked around, before finally spotting the girl. Still looking at the girl curiously, he leaned over towards Anna.
"The dark haired girl in the corner?" Sirius asked as Anna nodded.
"That's Kaylee." Anna said simply as Sirius whipped his head back to look at the girl, and was surprised that he hadn't guessed so right away.
She was almost the splitting image of Sirius, only she had wavy black hair pulled back in a long elegant ponytail that reached her waist. She had crisp, deep blue eyes that where slightly narrowed as she surveved her surroundings. She was already wearing the black robes that all Hogwarts students were supposed to wear, only she wore on crest on her outer robes. She had yet to be sorted into a house. As if senseing someone watching her, she suddenly turned to look at Sirius, James, Remus and Anna.
Her eyes widened in surprise as she recognized her mother, before realizing that one of the three men standing near her must be Sirius Black, and therefore her father. She frowned again as her crystal blue eyes landed on Sirius. Afterall, her mother was a blonde, and she easily recognized the famous James Potter from pictures, and the other man had sandy brown hair, while the last had the same ebony black hair that, as her mother told her, she herself had inherited.
Anna sighed as she watched her daughter, and saw the girl making no move to join them. She looked at Sirius apologetically, and answered his unasked question for him.
"She's a bit.....angry with me, I'd suspect. Trust me, she's not shy, so it's the only logical reason for her behavior. I'd suspect that it has to do with me keeping this secret from her for nearly fourteen years." Anna said, looking as Sirius.
"She never knew who you were, until last night. Well, I should rephrase that. She knew you, very well actually, from all the stories that she'd heard in school these last couple of years. But it's only been by what she's heard, and what everyone else has always believed Sirius. I told her the truth.....everything.....last night in my owl. I guess she's a bit in shock, and confused of course." Anna said.
"It's alright Whiskers. She doesn't have to come over here if she doesn't want to. I won't make her." Sirius said as Anna shook her head.
"You shouldn't have to. You're her father, whether she may believe it or not. And whether she likes it or not as well. She owes you at least a bit more respect than that, in the very least." Anna said.
"Very well said Mother. But in case you haven't forgot, *you* were the one to neglect to inform me of that very information." A girl's voice suddenly said as the four adults turned to look at the girl in shock.
"Kaylee, I didn't think you were going to come over here." Anna said.
"I wasn't going to, but I changed my mind." Kaylee said.
"I see. Well, I'd like you to meet-" Anna began looking at Sirius as Kaylee nodded, looking at him as well.
"Sirius Black, I'd imagine? My father, if what my mother wrote me last night was in fact true." Kaylee said.
"Outspoken. Definately a relation of Padfoots." James said as Kaylee turned to look at him with a pleasant smile on her face.
"And Mr. Potter. I've read all about you." Kaylee said smiling kindly, before turning to smile at Remus.
"And you must be Professor Lupin. I'll be looking forward to your classes this year sir. I've heard that you're an excellent teacher." Kaylee said.
"Well.....I don't really know if that's all true.......very charming though.....Prongs is right." Remus said with a smile.
Kaylee turned to look at both her parents, before sighing deeply.
"Look, I'm sorry. You must understand that it's a bit of a shock to me, finding out who you are. I mean you you really are. To me at least. And Mother. You never told me, so of course I'd be a little.....testy about it all. I'm sorry. I can't help it." Kaylee said, looking at both Sirius and Anna.
"Think nothing of it.......it's certainly a shock to me as well.......but I do hope....er.....well, anyway, it's a pleasure to meet you, Kaylee." Sirius said with a smile.
James and Remus looked at each other in mock disbelief.
"Padfoot? At a loss for words? I never thought I'd see the day!" James said.
"Indeed. If I didn't know any better, I'd suspect this would mean it's the end of the world." Remus said with a chuckle.
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LILY: First off, I have to ask once again. Does anyone know how the Scottish accent would be written? All I've got is Aye. But what else? See, I know how it sounds, but changing it to writing is another thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
MIRAI CLONE: Don't give up, do you?
LILY: Not at chance, me dear. I will once someone helps me out with the accent. Oh and I have to clear a few things up before I start this next chapter. One: IN THE *BOOK* JAMES WAS A CHASER, NOT A SEEKER! THE MOVIE GOT IT WRONG!!!! And second: KAYLEE IS *NOT* STUCK UP! I mean it people, read the ending notes at the end of the last chapter and you'll see what I mean. Now that that's been taken care of, I'll do the disclaimer and then start the chapter.
LILI: As always, I don't own the characters of Harry Potter. I still own my clones, my own mate Mirai Trunks *points to her mate who just sweatdrops but doesn't say anything*, Mystic Gohan, Gambit from X-men Evolution, Neil from the Final Fantasy Movie, Kou Leifoh from the Bouncer for the PS2 game, and my newest clone, Inuyasha, my Demi-Demon Doggie! *starts tickling Inuyasha's ears as he growls and tries to avoid her* They're all mine, except for Gohan, he's my best friend's mate. So now on with the story.
LILY: And still, anyone with advice for the Scottish accent? Anyway, here we go! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
OUT OF THE ASHES
Chapter 16
"I can't believe even after all these years, you're still so immature." Anna said as she, Sirius, James, Lily, and Remus headed down the corridor that would eventually take them to the Great Hall.
Harry, Hermione, and Ron had already gone on ahead, Harry and Ron wanting to talk to the rest of the Gryffindor team about the match that was scheduled for that afternoon.
"Me? Immature? Now what ever gave you that impression, my dear Whiskers?" Sirius asked with a innocent grin as Lily rolled her eyes at him.
"Oh I *do* wonder, Sirius." Lily said dramatically as Sirius turned to look at Lily with a look of bewilderment on his face.
"What? You know something I don't?" Sirius asked with a playful smirk as Anna grinned coyly back at him.
"A lot actually, but that's not the point, Scooby." Anna said as Sirius turned to look at James.
"Again with the Scooby thing?" Sirius asked as James chuckled and nodded.
"Anyway, Anna's right. Besides, we already know about your guys' little prank you have planned this morning." Lily said as Anna nodded as Sirius turned to look at James with a look of sad disapproving.
"You are so whipped, Prongsie." Sirius said, almost sadly as James's jaw dropped.
"EXCUSE me?! *I* didn't tell her anything, thank you!" James said, then added with a small pout, "And I'm not whipped."
"Whipped....no, not at all. Wrapped around Lily's pinky finger......yes." Anna said with a look at Lily.
"Ok, ok, enough picking on James. We're here." Remus said with a chuckle as Sirius nodded.
"Yeah, we can save that for later. Wait to you see what we've done to the Slytherins this time!" Sirius said with a gleeful smirk as Anna shook her head.
"You're simply hopeless, the whole lot of you! Honestly, and you're all supposed to be role models! And you two! You're supposed to be parents!" Anna pretended to scold James and Sirius.
"Speaking of which, there's Harry. Excuse me." Lily said with a smile as she headed over towards the Gryffindor table, and smiled pleasantly at the students who were still staring at her in awe, even after Dumbledore's announcement.
"Oh yes, and I do suppose a certain someone is due to arrive here this morning, too?" Sirius asked, looking at Anna who smiled at him as she nodded.
"Yes, she should be here soon. I asked her to try and make it before breakfast, or at least to be in time for it. I wonder what could have-" Anna suddenly stopped talking as she looked towards the entrance of the Great Hall, smiling to herself as James, Remus and Sirius looked at her in surprise, before looking around and trying to see whatever she was looking at. All they saw was the mass of students, so they turned back to her in confusion.
"Um...Whiskers? Anna? What is it? What's the matter?" Sirius asked as Anna snapped her head to look at him, then smiled as she gestured towards the entrance, and leaned in closer to speak to Sirius.
"See there? That young girl? Leaning against the wall?" Anna asked as Sirius frowned as he looked around, before finally spotting the girl. Still looking at the girl curiously, he leaned over towards Anna.
"The dark haired girl in the corner?" Sirius asked as Anna nodded.
"That's Kaylee." Anna said simply as Sirius whipped his head back to look at the girl, and was surprised that he hadn't guessed so right away.
She was almost the splitting image of Sirius, only she had wavy black hair pulled back in a long elegant ponytail that reached her waist. She had crisp, deep blue eyes that where slightly narrowed as she surveved her surroundings. She was already wearing the black robes that all Hogwarts students were supposed to wear, only she wore on crest on her outer robes. She had yet to be sorted into a house. As if senseing someone watching her, she suddenly turned to look at Sirius, James, Remus and Anna.
Her eyes widened in surprise as she recognized her mother, before realizing that one of the three men standing near her must be Sirius Black, and therefore her father. She frowned again as her crystal blue eyes landed on Sirius. Afterall, her mother was a blonde, and she easily recognized the famous James Potter from pictures, and the other man had sandy brown hair, while the last had the same ebony black hair that, as her mother told her, she herself had inherited.
Anna sighed as she watched her daughter, and saw the girl making no move to join them. She looked at Sirius apologetically, and answered his unasked question for him.
"She's a bit.....angry with me, I'd suspect. Trust me, she's not shy, so it's the only logical reason for her behavior. I'd suspect that it has to do with me keeping this secret from her for nearly fourteen years." Anna said, looking as Sirius.
"She never knew who you were, until last night. Well, I should rephrase that. She knew you, very well actually, from all the stories that she'd heard in school these last couple of years. But it's only been by what she's heard, and what everyone else has always believed Sirius. I told her the truth.....everything.....last night in my owl. I guess she's a bit in shock, and confused of course." Anna said.
"It's alright Whiskers. She doesn't have to come over here if she doesn't want to. I won't make her." Sirius said as Anna shook her head.
"You shouldn't have to. You're her father, whether she may believe it or not. And whether she likes it or not as well. She owes you at least a bit more respect than that, in the very least." Anna said.
"Very well said Mother. But in case you haven't forgot, *you* were the one to neglect to inform me of that very information." A girl's voice suddenly said as the four adults turned to look at the girl in shock.
"Kaylee, I didn't think you were going to come over here." Anna said.
"I wasn't going to, but I changed my mind." Kaylee said.
"I see. Well, I'd like you to meet-" Anna began looking at Sirius as Kaylee nodded, looking at him as well.
"Sirius Black, I'd imagine? My father, if what my mother wrote me last night was in fact true." Kaylee said.
"Outspoken. Definately a relation of Padfoots." James said as Kaylee turned to look at him with a pleasant smile on her face.
"And Mr. Potter. I've read all about you." Kaylee said smiling kindly, before turning to smile at Remus.
"And you must be Professor Lupin. I'll be looking forward to your classes this year sir. I've heard that you're an excellent teacher." Kaylee said.
"Well.....I don't really know if that's all true.......very charming though.....Prongs is right." Remus said with a smile.
Kaylee turned to look at both her parents, before sighing deeply.
"Look, I'm sorry. You must understand that it's a bit of a shock to me, finding out who you are. I mean you you really are. To me at least. And Mother. You never told me, so of course I'd be a little.....testy about it all. I'm sorry. I can't help it." Kaylee said, looking at both Sirius and Anna.
"Think nothing of it.......it's certainly a shock to me as well.......but I do hope....er.....well, anyway, it's a pleasure to meet you, Kaylee." Sirius said with a smile.
James and Remus looked at each other in mock disbelief.
"Padfoot? At a loss for words? I never thought I'd see the day!" James said.
"Indeed. If I didn't know any better, I'd suspect this would mean it's the end of the world." Remus said with a chuckle.
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