A/N There are a lot of characters I made up in here. The RIPs are in honor of Ian and James who died in a car crash a few months ago when they hit a tree. They went to high school with my sisters.

Chapter 23*~~ The Pool Party Begins*~~

May was seated at the table when the hot and sweaty kids trooped in from playing quidditch. They stared. "Are you May?" asked Harry.

"Yes, you must be Harry," she said with smile. She quickly shook each person's hand. "Sirius and Remus have ordered a lock down. Seems that now none of you are allowed to leave this house. Your parents have all sent their approval."

Lee Jordan, Dean Thomas, and Seamus and Cylix Finnigan were over to play quidditch. Lee, Fred, George, Dean, and Seamus had just been killed by Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Cylix. Fred and George insisted this was because they weren't beaters.

"You mean we're stuck inside?" groaned Seamus.

"Yup, but it's starting to storm so you'll recover. Ara brought her big screen TV over from her house. You can watch a movie. There's me and Ara's combined collection over there," May said.

"Thanks!" said the three girls. They rushed over and began picking out a movie. They insisted that everyone be showered and changed before the boys could know what movie they had chosen.

"So?" Dean said.

"It's Miss Congeniality," Ginny announced.

"A chick flick," groaned Lee.

"No, it has guns and crap, thank you very much," Hermione said.

"The only date Dudley has ever been on was when he went to Piers's house with his date and they had to watch this," Harry said. "That was actually four days ago, he sent me a letter. He said it was a pretty good movie."

"See!" Cylix said. She popped the movie in before ordering Seamus out of her arm chair.

After the movie they let the boys pick one out. It ended up The Matrix. Then Ara and May told them to come and eat. The next morning it was still pouring. They spent the day playing games and reading. It was lucky that the next day was bright and sunny because Remus and Sirius said that the lock down was over.

"Thank GOD!" Fred said.

"I thought it would never end," George said.

"Go out back," suggested Sirius. They all trooped out and froze. "Like it?"

There was a giant in ground pool behind the transformed Weasley home. Surrounding it was a large patio with lawn chairs and a bar strip and everything. There was even a little straw hut that had all sorts of chilled goodies inside. "It's awesome!" exclaimed Harry.

"Totally," Hermione affirmed. Ron laughed at her choice of words. He received a hit from both Hermione and Ginny.

"POOL PARTY!" they all said a moment later.

"We'll have to send out invitations," Cylix said.

"We have to invite EVERYONE!" exclaimed Ginny.

"We've set up "bunk houses" behind that clump of trees so your friends can stay for your two week party," Remus said, grinning.

"TWO WEEKS! YESSS!"

"Though you'd like that," Ara said.

"So, was the lock down worth it?" asked May, grinning.

"YES!" They all went back inside to send out invitations. Then they went shopping for food and suits.

The next morning they were all outside when people started arriving. Some through Floo, others by car, and others by the Knight Bus. (R is for Ravenclaw, H for Hufflepuff, G for Gryffindor and S for Slytherin)

The Flooers were Alicia Spinnet (G) , Angelina Johnson(G), Katie Bell(G), Parvati (G) and Padma Patil (R) , Susan Bones(R), Penelope Clearwater(R), Amara Keishi(H) , Cho Chang(R), Ian Davis (RIP) (G), James Behl(RIP) (H), and Ernie McMillan(H).

Those who got rides were Collin(G), Dennis(G), and Sandy Creevey, Shapphire (R) and Diamond (R) Glass, Justin Flitch-Fletchly(H), Hannah Abott(H), Kara (R) and Daniel(G) Moon, David Peters(H), Eric Dario(S) , and Chris Pitters(H).

The whole first floor and some of the second floor was taken up of the Knight Bus by Charmin(G) and Gredda Kingsley(R), Alex(R) and Andy (R) Bulmer, Mandy Deportees(H), Fleur Delacour, Cassandra Hannah(R), Arianna and Draco(S) Malfoy, Emily(G) and Zachary Vial(S), Pansy Parkinson(S), and Millicent Bullstrode(S).

"Why did we send invitations to Slytherins?" asked Ron as he saw Pansy walk out with Millicent.

"We invited Zach and Eric because they are nice," Hermione said.

"They probably told Malfoy and them," Harry said as Draco got off. The Slytherins that had not been exactly invited didn't talk to them for the first three hours.

"Welcome to the Burrow's Pool Party! Have fun and please get messy. Oh, yes, as you all probably know Sirius Black is in the Weasleys' custody so you may see him around here," Harry said, his voice magically enhanced. "So, you have to deal with it. He's really not an evil murderer. But he is psycho."

"HAROLD JAMES POTTER!" yelled Sirius. He grabbed his godson and threw him into the pool. "PARTY!" He and Remus started towards Ara and May. The two girls began to back away.

"REMUS LUPIN IF YOU EVEN-!" but Remus had already thrown May into the pool as Sirius threw Ara. It was a good thing that they had been wearing their bikinis. May's was a plain pale blue and Ara's a bright orange.

"You," sputtered Ara as they swam out. "Had better run."

"Was that Professor LUPIN!" exclaimed a few people. Harry had gotten out.

"Professor Lupin is different now and wishes to be known as Professor Moony or Remus. Now, have fun, you can go put your stuff in the bunk houses down the hill." Harry jumped down next to Ginny.

"This is going to be fun," Ginny said, grinning.

"You said it," Harry said. He picked her up and threw her in. Ginny swam to the top and glared at her boyfriend. "Nice look." Ginny hopped out and muttered a drying spell. She grinned at Harry. She had been wearing fringed jean shorts and a big white tank top.

Now she took them off to reveal her red bikini with white Hawaiian flowers on it. "Thought you'd like my suit!"

"Po- Harry," said Draco's voice. He turned around. Ginny out her arms around Harry's neck.

"Yeah?" he asked casually. Ron and Hermione had walked over. Pansy and Millicent were next to Draco. The pretty girl with Veela hair that had come with Draco had just started over.

"We wanted to say sorry," Pansy said.

"Already this summer since Voldemort's revival we've seen terrible things," Millicent said. "My aunt is a Death Eater and when I went to visit her I heard... things. I don't plan to support him."

"I found out that Voldemort had ordered my father to poison my mother to prove his allegiance. He did it. I moved in with Millicent and her parents now," Pansy said, meeting Harry's gaze.

"I - my father found out my mother had had lunch with an old school friend Alex Martin so he - he killed her. I was there in the study," Draco said quietly. "He didn't see me. I saw him though. He then brought the body to the nearest forest. Alex ended up being Alexandria. I'll never forgive him. Never."

"We are the Slytherins that are apposed to Voldemort. There are a good number of us," Pansy said.

"Not all Slytherins are bad," Millicent said. The Veela haired grey eyed girl had made it over by them.

"I am truly sorry," Draco said quietly, looking them each in the eye. Harry nodded. So did the other three. He sighed a breath of relief.

"Draco Malfoy being sincere! The world has been turned on end," gasped the girl.

"Shut-up Ari," Draco said playfully. It was so weird to find Draco changed so much since his mother's death.

"Who are you?" asked Hermioen cheerfully.

"Arianna Malfoy. She's my little half-sister. Same evil father. Her mother was a Veela he seduced," Draco said.

"Because I can't introduce myself," Arianna said.

"How old are you. Shouldn't you be in Hogwarts?" asked Ginny.

"I'm transferring this year from an all girls school in Australia," Ari said. "That's where I live. With my aunt Janie. I'm moving here though."

"Neat," Ginny said.

"Hey, what are we supposed to call you?" Ron asked the Slytherins. Hermione rolled her eyes lovingly at him.

"Draco, Pansy, Ari, and Lis," Millicent said.

"Lis?" asked Ginny with raised eyebrows.

"Lis is a shorter version of my name. MilLICent," Lis said with a shrug. They grinned.

"Anyone up for food?" asked Hermione. She led the rest over to the food.

A/N I hope u don't mind the whole Draco is good thing, but it's really important.