Author's Note: Sorry this is sooooooooo late! It took me forever to get
this chapter done! I also started school last Thursday and I took my
notebook with me to finish the chapter but I left it in my locker! And then
on Friday I went to Kentucky so I wasn't at school to get it and I just got
it today! Hope you like the chapter! For those of you at school good luck!
Disclaimer: I own only unfamiliar characters such as Lynz! The wonderful writer J.K. Rowling owns most else!
Ch. 6 - An Evening With Dad
By the time we got to the entrance hall Dumbledore was already there. "Oh, there you are. I was beginning to think you stood me up."
"Oh, Professor Dumbledore, we would never do that!" I said.
"I should hope not," Dad said.
"Are you two to ready to go yet? Walk now, talk later. I'm hungry," I said trying to push them out the door.
"Lynz, you just ate less than an hour ago, how can you be hungry?" Dad asked.
"I just am, ok. A growing Gryffindor needs food," I said.
"Oh, of course, a growing Gryffindor needs food," Dad said.
Ignoring my Dad's latest comment I asked, "Professor Dumbledore, is anything new happening at Hogwarts this year?"
"No, nothing new I'm afraid. The only thing different is your Dad and the new 1st years," he replied, "Oh, I almost forgot. There are going to be dementors at the front gates and I'm absolutely thrilled about it," he didn't look very happy about the dementoids? What were they? I don't remember.
"What are these dementy things?" I asked curiously.
"Dementors are hooded creatures that suck all the happiness out of an area. They make you feel cold and that there will never be anything happy ever again. It's a terrible experience that I have had to deal with when the Minister needed help in Azkaban which actually happens a lot," Dumbledore replied.
"Oh, ok," I said not sure what to say. And the next few minutes rolled by with no one talking until we got there. "Look, here it is," and there it was.
We walked in and Dumbledore picked out a table for us to sit at. When we sat down a black haired waitress with glittery shoes came up, "Well, hello Dumbledore, Remus. And who are you?" she asked me.
"I'm Lynz, Lynz Radcliffe," I said rather shyly.
"Well, I'm Madam Rosmerta. Nice to meet you. Remus is this your niece or something because she looks a lot like you but I didn't think you had a daughter," she said.
"Yes, actually she is my daughter," Dad replied smiling. "And I also didn't know I had a daughter until this afternoon."
"What happened this afternoon?" Madam Rosmerta asked still pressing for information.
"Very, very long story," I said with a huge sigh.
"Well, ok then," she said looking rather depressed, "What'll you have then?"
"I'll have a bowl of strawberry ice cream," said Dumbledore, who hadn't spoken for a while.
"I'll have a bowl of vanilla ice cream, please." I said as politely as I could manage.
"And I'll have a bowl of chocolate ice cream," Dad said.
"Coming right up," Madam Rosmerta told us.
There was an awkward silence until Dumbledore said, "So. what are you planning on doing tomorrow?"
"We were just going to Lynz's Mother's house to get her stuff. Maybe we could go to one of those muggle movie theaters if there is one close by. Would you want to do that, Lynz?" Dad asked me.
I hadn't been to a movie in a while. "Sure, that's a great idea. I haven't been to see a movie in a long time. It'll be great to see Aunt 'Lia again," I said.
"'Lia? The 15 year old who used to tag along everywhere with us? I remember her. She must be what? 27 now? You look like her, more her than your Mother, wavy hair and pale green eyes, just like you do. Look here comes our ice cream." And in came Rosmerta wearing her glittery shoes that looked like they came out of 'The Wizard of Oz'. She had all 3 bowls of ice cream floating in front of her, then took her wand out and pointed at one bowl of ice cream, then at Dumbledore, and the bowl floated over to him on to the table. She did the same the 2 more times but pointed to Dad and me instead.
"Sorry about the wait, it's a bit busy tonight," she looked around then smiled apologetically at us. "Better get back to work. Don't want to get too far behind. See you soon. I hope to see you on Hogsmeade weekends, Lynz. Bye," She said walking away.
I started piling my ice cream into my mouth but in between bites I said, "Am I allowed to come on Hogsmeade weekends, Dad?" I asked doing the best puppy dog pout I could with my mouth almost full.
"No, Lynz. Not until next year when you are in 3rd year. Maybe I will take you some time on one of the weekends, but that's it until next year," he answered. Then he whispered to me, "We'll talk about it more later," at that I smiled. I had a chance.
About 10 minutes later I had finished my ice cream and waited for Dad to, too. 'He eats really slow,' I thought. Not that it mattered. Dumbledore had also finished and was waiting for him too.
Another 10 minutes of nothing went by and then finally Dad finished eating and was ready to go. "Dad, can we apparate back? I'm really," I yawned, "tired. Please?"
"Of course, sweetie. You don't mind do you Dumbledore?"
"Of course not. It is completely fine. I was getting rather tired myself."
"Ok, well let's go," he said as he finished paying the bill and walked towards the door. He took my hand and, "1.2.3," he said and we were at the Hogwarts gates.
"Daddy, can you carry me? I don't think I'll make it all the way to my room," I said trying to suppress a yawn.
"I'll try," he said. I'm rather petite so he didn't have to hard of a time getting me there.
When we finally got to my room it was nearly 10:30. He put me down on my bed and kissed my forehead and said, "Good night, Lynz. See you in the morning."
"Goodnight," I said through a yawn. Then I pulled my covers up to my neck and closed my eyes, forgetting and not caring that my glasses were still on. "Goodnight, Mum," I whispered. "I missed you. Guess who I found this afternoon?! Dad! I never wanted to believe he wasn't coming to see me. I'm glad I didn't because you were wrong. He's right next-door and he made this room. He's a wizard and a werewolf and you drove him away because of it! It's not that bad a thing. You didn't abandon me because of it, why him and why not me? You had me hate him and believe he was the one left to blame. You made my life a living hell. I don't forgive you. Maybe someday I'll understand and forgive you but I don't understand now. Goodnight, Mum," I let all the anger out. I was so mad at her but I feel a lot better now. Good. I finally gave in to sleep and had a dreamless night.
The next morning I woke up to a bucket of ice cold water dumped on my head! "DAD!!!" I yelled. I knew it was him. He was a prankster at heart. Still.
"You rang?" he answered calmly. As if not knowing something happened at all.
"As if you didn't have a bucket of ICE cold water dumped on my head! I know you did it!"
"It also was set to dump at 8:00 a.m. Uh, oh."
"So it was you! I thought you would be able to defend yourself better than that! I'm surprised you weren't expelled from Hogwarts for getting caught all the time!" I said laughing ay him. He gave himself away so quickly, it was pathetic.
"Sirius usually got us out of trouble. He used a lot of great excuses. I just nodded along with everyone else at what he said," he tried to explain. "We had this map that had all of Hogwarts on it and everyone moving and awake on it. So we rarely got caught, but Filch confiscated it years ago."
"That sounds cool! Can you teach me how to make one?" I said hoping he would agree.
"I don't know, maybe this summer. It took us a while to make one anyway." He replied.
"Oh, all right," I sighed. It would be of better use this school year with Dad around and with pranks still fresh on my mind. "So, when are we going?" soon I hope.
"Probably in about an hour. It's 8:15 right now so if you get ready, we can go to breakfast."
"Oh, all right. I'm goin'! I'm goin'!" I said walking into my room. I'm ready to change out of these sopping wet clothes anyway. I looked through my bag until I found the perfect outfit: awesome blue jeans with a gray shirt with my favorite muggle band on it. Simple Plan.
When I was all dressed and my hair was braided, I walked to the front room and put on my tennis shoes. "Dad! Are you ready to go yet?" I yelled to him.
"Yeah, just one second!" he yelled back.
"Ok! Hurry up!" I replied.
He came out, "Alright, let's go," he was wearing an old robe, with slacks and a white shirt underneath.
Breakfast in the Great Hall was great. It was bacon, eggs, and sausage. I was so excited about going home for a while. "Slow down, Lynz. We'll go soon," Dad said.
"Holy schnikeys and a half! I forgot to write Ginny yesterday! I gotta go! Come get me when you're ready to go!" I said running down in between the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw tables and out of the hall.
Sprinting down the corridors it only took me 2 minutes to get to the Gryffindor Common Room but the problem was where was some parchment? I mean I know I used some the other night but, I forgot where I put it.
(A/N: She takes after me a bit doesn't she?")
'Oh, right now I remember. It's in my notebook!' So I went to my dorm and searched through my bag until I found it. I tore out a piece of paper and took the pen out of the notebook.
(A/N: She doesn't like like quills and parchment. She only uses them when she had to!)
Dear Ginny, Sorry I forgot to write you yesterday, I got so caught up in some things. I had a great time at Diagon Alley. Our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is awesome! And guess what?! He's my Dad! We were in Diagon Alley and we were talking at the Leaky Cauldron and he said he was engaged once to a Tayla Radcliffe! That's my Mum! I was like, "Oh. My. God! That's my Mom's name!" It was creepy! I am so excited! I get to go home and get some of my stuff! Can't wait to see you!
Your Friend,
Lyn
"Artemis. Come here girl. Good girl," Artemis jumped on my arm and stuck her foot out so I could tie my letter on. When I did that I walked over to the window and opened it for her, "Take this to Ginny, ok?" I told her. She chirped and flew out the window.
After a couple minutes of just sitting on the couch thinking when Dad walked in and said, "Come on, Lynz. Let's go. I know you're ready. We're going to fly to your house, ok?"
"Yeah, that's fine. I love flying it's so fun! Ok, let's go!"
And we walked to the broom shed on the grounds and flew away.
Disclaimer: I own only unfamiliar characters such as Lynz! The wonderful writer J.K. Rowling owns most else!
Ch. 6 - An Evening With Dad
By the time we got to the entrance hall Dumbledore was already there. "Oh, there you are. I was beginning to think you stood me up."
"Oh, Professor Dumbledore, we would never do that!" I said.
"I should hope not," Dad said.
"Are you two to ready to go yet? Walk now, talk later. I'm hungry," I said trying to push them out the door.
"Lynz, you just ate less than an hour ago, how can you be hungry?" Dad asked.
"I just am, ok. A growing Gryffindor needs food," I said.
"Oh, of course, a growing Gryffindor needs food," Dad said.
Ignoring my Dad's latest comment I asked, "Professor Dumbledore, is anything new happening at Hogwarts this year?"
"No, nothing new I'm afraid. The only thing different is your Dad and the new 1st years," he replied, "Oh, I almost forgot. There are going to be dementors at the front gates and I'm absolutely thrilled about it," he didn't look very happy about the dementoids? What were they? I don't remember.
"What are these dementy things?" I asked curiously.
"Dementors are hooded creatures that suck all the happiness out of an area. They make you feel cold and that there will never be anything happy ever again. It's a terrible experience that I have had to deal with when the Minister needed help in Azkaban which actually happens a lot," Dumbledore replied.
"Oh, ok," I said not sure what to say. And the next few minutes rolled by with no one talking until we got there. "Look, here it is," and there it was.
We walked in and Dumbledore picked out a table for us to sit at. When we sat down a black haired waitress with glittery shoes came up, "Well, hello Dumbledore, Remus. And who are you?" she asked me.
"I'm Lynz, Lynz Radcliffe," I said rather shyly.
"Well, I'm Madam Rosmerta. Nice to meet you. Remus is this your niece or something because she looks a lot like you but I didn't think you had a daughter," she said.
"Yes, actually she is my daughter," Dad replied smiling. "And I also didn't know I had a daughter until this afternoon."
"What happened this afternoon?" Madam Rosmerta asked still pressing for information.
"Very, very long story," I said with a huge sigh.
"Well, ok then," she said looking rather depressed, "What'll you have then?"
"I'll have a bowl of strawberry ice cream," said Dumbledore, who hadn't spoken for a while.
"I'll have a bowl of vanilla ice cream, please." I said as politely as I could manage.
"And I'll have a bowl of chocolate ice cream," Dad said.
"Coming right up," Madam Rosmerta told us.
There was an awkward silence until Dumbledore said, "So. what are you planning on doing tomorrow?"
"We were just going to Lynz's Mother's house to get her stuff. Maybe we could go to one of those muggle movie theaters if there is one close by. Would you want to do that, Lynz?" Dad asked me.
I hadn't been to a movie in a while. "Sure, that's a great idea. I haven't been to see a movie in a long time. It'll be great to see Aunt 'Lia again," I said.
"'Lia? The 15 year old who used to tag along everywhere with us? I remember her. She must be what? 27 now? You look like her, more her than your Mother, wavy hair and pale green eyes, just like you do. Look here comes our ice cream." And in came Rosmerta wearing her glittery shoes that looked like they came out of 'The Wizard of Oz'. She had all 3 bowls of ice cream floating in front of her, then took her wand out and pointed at one bowl of ice cream, then at Dumbledore, and the bowl floated over to him on to the table. She did the same the 2 more times but pointed to Dad and me instead.
"Sorry about the wait, it's a bit busy tonight," she looked around then smiled apologetically at us. "Better get back to work. Don't want to get too far behind. See you soon. I hope to see you on Hogsmeade weekends, Lynz. Bye," She said walking away.
I started piling my ice cream into my mouth but in between bites I said, "Am I allowed to come on Hogsmeade weekends, Dad?" I asked doing the best puppy dog pout I could with my mouth almost full.
"No, Lynz. Not until next year when you are in 3rd year. Maybe I will take you some time on one of the weekends, but that's it until next year," he answered. Then he whispered to me, "We'll talk about it more later," at that I smiled. I had a chance.
About 10 minutes later I had finished my ice cream and waited for Dad to, too. 'He eats really slow,' I thought. Not that it mattered. Dumbledore had also finished and was waiting for him too.
Another 10 minutes of nothing went by and then finally Dad finished eating and was ready to go. "Dad, can we apparate back? I'm really," I yawned, "tired. Please?"
"Of course, sweetie. You don't mind do you Dumbledore?"
"Of course not. It is completely fine. I was getting rather tired myself."
"Ok, well let's go," he said as he finished paying the bill and walked towards the door. He took my hand and, "1.2.3," he said and we were at the Hogwarts gates.
"Daddy, can you carry me? I don't think I'll make it all the way to my room," I said trying to suppress a yawn.
"I'll try," he said. I'm rather petite so he didn't have to hard of a time getting me there.
When we finally got to my room it was nearly 10:30. He put me down on my bed and kissed my forehead and said, "Good night, Lynz. See you in the morning."
"Goodnight," I said through a yawn. Then I pulled my covers up to my neck and closed my eyes, forgetting and not caring that my glasses were still on. "Goodnight, Mum," I whispered. "I missed you. Guess who I found this afternoon?! Dad! I never wanted to believe he wasn't coming to see me. I'm glad I didn't because you were wrong. He's right next-door and he made this room. He's a wizard and a werewolf and you drove him away because of it! It's not that bad a thing. You didn't abandon me because of it, why him and why not me? You had me hate him and believe he was the one left to blame. You made my life a living hell. I don't forgive you. Maybe someday I'll understand and forgive you but I don't understand now. Goodnight, Mum," I let all the anger out. I was so mad at her but I feel a lot better now. Good. I finally gave in to sleep and had a dreamless night.
The next morning I woke up to a bucket of ice cold water dumped on my head! "DAD!!!" I yelled. I knew it was him. He was a prankster at heart. Still.
"You rang?" he answered calmly. As if not knowing something happened at all.
"As if you didn't have a bucket of ICE cold water dumped on my head! I know you did it!"
"It also was set to dump at 8:00 a.m. Uh, oh."
"So it was you! I thought you would be able to defend yourself better than that! I'm surprised you weren't expelled from Hogwarts for getting caught all the time!" I said laughing ay him. He gave himself away so quickly, it was pathetic.
"Sirius usually got us out of trouble. He used a lot of great excuses. I just nodded along with everyone else at what he said," he tried to explain. "We had this map that had all of Hogwarts on it and everyone moving and awake on it. So we rarely got caught, but Filch confiscated it years ago."
"That sounds cool! Can you teach me how to make one?" I said hoping he would agree.
"I don't know, maybe this summer. It took us a while to make one anyway." He replied.
"Oh, all right," I sighed. It would be of better use this school year with Dad around and with pranks still fresh on my mind. "So, when are we going?" soon I hope.
"Probably in about an hour. It's 8:15 right now so if you get ready, we can go to breakfast."
"Oh, all right. I'm goin'! I'm goin'!" I said walking into my room. I'm ready to change out of these sopping wet clothes anyway. I looked through my bag until I found the perfect outfit: awesome blue jeans with a gray shirt with my favorite muggle band on it. Simple Plan.
When I was all dressed and my hair was braided, I walked to the front room and put on my tennis shoes. "Dad! Are you ready to go yet?" I yelled to him.
"Yeah, just one second!" he yelled back.
"Ok! Hurry up!" I replied.
He came out, "Alright, let's go," he was wearing an old robe, with slacks and a white shirt underneath.
Breakfast in the Great Hall was great. It was bacon, eggs, and sausage. I was so excited about going home for a while. "Slow down, Lynz. We'll go soon," Dad said.
"Holy schnikeys and a half! I forgot to write Ginny yesterday! I gotta go! Come get me when you're ready to go!" I said running down in between the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw tables and out of the hall.
Sprinting down the corridors it only took me 2 minutes to get to the Gryffindor Common Room but the problem was where was some parchment? I mean I know I used some the other night but, I forgot where I put it.
(A/N: She takes after me a bit doesn't she?")
'Oh, right now I remember. It's in my notebook!' So I went to my dorm and searched through my bag until I found it. I tore out a piece of paper and took the pen out of the notebook.
(A/N: She doesn't like like quills and parchment. She only uses them when she had to!)
Dear Ginny, Sorry I forgot to write you yesterday, I got so caught up in some things. I had a great time at Diagon Alley. Our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is awesome! And guess what?! He's my Dad! We were in Diagon Alley and we were talking at the Leaky Cauldron and he said he was engaged once to a Tayla Radcliffe! That's my Mum! I was like, "Oh. My. God! That's my Mom's name!" It was creepy! I am so excited! I get to go home and get some of my stuff! Can't wait to see you!
Your Friend,
Lyn
"Artemis. Come here girl. Good girl," Artemis jumped on my arm and stuck her foot out so I could tie my letter on. When I did that I walked over to the window and opened it for her, "Take this to Ginny, ok?" I told her. She chirped and flew out the window.
After a couple minutes of just sitting on the couch thinking when Dad walked in and said, "Come on, Lynz. Let's go. I know you're ready. We're going to fly to your house, ok?"
"Yeah, that's fine. I love flying it's so fun! Ok, let's go!"
And we walked to the broom shed on the grounds and flew away.