Disclaimer: I own nothing! My characters are the extended Dolan family, the
Americans found in this chapter, and everything about Hound's Hollow. I'm
just a broke college student who writes for fun and to pass time between
classes. I only own my Pointe Shoes.
"Glendon," Anne called, moving swiftly to the kitchen door.
"Yes, Grams," Glendon said, coming from the living room to the kitchen.
He had been reading in the living room and avoiding his older cousin, Conner. Conner didn't like Cora or Glendon and he made those feelings known.
"Go get Cora and Harry. They're across the way. While you're there, ask Mrs. O'Shea if she and her friends want to come over tonight," the old woman requested.
"Alright, I'll be right back," Glendon said, taking of for the front door.
He ran all the way to the Ministry House's front yard. He didn't want Conner to bother him with questions about where he was going. He found the two wizards sitting underneath a huge tree.
"Glendon's here!" called Meghan, as soon as he entered the yard.
"What's up, Glendon?' Cora asked.
Glendon caught his breath and said," Grams want you and Harry home right away. It's time to eat, I think."
"It's been nice meeting all of you," Harry said, getting up.
The other wizards said their good byes.
"Wait, I had one more message," Glendon said, putting up a hand to hold off Harry and Cora.
"Ashley," he said to the quiet wizard with the glasses, "Can you ask your mom if she and her friends want to come over to eat?"
Ashley nodded and went to walk up to the house.
Before she got there, though, Meghan yelled, "Mom, could you come out here?"
Danny laughed while Ashley just shook her head.
Mrs. O'Shea, thinking something was wrong, came dashing out of the house.
"What's wrong?" she, breathlessly, asked.
"Glendon wanted to ask you something," Meghan, calmly, said.
"Grams wants to know if all of you want to come over tonight," he told the woman.
The woman thought for a moment and answered, "Of course, we'd love to. We'll be right there."
"Mom, can we go with Harry and Cora?" Ashley, quietly, requested.
"Get going. We'll meet you there," Mrs. O'Shea replied, giving the kids clearance to leave the yard.
She, then, added, "Make sure the lot of you put your robes on so you look presentable."
Each of the American wizards retrieved their robes from a limb of the tree they had been sitting under.
The young wizards made their way back to Hound's Tooth, amid lots of joking and laughing. They four Americans, while they were walking, had donned their long black robes. It was then Harry noticed that each of them had something embroidered on their right arm, near the shoulder. Ashley and Meghan had a silver dove with a gold heart in its beak. Daniel had a ring of white stars with a large purple star in the center. Christine had a white peace sign, outlined in silver.
"What do those things on their arms mean?" Harry asked Cora, in a whisper.
"I can't tell you. It's not my place. I can tell you that it has to do with the reason why they are here, though," Cora explained.
Harry nodded and made a mental note to ask the four Americans later.
They entered the large house to find it strangely empty. Usually noisy, the house seemed to be totally devoid of sound and motion.
"I wonder where everyone is," Cora said, aloud but to no one in particular.
"Everyone's in the back dining hall, idiot," said a sullen looking young man, sitting in one of the hallway chairs.
"Who's that?" Harry asked.
"Never mind him. That's Conner, my Uncle Patrick's son," Cora answered.
Harry nodded and asked, "Is he going to be going to Hogwarts?"
"Nope," answered Glendon, "He's nearly 20."
"Oh, ok. It's just that he looks like he would make an excellent Syltherin," Harry said, making the group laugh.
The group followed Cora and Glendon into the back dining hall. Even the Americans, who had been over the house many times, had not been in this specific room. Once the made it to the back room, Harry found himself face to face with Ron Weasley family and Hermione Granger, the girl who had arrived with Remus and Sirius carrying her trunk.
"What are you guys doing here?" he asked.
"We got here earlier today. When did you get here?" Ron replied.
"I got here yesterday," Harry said.
"Is this what you couldn't tell us?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah. Well, that and this. Ron, Hermione this is my cousin Cora," Harry said, introducing his cousin to his friends.
"You have a cousin, why didn't you tell us," Ron said.
"I didn't tell you guys because I didn't know her." Harry replied.
"But how?" Hermione asked.
Harry explained the entire situation to his friends, ending with the fact that parents had been brought back.
"You're kidding, right? Do you know that necromancy is illegal?" Hermione said.
"Are you sure that You-Know-Who isn't involved?" Ron asked, nervously.
"No, I don't think so. Cora's uncle Patrick brought them back using these elves he knows," Harry answered.
"Elves?" Hermione answered.
Harry was about to defer to Cora when Anne announced that dinner was ready.
There were several long tables set up towards to back of the large room. Harry could, already, see his parents seated with Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Next to Remus sat his wife Madison and another girl Harry recognized as Gillian Clarke, a fellow Gryffindor in his year. Across from them sat Cora's parents and her uncle Patrick. He also spotted the entire Weasley family sitting at the same table. He didn't see the three American women he had just met but he assumed that they were on their way.
"Harry, over here!" called Sirius. He ran over to his godfather and his parents, hugging each one in turn.
Cora followed closely behind.
"Mom! Dad! Uncle Patrick!" she said, hugging each one.
The others came over to the group, looking nervous and scared. They didn't know what to make of the newly alive Potters and Dolans. It was Meghan who responded first.
"Hello! Pleased to meet you. My name's Meghan O'Shea and that's my sister Ashley. We live in the big house across the way with those two. That's Daniel Callaghan and Christine Troy. We're American," she said, pointing everyone out and shaking hands.
The group laughed, loudly, and James asked Ashley, "Is she always that loud?"
Ashley blushed a bright red and nodded. Her eyes never left her feet.
"All of you, please, sit," Daisy said, elbowing Patrick over.
Harry sat next to his parents and Cora did likewise with hers. Ron called his parents over to sit with the group and Hermione sat with them. The four Americans sat on the other side of Gillian, leaving room for each of their parents when they got there. Glendon contented himself with sitting with Cora's parents.
"Mom, dad, these are my best friends from Hogwarts. That's Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger," Harry told his parents.
"I'm Ron's mother, Molly, and that's my husband Arthur. It's a pleasure to meet you. This unruly bunch are my children. That's Percy, the twins, Fred and George, and that's Ginny. My other two, Bill and Charlie, are off working," Molly told Harry and Cora's parents.
As dinner was being served, Mrs. O'Shea, Mrs. Callaghan, and Alice entered the room.
"I'm very sorry were late, Anne, but we got lost and Conner wouldn't show us where to go," Mrs. O'Shea said.
"It's quite alright, Claire. I'll tell Kathleen to have a talk with her son," Anne replied.
The three, breathless, women sat down next to the respective children and introduced themselves to everyone at the table.
"Cora, are there house elves here?" Hermione asked, causing Ron to groan loudly.
"Never. My Grams wanted a couple of house elves a few years back but my Uncle Patrick wouldn't let her get them," Cora said.
"Why? House elves are dead useful," Ron said.
"I know. It's just that my uncle has really strong feelings about using elves to do work. He said that the elves her knows are free people and they elves here should be free, too," Cora explained.
Conner laughed, coldly, and said, "You believe that crock. You're dumber that I ever thought possible."
"Who's that?" Chris asked his daughter.
"Uncle Patrick's son Conner," she answered.
"Wow, I remember him as a little pudgy boy who loved to hear stories about my brother's elves," Chris commented.
"He's not like that anymore," commented Patrick, "he's just like his mother, a miserable little git."
"Glendon," Anne called, moving swiftly to the kitchen door.
"Yes, Grams," Glendon said, coming from the living room to the kitchen.
He had been reading in the living room and avoiding his older cousin, Conner. Conner didn't like Cora or Glendon and he made those feelings known.
"Go get Cora and Harry. They're across the way. While you're there, ask Mrs. O'Shea if she and her friends want to come over tonight," the old woman requested.
"Alright, I'll be right back," Glendon said, taking of for the front door.
He ran all the way to the Ministry House's front yard. He didn't want Conner to bother him with questions about where he was going. He found the two wizards sitting underneath a huge tree.
"Glendon's here!" called Meghan, as soon as he entered the yard.
"What's up, Glendon?' Cora asked.
Glendon caught his breath and said," Grams want you and Harry home right away. It's time to eat, I think."
"It's been nice meeting all of you," Harry said, getting up.
The other wizards said their good byes.
"Wait, I had one more message," Glendon said, putting up a hand to hold off Harry and Cora.
"Ashley," he said to the quiet wizard with the glasses, "Can you ask your mom if she and her friends want to come over to eat?"
Ashley nodded and went to walk up to the house.
Before she got there, though, Meghan yelled, "Mom, could you come out here?"
Danny laughed while Ashley just shook her head.
Mrs. O'Shea, thinking something was wrong, came dashing out of the house.
"What's wrong?" she, breathlessly, asked.
"Glendon wanted to ask you something," Meghan, calmly, said.
"Grams wants to know if all of you want to come over tonight," he told the woman.
The woman thought for a moment and answered, "Of course, we'd love to. We'll be right there."
"Mom, can we go with Harry and Cora?" Ashley, quietly, requested.
"Get going. We'll meet you there," Mrs. O'Shea replied, giving the kids clearance to leave the yard.
She, then, added, "Make sure the lot of you put your robes on so you look presentable."
Each of the American wizards retrieved their robes from a limb of the tree they had been sitting under.
The young wizards made their way back to Hound's Tooth, amid lots of joking and laughing. They four Americans, while they were walking, had donned their long black robes. It was then Harry noticed that each of them had something embroidered on their right arm, near the shoulder. Ashley and Meghan had a silver dove with a gold heart in its beak. Daniel had a ring of white stars with a large purple star in the center. Christine had a white peace sign, outlined in silver.
"What do those things on their arms mean?" Harry asked Cora, in a whisper.
"I can't tell you. It's not my place. I can tell you that it has to do with the reason why they are here, though," Cora explained.
Harry nodded and made a mental note to ask the four Americans later.
They entered the large house to find it strangely empty. Usually noisy, the house seemed to be totally devoid of sound and motion.
"I wonder where everyone is," Cora said, aloud but to no one in particular.
"Everyone's in the back dining hall, idiot," said a sullen looking young man, sitting in one of the hallway chairs.
"Who's that?" Harry asked.
"Never mind him. That's Conner, my Uncle Patrick's son," Cora answered.
Harry nodded and asked, "Is he going to be going to Hogwarts?"
"Nope," answered Glendon, "He's nearly 20."
"Oh, ok. It's just that he looks like he would make an excellent Syltherin," Harry said, making the group laugh.
The group followed Cora and Glendon into the back dining hall. Even the Americans, who had been over the house many times, had not been in this specific room. Once the made it to the back room, Harry found himself face to face with Ron Weasley family and Hermione Granger, the girl who had arrived with Remus and Sirius carrying her trunk.
"What are you guys doing here?" he asked.
"We got here earlier today. When did you get here?" Ron replied.
"I got here yesterday," Harry said.
"Is this what you couldn't tell us?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah. Well, that and this. Ron, Hermione this is my cousin Cora," Harry said, introducing his cousin to his friends.
"You have a cousin, why didn't you tell us," Ron said.
"I didn't tell you guys because I didn't know her." Harry replied.
"But how?" Hermione asked.
Harry explained the entire situation to his friends, ending with the fact that parents had been brought back.
"You're kidding, right? Do you know that necromancy is illegal?" Hermione said.
"Are you sure that You-Know-Who isn't involved?" Ron asked, nervously.
"No, I don't think so. Cora's uncle Patrick brought them back using these elves he knows," Harry answered.
"Elves?" Hermione answered.
Harry was about to defer to Cora when Anne announced that dinner was ready.
There were several long tables set up towards to back of the large room. Harry could, already, see his parents seated with Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Next to Remus sat his wife Madison and another girl Harry recognized as Gillian Clarke, a fellow Gryffindor in his year. Across from them sat Cora's parents and her uncle Patrick. He also spotted the entire Weasley family sitting at the same table. He didn't see the three American women he had just met but he assumed that they were on their way.
"Harry, over here!" called Sirius. He ran over to his godfather and his parents, hugging each one in turn.
Cora followed closely behind.
"Mom! Dad! Uncle Patrick!" she said, hugging each one.
The others came over to the group, looking nervous and scared. They didn't know what to make of the newly alive Potters and Dolans. It was Meghan who responded first.
"Hello! Pleased to meet you. My name's Meghan O'Shea and that's my sister Ashley. We live in the big house across the way with those two. That's Daniel Callaghan and Christine Troy. We're American," she said, pointing everyone out and shaking hands.
The group laughed, loudly, and James asked Ashley, "Is she always that loud?"
Ashley blushed a bright red and nodded. Her eyes never left her feet.
"All of you, please, sit," Daisy said, elbowing Patrick over.
Harry sat next to his parents and Cora did likewise with hers. Ron called his parents over to sit with the group and Hermione sat with them. The four Americans sat on the other side of Gillian, leaving room for each of their parents when they got there. Glendon contented himself with sitting with Cora's parents.
"Mom, dad, these are my best friends from Hogwarts. That's Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger," Harry told his parents.
"I'm Ron's mother, Molly, and that's my husband Arthur. It's a pleasure to meet you. This unruly bunch are my children. That's Percy, the twins, Fred and George, and that's Ginny. My other two, Bill and Charlie, are off working," Molly told Harry and Cora's parents.
As dinner was being served, Mrs. O'Shea, Mrs. Callaghan, and Alice entered the room.
"I'm very sorry were late, Anne, but we got lost and Conner wouldn't show us where to go," Mrs. O'Shea said.
"It's quite alright, Claire. I'll tell Kathleen to have a talk with her son," Anne replied.
The three, breathless, women sat down next to the respective children and introduced themselves to everyone at the table.
"Cora, are there house elves here?" Hermione asked, causing Ron to groan loudly.
"Never. My Grams wanted a couple of house elves a few years back but my Uncle Patrick wouldn't let her get them," Cora said.
"Why? House elves are dead useful," Ron said.
"I know. It's just that my uncle has really strong feelings about using elves to do work. He said that the elves her knows are free people and they elves here should be free, too," Cora explained.
Conner laughed, coldly, and said, "You believe that crock. You're dumber that I ever thought possible."
"Who's that?" Chris asked his daughter.
"Uncle Patrick's son Conner," she answered.
"Wow, I remember him as a little pudgy boy who loved to hear stories about my brother's elves," Chris commented.
"He's not like that anymore," commented Patrick, "he's just like his mother, a miserable little git."