Chapter Seven: More Fights, Stories, and Announcements
Harry came back to the common room a few minutes later and Ginny filled him in on all that had happen.
"I feel so bad. I brushed her off for Quidditch." He said.
"Harry, you had an obligation to do. You had to leave." Ron said.
"She is my sister. It seems all we do is fight, but we're really close." Harry said.
"Well since you two were fighting earlier you seemed mad at her. What would you do if you knew the situation? Would you go with Lek or go to practice?" Ron asked.
"Why would you ask something like that? Of course I'd go with my sister." Harry yelled. He got up and walked to the portrait.
"Harry where are you going?" Ginny asked.
"Away from him." He replied, pointing to Ron and walked out of the portrait. Ginny glared at her brother.
"What?" he asked.
"You're such a jerk! Telling him to pick Quidditch over Elektra!" Ginny exclaimed. She walked over to the portrait.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked.
"After him." Ginny said simply.
"Let him be. I know him. He'll need to cool off." Ron said.
"I'm his girlfriend Ron, I should know better than you. He'll need someone to talk to." Ginny argued.
"Let him cry to Sirius then. Don't run after him every time he throws a fit." Ron yelled.
"Just because you are mad at him, doesn't mean I have to stay away from him." Ginny screamed, walking out of the portrait. The first place she went to was Sirius' room. She went in, knowing he didn't have a class. He was grading some papers at his desk when Ginny walked in. He looked up, wondering why she was here. Lunch was starting soon.
"What's the matter Ginny?" he asked. Ginny explained the whole story to him.
"Did he come here? We can see the lake from the tower so I know he isn't there." Ginny said. He hit his head on the desk.
"Uh. Sirius are you ok?" she asked.
"Ron told Harry he if he knew the problem he still should've went to practice. Right?" Sirius asked, looking up.
"Yea." Ginny answered.
"Elektra and Harry have been fighting right?"
"Yea."
"Oh God."
"What?"
"Harry is like James in a lot of ways." Sirius finally said, after a few moments of silence. Ginny didn't get the sudden change of topic but figured it had something to do with Harry.
"How?" Ginny asked, worried of the answers.
"I don't know if I'm the one to tell you this Gin." Sirius mumbled.
"Sirius, if it helps me know where Harry is, please tell me." Ginny begged.
"Gin, it is more of a family matter." Sirius said. Ginny stood up and walked to the fire.
"What are you doing?" Sirius asked.
"I'm going to floo the Potters. If you won't tell me, then maybe they will." Ginny replied.
"Ginny, I told you. It is a family matter, I'm not sure I am authorized to tell you. What makes you think James and Lily will tell you if I don't?" Sirius asked.
"This is their son and daughter we are talking about. I doubt they got my owl already." The young Gryffindor said. Sirius nodded and put some powder in.
"James Potter." He said. James' face appeared a second later. He saw Sirius and Ginny standing there, looking grim.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Harry's missing. Him and Ron got into a fight over whether Lek is more important than Quidditch. If you got Ginny's letter then you know what I'm talking about." Sirius said quickly.
"What letter?" James asked. "Wait, here it comes." He said. He read it quickly and sighed. He figured out what Sirius was talking about.
"Sirius meet me in Hogsmeade. I'm going to apparate there. Should Lily come with me or no?" James said.
"No. You'll probably be a few hours at the most. You'll be home tonight." Sirius said.
"Alright see you in a few." James said, and disappeared. Sirius turned to Ginny.
"Ginny stay here. I know you'll want to know what's going on and you'll want to know the story so I'll ask James if I can tell you." He said. Ginny grinned and sat down in a chair.
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At the Potter house things were different...
"James, what is going on?" Lily asked. Lily didn't know about the letter Ginny sent. So she had no idea why James was suddenly leaving.
"I'm not sure myself. I'll tell you everything when I get back." James lied, kissing her. He was about to apparate when,
"JAMES POTTER! TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON NOW OR YOU WILL BE SLEEPING ON THE COUCH TONIGHT!" Lily yelled.
"Elektra is the heir of Gryffindor and Voldemort wants her dead. Harry and her are the only ones that can stop him." James mumbled. Lily didn't hear him, which is what he wanted.
"Louder James."
James repeated and Lily nearly died.
"James she is just a baby." She gasped.
"Lil, she is 11. And I'm sure Sirius will teach her some defense." James assured his wife. "Now, I have to go. I'll be back before dinner." He said, and disapparated.
"I hope your right James, I really do." Lily whispered after he was gone. James appeared in Hogsmeade in a second and saw Sirius leaning against a pole.
"Padfoot!" James exclaimed. Sirius looked around and saw James.
"Prongs!" he said.
"Do you know where Harry is?" Sirius asked.
"If what you told me is true, then yes, I do know." James replied.
"Oh and another thing. Can I tell Ginny why Harry is where he is? The whole story, you and well you know?" Sirius asked. James stiffened for a second, and then he nodded. Sirius smiled.
"Go find him." He said. James walked in the direction of the Shrieking Shack and Sirius headed back up to school. James sighed as he saw the Shack. Memories came flooding back. He hadn't been here since the last full moon in 7th year.
~*~*~*~*~*Flashback~*~*~*~*~*
James sat in the common room watching the sun go down. Lily was playing wizard chess with Sirius, who was screaming that Lily was beating him. Peter was writing a letter to his mother. Remus was just walking down across the grounds to transform. Finally the time came to go to the Shrieking Shack and James got the invisibility cloak and put it around him, Sirius, and Peter. Taylor watched them from a painting in the wall. She rolled her eyes and snuck out with them, under her own invisibility cloak.
"Do you think what they say is true?" Sirius asked.
"About what?" James asked.
"Taylor, and you-know-who?" Sirius replied.
"Nah, it wouldn't happen to her." James replied.
"James I'm gonna kill that girlfriend of yours." Sirius said, changing the subject.
"Why?" James asked.
"She beat me again!" Sirius complained. James laughed. They entered the Shrieking Shack and transformed into their Animagus selves. That was when they heard it. It wasn't Remus howling it was a scream. Either someone else was in here or someone was outside. James turned into a human again and told Sirius and Peter to go to Remus. He grabbed his wand out of his pocket and walked outside.
Taylor and someone else were outside.
"Taylor!" James yelled. Taylor saw James standing there.
"James run!" she yelled. The other person raised his wand and Taylor closed her eyes. There was no way James was leaving her.
"STUPEFY!" James yelled. The person laughed and was not stunned.
"EXPELLIARMIUS!" James tried. The person's wand flew into James outstretched hand. Sirius, who mind you was still a dog, looked out of a window. He ran out of the room and transformed back into his regular self and closed the door, quickly. He yelled through the door to Peter to keep Remus company. He fumbled for his wand and ran outside.
"James!" Sirius yelled. James turned around to yell at Sirius when he was put under the jelly legs curse. Taylor yelled for him and Sirius turned around and told her to run.
"I can't!" Taylor yelled back.
"Why not?" Sirius asked.
"I'm stuck." She said simply. Sirius jumped in front of her and told the person that he'd have to get through him before he got to Taylor.
"Fine." The person said.
"WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!" the person yelled. Sirius floated up into a tree.
"Great." He said.
"Avada Kedavra!" the person said.
"NO!!!!!!!!!" Sirius and James yelled together.
~*~*~*~*~*~*End of Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
James sighed, remembering that day. He walked into the shack and went to the room where the Marauders would gather for Remus' transformation. Sure enough Harry was there.
"Mind telling me why you're not in school?" James asked from the doorway. Harry looked up, surprised to see his dad. He thought he was dreaming at first.
"Dad! What are you doing here?" Harry asked.
"I was talking to Sirius, he said no one could find you. I decided to try out my luck." James replied.
"How'd he... Ginny?" Harry asked. His father nodded.
"You're lucky you got a girl like that. So understanding, so caring." James said.
"Yea, I know. How did you know I was here?" Harry asked.
"I've had similar cases when I was at school and would run to the Shrieking Shack under the cloak." The older Potter said, entering the room.
"Care to share?" Harry asked.
"Sure why not? You were going to find out sooner or later." James said.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Ginny sat patiently, waiting for Sirius to return with his story. He came back and laughed at Ginny.
"What?" she asked.
"I didn't think you had the patience to sit in an abandoned classroom waiting to hear a story that has nothing to do with you or your family." Sirius replied.
"Ok so where is Harry and Mr. Potter?" Ginny asked. Sirius took a deep breath and began.
"James had a little sister, only a year younger. Her name was Taylor. She was a Gryffindor; remember, as I said at the feast no other Potter has ever been in another house. Well anyway, one day me and James got into a fight about Taylor."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Harry stared at his father, while he gathered his memories, for the second time that day.
"Harry, I had a sister. Her name was Taylor, she was a 6th year Gryffindor and I loved her tremendously. Well one day me and Sirius got into a fight about Taylor."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ginny, you know the story about Professor Lupin, with him being a werewolf and all, well Taylor wanted to know why we disappeared every month at the full moon. Remus said we could tell her, but I said no. What if she told someone? James said that we should, she was his sister and she would keep her brother's secrets."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Taylor wanted to know why we disappeared every month at the full moon. Harry, you know about Remus, well that was the reason we would leave every month. Remus said that we could tell her; Sirius said no that she might tell someone; I said that we should, after all she is my sister and she would keep my secrets. Sirius and me fought for hours and I suddenly disappeared."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"James and me fought for hours and he disappeared. We fought a lot of times about the subject and he would do the same thing. Well one day we decided not to tell her. She followed us to the Shrieking Shack under her own invisibility cloak."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"I did that a few times, just to think. No one would know where I would go. I would go here. Well one day we decided not to tell Taylor. We went with Remus for his transformation under the invisibility cloak. Taylor followed us under her own cloak. We went inside but before she could she got tied to a tree."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"We went inside the shack but before Taylor could get in she got trapped by someone. James heard her scream and ran outside. He defended himself for as long as he could. I heard the noise and went outside to see what was going on. I took my wand out and I yelled to James. He turned around and was about to yell at me, but got the jelly leg curse put on himself."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"I heard someone scream and being me I ran outside. Taylor was up against the tree and I yelled to her. She told me to run, but I knew better. I tried to stun the person but he just laughed. So I did the disarming spell and got the person's wand. Sirius ran out and yelled to me. I turned around to tell him to go back inside, but got cursed with the jelly leg curse instead. Taylor yelled my name and Sirius realized she was there. He told her to run."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Taylor yelled out James' name and I turned to her and told her to run. She said she couldn't. I asked why. She was stuck. So I ran to defend her and told the person he would have to get through me before he could get Taylor. He said fine and did 'Wingardium Leviosa' on me and I got stuck in a tree."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Sirius and Taylor talked for a second. Sirius telling Taylor to run, she saying she couldn't, him asking why, her telling him she was stuck. Sirius ran to defend her and told the person he would have to get through him before killing Taylor, which wouldn't happen. The person said fine and did 'Wingardium Leviosa' on Sirius and he got stuck up in a tree. Then the person turned to Taylor. He raised his wand and said..."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"The person turned to Taylor and raised his wand and said..."
~*~*~*~*~*~
(JAMES AND SIRIUS SAY IT AT THE SAME TIME)
"Avada Kedavra."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Ginny gasped.
"I screamed no, and James screamed it too. He couldn't move to get his sister in time since his legs were jelly. I couldn't since I was stuck in a tree." Sirius finished.
"Oh god. Then what did that story have to do with Harry?" Ginny asked.
"Oh that part. The Potters have always been the heirs of Gryffindor and Taylor was the heir, but when she died it went on to Elektra. We have to make sure Harry protects Elektra at all costs. Lily and James will probably come to the school if there is a sighting. Just make sure Gin, Harry doesn't take what Ron said to heart after James tells him the story." Sirius said. Ginny walked back to Gryffindor Tower after Sirius finished.
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Harry gaped. His jaw hit the floor. His aunt died at the hands of his enemy.
"Sirius and I screamed no at the same time but it was too late. Neither of us could save her since we were er. preoccupied at the moment with our curses." James said.
"Was there another part of the story or you went through this whole thing just to tell me this was where you came to think when people argued over your relationship with Aunt Taylor?" Harry asked. James smiled, he didn't think his son would notice Taylor as an aunt.
"Well yea there is. Your aunt was the heir of Gryffindor. Now Elektra is the heir. Harry you have to protect her. I don't want to lose either of you like I lost Taylor. Now go back to school and owl me with updates on Elektra." James said. Harry nodded. He hugged his father good-bye and went back to school and James disapparated back to his home.
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Harry got back up to school in no time. Thank god he only had one class since it was Friday. He walked back up to Gryffindor Tower and got Elektra.
"What?" she asked.
"Lek, I'm sorry. Listen I talked to Dad just now." Harry said.
"You told Daddy about your life and how everyone can't stand you." Elektra finished for her brother. Harry told her what their father told him. Elektra just sat in her chair, shocked.
"So I am gonna die!" she moaned.
"No your not. Me, Ginny, Dad, Mum, Sirius, Ron, Hermione, Catelyn, and Nick would die to save you." Harry said.
"Oh that's comforting. Three 15 year olds, a 14 year old, two 11 year olds, a man that got stuck in a tree, a man that got cursed with jelly legs, and a woman that is our mum and goes insane if we fall off the couch are gonna save me. I might as well die now." Elektra moaned. Harry laughed.
"Ok Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and me have been through more than you'll ever see ("Don't flatter yourself dear brother"), I don't know about Catey and Nick, Sirius and Dad a grown men and I'm sure they can block getting stuck in a tree or getting hexed, and Mum... she'll bore him to death with baby pictures of us." Harry said.
" 'That's Harry when he was born, there's Lekkie when she was four.'" He added, putting on a falsetto that sounded like his mother. They talked a little more and went down to dinner. They were finished when Dumbledore made announcement.
"I have an announcement to make. There will be a dance at the end of this month, as welcoming and re-welcoming our students to the school. The entertainment will be a surprise," he said. Everyone stared at each other and went back to their common rooms.
A/N: GEEZ my fingers hurt from writing so much. Pleaz review....
Harry came back to the common room a few minutes later and Ginny filled him in on all that had happen.
"I feel so bad. I brushed her off for Quidditch." He said.
"Harry, you had an obligation to do. You had to leave." Ron said.
"She is my sister. It seems all we do is fight, but we're really close." Harry said.
"Well since you two were fighting earlier you seemed mad at her. What would you do if you knew the situation? Would you go with Lek or go to practice?" Ron asked.
"Why would you ask something like that? Of course I'd go with my sister." Harry yelled. He got up and walked to the portrait.
"Harry where are you going?" Ginny asked.
"Away from him." He replied, pointing to Ron and walked out of the portrait. Ginny glared at her brother.
"What?" he asked.
"You're such a jerk! Telling him to pick Quidditch over Elektra!" Ginny exclaimed. She walked over to the portrait.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked.
"After him." Ginny said simply.
"Let him be. I know him. He'll need to cool off." Ron said.
"I'm his girlfriend Ron, I should know better than you. He'll need someone to talk to." Ginny argued.
"Let him cry to Sirius then. Don't run after him every time he throws a fit." Ron yelled.
"Just because you are mad at him, doesn't mean I have to stay away from him." Ginny screamed, walking out of the portrait. The first place she went to was Sirius' room. She went in, knowing he didn't have a class. He was grading some papers at his desk when Ginny walked in. He looked up, wondering why she was here. Lunch was starting soon.
"What's the matter Ginny?" he asked. Ginny explained the whole story to him.
"Did he come here? We can see the lake from the tower so I know he isn't there." Ginny said. He hit his head on the desk.
"Uh. Sirius are you ok?" she asked.
"Ron told Harry he if he knew the problem he still should've went to practice. Right?" Sirius asked, looking up.
"Yea." Ginny answered.
"Elektra and Harry have been fighting right?"
"Yea."
"Oh God."
"What?"
"Harry is like James in a lot of ways." Sirius finally said, after a few moments of silence. Ginny didn't get the sudden change of topic but figured it had something to do with Harry.
"How?" Ginny asked, worried of the answers.
"I don't know if I'm the one to tell you this Gin." Sirius mumbled.
"Sirius, if it helps me know where Harry is, please tell me." Ginny begged.
"Gin, it is more of a family matter." Sirius said. Ginny stood up and walked to the fire.
"What are you doing?" Sirius asked.
"I'm going to floo the Potters. If you won't tell me, then maybe they will." Ginny replied.
"Ginny, I told you. It is a family matter, I'm not sure I am authorized to tell you. What makes you think James and Lily will tell you if I don't?" Sirius asked.
"This is their son and daughter we are talking about. I doubt they got my owl already." The young Gryffindor said. Sirius nodded and put some powder in.
"James Potter." He said. James' face appeared a second later. He saw Sirius and Ginny standing there, looking grim.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Harry's missing. Him and Ron got into a fight over whether Lek is more important than Quidditch. If you got Ginny's letter then you know what I'm talking about." Sirius said quickly.
"What letter?" James asked. "Wait, here it comes." He said. He read it quickly and sighed. He figured out what Sirius was talking about.
"Sirius meet me in Hogsmeade. I'm going to apparate there. Should Lily come with me or no?" James said.
"No. You'll probably be a few hours at the most. You'll be home tonight." Sirius said.
"Alright see you in a few." James said, and disappeared. Sirius turned to Ginny.
"Ginny stay here. I know you'll want to know what's going on and you'll want to know the story so I'll ask James if I can tell you." He said. Ginny grinned and sat down in a chair.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
At the Potter house things were different...
"James, what is going on?" Lily asked. Lily didn't know about the letter Ginny sent. So she had no idea why James was suddenly leaving.
"I'm not sure myself. I'll tell you everything when I get back." James lied, kissing her. He was about to apparate when,
"JAMES POTTER! TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON NOW OR YOU WILL BE SLEEPING ON THE COUCH TONIGHT!" Lily yelled.
"Elektra is the heir of Gryffindor and Voldemort wants her dead. Harry and her are the only ones that can stop him." James mumbled. Lily didn't hear him, which is what he wanted.
"Louder James."
James repeated and Lily nearly died.
"James she is just a baby." She gasped.
"Lil, she is 11. And I'm sure Sirius will teach her some defense." James assured his wife. "Now, I have to go. I'll be back before dinner." He said, and disapparated.
"I hope your right James, I really do." Lily whispered after he was gone. James appeared in Hogsmeade in a second and saw Sirius leaning against a pole.
"Padfoot!" James exclaimed. Sirius looked around and saw James.
"Prongs!" he said.
"Do you know where Harry is?" Sirius asked.
"If what you told me is true, then yes, I do know." James replied.
"Oh and another thing. Can I tell Ginny why Harry is where he is? The whole story, you and well you know?" Sirius asked. James stiffened for a second, and then he nodded. Sirius smiled.
"Go find him." He said. James walked in the direction of the Shrieking Shack and Sirius headed back up to school. James sighed as he saw the Shack. Memories came flooding back. He hadn't been here since the last full moon in 7th year.
~*~*~*~*~*Flashback~*~*~*~*~*
James sat in the common room watching the sun go down. Lily was playing wizard chess with Sirius, who was screaming that Lily was beating him. Peter was writing a letter to his mother. Remus was just walking down across the grounds to transform. Finally the time came to go to the Shrieking Shack and James got the invisibility cloak and put it around him, Sirius, and Peter. Taylor watched them from a painting in the wall. She rolled her eyes and snuck out with them, under her own invisibility cloak.
"Do you think what they say is true?" Sirius asked.
"About what?" James asked.
"Taylor, and you-know-who?" Sirius replied.
"Nah, it wouldn't happen to her." James replied.
"James I'm gonna kill that girlfriend of yours." Sirius said, changing the subject.
"Why?" James asked.
"She beat me again!" Sirius complained. James laughed. They entered the Shrieking Shack and transformed into their Animagus selves. That was when they heard it. It wasn't Remus howling it was a scream. Either someone else was in here or someone was outside. James turned into a human again and told Sirius and Peter to go to Remus. He grabbed his wand out of his pocket and walked outside.
Taylor and someone else were outside.
"Taylor!" James yelled. Taylor saw James standing there.
"James run!" she yelled. The other person raised his wand and Taylor closed her eyes. There was no way James was leaving her.
"STUPEFY!" James yelled. The person laughed and was not stunned.
"EXPELLIARMIUS!" James tried. The person's wand flew into James outstretched hand. Sirius, who mind you was still a dog, looked out of a window. He ran out of the room and transformed back into his regular self and closed the door, quickly. He yelled through the door to Peter to keep Remus company. He fumbled for his wand and ran outside.
"James!" Sirius yelled. James turned around to yell at Sirius when he was put under the jelly legs curse. Taylor yelled for him and Sirius turned around and told her to run.
"I can't!" Taylor yelled back.
"Why not?" Sirius asked.
"I'm stuck." She said simply. Sirius jumped in front of her and told the person that he'd have to get through him before he got to Taylor.
"Fine." The person said.
"WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!" the person yelled. Sirius floated up into a tree.
"Great." He said.
"Avada Kedavra!" the person said.
"NO!!!!!!!!!" Sirius and James yelled together.
~*~*~*~*~*~*End of Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
James sighed, remembering that day. He walked into the shack and went to the room where the Marauders would gather for Remus' transformation. Sure enough Harry was there.
"Mind telling me why you're not in school?" James asked from the doorway. Harry looked up, surprised to see his dad. He thought he was dreaming at first.
"Dad! What are you doing here?" Harry asked.
"I was talking to Sirius, he said no one could find you. I decided to try out my luck." James replied.
"How'd he... Ginny?" Harry asked. His father nodded.
"You're lucky you got a girl like that. So understanding, so caring." James said.
"Yea, I know. How did you know I was here?" Harry asked.
"I've had similar cases when I was at school and would run to the Shrieking Shack under the cloak." The older Potter said, entering the room.
"Care to share?" Harry asked.
"Sure why not? You were going to find out sooner or later." James said.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Ginny sat patiently, waiting for Sirius to return with his story. He came back and laughed at Ginny.
"What?" she asked.
"I didn't think you had the patience to sit in an abandoned classroom waiting to hear a story that has nothing to do with you or your family." Sirius replied.
"Ok so where is Harry and Mr. Potter?" Ginny asked. Sirius took a deep breath and began.
"James had a little sister, only a year younger. Her name was Taylor. She was a Gryffindor; remember, as I said at the feast no other Potter has ever been in another house. Well anyway, one day me and James got into a fight about Taylor."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Harry stared at his father, while he gathered his memories, for the second time that day.
"Harry, I had a sister. Her name was Taylor, she was a 6th year Gryffindor and I loved her tremendously. Well one day me and Sirius got into a fight about Taylor."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ginny, you know the story about Professor Lupin, with him being a werewolf and all, well Taylor wanted to know why we disappeared every month at the full moon. Remus said we could tell her, but I said no. What if she told someone? James said that we should, she was his sister and she would keep her brother's secrets."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Taylor wanted to know why we disappeared every month at the full moon. Harry, you know about Remus, well that was the reason we would leave every month. Remus said that we could tell her; Sirius said no that she might tell someone; I said that we should, after all she is my sister and she would keep my secrets. Sirius and me fought for hours and I suddenly disappeared."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"James and me fought for hours and he disappeared. We fought a lot of times about the subject and he would do the same thing. Well one day we decided not to tell her. She followed us to the Shrieking Shack under her own invisibility cloak."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"I did that a few times, just to think. No one would know where I would go. I would go here. Well one day we decided not to tell Taylor. We went with Remus for his transformation under the invisibility cloak. Taylor followed us under her own cloak. We went inside but before she could she got tied to a tree."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"We went inside the shack but before Taylor could get in she got trapped by someone. James heard her scream and ran outside. He defended himself for as long as he could. I heard the noise and went outside to see what was going on. I took my wand out and I yelled to James. He turned around and was about to yell at me, but got the jelly leg curse put on himself."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"I heard someone scream and being me I ran outside. Taylor was up against the tree and I yelled to her. She told me to run, but I knew better. I tried to stun the person but he just laughed. So I did the disarming spell and got the person's wand. Sirius ran out and yelled to me. I turned around to tell him to go back inside, but got cursed with the jelly leg curse instead. Taylor yelled my name and Sirius realized she was there. He told her to run."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Taylor yelled out James' name and I turned to her and told her to run. She said she couldn't. I asked why. She was stuck. So I ran to defend her and told the person he would have to get through me before he could get Taylor. He said fine and did 'Wingardium Leviosa' on me and I got stuck in a tree."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Sirius and Taylor talked for a second. Sirius telling Taylor to run, she saying she couldn't, him asking why, her telling him she was stuck. Sirius ran to defend her and told the person he would have to get through him before killing Taylor, which wouldn't happen. The person said fine and did 'Wingardium Leviosa' on Sirius and he got stuck up in a tree. Then the person turned to Taylor. He raised his wand and said..."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"The person turned to Taylor and raised his wand and said..."
~*~*~*~*~*~
(JAMES AND SIRIUS SAY IT AT THE SAME TIME)
"Avada Kedavra."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Ginny gasped.
"I screamed no, and James screamed it too. He couldn't move to get his sister in time since his legs were jelly. I couldn't since I was stuck in a tree." Sirius finished.
"Oh god. Then what did that story have to do with Harry?" Ginny asked.
"Oh that part. The Potters have always been the heirs of Gryffindor and Taylor was the heir, but when she died it went on to Elektra. We have to make sure Harry protects Elektra at all costs. Lily and James will probably come to the school if there is a sighting. Just make sure Gin, Harry doesn't take what Ron said to heart after James tells him the story." Sirius said. Ginny walked back to Gryffindor Tower after Sirius finished.
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Harry gaped. His jaw hit the floor. His aunt died at the hands of his enemy.
"Sirius and I screamed no at the same time but it was too late. Neither of us could save her since we were er. preoccupied at the moment with our curses." James said.
"Was there another part of the story or you went through this whole thing just to tell me this was where you came to think when people argued over your relationship with Aunt Taylor?" Harry asked. James smiled, he didn't think his son would notice Taylor as an aunt.
"Well yea there is. Your aunt was the heir of Gryffindor. Now Elektra is the heir. Harry you have to protect her. I don't want to lose either of you like I lost Taylor. Now go back to school and owl me with updates on Elektra." James said. Harry nodded. He hugged his father good-bye and went back to school and James disapparated back to his home.
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Harry got back up to school in no time. Thank god he only had one class since it was Friday. He walked back up to Gryffindor Tower and got Elektra.
"What?" she asked.
"Lek, I'm sorry. Listen I talked to Dad just now." Harry said.
"You told Daddy about your life and how everyone can't stand you." Elektra finished for her brother. Harry told her what their father told him. Elektra just sat in her chair, shocked.
"So I am gonna die!" she moaned.
"No your not. Me, Ginny, Dad, Mum, Sirius, Ron, Hermione, Catelyn, and Nick would die to save you." Harry said.
"Oh that's comforting. Three 15 year olds, a 14 year old, two 11 year olds, a man that got stuck in a tree, a man that got cursed with jelly legs, and a woman that is our mum and goes insane if we fall off the couch are gonna save me. I might as well die now." Elektra moaned. Harry laughed.
"Ok Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and me have been through more than you'll ever see ("Don't flatter yourself dear brother"), I don't know about Catey and Nick, Sirius and Dad a grown men and I'm sure they can block getting stuck in a tree or getting hexed, and Mum... she'll bore him to death with baby pictures of us." Harry said.
" 'That's Harry when he was born, there's Lekkie when she was four.'" He added, putting on a falsetto that sounded like his mother. They talked a little more and went down to dinner. They were finished when Dumbledore made announcement.
"I have an announcement to make. There will be a dance at the end of this month, as welcoming and re-welcoming our students to the school. The entertainment will be a surprise," he said. Everyone stared at each other and went back to their common rooms.
A/N: GEEZ my fingers hurt from writing so much. Pleaz review....