AUTHOR'S NOTE:

This is the first part of Chapter 2. I hope that you like it.

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CHAPTER TWO: THE CHILDREN OF THE ABYSS

The Potters, Weasleys, and Dobby sat in the living room drinking some tea, while they wait for the two uninvited "guests" to come to.

"Harry, you don't suppose that they are Death Eaters, do you?" Hermione asked, finally breaking the silence.

 
"No, Mione, they are not" Harry answered. "I checked their arms, and there is no sign of the Dark Mark anywhere."

 
"But the Death Eaters have all been either caught and imprisoned or died when you defeated Voldemort!" Mrs. Weasley pointed out.


"Right Molly, dear," Arthur Weasley said. "Right you are."

 
"But then who are they?" Sirius asked, perplexed. Just then, they heard two muffled moans.

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"Well, they seem to be waking up," Harry said. "Let's go find out shall we?"


The group walked over to the intruders with wands at the ready. Sirius, being still underage, and not yet have a wand, was behind the four adults. Dobby, who had been standing guard over the two captives, stepped back, after removing their gags. Harry, upon reaching them, bent down and pushed back their hoods. They were both males, who seemed to be about in their late twenties, with platinum blond hair, and pale faces. And, once they opened up their eyes, he saw that they had black eyes. Harry was taken aback by this. The two men looked up, blinking their eyes, squinting up at Harry, as if trying to focus on to him.

"WHO ARE YOU? AND WHY DID YOU ATTACK MY SON?!" Harry bellowed, making the men jump.

 
"Harry calm down," Hermione said. "You are not going to get any answers by biting their heads off!" Harry just glared at the two men, who sunk back against the wall, terrified.

"DAD!" Sirius shrieked.

 
"Oh my!" gasped Mrs. Weasley.

Harry had been so furious, that he did not even realize that he had started to glow. He looked like he was engulfed in flames, and his eyes had turned from their brilliant emerald green to a menacing silver. No wonder the two men were cowering back, with terrified looks on their faces.

 
The last time Harry had glowed like this, was twenty years ago.

The Death Eaters had captured his two best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and were torturing them to the brink of death. Harry was so angry with the Death Eaters, scared for his friends, and loathed Voldermort with a passion. All these emotions all rolled up into one very powerful feeling. The red, yellow, orange, and white light surrounded him out of nowhere and gave him an immense courage that he did not knew he possessed.

"INFINDE STRACTUM!" a spell that he did not even know that he knew, came out of his mouth. This spell, that was just supposed to knock someone off their feet, had, with all the emotions that Harry was feeling, came out more powerful. Not only were the Death Eaters knocked off their feet, their wands were expelled from their hands, shattering in mid-air. They were all blown away from Ron and Hermione, and landed on the ground, dead.

But, not this time. Harry was calm. The only emotion running through his veins was fury. Nevertheless, the way he looked and the way the light surrounded him, he looked like he can break these two intruders in half by just snapping his fingers. Hermione, afraid of what would happen, as she remembered that certain incident all too well, nervously approached her husband.


"Harry?" she called. "Harry, it's okay, honey. They are not going to do anything."


"Dad, please!" Sirius said, choking back tears.

 
Upon hearing his wife and son pleading, Harry eased up. The flaming light faded, but he still had fury in his eyes. Even with the light gone, Harry's eyes were still silver.


"Now then," Arthur Weasley spoke up. "I suggest you two start talking before my son here lose his temper again! And believe you me, you don't want that to happen!" he said with complete seriousness in his voice. The two men just nodded meekly, not wanting to look at Harry.


And just as one of them was about to say something, a flash of light engulfed the room, the Potters, Weasleys and Dobby look away, arms crossed over their eyes to shield them from the bright light. They heard the men let out blood curdling screams.

And just as it appeared, the light vanished. When they turned to look back at the captives, Hermione let out a shriek. Right where the two men had been sitting, their robes lay in a crumpled heap, not entirely covering what looked for certain to be ashes on the floor. Something, or someone, had killed those two men to stop them from talking. Harry walked over to the pile of ashes. As he was about to touch one of the crumpled robes, they heard a very sinister laugh and ice-cold voice.

"SIRIUS POTTER WILL BECOME A CHILD OF THE ABYSS!"

And then ... silence.

The family decided to wait until after the party before they tell anybody about this morning's unexpected events. Today was, Sirius' 11th birthday after all. All that were invited will be staying at the Potter Mansion for the remainder of the summer. The situation would be, and everyone agreed, discussed after everyone's had a good time. They don't want the day's nightmare to taint the rest of Sirius' day.

Therefore, for the next few hours, the group set out to finish preparing for the party. Hermione, Mrs. Weasley, and Dobby retreated to the kitchen to finish cooking the meals. Mrs. Weasley was an excellent cook. Hermione could cook, but she's keen into taking leaves out of Mrs. Weasley's book when she wanted to do better than normal.

 
Harry, Mr. Weasley, and Sirius were out in the back garden setting up. Mr. Weasley transformed the Potters' ordinary Muggle patio set into one big, elegant banquet table that could easily seat about fifty people. Then he put a charm on it to expand for extra unexpected, but welcomed guests. Harry conjured up a giant canopy to cover the table. Then he bewitched the ceiling to change in to a bright starry night, complete with constellations and shooting stars, when the sun went down. Harry smiled. He purposely left out the moon. His very old friend, Remus Lupin, was a bit sensitive about it.

Sirius just sat back and watched his father and grandpa performed magic. But even though he was hiding it well, he couldn't get that mysterious voice's message out of his head.

"What did it mean, 'A child of the ABYSS'? What's the ABYSS?"

He made a mental note to check the library as soon as possible. Sirius shook himself from those thoughts, and tried to be happy.

"It's my birthday!" he said to himself. "All the family and friends that I love will be here to celebrate with me!"

With a smile, he laid down on the grass, putting his hands under his head, using them as some sort of pillow. He closed his eyes, and just laid there, soaking up the warmth of the weather. He was almost asleep, when something big and hairy landed on him, and he felt something wet glide his face.

"Gerroffme!" he tried to yell. "DAD! GRANDPA! HELP!"


Harry and Mr. Weasley ran over to Sirius with their wands out, fear and anger on their faces.


"It better not be them again!" Harry muttered angrily, while running to rescue his son.

 
When they got up to where Sirius was at, they stopped in their tracks, and bursted out laughing at the sight of Sirius still struggling to get free from whatever was attacking him.


"What the heck are you two laughing at?" he yelled. "Come help me!"


"Get off me!" and one big push he managed to get the thing off him.

Sirius tried to get up and looked at where the laughter was coming from. Harry and Mr. Weasley were both on the ground doubled up laughing and pointing at him and his attacker. He turned his face to look and met two black eyes and a wet nose.

His fear must have been evident on his face, because to his surprise, the dog started to lick him, again.

"EWWW!" Sirius said, and started to laugh, in spite of himself.

"I guess you're not in a very imminent danger son," Harry said. Sirius looked up to his father who still had a big grin on his face, which was flushed from laughing so hard. Mr. Weasley was next to him with his hand on his side, and trying to stifle a laugh.

"Dad! You got me a pet"

"Er, no, Sirius," Harry said, still laughing. "That's not exactly a 'pet'."

"Then where did this dog come from?" Sirius asked, puzzled.

"Sirius, meet my godfather, and your namesake," Harry replied, with a twinkle in his eye.

"Huh?" Sirius said, now very confused. He looked at the dog once again. It gave him one last lick in the face and stepped back. And, to Sirius' shock and bewilderment, the dog transformed into a man.

"Whoa!" was all he could say.

"Hiya Sirius Wolfgang Potter!" the man said. "I am Sirius Black, you're father's godfather."

"Wha...? How? Huh?!" Sirius stuttered.

Harry, Sirius, and Mr. Weasley started laughing again.

"Your Uncle Sirius is an 'Animagus', Sirius," Harry told him, smiling.

"Wow!" Sirius exclaimed. "Can you teach me how to do that?"

The men started to laugh again.

"In due time, Sirius," Sirius told the boy, with a smile that reached his eyes. "In due time."

"Sirius Black!" a voice called.

They all turned to look at the location of that voice. Hermione and Mrs. Weasley were both walking over towards the group.

"Hermione! Mrs. Weasley!" Sirius called back, meeting them halfway. When they all met, Sirius gave each woman a hug and a soft kiss on the cheek.

"Oh, Sirius! I've told you to just call me 'Molly'," Mrs. Weasley said to him as they hugged.

"Alright. How are you doing Molly?" Sirius asked. "Long time no see."

"I'm doing just fine dear, just fine," Molly answered, smiling at him.

"And, Hermione!" Sirius said, eyes twinkling. "You look smashing as always!" He gave her a hug, a little bit longer than he has to.

"Thank you Sirius," Hermione said, beaming. "You don't look too bad yourself."

"Okay, Okay! Break it up! That's my wife!" Harry said with mock jealousy, but smiling.

"I was wondering when you're going to say something!" Sirius said, laughing.

"I don't know. I kinda liked it!" Hermione said, winking at Sirius.

"Hey!" Harry said, pretending to be hurt, but joined the laughter with everyone.

They all went back into the house in high spirits. Little Sirius, still in awe that his "uncle" Sirius can transform himself into a dog, was bombarding him with questions.

"What do you have to do to learn that?"
"Do they teach that at Hogwarts?"
"Can you teach me?"

"Whoa son!" Sirius said, laughing. "It's not that easy to be an Animagus. It takes years to learn and perfect it!"

"Oh!" said little Sirius, a little dejected. Then he turned to Harry. "Are you an Animagus Dad?"

"Yeah, actually I am," Harry said, smiling.

"Your father can turn into two animals, Sirius," Hermione said, very proudly. "A lion and a phoenix bird."

"Really?" asked Sirius, wide-eyed.

"Yep! And the only known wizard alive, or dead, that can do that!" Sirius Black proclaimed, with as much pride as Hermione.

'Well believe me Sirius, dear," Molly added. "He is the best Animagus there is!"

"Along with being the most powerful!" Arthur Weasley chimed in.

Harry blushed from all the praises that he's getting from his family.

"Gosh Dad!" exclaimed Sirius. "You're the coolest!" Everyone laughed.

"Can you show me?" Sirius asked his father, excitedly. "Man! I can't wait to tell Ronnie and Alanna!"

"Well why don't I show you guys together later?" Harry said, smiling.

"Really? Cool!" Sirius said, running up to his dad and putting him into a bear hug. "I love you Dad!"

"I love you too, Sirius!" Harry said, hugging his son back.

Just then, they heard the fireplace start crackling.

They all turned to look at the green flame that appeared and then heard a series of 'BOOMS!' Ronnie Weasley appeared, followed by his mother, Susan, and then his dad, Ron.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Ron called out. "Where's the birthday boy?" Sirius ran up to him and gave him a hug.

"Hiya, Uncle Ron!" Then he turned to Susan. "Hello, Aunt Sue!" And, finally, "Yo, Ronnie!"

They ran up to each other, and made a little jump, bumped each other on their bellies, and hugged. The adults laughed at the two best friends.

"Hey Ron, we never did anything like that when we their age!" Harry said.

"No, we just shook hands," Ron said, shaking his head. "Kids now a days!"

Just then, the fireplace started to crackle again. This time, the people that appeared were the Longbottoms, Neville, Ginny, and Alanna.

"Uncle Neville! Aunt Ginny!" Sirius called, giving them hugs.

"Hey Sirius!" Neville said. And ruffling Sirius' already messy hair, added "My, you look just like your dad when I first met him!"

"Hi gorgeous!" Ginny said. "Happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday, buddy!" Alanna said, extending her hand to Sirius, with a mischievous smile. Sirius, a little puzzled, shrugged his shoulders, and went to shake her hand.

"BUZZ!"

"OWWW!" Sirius yelped, jumping back, holding his hand, smoking from the contact and his hair standing on end from the shock. "What in blazes was that?"

Alanna doubled up laughing.

"It's just a little buzzer, Sirius," holding up her hands. She's holding a little gadget about the size of a strawberry. "When I went to Muggle London the other day with Uncles Fred and George, we went to a local joke shop and I saw this. They tried it and thought it was hilarious!! I begged them to get it for me. And when we got home we put a charm on it so it'll work in the wizarding world."

"ALANNA MINERVA LONGBOTTOM!" shrieked Ginny. Her face was turning as red as her hair. "What were you thinking? Oooh, when I get a hold of those two Wheezys!" 

Alanna put the gadget away, afraid her mom would hex her, if she didn't.

"Sorry mum," she said meekly.

"Oh you will be!"

"Oh lighten up Ginny! It was just a joke," Neville smiled at his daughter. But the smile faded, when she saw Ginny's face.

"Do not encourage her Neville!"

Just then, they heard some popping noises coming from the other end of the room.

Harry turned, wand in hand, with a determined look on his face. When he saw who just appeared in his house, he let out a relieved sigh.

"Happy birthday, Sirius!" the newcomers shouted in unison. There stood Fred and George, the Weasley twins, and their wives, Parvati and Padma, who incidentally, like their husbands, were twins.

"Hi guys!" Sirius said, running up and giving each a hug. A series of "hi's" and "hello's" and "how are you doing?" went on for a couple of minutes. However, when Fred and George saw Ginny, they kind of stepped back.

"Uh, hiya, little sister!" George said.

"Um, why the sour look, Ginny?" Fred asked.

"Fred and George Weasley," Ginny said, through gritted teeth. "We'll talk later." And with that, she turned to her sisters-in-law. "Hi girls!"

"Hi Ginny! Lovely to see you again," Parvati said, hugging her.

"Hey, Gins!" Padma said, hugging her too. Then with a loud whisper, "Go get 'em girl!"

Fred and George, who obviously, along with everybody else, heard, looked at each other nervously.

"Uh-oh!" they both said at the same time.

"Should we run for it, Fred?" George asked his twin.

"I don't think we can Disapparate fast enough, George!" Fred said. Everyone laughed, well except for Ginny.

"No you can't!" Arthur Weasley said, matter-of-factly. "You two know that your sister is very good at cursing people. If you two don't watch it, she'll hex you into kingdom come!"

Everyone agreed with Arthur, but all tried not to laugh at the twins who looked very terrified, of their little sister, no less.

"Sorry Ginny!" Fred and George said at the same time, not looking at her.

"You know, if it wasn't that today is Sirius' birthday, I would have given you the worst possible hexes I could muster," Ginny said very seriously. "But beings we are all going to be here for the remainder of the summer I suggest you two BEHAVE!!"


Fred and George nodded. They know all too well that Ginny meant business. They found out about it in her third year and their last, at Hogwarts.

They had replaced her shampoo with their own brand of "hair care." The "shampoo" made Ginny's hair stand on end and shout out nasty remarks to anyone who made a comment on it. It had caused 75 points to be taken from Gryffindor House when Ginny's hair told off Professor Severus Snape, then the Potions Master that he 'is an ugly humanoid troll with hair so greasy, it could fuel a Muggle's automobile!' and had given Ginny a two-week detention. Ginny was so furious with her brothers, that she vowed to get revenge on them for what they did to her. She worked on a curse for a month. The spell had attached them both at the hip and stayed that way for a long while. They had a hard time of it too, as they had to do everything together. They had to make a special bathroom and toilet for the twins. Everyone in the school thought it was very funny, but they never pulled another prank again...well not on Ginny, anyway.

"Well serves you two right!" Parvati spoke up.

"Ginny believe me, those two got their ears told off by us when we found out about it!" Padma added. "We would have told you, but they begged us not to and promised they won't do it again."

"And we figured that you would definitely punish them when you find out." Parvati said, giving their husbands a look that said 'We told you so!'

"Oh boy, are they going to get it!" Ron said, shuddering. "You two should've known better!"

"Wouldn't wanna be in your shoes!" Neville said, stammering.

Just then, they heard another series of 'POPS!'

Sirius Black noticed that Harry had tensed up again and grabbed for his wand.

"Something is up," he thought to himself. "I'll ask him later."

The new visitors were Fleur Delacour-Krum, and her husband, Viktor. Everyone greeted the new arrivals and after a few minutes of small talk, Dobby emerged from the kitchen and announced that the feast was ready.

"Alright!" Sirius and Ronnie shouted together, giving each other a high five.

"Just like their fathers!" Hermione, Ginny, and Susan said at the same time.

"Hey!" Harry and Ron cried out together. They looked at each other and started laughing.

"I reckon they're right, mate," Ron said to Harry.

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked him, eyebrows raised. "YOU can eat like a horse!"

Everyone agreed and laughed again. As they were about to go out to the garden, Sirius stopped.

"Wait!" he cried. "Where are Uncle Draco and Serena?"

"Oh my gosh!" gasped Hermione. "I almost forgot about them!"

"I wonder where they are?" Harry asked, puzzled. "One thing about Malfoy, he's always punctual."

"Maybe just running late," Ron chimed in. "Serena is a girl, you know?"

"Well maybe we should check it out," Sirius Black put in.

"Yeah, I guess." Harry said. "I'll go to the fireplace now."

Harry went over to the fireplace and grabbed some white powder in a pewter next to it. He threw it into the flames, and waited for the color to change to white. When it did, he bent down and spoke.

 "Draco? Serena? It's Harry. Are you there?" He waited, but there's no response.

"That's odd. Seems nobody's home," Harry said after a minute. He stood up and faced the others. "I'm going over there. It's not like Draco to not send an owl if he's not coming."

"You're right, Harry," Ron said. "I'll go with you."

"Me too," Black said. "I have a bad feeling about this."

"Alright, everyone. We'll be right back," Harry said. With that, the three Disapparated.

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There you go. I'll put up the next part of this Chapter soon. PLEASE REVIEW!!!