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Harry looked around the room for Ginny but still could not find her. While he was walking around he accidentally bumped into Lupin.
He looked at Remus started to mumble an apology to Remus but stopped when he saw that Remus was talking to someone he didn't recognize. It was a woman about 5'10'', with shoulder-length curly black hair with streaks of red, brown, and blond in it, almond-shaped hazel eyes, small lips, and a curvy body. She looked about Remus' age and was wearing lavender and blue robes. Confused, he looked towards Remus for an answer as to why someone he didn't know had been invited to his birthday party.
Lupin noticed this and said "Harry, I'd like you to meet Seveawen Singularis."
"Hi, I'm Harry," he said, still curious about why he had never heard about Seveawen.
"I know. Remus told me about you."
Harry raised his eyebrows and looked suspiciously at Remus. Sincing the awkwardness, Remus said quickly "Seveawen went to school with your father, Sirius (Harry flinched unconsciously), Peter (everyone cringed), and myself. She was in the year below us."
"Oh, nice to meet you." Harry saw Ginny flash by. "Excuse me."
Harry finally found Ginny and said "Ginny, I'm sorry if I sounded rude or anything. You just suprised me, that's all.
"That's okay, Harry, don't worry about it" Ginny said, not sounding very convincing. "I think you have to open your presents now."
Harry looked over at the table next to the food and saw the biggest, most colorful, and most oddly shapen stack of presents he had ever seen. This stack even rivaled Dudley's usual monstrousity. "Right," Harry said shocked. And so he began to unwrap the presents.
As Harry unwrapped the presents, he was shocked by them again and again. He still couldn't grasp this amount of gifts or even the fact that that large a number of people cared about him enough to get him things of that quality. His first present was from Fred, Lee, and George and it was the next day off ("And that's not a choice."), elimination of the passageway between the cottage and the store so he would have to be social (all of the remaining death eaters were now in Azkaban, thanks to the Order and Ginny), a special license to create two new things for the shop and use them as a prank on Fred and George, and a set of Star and Moon robes that could make Harry invisible at will. From Hagrid and Madam Maxime he got his old Nimbus 2000 (which Olympia had helped Hagrid put back together and which had gone missing a few weeks ago) and Curses and Countercurses : Bewitch Your Friends and Befuddle Your Enemies with the Latest Revenges : Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs, Tongue-Tyers and Much, Much, More by Professor Vindictus Viridian. Hagrid reminded him that this was the book Harry had first wanted in Diagon Alley the day he found out he was a wizard, so many years ago (or at least it seemed that way).
From Oliver Wood he got a Quidditch Set so he could play at home. He was very grateful for this as not only did the house have a humongous backyard but also Quidditch helped Harry immensely when he was upset. But he didn't have any goalposts so friends to play. This problem was solved by his next present from Katie, Angelina, and Alicia. From Colin, Neville, Luna, Parvati, Padma, and Viktor (Krum) he got a particularly large present; a huge bird enclosure for Hedwig and a pheonix who was related to Fawkes. The pheonix immediately flew over to Harry and sat on his shoulder. From Cho he got a stress watch, which was a pocke*twit*ch that one could break when angry and it wouldn't be harmed but would not repair until the anger had passed. The Order of the Pheonix gave him a set of six books with titles such as How to Control Emotions and Be A Super Sorcerer at the Same Time and How To Make Any Magical Job Change From Boring and Beastly to Exciting and Eccentric!
The Weasleys also gave him an immense amount of presents. Bill and Charlie gave him a Penseive and a Hogsmeade gift certificate. Mr and Mrs. Weasley gave him the usual food ("You're so skinny, Harry!"), a set of emerald robes with snitches and broomsticks on them if you pressed a certain button in the pocket, and a calculator (or as Mr. Weasley called it, a calulatoc). Now their were only two presents left.
Harry walked over to the table and picked up a long rectangular package wrapped in simple black and green paper. He slowly opened it and smiled when he saw it was a Extremely Advanced Potion-Making Kit from none other than the Potions Master of the school that had affected everyone so much. Even one year ago Snape would have been one of Harry's least favorite people in the entire world but he had apologized for everything at the funeral of Dumbledore. Though they still didn't get along very well, they now had a mutual respect for each other. Magically sealed to the package was a note that fell of as soon as Harry had finished reading it.
For when you're up to making your overlarged brain hurt, Potter- Your least favorite Potions Master
Harry knew he was just kidding. The last present was wrapped in regular brown paper and was no particular shape at all. Full of curiousity, Harry unwrapped the present carefully. After he had opened it everyone gasped. It was, after all, an extremely expensive gift.
Shocked, as Harry was at the present, even more shocking, however, was the note attached to it.
Hope you like it. - Virginia Rose Weasley
Ginny had somehow given Harry the latest broomstick available. In fact, the Thunderclap 5000 had just came out about five days ago.
"Wow," Harry said, completely shocked.
"Please sit down everyone, we're going to bring out the cake now," Remus said beaming.
A small cheer echoed throughout the kitchen as everyone went back to their small tables set up in the enlarged living room. But before Harry sat down he rushed over to where Ginny was standing and said "Wow, Gin, thanks a lot."
"Sure, Harry," she replied wearing the first true smile he had seen her wear that night.
Harry went back over to an empty table and sat down only to be quickly joined by Parvati and Cho. Immediately the lights went out and Harry saw an extremely large object floating in the air with around twenty little flames on top of it. Harry's eyes widened. He had never had such a nice cake, but then again he had never had a real birthday party either. After everyone sang the "Happy Birthday" song (which he was very embarassed about) the lights turned on and Harry saw a two level cake with emerald green frosting, red lions, golden snitches, and silver moon and stars scattered all over it. Everyone ate the cake and enjoyed it immensely and were about to get up to leave. But before anyone started to get up, Fred and George did so, calling everyone's attention to them.
Fred said very solemnly, "I would like to propose a Moment of Silence for those who can not be with us at this time."
"For Dennis Creevey, killed in an attack on Hogwarts,"George said sadly.
"For Sirius Black-k," Fred said, his voice starting to falter. As Harry's tears welled up in his eyes, he could hear other people beginning to cry also.
"For H-hermione G-g-granger," George stuttered as he and Fred had begun to cry.
"Foorrr R-r Ron Weas-sley," Fred choked out. By now everyone was crying, including Harry, some even sobbing.
"F-f-fo-or-r P-prof-fesssor D-dumb-b-b-bl edore," George sobbed out.
"And James and Lily Potter," Remus added shakily, tears streaming down his face. Behind him, Harry could just barely make out Seveawen Singularis, her face buried in her hands.
As soon as Remus had said this the saddest silence ever heard filled the room for six minutes. Afterwards people began to get up, composed again, and Harry and Remus walked toward the door so they could greet people as they left. Everyone hugged Harry and wished him a happy birthday, most with partly forced smiles on their faces.
As George and Fred passed, Fred apologized "I'm sorry Harry, but we felt like we had to."
Harry said reasurringly "It's alright. I would have done so myself if you hadn't." This was actually true, it was the first thought that had crossed Harry's mind as he entered the party. After everyone had left, Harry started to clean up but Remus stopped him.
"It's your birthday, Harry. I'll do it. Just go on up to bed. It's late. But first take this." He pulled out a round flat snowy white disk with a folded wad of paper. "Seveawen wanted me to give this to you. It's something so the people in your Memory Viator don't forget you or the things you talked about in other visits you might have made to it."
Harry hugged Remus and thanking him profusely, went up to his bedroom. Soon as he got up there, he glanced at the clock and smiled. He could use the thing he had been waiting for all day, the Memory Viator.
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I'm sorry it took so long to post! The first person to find out what Seveawen Singularis' name means will get to be a character in a Lily/James fan fiction that I will be writing in a couple of weeks and so will the first person to correctly guess who Harry is going to visit. You get only one guess each and you must post in your review, not email me. Thanks! I'll post the next Chapter within the next two weeks since I'm still writing it and it will be much longer than the others! :)
Harry looked around the room for Ginny but still could not find her. While he was walking around he accidentally bumped into Lupin.
He looked at Remus started to mumble an apology to Remus but stopped when he saw that Remus was talking to someone he didn't recognize. It was a woman about 5'10'', with shoulder-length curly black hair with streaks of red, brown, and blond in it, almond-shaped hazel eyes, small lips, and a curvy body. She looked about Remus' age and was wearing lavender and blue robes. Confused, he looked towards Remus for an answer as to why someone he didn't know had been invited to his birthday party.
Lupin noticed this and said "Harry, I'd like you to meet Seveawen Singularis."
"Hi, I'm Harry," he said, still curious about why he had never heard about Seveawen.
"I know. Remus told me about you."
Harry raised his eyebrows and looked suspiciously at Remus. Sincing the awkwardness, Remus said quickly "Seveawen went to school with your father, Sirius (Harry flinched unconsciously), Peter (everyone cringed), and myself. She was in the year below us."
"Oh, nice to meet you." Harry saw Ginny flash by. "Excuse me."
Harry finally found Ginny and said "Ginny, I'm sorry if I sounded rude or anything. You just suprised me, that's all.
"That's okay, Harry, don't worry about it" Ginny said, not sounding very convincing. "I think you have to open your presents now."
Harry looked over at the table next to the food and saw the biggest, most colorful, and most oddly shapen stack of presents he had ever seen. This stack even rivaled Dudley's usual monstrousity. "Right," Harry said shocked. And so he began to unwrap the presents.
As Harry unwrapped the presents, he was shocked by them again and again. He still couldn't grasp this amount of gifts or even the fact that that large a number of people cared about him enough to get him things of that quality. His first present was from Fred, Lee, and George and it was the next day off ("And that's not a choice."), elimination of the passageway between the cottage and the store so he would have to be social (all of the remaining death eaters were now in Azkaban, thanks to the Order and Ginny), a special license to create two new things for the shop and use them as a prank on Fred and George, and a set of Star and Moon robes that could make Harry invisible at will. From Hagrid and Madam Maxime he got his old Nimbus 2000 (which Olympia had helped Hagrid put back together and which had gone missing a few weeks ago) and Curses and Countercurses : Bewitch Your Friends and Befuddle Your Enemies with the Latest Revenges : Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs, Tongue-Tyers and Much, Much, More by Professor Vindictus Viridian. Hagrid reminded him that this was the book Harry had first wanted in Diagon Alley the day he found out he was a wizard, so many years ago (or at least it seemed that way).
From Oliver Wood he got a Quidditch Set so he could play at home. He was very grateful for this as not only did the house have a humongous backyard but also Quidditch helped Harry immensely when he was upset. But he didn't have any goalposts so friends to play. This problem was solved by his next present from Katie, Angelina, and Alicia. From Colin, Neville, Luna, Parvati, Padma, and Viktor (Krum) he got a particularly large present; a huge bird enclosure for Hedwig and a pheonix who was related to Fawkes. The pheonix immediately flew over to Harry and sat on his shoulder. From Cho he got a stress watch, which was a pocke*twit*ch that one could break when angry and it wouldn't be harmed but would not repair until the anger had passed. The Order of the Pheonix gave him a set of six books with titles such as How to Control Emotions and Be A Super Sorcerer at the Same Time and How To Make Any Magical Job Change From Boring and Beastly to Exciting and Eccentric!
The Weasleys also gave him an immense amount of presents. Bill and Charlie gave him a Penseive and a Hogsmeade gift certificate. Mr and Mrs. Weasley gave him the usual food ("You're so skinny, Harry!"), a set of emerald robes with snitches and broomsticks on them if you pressed a certain button in the pocket, and a calculator (or as Mr. Weasley called it, a calulatoc). Now their were only two presents left.
Harry walked over to the table and picked up a long rectangular package wrapped in simple black and green paper. He slowly opened it and smiled when he saw it was a Extremely Advanced Potion-Making Kit from none other than the Potions Master of the school that had affected everyone so much. Even one year ago Snape would have been one of Harry's least favorite people in the entire world but he had apologized for everything at the funeral of Dumbledore. Though they still didn't get along very well, they now had a mutual respect for each other. Magically sealed to the package was a note that fell of as soon as Harry had finished reading it.
For when you're up to making your overlarged brain hurt, Potter- Your least favorite Potions Master
Harry knew he was just kidding. The last present was wrapped in regular brown paper and was no particular shape at all. Full of curiousity, Harry unwrapped the present carefully. After he had opened it everyone gasped. It was, after all, an extremely expensive gift.
Shocked, as Harry was at the present, even more shocking, however, was the note attached to it.
Hope you like it. - Virginia Rose Weasley
Ginny had somehow given Harry the latest broomstick available. In fact, the Thunderclap 5000 had just came out about five days ago.
"Wow," Harry said, completely shocked.
"Please sit down everyone, we're going to bring out the cake now," Remus said beaming.
A small cheer echoed throughout the kitchen as everyone went back to their small tables set up in the enlarged living room. But before Harry sat down he rushed over to where Ginny was standing and said "Wow, Gin, thanks a lot."
"Sure, Harry," she replied wearing the first true smile he had seen her wear that night.
Harry went back over to an empty table and sat down only to be quickly joined by Parvati and Cho. Immediately the lights went out and Harry saw an extremely large object floating in the air with around twenty little flames on top of it. Harry's eyes widened. He had never had such a nice cake, but then again he had never had a real birthday party either. After everyone sang the "Happy Birthday" song (which he was very embarassed about) the lights turned on and Harry saw a two level cake with emerald green frosting, red lions, golden snitches, and silver moon and stars scattered all over it. Everyone ate the cake and enjoyed it immensely and were about to get up to leave. But before anyone started to get up, Fred and George did so, calling everyone's attention to them.
Fred said very solemnly, "I would like to propose a Moment of Silence for those who can not be with us at this time."
"For Dennis Creevey, killed in an attack on Hogwarts,"George said sadly.
"For Sirius Black-k," Fred said, his voice starting to falter. As Harry's tears welled up in his eyes, he could hear other people beginning to cry also.
"For H-hermione G-g-granger," George stuttered as he and Fred had begun to cry.
"Foorrr R-r Ron Weas-sley," Fred choked out. By now everyone was crying, including Harry, some even sobbing.
"F-f-fo-or-r P-prof-fesssor D-dumb-b-b-bl edore," George sobbed out.
"And James and Lily Potter," Remus added shakily, tears streaming down his face. Behind him, Harry could just barely make out Seveawen Singularis, her face buried in her hands.
As soon as Remus had said this the saddest silence ever heard filled the room for six minutes. Afterwards people began to get up, composed again, and Harry and Remus walked toward the door so they could greet people as they left. Everyone hugged Harry and wished him a happy birthday, most with partly forced smiles on their faces.
As George and Fred passed, Fred apologized "I'm sorry Harry, but we felt like we had to."
Harry said reasurringly "It's alright. I would have done so myself if you hadn't." This was actually true, it was the first thought that had crossed Harry's mind as he entered the party. After everyone had left, Harry started to clean up but Remus stopped him.
"It's your birthday, Harry. I'll do it. Just go on up to bed. It's late. But first take this." He pulled out a round flat snowy white disk with a folded wad of paper. "Seveawen wanted me to give this to you. It's something so the people in your Memory Viator don't forget you or the things you talked about in other visits you might have made to it."
Harry hugged Remus and thanking him profusely, went up to his bedroom. Soon as he got up there, he glanced at the clock and smiled. He could use the thing he had been waiting for all day, the Memory Viator.
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I'm sorry it took so long to post! The first person to find out what Seveawen Singularis' name means will get to be a character in a Lily/James fan fiction that I will be writing in a couple of weeks and so will the first person to correctly guess who Harry is going to visit. You get only one guess each and you must post in your review, not email me. Thanks! I'll post the next Chapter within the next two weeks since I'm still writing it and it will be much longer than the others! :)