Title: What Lies Within…
By: An Anti-Sheep Cheese Muffin
Rated: PG-13, just to be safe. For Language and Suggestive themes
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter that's J.K. Rowling's, Scholastic, and Warner Bros. All I own is Genevieve. Hope you enjoy my fanfic!
Plot: Only a magical jewel can stop Voldermort's reign. But when the jewel is broken and sent to the corners of the of the world, only a young girl with a scarred past can find them in time, and must come to except herself in the process.
Dedication: This is to everyone whose felt alone and discriminated. You are not alone and there are people who love you even if you don't know it. Also, a warm thank you to Emily Wallinger, my beta, who's just the best Beta any writer could obtain really she's awesome! (Gives her a car)
Author's Note: Read and Review please!
Cookie6: Maybe I should have explained what each teacher did in case someone like you didn't know who is who. Thanks for your review
Tweetyiscool: Thanks for the compliment. I think I'm really second rate at writing fan fiction but with practice I'll get better!
Here's
the next chapter!
Chapter Two: China Roses.
As the new day began, the birds chirped to the bright awakening sun, shaking
their bodies to rid them of the new dew. The grounds shone like a bright jewel,
covered with dew and the magic radiating from the ground gave the region a
majestic look. Genevieve awoke to the sounds of what sounded to a heated
argument. She walked carefully, since the horrible fire also deformed her feet,
toward the door to see Remus's study.
She notices the fine mahogany walls trimmed with gold and red. Portraits of
several dark creatures and of people Remus is familiar with hung in beautifully
carved frames. They sat watching Severus, Remus and Sirius and other teachers
fighting. It seemed that Severus shared to the other teachers that "Snuffles"
was really Sirius Black.
"He's a menace to us all. It would be wise if he left what would a convict be
useful in a school?" replied, Severus.
"You know perfectly well he's not a convict. It was Peter Pettigrew! He
betrayed Lily and James and you know it! It's that stupid prank isn't it? When
Sirius told you about the Whomping Willow?" said, Remus.
"You should know," retorted, Severus, "You were there."
Remus slightly blushed and refrained Sirius from pounding on Severus. At that
moment, Dumbledore stepped into the room with a few lemon drops in his hand. He
seemed pretty blissful in the room full of infuriated educationalists.
"I see you all have found our little fugitive. I can assure you he is innocent.
When Sirius found Peter was the Potter's new Secret Keeper, he went to check on
the Potters since he had a nagging feeling Peter was up to no good. Once he
found the Potters had been killed, with the exception of Harry, Sirius went
after Peter. He found him in a corner where he tried to kill him and,
unfortunately, Peter saw this coming. He cut off one of his fingers,
transformed into a rat, and escaped, leaving Sirius here accused to a murder he
neither committed nor succeeded in. I assure you all Sirius is a good man and
would not hurt any child now I suggest that we all go to the Great Hall and
have some breakfast."
The staff nodded and murmured to each other. Severus was fuming he was so close
to getting rid of Black, he thought, so close…
Genevieve limped into the room and took a hold of Sirius's hand. She knew who
he was since her master had talked a lot about Black and how he was innocent.
She looked up at him and he kneeled down and ruffled her hair a little giving
her a debonair smile. She blushed and walked to the far corner of the room.
"Why are you hiding in the corner?" asked, Remus.
"It's my duty not to interfere in the matters of my master."
Sighing Remus replied,
"I'm not your master."
Genevieve retorted confused,
"You are taking care of me and so you are my master. I need to be punished for
being so inconsiderate and speaking out of hand. I am so sorry, master, forgive
me I promise I will not to speak in such a matter again."
Remus shook his head;
"You have as much right as any of us and if that means speaking without any of
our permission then so be it. And I am not your master. Would you like to
accompany me and Sirius to breakfast?"
Genevieve nodded and Remus took a hold of her hand. She glanced at Sirius and
he noticed she look miserable and so lonely. Sirius smiled at her and took a
hold of her free hand. Genevieve was certainly uncomfortable with all this
gratitude and warmth thrown at her but she kept her vision to the stone floor
as if intrigued by them.
As she was crossing the room she looked straight at Severus. She noticed the
angry look on his face and she faltered thinking he was mad at her. Remus and
Sirius noted the look on Genevieve's face and glanced at Severus. Severus
looked at the two men with pure hatred and glanced at Genevieve.
Severus, for the sake of the girl's health, tried to be as civil as possible,
"Why did you stop?"
"I made master's friend mad I should be punished for disturbing you." She was
trembling with fear.
Severus kneeled down and looked at deeply into Genevieve's eye
"I am not angry at you I am simply annoyed at the two gentlemen who are at your
side."
Genevieve glanced at Remus and Sirius and looked back at Severus and asked
Remus for permission to speak.
"You can speak freely whenever you want you don't need my permission."
"Why are you angry with them?"
Severus replied,
"Because I simply am."
This was good enough for Genevieve since she relaxed, nodded and squeezed Remus
and Sirius's hand a bit. Both men excused themselves and went toward the Great
Hall.
Severus was not far behind them scowling at Sirius and Remus. Genevieve noticed
this and asked Remus,
"Can I ask master's friend a question?"
"I'm not your master and yes, Genevieve, you may you're free to ask any
questions."
Genevieve was confused. No one ever told me to ask questions, she thought, only
to stop asking so many. She turned and faced Severus,
"Will you have breakfast with us?"
Severus was taken back. No one had ever invited him for breakfast; no one had
ever invited him to anything freely. He declined saying that he had a lot of
work and left for the dungeons. She seemed confused for a while until Remus,
Sirius, reached the Great Hall.
She gasped at the size and beauty of the Great Hall. The ceiling was the exact
replica of the sky outside a clear, sunny beautiful day. There was only on
table, reserved for the teachers, at the end of the hall. Sculptures of wild
animals were on the walls and large unlit torches also decorated the walls. For
Genevieve, the Hall was a most picturesque place to eat.
She was still unused to eating at the table, but with Remus and Sirius to help
her she soon got the hang of eating with silverware and such things. Soon
breakfast was over and Remus told both Sirius and Genevieve that they were
going to Diagon Alley to buy Genevieve's clothing and such. She seemed afraid
of going in public but Remus and Sirius assured her that everything was going
to be fine and nothing was going to happen, that she might actually enjoy the
trip.
Genevieve seemed hesitant at first but then asked nervously if Snuffles could
go. This surprised both of them. They asked her why and she replied Snuffles
was in her dreams and told her that everything was going to be fine and that
nobody was going to hurt her. Sirius grinned and said yes, Snuffles could go.
She nodded again and looked at her spoon with amazement in her eyes.
Remus took Genevieve to her room so they could get ready for the trip. Sirius
made an excuse so he could leave and "bring Snuffles in." Both men winked at
each other and left the Great Hall. After a few minutes Genevieve was dressed
in a simple dress with a matching set of robes, which were donated by the
Hogwarts staff. She twirled slightly in front of the mirror with her new
attire. She couldn't believe her eyes. That's me? She thought.
Remus decided to take Genevieve and Snuffles by Floo Power. He gave some to
Genevieve and told her how to use it. She looked at him nervously and threw
some in his fireplace and said as clearly as she could Diagon Alley. She was
engulfed in a neon green fire and was transported to a pub-like room where many
people were chatting quietly and eating.
The fire surprised her much, she thought she was going to be burned again but
she looked herself over and noticed she was unharmed. She fell coughing at the
ashes and looked around. She was, suddenly, nervous where was Remus she
thought? Soon Remus and Snuffles emerged from the fireplace causing Genevieve
to utter a small scream. Remus tried to calm her down. The fire frightened her
I guess, Remus thought.
Genevieve finally calmed down and was lead by Remus and Snuffles to the back of
the pub. There, in front of her, was a brick wall where Remus tapped three
bricks with his wand and an entrance emerged.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley, Genevieve." Remus said.
She gasped at the stores and at all the magical things that were occurring
right in front of her. A cauldron shop, the Apothecary, Eeylops Owl Emporium,
Quality Quidditch Supplies, Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions, Flourish
and Blotts, Gringotts, Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop, Florean
Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, Magical Menagerie and many more were the stores
that Genevieve saw at Diagon Alley.
As they went in to Gringotts and to Remus's vault they took many coins brass,
silver and gold. Genevieve did not know what kind of money this was but did not
say anything. Soon they were off with Snuffles barking happily next to
Genevieve. She seemed terrified at first but then got used to the high speed
and Snuffles barking.
On they went to Madam Malkin's Robes for Genevieve's clothing, she got a
variety of glamorous accessories well for her taste.
"Now here's a beautiful matching set of emerald green robes and oh here's a
blue silk dress robe for the young lady. Come here, dearest, and let's put it
on you." Said, Madam Malkin.
Genevieve shook her head no and struggled against the woman. Remus told Madam
Malkin of Genevieve's "condition" and decided that they would let her try on
the clothes. When Genevieve appeared from behind a curtain she looked
absolutely enchanting. She allowed a small grin to appear on her mangled face
and went back inside to change.
Then they went to the cauldron shop to buy her cauldron for potions. Then off
they travelled to Flourish and Blotts to get her books, Eeylops Owl Emporium
for her owl. She picked a medium sized, gold/silver coloured owl.
Genevieve named her Aingealag, "angel" in Irish Gaelic. Soon they entered the
Apothecary store to buy her Potions supplies. Snuffles stayed outside since the
smell of all the ingredients in there made his head spin. Genevieve was nervous
by all the looks that people on the street and even in the store were giving
her.
She wasn't used to all this attention. But she didn't know that the people were
simply looking their way because of Remus. Everyone knew he was a werewolf and
they seemed skittish around him. Remus ignored the looks and kept trying to
make Genevieve smile or laugh.
He did get her to smile at him by telling her about his days at Hogwarts and
how being a werewolf affected his life. Genevieve sensed that he had the same
problem that she had. No one seemed to understand them. She felt that Remus was
trustable but then again so did her master when she first saw him. In time,
Remus thought, she'll learn to trust the others and me.
Once they arrived at Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C. Genevieve
tensed up and looked at Remus. He nodded and urged her to go inside. She heard
a small bell ring from out of nowhere and glanced around. She noticed there
were lots of small boxes on shelves.
She went to the front desk and rang the bell. From far back of the store a man
appeared. This surprised the young girl; she squealed and hid behind Remus. The
man, she assumed was Ollivander, came forward and told Remus how was he and
told him how was his wand.
Remus told him everything was fine and so was his wand but that his companion
needed a wand and that she was very shy of strangers. He told Ollivander a
small, edited version of the tale of young Genevieve. Ollivander nodded gravely
and asked her to come forward. She hesitated but went and stood in front the
man.
He asked her which was her wand hand and she glanced at Remus. He nodded and
she said she was left-handed. He got a measuring tape out that went all around
her. She stood frozen with fear until Ollivander told it to stop. He gave her a
wand to try out it didn't work he gave her another one it didn't work.
Five minutes later and they still did not have a wand for the girl.
"Tricky customer we have here." Ollivander said.
He went back and showed her a wand with China Roses on the handle it seemed to
be Mahogany, 13 inches good for Charms. She lifted it slightly and China Roses
appeared out of the tip.
She uttered a small scream and dropped the wand. Ollivander laughed
"The wand chooses and the wizard, not the other way around."
She looked at Ollivander nervously and she went to Snuffles who licked her
hand. She timidly put her hand on his head and he began to play with her as
only a dog can.
Remus paid for the wand and told Genevieve they were going back to Hogwarts.
She nodded and stopped scratching Snuffles stomach Snuffles seemed to like that
very much. As they were leaving Ollivanders Remus bumped into Lucius Malfoy. He
sneered at him and glanced at Genevieve.
She seemed to shrink in her stop and Snuffles growled at Malfoy. Lucius
commented, or insulted, Remus on how he should walk around.
"We do have to protect ourselves from dangerous creatures, like yourself, maybe
with the help of the Ministry of Magic we could come up with something."
Remus seemed very angry with Lucius. Genevieve noticed that the man had a boy
next to him. He seemed to be around her age. He glanced at her then remarked on
how horribly grotesque she looked.
Genevieve burst into tears and Remus hugged her and lifted her. He roughly
walked past him while Snuffles had a little "accident" on both Malfoy Sr. and
Malfoy Jr. shoes. On the way to the Leaky Cauldron Remus replied that that man
was a horrible person and that he make lies to hurt people.
"I also think that you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen."
Genevieve glanced at him her face all tear stricken.
"Are you lying, master?"
"No, and remember I am not your master. And if I were your age I would have
certainly fallen in love with you and your enchanting beauty."
He kissed her hand and proceeded to the Leaky Cauldron. Genevieve blushed and
rested her head on Remus's shoulder. As they trio walked to the fireplace at
the Leaky Cauldron Remus noticed that Genevieve was asleep. Remus Floo to his
room with a sleeping girl, her shopping and his faithful dog Snuffles. Sirius
turned back into a man and said, "How dare Malfoy treat Genevieve like that?
He's an absolute monster, a bastard if you ask me."
"Language, Sirius. I know Malfoy will never change neither of them. That whole
family is nothing more than..."
"Scum, Moony?"
"Yeah, thanks Padfoot."
Remus placed all of Genevieve's belongings into her truck and tucked her in her
own bed. He ruffled her hair a little and closed the door. Remus turned to
Sirius and said,
"I would walk on fire for Genevieve. She's been so alone and mistreated she
needs come happiness in her life."
Sirius nodded and asked if he could let his faithful dog go and stretch his
weary legs. Remus laughed and said he was going to prepare for his future
classes with the sleeping girl.
Another Author's Note: Don't you just hate the Malfoys for being so
evil? Well, deep down inside I think they're cool but in this story they're
sheep lovers! (Sighs) I need a life. Next chapter, Paint the Sky With Stars,
Genevieve starts her classes and the Hogwarts students come to play.
~An Anti-Sheep Cheese Muffin
