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|Disclaimer: I don't own this. Most of the characters belong to J.K. |
|Rowling. |
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|"What's going on?" Harry asked obviously confused. |
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|"Cho died giving birth to Annabelle and Cho put you down as the father,"|
|Hermione told him. "Annabelle is your daughter Harry." |
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|"My daughter? But?" Harry stammered. Harry fell down into the nearest |
|chair. He didn't know what to make of the situation. Since he had gotten|
|back only a few hours ago his life had already become a whirlwind with |
|Ron and Hermione being married, Cho being dead, and now him having a |
|daughter. |
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|"What should we do about her?" Harry asked. |
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|"Her?" questioned Hermione. |
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|"Annabelle!" Harry shot. |
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|"You don't need to be so short," Hermione shot at him. |
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|"Sorry," Harry apologized. |
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|"It's fine," Hermione told him. "Well, Annabelle knows she's adopted and|
|she knows who her mother was, but she doesn't know you're her father." |
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|"I- We- She-" Harry couldn't seem to get a whole sentence out. |
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|"Harry I shouldn't have thrown this all at you at once," Hermione |
|apologized. |
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|"Harry?" Ron questioned after ten minutes of uncomfortable silence. |
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|"Yes Ron?" Harry responded. |
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|"Have you decided what you're going to do?" Ron asked. |
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|"Well, I want to tell her but how would she react? You both raised her. |
|How would she react to someone knew coming into her life?" Harry |
|questioned. |
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|"Well we told her that her father might be alive when she questioned us,|
|but I don't know," Ron said truthfully. |
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|"I think she could handle it," Hermione said in a matter of fact tone. |
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|"You really think?" Harry asked. |
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|"Yes," Hermione responded. |
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|"I don't know," Harry grumbled. |
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|"I know this is a big shock Harry," Ron said, "but you really need to |
|think about all the angles. You can live with us as long as you want. |
|Annabelle can get to know you and then you can tell her, but of course |
|she might resent you for not telling you. Then again you could tell her |
|now and then get to know her, but she might be uncomfortable around you |
|and you might not be able to get to now her very well." |
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|"Thanks Ron," Harry said sarcastically. "You're loads of help." |
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|"Well Harry?" Hermione questioned. |
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|"I don't know yet," Harry answered. "How were you guys preparing to tell|
|me about all of this if I did come back?" |
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|"Well kind of like this," Ron answered. "But we weren't expecting you to|
|take it this well." |
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|"Maybe it hasn't all sank in yet," Harry said truthfully. |
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|"Well dinner should be ready soon," Hermione said. |
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|"Great I'm starving," Ron said. They both left Harry alone. Harry sat in|
|silence for awhile. After about fifteen minutes someone walked into the |
|room. It was Annabelle. |
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|"Hi," she said. |
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|"Hi," Harry replied. |
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|"I'm Annabelle," she said. |
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|"I know your parents told me," Harry said. "My name is Harry." |
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|"Hi Harry. I'm seven. How old are you?" Annabelle asked. |
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|"I'm twenty-five." Harry answered. |
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|"I have to go eat dinner." She said and as an after thought added "Do |
|you want to come?" |
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|"Sure," Harry answered. They walked into the dining room together. |
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|"Hi Harry. Hi Annabelle." Hermione greeted. "Oh Harry, Ron's family, my |
|family, and a few other people are coming to dinner." |
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|"Okay," Harry responded. "Do you need help setting the places?" |
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|"Sure," Hermione answered. The doorbell rang and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley |
|walked in. When they saw Harry Mr. Weasley's mouth dropped open and Mrs.|
|Weasley dropped what she was carrying and ran and embraced Harry in a |
|bone-crushing hug. |
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|"Harry," she kept saying. The reactions were pretty much the same. |
|Percy's mouth dropped, Fred and George "accidentally" dropped their |
|poppers, which exploded when they hit the ground, and Ginny did the same|
|thing as her mother. Harry and Ginny became good friends during Harry's |
|last year. Hermione's parents really didn't notice. Dumbledore didn't |
|have a reaction because is all likeliness he already knew. Then there |
|was Lupin. He dropped what he was carrying and did the same thing as |
|Mrs. Weasley but afterwards hit Harry upside the head. |
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|"Where have you been?" he asked angrily. |
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|"Fighting Voldemort," Harry replied with a hint of sarcasm. |
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|"You could have stayed in contact," Lupin said. |
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|"No, I couldn't because I couldn't the people I cared about in danger |
|anymore," Harry said. The room fell silent. |
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|"Sorry Harry, I didn't mean to react like that," Lupin said. "I should |
|have listened to you first." |
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|"It's fine," Harry said. "Let's eat." The conversation stayed on the |
|topic of work and what was going on. They all stayed away from what they|
|really wanted to know. What exactly had Harry been doing all this whole |
|time. |
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|Author's note: This is shorter than the last chapter because I just |
|wanted Harry's stressful day to be over. The next part is Harry getting |
|to know Annabelle. If you have suggestions about what you would like to |
|see happen then send me a review. It's really simple to send one and I |
|accept anonymous reviews. Please send one and be kind this is only my |
|first story. |
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