Harry Potter and the Forgotten Friends
Chapter Fifteen: Friends Again?
"Harry! Slow down!" Alexis yelled, trying to keep up with Harry.
"Just leave me alone Alexis. I don't need you or Riley. I was fine until you got here, the two of you just messed my whole life up. Now, back off." Harry yelled back, trying to outrun the girl.
Alexis sighed, grinding her teeth. Harry may have been her friend, but the way he just insulted her and Riley who had been with him through everything that meant something. Alexis grabbed her skirt holding it up a little so she wouldn't trip over it and ran faster after Harry. The two ran the length of the park, until Harry ran out of breath and doubled over, wheezing for breath. Alexis soon caught up with him and let her skirts clutch go. She looked down at Harry, arms crossed.
"Harry Potter. What the heck are you running from? We're your friends hands down. Now come on." Alexis smiled, holding her hand out.
Harry looked at Alexis' hand and stood up on his own. Alexis looked from her hand to Harry. She sighed; boys could be so weird! She didn't have cooties or anything. Harry looked up at her and sighed.
"I know what your going to say Alexis. 'The Dursley's love you, and you should go back'." Harry imitated.
Alexis raised her eyebrows. Talk about a personality switch; was this the same Harry she had seen yesterday? She smiled and started walking away, her brown hair swinging behind her hands intertwined behind her back. Harry looked at Alexis; she was hiding something, but what? Harry sighed and ran after her.
"What are you hiding Alexis? Spill." Harry said, catching up with her.
Alexis turned around quickly smiling at Harry. "I knew you'd follow. I never said you had to go home. You can come with me to my house. At least until you feel like going back." Alexis winked, linking her arm with Harry's.
"You've never been to my house before, it's awesome. It's actually not our house; we're just renting it for the time that we're here for. But, we have a spare room you can sleep in. You won't have to sleep in the cupboard anymore. My parents are really nice and my mom is an excellent baker, and can whip any food you want in record time. Literally. And my dad, well he's mysterious too. I think that's where I get my mysterious side! But anyways, he's out of town till tonight; he had an issue to take care of in our old town. So it's just my mom and me. Come on, my house is on Katou Drive, number 448." Alexis said, directing Harry around the corner.
Harry nodded and followed Alexis as she walked through the sidewalks, still clutching Harry's arm and attempting to skip along. Harry looked at her weirdly, all his friends were psycho is some way! Soon enough Alexis stopped walking, and Harry was brought to an abrupt halt as Alexis still had a grasp on his arm.
"Harry, this is my house." Alexis said, pointing to the house.
The house wasn't as eccentric as Riley's was; it seemed a lot more… normal. It was a small townhouse on a dead end street across from an old connvience store and a small park. The door was a dark shade of brown while the windows looked pretty beaten up and slightly dirty.
"It's not paradise, but it's home. Come on, Harry." Alexis said, letting go of him and walking up to the door.
Harry nodded and followed Alexis into the small house. The walls were a pale yellow that branched out in three different directions. The hall led into the back where the living room was, to the right was the kitchen and to the left was a staircase leading upstairs. Alexis put her shoes in the corner of the hall and leaned up against the wall, waiting for Harry. Harry took his feet out of his too-big shoes and padded down the faded carpet behind Alexis.
"Mom? Are you home?" Alexis called, looking around the living room.
No one was around. Odd, she was usually home at this time. I mean, it was almost lunchtime by now, so where was everyone? 'Maybe she went to the magical world as well? To find dad? I don't kno—"
"Where have you been?" A voice screeched coming into the living room.
Alexis and Harry whirled
around to find a woman with light brown hair and light blue eyes staring at
them.
"Hi mom. How are you?" Alexis asked.
"Alexis, your principal just called. You skipped school? What were you thinking?" She asked, leaning against a chairs' back.
"I had to! Harry vanished and I went looking for him, alongside Riley, but I lost her. And, since it was lunchtime, I brought Harry here too." Alexis replied, pointing to Harry.
Viola looked over at Harry. She gasped slightly as she looked at him. 'It's true; it really is Harry. The poor dear doesn't even know about the past. Ugh, how am I going to keep this all bottles up inside? Just looking at him reminds me of Lily. Oh, how I miss them both.' She thought.
"Well, it's finally nice to meet you Harry. You guys go and watch some TV while I go and whip up another lunch plate." She said, smiling.
Alexis nodded, and sat down on the nearest chair flicking on the TV. Harry stood there awkward for a second and smiled back at Alexis' mother.
"I'm OK actually. I'll be fine, I'm not hungry."
Viola looked down at him, eyebrow raised while Alexis looked up from the TV.
"Don't worry about it Harry. I love to cook, and I'll whip something up in no time. Trust me." She said, walking back out of sight into the kitchen.
"Harry, come on and sit down. Don't be thick." Alexis said, pointing to the chair beside her.
Harry nodded and sat down in the chair, the two started flicking through the channels. Not much was on; they were all talk shows or shows from little kids like the Care Bears or Sesame Street. Alexis sighed, and flipped it to the VCR and opened up a cabinet full of movies.
"Come here Harry. We can watch a movie. I have many. Most of them are Walt Disney, but I have some 'real' movies with actors and such, but they're all serious and mom and dad always have to explain them." Alexis muttered.
Harry nodded, and looked at the Disney movies. Something light hearted would be good, nothing too serious and confusing. He finally found one and pointing to it.
"How about that one?" He asked.
Alexis looked at it, and smiled. "Yeah, great! My dad just bought me that the other day as a present for him being gone so long."
Harry smiled, and Alexis grabbed the movie and put it in the VCR throwing the video case haphazard on the top of the TV. The movie soon started; 'The Fox and the Hound'. The two were only a little bit into it when Alexis' mother called out from the kitchen.
"Kids! Lunch is ready!"
Alexis sighed and turned the movie off, standing up. "We'll watch the rest later. We have all day."
Harry nodded and followed Alexis into the kitchen. The two kids sat down at the table and were met with food.
"See, I told you my mom was a fast cooker. She can cook in record time." Alexis whispered to Harry, eyes twinkling.
Viola turned back around, eyes blazing at Alexis, for her to zip it. Alexis nodded, and turned back to her lunch, not dropping anymore hints to Harry about magical powers.
* * * * * *
"What to you want to do?" Alexis asked, sitting on the front porch of her house.
"I don't know. What do you want to do?" Harry replied, lying on the ground.
Alexis shrugged. "We've played in the park, seen the neighbourhood, learned how to get to my house from yours, finished the Fox and the Hound, and now were here…" Alexis muttered.
Harry nodded, and continued staring up at the big blue sky. The two were put back into an awkward silence, both staring at something off in the distance. Viola observed them from the kitchen window and shook her head. She put down the dishtowel and walked over to the window.
"Alexis? Harry? Why don't you guys go and visit Riley?"
"I guess, but Harry and Riley aren't speaking to each other." Alexis replied, leaning back to see the window.
"Well, I guess they should make up. You guys have been friends for awhile, you can't just go throwing it all away at one little argument." Viola muttered, disappearing from the window.
"Do you want to go Harry?" Alexis asked, standing up.
"If you want to…" Harry replied, sitting up.
Alexis nodded, and disappeared into her house, calling out that she would be just a second. Harry nodded, and laid back down looking up at the sky. Viola walked out of the kitchen and walked upstairs tailing Alexis.
"Alexis? Why aren't Harry and Riley speaking?"
"Something about Riley's dad wanting to kill him for his master. By, that I mean Voldemort. He had a dream and Riley's dad blew up that stupid Pettigrew, or so he thought. Now, he's all afraid of Riley and her family thinking that there going to kill him the second that he turns his back." Alexis called, exiting out of her room.
Instead of her green outfit she was in a pair of beat up old blue Capri pants and a light green t-shirt. Going over to Rileys' house always meant you'd be climbing somewhere, mostly to the tree house, and that's hard to do in a green dress outfit.
"I'll see you later mom. Bye!" Alexis called, running down the stairs and out the front door.
"Come on Harry, let's go!" Alexis smiled, jumping down on the grass beside Harry.
Harry looked up at her. "OK. Lets go," He muttered. "Why'd you change? Usually you're usually wearing a dress of some kind."
"When going to Rileys' house always wear something that you can climb in. With that, you'll do fine." Alexis laughed, and took off at a run. "Race you there, Potter!"
"No fair! You got a head start!" And with that, Harry chased after her.
Viola smiled as she stepped away from the window. The smile soon turned into half a frown when she looked at the phone. She might as well call Arabella to tell her Alexis and Harry was coming her way, and especially with Harry's little "psycho" ways and what he thought of them. She picked the phone up and quickly dialled the Black's number waiting for someone to pick up.
* * * * * *
"Hi Mr. Black! Riley home?" Alexis asked, seeing the man getting into his car.
He stopped and looked over at her, shaking his head. "I don't think so. I didn't see her begging to come with me. Arabella might know if she's home. I got to by some wood from downtown; one of the floorboards in the tree house is loose. If it gets any looser someone will fall down." He replied.
Alexis nodded, looking up at the brightly decorated tree house, smiling. Riley was the weirdest kid on the block, one hundred percent. It then that Mr. Black noticed Harry standing behind Alexis, he seemed to be trying to hide behind her. How weird.
"Hi Harry. How are you?" He asked.
Alexis turned around and looked at Harry. He seemed to have gone rigid, and spaced out. Alexis shook her head and looked back at Mr. Black muttering the word 'magic' and 'Voldemort' just loud enough for him to hear. He looked at her strangely but she shook him off, saying she'd explain it all later. He nodded, and opened his car door.
"Alright, I'll see you kids later. Don't get into too much trouble. Bye." And with that, he closed his door and started the car.
Harry looked over at Alexis wondering why she wasn't scared of dying while she was here, just he was. Alexis must be really brave, stupid or clueless not knowing what their scheme was. Alexis smiled back at Harry and grabbed his arm dragging him up to the front door. She knocked on the door and soon enough Arabella was standing in the doorway.
"Hi kids. How are you?" She asked happily, smiling.
"I'm great. Is Riley here?" Alexis replied, Harry still hiding behind her.
"Yep. She got home about half an hour ago but she disappeared up into her tree house. She's probably still up there."
Alexis nodded, turning to look at the tree house. "Come on Harry." She muttered, walking down the path. Harry sighed and followed behind Alexis. Arabella looked at Harry questionably before shaking it off.
"Riley are you up here?" Alexis called, looking over the top of the floor of the tree house.
No one was there. The branches and the leaves moved and shook and Riley climbed in through the window. She saw Alexis looking up into the tree house. She smiled at Alexis and walked over there.
"'Lex! Hi!" She said, leaning against the wall. "Come on up! Oh, hey Harry! Come on up too!" She smiled, disappearing into the 'house'.
Alexis scrambled the rest of the way up and collapsed into a beanbag chair. Harry followed them up and sat down on the small carpet near the beanbag chairs. Riley smiled, and sat in the other beanbag chair and looked at the two.
"So, what's up guys? The Musketeer's are back! All for one, and one for all!" Riley said, laughing and almost falling out of her chair.
Alexis laughed too and Harry managed to crack a smile before covering it up. Riley looked over at Harry and then at Alexis who mouthed the word 'magic'. Riley muttered an 'oh…' and smiled at Harry.
"Alexis, can you leave me and Harry alone for a second. I want to ask him something." Riley asked.
"Well… I…" Alexis stuttered, looking at Harry.
"Alexis… now!" Riley seethed.
Alexis jumped and nodded. She stood up and walked over to the window, climbed up and out of the window. Harry looked at Riley, who beamed at him.
"Harry, get off the ground and come sit here." She said, pointing to the beanbag chair.
Harry quickly agreed not wanting to anger the girl. He sat in the chair and looked at Riley. She seemed to be thinking hard about something.
"Harry," She said, finally turning to him. "I'm sorry for whatever I did to you, I didn't mean too. I hate that you're all freaked out to even be around me. Harry, I want you to be my friend, my best buddy again. I mean what kind of musketeers are we? If we can't even get along, we'll never fight crime that way!" Riley laughed.
Harry cracked a smile, but said nothing.
"Ha!" Riley yelled, pointing at Harry. "Now, that's the Harry I know!"
Harry laughed, and looked at Riley. "Ok, we're back to the three musketeers. I trust you guys now."
"Trust us?" Riley asked.
"Hey, you guys are friends again! Alright!" Alexis called, jumping back in through the window.
That one was a close one.
"What do you guys want to do?" Alexis asked.
"If I had to play a game right now, I'd be playing…" Riley said, eying both Harry and Alexis. "…tag!"
With that she tapped Alexis and made a run for the rope. Alexis scowled in a happy manner and made a run for Harry, who made a dash for the ladder, escaping Alexis' grab. Alexis laughed, and made a dash for going down the ladder too.
"Come on Harry! Climb faster!" Riley shouted from the ground.
Harry tried climbing faster knowing that Alexis was climbing faster on him. Harry looked quickly at the ground; he was close enough. He made a jump for the ground. He made it, still in one piece. Riley grabbed his arm and made a gesture to run. Harry nodded and followed behind Riley, Alexis just getting off the ladder.
"I'll get you Black!" Alexis yelled, running after them.
"Sure, 'Lex. You just believe that!" Riley called, tearing down the driveway.
Riley stuck out her tongue out and turned the corner onto the sidewalk, Harry following suit. Alexis grinned and ran off the driveway and onto the grass. She ran across it, hearing Harry and Riley's voice from the other side, saying that Alexis must have gotten lost somewhere. Alexis grinned and ran through the bushes, tackling the two of them. The three tumbled to the ground in a mess of brown, black, blue, and polka dots.
"I got you. Now, who's it?"
The three started laughing, but quickly stopped when they heard a groan from under them. They stopped and looked down. A person was under the three, they quickly jumped up muttering apologizes. The person stood up.
"Don't worry about it." The person replied.
The three stopped muttering apologizes and looked up. A man in leather and black hair was standing there.
"Oh, hi dad," Riley said. "Where's your car?"
"In the shop. I had to drop it in for the annual check up." He replied.
Riley nodded, and looked at the others. "So, I'm in. I'll count to ten. Run!"
Alexis and Harry grinned at each other and ran off. Harry stopped running through the bushes when he heard Riley's voice. He turned back to Riley, who was smiling evilly at him.
"You're it Harry." She said, running up and tagging him.
"What?!" Harry yelled.
Riley grinned and turned around. "I counted to ten, but you stopped, so…"
Riley stuck her tongue out at Harry and ran off. Harry sighed, walked off after them, leaving Mr. Black standing on the sidewalk. He shook his head and made his way up to the house as well. X
The three musketeers were back together… and who knew what would happen next… only time would tell.
Fire Spirit.
OK, OK, I know what was a lame ending, but that's all I could come up with. But, don't worry this isn't the end of the story, there maybe two, three chapters left. OK, so…
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