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Chapter 3-Return of Padfoot
Lynell looked at the man. She of course recognized him as the convicted criminal that had gotten out of Askaban Prison almost 3 years ago. She remembered reading the Daily Patriot back at the American Academy for wizards and witches when she lived in Washington D.C. Lynell had seen his picture before, though.
One day when Lynell was 8 she had been wondering around her mother's room looking for some earrings to wear to a dinner at her grandparent's house. When she was looking in the mirror she noticed a box was sticking out from under her mother's bed. She went down and opened it. Inside was a bunch of old newspaper clippings from the Daily Patriot back when she was almost a year old. They talked about how Lily and James Potter had been murdered, a boy who lived, which turned out to be Harry Potter, and that Sirius Black had been sent to Askaban Prison for murdering 12 muggles and Peter Pettigrew. Lynell at the time didn't know who any of these people were, but she did look at the moving pictures and was mystified by them. She had never seen pictures that moved before except for movies and television. When she looked at the picture of Sirius something inside her told her he was innocent. That he had been wronged. She could see all to well in his eyes. Then her mother called her and she put the papers back under her mother's bed and never thought about them again until she saw his picture in the newspaper when she was in her third year and then just again, now, when she saw him in person laying on the floor in front of her.
Lynell picked him up under his arms and started to move him into the study behind her. Her mom and her had fixed up the study last night so that it could be a library and lounging area. She lifted half of Sirius onto the couch and then picked up his feet and put them on the rest of it. She found a throw pillow to put under his head and pulled the hand-sewn blanket that was dangling over the bottom of the couch on top of him. Lynell then ran upstairs and finished changing into some decent clothes and opened up her trunk from school.
In her first year, her school offered each student to do one elective of their choice, besides the required classes. Lynell had chosen an intro in medical remedies that were magical and non-magical, figuring that would be a practical skill. For the class she had to buy her own first aid kit, and ever since then, had kept it in her trunk just in case. It had come in handy with all the times that she had accidents at school. Now, she was going to use her skills again. She ran downstairs and opened up the case. Since she wasn't allowed to do magic away from school still, she figured she would just use the medicines and potions she had that were magical and muggle. She cleaned up his head and hands and then looked at the spot on his chest that seemed to have had blood coming from it at one point, by the spot on his clothes. It turned out he had a big gash on his left side and appeared to have a few broken ribs. She tended to the gash and wrapped a bandage around it so it wouldn't get infected. The setting she would leave for Wolfie when he got there.
Just as she finished packing up, Lynell heard the doorbell ring. She looked at her watch and it said 9 o'clock exactly. She closed the door to the study and went off to answer the door where Harry was. "Hi, I hope I'm not late," he said with the cutest smile ever Lynell thought.
"Nope, your just on time. Come in, please." Lynell opened the door wider and led Harry through the maze of boxes to the kitchen. "I figure we can start organizing the kitchen since I find food a major necessity. So grab a donut and a box and start unpacking. I'll tell you which cabinet to put which stuff in."
"Alright." Harry grabbed a box full of pots and pans and a chocolate donut. He all most inhaled it and started placing the pots on a bottom shelf that Lynell had pointed out. "So where have you lived before moving here?"
"I was born in Orlando, Florida. Then when I was 10 going on 11 I got my letter saying I was a witch. That's when my mom took her position that she has now that requires her to travel everywhere. We've lived in San Diego, California, New York City, Washington D.C., Detroit, Michigan, and we just moved from San Antonio, Texas."
"Wow you certainly have seen the United States." "Not really since I only get to explore the city during my breaks because otherwise I'm off at school. You know how it is."
"Yeah and I wish I never had to come back here. So is your mother a witch?"
"As far as she's told me, no, but I have my doubts."
"Really?"
"Yup, I believe she's a witch who decided to live her life as a muggle so she could protect me from this war that is going on. She never said anything about magic until I got my letter. Every birthday and Christmas, though, my family would always give me books on magic, witches, dragons, wizards, and other stuff that I thought was only fantasy. It entertained me a lot during my youth. My mother never seemed to approve of their gifts. Then, when I got my letter I asked her if my father was a wizard since I never met him. I don't know much about him and rarely ask since I can see her become very sad. Well, it turns out that he was a wizard, which allows me to know for sure I'm half blood, but I think I'm pure blood since I have many magic capabilities that my other friends who have muggle parents don't have."
"What happened to your father?" Harry said with concern in his voice. Harry had finished with his fifth box already and Lynell was beginning to stack up the spices they had brought. She couldn't reach the top shelf and Harry came over to help her.
"He never knew I existed. He died before I was born. Mom says that I have his eyes and his spirit, which I guess makes me feel I'm a little bit connected to him, since I can tell that I have a lot of her in me since she's the one who raised me and taught me everything I know. She taught me how the world is cruel and that I have to be prepared to anything. Because of that she made me take self-defense and join the dueling club at my old school. I'm pretty good too. I believe that my father must of hurt her to have her always so sad when we talk about him, or that she regrets never been able to tell him about me. I think that's why she made me do all of the self-defense training along with the medical training."
At this point Lynell was staring off into space. She was thinking about everything that she would never get to do with her father and everything that he had missed. Then she thought of everything her mother and her had done together and all of the things she had taught her. She let one single tear form at the thoughts and then realized Harry was looking at her with concern in his eyes.
"Wow would you look at this place. We've been talking this entire time and almost have the whole kitchen done and its only 11:30. What do you say we finish this and I'll find some soup to make us? Sound good?"
"Sure." They continued unpacking and once Lynell found the few canned goods they had brought to eat their first few meals with until they found the local grocery store, she began cooking the soup. Harry finished minutes later and found some bowls and spoons. The kitchen looked great now that it had all of the boxes out of it and the furniture all in place with the dishes and everything else on shelves. They ate their soup in silence. There was some left that Lynell put in the fridge to give to Sirius when she would go to check up on him in two hours. She figured that would be a good time to change this bandages and reapply the medicines on his scratches.
After lunch, Lynell and Harry started organizing the dining room and family room. They finished in 2 and half hours, making it 2:30. Lynell figured that they were done for the day and they could finish tomorrow. Harry was starting towards the study when Lynell stopped him. "We already did that room last night, Mom and me that is."
"Oh, so I guess we should work on the upstairs?"
"Actually what do you say we finish tomorrow? I would like you to come over again tomorrow and help me finish."
"Ok, well I guess I better leave then," Harry said sadly as he started towards the door.
"No," Lynell said suddenly, "I mean, why don't you go upstairs and wash up and stay for a few hours. We can talk some more and you can stay for dinner. I'm sure my mom is going to pick up something. Besides I want you to met Wolfie and he'll be here in only half an hour. Please."
"Ok, I'll stay," he said sounding like he was forcing himself, but he was really glad. No Dursley's for the entire day almost was heaven to Harry.
"Great, the bathroom is up the stairs and to the right. There are some towels in the box up there."
"Thanks."
Lynell made sure Harry was all the way upstairs and had turned on the shower before she got the soup and heated it up. She got the soup and a glass of water with some painkillers and put it all on a tray. She headed towards the study and opened the door. When she opened it she saw Sirius was starting to wake up and trying to get off of the couch. "Don't move. I haven't gotten your ribs fixed yet!" Lynell yelled at Sirius. "I've brought you some soup and water along with some aspirin for the pounding headache you must be having."
"Thanks, but who are you and where am I?" Sirius said a little muffled and weakly as he realized how badly beaten he was after walking through the void that the veil had led him to. He had wondered for two days looking for the twin veil because he could leave the way he came in.
"I'm Lynell Star and you are in 3 Privet Drive, my new home. Now stay still. I have to check the bandage that I put on this. Here's the soup and water. Eat slowly, you don't want to rush this." She placed the tray on a nearby table next to the couch and sat on the side of the couch and lifted up his shirt. The bandage looked like it needed to be changed and so she got her kit and changed it. The wound seemed to be healing nicely but the ribs needed to be fixed soon. No sooner had she thought that, the doorbell rang. Lynell left Sirius and signaled him to remain quiet. He nodded as she went to the door.
Lynell opened the door and there was standing her mother's dear old friend, Wolfie. According to her mother, Wolfie was an old school friend of Lynell's father and through him; Lynell's mother had become friends with Wolfie. Lynell how ever believed that Wolfie and her mother were actually old school friends. Either way they knew him and Lynell loved him like an uncle.
"Don't I get a hug?" He asked.
"Of course you do and kiss on the check for coming. I've missed you so much," Lynell said as she hugged Wolfie and had a great big smile on her face. That's when she noticed the shower had turned off upstairs. Lynell sensed Harry was standing behind her, but he didn't seem to be scared, just confused.
"Remus, what are you doing here? Do you know Lynell?" Harry said in a questioning tone.
"Yes as a matter of fact I do Harry. Apparently it didn't take you too long to get to know your new neighbor," Remus said with a smile.
"Harry, may I introduce you to Remus Lupin, my Wolfie," Lynell said with a giggle.
"Yeah I know Remus. He was my father and godfather's best friend. He also was a professor at Hogwarts in my third year." At the mention of his godfather Harry began to get a little tense.
"How are you dealing with Sirius' death Harry? I haven't spoken to you since you left Hogwarts. Are you ok?" Remus asked with concern.
"Sirius? Do you mean Sirius Black?" Lynell blurted out in less than a second full of excitement.
"Yes, he was my godfather and one of the closest people I had to a father figure. The other one is Remus here." At this Remus smiled being considered as a father figure to Harry.
"Wow do I have a surprise for you two. That's one of the things I was going to talk to Remus about before you got out of the shower Harry. Come with me to the study. I have someone that wants to see you." Lynell turned around and started walking to the study. "Now it makes sense why the first word he said when he fell out was your name Harry." Lynell opened the door and allowed Remus and Harry to see Sirius inside. "May I present to you the one and only Sirius Black." Both Harry and Remus stared at Sirius like they had seen a ghost.
"Did you miss me?" Sirius said, trying to make a joke and started to bend over with the laughing.
"Remus, maybe you can try to set his ribs, I would but I can't use magic. Then I'll leave you guys for a little reunion." Remus went over and fixed Sirius ribs and hesitated making sure it was him, before embracing him like a brother would.
"Padfoot if I didn't miss you so much, I'd kill you," Remus said. They both laughed at that. Then Harry came over and embraced Sirius in the much the same way Remus just had.
"I missed you so much Sirius," Harry said.
Lynell watched the scene from the doorway and when she realized they were all comfortable she went back out into the foyer and headed up to her room. She decided to lay down on her bed for a bit to think. Before she knew it, she was fast asleep.
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Chapter 3-Return of Padfoot
Lynell looked at the man. She of course recognized him as the convicted criminal that had gotten out of Askaban Prison almost 3 years ago. She remembered reading the Daily Patriot back at the American Academy for wizards and witches when she lived in Washington D.C. Lynell had seen his picture before, though.
One day when Lynell was 8 she had been wondering around her mother's room looking for some earrings to wear to a dinner at her grandparent's house. When she was looking in the mirror she noticed a box was sticking out from under her mother's bed. She went down and opened it. Inside was a bunch of old newspaper clippings from the Daily Patriot back when she was almost a year old. They talked about how Lily and James Potter had been murdered, a boy who lived, which turned out to be Harry Potter, and that Sirius Black had been sent to Askaban Prison for murdering 12 muggles and Peter Pettigrew. Lynell at the time didn't know who any of these people were, but she did look at the moving pictures and was mystified by them. She had never seen pictures that moved before except for movies and television. When she looked at the picture of Sirius something inside her told her he was innocent. That he had been wronged. She could see all to well in his eyes. Then her mother called her and she put the papers back under her mother's bed and never thought about them again until she saw his picture in the newspaper when she was in her third year and then just again, now, when she saw him in person laying on the floor in front of her.
Lynell picked him up under his arms and started to move him into the study behind her. Her mom and her had fixed up the study last night so that it could be a library and lounging area. She lifted half of Sirius onto the couch and then picked up his feet and put them on the rest of it. She found a throw pillow to put under his head and pulled the hand-sewn blanket that was dangling over the bottom of the couch on top of him. Lynell then ran upstairs and finished changing into some decent clothes and opened up her trunk from school.
In her first year, her school offered each student to do one elective of their choice, besides the required classes. Lynell had chosen an intro in medical remedies that were magical and non-magical, figuring that would be a practical skill. For the class she had to buy her own first aid kit, and ever since then, had kept it in her trunk just in case. It had come in handy with all the times that she had accidents at school. Now, she was going to use her skills again. She ran downstairs and opened up the case. Since she wasn't allowed to do magic away from school still, she figured she would just use the medicines and potions she had that were magical and muggle. She cleaned up his head and hands and then looked at the spot on his chest that seemed to have had blood coming from it at one point, by the spot on his clothes. It turned out he had a big gash on his left side and appeared to have a few broken ribs. She tended to the gash and wrapped a bandage around it so it wouldn't get infected. The setting she would leave for Wolfie when he got there.
Just as she finished packing up, Lynell heard the doorbell ring. She looked at her watch and it said 9 o'clock exactly. She closed the door to the study and went off to answer the door where Harry was. "Hi, I hope I'm not late," he said with the cutest smile ever Lynell thought.
"Nope, your just on time. Come in, please." Lynell opened the door wider and led Harry through the maze of boxes to the kitchen. "I figure we can start organizing the kitchen since I find food a major necessity. So grab a donut and a box and start unpacking. I'll tell you which cabinet to put which stuff in."
"Alright." Harry grabbed a box full of pots and pans and a chocolate donut. He all most inhaled it and started placing the pots on a bottom shelf that Lynell had pointed out. "So where have you lived before moving here?"
"I was born in Orlando, Florida. Then when I was 10 going on 11 I got my letter saying I was a witch. That's when my mom took her position that she has now that requires her to travel everywhere. We've lived in San Diego, California, New York City, Washington D.C., Detroit, Michigan, and we just moved from San Antonio, Texas."
"Wow you certainly have seen the United States." "Not really since I only get to explore the city during my breaks because otherwise I'm off at school. You know how it is."
"Yeah and I wish I never had to come back here. So is your mother a witch?"
"As far as she's told me, no, but I have my doubts."
"Really?"
"Yup, I believe she's a witch who decided to live her life as a muggle so she could protect me from this war that is going on. She never said anything about magic until I got my letter. Every birthday and Christmas, though, my family would always give me books on magic, witches, dragons, wizards, and other stuff that I thought was only fantasy. It entertained me a lot during my youth. My mother never seemed to approve of their gifts. Then, when I got my letter I asked her if my father was a wizard since I never met him. I don't know much about him and rarely ask since I can see her become very sad. Well, it turns out that he was a wizard, which allows me to know for sure I'm half blood, but I think I'm pure blood since I have many magic capabilities that my other friends who have muggle parents don't have."
"What happened to your father?" Harry said with concern in his voice. Harry had finished with his fifth box already and Lynell was beginning to stack up the spices they had brought. She couldn't reach the top shelf and Harry came over to help her.
"He never knew I existed. He died before I was born. Mom says that I have his eyes and his spirit, which I guess makes me feel I'm a little bit connected to him, since I can tell that I have a lot of her in me since she's the one who raised me and taught me everything I know. She taught me how the world is cruel and that I have to be prepared to anything. Because of that she made me take self-defense and join the dueling club at my old school. I'm pretty good too. I believe that my father must of hurt her to have her always so sad when we talk about him, or that she regrets never been able to tell him about me. I think that's why she made me do all of the self-defense training along with the medical training."
At this point Lynell was staring off into space. She was thinking about everything that she would never get to do with her father and everything that he had missed. Then she thought of everything her mother and her had done together and all of the things she had taught her. She let one single tear form at the thoughts and then realized Harry was looking at her with concern in his eyes.
"Wow would you look at this place. We've been talking this entire time and almost have the whole kitchen done and its only 11:30. What do you say we finish this and I'll find some soup to make us? Sound good?"
"Sure." They continued unpacking and once Lynell found the few canned goods they had brought to eat their first few meals with until they found the local grocery store, she began cooking the soup. Harry finished minutes later and found some bowls and spoons. The kitchen looked great now that it had all of the boxes out of it and the furniture all in place with the dishes and everything else on shelves. They ate their soup in silence. There was some left that Lynell put in the fridge to give to Sirius when she would go to check up on him in two hours. She figured that would be a good time to change this bandages and reapply the medicines on his scratches.
After lunch, Lynell and Harry started organizing the dining room and family room. They finished in 2 and half hours, making it 2:30. Lynell figured that they were done for the day and they could finish tomorrow. Harry was starting towards the study when Lynell stopped him. "We already did that room last night, Mom and me that is."
"Oh, so I guess we should work on the upstairs?"
"Actually what do you say we finish tomorrow? I would like you to come over again tomorrow and help me finish."
"Ok, well I guess I better leave then," Harry said sadly as he started towards the door.
"No," Lynell said suddenly, "I mean, why don't you go upstairs and wash up and stay for a few hours. We can talk some more and you can stay for dinner. I'm sure my mom is going to pick up something. Besides I want you to met Wolfie and he'll be here in only half an hour. Please."
"Ok, I'll stay," he said sounding like he was forcing himself, but he was really glad. No Dursley's for the entire day almost was heaven to Harry.
"Great, the bathroom is up the stairs and to the right. There are some towels in the box up there."
"Thanks."
Lynell made sure Harry was all the way upstairs and had turned on the shower before she got the soup and heated it up. She got the soup and a glass of water with some painkillers and put it all on a tray. She headed towards the study and opened the door. When she opened it she saw Sirius was starting to wake up and trying to get off of the couch. "Don't move. I haven't gotten your ribs fixed yet!" Lynell yelled at Sirius. "I've brought you some soup and water along with some aspirin for the pounding headache you must be having."
"Thanks, but who are you and where am I?" Sirius said a little muffled and weakly as he realized how badly beaten he was after walking through the void that the veil had led him to. He had wondered for two days looking for the twin veil because he could leave the way he came in.
"I'm Lynell Star and you are in 3 Privet Drive, my new home. Now stay still. I have to check the bandage that I put on this. Here's the soup and water. Eat slowly, you don't want to rush this." She placed the tray on a nearby table next to the couch and sat on the side of the couch and lifted up his shirt. The bandage looked like it needed to be changed and so she got her kit and changed it. The wound seemed to be healing nicely but the ribs needed to be fixed soon. No sooner had she thought that, the doorbell rang. Lynell left Sirius and signaled him to remain quiet. He nodded as she went to the door.
Lynell opened the door and there was standing her mother's dear old friend, Wolfie. According to her mother, Wolfie was an old school friend of Lynell's father and through him; Lynell's mother had become friends with Wolfie. Lynell how ever believed that Wolfie and her mother were actually old school friends. Either way they knew him and Lynell loved him like an uncle.
"Don't I get a hug?" He asked.
"Of course you do and kiss on the check for coming. I've missed you so much," Lynell said as she hugged Wolfie and had a great big smile on her face. That's when she noticed the shower had turned off upstairs. Lynell sensed Harry was standing behind her, but he didn't seem to be scared, just confused.
"Remus, what are you doing here? Do you know Lynell?" Harry said in a questioning tone.
"Yes as a matter of fact I do Harry. Apparently it didn't take you too long to get to know your new neighbor," Remus said with a smile.
"Harry, may I introduce you to Remus Lupin, my Wolfie," Lynell said with a giggle.
"Yeah I know Remus. He was my father and godfather's best friend. He also was a professor at Hogwarts in my third year." At the mention of his godfather Harry began to get a little tense.
"How are you dealing with Sirius' death Harry? I haven't spoken to you since you left Hogwarts. Are you ok?" Remus asked with concern.
"Sirius? Do you mean Sirius Black?" Lynell blurted out in less than a second full of excitement.
"Yes, he was my godfather and one of the closest people I had to a father figure. The other one is Remus here." At this Remus smiled being considered as a father figure to Harry.
"Wow do I have a surprise for you two. That's one of the things I was going to talk to Remus about before you got out of the shower Harry. Come with me to the study. I have someone that wants to see you." Lynell turned around and started walking to the study. "Now it makes sense why the first word he said when he fell out was your name Harry." Lynell opened the door and allowed Remus and Harry to see Sirius inside. "May I present to you the one and only Sirius Black." Both Harry and Remus stared at Sirius like they had seen a ghost.
"Did you miss me?" Sirius said, trying to make a joke and started to bend over with the laughing.
"Remus, maybe you can try to set his ribs, I would but I can't use magic. Then I'll leave you guys for a little reunion." Remus went over and fixed Sirius ribs and hesitated making sure it was him, before embracing him like a brother would.
"Padfoot if I didn't miss you so much, I'd kill you," Remus said. They both laughed at that. Then Harry came over and embraced Sirius in the much the same way Remus just had.
"I missed you so much Sirius," Harry said.
Lynell watched the scene from the doorway and when she realized they were all comfortable she went back out into the foyer and headed up to her room. She decided to lay down on her bed for a bit to think. Before she knew it, she was fast asleep.
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