New Neighbor
Chapter 8
"Eryk you bloody pouf! Why didn't you tell me?!" Eryk laughed as he dodged my half-hearted attack in the hallway. Hermione and Ron watched in some sort of horrified amusement.
"I wanted it to be a surprise." I growled at the man good-naturedly. "You two must be Ron and Hermione!" Ron paled and scooted behind Hermione, much to my amusement. "Ahh...yes. I remember Harry telling me about your fear of my brother."
"Uhm..." Ron stuttered. I laughed at him and shook my head at Eryk.
"I still can't believe you didn't tell me." Eryk shrugged. "We'll we better get going. I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Of course." I hugged Eryk good-bye and walked with Ron and Hermione up to the common room.
"That was the man you were with?" Hermione asked as we settled around the fire. I nodded. "He seems nice."
"He is." I assured her. "He told me some things about the war when I met him." Hermione blinked and I leaned foreword. "It appears Dumbledore has been hiding some things from us."
"Like what?" Ron leaned foreword as well.
"Like the possibility of a third side." Hermione's eyes went wide. "One that's a fusion of the two already formed...One that could ally with both of them or neither of them." I sighed deeply and stared into the fire. "Apparently Eryk knew my parents as well."
"Really?" Ron asked. "That's cool. Was he able to tell you more about them?" I nodded.
"They were close friends. Lived on the same street and everything for a while. He said.... that he dated mum for a while but Dumbledore disapproved because of his fathers connection to Voldemort."
"Merlin.... Did Lily listen to Dumbledore?" Hermione asked. I shook my head.
"They were together even when Dumbledore suggested the Fidellus Charm. James knew and he approved, apparently he only loved Lily like a sister because they were distant cousins."
"Wow. But that means.... Harry! Is Eryk your...?"
"It's a very big possibility." I replied. Ron's jaw dropped as Hermione's comment sank in. "But before I do any charms to prove it, I want to see if Dumbledore will say or do anything."
"You're testing him?" I nodded. "And if he doesn't?"
"If he doesn't and I am Eryk's son, then I will confront him and look into that possible third side."
"You have our support Harry."
"Yeah mate, defiantly!"
TBC
Bet you didn't expect that eh?
"Eryk you bloody pouf! Why didn't you tell me?!" Eryk laughed as he dodged my half-hearted attack in the hallway. Hermione and Ron watched in some sort of horrified amusement.
"I wanted it to be a surprise." I growled at the man good-naturedly. "You two must be Ron and Hermione!" Ron paled and scooted behind Hermione, much to my amusement. "Ahh...yes. I remember Harry telling me about your fear of my brother."
"Uhm..." Ron stuttered. I laughed at him and shook my head at Eryk.
"I still can't believe you didn't tell me." Eryk shrugged. "We'll we better get going. I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Of course." I hugged Eryk good-bye and walked with Ron and Hermione up to the common room.
"That was the man you were with?" Hermione asked as we settled around the fire. I nodded. "He seems nice."
"He is." I assured her. "He told me some things about the war when I met him." Hermione blinked and I leaned foreword. "It appears Dumbledore has been hiding some things from us."
"Like what?" Ron leaned foreword as well.
"Like the possibility of a third side." Hermione's eyes went wide. "One that's a fusion of the two already formed...One that could ally with both of them or neither of them." I sighed deeply and stared into the fire. "Apparently Eryk knew my parents as well."
"Really?" Ron asked. "That's cool. Was he able to tell you more about them?" I nodded.
"They were close friends. Lived on the same street and everything for a while. He said.... that he dated mum for a while but Dumbledore disapproved because of his fathers connection to Voldemort."
"Merlin.... Did Lily listen to Dumbledore?" Hermione asked. I shook my head.
"They were together even when Dumbledore suggested the Fidellus Charm. James knew and he approved, apparently he only loved Lily like a sister because they were distant cousins."
"Wow. But that means.... Harry! Is Eryk your...?"
"It's a very big possibility." I replied. Ron's jaw dropped as Hermione's comment sank in. "But before I do any charms to prove it, I want to see if Dumbledore will say or do anything."
"You're testing him?" I nodded. "And if he doesn't?"
"If he doesn't and I am Eryk's son, then I will confront him and look into that possible third side."
"You have our support Harry."
"Yeah mate, defiantly!"
TBC
Bet you didn't expect that eh?