"Dad, I want to know everything." I said the second we got in the car when
he picked me up from the train station. It was Christmas Break, we on our
way home to get ready to go to America. He promised me that I could hang
out with Izzy again.
"About what?" He asked me. Obviously he was avoiding the subject of Lord Voldermort.
"About Lord Voldermort." I stated.
"What about him?" He asked me intend on keeping his eyes on the road. I was going to get my license in America with Izzy this weekend. I had been looking forward to it for years now. So every aspect of driving made me think of that.
"I want to know how he knows mom, and why he wants to kill you and why does he think I am very powerful? I am not and I want to know dad. I have a right." I said. I was 16 I definitely had a right.
"Ok fine, you are right, you do have a right to know. You are old enough and mature enough to know this now." He said. I nodded for him to continue.
"About 3 years ago a dark lord was coming into power. He was one of the most prominent and powerful wizards around. He only had one problem, he hated muggle borns and muggles. He hated them with a passion. He wanted to get rid of them. So he took on followers in the next 2 years. He took them on and called them Death Eaters." He said, there was a pause. I remembered Voldermort calling the people Death Eaters.
"2 years ago he was starting to kill muggles and muggle borns. He even killed blood traitors. I was a blood traitor, your mother was a muggle born. He had it in for us. He wanted to kill us, so we moved back to America. You remember that summer that we stayed here, you threw the biggest fit ever. And your mom had to stay, she needed to stay to help Dumbledore against Voldermort, I told her to be careful and if she ever needed help while you were in school I would be there. That summer she died. You remember, He tortured her and then killed her." He said we pulled onto our street. He had tears running down his cheeks. No matter how much I wanted to stop him and just give him one big hug, I needed to know.
"He wants to kill me to get to you. He wants to use my alchemist research. I am developing a weapon for good to use against the evil. We can use it against him, we can defeat him. But I need to do more research about it and everything. And to answer you last question. You are more powerful than he says. You have some special power within you that no one can explain. Dumbledore told me about your dreams. Ashleigh, you can see the future and communicate with the dead. You have been able to do it since you were a baby. As a toddler you warned us that something was going to happen before it happened. Ash, trust your instinct on everything. Ash, I think that you are even more powerful than that. When you were a kid you could freeze things. Not as in cold but as in time. In the air. You dropped your bottle one day and then you froze it in the air. Ashleigh, you are powerful. If only you can find that power within you once again. It disappeared when you were 5, I don't know what happened but for the longest time nothing came. We thought it was just a phrase but now I see it coming out once again." He said, his voice was filled with such passion as if he was speaking about one of his projects or experiments. We got out of the car, I was letting this all sink in. Wow, I was powerful, or so I think. Maybe he is just telling me that. But why would my dad tell me that? I was so confused. All my life I knew I could trust my dad, why wasn't I trusting him now?
"Lets get to the States. Izzy made a fire in our fireplace so we will see her there. Her mom gave her permission to spend Christmas with us." He said. I nodded. We flooed all the way to our old house. I stepped out of the fire, the house looked clean and warm. I heard rustling in the kitchen. My dad stepped out from behind me. He was carrying our bags. Izzy came running out from the door that separated our living room from our kitchen.
"Izzy!" I yelled excitedly, we hugged and gave each other a kiss. We were soul sisters.
"God, Ash! Look at you! You look wonderful, very sexy outfit. Don't tell me that you are a slut at your new school?" She asked me. I laughed. My dad came and put his hand on my shoulder. He gave Izzy a hug and kiss on the forehead. He treated her as one of his own.
"She better not be. Nice to see you again Izzy." He said pulling back from the kiss on her forehead. I felt at home once again.
"What's that smell?" I asked. I didn't need to ask, it was my favorite childhood dish. Izzy and I learned how to make it at a young age. We both used to have to cook for ourselves, with parents who were always busy we learned fairly fast with Conner of course.
"You should know. Sloppy Joes. Its your welcome home feast." She said smiling proudly.
"Then lets feast!" I said. We walked through the door that led to the kitchen. The aroma was strong. It was mouth watering. We sat down and ate. For desert she made chocolate cake with white chocolate frosting. We learned to make that together from Conner's mom. Mrs. Paine was an awesome cook. She taught us most of the recipes we use.
"So, how is your new school. We rarely talk about it in our letters." Izzy said as we dug into our desert. My dad left the room to go visit Izzy's parents. Both of them were alchemists and they loved talking.
"Well, there is this irresistibly sexy guy there. His name is Sirius. And he has cute friends but nothing compared to him. And I made 2 friends, well a lot of friends. But 2 good ones. I still miss you though." I said. I know I sounded very disrespectful to Conner's memory when I talked about Sirius but I couldn't help it. Conner said to move on. And this time I knew it was him talking and not my subconscious.
"How sexy is sexy?" Izzy asked me. I laughed, she was much more into guys this year, and it only took her 16 years.
"I'm talking, bad to the bone, James Dean sexy." I said. We both loved James Dean, he was so sexy.
"Really? I think I should meet this guy. So are you guys an item?" She asked. I shook my head no.
"Nah, his ignorance and arrogant ways take most of the sexiness away. I mean he's really sexy until he talks." I said. She laughed hard that time and apiece of her cake flew out of her mouth and landed on the table, which caused both of us to laugh even harder. That night we talked about everything, including the fact that my dad's summer cabin on the beach was vacant.
"Hey! Why don't you come back in the summer with your friends from school and I can meet them and they can see Cali. It's perfect. You have a summer cabin and they can come on my dad's frequent flyer miles or by Floo powder. And we can spend a week or so in the cabin. With or without parent supervison." She said. I thought about it and loved the idea. I could ask my dad. The rest of the time while we were there I passed my drivers test and I got my license. It was easy, so easy that I passed it with flying colors. My dad bought me a car to drive when I came to Cali, but in the mean time Izzy would be borrowing it. I would use it when and if my dad let me bring my friends back here for Summer.
"Dad, can me and some friends from Hogwarts come out here to the cabin and spend a week or so there, just hang out and show em part of California?" I asked when we were on our way back to London. I had to go back to school the next day.
"I don't know Ash." He said.
"Please. Izzy can meet them and vice versa. Please dad. You can trust us." I said. Actually I was begging.
"I trust you, I just don't know." He said. I gave I pouting puppy dog face.
"Ok, you can. But under MY rules." He said. I nodded eagerly. I couldn't wait to tell them at school.
The next day when I got into the common room, I was excited. So excited that I couldn't contain it. I was waiting for the guys to come back from unpacking. I needed to tell everyone as a group. They were all my friends, besides I promised I would try to bring Mr. Sexy. They finally made it down and I was about to jump all over the place.
"I can tell you had a nice Christmas." Remus commented. I nodded eagerly. I had told Lily about my drivers test. She thought that this meeting was about it.
"Yeah! Oh my god! I have a great surprise for all of you!" I said they looked at me expectedly as if for me to go on.
"Well?" James asked impatiently.
"Well, guess." I said. They all exchanged looks.
"Ok. umm, did you get married?" Alyssa asked. I gave her a 'yeah right' look.
"Did you get your belly button pierced?" Sirius asked pulling up my shirt. I pulled it back down.
"No." I said.
"I don't know. Tell us!" lily whined.
"I have arranged for each one of you to come with me this summer to California. We can spend a week or so on the beach with the sand, surf and sun." I said jumping up and down. They were staring at me like I was insane.
"Ok, each one of you guys can come to California to see what's there." I said. They looked at me.
"Are you serious?" Sirius asked. I laughed.
"No, you are." I said. They laughed.
"Wait, the states?" James asked. I nodded. They all got smiles on their faces and we celebrated together.
"About what?" He asked me. Obviously he was avoiding the subject of Lord Voldermort.
"About Lord Voldermort." I stated.
"What about him?" He asked me intend on keeping his eyes on the road. I was going to get my license in America with Izzy this weekend. I had been looking forward to it for years now. So every aspect of driving made me think of that.
"I want to know how he knows mom, and why he wants to kill you and why does he think I am very powerful? I am not and I want to know dad. I have a right." I said. I was 16 I definitely had a right.
"Ok fine, you are right, you do have a right to know. You are old enough and mature enough to know this now." He said. I nodded for him to continue.
"About 3 years ago a dark lord was coming into power. He was one of the most prominent and powerful wizards around. He only had one problem, he hated muggle borns and muggles. He hated them with a passion. He wanted to get rid of them. So he took on followers in the next 2 years. He took them on and called them Death Eaters." He said, there was a pause. I remembered Voldermort calling the people Death Eaters.
"2 years ago he was starting to kill muggles and muggle borns. He even killed blood traitors. I was a blood traitor, your mother was a muggle born. He had it in for us. He wanted to kill us, so we moved back to America. You remember that summer that we stayed here, you threw the biggest fit ever. And your mom had to stay, she needed to stay to help Dumbledore against Voldermort, I told her to be careful and if she ever needed help while you were in school I would be there. That summer she died. You remember, He tortured her and then killed her." He said we pulled onto our street. He had tears running down his cheeks. No matter how much I wanted to stop him and just give him one big hug, I needed to know.
"He wants to kill me to get to you. He wants to use my alchemist research. I am developing a weapon for good to use against the evil. We can use it against him, we can defeat him. But I need to do more research about it and everything. And to answer you last question. You are more powerful than he says. You have some special power within you that no one can explain. Dumbledore told me about your dreams. Ashleigh, you can see the future and communicate with the dead. You have been able to do it since you were a baby. As a toddler you warned us that something was going to happen before it happened. Ash, trust your instinct on everything. Ash, I think that you are even more powerful than that. When you were a kid you could freeze things. Not as in cold but as in time. In the air. You dropped your bottle one day and then you froze it in the air. Ashleigh, you are powerful. If only you can find that power within you once again. It disappeared when you were 5, I don't know what happened but for the longest time nothing came. We thought it was just a phrase but now I see it coming out once again." He said, his voice was filled with such passion as if he was speaking about one of his projects or experiments. We got out of the car, I was letting this all sink in. Wow, I was powerful, or so I think. Maybe he is just telling me that. But why would my dad tell me that? I was so confused. All my life I knew I could trust my dad, why wasn't I trusting him now?
"Lets get to the States. Izzy made a fire in our fireplace so we will see her there. Her mom gave her permission to spend Christmas with us." He said. I nodded. We flooed all the way to our old house. I stepped out of the fire, the house looked clean and warm. I heard rustling in the kitchen. My dad stepped out from behind me. He was carrying our bags. Izzy came running out from the door that separated our living room from our kitchen.
"Izzy!" I yelled excitedly, we hugged and gave each other a kiss. We were soul sisters.
"God, Ash! Look at you! You look wonderful, very sexy outfit. Don't tell me that you are a slut at your new school?" She asked me. I laughed. My dad came and put his hand on my shoulder. He gave Izzy a hug and kiss on the forehead. He treated her as one of his own.
"She better not be. Nice to see you again Izzy." He said pulling back from the kiss on her forehead. I felt at home once again.
"What's that smell?" I asked. I didn't need to ask, it was my favorite childhood dish. Izzy and I learned how to make it at a young age. We both used to have to cook for ourselves, with parents who were always busy we learned fairly fast with Conner of course.
"You should know. Sloppy Joes. Its your welcome home feast." She said smiling proudly.
"Then lets feast!" I said. We walked through the door that led to the kitchen. The aroma was strong. It was mouth watering. We sat down and ate. For desert she made chocolate cake with white chocolate frosting. We learned to make that together from Conner's mom. Mrs. Paine was an awesome cook. She taught us most of the recipes we use.
"So, how is your new school. We rarely talk about it in our letters." Izzy said as we dug into our desert. My dad left the room to go visit Izzy's parents. Both of them were alchemists and they loved talking.
"Well, there is this irresistibly sexy guy there. His name is Sirius. And he has cute friends but nothing compared to him. And I made 2 friends, well a lot of friends. But 2 good ones. I still miss you though." I said. I know I sounded very disrespectful to Conner's memory when I talked about Sirius but I couldn't help it. Conner said to move on. And this time I knew it was him talking and not my subconscious.
"How sexy is sexy?" Izzy asked me. I laughed, she was much more into guys this year, and it only took her 16 years.
"I'm talking, bad to the bone, James Dean sexy." I said. We both loved James Dean, he was so sexy.
"Really? I think I should meet this guy. So are you guys an item?" She asked. I shook my head no.
"Nah, his ignorance and arrogant ways take most of the sexiness away. I mean he's really sexy until he talks." I said. She laughed hard that time and apiece of her cake flew out of her mouth and landed on the table, which caused both of us to laugh even harder. That night we talked about everything, including the fact that my dad's summer cabin on the beach was vacant.
"Hey! Why don't you come back in the summer with your friends from school and I can meet them and they can see Cali. It's perfect. You have a summer cabin and they can come on my dad's frequent flyer miles or by Floo powder. And we can spend a week or so in the cabin. With or without parent supervison." She said. I thought about it and loved the idea. I could ask my dad. The rest of the time while we were there I passed my drivers test and I got my license. It was easy, so easy that I passed it with flying colors. My dad bought me a car to drive when I came to Cali, but in the mean time Izzy would be borrowing it. I would use it when and if my dad let me bring my friends back here for Summer.
"Dad, can me and some friends from Hogwarts come out here to the cabin and spend a week or so there, just hang out and show em part of California?" I asked when we were on our way back to London. I had to go back to school the next day.
"I don't know Ash." He said.
"Please. Izzy can meet them and vice versa. Please dad. You can trust us." I said. Actually I was begging.
"I trust you, I just don't know." He said. I gave I pouting puppy dog face.
"Ok, you can. But under MY rules." He said. I nodded eagerly. I couldn't wait to tell them at school.
The next day when I got into the common room, I was excited. So excited that I couldn't contain it. I was waiting for the guys to come back from unpacking. I needed to tell everyone as a group. They were all my friends, besides I promised I would try to bring Mr. Sexy. They finally made it down and I was about to jump all over the place.
"I can tell you had a nice Christmas." Remus commented. I nodded eagerly. I had told Lily about my drivers test. She thought that this meeting was about it.
"Yeah! Oh my god! I have a great surprise for all of you!" I said they looked at me expectedly as if for me to go on.
"Well?" James asked impatiently.
"Well, guess." I said. They all exchanged looks.
"Ok. umm, did you get married?" Alyssa asked. I gave her a 'yeah right' look.
"Did you get your belly button pierced?" Sirius asked pulling up my shirt. I pulled it back down.
"No." I said.
"I don't know. Tell us!" lily whined.
"I have arranged for each one of you to come with me this summer to California. We can spend a week or so on the beach with the sand, surf and sun." I said jumping up and down. They were staring at me like I was insane.
"Ok, each one of you guys can come to California to see what's there." I said. They looked at me.
"Are you serious?" Sirius asked. I laughed.
"No, you are." I said. They laughed.
"Wait, the states?" James asked. I nodded. They all got smiles on their faces and we celebrated together.