"Nikki, I've been wondering," Ginny commenced as she buttered her roll.
"What?" Nikki mumbled through her carrots.
"Why did you use a fake last name when you were skating?"
"Oh," Nikki said as if she was taken by surprise. "Well, it's just that if I use Black I wouldn't have been allowed to enter. I don't think that if I showed up with Black as a last name people would think I'm safe. Some people are kind of prejudice against my last name and Black isn't a very common name around here."
"Some people?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah, I had a lot of people freak out when they heard my last name but the police say that they can't do anything because there's no evidence that I picked up my family traits." She told them as she gave a half hearted smile. "So I just use my second middle name; Bella. So people just end up thinking that I'm Nikki Saria Bella instead of Nikki Saria Bella Black"
Harry could hear the rain thundering all around although it was less audible the further down the stairs you went. The four, counting Ron, were sitting in front of the television waiting for the weather to come on. After five or so minutes of waiting, they were shown a computer picture which they supposed was supposed to be the overhead view with the precipitation on it.
"I think that we're under this green splotch," Nikki said as she pointed a piece of green that took up most of the screen. "Heavy rain. Great! Can we go outside?"
"Heavens no." Mrs. Weasley said in shock. "You'll catch a death of cold."
"But its rain, it's not like it can kill you." Nikki reassured.
"There is no way that any of you are going outside." She argued.
"What if Remus says I can?" Nikki smiled.
"That would be his decision." She said as Nikki's face light up and ran to find Remus. A few minutes later, Harry could hear Nikki running down the stairs.
"Bye!" She called before she ran outside, Remus obviously saying yes. Harry saw Mrs. Weasley's nostrils flare as she went back in to the kitchen.
Harry, Ron, and Ginny tried as best as they could to keep themselves busy for the rest of the day. Harry taught both of them how to play SOS and Dots; another game that Nikki taught him. It was nearing supper when Nikki came back inside. She was drenched to the bone, mud was splattered up her pants and her hair was hanging limply as the water dripped from it.
"Is it still raining?" Ginny asked sarcastically as Nikki went upstairs. She reappeared moments later completely dried and changed.
"It is," she said as Ron finished playing Dots.
"What should we do now?" He asked as he finished drawing the line.
"Bloody Knuckles?" Nikki asked.
"What?" Harry asked as he gave her a quizzical look.
"Bloody Knuckles; it's another game. We each have one fist and you try to hit each others knuckles as hard as you can, the first to give up looses. Or you can play the slap game. It's like; I have my hands palms parallel to the ceiling and you have your hands on mine so it's palm to palm. And I'm trying to slap yours and you have to move yours before I do. It's like this." She explained as she put both of her hands out and Harry put his on to of hers. She shot him a blushing smile as he felt something hit both of his hands hard.
"You need to pay attention, you could have dodged that." Nikki commented as she placed her hands under his once more. Ron and Ginny began to play beside them, after losing, Harry and Ron played together as Nikki and Ginny went to see who was better at it. Mrs. Weasley called them in for supper and the girls settled on a draw.
"I met up with Mike when I was outside; he's going to the rink tomorrow and wanted to know if you all wanted to go there with us." Nikki said as she twirled the pasta on her plate. "Don't worry if you can't skate, I can teach you. And we can rent you some skates"
*
Harry held on to the edge of the half wall that separated the ice from the stands for dear life. Harry saw Ron, gliding without any way of stopping slam in to the wall a few feet away from him.
"Alright, so you don't know how to stop." Mike said as he glided over and pushed his black hair out of his eyes.
"No," Ron breathed as he carefully pushed himself away from the wall.
"Try to make a T shape with your skates," He said as he demonstrated from them.
Harry and Ron reluctantly moved away from the wall as they tried to skate and more importantly; stop.
"Here," Nikki said as she staked over with two pylons.
"What's this for?" Ron asked as he took the one she handed him.
"Balance, until you get the hang of it. That's what I did with Ginny." She said as Ginny continued to skate laps around the rink. Harry graciously too his and held on to it to keep himself up. After a half an hour of pylon skating, he and Ron were able to go with out them. The five skaters left the ice to sit down and take a break.
"How do you twirl?" Ginny asked as Nikki walked in with Hot Chocolate for them.
"You're still not able to stop yourself very well Ginny, how do you expect to twirl?" Nikki asked.
"I don't know. Can you at least twirl for me?" Ginny requested as Nikki set her mug down and glided into the center of the ice. She took a deep breath and began to slowly spin as she began to pick up speed and twirl on spot. She crosses her arms over her chest, making herself narrower. After almost twenty more second, with out warning, she fell down. She slowly got up and made her way back to the benches where the other four were, but she wasn't going in the same straight line she was beforehand.
"Wow." she said as he sat down. "Dizzying." She slowly swayed in her seat before she reached once again for her drink, missing it completely; she fell face first into the floor.
*
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow" Nikki complained as Mrs. Weasley tended to the gash she got when she fell.
"Stop complaining," Mrs. Weasley scoffed. "It's just to get rid of any infection"
"Well it stings," She said Mrs. Weasley put some more peroxide on the wound, as Nikki took a sharp breath to keep herself from yelling.
"How did this happen again?" Remus asked as Nikki winced from the sting.
"I told you," She said slowly. "I was spinning on the ice. I got dizzy and fell. I came off the ice, still dizzy. I reached for my hot chocolate, missed the cup all together, and ended up falling and smacking the side of my head off the corner of the table."
"I know," Remus said with a smirk, "I just find it amusing." Nikki glared at him while Mrs. Weasley placed a band-aid over the mark.
"Any why, pre-tell, is that?" She asked as Mrs. Weasley left the room.
"Because you're so much like your Dad; he never had good balance when he was dizzy." He told her as he too left.
*
"Hermione!" Harry cheered as Hermione showed up at the house a few days before school started.
"Harry," She said happily as she brought him into a hug. "How are you?" She asked as her voice dramatically fell.
Harry looked at her for a minute, utterly confused. Why was she so worried.? She gave him a searching look when it dawned on him. She wanted to know how he was doing since Sirius died. To be truthfully honest, he didn't think of Sirius much since he got her. He did have the few sad moments whenever Remus would tell Nikki how much she was like her parents, he would think of him then but not constantly.
"I'm getting by," He said with a half hearted smile. Hermione gave him a warm smile as Ron and Ginny came bounding down the stairs to greet her. Hermione settled herself into the room where Ginny slept, as Harry went upstairs with Ron to Nikki's room. He pushed on the door and saw that he couldn't budge it. Ron noticed and tried to help but they were unsuccessful. Baffled, they decided to look for one of the twins to Apparate into her room to make sure everything was okay, it was nearing supper and they should be getting off work soon.
Ron came back up the stairs with George while Harry still tried to move the door. With a pop, George went up to the room. They heard George's voice and something being scrapped across the floor. The door opened and the two walked in. Nikki was sitting on her trunk with another one opened.
"What is it Nikki?" Harry asked as he looked in the opened one.
"It's Dad's," She said with a sad tone to her voice, "I found pictures," she said as her mouth dropped as if the hinges broke. "And I have to find Remus" she said as she tore out of the room. The three followed her and found her in the room with Buckbeak. She shoved the picture under his nose.
"You were a Teddy Bear?" She asked as his ears went pink.
"There are actually pictures from that?" He croaked before he started laughing. "At least I don't look as bad as James."
Harry walked over and looked at the photo, there was Remus, Sirius and his father dressed up in the most ridiculous outfits he had ever seen. Remus was in an oversized Teddy Bear costume that resembled footy pajamas, Sirius was dressed up as an Angel adorned with large golden wings and his dad was dressed as a large heart with an arrow going through it.
"It was Valentines Day," Remus explained "and the girls dressed us up. They charmed it so we couldn't take them off before midnight and when it was midnight, we fell down the stairs and we were so happy the charm had worn off; we tore the clothes off in front of everyone." He said as he turned a deeper shade of red. "Well, I do believe that it's time to eat," Remus said as she left the room.
The four followed him, trying their best not to laugh. They entered the dining room and sat down, Ginny and Hermione soon showed up and sat with them. Nikki and Hermione introduced themselves as Hermione gave her a few odd looks, obviously slightly spooked that Sirius had a family. Neither of them ever really asked about Sirius family; they knew that he didn't like them much, seeing as how they disowned him for his choices. But they never really thought that he had his own family.
"Do you have any children that we should be aware of Remus?" Hermione asked over supper.
"No," Remus sighed. "She died before we got married."
Hermione gasped, realizing that she said something that she shouldn't have. "I'm sorry."
"It's alright, I suppose that I could have still had a family, I just never did want to look for anybody else." He said. "But now I have one." He told her as he gave Nikki a smile who grinned back.
*
Harry could feel someone shaking him; he opened his eyes slightly looking at the clock.
"It's six o'clock," he informed them. "This has better be good." He rolled over and saw Nikki standing over him. "Oh it is good" he grinned.
"Shut up; Dumbledore is here, he wants to see us." She told him as she left. Harry threw off his covers and went downstairs. He went in to the dining room where Fred and George sat, finishing up their breakfast. Mrs. Weasley brought in a pot of tea and a stack of toast.
"Thank you. I'm sorry that I woke the two of you up so early but I wish that you come to school today." He said as Nikki covered her slice with peanut butter.
"Why" she asked as she continued to hide the bread. "It starts tomorrow"
"I am aware, but this shall give you a chance to get to know the school, get sorted, and there is a Death Eater meeting tonight so I figured that the two of you could start you Occlumenly and see if it helps you block out the meeting better."
"Alright," Nikki said before biting in to her slice of toast. "I'll go get my stuff then."
She darted up the stairs with Harry behind her, stopping several stairs before she did. He slipped into his room and changed out of his pajamas. He quickly wrote Ron a note and gathered up all his stuff. He saw Nikki walking down with her trunk floating behind her as she guided it with her hands. They stopped in the living room as they waited for Dumbledore.
*
"Alright then Miss Black, please sit her on the stool," Mrs. McGonagall requested as she gestured to the old stool that at least a thousand of kids have already sat on in order to be sorted. She picked up the hat that Harry had been sorted by and placed it on her head. Harry saw the hat crease if self as if it was in deep thought.
"Are you sure." Nikki asked the hat who was talking to her in her head. "What that's like. You have got to be kidding, there's no way I do that.. Yeah, yes, no... It's a skating injury! Does everyone have to ask? Sorry I yelled... You sure? Alright then, as long as you're sure."
"Mrs. McGonagall, see that another bed is added in the Gryffindor dorms for her." It told her as it was removed from her head.
Harry smiles as he helped her off the stool. Mrs. McGonagall told the two of them that they had to think up the password to enter the Gryffindor common room. Harry led her out of the room and explained to her all the things that she needed to know in order to get around the school fine.
"Watch out for that step," Harry warned as he helped her jump it. "People sink in to it. That one there creaks when you step on it. Oh and be careful of the stairs, they like to change."
"Really," Nikki asked. Harry spun around and saw Nikki on the same staircase he just got off of but was moving itself to the other side of the hall. "Hold on a second." She told him as she ran around the balcony and ended up with Harry once more. "More warning next time would be appreciated."
*
"What about 'Ohwa Tigu Siam'?" Nikki suggested as they stood in front of the Fat Lady, trying to think up a password.
"What is it?" Harry asked, never hearing of such a thing.
"It's a chant... kind of. You're supposed to say it faster every time you say it and eventually you'll be saying 'Oh what a goose I am'." She grinned.
"Ohwa Tigu Siam it is!" Harry told the Fat Lady who smiled.
The two walked into the common room and flopped down on to the couch.
"Are you tired too?" Nikki asked Harry as she yawned.
"Yeah," Harry said as he tried to stifle a yawn. "I'm sure they won't mind if we take a quick nap before lunch."
Nikki nodded in agreement as she rested her head on Harry's shoulder. Harry wrapped his arm around her as the two drifted off.
*
A/N: There we are, after quite a while of waiting here is the next chapter, and I do believe that it is longer then the one before it. Well, I finished another one of my stories, a few more and I'll post one of the other fics I'm contemplating on. Who knows, maybe I'll start to write Hidden Surprises (j/k Poet.) Anyways, there it was, you read it. What do you think? I know exactly what I'm putting in the next chapter. (Ha ha ha) but it will take a while. It's the middle of exam week and Cheer Competitions are next month. But I will find time for all of you.
Heero's Girl - yeah, I hope that you didn't mind I used your 'bow chika bow bow' I don't think that there are many spelling/grammar mistakes this time but if you want; you always can be my BETA reader.
"What?" Nikki mumbled through her carrots.
"Why did you use a fake last name when you were skating?"
"Oh," Nikki said as if she was taken by surprise. "Well, it's just that if I use Black I wouldn't have been allowed to enter. I don't think that if I showed up with Black as a last name people would think I'm safe. Some people are kind of prejudice against my last name and Black isn't a very common name around here."
"Some people?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah, I had a lot of people freak out when they heard my last name but the police say that they can't do anything because there's no evidence that I picked up my family traits." She told them as she gave a half hearted smile. "So I just use my second middle name; Bella. So people just end up thinking that I'm Nikki Saria Bella instead of Nikki Saria Bella Black"
Harry could hear the rain thundering all around although it was less audible the further down the stairs you went. The four, counting Ron, were sitting in front of the television waiting for the weather to come on. After five or so minutes of waiting, they were shown a computer picture which they supposed was supposed to be the overhead view with the precipitation on it.
"I think that we're under this green splotch," Nikki said as she pointed a piece of green that took up most of the screen. "Heavy rain. Great! Can we go outside?"
"Heavens no." Mrs. Weasley said in shock. "You'll catch a death of cold."
"But its rain, it's not like it can kill you." Nikki reassured.
"There is no way that any of you are going outside." She argued.
"What if Remus says I can?" Nikki smiled.
"That would be his decision." She said as Nikki's face light up and ran to find Remus. A few minutes later, Harry could hear Nikki running down the stairs.
"Bye!" She called before she ran outside, Remus obviously saying yes. Harry saw Mrs. Weasley's nostrils flare as she went back in to the kitchen.
Harry, Ron, and Ginny tried as best as they could to keep themselves busy for the rest of the day. Harry taught both of them how to play SOS and Dots; another game that Nikki taught him. It was nearing supper when Nikki came back inside. She was drenched to the bone, mud was splattered up her pants and her hair was hanging limply as the water dripped from it.
"Is it still raining?" Ginny asked sarcastically as Nikki went upstairs. She reappeared moments later completely dried and changed.
"It is," she said as Ron finished playing Dots.
"What should we do now?" He asked as he finished drawing the line.
"Bloody Knuckles?" Nikki asked.
"What?" Harry asked as he gave her a quizzical look.
"Bloody Knuckles; it's another game. We each have one fist and you try to hit each others knuckles as hard as you can, the first to give up looses. Or you can play the slap game. It's like; I have my hands palms parallel to the ceiling and you have your hands on mine so it's palm to palm. And I'm trying to slap yours and you have to move yours before I do. It's like this." She explained as she put both of her hands out and Harry put his on to of hers. She shot him a blushing smile as he felt something hit both of his hands hard.
"You need to pay attention, you could have dodged that." Nikki commented as she placed her hands under his once more. Ron and Ginny began to play beside them, after losing, Harry and Ron played together as Nikki and Ginny went to see who was better at it. Mrs. Weasley called them in for supper and the girls settled on a draw.
"I met up with Mike when I was outside; he's going to the rink tomorrow and wanted to know if you all wanted to go there with us." Nikki said as she twirled the pasta on her plate. "Don't worry if you can't skate, I can teach you. And we can rent you some skates"
*
Harry held on to the edge of the half wall that separated the ice from the stands for dear life. Harry saw Ron, gliding without any way of stopping slam in to the wall a few feet away from him.
"Alright, so you don't know how to stop." Mike said as he glided over and pushed his black hair out of his eyes.
"No," Ron breathed as he carefully pushed himself away from the wall.
"Try to make a T shape with your skates," He said as he demonstrated from them.
Harry and Ron reluctantly moved away from the wall as they tried to skate and more importantly; stop.
"Here," Nikki said as she staked over with two pylons.
"What's this for?" Ron asked as he took the one she handed him.
"Balance, until you get the hang of it. That's what I did with Ginny." She said as Ginny continued to skate laps around the rink. Harry graciously too his and held on to it to keep himself up. After a half an hour of pylon skating, he and Ron were able to go with out them. The five skaters left the ice to sit down and take a break.
"How do you twirl?" Ginny asked as Nikki walked in with Hot Chocolate for them.
"You're still not able to stop yourself very well Ginny, how do you expect to twirl?" Nikki asked.
"I don't know. Can you at least twirl for me?" Ginny requested as Nikki set her mug down and glided into the center of the ice. She took a deep breath and began to slowly spin as she began to pick up speed and twirl on spot. She crosses her arms over her chest, making herself narrower. After almost twenty more second, with out warning, she fell down. She slowly got up and made her way back to the benches where the other four were, but she wasn't going in the same straight line she was beforehand.
"Wow." she said as he sat down. "Dizzying." She slowly swayed in her seat before she reached once again for her drink, missing it completely; she fell face first into the floor.
*
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow" Nikki complained as Mrs. Weasley tended to the gash she got when she fell.
"Stop complaining," Mrs. Weasley scoffed. "It's just to get rid of any infection"
"Well it stings," She said Mrs. Weasley put some more peroxide on the wound, as Nikki took a sharp breath to keep herself from yelling.
"How did this happen again?" Remus asked as Nikki winced from the sting.
"I told you," She said slowly. "I was spinning on the ice. I got dizzy and fell. I came off the ice, still dizzy. I reached for my hot chocolate, missed the cup all together, and ended up falling and smacking the side of my head off the corner of the table."
"I know," Remus said with a smirk, "I just find it amusing." Nikki glared at him while Mrs. Weasley placed a band-aid over the mark.
"Any why, pre-tell, is that?" She asked as Mrs. Weasley left the room.
"Because you're so much like your Dad; he never had good balance when he was dizzy." He told her as he too left.
*
"Hermione!" Harry cheered as Hermione showed up at the house a few days before school started.
"Harry," She said happily as she brought him into a hug. "How are you?" She asked as her voice dramatically fell.
Harry looked at her for a minute, utterly confused. Why was she so worried.? She gave him a searching look when it dawned on him. She wanted to know how he was doing since Sirius died. To be truthfully honest, he didn't think of Sirius much since he got her. He did have the few sad moments whenever Remus would tell Nikki how much she was like her parents, he would think of him then but not constantly.
"I'm getting by," He said with a half hearted smile. Hermione gave him a warm smile as Ron and Ginny came bounding down the stairs to greet her. Hermione settled herself into the room where Ginny slept, as Harry went upstairs with Ron to Nikki's room. He pushed on the door and saw that he couldn't budge it. Ron noticed and tried to help but they were unsuccessful. Baffled, they decided to look for one of the twins to Apparate into her room to make sure everything was okay, it was nearing supper and they should be getting off work soon.
Ron came back up the stairs with George while Harry still tried to move the door. With a pop, George went up to the room. They heard George's voice and something being scrapped across the floor. The door opened and the two walked in. Nikki was sitting on her trunk with another one opened.
"What is it Nikki?" Harry asked as he looked in the opened one.
"It's Dad's," She said with a sad tone to her voice, "I found pictures," she said as her mouth dropped as if the hinges broke. "And I have to find Remus" she said as she tore out of the room. The three followed her and found her in the room with Buckbeak. She shoved the picture under his nose.
"You were a Teddy Bear?" She asked as his ears went pink.
"There are actually pictures from that?" He croaked before he started laughing. "At least I don't look as bad as James."
Harry walked over and looked at the photo, there was Remus, Sirius and his father dressed up in the most ridiculous outfits he had ever seen. Remus was in an oversized Teddy Bear costume that resembled footy pajamas, Sirius was dressed up as an Angel adorned with large golden wings and his dad was dressed as a large heart with an arrow going through it.
"It was Valentines Day," Remus explained "and the girls dressed us up. They charmed it so we couldn't take them off before midnight and when it was midnight, we fell down the stairs and we were so happy the charm had worn off; we tore the clothes off in front of everyone." He said as he turned a deeper shade of red. "Well, I do believe that it's time to eat," Remus said as she left the room.
The four followed him, trying their best not to laugh. They entered the dining room and sat down, Ginny and Hermione soon showed up and sat with them. Nikki and Hermione introduced themselves as Hermione gave her a few odd looks, obviously slightly spooked that Sirius had a family. Neither of them ever really asked about Sirius family; they knew that he didn't like them much, seeing as how they disowned him for his choices. But they never really thought that he had his own family.
"Do you have any children that we should be aware of Remus?" Hermione asked over supper.
"No," Remus sighed. "She died before we got married."
Hermione gasped, realizing that she said something that she shouldn't have. "I'm sorry."
"It's alright, I suppose that I could have still had a family, I just never did want to look for anybody else." He said. "But now I have one." He told her as he gave Nikki a smile who grinned back.
*
Harry could feel someone shaking him; he opened his eyes slightly looking at the clock.
"It's six o'clock," he informed them. "This has better be good." He rolled over and saw Nikki standing over him. "Oh it is good" he grinned.
"Shut up; Dumbledore is here, he wants to see us." She told him as she left. Harry threw off his covers and went downstairs. He went in to the dining room where Fred and George sat, finishing up their breakfast. Mrs. Weasley brought in a pot of tea and a stack of toast.
"Thank you. I'm sorry that I woke the two of you up so early but I wish that you come to school today." He said as Nikki covered her slice with peanut butter.
"Why" she asked as she continued to hide the bread. "It starts tomorrow"
"I am aware, but this shall give you a chance to get to know the school, get sorted, and there is a Death Eater meeting tonight so I figured that the two of you could start you Occlumenly and see if it helps you block out the meeting better."
"Alright," Nikki said before biting in to her slice of toast. "I'll go get my stuff then."
She darted up the stairs with Harry behind her, stopping several stairs before she did. He slipped into his room and changed out of his pajamas. He quickly wrote Ron a note and gathered up all his stuff. He saw Nikki walking down with her trunk floating behind her as she guided it with her hands. They stopped in the living room as they waited for Dumbledore.
*
"Alright then Miss Black, please sit her on the stool," Mrs. McGonagall requested as she gestured to the old stool that at least a thousand of kids have already sat on in order to be sorted. She picked up the hat that Harry had been sorted by and placed it on her head. Harry saw the hat crease if self as if it was in deep thought.
"Are you sure." Nikki asked the hat who was talking to her in her head. "What that's like. You have got to be kidding, there's no way I do that.. Yeah, yes, no... It's a skating injury! Does everyone have to ask? Sorry I yelled... You sure? Alright then, as long as you're sure."
"Mrs. McGonagall, see that another bed is added in the Gryffindor dorms for her." It told her as it was removed from her head.
Harry smiles as he helped her off the stool. Mrs. McGonagall told the two of them that they had to think up the password to enter the Gryffindor common room. Harry led her out of the room and explained to her all the things that she needed to know in order to get around the school fine.
"Watch out for that step," Harry warned as he helped her jump it. "People sink in to it. That one there creaks when you step on it. Oh and be careful of the stairs, they like to change."
"Really," Nikki asked. Harry spun around and saw Nikki on the same staircase he just got off of but was moving itself to the other side of the hall. "Hold on a second." She told him as she ran around the balcony and ended up with Harry once more. "More warning next time would be appreciated."
*
"What about 'Ohwa Tigu Siam'?" Nikki suggested as they stood in front of the Fat Lady, trying to think up a password.
"What is it?" Harry asked, never hearing of such a thing.
"It's a chant... kind of. You're supposed to say it faster every time you say it and eventually you'll be saying 'Oh what a goose I am'." She grinned.
"Ohwa Tigu Siam it is!" Harry told the Fat Lady who smiled.
The two walked into the common room and flopped down on to the couch.
"Are you tired too?" Nikki asked Harry as she yawned.
"Yeah," Harry said as he tried to stifle a yawn. "I'm sure they won't mind if we take a quick nap before lunch."
Nikki nodded in agreement as she rested her head on Harry's shoulder. Harry wrapped his arm around her as the two drifted off.
*
A/N: There we are, after quite a while of waiting here is the next chapter, and I do believe that it is longer then the one before it. Well, I finished another one of my stories, a few more and I'll post one of the other fics I'm contemplating on. Who knows, maybe I'll start to write Hidden Surprises (j/k Poet.) Anyways, there it was, you read it. What do you think? I know exactly what I'm putting in the next chapter. (Ha ha ha) but it will take a while. It's the middle of exam week and Cheer Competitions are next month. But I will find time for all of you.
Heero's Girl - yeah, I hope that you didn't mind I used your 'bow chika bow bow' I don't think that there are many spelling/grammar mistakes this time but if you want; you always can be my BETA reader.