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Summary: Post-Order of the Phoenix, Major Spoilers so if you haven't read book 5 then be warned. H/Hr; Ron out of the trio picture; Ginny joins trio; Harry finds out who his father really is; basically my answer to the Severitus Challenge.
Chapter 8 Draco Transfer and New Love and LAX AirportEveryone was surprised to see Draco in the Entrance Hall. Albus was the first one to speak, "Mr. Malfoy, what can I do for you?"
Draco answered, "Professor Dumbledore, I would like to request that I be able to stay at Hogwarts till school starts. My parents tried to force me to join the Death Eaters and I ran away."
Albus looked at Severus to see him nod to him and then told the Aurors he would take Draco from here. He then spoke to Draco, "Mr. Malfoy let us take this discussion to my office, Harry, Hermione, Severus, would you please join us."
Michelle told Harry and Hermione that she and Ginny would meet them later in their suite and headed down to the kitchens for a late snack. Julie, Sikandar and Sarah bid them good night and went on to their quarters.
Albus lead the others to his office. Harry and Hermione knew why Albus had wanted Draco to go to his office, but they were surprised that they were coming too. Draco was also wandering about this, but later on had a suspicion that was half true that they were coming along because of the head boy and girl badges on them.
Draco couldn't resist commenting on the badges since he knew they were supposed to be 6th years, "Well potter, did your fame finally get you something for a change. If I was still talking to my dad I would probably get him to force the Board of Governors to strip you and the mudblood of your badges since it was not awarded out of merit and you aren't 7th years." Draco had said this with a bit of malice typical of Slytherine.
Harry was fuming, "Draco you will probably find out in a little bit why you should never call me potter again. Also, the same with calling Hermione a mudblood. Hermione, comes from very old wizarding families that are direct descendants of the founders and Merlin. I am also a direct descendant of the founders and Merlin. As to why we are head students is because we are 7th years and also have the highest OWLs and Grade Point Average of all 7th years. We were given the opportunity to move up a year, but the stipulation for moving up a year was that we became head students. We accepted."
By this time, Harry was starting to lose his patience with Draco and Severus could tell. He finally stopped their conversation by forcing Draco in front of him and they walked to the headmaster's office in peace. Severus was proud of Harry keeping his temper down to a simmer instead of acting out of rage.
They reached Albus's office and walked in. Minerva was there waiting for them. She had apperated back to the castle to contact the order for a meeting. Minerva was surprised to see Draco here but didn't say anything. Albus motioned them to take seats. Harry and Hermione took the couch while Severus nd Draco took the chairs in front of the headmaster.
Once everyone was seated, Albus spoke again, "Mr. Malfoy, I am sorry to say that your parents were killed in a Death Eaters attack on the ministry today. I will be happy to hae you stay at Hogwarts but we need to find out who your guardians are to be."
Severus spoke up finally, "Albus no need to go any further with the search. I am Draco's godfather."
Albus looked at Draco for confirmation and after receiving one, he went on, "Very well Severus, if that is the case then you must tell Mr. Malfoy about the new developments in your family."
Severus nodded and turned to Draco and said, "Draco, over the summer I finally was reunited with my son who was in hiding for Death Eaters like your parents. I know you are wondering why Harry and Hermione are here with us. Well Harry is my son. Lily was actually married to me before going into hiding. Hermione is here for basically support for Harry. Also both Harry and Hermione told you they are the heirs of Hogwarts and Merlin and because of this, I believe that the headmaster wanted them here to know what was going on with the students."
Albus nodded and the last statement after Draco looked at him for confirmation. Draco had always had a feeling that there was a strong magical aura around Hermione. He and Blaise had always seemed to think that Harry and Hermione would make the best couples. They were always helping each other out.
Draco finally changed the subject from Harry and Hermione to his safety, "Headmaster, I am not sure if it is safe for m to stay here at Hogwarts while the dark lord is still around. I know that a few of my fellow classmates are in the same position as I am in regards to our parents wanting us o be come Death Eaters. I was the biggest target. They always expected for me to take my place next to my dad in the Death Eaters ranks. I have been in contact with one of my fellow Slytherine, she is scared for her life. She doesn't want to become a Death Eater but is facing a lot of peer pressure like me. In her case she doesn't have her parents expectations hanging over head. Can I make a suggestion that you bring her here to the castle and let her join the DA team? It is too late for me to be able to pass out of harms way but there may still be time for her."
Albus was thinking about all that was said and then made a few comments, "Draco we still are able to transfer you to one of he American schools, either Hollywood or Brenham. Salem has already sent me a note saying that they aren't able to take anymore students. They have space limitations. I would suggest that you go to Hollywood. It is located in Los Angles, California. That is as far west in the US you can get. I know that you are talking about Ms. Zambini; I have had some wonders about her myself after receiving an owl from her requesting a resort because she fears for her own safety. The decision is up to Harry and Hermione as to admitting Ms. Zambini in to the DA team. The thing I am going to suggest she does is to be resorted if she wants to be safe."
Harry and Hermione asked to know what she received in her OWLS for both Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms. Albus said that she had received O's in both. He also said she was top in her class for Slytherine in Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms.
"Albus we would be happy to have Blaise on our team. In all the Defense Against the Dark Arts classes we have had with her she has performed well. I have also never seen her give any of us problems in the last 5 years."
Albus nodded and said, "That is fine with me. You can go meet her tomorrow at her parents place. You can take the Hogwarts express back."
Harry and Hermione nodded while writing this down. Severus meanwhile was proud of the way Harry was taking his responsibility as the head of the DA team and commented about it, "I think that it would be good idea that te two go see Blaise. I would like if Michelle Gault and Ginny with them. This would also be able to show the Zambini family that they have a mixed leadership with experienced people in their group."
Harry said, "Dad that is a good idea. Albus while dad is bringing up this subject we have a few ideas we want to pass on to you. Since the schools are split in three continents, Hermione and I thought it would be good to have group leaders. Michelle Gault was the one we picked for the North American schools. Renee Devoe was chosen for the European mainland not including Hogwarts. And finally, Ming Chen was our suggestion for the Asian schools."
Albus nodded, "Good idea you all. I just remembered you have an appointment with the doctor that Sikandar and Sarah suggested in Houston on the 31st of August. That is in two days. The time of the appointment is at 3:30pm. I think that it is enough time for you to go to Hollywood with Draco and still make it to Houston. After the appointment I have two options. One of them is to have you come back to Hogwarts on August 31st and then go to the Hogwarts Express on the first with some of the DA team. Another suggestion is to have you, Hermione, Ginny, and the group leaders staying at the Leaky Cauldron on the 31st."
Harry and Hermione had already discussed this and Hermione spoke up, "Albus I know that we still have some of the prefects that are not part of the DA team. I would like to suggest that we have a meeting at the Leaky Cauldron on the 31st and have the prefects brought up to date with what is going on and offer them the chance to join DA. The group leaders would be introduced to them too."
Albus nodded and said, "I will let them know about the meeting tonight. They should all be there on the 31st. Is Michelle going with your to Houston. She had told me that while you were asking the Durranis to make an appointment for you, Harry, she had taken it upon herself to contact the same doctor who is her doctor too and set up an appointment the same day."
Hermione answered that, "She has already talked to us about it and we have no problems with it. It will help us to know what to expect during the exam and be able to understand the terms better."
Severus confirmed this to Albus. Albus then said, "Very well, it will be up to her whether she wants to join you at the start of the trip or in Houston. It is up to you and her regarding this."
Harry said, "We will let Michelle know of the change. Also, I will let Ming and Renee know that they will be group leaders in the morning. I think we should retire for the evening. We need to be up early tomorrow. Good nigh dad, Albus, and Draco."
Hermione said good night to them and followed Harry out of the office and down to thei suite. Michelle and Ginny were still up waiting for them.
Harry told Michelle that she had a choice to join them the whole day or part of the day. He told her that they were taking Draco to Hollywood during the morning and then going to Houston in the afternoon. He also told her that their idea of having a meeting with the prefects that were not DA members had been approve. He also told her that she was going to be the group leader for the North American schools. Hermione told her about Blaise Zambini and what was going to happen the next day.
Michelle said she would like to spend the whole day with them. After talking a bit more about what was planned for tomorrow, they said good night to each other and headed to bed.
The next morning, Harry and Hermione were the first ones up after being woken up by Dobby with a message from Albus saying that the time of the meeting had been confirmed for 10am.
It was 8am by the time everyone was up and ready to go. They went down to the Great Hall to have breakfast. When they walked in, Harry asked that Renee and Ming join them at the Gryffindor table for breakfast.
As soon as they were seated, Harry spoke up, "Good morning everyone, I have a few things we want to discuss with you. There are only two things really, one was that the three of you have been selected by the headmaster and us to be group leaders. The groups are based on the continents of which the school reside on. Ming, you are to be the group leader for the Asian schools. Renee, you are selected as group leader for the European schools not including Hogwarts and Michelle is the group leader for the North American schools. Do any of you have any questions?"
Ming asked, "Why us?"
Harry smiled and said, "We have noticed over the last week or two that you have all held a lot of respect from your group members. Also you all are quite advanced in your group. Today as a group, we have a Hogwarts student that is being bullied for now wanting to join the Death Eaters. She is a Slytherine but has never wanted to join the dark side. On the 31st, Michelle, Hermione and I will be in the states taking care of a few things. On the 31st we will all meet at the Leaky Cauldron where we will be meeting the Hogwarts prefects that are not a part of the DA team. We are to basically brief them on what the DA function is and invite a few of them to join our ranks. Ginny has volunteered to stay here and help you get to the Leaky Cauldron. The Leaky Cauldron is also the entrance to Diagon Alley where people can by magical things in London. It is more extensive then the stuff here at Hogsmede. I need you between today and tomorrow to choose a few members of your group to join our team on September 1st on the Hogwarts Express from London to Hogsmede. We will be helping the Order of the Phoenix protect the train and the students. Considering it is now 9:30 we need to meet back here at 9:45 to take the portkey that Albus has setup for us to go to our meeting this morning. We will be traveling on the Hogwarts Express back to Hogwarts afterwards."
Everyone nodded and went back to there rooms to grab traveling cloaks and met back at the Great Hall. Harry and Hermione were waiting for them. They had a plate for everyone to touch. Harry, Hermione, Michelle, Renee, Ming and Ginny touched the plate at exactly 9:45 and felt the pull behind the navel that was tell tale signs of a portkey. They landed outside a two story house. Harry looked around and realized that this was Privat Drive. Harry didn't feel too well now. Hermione saw this and asked him what was wrong.
"We are on Privat Drive," was all he said.
Hermione was shocked. Michelle knew what it meant and put a comforting hand on Harry's shoulder. Ming and Renee were confused and asked Michelle what was the deal with Privat Drive.
Michelle pulled them to the side and said, "Harry lived for the past 11 years on Privat Drive. This past summer, Harry was severely abused by his uncle. He nearly died if he was not rescued by his dad in time. Being back here has brought back those memories most likely."
Ming and Renee finally understood and told Harry that it was in the past now and that he now is with his true family. Harry nodded and calmed down enough to go up to the door after seeing that it was 10am and time for their meeting. Harry rang the door bell and stepped back.
Blaise answered the door cautiously and when she saw Harry and Hermione standing there she was immediately relieved. She let them in and showed them to the living room. Seeing that there wasn't enough seats for all, Harry had conjured up two more seats for them to sit on after asking the Zambinis for permission to do so. Everyone but Harry sat down and Harry introduced himself, "Good morning Mr. and Mrs. Zambini. My name is Harry Snape. I was previously known as Harry Potter. This summer I found out that my real dad was Professor Severus Snape. We asked this meeting after receiving word from both your daughter and Draco Malfoy about the dangers she was in. With the permission of the headmaster we have come to offer Blaise an opportunity to stay safe from the resident Death Eaters wanabes who are in her house. Also Albus has agreed to resort Blaise as soon as she gets to Hogwarts. With that let me introduce the rest of us here. Sitting next to me is Hermione Durrani who is my partner in the group and my girlfriend. Sitting next to her is Virginia Weasley, who is our assistant. After her is Ming Chen, group leader for the Asian schools that are at Hogwarts and a part of the DA team. Sitting next to her is Michelle Gault, cousin to Hermione and group leader for the North American schools. Finally at the end of group is Renee Devoe, she is the group leader of the European Schools other then Hogwarts. We would like to see if Blaise would be interested in joining the DA team."
The Zambinis were in shock. They had not realized that the defense group was so organized. Blaise had told them about the group and how it had helped the members in their OWLs and NEWTS last year. They had no problem with Professor Snape's son being the leader. He has always seemed to have a level head in things. They had never believed that Harry was crazy as the papers said. Blaise finally spoke up after her parents nodded their support, "Harry I would be honored to join the DA team. I had heard from friends of mine saying that the DA club last year helped them do well in their Defense Against the Dark Arts OWLs and NEWTS."
Harry nodded and said thanks. He then went on to explain that they were going to the King's Crossing and take the Hogwarts Express to school at 11:30. it was only 10:30 by now. He had a portkey that would take them to the platform.
Blaise had already packed her stuff and was ready to go. Harry went on to talk to Blaize's parents and told them that the headmaster said that if they need a safe to stay for a while, they were welcome to come to Hogwarts.
After everyone was ready, Harry pulled out notepad. He told them to take hold and muttered the spell, "Portus."
They were transported to Platform 9 ¾. The train was there. Harry motioned for them to climb on to the train and signaled the conductor that they were ready to go.
The entire trip, Hermione told Blaise what she will be expected to do. She was surprised that they were responsible for the security of the school and the students. They arrived at Hogwarts in time for dinner. There were two carriages waiting for them at the Hogsmede station. Once getting to the castle, they were met by Draco who went and hugged Blaise. Blaise was happy to see that he was safe at Hogwarts. While walking to the Great Hall, Draco told Blaise that he was going to go to Hollywood School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Los Angles for his own safety.
Blaise told him that she was happy for him and hoped everything goes well for him. When they entered the Great Hall they were met by Professor McGonagall who then escorted Blaise to the stool that the sorting hat sat on.
Albus stood up and spoke about this, "May I have everyone's attention please. At the request of Ms. Zambini, we have approved her request to be resorted. She has also agreed to join the DA team and Harry and Hermione have accepted her to the team. Let the sorting take place."
Minerva put the sorting hat on Blaise. After a few minutes the hat said, "Gryffindor!"
The Gryffindor students applauded loudly as did everyone else did. Blaise sat next to Ginny and dinner started.
During dinner, Harry and Hermione told Blaise that she would need to stick to the DA members until Albus tells the rest of the school about her resorting. She agrees to this and said she would be careful. Harry then told her that they would be gone the whole day tomorrow because he had a doctor's appointment and they were going to take Draco to Hollywood.
Harry and Hermione walked back to their room and went to bed for the night.
The next morning, they got up and got ready for the day. Harry and the others wore muggle clothing under their travel cloaks because they would be spending most of the day in the muggle world.
Michelle, Harry and Hermione met Severus and Draco in the Great Hall for breakfast. Harry asked Draco, "Hey Drake, you ready to meet new people. If the students at Hollywood are anything like the ones that came here you sure are going to enjoy the school."
Draco smiled and said, "I am both scared and anxious to go. No offense to either of you but I feel better if I am away from here and somewhere, where I don't have a reputation for being a bad guy."
Harry nodded and said, "You will do fine Drake. Keep up your attitude that you have right now and it will be fine. I know what it is like to start somewhere where you don't know anyone around you. Hermione was the same way if I am not mistaken. It took a mistake and me and Ron fixing our mistake to finally make both of us realize that it wouldn't be that hard to be friends."
Hermione was extremely happy at what Harry said. Earlier in the summer he had apologized to her about the charms class their first year. She knew that it was Harry that had forced Ron to help find her. Hermione just hung on to Harry's arm and laid her head on his shoulder. After finishing breakfast, Albus came over and told them that he had setup a portkey to take them to Hollywood directly. From there the American ministry has setup muggle transportation to take them to Houston. In Houston, Sikandar and Sarah will have the portkey to get to the Leaky Cauldron.
Hermione took the itinerary from Albus and made a couple of copies for Severus, Julie (who had decided that she wanted to come too), Harry and Michelle. After that they all went to the entrance hall to take the portkey. Albus produced a muggle baseball bat for them to touch. He told everyone to touch the bat and hold onto their stuff. Albus told Harry to use his wand to activate the portkey.
Harry activated the portkey to Hollywood and they felt the pull behind their navels that told them that the portkey was activated. After twirling longer then the last time Harry traveled by portkey (Portkey to Albus's office after the attack on the Ministry) they finally landed. Harry, Hermione, Julie, and Severus were the only ones to keep standing while Michelle and Draco landed on the ground. Hermione and Harry helped the two up and they walked to the school from the front gates. They were met at the front doors by a elderly man with a bright smile on his face. He said, "Welcome to Hollywood school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, my name is Jacob Stevenson the headmaster of the school. If you will follow me we can head up to my office and get a few things out of the way including school records transfers and all."
Harry and Hermione took the lead while Draco was right behind with Michelle, Julie, and Severus taking up the rear. When they got to the office there was a few of the teachers were already there. They all introduced themselves to Draco and they sat down.
"Mr. Malfoy, I wanted to ask you few questions on what courses you wanted take for electives. We have the same ones as Hogwarts and a few others. Here is the list of the ones we offer:
Ancient Ruins
Muggle Studies
Computers and the Internet
Care of Magical Creatures
Arithmacy
Muggle sports
"You must pick three of these for your class schedule. School starts in two days. You will for the time being be placed in guest quarters till you can be sorted. I know you were in Slytherine in Hogwarts but for your safety we will resort you here. Professor Mandell will take you to your room while I talk to your family and friends. I will then meet you for breakfast in the dining hall in an hour," said Professor Stevenson.
Draco chose Ancient Ruins, Arithmacy, and Computers and the Internet for his classes and gave that to the headmaster. He then followed Professor Mandell out of the office and to his room.
Professor Stevenson started talking after they left, "Julie it is good to see you again. Severus, I will take good care of your godson here at Hollywood. He is welcome to stay as long as he needs to. It is really a pleasure to finally get to meet you Mr. Potter. I used to know your parents while I was an exchange student at Hogwarts my last two years."
Harry smiled and said, "Professor Stevenson, a new revelation came up this summer that presented Severus as my dad. If you remember Sikandar Durrani and Sarah Gault in school, I would like to introduce you to their daughter, Hermione Durrani," Harry said while pointing to Hermione.
Professor Stevenson smiled and said, "I know of your real parentage Mr. Snape I just didn't know you knew. Hermione I haven't seen you since you were a baby. About the time you parents had gone into hiding like the James Potter and Lily Snape had done. You have grown to be a beautiful young lady. And you must be Hermione's cousin Michelle. I recognize your father in you. Your father was a student here at Hollywood for a couple of years. Ok now I wanted to tell you that you are all welcome to visit Draco if you want at any time. Harry, Hermione I know that you are both the founders heirs and Merlin's heir and you are always welcome since this school was founded by one of the heirs of Helga. Breakfast will be in an hour if you all want to go down to the library or go around the school you are welcome to."
Harry, Hermione, and Michelle decided to take a walk around the gardens they saw on their way up to the school. Severus and Julie decided to walk over to one of the benches outside the front doors of the school to just sit and talk.
Severus and Julie started talking about what had happened to them over the past 11 years after Lily and James had died. (Of Course we know Severus taught so no point writing that)
Julie started crying, "Sev I miss Lily so much. Just looking at Harry reminds me of Lily a lot. I remember seeing the pictures in the Daily Prophet after the tri-wizard tournament and he looked more like James and less like Lily and you. Now that he has come of age I can see both of you in him. He has grown to be a very handsome man, just like his dad," Julie said this while blushing.
Severus on the other hand was blushing deeply, "He does have a lot of Lily's features in him. Lily had said that he would also pick up some elfish features when he came of age. And he has. He is a lot taller now. Almost as tall as the Weasley boy that used to be his friend."
Julie said, "What do you mean used to be Sev. I thought they were inseparable."
Severus sighed and said, "They were till Ron fell in love with Hermione. The only thing was that Hermione never returned the feelings and he wasn't too happy. They had a big fight at the infirmary when Harry was brought in after having been rescued from his relatives. They finally made up when they met at Heathrow airport while Ron was leaving for the states and we were waiting for the new students to come in. It is just that they just didn't seem to see eye to eye last year. Ron was jealous when a death eater put Harry's name in the goblet of fire and was forced to participate in the tournament. Harry spent last year mainly trying to distance himself from his friends because of what Tom was doing to him. This past summer we were able to finally get him to master Occlumency very well."
Julie wasn't surprised that Harry finally was able to accomplish something with out having to worry what Ron would say about his abilities. She had always known that Hermione and Harry would get together since they were little. Their parents felt the same way.
Severus was looking at Julie and seeing how she looked like Lily so much. He had always said that he wasn't going to move on after Lily's death but being with Julie and now that he had Harry back in his life he realizes that he can move on. He isn't respecting the memory of Lily by not carrying on with his life. He knew that Lily wouldn't want him to not be happy. Even though he had Harry back, he still was not complete.
Julie turned to Severus and saw that he was looking at her. She started blushing. She was always jealous on Lily getting together with Severus and had put it aside when Lily died. Now she was feeling the old feelings of attraction to Severus.
Severus blushed when he realized that he was caught. He saw that Julie was blushing too. They started moving closer together and finally their lips met. The kiss lasted for a few minutes till Harry and Hermione came upon them. Harry had seen how they had been acting around each other since they got back together and figured they finally started acting on their feelings. Harry looked at his watch and realized it was time to meet the rest of the party for breakfast in the dining hall. He *coughed* to get their attention and when they broke apart embarrassed; Harry just smiled at them and told them, "Time for breakfast you two love birds."
After saying that, Harry grabbed both Michelle and Hermione's hand and ran for the dining hall before his father and aunt made an attempt at catching him. They were seated across from Draco when Severus and Julie came in the door. They were laughing when they came in and sat down.
"Harry, you aren't mad at me for not staying with your mom?" asked Severus.
Harry shook his head and said, "Dad you have for the past 11 years mourned the death of mom and now it is time to honor her death and move on. I am happy you have found someone that you would like to spend time with other then me. You have to have a life of your own. Hermione and I are going to be graduating this year. We are not going to be around all the time, we plan to have kids and not be living with you and Sikandar and Sarah for the rest of our lives. I am happy for both of you and wish you all the best."
Severus and Julie were smiling brightly at Harry and said thanks. Harry stood up and made a toast, "To the future of Dad and Julie's relationship."
Everyone in unison said, "To the Future!"
Everyone began talking again about what was going to happen this year and all.
Professor Stevenson asked, "Harry, I understand that you are leading and instructing the defense team at Hogwarts now. What exactly are you planning on teaching my students?"
Harry smiled and said, "Yes I am co-running the team. Hermione is my co-chief and co-founder of the original DA team last year. What Hermione and I plan on doing is augmenting what Hermione's father plans on teaching in Defense Against the Dark Arts this year. The team is primarily going to learn as fast as they can as much as they can to protect themselves and others. This year, Hermione and I will be also teaching Dueling and advanced dueling to all the students at Hogwarts. It is a elective course, but Albus has already told me that 98% of the 2nd thru 7th year students have signed up for the class. Also Divination has been dropped because of the lack of interest in it. Actually, we also don't have a divination teacher anymore. After last year and dealing with the worst ministry appointee, Professor Trelawny said she has "lost my inner eye" as she put it."
Professor Stevenson said, "You have thought through everything I see. I am glad we had the opportunity to send some of our kids to your school for the training. I know this is dark times and all, I just hope this Tom Riddle will be stopped before he starts really attacking the US and other countries. I believe that you lot have a plane to catch out of LAX. I have already called for transportation to take you to the airport. We are about a hour away at this time in the morning so I suggest you say your good byes to Mr. Malfoy and head out. Harry and Hermione, good luck this year with your team and classes."
Harry, Hermione and Michelle said good bye and good luck to Draco before heading to the front doors. Severus gave Draco a hug and said that if he needed anything just to send him an owl. Julie wished him luck and told him to do good in his classes.
After their final good byes, the five made their way out to a Lincoln Town Car that was waiting for them. The driver opened the door to the car and the found it to be a magically enhanced car and was able to fit all five of them in the back.
Harry during the trip to the airport was starting to get scared. He had never had good experiences with muggle doctors when he was young. He told Michelle and Hermione this and they told him it probably had to do with the Dursleys attitude. Harry realized this to and smiled at both of them. The trip to the airport took longer then expected because of an accident that was on the freeway. Now to talk about being odd, the accident was on the other side of the freeway not the side where they were traveling on. Harry spoke of this and Michelle smiled and said, "The backup is because of what is commonly known as 'rubber necking'. It just means that everyone makes like their necks were made of rubber and tried to see what had happened. This also causes a lot of accidents to occur to."
Harry laughed at the term. They made it to the airport with about a hour and a half to spare. Or so they thought. Michelle said that they could go up to the gate and check in for their flight since they were not carrying any luggage. The problem came when the got to the security check point to get to the gates. It would seem that the security team was having a hard time believing that their ID's were authentic. They wanted to know where their passports were since they were not from this country. Harry spoke up evenly, "Sir, we left our passports at our place of stay in Houston. We were told by our embassy here in the states that our ID cards we have would be sufficient for interstate travel since we are staying here in the states for a few months."
Harry then produced a couple college schedules for the University of Houston that he was given incase they needed proof. He also presented the officer with a letter from the US government verifying their current place of residence as Houston, Texas, the home of Dr. and Mrs. Durrani. The officer finally approved their admission and gave all the paperwork back to Harry. As soon as they made it past the check point, they made a dash for their flight. They barely made it in time. The encounter at the check point took longer then they had thought. At the counter they found that they had little problems getting through this time. It would seem that who ever had planned the trip had the airline, Continental by the way, make a note on their reservation that they were using IDs from the UK instead of passports.
They had hoped that their trip to Houston would be uneventful but before they got onboard the plane there was an explosion.
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(A/N: I am sorry it took me so long to update this chapter. I thought I would post a shorter version of this chapter to get you along till the next time I post. I sort of attracted a case of writers block. On another note, for those that would like to at least wonder where I got Sikandar and Sarah from please read my story, The Early Years. I am going to start updating that story more quickly.)
Princess55: Thanks for the review. Sorry about the delay, I ran into writers block and took a while to get over it.
Gryffindor620: Thanks for reviewing. Writers block is to blame this time.
GrimmyD: I hope you like this chapter.
Ettenreb: As you saw in this chapter, Julie is going to a part of Harry's family soon.
Sapphire11: I love cliffy's they keep people coming back for more.
Heather: Harry wants to be a Snape because he is the son of Severus. Ive explained the heritage deal with Harry and Hermione in chapter 4 I believe. Ron was being shunned for his acts against Harry and Hermione by his own family. He took the opportunity to go and ran with it.
Rlupin: Thanks for the review.
Faith's Angel: thanks for the review.
Bukama: Harry and Hermione are going to be multi-magus.
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