Home for the Holidays
Chapter 11
Linnea was packed and ready for her trip home for the holidays. She tipped her trunk on its end so the movers from the train would pick it up, and made her way down to the common room. Of the now-officially-named marauderettes only Piper and Alexia were staying behind. Which, as the rest pointed out, could become a bit of a problem.
Amerie and Parvati on the other hand we looking forward to a pleasant ride back to civilization.
Carriages pulled up to pick take them to the train station, and they all said their final goodbyes before getting inside the last carriage.
On the way home, the trio spoke of mostly the new found order. How it would work out, and what in the world they would do, besides try to foolhardily become animagus'?
Linnea was looking forward to a Holiday with her mom, dad, and Sirius. Her parents had agreed to have Sirius over.
Amerie was going south to visit relatives, while Parvati was spending her Holiday, like Linnea at home: a quite get together of their immediate family.
When the train pulled into the station it was already dark outside. They got off and went to find their families. Amerie was the first to see hers, and waved at them to come over.
"Mom, Dad this is Linnea Huse and Parvati Delacour."
"Nice to meet you both." Her parents said smiling and shaking their hands.
Piper spotted her parents and ran over to greet them saying hurried goodbyes to Linnea and Amerie.
"See you guys is a few weeks then."
Linnea searched through the crowd for her parents as Amerie got her luggage. She came back pulling her cart and Linnea's.
"Thought I'd grab this for you. Found them yet."
"Nah I bet they didn't know to go through the barrier."
"Well they're Muggles aren't they? So probably not."
They went through the barrier in groups of three so as not to attract to many muggles.
Linnea went through the barrier and looked excitedly up expecting to see her family standing there with their arms open to welcome her home. But they weren't. She didn't recognize anybody except for the occasional trickle of students exiting the barrier behind her.
"Lin, what's up where are they?" Amerie said looking around.
"They, they aren't here. I am quite certain I told them the right time."
"It's ok, they probably thought you meant in the morning or something. We can drop you off if you want."
Linnea looked up at the clock above the gate. 8:30 She had been back for a half-hour already and they weren't here.
"Yeah," she said looking at Amerie finally, "yeah could you please."
"Sure, Mom it's all right if we take Linnea home right."
"Oh yes absolutely sweetheart." Her mom said still smiling wide.
The ride home was full of Christmas spirit. Everyone in the car was looking forward to a great break. Linnea had decided that her parents or even she had simply made a mistake about the date, and since it was Christmas, there was no need to worry about it.
They pulled into the driveway, where her parent's car was parked.
"Well at least I know they're home." She said with a sigh.
"Do you need some help with your trunk Linnea" Amerie's father asked politely.
"No thank you sir, I got it."
They said their final goodbyes and figured out a place to meet when the break ended (corner of platform eight at ten thirty).
Linnea watched the Sky's drive off until she could no longer see their car. Sighing deeply she turned around to survey her house and smiled. She was home.
With a little difficulty she lugged her trunk up to the door and pushed it open.
If the neighbors hadn't had their music up so loud they would have heard the distinct sound of a trunk being dropped on the ground and a blood curdling scream."
Sirius brushed out his hair and donned one of his few sets of muggle clothes. He had been trying to reach The Huse's all afternoon, but their phone was busy. He got into his new car. His motorcycle after over twenty years of loyalty had finally bit the dust.
Sirius pulled into the driveway and noticed Linnea's trunk lying on the front porch.
"What in the world. Well at least I know she's home."
He made his way to the front door and knocked. No answer. He looked over at the car sitting in the driveway that was not his own. He knocked once more. Still no answer. Slowly, he turned the knob and poked his head the door. A putrid smell met his nostrils.
"Hello?" he said nervously.
He pushed open the door enough to walk through and stopped abruptly. He looked down t the floor of the foyer to see his ex-wife and her husband lying on the floor. Their bodies twisted together as if they had just crumpled on the spot. It seemed that the had been lying their for some time, as the overwhelming smell of rotting flesh met his nose once again.
Covering his face he quickly knelt down beside his ex-wife her eyes still open in a look of shock that made Sirius sick to the stomach. But then another thought hit him.
"LINNEA."
Sirius stood up and quickly started shouting her name.
He turned around quickly and saw her. She was crouched at the far end of her living room couch in a fetal position rocking silently back and forth.
"Oh my God Linnea are you ok." He said hurrying over to her.
She didn't say anything, but continued to rock back and forth staring unblinkingly at her parents.
"Linnea come on we have to get you out of here.
He picked her up but she seemed to be frozen in her position. He carried her out the back door and put her in his car.
Sirius looked back at the house tears now coming to his eyes. Just two days ago he had seen his ex-wife smiling laughing, and enjoying herself in his company for the first time in quite a while. And Linnea who left her parents on such a sad note.
Little did he know at that very moment Linnea was thinking the exact same thing. She would never again be able to see her parents again. Never to see them laugh, never to see them fight, never to kiss them goodnight. Scenes of her life began to flash before her eyes. Scenes of happiness, scenes of sadness, times she would give anything to take back, and times she would give anything to have back.
Sirius then proceeded to drive back into the city. Every so often he would glance in the back seat. Linnea seemed frozen in time. Still staring into space. They stopped by a phone booth and Sirius holding Linnea still, walked into the booth and hit a series of numbers.
"Linnea Huse and Sirius Black to the Magical Law enforcement office."
Getting his tags he continued through the Ministry of Magic until he reached the door he was looking for.
"Ron." He said quickly to a rather young looking handsome wizard with flaming red hair.
"What is it"? He said worriedly looking from Sirius to Linnea.
"It's her parents, their, well, they are.Oh just please go to her house. Here's the address." He said quickly jotting Linnea's address on a scrap of paper and handed it to him. "They are muggles, alright? Take some people with you, where is Harry."
"Upstairs in level 3. You mind telling me what I am going to find here."
Sirius' face became red and his eyes glassy, he set Linnea down who now stood, but did not loose the blank stare she had.
Sirius leaned over and whispered something to Ron so that Linnea couldn't hear. Ron's eyes became wide in Horror.
"Ok I think I'll take an aurora with me too."
"Alright, go on, I got to get her to the hospital, I will see you in a bit. Don't leave the house till I get there please."
Sirius then picked Linnea up and raced out into the elevator once more.
"Level six, The Department of Magical Law Enforcement," the voice in the elevator said.
Sirius pushed the number three and they began to rise through the ministry.
"Level three, Department of Magical Games and Sports."
Sirius raced through the open door and quickly spotted Harry exiting the Head of Department office.
"Harry!" Sirius yelled.
Harry looked up and smiled, but it soon faded as he saw the look of absolute fear in his face.
"Sirius what is going on, what are you doing here, and who is this?" He said pointing to Linnea
"This is my daughter Linnea Huse, and can we walk and talk." Sirius had resigned himself to the fact that he would have to talk about it in front of Linnea, and the sooner the better. He set Linnea down and looked at Harry.
"Um, well I am on my way to a meeting."
"Cancel it." Sirius said abruptly. "Believe me this is more important."
"Ok, lets go."
Sirius looked down to pick up Linnea once again, but she wasn't there, he looked up to see her walking toward the elevator.
"Well, it's an improvement."
All three got into the elevator and Sirius hit the large number 1 by the door. As they started moving upward, Sirius began to explain what he had seen. Harry merely listened in shock.
".and Linnea has been basically like this since I found her only, she wasn't this active."
"Level one Main office."
"So I am going to take her to St Mungo's. Harry I need you to stay with her there. I don't know what she is going to do. I mean, she did just walk in to find her parents dead." he choked. That was the firsttime Srius had actually said it aloud. It all seemed real to him now. He would have given anything to take it back, to keep his sub-concious denial. Tears began to creep on him again as he continued.
".it had to have had a major effect on her psychologically."
Harry looked down at Linnea who know had small tears trickling down her soft pale cheeks. Still looking dead to the world around her.
"Ok, but I am not sure I can help. She hasn't ever met me."
They stopped at the front desk and Harry rescheduled all his meetings for the afternoon. They climbed back into Sirius' car and got to St Mungo's in less than five minutes.
Harry had special connections within the staff and got them a room in no time.
"Ok Linnea," Sirius said after she had sat down on her assigned bed. "I am going to go back and take care of your parents."
Fresh tears began to form in her eyes.
"I will be back later, but until then, this is Harry Potter, my Godson. He is going to keep you company while I am gone."
Sirius gave Linnea a long hug. When they let go of each other both were in tears. Sirius walked to the door and opened it.
"I love you daddy." She said softly behind him.
Chapter 11
Linnea was packed and ready for her trip home for the holidays. She tipped her trunk on its end so the movers from the train would pick it up, and made her way down to the common room. Of the now-officially-named marauderettes only Piper and Alexia were staying behind. Which, as the rest pointed out, could become a bit of a problem.
Amerie and Parvati on the other hand we looking forward to a pleasant ride back to civilization.
Carriages pulled up to pick take them to the train station, and they all said their final goodbyes before getting inside the last carriage.
On the way home, the trio spoke of mostly the new found order. How it would work out, and what in the world they would do, besides try to foolhardily become animagus'?
Linnea was looking forward to a Holiday with her mom, dad, and Sirius. Her parents had agreed to have Sirius over.
Amerie was going south to visit relatives, while Parvati was spending her Holiday, like Linnea at home: a quite get together of their immediate family.
When the train pulled into the station it was already dark outside. They got off and went to find their families. Amerie was the first to see hers, and waved at them to come over.
"Mom, Dad this is Linnea Huse and Parvati Delacour."
"Nice to meet you both." Her parents said smiling and shaking their hands.
Piper spotted her parents and ran over to greet them saying hurried goodbyes to Linnea and Amerie.
"See you guys is a few weeks then."
Linnea searched through the crowd for her parents as Amerie got her luggage. She came back pulling her cart and Linnea's.
"Thought I'd grab this for you. Found them yet."
"Nah I bet they didn't know to go through the barrier."
"Well they're Muggles aren't they? So probably not."
They went through the barrier in groups of three so as not to attract to many muggles.
Linnea went through the barrier and looked excitedly up expecting to see her family standing there with their arms open to welcome her home. But they weren't. She didn't recognize anybody except for the occasional trickle of students exiting the barrier behind her.
"Lin, what's up where are they?" Amerie said looking around.
"They, they aren't here. I am quite certain I told them the right time."
"It's ok, they probably thought you meant in the morning or something. We can drop you off if you want."
Linnea looked up at the clock above the gate. 8:30 She had been back for a half-hour already and they weren't here.
"Yeah," she said looking at Amerie finally, "yeah could you please."
"Sure, Mom it's all right if we take Linnea home right."
"Oh yes absolutely sweetheart." Her mom said still smiling wide.
The ride home was full of Christmas spirit. Everyone in the car was looking forward to a great break. Linnea had decided that her parents or even she had simply made a mistake about the date, and since it was Christmas, there was no need to worry about it.
They pulled into the driveway, where her parent's car was parked.
"Well at least I know they're home." She said with a sigh.
"Do you need some help with your trunk Linnea" Amerie's father asked politely.
"No thank you sir, I got it."
They said their final goodbyes and figured out a place to meet when the break ended (corner of platform eight at ten thirty).
Linnea watched the Sky's drive off until she could no longer see their car. Sighing deeply she turned around to survey her house and smiled. She was home.
With a little difficulty she lugged her trunk up to the door and pushed it open.
If the neighbors hadn't had their music up so loud they would have heard the distinct sound of a trunk being dropped on the ground and a blood curdling scream."
Sirius brushed out his hair and donned one of his few sets of muggle clothes. He had been trying to reach The Huse's all afternoon, but their phone was busy. He got into his new car. His motorcycle after over twenty years of loyalty had finally bit the dust.
Sirius pulled into the driveway and noticed Linnea's trunk lying on the front porch.
"What in the world. Well at least I know she's home."
He made his way to the front door and knocked. No answer. He looked over at the car sitting in the driveway that was not his own. He knocked once more. Still no answer. Slowly, he turned the knob and poked his head the door. A putrid smell met his nostrils.
"Hello?" he said nervously.
He pushed open the door enough to walk through and stopped abruptly. He looked down t the floor of the foyer to see his ex-wife and her husband lying on the floor. Their bodies twisted together as if they had just crumpled on the spot. It seemed that the had been lying their for some time, as the overwhelming smell of rotting flesh met his nose once again.
Covering his face he quickly knelt down beside his ex-wife her eyes still open in a look of shock that made Sirius sick to the stomach. But then another thought hit him.
"LINNEA."
Sirius stood up and quickly started shouting her name.
He turned around quickly and saw her. She was crouched at the far end of her living room couch in a fetal position rocking silently back and forth.
"Oh my God Linnea are you ok." He said hurrying over to her.
She didn't say anything, but continued to rock back and forth staring unblinkingly at her parents.
"Linnea come on we have to get you out of here.
He picked her up but she seemed to be frozen in her position. He carried her out the back door and put her in his car.
Sirius looked back at the house tears now coming to his eyes. Just two days ago he had seen his ex-wife smiling laughing, and enjoying herself in his company for the first time in quite a while. And Linnea who left her parents on such a sad note.
Little did he know at that very moment Linnea was thinking the exact same thing. She would never again be able to see her parents again. Never to see them laugh, never to see them fight, never to kiss them goodnight. Scenes of her life began to flash before her eyes. Scenes of happiness, scenes of sadness, times she would give anything to take back, and times she would give anything to have back.
Sirius then proceeded to drive back into the city. Every so often he would glance in the back seat. Linnea seemed frozen in time. Still staring into space. They stopped by a phone booth and Sirius holding Linnea still, walked into the booth and hit a series of numbers.
"Linnea Huse and Sirius Black to the Magical Law enforcement office."
Getting his tags he continued through the Ministry of Magic until he reached the door he was looking for.
"Ron." He said quickly to a rather young looking handsome wizard with flaming red hair.
"What is it"? He said worriedly looking from Sirius to Linnea.
"It's her parents, their, well, they are.Oh just please go to her house. Here's the address." He said quickly jotting Linnea's address on a scrap of paper and handed it to him. "They are muggles, alright? Take some people with you, where is Harry."
"Upstairs in level 3. You mind telling me what I am going to find here."
Sirius' face became red and his eyes glassy, he set Linnea down who now stood, but did not loose the blank stare she had.
Sirius leaned over and whispered something to Ron so that Linnea couldn't hear. Ron's eyes became wide in Horror.
"Ok I think I'll take an aurora with me too."
"Alright, go on, I got to get her to the hospital, I will see you in a bit. Don't leave the house till I get there please."
Sirius then picked Linnea up and raced out into the elevator once more.
"Level six, The Department of Magical Law Enforcement," the voice in the elevator said.
Sirius pushed the number three and they began to rise through the ministry.
"Level three, Department of Magical Games and Sports."
Sirius raced through the open door and quickly spotted Harry exiting the Head of Department office.
"Harry!" Sirius yelled.
Harry looked up and smiled, but it soon faded as he saw the look of absolute fear in his face.
"Sirius what is going on, what are you doing here, and who is this?" He said pointing to Linnea
"This is my daughter Linnea Huse, and can we walk and talk." Sirius had resigned himself to the fact that he would have to talk about it in front of Linnea, and the sooner the better. He set Linnea down and looked at Harry.
"Um, well I am on my way to a meeting."
"Cancel it." Sirius said abruptly. "Believe me this is more important."
"Ok, lets go."
Sirius looked down to pick up Linnea once again, but she wasn't there, he looked up to see her walking toward the elevator.
"Well, it's an improvement."
All three got into the elevator and Sirius hit the large number 1 by the door. As they started moving upward, Sirius began to explain what he had seen. Harry merely listened in shock.
".and Linnea has been basically like this since I found her only, she wasn't this active."
"Level one Main office."
"So I am going to take her to St Mungo's. Harry I need you to stay with her there. I don't know what she is going to do. I mean, she did just walk in to find her parents dead." he choked. That was the firsttime Srius had actually said it aloud. It all seemed real to him now. He would have given anything to take it back, to keep his sub-concious denial. Tears began to creep on him again as he continued.
".it had to have had a major effect on her psychologically."
Harry looked down at Linnea who know had small tears trickling down her soft pale cheeks. Still looking dead to the world around her.
"Ok, but I am not sure I can help. She hasn't ever met me."
They stopped at the front desk and Harry rescheduled all his meetings for the afternoon. They climbed back into Sirius' car and got to St Mungo's in less than five minutes.
Harry had special connections within the staff and got them a room in no time.
"Ok Linnea," Sirius said after she had sat down on her assigned bed. "I am going to go back and take care of your parents."
Fresh tears began to form in her eyes.
"I will be back later, but until then, this is Harry Potter, my Godson. He is going to keep you company while I am gone."
Sirius gave Linnea a long hug. When they let go of each other both were in tears. Sirius walked to the door and opened it.
"I love you daddy." She said softly behind him.