Disclaimer: I only own Jade & her mom.....You all know this by now
The group of teenagers gasped loudly. The one red headed with the long nose, Ron, looked as if he might faint. The only girl of the group, Hermione, looked at her, wide-eyed and amazed. The two twins, looked at each other astonished, before returning to their business like manor. But the most shocking reaction would have to have been Harry's, the boy with the amazing green eyes.
"What!" he exclaimed. "Sirius had a daughter?" Remus nodded. "Yes he did Harry."
Harry looked around bewildered. "That isn't possible, is it?" Ron, who had regained his senses, smiled. "Well, Harry, living with Muggles I thought you would know more about this."
One of the twins laughed, possible Fred. "Mom, I think you should have a certain talk with young Mr. Potter."
Harry rolled his eyes and swung a punch at Fred's head and then swung one at Ron. Both Weasley brothers ducked the blows. "You know what I mean you gits," he said half laughing, half sighing.
"We know," said Fred. "We're just playing with you." "Can't help a good laugh," said Ron smiling as he walked over to the table, stopping at where Jade was seated. "Hullo. Ron Weasley as you already know." The twins appeared behind him. "My brothers Fred and George, they own their own Joke Shop in Diagon Alley."
"Weasley's Wizard Wheezes is the name," said George flipping a card out of his pocket and handing it to her. "Come anytime."
Jade smiled. "Maybe I will. What do you sell?" Both twins smiled and crowded around her. "Well we got Canary Creams, Fainting Fancy, Fever Fudge, Headless Heats, Nosebleed Nougat, Puking Pastilles. . ."
"That's enough boys!" exclaimed Mrs. Weasley. "Everyone sit down, dinner is getting cold."
"We'll talk later,"said Fred as he sat next to George and Bill. Ron sat down next to his father and mother and Hermione sat down next to Tonks. Another red head, this time a girl(who was introduced as Ginny) sat down next to her mother. But Harry stayed standing.
"Dear, sit down so we can eat," said Mrs. Weasley motioning to a seat next to Remus. "Oh sure," he said as he sat in the seat provided for him. "But I want to know more. Someone please tell me about Sirius's daughter."
Jade smiled as she stirred her soup, which turned out to be chicken noodle. "I'm sure I could tell you something. After all I am Sirius's daughter."
Fred and George laughed, as well as Tonks, Hermione, and Ron. Harry blushed lightly. "Oh, well yeah, sure."
"Well, my name is Jade Rose Black and I was born in London, England on October 31. I am turning sixteen this year. A few days after my first birthday, I moved to the United States and I've lived there with my mom ever since. We came to London recently for. . . "She looked to her right at Remus. "For umm, a vacation when, umm. . . . ."
"When her mom became reacquainted with me and she thought it would be a good idea to stay here for awhile," said Remus interrupting her. "Right?"
"Right," she said smiling. "But wait. . ." said Harry quickly.
"Pass the soup, Molly," Remus said cutting him off. "How's the life of an Auror, Tonks?" And the conversation on Jade's past was halted as Tonks talked on and on about Aurors and raids, occasionally spilling things. As Jade spooned the delicious soup into her mouth, she glanced at Harry. He was hunched over his soup and he looked like he was in deep thought and she knew it was probably about her. She couldn't tell him the truth, no one knew the truth except Remus and now probably Professor Dumbledore.
Twenty minutes later, dinner was finished. Mrs. Weasley refused to let Jade help with any of the dishes. So she pulled a chair from the table and placed it near the wall. She sat down and sighed.
"Hello," called a friendly voice. Jade looked up and recognized the girl, Hermione. "Oh hi."
"Mind if I sit with you?" she asked pulling up her own chair. Jade smiled. "Not at all."
Hermione placed the chair next to her and sat down. "Are you going to be attending Hogwarts this year?" she asked.
Jade shrugged her shoulders. "No clue. According to Remus, I will be." Hermione smiled. "It would be nice if you did. Did you take your O.W.L.S.?"
"Yup," Jade replied smiling. "My mom home-schooled me. I got all O's." "Really," replied Hermione happily. "Me too."
Jade smiled and let her eyes again scan the area. They stopped at Harry. He was standing talking to Remus and Ron. She knew he wanted answers to the fact that Sirius had a daughter and he hadn't known. Suddenly a large pop was heard. It caught Jade off guard and she jumped in fright, as did Hermione. Once she settled down, Jade realized that someone had apperated into the room. It was a man. He had long silver hair and a long silver beard. Half moon spectacles where situated on his nose. Jade immediately recognized this man as Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Two more pops were heard and a woman and a man appeared. The woman had black hair that was pulled back into a tight bun. She had square glass and a large cloak on. The man had greasy black hair and had a look about him that sensed that he didn't want to be there.
"Miss Black," Professor Dumbledore as he looked at her over his glasses. "How are you today?"
Jade swallowed hard. "Umm, fine sir." He laughed. "Sir? Call me Professor Dumbledore. This is Professor Minerva McGonagall." He pointed to the woman next to him. "And this is Professor Serverus Snape."
Professor McGonagall smiled brightly, but Professor Snape looked at her with disgust. He had a sense of hatred in his eyes and Jade could tell that she would not like this man.
"Jade, may Professor McGonagall I see you for a few moments?" asked Professor Dumbledore.
"Sure," she replied nervously. Even being from The United States, Jade knew a great deal about Albus Dumbledore. Remus had told her even more that previous night and even though she knew that he wasn't at the moment, Jade knew he could be an intimidating person.
She stood up and followed both professors up the stairs. They again tiptoed through the hallway, the reason still unknown to her, before going up another set of stairs. They led her into what seemed to be a drawing room. The drawing room, like the rest of the house, was very mangy looking and it was hard to believe that her dad once lived here.
"Jade," said Professor Dumbledore in a very business like tone. "Remus explained everything that happened recently. Professor McGonagall is aware of it too. Please don't worry we will not tell anyone." He took a deep breath. "Now for the matter of your safety. We all think it would be good for you to attend Hogwarts."
Jade nodded. She had changed her mind, maybe Hogwarts would be a good thing. It would be her first time in an actual school.
Professor Dumbledore continued, "Professor McGonagall checked your previous school records and since they were impeccable, you will be starting as a Sixth Year." He took something out of his cloak and placed it on a stool. It seemed to be a very old hat.
"We thought it would be a better idea if we sorted you now," said Professor McGonagall. "It would bring less attention to you when you got to school. There are four houses in Hogwarts, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Your house is determined by your personality traits. Your house will be like your family while you stay at Hogwarts. Only the Sorting Hat decides. Good Luck."
Jade nodded again and walked over to the stool. She sat down and Professor McGonagall placed the hat on her head. It was millions of sizes to big for her and it fell over her eyes.
"Hmm, what have we here," said a small voice, causing Jade to jump. "Another Black. I thought we had seem the last of'em after Sirius was sorted. You must be his daughter than." The hat laughed. "I didn't think he would ever marry. . . . well it seems that he didn't marry. This is a very tough decision. You're brave. Very, very brave and that sometimes gets you into trouble. Your clever and resourceful and you are a friendly person, a person Hogwarts needs. Hmm, how about GRYFFINDOR."
Professor McGonagall swung the hat off of her head. "Some how I had I feeling Gryffindor would be the one," she said with a smile. "After all I am the head of the Gryffindor house."
Jade smiled. "Another Black who breaks the mold," said Professor Dumbledore. "You're just like your father."