Chapter 16: An unexpected mission
Harry was teaching his class of fifth years and trying not to think of Tonks. Madam Pomprey was still not sure what exactly had happened to Tonks but was leaning more towards pregnancy. Remus had pretty much gone nuts at this thought. Harry smiled at the memory.
Remus stared at his wife as if she had grown another head. "You... you...pregnant? A Baby?" Remus couldn't make his mind think coherently.
"It's a possibility Remus. I'm either pregnant or ill and either way I'm going to have to take it a bit easier now. I'm sure it will be ok either way." Tonks had tried to reassure the babbling man.
Harry had helped Remus to a chair while Cho had begun chatting excitedly to Tonks.
The group still had about a week and a half to find out which one it was for sure. Madam Pomprey had told Tonks that it was too early to tell either way and had told her she would check again two weeks later. Remus refused to leave Tonks side unless forced.
Sirius had been called away by the Ministry to do some work leaving Harry alone with the class.
"Sir?" a voice startled him out of his thoughts.
Harry looked at the boy who had spoken to him. "What do you need?"
"Professor Dumbledore wanted to see you sir. He told me to come and get you immediately." The boy seemed a bit nervous to be addressing Harry.
"Class! You are getting an early dismissal. Homework to make up for it. I want a foot and a half about why your position is important to the team and requires team work." Harry told his class before heading into the building.
Harry entered the headmaster's office and sat in front of the polished desk.
"Ah Harry. I'm glad you came so quickly. Lemon Drop?" Dumbledore said offering the tray of candies on his desk.
"No thank you sir. What did you need to see me about sir?"
"I have a mission for you. You see it has been brought to my attention by the Minister of Magic that one of our future students is being abused by her grandparents. This causes a problem because she is very powerful and the ministry knows this. I need you to go to her grandparents' house and collect her. She needs to be taken to her parents, who know nothing about it and are away on a business trip. If we do not do this, her powers will have about the same consequences as a bomb going off." Dumbledore explained simply.
"And what am I supposed to do when I show up at the parents hotel room with their daughter claiming that she was being abused?"
"you will explain to them the magical world. Well at least to her father. Her mother is a squib and her father was a wizard. Things went bad and they divorced and the mother remarried to someone you know."
"So why does it have to be me that goes. Couldn't you send someone else? I already have Sirius gone from my class, I don't spend enough time with Lily and Cho as it is, I spend more than I would if I were on the Quidditch team but still...Cho will kill me for doing this on such short notice." Harry sighed in frustration.
"Because the little girl is one of your relatives. Your cousin, Dudley, is her father. Her grandparents that are abusing her are Vernon and Petunia Dursley. If they see you they will know they are in trouble because you swore you would not come back to their house if you could help it. You must go get Rosemary. Cho can cover your class for you and you can take Lily with you. Lily will show the little girl that you aren't cruel or evil but in fact very gentle." Dumbledore looked over the rims of his glasses at him as he stated simply, "It is an order from me. You leave tomorrow."
Harry stood and left. He made it to his and Cho's rooms just as Cho was about to go look for him.
"I was wondering where you were." She commented as she followed him to the couch in front of the fire.
"I had a meeting with Dumbledore. He's sending me on a mission tomorrow. He told me that you would take over the class and I was to take Lily with me." He decided on a straight on approach.
"What? Where are you going? Did he say how long he's talking about?"
"he told me I had to go rescue some little girl that is my cousin's step daughter from the Dursleys who are abusing her. He told me I was to introduce her and her family to the wizarding world. He figures Lily will help my status with the girl."
Cho looked like she was going to chop Dumbledore into pieces before feeding him to Fluffy.
"I tried to refuse but he made it an order. I'll make it as quick as possible." Harry tried to get on her good side.
Cho was fuming as they went to dinner. Lily even seemed to notice reaching for her father instead of her mother.
Luckily Sirius wasn't back from his mission yet. Cho had everybody on edge, with the exception of Remus who was still too worried about Tonks to care about anything else.
The next morning Harry packed his and Lily's stuff before kissing a still fuming Cho goodbye. With that he headed out to Hogsmade to catch the train to London.
This was going to be an interesting mission. Harry thought as he looked at his giggling daughter strapped to his chest.
A/n: I think I'm losing my touch with this story. Sigh. I need reviews to encourage me. This story is slacking on reviews compared to my other stories. (Well my other Harry Potter ones). Oh well. Sorry the update took so long.
Harry was teaching his class of fifth years and trying not to think of Tonks. Madam Pomprey was still not sure what exactly had happened to Tonks but was leaning more towards pregnancy. Remus had pretty much gone nuts at this thought. Harry smiled at the memory.
Remus stared at his wife as if she had grown another head. "You... you...pregnant? A Baby?" Remus couldn't make his mind think coherently.
"It's a possibility Remus. I'm either pregnant or ill and either way I'm going to have to take it a bit easier now. I'm sure it will be ok either way." Tonks had tried to reassure the babbling man.
Harry had helped Remus to a chair while Cho had begun chatting excitedly to Tonks.
The group still had about a week and a half to find out which one it was for sure. Madam Pomprey had told Tonks that it was too early to tell either way and had told her she would check again two weeks later. Remus refused to leave Tonks side unless forced.
Sirius had been called away by the Ministry to do some work leaving Harry alone with the class.
"Sir?" a voice startled him out of his thoughts.
Harry looked at the boy who had spoken to him. "What do you need?"
"Professor Dumbledore wanted to see you sir. He told me to come and get you immediately." The boy seemed a bit nervous to be addressing Harry.
"Class! You are getting an early dismissal. Homework to make up for it. I want a foot and a half about why your position is important to the team and requires team work." Harry told his class before heading into the building.
Harry entered the headmaster's office and sat in front of the polished desk.
"Ah Harry. I'm glad you came so quickly. Lemon Drop?" Dumbledore said offering the tray of candies on his desk.
"No thank you sir. What did you need to see me about sir?"
"I have a mission for you. You see it has been brought to my attention by the Minister of Magic that one of our future students is being abused by her grandparents. This causes a problem because she is very powerful and the ministry knows this. I need you to go to her grandparents' house and collect her. She needs to be taken to her parents, who know nothing about it and are away on a business trip. If we do not do this, her powers will have about the same consequences as a bomb going off." Dumbledore explained simply.
"And what am I supposed to do when I show up at the parents hotel room with their daughter claiming that she was being abused?"
"you will explain to them the magical world. Well at least to her father. Her mother is a squib and her father was a wizard. Things went bad and they divorced and the mother remarried to someone you know."
"So why does it have to be me that goes. Couldn't you send someone else? I already have Sirius gone from my class, I don't spend enough time with Lily and Cho as it is, I spend more than I would if I were on the Quidditch team but still...Cho will kill me for doing this on such short notice." Harry sighed in frustration.
"Because the little girl is one of your relatives. Your cousin, Dudley, is her father. Her grandparents that are abusing her are Vernon and Petunia Dursley. If they see you they will know they are in trouble because you swore you would not come back to their house if you could help it. You must go get Rosemary. Cho can cover your class for you and you can take Lily with you. Lily will show the little girl that you aren't cruel or evil but in fact very gentle." Dumbledore looked over the rims of his glasses at him as he stated simply, "It is an order from me. You leave tomorrow."
Harry stood and left. He made it to his and Cho's rooms just as Cho was about to go look for him.
"I was wondering where you were." She commented as she followed him to the couch in front of the fire.
"I had a meeting with Dumbledore. He's sending me on a mission tomorrow. He told me that you would take over the class and I was to take Lily with me." He decided on a straight on approach.
"What? Where are you going? Did he say how long he's talking about?"
"he told me I had to go rescue some little girl that is my cousin's step daughter from the Dursleys who are abusing her. He told me I was to introduce her and her family to the wizarding world. He figures Lily will help my status with the girl."
Cho looked like she was going to chop Dumbledore into pieces before feeding him to Fluffy.
"I tried to refuse but he made it an order. I'll make it as quick as possible." Harry tried to get on her good side.
Cho was fuming as they went to dinner. Lily even seemed to notice reaching for her father instead of her mother.
Luckily Sirius wasn't back from his mission yet. Cho had everybody on edge, with the exception of Remus who was still too worried about Tonks to care about anything else.
The next morning Harry packed his and Lily's stuff before kissing a still fuming Cho goodbye. With that he headed out to Hogsmade to catch the train to London.
This was going to be an interesting mission. Harry thought as he looked at his giggling daughter strapped to his chest.
A/n: I think I'm losing my touch with this story. Sigh. I need reviews to encourage me. This story is slacking on reviews compared to my other stories. (Well my other Harry Potter ones). Oh well. Sorry the update took so long.