A/N: hello! Well, nothing to inform you guys about so on with the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any song/ quote that I will use in this story; they belong to their respectable owners/ creators! But I do own the plot and the OC characters! Do not steal them from me!
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*** All Natural Angels ***
** Chapter Eight **
(July 16, 2004)
~To my dear fluffy Leila,
Hey girl! What's up? Well, the Caribbean was so fun! Man the beaches are so funky and cool! Well, happy birthday! I hope you like, no wait, LOVE my gift! Girl, why didn't you tell me that you were hanging at Professor's Black's place? And is Prof. Lupin there? Cause, if he is, I need help on the report that he assigned us for summer break! Well, have a wonderful day and see you later!
Jasmine
Ps: lets go to Diagon Ally some time! I can floo there! But b/c I'm in a different country, would I have to pay? ~
Leila smiled as she finished Jasmine's letter. It came with a box and in it was a scarlet colored choker that had star shaped studs on it. It was muggle but very nice. She then picked up Tess's letter.
~ To La-La (Tess decided that she need that nickname on the train back)
Hello, hello, oh dear Leila! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You better have a good day for I will come there personally and... MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ONE! Well, so you are now under the same roof as Professor Black and his family... does he snore? Really, does he? Have you meet Harry Potter yet? Man, that dude rocks my socks! Kicking evil's ass and all that merry stuff. Well, home life is boring with out you and the gals; maybe we can hang together sometime before school starts! Well, until then!
-Tess
Ps: Does Marisa know how to travel by Floo? ~
Leila bit into the Chocolate Frog that Tess gave her. That was the only candy from the magical world that was in the bag that Tess sent her. There was all these candy that Leila never ever heard of like one called Starburst. She took one that was wrapped in yellow and took of the wrappings. She popped it into her mouth and began to chew.
"Chewy, Sweet, and fruity... man this is good!" she exclaimed and read Deborah's letter and then Monica's. Deborah gave her a picture frame with Leila, herself, and Monica sitting on a couch in the Slytherin common room on Valentine's Day. Leila saw someone one in the background. It turned out to be Chris. The three girls waved at Leila and Chris waved too. Leila smiled at this.
Monica's gift was a CD of an American muggle band that Jasmine got them into, Nirvana, and that CD was called 'Nevermind'. Leila will listen to it tonight. She then opened Marisa's letter.
` Leila,
Happy birthday! You're another year old today! I pray that you will like my gift! Well, New York is interesting! I love going downtown! Well, sorry to make it short, but I have to do something, but have a WONDERFUL b-day! And try not to do anything illegal!
Marisa
Ps: we have to get together sometime! ~
Marisa's gift was a cloak clip that was a black rose. It looked inexpensive, but it didn't matter, it was from a friend so it was even more valuable to Leila. 'She must have gone to a Wizard district there.' Leila thought as she gathered up her presents and placed them on her desk in a neat pile.
It was six-o-clock in the morning. Owls waked up Leila, but now they were all gone, so Leila will have to respond by using her owl. She went and lay in her bed. It has been only sixteen days since she has come to live in the Black Manor. They are already treating her like family. She then lay on her side, and was facing her desk. The gifts were so inexpensive, but they came from her friends, and it didn't matter how much it cost.
All her life her sister's birthdays where celebrated with big social parties and showed with elaborate gifts. But she just got a small dinner or lunch and a few very, very expensive items from her parents and other relatives who remembered her birthday.
But then again, who would want to remember the birthday of the girl who 'killed' her brother? She tugged on her neck a necklace that no one ever noticed. It was simple silver cross-shaped pendant that hanged on a simple silver string. It was from her grandmother, her father's mother. And was given to her on her brother's funeral, that was two weeks before her death.
It was said that her Grandmother was a seer. People said that she made predictions, and all came true. They even said that she predicted her own death. Leila closed her eyes and remembered what she said to her on the day that her Kuya was buried.
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Flashback
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Leila sat in her older brother's room after the funeral while everyone was mingling downstairs. She clutched the teddy bear that her Kuya bought her on the day when 'it' happened. It was dark brown, very soft against the skin, and had a laced scarlet ribbon tied around its neck. She named the bear Lizzy, after her brother who's name is Lizander.
Her face was buried in the stuff toy. She was crying. She cried the day he died. She cried on the funeral, and every day in between that. She cried today. She didn't hear the door open. And old woman dress in black walked to the old bed of her dead grandson, where her granddaughter, alive and well, sat, rocking her self back and forth, hugging a child's toy.
"Grandmother..." Leila spoke as she saw the old woman sat besides her on the bed. "I wasn't crying... I don't need to cry... don't tell daddy that I was being weak..."
Grandmother hushed Leila. "You are still an innocent child, cry all you wish right now. And you are not weak, you are a Llave." Leila nodded. "I came to give you this." She gave the child a necklace with a silver cross necklace. "I will be going away for a long time, I wont be ably to see you after tonight, so I will give you this, tonight."
"Away? Like Kuya?" she asked innocently
"In a way, yes. I will too be gone. But here." She unclasped the hook and hooked it around Leila's neck. "This necklace symbolizes the Llave girl that will be successful in life. I have learned that it will be you."
"Me? Grandmother? Why?"
The old woman chuckled to her self. "Well, only the future will tell us..." she kissed the girl on the forehead. "I must get going." She got off the bed and headed for the door.
"Grandmother?"
She turned around. "Yes, Leila?"
Leila looked at the teddy bear then at her Grandmother. "If you are going to where Kuya is going... um... if you see him, can you tell him that I still love him, even though her left me behind?"
She smiled. "I will, good night, my blessed child. I love you."
"I love you too..." Leila dried her face up.
As her Grandmother closed the door of her older bother's room she can hear the old woman say. "May you have the brightest future..."
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End of Flashback
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Leila opened her eyes. Her right hand was holding the necklace and her left hand had Lizzy. The clock's hand was on 6: 23 am. Leila gave the necklace one more look. "But, I'm not a Llave anymore, so one of your predictions were wrong. I'm so sorry to disappoint you, Grandmother..."
'Damn right you are a disappointment.' The voice said. 'Ha! Like you will ever be successful...'
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"Happy 12th birthday, Leila!" Joan said as Leila cam downstairs at nine in the morning. "Here, have something to eat." She told the younger girl. Leila nodded and sat down at the breakfast table and took a blueberry muffin.
"Good morning, James!" Leila cooed at the two year-old son of Sirius. Jamison smiled at Leila and ate his cereal. Joan then placed a plate of bacon and pancakes in front of Leila. "Oh, no, Joan. The muffin is enough for me..."
"Nonsense! You are still a growing girl! You need to eat more, way too boney. Besides it's your birthday. You don't have to eat healthy on a day like this!" Joan said as she poured syrup onto the pancakes.
Leila shrugged. "If you say so..." she said and took a bite of the pancakes. "What time did Sirius leave?" she asked Joan as she too began to eat her food.
"Oh, around eight, you know, Order work." Leila found out that he worked of the Order of Phoenix on the second day of her stay. "Don't worry, he will be back for your birthday dinner!"
Leila nodded and ate a whole stripe of bacon. "Who is coming?"
"Oh, the Weasleys, Potters, Lupins... heck the whole Order. I have one tasty menu planned for your dinner!" Joan told her. She then wiped Jamison's mouth.
"I can help." Leila offered.
"Oh, no!" She said looking back up at Leila. "Its YOUR day! Molly, Tonks, Cho, Hermione, Ginny and the rest and I will do the cooking! You just lay back and...and hang with the guys! She replied merrily.
"Okay..."
"Do you have any friends that you want to invite?"
"All of them are out of the country. Besides they sent their gifts all ready." Leila informed her.
"I see... well," she picked up the dishes and headed for the sink. "I have to go to the grocery around lunch today to pick up last minute items..."
"I'll watch James if you like?" Leila offered even though she knew it was coming.
Joan beamed. "Really? Thank you! I know I shouldn't be asking you since what today is..."
"Oh, no. It's not a problem. Besides, I like hanging out with the little fella, and I bet he does too." she got up and gave her plate to Joan. "I'm going to take a shower." She told the older woman. She patted Jamison on the head and left for the bathroom upstairs.
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Los Angeles, California, USA
(A/N: I know about the time difference, but these events happen on the same day, even if it is another time in England)
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"Mom!" Jasmine waited for an answer, but none came. She called out again as she walked down the stairs. 'Where is she..." she wondered as she entered the kitchen. She took out a glass from one of the cabinets and walked over to the fridge to fix her self a glass of grapefruit juice.
"What the..." she pick the note that was attached to the door of the freezer. She read it out loud, "Dear Jazzy, blah, blah, yadda, yadda... over at Rick's place... WHAT?" she then ripped the note and threw it in the garbage disposal.
She the opened the fridge then poured her drink. "Damn him, damn him! Stealing my mom..."
She turned to face a picture that was hanging on the kitchen wall. It was herself and her mom, but if look closely you can see that someone else was in that picture, but was cut out. That someone was her dad. "Damn, him...leaving me..."
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China (A/N: sorry I don't know any places in China!)
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"Damn, can they ever shut up?" she whispered to her self as she lay under her blanket in her bed. She looked at her wrist and played around with the jade bracelet. She then heard more shouts from the other room. She clasped her hands over her ears. "Shut up... shut up... shut up," she whispered again.
"I can't believe you! Going around with another man! While I am here, trying to kept this rotten roof over our heads!" a male voice screamed in Chinese. The whole conversation was in Chinese, but Tess knew every word they screamed.
"You call that a job?!" the woman screamed back. "I should just leave you! You dog! Who wants a drunker as a husband anyways!"
"What about our daughter!" Tess lifted her hands off her ears to hear what her mother had to say.
"YOUR daughter! She was a mistake! Damn her!" Her mother screamed. "I'm leaving..." following that was footsteps and the sound of the door slamming. Tess closed her eyes tight and pulled the blanket around her more. She then heard the door open again and then closed. Tess was now all alone in the apartment.
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New York, USA
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"MOM!"
A woman stepped out of the kitchen. "Yes, Marisa?"
"I'm going to take Minnie out for a morning walk." Marisa said as she put the leash on the Scottish terrier. "I'll be back in 30 minutes." Her mother just nodded as she tried to feed Rob, Marisa's new baby brother. All her other siblings are still asleep in their rooms.
Marisa walked outside and down the street (They do not live downtown, they live in the suburbs). Marisa and Minnie walked continued to walk around the neighborhood for another ten minuets.
Then the small dog barked. Marisa looked to where Minnie was trying to go. Some twenty-year-old guy was walking towards her. She saw his face.
"Tim?" she said astonished. The man looked up. He too was surprised.
"M-Marisa?" he said. "What are you doing here?"
She held on tot he leash. "We moved... just last month... you?"
"I go to school nearby..." he replied. "So-"but he was cut off. Marisa jumped up and hugged him, still holding on to the leash by the way. "Miss me, eh? Little sister?"
They broke apart. "Where have you been? I didn't see you during my winter break..."
"Sorry, I had to go somewhere and I could visit you." He walked over to Minnie and petted her. "So what's new?"
"Mom gave birth to another baby, his name is Rob."
"That's nice to know-"RING! Tim took out his cell phone and answered it. "Hello? Hi, really? Okay, I'll be there." He hanged up. "I have to go, so, I'll see you around? Lil' Sis'?" Marisa nodded. "Later!"
"Bye!" she waved at him. As he left Marisa started to wonder why he left the family.
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Back at England
August 7
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"Got all your books?" Sirius asked Leila as she got out of the crowded bookstore known as Flourish & Blotts. She showed him all five books she need. He nodded. "Anything else?" she shrugged.
Leila looked at the list again. "Nope, we got it all." She then smiled. "I might need some new robes..." Sirius laughed. He knew that Joan and Leila went out shopping last week, both at Muggle and Wizard stores.
"Come on, kido, we have to go meet with Remus at the Leaky Cauldron." He informed her. She sighed as he went ahead of her and then began to follow him. She knew that she should have stuck to his side because this was her first time at Diagon Alley. As she followed Sirius, only a couple a steps behind him, someone shoved her aside without knowing it. But when Leila looked up for Sirius again she couldn't even find the top of his head.
"Crap." She muttered under her breath. She couldn't even remember where the inn/ pub was. She wanted to ask for directions but it would make her seem very stupid. She stood off to the side of the street, closed her eyes and randomly picked a direction and walked to that direction.
(A/N: never ever do that! XD)
And before she knew it she was walking down a non-busy part of the area. All the stores looked dark and well, evil. She ignored the stares and kept on walking in one direction but ended up at a dead end, all alone. Then she felt someone tug her. The person's nail's pierced through her clothes. "Lost, my dear?" A dirty looking wizard asked her as she turned around to face him. He looked to be around his late twenties or early thirties.
"N-no, sir. I'm fine..." she began to answer but he tighten his grip.
He licked his lips. "I think you are lost." He pulled her face up with his free hand on her chin. "So young... innocent... pure..." Frighten, Leila tried to get free, but he only tightens his grip again. "Tsk, tsk... struggling will only make it more painful..."
He pulled her face in for a kiss. She got one of her hand's lose and slapped him before his lip's touched her. "Bitch!" and he hit Leila across the cheek. She cried out in pain and continued to struggle.
"Stupefy!" a voice yelled. Then man then fell over. Leila stood frozen on her spot. She turned quickly to she who had rescued her.
"Professor, I-"She began but Snape silenced her.
He kicked the guy to turn him over so he is laying on his back and then he turned to Leila. "What are you doing here?" he asked her, setting fear in her heart. Snape never seemed to scare Leila unlike most students but his voice right now frightens her.
"Sir, I got lost and I ended up here-"
"Where were you going?"
"I need to go to the Leaky Cauldron, Sir." She told him. He asked her if she came with Black, which she replied yes.
"Figures." He muttered. "Come on, I will take you there. This is a dangerous place, especially for someone as young as you." Snape said eying the man who was still unconscious.
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"Black should be in there." Snape said as Leila and he stood outside of the entrance from Diagon Alley. "Well, see you next school term." He turned and walked away. Leila watched as Sanpe disappeared into the crowd and opened the door.
"Leila..." Leila looked up to see Sirius. "WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU!" he exploded at her.
"I lost you in the crowd and got lost..." she began.
"And?" Sirius asked just as Remus entered the scene.
"EndedupatKnockturnAlley." She said pretty fast hoping that they wouldn't catch it. She left out the part about the creepy wizard and Snape.
"THERE!?" both Sirius and Remus exclaimed.
"Yes."
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A/N: and there you have it. Well, review please!
Also I noticed that in the first chapter Leila said that her brother gave her the necklace and her grandmother gave her the toy. Ignore that! I accidentally wrote that! It is meant for the brother to give her the bear and the grandma to give her the necklace! Sorry for that mistake! Also I re-read all my chapters and noticed some spelling/ grammar mistakes! Sorry for them! Please forgive me for any spelling/ grammar mistakes in the future!
Well, other then that... just reviews!
-LaLa_the_Panda
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any song/ quote that I will use in this story; they belong to their respectable owners/ creators! But I do own the plot and the OC characters! Do not steal them from me!
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*** All Natural Angels ***
** Chapter Eight **
(July 16, 2004)
~To my dear fluffy Leila,
Hey girl! What's up? Well, the Caribbean was so fun! Man the beaches are so funky and cool! Well, happy birthday! I hope you like, no wait, LOVE my gift! Girl, why didn't you tell me that you were hanging at Professor's Black's place? And is Prof. Lupin there? Cause, if he is, I need help on the report that he assigned us for summer break! Well, have a wonderful day and see you later!
Jasmine
Ps: lets go to Diagon Ally some time! I can floo there! But b/c I'm in a different country, would I have to pay? ~
Leila smiled as she finished Jasmine's letter. It came with a box and in it was a scarlet colored choker that had star shaped studs on it. It was muggle but very nice. She then picked up Tess's letter.
~ To La-La (Tess decided that she need that nickname on the train back)
Hello, hello, oh dear Leila! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You better have a good day for I will come there personally and... MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ONE! Well, so you are now under the same roof as Professor Black and his family... does he snore? Really, does he? Have you meet Harry Potter yet? Man, that dude rocks my socks! Kicking evil's ass and all that merry stuff. Well, home life is boring with out you and the gals; maybe we can hang together sometime before school starts! Well, until then!
-Tess
Ps: Does Marisa know how to travel by Floo? ~
Leila bit into the Chocolate Frog that Tess gave her. That was the only candy from the magical world that was in the bag that Tess sent her. There was all these candy that Leila never ever heard of like one called Starburst. She took one that was wrapped in yellow and took of the wrappings. She popped it into her mouth and began to chew.
"Chewy, Sweet, and fruity... man this is good!" she exclaimed and read Deborah's letter and then Monica's. Deborah gave her a picture frame with Leila, herself, and Monica sitting on a couch in the Slytherin common room on Valentine's Day. Leila saw someone one in the background. It turned out to be Chris. The three girls waved at Leila and Chris waved too. Leila smiled at this.
Monica's gift was a CD of an American muggle band that Jasmine got them into, Nirvana, and that CD was called 'Nevermind'. Leila will listen to it tonight. She then opened Marisa's letter.
` Leila,
Happy birthday! You're another year old today! I pray that you will like my gift! Well, New York is interesting! I love going downtown! Well, sorry to make it short, but I have to do something, but have a WONDERFUL b-day! And try not to do anything illegal!
Marisa
Ps: we have to get together sometime! ~
Marisa's gift was a cloak clip that was a black rose. It looked inexpensive, but it didn't matter, it was from a friend so it was even more valuable to Leila. 'She must have gone to a Wizard district there.' Leila thought as she gathered up her presents and placed them on her desk in a neat pile.
It was six-o-clock in the morning. Owls waked up Leila, but now they were all gone, so Leila will have to respond by using her owl. She went and lay in her bed. It has been only sixteen days since she has come to live in the Black Manor. They are already treating her like family. She then lay on her side, and was facing her desk. The gifts were so inexpensive, but they came from her friends, and it didn't matter how much it cost.
All her life her sister's birthdays where celebrated with big social parties and showed with elaborate gifts. But she just got a small dinner or lunch and a few very, very expensive items from her parents and other relatives who remembered her birthday.
But then again, who would want to remember the birthday of the girl who 'killed' her brother? She tugged on her neck a necklace that no one ever noticed. It was simple silver cross-shaped pendant that hanged on a simple silver string. It was from her grandmother, her father's mother. And was given to her on her brother's funeral, that was two weeks before her death.
It was said that her Grandmother was a seer. People said that she made predictions, and all came true. They even said that she predicted her own death. Leila closed her eyes and remembered what she said to her on the day that her Kuya was buried.
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Flashback
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Leila sat in her older brother's room after the funeral while everyone was mingling downstairs. She clutched the teddy bear that her Kuya bought her on the day when 'it' happened. It was dark brown, very soft against the skin, and had a laced scarlet ribbon tied around its neck. She named the bear Lizzy, after her brother who's name is Lizander.
Her face was buried in the stuff toy. She was crying. She cried the day he died. She cried on the funeral, and every day in between that. She cried today. She didn't hear the door open. And old woman dress in black walked to the old bed of her dead grandson, where her granddaughter, alive and well, sat, rocking her self back and forth, hugging a child's toy.
"Grandmother..." Leila spoke as she saw the old woman sat besides her on the bed. "I wasn't crying... I don't need to cry... don't tell daddy that I was being weak..."
Grandmother hushed Leila. "You are still an innocent child, cry all you wish right now. And you are not weak, you are a Llave." Leila nodded. "I came to give you this." She gave the child a necklace with a silver cross necklace. "I will be going away for a long time, I wont be ably to see you after tonight, so I will give you this, tonight."
"Away? Like Kuya?" she asked innocently
"In a way, yes. I will too be gone. But here." She unclasped the hook and hooked it around Leila's neck. "This necklace symbolizes the Llave girl that will be successful in life. I have learned that it will be you."
"Me? Grandmother? Why?"
The old woman chuckled to her self. "Well, only the future will tell us..." she kissed the girl on the forehead. "I must get going." She got off the bed and headed for the door.
"Grandmother?"
She turned around. "Yes, Leila?"
Leila looked at the teddy bear then at her Grandmother. "If you are going to where Kuya is going... um... if you see him, can you tell him that I still love him, even though her left me behind?"
She smiled. "I will, good night, my blessed child. I love you."
"I love you too..." Leila dried her face up.
As her Grandmother closed the door of her older bother's room she can hear the old woman say. "May you have the brightest future..."
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End of Flashback
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Leila opened her eyes. Her right hand was holding the necklace and her left hand had Lizzy. The clock's hand was on 6: 23 am. Leila gave the necklace one more look. "But, I'm not a Llave anymore, so one of your predictions were wrong. I'm so sorry to disappoint you, Grandmother..."
'Damn right you are a disappointment.' The voice said. 'Ha! Like you will ever be successful...'
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"Happy 12th birthday, Leila!" Joan said as Leila cam downstairs at nine in the morning. "Here, have something to eat." She told the younger girl. Leila nodded and sat down at the breakfast table and took a blueberry muffin.
"Good morning, James!" Leila cooed at the two year-old son of Sirius. Jamison smiled at Leila and ate his cereal. Joan then placed a plate of bacon and pancakes in front of Leila. "Oh, no, Joan. The muffin is enough for me..."
"Nonsense! You are still a growing girl! You need to eat more, way too boney. Besides it's your birthday. You don't have to eat healthy on a day like this!" Joan said as she poured syrup onto the pancakes.
Leila shrugged. "If you say so..." she said and took a bite of the pancakes. "What time did Sirius leave?" she asked Joan as she too began to eat her food.
"Oh, around eight, you know, Order work." Leila found out that he worked of the Order of Phoenix on the second day of her stay. "Don't worry, he will be back for your birthday dinner!"
Leila nodded and ate a whole stripe of bacon. "Who is coming?"
"Oh, the Weasleys, Potters, Lupins... heck the whole Order. I have one tasty menu planned for your dinner!" Joan told her. She then wiped Jamison's mouth.
"I can help." Leila offered.
"Oh, no!" She said looking back up at Leila. "Its YOUR day! Molly, Tonks, Cho, Hermione, Ginny and the rest and I will do the cooking! You just lay back and...and hang with the guys! She replied merrily.
"Okay..."
"Do you have any friends that you want to invite?"
"All of them are out of the country. Besides they sent their gifts all ready." Leila informed her.
"I see... well," she picked up the dishes and headed for the sink. "I have to go to the grocery around lunch today to pick up last minute items..."
"I'll watch James if you like?" Leila offered even though she knew it was coming.
Joan beamed. "Really? Thank you! I know I shouldn't be asking you since what today is..."
"Oh, no. It's not a problem. Besides, I like hanging out with the little fella, and I bet he does too." she got up and gave her plate to Joan. "I'm going to take a shower." She told the older woman. She patted Jamison on the head and left for the bathroom upstairs.
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Los Angeles, California, USA
(A/N: I know about the time difference, but these events happen on the same day, even if it is another time in England)
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"Mom!" Jasmine waited for an answer, but none came. She called out again as she walked down the stairs. 'Where is she..." she wondered as she entered the kitchen. She took out a glass from one of the cabinets and walked over to the fridge to fix her self a glass of grapefruit juice.
"What the..." she pick the note that was attached to the door of the freezer. She read it out loud, "Dear Jazzy, blah, blah, yadda, yadda... over at Rick's place... WHAT?" she then ripped the note and threw it in the garbage disposal.
She the opened the fridge then poured her drink. "Damn him, damn him! Stealing my mom..."
She turned to face a picture that was hanging on the kitchen wall. It was herself and her mom, but if look closely you can see that someone else was in that picture, but was cut out. That someone was her dad. "Damn, him...leaving me..."
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China (A/N: sorry I don't know any places in China!)
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"Damn, can they ever shut up?" she whispered to her self as she lay under her blanket in her bed. She looked at her wrist and played around with the jade bracelet. She then heard more shouts from the other room. She clasped her hands over her ears. "Shut up... shut up... shut up," she whispered again.
"I can't believe you! Going around with another man! While I am here, trying to kept this rotten roof over our heads!" a male voice screamed in Chinese. The whole conversation was in Chinese, but Tess knew every word they screamed.
"You call that a job?!" the woman screamed back. "I should just leave you! You dog! Who wants a drunker as a husband anyways!"
"What about our daughter!" Tess lifted her hands off her ears to hear what her mother had to say.
"YOUR daughter! She was a mistake! Damn her!" Her mother screamed. "I'm leaving..." following that was footsteps and the sound of the door slamming. Tess closed her eyes tight and pulled the blanket around her more. She then heard the door open again and then closed. Tess was now all alone in the apartment.
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New York, USA
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"MOM!"
A woman stepped out of the kitchen. "Yes, Marisa?"
"I'm going to take Minnie out for a morning walk." Marisa said as she put the leash on the Scottish terrier. "I'll be back in 30 minutes." Her mother just nodded as she tried to feed Rob, Marisa's new baby brother. All her other siblings are still asleep in their rooms.
Marisa walked outside and down the street (They do not live downtown, they live in the suburbs). Marisa and Minnie walked continued to walk around the neighborhood for another ten minuets.
Then the small dog barked. Marisa looked to where Minnie was trying to go. Some twenty-year-old guy was walking towards her. She saw his face.
"Tim?" she said astonished. The man looked up. He too was surprised.
"M-Marisa?" he said. "What are you doing here?"
She held on tot he leash. "We moved... just last month... you?"
"I go to school nearby..." he replied. "So-"but he was cut off. Marisa jumped up and hugged him, still holding on to the leash by the way. "Miss me, eh? Little sister?"
They broke apart. "Where have you been? I didn't see you during my winter break..."
"Sorry, I had to go somewhere and I could visit you." He walked over to Minnie and petted her. "So what's new?"
"Mom gave birth to another baby, his name is Rob."
"That's nice to know-"RING! Tim took out his cell phone and answered it. "Hello? Hi, really? Okay, I'll be there." He hanged up. "I have to go, so, I'll see you around? Lil' Sis'?" Marisa nodded. "Later!"
"Bye!" she waved at him. As he left Marisa started to wonder why he left the family.
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Back at England
August 7
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"Got all your books?" Sirius asked Leila as she got out of the crowded bookstore known as Flourish & Blotts. She showed him all five books she need. He nodded. "Anything else?" she shrugged.
Leila looked at the list again. "Nope, we got it all." She then smiled. "I might need some new robes..." Sirius laughed. He knew that Joan and Leila went out shopping last week, both at Muggle and Wizard stores.
"Come on, kido, we have to go meet with Remus at the Leaky Cauldron." He informed her. She sighed as he went ahead of her and then began to follow him. She knew that she should have stuck to his side because this was her first time at Diagon Alley. As she followed Sirius, only a couple a steps behind him, someone shoved her aside without knowing it. But when Leila looked up for Sirius again she couldn't even find the top of his head.
"Crap." She muttered under her breath. She couldn't even remember where the inn/ pub was. She wanted to ask for directions but it would make her seem very stupid. She stood off to the side of the street, closed her eyes and randomly picked a direction and walked to that direction.
(A/N: never ever do that! XD)
And before she knew it she was walking down a non-busy part of the area. All the stores looked dark and well, evil. She ignored the stares and kept on walking in one direction but ended up at a dead end, all alone. Then she felt someone tug her. The person's nail's pierced through her clothes. "Lost, my dear?" A dirty looking wizard asked her as she turned around to face him. He looked to be around his late twenties or early thirties.
"N-no, sir. I'm fine..." she began to answer but he tighten his grip.
He licked his lips. "I think you are lost." He pulled her face up with his free hand on her chin. "So young... innocent... pure..." Frighten, Leila tried to get free, but he only tightens his grip again. "Tsk, tsk... struggling will only make it more painful..."
He pulled her face in for a kiss. She got one of her hand's lose and slapped him before his lip's touched her. "Bitch!" and he hit Leila across the cheek. She cried out in pain and continued to struggle.
"Stupefy!" a voice yelled. Then man then fell over. Leila stood frozen on her spot. She turned quickly to she who had rescued her.
"Professor, I-"She began but Snape silenced her.
He kicked the guy to turn him over so he is laying on his back and then he turned to Leila. "What are you doing here?" he asked her, setting fear in her heart. Snape never seemed to scare Leila unlike most students but his voice right now frightens her.
"Sir, I got lost and I ended up here-"
"Where were you going?"
"I need to go to the Leaky Cauldron, Sir." She told him. He asked her if she came with Black, which she replied yes.
"Figures." He muttered. "Come on, I will take you there. This is a dangerous place, especially for someone as young as you." Snape said eying the man who was still unconscious.
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"Black should be in there." Snape said as Leila and he stood outside of the entrance from Diagon Alley. "Well, see you next school term." He turned and walked away. Leila watched as Sanpe disappeared into the crowd and opened the door.
"Leila..." Leila looked up to see Sirius. "WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU!" he exploded at her.
"I lost you in the crowd and got lost..." she began.
"And?" Sirius asked just as Remus entered the scene.
"EndedupatKnockturnAlley." She said pretty fast hoping that they wouldn't catch it. She left out the part about the creepy wizard and Snape.
"THERE!?" both Sirius and Remus exclaimed.
"Yes."
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A/N: and there you have it. Well, review please!
Also I noticed that in the first chapter Leila said that her brother gave her the necklace and her grandmother gave her the toy. Ignore that! I accidentally wrote that! It is meant for the brother to give her the bear and the grandma to give her the necklace! Sorry for that mistake! Also I re-read all my chapters and noticed some spelling/ grammar mistakes! Sorry for them! Please forgive me for any spelling/ grammar mistakes in the future!
Well, other then that... just reviews!
-LaLa_the_Panda