*A/n: Just wanted to remind everyone…please read Wild Tension (the first one) because otherwise there will be A LOT of things you won't understand. Okay with that said…lol thanks Trickster's-Lulaby and Anasazi and Julia. To answer a few more q's…If Eumaria got the amulet she'd probably come back and I'm not quite sure what she'd do. Maybe a take over the world thing? Lol well she was a Princess, used to ruling over everybody! But I don't think she'll be back or Neil but then again…with me you never know! And thanks Anasazi for being concerned for my grades (because spring break has definitely made me forget my "try-to-get-straight-A's goal" but I honestly can't concentrate (believe me…I tried). Oh well…I'll be screwed by the weekend. AND there's been a change in the polls! Harry is leading in the polls for Helen's heart (7 votes…thanks to Julia and her friends. Lol.) Whereas Draco/Helen is stuck at 6 and Hermione/Harry and Helen/Kevin are at 3. Ron/Hermione is 2. (I'm trying to make sure each person only gets one vote). Anyway here's Chap 2!
Chapter 2: "Surprise Visitor"
Helen stood outside number 4 Pivet Drive knowing full well that everyone in the Order would be furious when they found out what she had planned to do. It was dark. Helen flicked the put-outer until every light in the lampposts were gone.
Now for the fun part.
Helen climbed inside the Dursley's house through the kitchen window. She scooted across a counter and landed with a soft thud on the tile floor. Helen couldn't see anything as she fumbled her way to the stair like a drunkard. Up she went; up the stairs. She picked the lock on Harry's door and Helen was caught completely off guard.
Harry was wailing in his sleep about everyone; from Cedric to Sirius.
"Harry!" Helen whispered, shaking him. He was going to wake up the entire neighborhood!
"Shut up!" she said a bit louder. He wasn't listening. She tried covering his mouth but then he started going ballistic on her pushing, writhing, swatting, and biting.
"Harry!" she yelped as they both toppled onto the floor and slammed sideways into the nightstand. Harry immediately snapped out of it but since it was too dark to see, he thought she was an attacker or something.
"Damn it, Harry, it's me!"
He froze
"Helen?"
"Cripes, I thought you were having a seizure. Are you ready?"
"Yeah, I've sent Hedwig to your place and my other stuff is packed."
"Good." Helen said, getting off him. "I left the Dursleys a note."
Helen and Harry hauled his trunk blindly down the stairs and out the window she'd come in through. The two of them climbed out and into the starless night. Helen put back the lights, hailed the Knight bus, and told Harry her plan.
"Dumbledore agreed to let Ron, Hermione, and Ginny come to my place. They're supposed to catch a flight in the morning. Once this bus takes us to the airport, we'll fly to Orlando and then take a taxi to my house. And uh, technically you're not supposed to be there so you'll have to hide until Mrs. Weasley leaves."
"That means we'll have to reach before Ron and the others do. We'll never make it."
"We'll be two hours early." Helen said confidently.
Two hours turned into five minutes.
Not long after Harry got his things settled in the Cliff Estate did Juju the house-elf (dressed in a cute little suit) inform them that the Weasleys and Hermione arrived.
~*~
"So what's our surprise?" Hermione asked Helen.
"Boo!" Harry shouted, jumping out of the closet.
Hermione screamed.
"Harry! You're not supposed to be here!"
"Nice to see you too," he frowned.
"Dumbledore's going to have a fit when he finds out you've left the Dursleys without consulting anyone."
"I brought Harry here anyway." Helen explained.
"Augh! We've got to inform him right away! His spies probably realized he's not there! The whole Order must be in uproar!"
"I think you're stretching it a bit."
"Mrs. Figg will flip if she goes to the Dursleys and they don't know where he is."
"I left a letter."
"Figg will just think someone else wrote it. I'm going to go tell Mrs. Baker right now." Hermione turned and dashed out of the room.
"That went well." Harry said very sarcastically as he flopped into a chair.
"There goes our entertainment." Ron joked, lightly.
Ron was wrong.
"HELIA-SU TAMEN BASTET ISIS CLIFF" Mrs. Baker screamed.
"Awww c'mon! Not the full name!"
"GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW!" she thundered.
Uh oh. When an adult uses swears…you know you're in for a bum grilling. Oh boy.
Within twenty minutes Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny were in another room listening to Mrs. Baker, Mrs.Weasley, Mr.Weasley, Lupin, Moody, and Tonks simultaneously screaming at Helen, nonstop, (only Dumbledore stayed silent) not even listening to what she had to say in defense. Finally Helen's anger burst through every wall in the house.
"I WILL NOT BE THREATENED, BULLIED, INTIMIDATED, OR INSULTED IN MY OWN HOUSE! HOW DARE YOU!" she let out in a gigantic roar and everything fell silent.
"Helen." Dumbledore said quietly, yet angrily.
"Albus," she growled. No use of his nickname, (Alby). Not good.
"Do you realize the seriousness of what you've done? You and Harry could have been killed."
"No one would even have noticed if Granger hadn't told, meanwhile Harry was left to rot at that place."
"Miss Granger did the right thing."
"Whereas you seven did the wrong thing, by viciously attacking me!"
"You should have never gone against our orders for Harry to stay put."
"Your people complained there weren't enough of you to safely take Harry to headquarters because you all were busy, and now look at this! I do what you seven couldn't and suddenly all of you miraculously have enough time to waste it on coming down here and scream your heads off!"
It was true. They knew Harry would be safe at Helen's because it was common knowledge that Cliff Estate was heavily warded with spells, yet they all came to take out their stress on her just because she did it without asking.
Harry was a big boy. He didn't need a fucking keeper anymore but that seemed to be the only thing Dumbledore thought Helen was good for. It was always 'Harry needs your help. You have to survive to help him' and 'You need to be strong to keep him together'. Basically everything Dumbledore ever talked to her about in the previous year was about Harry's well-being. It didn't matter who you were…you 'potentially endanger Harry' you got your head chopped off. What kind of guardian is that?
"It's not just Harry who's in danger here." Dumbledore said, softening a bit. He'd read her mind, or was it legillimency? "You could still be a target."
"Why? The amulet is gone. What else could Voldemort possibly want from me?"
The wizards and witches twitched at the name. Helen was glad…served them right…
"He could use you for multiple reasons."
"Reasons which you won't be sharing with me."
"You'll find out on your own."
"Get out!" Helen said, her voice rising. "All of you."
"You've got no say!" Moody growled.
"Wrong, Alastor, she does." Dumbledore stared at her, wearily. "This is her house, after all. I will go as you wish, but we need to discuss something in private."
Tonks, Moody, Lupin, and the Weasley parents disapparated and Mrs. Baker left the room to check on Harry and the others.
"You're not yourself, Helen."
"Maybe I don't like being ganged up on."
"They're concerned."
"My butt."
"You were wrong; they were wrong, end of discussion."
"Good. Leave now."
"I taught you better than this. You would never yell at an adult before, especially not me."
"That goes both ways."
"Helen, on the first day of school you are to come to my office and we will discuss your behavior. Think about the way you've been acting."
Is he for real?
"And Helen, you are a Gryffindor. You are on the good side. You're not stupid enough to join ranks with the dark forces."
What was he smoking? Did those lemon drops go to his head?
"You can't change who you are. He'll have to accept who you support and join you. It will never work otherwise."
Who's this 'he' Dumbledore was referring to?
"See you in a week." Dumbledore said before disapparating. Helen sat on the carpet for a few minutes contemplating everything that had just happened.
Well…it could have been worse!
"Sorry I got you in trouble," Harry said as he entered the room.
"No worries. I'd do it again if I had to." Helen smiled. She looked like her old self…maybe he'd imagined that she was acting strangely.
"Miss Bianca Killert is here to see you." Juju squeaked.
Yes! The party was about to begin.