A/N; Hey all...Truly sorry about not posting earlier. Volleyball, headaches, theatre, and hurricanes have been ruling my life lately, and I haven't even had time to write Chapter 3! This is why here it is, I'm writing it right now! Haha...The hurricane—annoying bugger. I need to go back and look at my notes that I've written down about the chapter before I start. (Yes, I do have notes for the chapter! xD)
Disclaimer: I own my dreams, my duct tape, this plot, my own destiny, and...um...my socks. But sadly, I do not own Harry Potter.
Harry Potter and the Keeper of Immortality
Chapter 3 – Diagon Alley
It had been two weeks since the whole house had been awakened by one of Destiny's dream, but that didn't mean she wasn't having them. Many times Harry would go to wake her in the morning, to find another bruise on her arm, and her mumbling something. He wanted to talk with her about it, but he never found the time to do so. She was always talking with Remus about Sirius, or listening to Severus as he talked about a certain potion. Then other times she would be speaking with Fred and George, always whispering about something. Whenever she wasn't busy, Ron would pull him away to play Quidditch or chess.
Harry sighed, walking down the stairs. The only time he ever really got to have a moment alone with Destiny was in the mornings, where he would wake her up after he had woken up, and they'd go down to the kitchen. Today, it was different, just as it had been yesterday, and the day before. Destiny had either been waking up before him, or not sleeping. He guessed the latter. "Hullo." He mumbled as he made his way into the kitchen.
Destiny sat with George, and Severus, talking quietly once again. She looked up; crystal blue eyes met Harry's emerald green. "Hey Harry! Happy Birthday!" She greeted him, taking a sip of her coffee."You know, Destiny, if you keep drinking that coffee, you are going to stay short!" George laughed, ruffling her messy hair.
"Shut up, George!" Destiny grumbled. She set her cup of coffee on the counter, and covered her mouth as she yawned.
Severus decided to take her coffee away at that time, and stood up. "No more coffee." It was more of a statement than a question.
"B-b-but Severus..." Destiny yawned again. "If you don't let me drink it, I won't be able to stay awake."
"Maybe it would be better if you slept, Dez." Harry smiled, walking over to her. He sat down next to George, "Aren't you going to wish me a happy birthday, Georgie?" Harry asked, using the newest nickname for his friend.
"Why do I need to wish it? I already know—ow!" George yelled, rubbing his head. Destiny had smacked him as she walked by. "Wake me up for breakfast." She whispered before running up the stairs, just as Mrs. Weasley and Ginny came down.
Harry watched her run up with a smile on his face. "Hey Ginny, Mrs. Weasley." He nodded to them as Mrs. Weasley began breakfast.
Ginny smiled, and sat down next to Harry. "So...what's the matter, birthday boy?" She asked, her chocolate brown eyes looking over to him.
"What? What are you talking about, Ginny?" Harry asked, not looking at her.
"Come on, Potter. I'm not as thick as my brother is. It is your birthday, shouldn't you be happy?" Ginny asked, poking him in the arm.
"You know, your brother was telling me that it was going to be a happy birthday..." Harry slowed, "It's nothing, Gin, really. I can't help but think about certain things that would make anyone just a bit sad."
Ginny smirked, "Whatever. You aren't depressed, you're just lovesick!" She grinned, and jumped off her stool to help her mom.
Harry sighed, shaking his head.
"You should have woken me up for breakfast." Destiny grinned as she sat down for breakfast. Ginny and Ron had already run up the stairs to take showers while Hermione was talking with Mr. Weasley about something.
"Hello there, Destiny! Harry!" Mitchell smiled, sitting down across from Harry.
"Hello Mitchell." Harry said, munching on a piece of jellied toast. He still had an uneasy feeling around the man, but decided that since Destiny can deal, then so could he.
"Hey-o Mitchie." Destiny smiled, putting some scrambled eggs and a piece of bacon into her pancake. She then continued to roll it up.
Harry tried not to laugh. "I've never seen you make that combination."
Destiny looked up confused, and saw him pointing at her pancake taco. "Don't laugh at it! You should try it before you laugh at it!" She whined, taking a bite of it.
Harry just shook his head, and laughed again as Hermione quickly ran up the stairs.
"Lemme try that thing, Destiny." Mitchell said, holding out his hand.
Destiny took another bite, and then handed it over to him. She watched as he ate it, and the look of disgust appeared on his face. He handed it back to her with a gagging noise. "You didn't like it?!" Destiny yelled, her eyes widening.
Mitchell shook his head as Harry continued to laugh. Harry calmed his breathing, trying not to laugh at the now pouting Destiny.
"Hurry up you two, you need to shower." Mrs. Weasley said, a smile gracing her facial features. "And Mitchell, don't tease the poor girl!"
Harry and Destiny both stood as Ron and Ginny made their way down the stairs. "But Ginny! You can't wear that! It barely covers you!" Ron yelled, pulling at her tank top.
Ginny whirled around, "I bloody well will wear what I bloody want to, you wanker!" Ginny screamed, getting tired of her brother's incessant protection.
"Ginevra Molly Weasley! I would never expect such language from you! And Ronald! Leave your sister alone!" Molly Weasley yelled, glaring at her children.
"Come on, Harry, before she starts yelling at us for not eating enough!" Destiny giggled, and grabbed his hand. She then pulled him up the stairs.
Harry followed her up the stairs, and grinned. "That was a funny joke, you know. You should try to be that funny all the time."
Destiny scowled as she reached their level. "I am funny all the time!" She grumbled, glaring at him. She stood in his way now.
"Now Destiny, I know you love me, but you really shouldn't corner me if you wanted a kiss." Harry grinned, stepping closer to her. "You just need to ask politely."
Destiny stared into his mischievous green eyes. "What are you implying, Mr. Potter? That you would not mind...kissing me?" She whispered, nibbling on her lower lip now.
"Harry! Destiny! If Professor Snape saw the two of you, he would kill you!" Hermione yelled from her doorway. She walked over to them.
"We'll have to talk later, Mr. Potter." Destiny grinned, and then skipped to her room. As she stood by her door, she turned around to look at Hermione and Harry, "Oh yeah, hey Herm!" She then ran into her room.
Destiny jumped into the fire, yelling 'Diagon Alley.' She was dressed in baggy blue pants, her zippers jingling. She also wore her same grey jacket over a pale yellow tank top. "Hello all!" She yelled to those who had already arrived at the Leaky Cauldron.
As they all gathered, Remus took lead in breaking everyone up into groups. Harry and Ron were with Tonks, Hermione and Ginny went with Mitchell, and Destiny was with Remus. "We will meet at noon for lunch?" Everyone nodded, and then went on their way.
Destiny looked at Remus, "What do you want to do?" He asked her, he had already been looking at her.
"Well...I want to get Potter a present." Destiny smiled, looking away.
"What do you want to get him?" Remus asked, trying not to grin. He found himself seeing Sirius in this girl more and more.
Destiny sighed, "I drew it. I thought it was unlikely I would find something I drew, but...I had to try, you know?" She asked, looking over at him again. She pulled the crumpled piece of paper from her pocket. "But first can we get a wand? I haven't gotten one yet..."
"You don't have a wand?" Remus asked his eyes widening as he stared at her.
"None, I haven't needed one since my third year." Destiny said, letting a bit of French slip into her speech.
"Why? What happened to make you not have one, or need one?" Remus asked, and sat down on one of the benches.
"Wormtail. He broke it when he came to find...When he came to America. After that, I could just...use my mind." Destiny whispered, looking at the ground now. "It wasn't really my wand anyway. Mr. Darenk said that my perfect wand was probably back where I was born." She said, staring hard at the ground.
"Okay, let's go to Ollivanders then." Remus said slowly. "And let me see that paper." He smiled, taking it as she stood. He unfolded the crumpled paper, staring down at the drawing in front of him.
It was colored and everything. A gold phoenix, rubies and amber decorating it wings and body. It hung from a silver chain; two emeralds were used for the phoenix's eyes. It was molded onto a star, the star being a different type of gold than that of the phoenix.
Remus looked over at her, "Destiny...you drew this?" He asked, his face showing his awe of this drawing.
Destiny nodded meekly, "Yes." She shrugged, "It's not the best I could do. I had a dream about that phoenix. The one on the pendant. It has been saving my life in my dreams...Then, my last dream I saw this pendant. It was laying on the ground, in a puddle...it had been ripped off of someone's neck, and I could hear screaming and crying." She whispered, and closed her eyes again.
"So you wanted to draw it?" Remus asked his brow raising.
"Yeah...I mean, someone screamed, 'if you had just kept the necklace on.' I mean, well...I thought that it meant that it was protecting the person. I thought that if I gave it to Harry, then it would protect him against his fight with Voldemort." Destiny shrugged again.
"Hey Remus, where is Destiny?" Harry asked, watching Remus walk towards them.
"She's buying something; I wanted to tell you I would be late, actually." Remus laughed, and then got serious. "Go and find her, she is right down the road, and then take a left at Ollivanders, and a right at the end of that alley."
Harry nodded, and ran off to find his friend.
Destiny grinned as she looked at the pendant. "I can't believe I found the necklace..." She whispered to herself.
"What do we have here, Mr. Zabini?" The drawling tone was enough to make anyone shoot themselves.
"I am not sure, Mr. Malfoy. What does it look like?" A much silkier tone was used that time.
Destiny twirled around to find two pairs of stone cold eyes. One that of a deep blue, chilling to the bone, and the other of an icy blue, or a stormy gray.
One of them, the one with deep blue eyes, was slightly taller than the other. Black hair was perfect on his head, having somewhat of the messy look to it. He was dressed in top quality black robes, his gaze looking down on her.
The other had shaggy white blonde hair, looking nearly the same as the other.
"What do you want?" Destiny asked, finding her voice again. She stood defiantly.
"We were just wondering who you were." The blonde-haired one replied. He had an arrogant smirk upon his face, and Destiny didn't like it.
"You'll have to tell me first, boys." Destiny smirked right back. Part of her guessed that the blonde was Draco Malfoy, all around asshole. Fred and George had been telling her about all the 'bloody wankers' that went to Hogwarts. Draco had been at the top of the list.
"What a very brave girl we have here, Draco. You suppose she'll be in Gryffindor?" The other asked, also smirking.
"Already am." Destiny grinned, "Blaise Zabini and Draco Malfoy, right?" Shock flickered in their eyes for only a moment, before they regained their composure. "Destiny Black. From America. Dumbledore's already sorted me into Gryffindor, and you two seem to be the only ones who are broken up about it."
Blaise laughed, "Funny. Now, little Black, what were you whispering about? What necklace have you been looking for?" He asked.
Destiny clutched the pendant in her hand, the chain hanging from her hands. "Well you know if I said I can't believe I found it, that would have to mean it was the one in my hands...don't you think so, Blaise?" She smiled sweetly at him.
Draco grinned, chuckling slowly. Blaise just scowled.
"Destiny!" Harry yelled as he ran into the shop. He slowly made his way to Malfoy and Zabini. "Malfoy, Zabini." He said curtly, pushing through them.
Destiny looked up, grinning. "Hey Harry, where did Remus go?" She asked, trying to hide the pendant.
"He told me to come get you." Harry smiled, "What have you got there?" He asked, still grinning.
"Oi, nothing for you, Potter." Destiny grinned. She looked at Draco and Blaise. "Bye Zabini, Malfoy." She then pushed through the two of them, and paid at the counter. She looked back at Harry, "Come on, Harry!"
Harry looked at her, and motioned for her to go. He then looked at Malfoy and Zabini. "Don't go near her, got it?" He asked his voice low.
"Why, Potter? You got a crush on the girl? She's part of the Black family; you don't think she'll come straight to one of us?" Malfoy smirked.
"Come on Harry!" Destiny yelled she hadn't left him alone.
Harry shoved through them, "I mean it." He whispered as he passed. He then ran up to Destiny.
"Come on, Potter, people are waiting for us." Destiny grinned, taking his hand in her hand. She then started running through the crowd, pulling Harry with her.
As everyone else began to pay, Destiny and Harry were walking out of the store, since they had already paid for their books. She grinned, looking at Harry, "Hermione told me that you got your OWL results back. Did Sevvie pass you?"
"Yeah. I got nine OWLs. Snape did pass me." Harry smiled, "Why do you have a sixth Year Potions book?" He asked, looking at one of the books she held.
"Sev wants me to be in sixth year Potions. I practice potions and DADA when Severus comes to visit. He is making sure I get into sixth year of both classes." Destiny replied with a smirk.
Harry tilted his head, "Got any other secrets?" He asked.
Destiny grinned, "Yeah, Albus made me promise—" Destiny didn't finish her statement before she fainted.
Harry helped Destiny up, "Remus! Tonks!" He yelled, holding her. He could feel it getting colder now. Dementors.
Destiny sat at Grimmauld Place, in the living room. She stared at the fireplace, awaiting the return of Severus. Harry handed her another piece of chocolate as he sat next to her. She looked at him, "Harry, what happened?" She whispered, nibbling on the chocolate in her hand.
"Dementors happened, Destiny. They feed off of a person's fears and past." Harry replied, looking at her. "Bad memories."
Destiny looked away from him, "I guess I do have a couple bad memories."
"Potter, stay there. Destiny, go into the kitchen and help Mrs. Weasley." Snape said as he appeared in the fireplace.
"Sorry about ruining your birthday, Harry." Destiny whispered as she stood up, shakily. She kissed his cheek, and walked out of the room.
Harry watched Destiny walk away, and then looked back at Snape. "What?"
"I see you watch her Potter, so you had better not hurt her. She is the closest thing I have, and ever want as a daughter. Don't bring up her past unless she wants to talk. She likes sugar quills, and a muggle snack called Snowballs." Snape said, staring intently at Hary. "She doesn't like gold, but silver. And she loves the hematite stone..." He trailed off.
"Don't hurt her." He finished. He looked up to see Albus smiling at them. "Albus, Destiny bought year six in Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts, she will be in the sixth year classes, right?"
"Among other things, yes." Albus smiled. "I need to speak with Harry for a moment."
Harry rubbed his eyes as he walked into the living room after dinner.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
He looked up, and smiled. They'd been waiting for him the whole time...He looked around to see a stack of presents on the coffee table, and people were standing and sitting.
Harry spotted Destiny asleep on the couch, clutching a necklace to her chest. He smiled, and looked around again.
"Mate! Open this one first, it's from me!" Ron yelled, shoving something towards him. He tore the paper away to find a new pair of Quidditch gloves.
He grinned, and thanked Ron. He continued to open presents. Remus and Tonks had given him a pensieve. Part of him new that Dumbledore wanted him to have it. Sirius had left him something, but he wasn't ready to open it. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had given him a clock similar to the clock that hung in their kitchen. The names on the clock where in this order: Harry Potter, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Ronald Weasley, Ginevra Weasley, Hermione Granger, Fredrick and George Weasley, Neville Longbottom, and...Destiny Black. He hadn't been expecting her to be on the clock. From Charlie and Bill he had gotten a new pair of boots. Fred and George had sent him a 'care' package of Weasley Wizard Wheezes. He'd have to test some on Destiny for sure. Ginny had given him a drawing she had done for him when he had been playing Quidditch. Hermione gave him a book on defense, of course.
Many other Order members gave him auror books, and other gadgets. He also got plenty of sweets.
"How is the cake, dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked as she ushered him over to the couch. Destiny had curled herself into a ball, lying asleep in the middle of the couch. Snape sat with her head on his lap. Harry sat down by her feet.
"It's good, Mrs. Weasley. Thank you so much for the party." Harry smiled. He watched Snape out of the corner of his eye. It was weird to see Snape so kind. He was stroking Destiny's head, and every time she would move, he would whisper something to calm her.
Destiny's foot nudging him tore him from his reverie. Snape was whispering something again. It wasn't calming her now.
"Stop it..." She whimpered, scrunching tighter and tighter together. "Don't..."
Snape continued to stroke her hair, trying to calm her now. The small necklace fell out of her hands. She let out a scream.
Everyone turned to look at her as she continued to toss and turn. Snape glared at them all, and stood. "Party is over. It is time for everyone to go home."
Ginny had already gone to her room, after Harry had opened her present. Being around the Dementors had drained her. Ron and Hermione were gathering the presents, and Tonks and Remus were both cleaning up.
Destiny let out another scream. Harry stood, and kneeled next to the couch. "Destiny...wake up." He whispered, shaking her slowly. A bruise started to form on her neck. He needed to wake her up. "Wake up!" He yelled, and sat her up.
Destiny let out another scream before opening her eyes. Tears appeared in her eyes, and she threw her arms around Harry's neck. She cried into his shoulder. "Harry..." She whimpered.
"It's alright. I'm here." He whispered. The room was silent as he picked her up, also grabbing the necklace, and started up the stairs. "Good night everyone." Harry nodded to them, and went up the stairs.
He used his back to push open the half-open door, also trying to comfort the crying form in his arms. He placed her on the bed. "You should sleep..." He whispered.
"Wait, no...I didn't get to give you your present." Destiny whispered, "But it seems you already have it." She smiled.
Harry held it up. It really was nice. He put it around his neck, still staring at her.
"It has a protection charm on it, so it will keep you safe." Destiny started to fidget as Harry sat next to her.
"Thanks, Destiny." Harry smiled, but it faltered.
Destiny sighed, "If you want to know about my dream, I'll tell you." She shrugged as she lay backwards. She looked at the back of Harry's head, the black hair sticking up in the back.
"Sorry, Des, but...I would like to know. You've been help with me, and got me this present...I want to help you through this." Harry whispered, looking interested in the wall.
"It's nothing, really. I just have a connection with...with everyone who wants to be immortal. I can hear them sometimes. Saying they want to be immortal. They need it. Not many people want to be immortal." Destiny took a deep breath. "When I sleep, I can see these people. Those who want it the most...Tom Riddle, Albus Dumbledore, Peter Pettigrew, Neville Longbottom, Blaise Zabini, Justin Finch-Fletchy, Luna Lovegood, Acacia Zaggelle, Dobby, Petunia Dursley, Spencer Lee, Annie Grace, Mitchell Hedlles, and Greg Basch. These fourteen people are the ones I see most frequently. Of these fourteen, I have been lucky enough to meet seven of them. The last four are from America, and impacted my life...Which is why I can see them even when in Britain."
Destiny sat up again, "The other ten people are all people here in Britain, which is why I can see them. As I said, not many people want to be immortal. I wouldn't want to be." She looked at Harry, who was now fingering his necklace. "When one is getting hurt in some way, and I am asleep, I can see them in my celestial body. Only their attacker can cause my pain. And only their attacker can see me. It is how Voldemort knows who I am. Severus is just too stupid to believe it."
"Just tell me what happened?" Harry asked, his emerald eyes flickering over to her.
"Yeah, alright. Voldemort was attacking Wormtail, and I do hate him, but then he was attacking another. A muggle, but I still care. Voldemort saw me, after I told him to stop. He didn't move, but...Something wrapped around my neck." Destiny mumbled. She rubbed her neck, closing her eyes. "Then you saved me."
"You save too many people, Harry." Destiny whispered, her eyes flickering over to him once more.
Harry met Destiny's eyes. "Does anyone know that you can do this? Ask if Snape or Dumbledore will teach you Occlumency so you don't have to hurt yourself like that."
"I haven't told anyone about it...I probably wouldn't have told you. But...for some reason I trust you." Destiny's voice had become low.
"Potter! OUT OF DESTINY'S ROOM!" Snape bellowed as he knocked on the door.
Destiny burst into giggles as Harry stood up. "He...haha...caught...ahh...you!" She continued to laugh as Harry glared at her, and started across her room to the door.
"DESTINY!" Harry opened the door as it was yelled.
Destiny stood up quickly. She ran to the door, knocking Harry over, and ran out the open door, also knocking Snape over. Destiny ran down the stairs, "SELENA!" She squeaked out as she hugged her 'old' professor.
"What are you doing here?" Destiny asked, excitedly. She didn't even notice as most of the other occupants of the house made their way down the stairs.
"Albus wanted me to become the Defense teacher at Hogwarts. Besides, Regina Dea without Destiny is like...popcorn without peanut butter!" (A/N; Now I have to say I got this from a story I read when I first got interested in D/G...but I can't remember the name...Sorry!)
Destiny grinned, "You're going to be my teacher?" She asked with a mischievous twinkle in her eye.
"Yes, and it will be just like when I was teaching you at RD. So no, you cannot get house points for Gryffindor, but I won't be awarding them to any Slytherins, so that should help, right?" Selena smiled.
"Selena! You cannot not give my house points just because I am their head of house!" Severus lectured.
"That was a double negative, Sevvie!" Selena giggled, "Now, um...everyone in the room?" She asked, clearing her throat.
Everyone who wasn't staring at her, turned to look at her.
"I'm Selena Snape, uhh...the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Selena thought for a moment, and nodded, as if agreeing with what she had just said.
Destiny only grinned, looking at her professors.
Harry watched Destiny, a small smile on his face. Tucked under his shirt was the necklace she had given him.
Alright all, I'm sorry for how long that took. I've had a lot of theatre, a lot of insomnia, a lot of a lot, and a bit of homework thrown in on the side. I know I meant to have this done...two week ago maybe? Well...I didn't. I had most of it done, but I wasn't completely done...
Well, check out my other stories too...or at least my stupid little one-shots. ;
I'm offline all this week, so the earliest update will be next Sunday. Opening night for theatre is Friday. Eep. Well, I'm off. I've got plans for next chapter, and want to get started.
Nemesis; Yes, get going! HURRY!
LN; Shut yer trap, Nemesis.
Always remember to dream, dream until you can dream no more.