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O'Riley Castle, Ireland:
Kennedy and Roary sat in Dumbledore's office about to take the floo network back to O'Riley Castle in Ireland. "We would be glad to have come to our Christmas and New Year's parties. We extend that invitation to every Hogwarts teacher," Roary said, sitting back in his chair.
"I think I shall celebrate here, but thank you. I will tell the teachers of your invitation. Now, I have had a fire prepared for your journey. I shall see you after the Holiday Ms. O'Riley," Dumbledore stepped out from behind his desk with a bag with the powder in it. Kennedy nodded and rubbed her hands together, she'd always loved traveling by floo powder.
"Well, I think we'll go at the same time, how's that sound to you?" He looked at Kennedy who agreed. Yes! Now I can freak Ari out! This will be perfect!, she smirked. Roary took one look at his sister and shook his head, he was in for it.
Roary took a good handful of the powder and threw it into the fire. The fire flared and turned emerald. Roary turned to Hogwarts' Headmaster, "If you change your mind, you know where to find us. We'll be celebrating New Year's at the Chateau, though."
"If I change my mind," he nodded as the two siblings were about to step into the flame he spoke again. "Kennedy, take care of your self."
Kennedy looked back at the Headmaster to see him smiling, she smiled back and nodded. Roary pulled her into the fire and put his arm around her shoulders. She wrapped her arms about his middle as he shouted, "O'Riley Castle, Ireland!"
With that they shot up and started swirling in circles. After about thirty seconds they flattened out and became parallel with the ground. Kennedy looked in front of her and smiled, this was something she loved. She tried to move one of her legs and succeeded. Kenn moved the legs up and down with some difficulty, she hadn't flown with floo for a while and she was out of practice. After about another minute Kennedy and Roary tumbled out of the fire place in the kitchen of O'Riley Castle.
"Kennedy, you are a lunatic. You just about gave me a heart attack when you started moving your legs like that. Are you sure we're related?" Roary said while brushing himself off.
"I don't know, have we ever had a milk man?" Kennedy smirked also dusting off her clothes.
Roary put his hand under his chin as if he was thinking, "Well let me think.... Hmm... not in sixteen years." He smiled and they both broke out in laughter.
In their laughter they didn't realize the brunette-haired woman that entered the room. Kennedy remained clueless until she was being smothered. "Mum! It's good to see you too, but it would also be good to let me breathe!" Kennedy said pulling out of her mom's embrace. Roary stood back tried unsuccessfully to contain his laughter and began choking when his mother embraced him as well.
The blonde boy laughed, "Mummy, so good to see you! What's it been 6 hours? I know it's hard to live with out me, but really." He smirked as his mother hit him lightly on the arm. The three O'Rileys laughed with each other.
"Well, I really must get back to helping Roisyn with the dusting," she smiled at her offspring before hurrying out the swing kitchen door. Her children shook their heads.
"Why do we have a house keeper, a witch no less, if all our mother does is help Roisyn and probably get in her way?" Raory asked his younger sister while sitting at the kitchen counter in one of the bar stools and summoning a Butterbeer to himself.
Kennedy walked over the cabinet, opened it, pulled out a Butterbeer, and sitting down in the seat across from her brother, "I'm not sure, but Ari?"
"Yes."
"What do you think Dumbledore meant when he said "Ms. O'Riley, take care of yourself'?" Kennedy took a drink of Butterbeer and looked intently at Roary.
Ari frowned and sipped his Butterbeer. He wiped his mouth off with a cloth napkin that had magically appeared, "I'm not sure Kid. It could mean anything; Dumbledore is very wise, and very strange. If I were you I'd just forget about it, he was probably just being polite and Headmasterly, but I don't know."
Kennedy nodded. Her brother hadn't been known to steer her in the wrong direction, so she would go with his suggestion. Kenn sat there for a few seconds, thinking. She was interrupted by her brother very loudly clearing his throat. The girl looked up at her brother and saw he looked expectant, like he was uncomfortable, but still wanted her to tell him something.
"What do you need Roar?"
"Well, it's just that you seem like you have something on your mind and I think you should tell someone, namely, me. Don't look at me like that Kiddokster, I'm your older brother, and you're supposed to talk to me. You know tell me every little single detail of your puny little life, who you like, what you've been up to. If you've been doing dirty things with boys," he wiggled his eyes suggestively and smirked as his sister hit him.
"I don't like anyone, I had a boyfriend, but he cheated on me. I've been doing homework, Shane is my only friend, my other friends betrayed me," She smiled, "And I'm not sexually active like you were, dear brother, I'm still a virgin. Just FYI." Roary made a face at his younger sister.
"Well, your life is kinda screwed up isn't it? Wow! So, how do you know the bloke cheated on you?" Roary asked his sister, taking a drink of Butterbeer.
"Well because I was walking to the Great Hall for Dinner and I heard voices in a classroom and I figured it was some idiots snogging, trying to have dessert before dinner, and so I walked in, just to ruin the fun. I opened up the door and there stood Rook with two girls, twins. I felt so stupid for believing, god I'm such an idiot!" Kennedy hit her head on the a few times.
Roary looked shocked, "Woah! I'm really sorry Kenn, but what I wanna know now is how Shaney can be your only friend," he looked concernedly at her. His eyes bore into her like a drill into ply wood, but they still retained the normal caring look. Kennedy hit the table and Roary put his hand on her shoulder. Kenn looked at her brother and knew she could trust him so she started into the tale of how she'd lost her boyfriend and then her friends, even the ones she'd just gotten close to.
Roary's eyes were understanding, but one could tell he was blown away with the story his sister had just told to him. He'd never seen his sister so upset about something. Then again, she'd never lost all her friends, save one. Kennedy looked into her brother's eyes and broke down. There she sat on a stool in her kitchen sobbing like a two-year-old. Roary stood up and went to the other side of the table. He took his sixteen-year-old sister into his arms and held her close to him.
About ten minutes later Kennedy pulled away, wiping her eyes. She was hiccupping. "Ari? Am I really a bad person?" She sniffed.
Roary shook his head and put his arm around her shoulders, "No you're not, Sweet. Don't ever let anyone tell you that you're a bad person. If someone tells you that then don't take it. You have every right to be mean, some people would call that bad, to that person. You still have Shane and you have me and the rest of the family. Who cares about them, they're obviously either jealous or not good enough be your friend."
"Why would someone be jealous of me?"
"They could be jealous because you have so much, but I'm not going to say your old friends were only your friends because we're rich. I'm not going to say that they were jealous because they probably weren't, they were good people. I don't really know what could have caused them to do such a thing, but don't be sad, be happy! You realize Ahearn will be very upset if we don't go and announce our arrival?"
"OH!" Kennedy jumped up and ran out the swinging doors, Roary at a slow gait behind her. The two turned ran down corridors until they reached The Entrance where the O'Riley's Butler would be.
"Ahearn!" Kenn shouted. A tall, thin, graying man turned on her call his green eyes lit up upon seeing the O'Riley children. His clean-shaven face broke into a smile and he waved. Ahearn opened up his arms and Kennedy ran into them.
"Ai, Lass, you've returned, you look even more beautiful than the last time I saw you," The kind man said with a slight Irish lilt looking down at Kenn.
"Oh naturally!" Kennedy batted her eyelashes and all three people started laughing. Ahearn looked at the eldest O'Riley and smiled.
"Laddie, I was worried I'd done something wrong when you came home this morning and didn't come to visit old Ahearn," Ahearn walked towards Roary. The two shook hands and then hugged. They pulled away smiling.
"Never! I'll tell you I Apparated this morning and the second I was in this house my mother came running up to tell me that she wanted me to go and retrieve my sister from school. I would have come, but I was ambushed, terribly sorry old chap!" Roary smiled at the butler who returned the smile with one of utter warmth.
"Now you two had better go say hello to your father if you haven't done so already I'm sure he'll be wanting to see his favorite children," Ahearn motioned towards the grand stairs with a wooden door at the top, their father's office. "Ahearn, we're his only kids," Kennedy responded, shaking her head.
"All the more reason for you to be his favorite!"
"Alright then, I will talk to you later Ahearn!" Kennedy hugged the man one more time before following Roary up the stairwell. She fell into step with her brother at the top step.
"You ready?" Roary asked Kenn. She nodded, and he pushed open the doors and two O'Riley children entered, closing the doors behind them.
A/N: OOOO this is a cliffy if you're wondering. please please please please please please please please please please please please please review!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to the Harry Potter Series, but I own the books that they sell online/in the store!!!
O'Riley Castle, Ireland:
Kennedy and Roary sat in Dumbledore's office about to take the floo network back to O'Riley Castle in Ireland. "We would be glad to have come to our Christmas and New Year's parties. We extend that invitation to every Hogwarts teacher," Roary said, sitting back in his chair.
"I think I shall celebrate here, but thank you. I will tell the teachers of your invitation. Now, I have had a fire prepared for your journey. I shall see you after the Holiday Ms. O'Riley," Dumbledore stepped out from behind his desk with a bag with the powder in it. Kennedy nodded and rubbed her hands together, she'd always loved traveling by floo powder.
"Well, I think we'll go at the same time, how's that sound to you?" He looked at Kennedy who agreed. Yes! Now I can freak Ari out! This will be perfect!, she smirked. Roary took one look at his sister and shook his head, he was in for it.
Roary took a good handful of the powder and threw it into the fire. The fire flared and turned emerald. Roary turned to Hogwarts' Headmaster, "If you change your mind, you know where to find us. We'll be celebrating New Year's at the Chateau, though."
"If I change my mind," he nodded as the two siblings were about to step into the flame he spoke again. "Kennedy, take care of your self."
Kennedy looked back at the Headmaster to see him smiling, she smiled back and nodded. Roary pulled her into the fire and put his arm around her shoulders. She wrapped her arms about his middle as he shouted, "O'Riley Castle, Ireland!"
With that they shot up and started swirling in circles. After about thirty seconds they flattened out and became parallel with the ground. Kennedy looked in front of her and smiled, this was something she loved. She tried to move one of her legs and succeeded. Kenn moved the legs up and down with some difficulty, she hadn't flown with floo for a while and she was out of practice. After about another minute Kennedy and Roary tumbled out of the fire place in the kitchen of O'Riley Castle.
"Kennedy, you are a lunatic. You just about gave me a heart attack when you started moving your legs like that. Are you sure we're related?" Roary said while brushing himself off.
"I don't know, have we ever had a milk man?" Kennedy smirked also dusting off her clothes.
Roary put his hand under his chin as if he was thinking, "Well let me think.... Hmm... not in sixteen years." He smiled and they both broke out in laughter.
In their laughter they didn't realize the brunette-haired woman that entered the room. Kennedy remained clueless until she was being smothered. "Mum! It's good to see you too, but it would also be good to let me breathe!" Kennedy said pulling out of her mom's embrace. Roary stood back tried unsuccessfully to contain his laughter and began choking when his mother embraced him as well.
The blonde boy laughed, "Mummy, so good to see you! What's it been 6 hours? I know it's hard to live with out me, but really." He smirked as his mother hit him lightly on the arm. The three O'Rileys laughed with each other.
"Well, I really must get back to helping Roisyn with the dusting," she smiled at her offspring before hurrying out the swing kitchen door. Her children shook their heads.
"Why do we have a house keeper, a witch no less, if all our mother does is help Roisyn and probably get in her way?" Raory asked his younger sister while sitting at the kitchen counter in one of the bar stools and summoning a Butterbeer to himself.
Kennedy walked over the cabinet, opened it, pulled out a Butterbeer, and sitting down in the seat across from her brother, "I'm not sure, but Ari?"
"Yes."
"What do you think Dumbledore meant when he said "Ms. O'Riley, take care of yourself'?" Kennedy took a drink of Butterbeer and looked intently at Roary.
Ari frowned and sipped his Butterbeer. He wiped his mouth off with a cloth napkin that had magically appeared, "I'm not sure Kid. It could mean anything; Dumbledore is very wise, and very strange. If I were you I'd just forget about it, he was probably just being polite and Headmasterly, but I don't know."
Kennedy nodded. Her brother hadn't been known to steer her in the wrong direction, so she would go with his suggestion. Kenn sat there for a few seconds, thinking. She was interrupted by her brother very loudly clearing his throat. The girl looked up at her brother and saw he looked expectant, like he was uncomfortable, but still wanted her to tell him something.
"What do you need Roar?"
"Well, it's just that you seem like you have something on your mind and I think you should tell someone, namely, me. Don't look at me like that Kiddokster, I'm your older brother, and you're supposed to talk to me. You know tell me every little single detail of your puny little life, who you like, what you've been up to. If you've been doing dirty things with boys," he wiggled his eyes suggestively and smirked as his sister hit him.
"I don't like anyone, I had a boyfriend, but he cheated on me. I've been doing homework, Shane is my only friend, my other friends betrayed me," She smiled, "And I'm not sexually active like you were, dear brother, I'm still a virgin. Just FYI." Roary made a face at his younger sister.
"Well, your life is kinda screwed up isn't it? Wow! So, how do you know the bloke cheated on you?" Roary asked his sister, taking a drink of Butterbeer.
"Well because I was walking to the Great Hall for Dinner and I heard voices in a classroom and I figured it was some idiots snogging, trying to have dessert before dinner, and so I walked in, just to ruin the fun. I opened up the door and there stood Rook with two girls, twins. I felt so stupid for believing, god I'm such an idiot!" Kennedy hit her head on the a few times.
Roary looked shocked, "Woah! I'm really sorry Kenn, but what I wanna know now is how Shaney can be your only friend," he looked concernedly at her. His eyes bore into her like a drill into ply wood, but they still retained the normal caring look. Kennedy hit the table and Roary put his hand on her shoulder. Kenn looked at her brother and knew she could trust him so she started into the tale of how she'd lost her boyfriend and then her friends, even the ones she'd just gotten close to.
Roary's eyes were understanding, but one could tell he was blown away with the story his sister had just told to him. He'd never seen his sister so upset about something. Then again, she'd never lost all her friends, save one. Kennedy looked into her brother's eyes and broke down. There she sat on a stool in her kitchen sobbing like a two-year-old. Roary stood up and went to the other side of the table. He took his sixteen-year-old sister into his arms and held her close to him.
About ten minutes later Kennedy pulled away, wiping her eyes. She was hiccupping. "Ari? Am I really a bad person?" She sniffed.
Roary shook his head and put his arm around her shoulders, "No you're not, Sweet. Don't ever let anyone tell you that you're a bad person. If someone tells you that then don't take it. You have every right to be mean, some people would call that bad, to that person. You still have Shane and you have me and the rest of the family. Who cares about them, they're obviously either jealous or not good enough be your friend."
"Why would someone be jealous of me?"
"They could be jealous because you have so much, but I'm not going to say your old friends were only your friends because we're rich. I'm not going to say that they were jealous because they probably weren't, they were good people. I don't really know what could have caused them to do such a thing, but don't be sad, be happy! You realize Ahearn will be very upset if we don't go and announce our arrival?"
"OH!" Kennedy jumped up and ran out the swinging doors, Roary at a slow gait behind her. The two turned ran down corridors until they reached The Entrance where the O'Riley's Butler would be.
"Ahearn!" Kenn shouted. A tall, thin, graying man turned on her call his green eyes lit up upon seeing the O'Riley children. His clean-shaven face broke into a smile and he waved. Ahearn opened up his arms and Kennedy ran into them.
"Ai, Lass, you've returned, you look even more beautiful than the last time I saw you," The kind man said with a slight Irish lilt looking down at Kenn.
"Oh naturally!" Kennedy batted her eyelashes and all three people started laughing. Ahearn looked at the eldest O'Riley and smiled.
"Laddie, I was worried I'd done something wrong when you came home this morning and didn't come to visit old Ahearn," Ahearn walked towards Roary. The two shook hands and then hugged. They pulled away smiling.
"Never! I'll tell you I Apparated this morning and the second I was in this house my mother came running up to tell me that she wanted me to go and retrieve my sister from school. I would have come, but I was ambushed, terribly sorry old chap!" Roary smiled at the butler who returned the smile with one of utter warmth.
"Now you two had better go say hello to your father if you haven't done so already I'm sure he'll be wanting to see his favorite children," Ahearn motioned towards the grand stairs with a wooden door at the top, their father's office. "Ahearn, we're his only kids," Kennedy responded, shaking her head.
"All the more reason for you to be his favorite!"
"Alright then, I will talk to you later Ahearn!" Kennedy hugged the man one more time before following Roary up the stairwell. She fell into step with her brother at the top step.
"You ready?" Roary asked Kenn. She nodded, and he pushed open the doors and two O'Riley children entered, closing the doors behind them.
A/N: OOOO this is a cliffy if you're wondering. please please please please please please please please please please please please please review!!!!!!!!!!!!