Chapter 10
Erin and the heirs, minus Lara, apperated to a park near Ashleigh's home. They walked the short distance to the house but Erin stopped them before they went inside. "Now because Ash's parents are Muggle, it is going to be harder to tell them what is going on." She told them, "So, I am going to change my appearance so that I look more human. OK?" They all nodded. Erin muttered a spell and her ears became more human and she shrank slightly, to a more humane height.
When the spell had finished they all walked to the front door and Ash rang the doorbell. While they waited for the door to be answered a cat ran up to Ash and wrapped itself around her legs purring. "Hey Holly. Did you miss me?" Ash said, bending down and picking up the animal.
While Ash was cuddling the cat the door opened revealing a rather plump man with a kind face. Ash put down the cat and flew at the man. It took him a few seconds to work out what had hitting him but when he did he broke down crying.
Hearing the commotion a small girl walked in to the room from the kitchen, when she saw Ash she joined the group hug with her father.
When they pulled away from each other, Ash's dad looked her up and down making sure that she was all right. "Oh I've missed you so much, when we found that note in your room saying that you were fine and would be back, oh, we were all so worried we could believe what happened." The man drew her into a hug again.
After he had gotten over the shock of his daughter being home he invited everyone in and led them to the sitting room. He then turned to the little girl, "Angela go next door and tell your mother to came home immediately." Angela ran out of the room, only to turn and give her sister one last hug before leaving. There was the sound of the front door slamming before a long silence.
A few minutes later the front door slammed for a second time and in ran a woman who looked very similar to Ashleigh. She ran over to Ash and they had another reunion like the one 5 minutes before.
When they had both stopped crying Ash turned to Erin and the rest of her group. "Um. Ok Mum Dad this is Erin, Bron and Harry." She said pointing at each in turn, "Guys this is my Mum, Katrina. My Dad, Jonathan and my sister Angela."
Everyone shook hands then sat down. Erin explained like she had to Lara's parents about the heirs and what had happened in the last year. But also about magic and the wizarding world as Ash's family were all Muggle.
While Erin was explaining all of this to them Harry thought back to the day after this had all meet Erin.
Flashback
When Harry woke up the next day he was shocked to find that he wasn't at the Dursley's anymore and that he didn't have as many injuries anymore. He had a lot of bruising and some of his older cuts were still their but all his broken bones where healed but still stiff and it was a bit uncomfortable to put to much weight on his left leg.
He was also extremely hungry which was understandable as he hadn't eaten in over a month but it surprised him, as he was use to very little food and he could usually ignore his hunger pains.
He looked around the room he was sitting in. The walls were stone like he was use to at Hogwarts, there was a reasonably sized window on one wall and two doors out of the room, one that he had come in through the night before and the other looked like a bathroom. The room had a simple desk in the corner, and a bookcase full of books. The bed he was on was a four-post bed like in the Gryffindor dorms with curtains around them.
He noticed his school trunk at the end of the bed and went to get some cloths then went into the bathroom.
It was a simple shower, toilet and sink. He had a shower and got dressed. Before going out into the common room he had appeared in the night before. He saw that one of the girls were already up and trying to cook herself some breakfast. By the look of it she had never cooked anything in her life.
As he got closer she managed to burn her hand as she trying to light the stove (Everything in the kitchen in Muggle but run by magic). She swore loudly and Harry decided to make his presence noticed.
"That's not very lady like you know" he told her. She spun around and knocked the frying pan off of the stove top. "Well I'd like to see you do better." She snapped. "OK"
He walked around the table that separated the two and picked up the frying pan and rinsed it in the sink before drying it and lighting the stove. He proceeded to make everyone a breakfast of bacon and eggs as he had done for the Dursley's for most of his life.
The girl, Lara, sat on the table and watched him work. She noticed that even if he looked at ease as he worked he knew exactly where she was and would glance over his shoulder every time she moved.
As he finished, the other two came out of their rooms. They had smelt the bacon from their rooms and come to find out who was cooking. They saw Harry putting the food on the table. "Is there enough for us?" Bron asked. "Sure I cooked for everyone." He replied. "You cooked? You know I have never meet a guy that can cook." Ash stated. "Yes well I grew up doing the housework for my Aunt and Uncle so I've been able to cook since I could reach the kitchen bench." Harry replied as they started to help themselves.
"No offence but if they hate you so much why not send you to an orphanage?" Lara asked. "They thought that some of my parents old wizarding friends would come and check on me and turn them into toads. But after a few years they realized that they weren't coming so my uncle started beating me up." He shrugged as if it didn't matter.
After a minute or so, Bron spoke. "How old were you?" Harry thought for a moment, "Um I think I was 2 when my uncle first hit me for crying but I was 4 when anything major like what you saw last night started to happen."
The 3 girls stared at him dumbstruck. After a moment Harry spoke again. "I don't know why I'm even telling you this I don't even know your names." He turned back to the small amount of food he had put on his plate, hoping that if he didn't eat to much he wouldn't throw it back up.
"Oh sorry I'm Bronwyn, or Bron if you like." "I'm Ashleigh, but friends call me Ash." "My names Lara." "Well you all know my name."
They continued to eat their breakfast in silence. As Lara ate she watched Harry out of the corner of her eye. She had noticed that in the few hours that she had known him he hadn't made eye contact with anyone; in fact he did everything he could to avoid it. He had never started a conversation or spoken back he was about the opposite to all the male teenage stereotypes. Quiet, polite and considerate.
After they had eaten Harry cleared away the plates. While he was doing that the girls went to see if they could find Erin. When Harry was finished he joined them in the search.
"Well she's not here. We'll just have to wait for her to come back." He said.
They sat for about half an hour before they remembered what she had said the night before. 'Call me if you need anything.'
"ERIN!" They all called.
The elf appeared in the middle of the room. "At last you worked it out." She exclaimed. "Yes well if you had given us better instructions then we would have call earlier." Lara told her. "Well you should learn to listen more carefully to what people tell you." She retorted.
"ENOUGH!" Harry shouted. The women all turned to him. "Now Erin would you please explain the reason for us being here, cause personally I am about ready to destroy everything in this room from frustration, so if you please?"
End flashback
"Harry? Harry!" The person in question jumped and looked up at the person calling him. "Come on we're going." Erin said. "Oh Ok sure lets go." He replied rising from his seat.
They said goodbye to Ash and her family, consulted the next map to get to Bron's house and Apperated away.
Erin and the heirs, minus Lara, apperated to a park near Ashleigh's home. They walked the short distance to the house but Erin stopped them before they went inside. "Now because Ash's parents are Muggle, it is going to be harder to tell them what is going on." She told them, "So, I am going to change my appearance so that I look more human. OK?" They all nodded. Erin muttered a spell and her ears became more human and she shrank slightly, to a more humane height.
When the spell had finished they all walked to the front door and Ash rang the doorbell. While they waited for the door to be answered a cat ran up to Ash and wrapped itself around her legs purring. "Hey Holly. Did you miss me?" Ash said, bending down and picking up the animal.
While Ash was cuddling the cat the door opened revealing a rather plump man with a kind face. Ash put down the cat and flew at the man. It took him a few seconds to work out what had hitting him but when he did he broke down crying.
Hearing the commotion a small girl walked in to the room from the kitchen, when she saw Ash she joined the group hug with her father.
When they pulled away from each other, Ash's dad looked her up and down making sure that she was all right. "Oh I've missed you so much, when we found that note in your room saying that you were fine and would be back, oh, we were all so worried we could believe what happened." The man drew her into a hug again.
After he had gotten over the shock of his daughter being home he invited everyone in and led them to the sitting room. He then turned to the little girl, "Angela go next door and tell your mother to came home immediately." Angela ran out of the room, only to turn and give her sister one last hug before leaving. There was the sound of the front door slamming before a long silence.
A few minutes later the front door slammed for a second time and in ran a woman who looked very similar to Ashleigh. She ran over to Ash and they had another reunion like the one 5 minutes before.
When they had both stopped crying Ash turned to Erin and the rest of her group. "Um. Ok Mum Dad this is Erin, Bron and Harry." She said pointing at each in turn, "Guys this is my Mum, Katrina. My Dad, Jonathan and my sister Angela."
Everyone shook hands then sat down. Erin explained like she had to Lara's parents about the heirs and what had happened in the last year. But also about magic and the wizarding world as Ash's family were all Muggle.
While Erin was explaining all of this to them Harry thought back to the day after this had all meet Erin.
Flashback
When Harry woke up the next day he was shocked to find that he wasn't at the Dursley's anymore and that he didn't have as many injuries anymore. He had a lot of bruising and some of his older cuts were still their but all his broken bones where healed but still stiff and it was a bit uncomfortable to put to much weight on his left leg.
He was also extremely hungry which was understandable as he hadn't eaten in over a month but it surprised him, as he was use to very little food and he could usually ignore his hunger pains.
He looked around the room he was sitting in. The walls were stone like he was use to at Hogwarts, there was a reasonably sized window on one wall and two doors out of the room, one that he had come in through the night before and the other looked like a bathroom. The room had a simple desk in the corner, and a bookcase full of books. The bed he was on was a four-post bed like in the Gryffindor dorms with curtains around them.
He noticed his school trunk at the end of the bed and went to get some cloths then went into the bathroom.
It was a simple shower, toilet and sink. He had a shower and got dressed. Before going out into the common room he had appeared in the night before. He saw that one of the girls were already up and trying to cook herself some breakfast. By the look of it she had never cooked anything in her life.
As he got closer she managed to burn her hand as she trying to light the stove (Everything in the kitchen in Muggle but run by magic). She swore loudly and Harry decided to make his presence noticed.
"That's not very lady like you know" he told her. She spun around and knocked the frying pan off of the stove top. "Well I'd like to see you do better." She snapped. "OK"
He walked around the table that separated the two and picked up the frying pan and rinsed it in the sink before drying it and lighting the stove. He proceeded to make everyone a breakfast of bacon and eggs as he had done for the Dursley's for most of his life.
The girl, Lara, sat on the table and watched him work. She noticed that even if he looked at ease as he worked he knew exactly where she was and would glance over his shoulder every time she moved.
As he finished, the other two came out of their rooms. They had smelt the bacon from their rooms and come to find out who was cooking. They saw Harry putting the food on the table. "Is there enough for us?" Bron asked. "Sure I cooked for everyone." He replied. "You cooked? You know I have never meet a guy that can cook." Ash stated. "Yes well I grew up doing the housework for my Aunt and Uncle so I've been able to cook since I could reach the kitchen bench." Harry replied as they started to help themselves.
"No offence but if they hate you so much why not send you to an orphanage?" Lara asked. "They thought that some of my parents old wizarding friends would come and check on me and turn them into toads. But after a few years they realized that they weren't coming so my uncle started beating me up." He shrugged as if it didn't matter.
After a minute or so, Bron spoke. "How old were you?" Harry thought for a moment, "Um I think I was 2 when my uncle first hit me for crying but I was 4 when anything major like what you saw last night started to happen."
The 3 girls stared at him dumbstruck. After a moment Harry spoke again. "I don't know why I'm even telling you this I don't even know your names." He turned back to the small amount of food he had put on his plate, hoping that if he didn't eat to much he wouldn't throw it back up.
"Oh sorry I'm Bronwyn, or Bron if you like." "I'm Ashleigh, but friends call me Ash." "My names Lara." "Well you all know my name."
They continued to eat their breakfast in silence. As Lara ate she watched Harry out of the corner of her eye. She had noticed that in the few hours that she had known him he hadn't made eye contact with anyone; in fact he did everything he could to avoid it. He had never started a conversation or spoken back he was about the opposite to all the male teenage stereotypes. Quiet, polite and considerate.
After they had eaten Harry cleared away the plates. While he was doing that the girls went to see if they could find Erin. When Harry was finished he joined them in the search.
"Well she's not here. We'll just have to wait for her to come back." He said.
They sat for about half an hour before they remembered what she had said the night before. 'Call me if you need anything.'
"ERIN!" They all called.
The elf appeared in the middle of the room. "At last you worked it out." She exclaimed. "Yes well if you had given us better instructions then we would have call earlier." Lara told her. "Well you should learn to listen more carefully to what people tell you." She retorted.
"ENOUGH!" Harry shouted. The women all turned to him. "Now Erin would you please explain the reason for us being here, cause personally I am about ready to destroy everything in this room from frustration, so if you please?"
End flashback
"Harry? Harry!" The person in question jumped and looked up at the person calling him. "Come on we're going." Erin said. "Oh Ok sure lets go." He replied rising from his seat.
They said goodbye to Ash and her family, consulted the next map to get to Bron's house and Apperated away.