Chapter 3

Late Night Disclosures

Arianna led them in through a path through the garden. A set of glass doors led into a spacious living room with a large opening into the next room. A fireplace was in the corner along with shelves full to the limit of hundreds and hundred of books in all shapes and sizes. A coffee table with fresh flowers on it sat in the middle of several big comfy chairs with tables next to them with quills and parchment.

"Home," Harry heard Arianna whisper to herself.

Through the opening there was a large study with even more bookshelves filled with as many books as they could hold of all shapes and sizes. A large desk and another table were in there as were two fireplaces one, though was rather odd. Harry figured it was used for the floo network or something.

"If Hermione got in here I don't think you could get her back out." Harry said smiling.

"Oh this is nothing upstairs in my granddads old study, it is like the Hogwarts library times ten, with out an evil Madame Prince," she said leading them out into a long hallway with a row of long tall windows and several paintings.

"Ari!" Many of them yelled happily. "Welcome home dear," said a portrait of an older couple. A tall man with a slight belly and a mustache was waving at her. His hair and mustache were both snow white. He was wearing a pinstripe suit. The woman in the picture was sitting in a red chintz chair. She was wearing a blue violet dress. Her white hair was pulled into an elegant bun on the top of her hair. She had a very narrow face, she reminded Harry of McGonagall in many ways.

"Grandad, we were just talking about your library," she said facing the painting.

"We missed you very much dear, where is you mother," the lady said.

"She should be home soon. She was apparating." Ari replied. "This is Harry Potter and this is Fred Weasley," she said introducing them both.

"Ahh, we knew your father very well dear. He was a great man," Grandad said to Harry.

Harry nodded.

"Well I am going to finish their tour of the house. I'll be back later okay," she said grabbing Fred's hand again and leading the group on down the hallway.

"I think I like your Grandparents. They seem awfully nice," Fred said to Arianna.

"Yeah, they were amazing people. My Grandmother died when I turned eleven and my Granddad died spring before I went to Grimmauld Place," she said looking down at her feet. "He got a lot done in the for our world you know. He was the Head of The International Ministry. I miss him a lot," Arianna said.

After they were out of the hallway they came into large round room. Probably an entry way. There was large marble staircase that led up to the next floor the room was very open and you could see up on the second floor. The ceiling had a large white bird on it, done in some kind of tiles that looked amazing.

"This is the entry way," her voice echoed throughout the room. "Usually its not this clean, or maybe it's the fact that I haven't been around to mess it all up," she said. "I'm parched. Do you guys need anything to drink so we can finish the tour of the downstairs and you guys can get settled in upstairs?"

Fred and Harry nodded in agreement. He was thirsty dinner seemed ages ago. Arianna then led them through an arch into a very small room with a room on the left right and straight ahead.

"On your left you can see the formal dining room. We generally only use it for Ministry dinners and family stuff,"

The room had a long wooden table that could fit about twenty people at it. Eight on each side and one at both ends. There was a large window at the end that looked out into the garden. The walls were painted a burgundy color that accented the cheery wood at the table.

"Wow," Harry said.

"Yeah, one year it Christmas it was so beautiful. Granddad had a big dinner for some Ministry people. Their were garlands all around and my Grandma had enchanted snow flakes to fall onto the table but not like collect, oh it was so pretty," Arianna said leaning on the entry. "Across the hall you will find the kitchen which we will be going into in a second. And straight forward you have like just a room. The nap room I call it. There are big windows and it is really relaxing to sit in there. During the winter when it is snowing it is like magical. Now to the kitchen,"

The kitchen was large. The cabinets were a dark colored wood and the counters were all done in a dark blue marble. A small table sat close to a large bay window.

"This is where we eat when it is just us," Arianna said getting over to the cabinets to get glasses for something to drink. "What do you want?"

"Water will be fine," Harry said.

"Yeah water is fine," Fred agreed.

Arianna was dancing around while Fred and Harry sat down at the table. "It feels so good to be home, and know where everything is," she said sitting down with Harry and Fred at the table giving them their water.

They talked for fifteen or so minutes about just little stuff going on. Fred was telling them about his sixth year when Adreama came in looking frazzled.

"Harry your Aunt and Uncle are crazy. I may not be the sanest person in the world but they are crazy," she said as she poured herself a glass of wine.

Harry just smiled.

"So what happened? What broke?" Arianna said turning around to face her mother.

"Well at first they thought I was off my rocker, but then when I told them about how you and Harry went to school together, Harry's uncle through a glass of champagne at me. I tried to calm them down but that really didn't work. So after they had broken nearly every plate on the table I apparated home,"

"Don't the realize what is going on though, I mean they have to don't they," Arianna said watching her mother bustle around the kitchen looking for something.

"We'll I think I will let them cool off tonight and then go back and try again tomarrow, I don't know. Had Remus already gone when you guys got here,"

"Yeah, is he in the woods or something?" Arianna said.

"Yes. I told him that that would be his best bet. We are far, far out of the way from any muggle town, and even if he does travel all of the way through the forest, I don't think that there is a house around for a ways," she said taking a sip of her wine.

Harry looked down at his watch, it was nearly 10:30 it was amazing at how fast the night had went.

"You guys ought to go settle in for the night. Your probably tired."

"Yeah we are getting there,"

"How have things been with you Harry," Adreama said looking at him in a concerned motherly way.

"Pretty good," Harry said. He wanted to say how good it was to be out of the Dursley's house, and how happy he was to be here, and a million other things, but he bit his tongue.

"Well I am pooped you guys," Fred said breaking into the conversation.

"Yeah we should bail," Ari added standing up.

Harry followed suit as Arianna led them all back into the main entrance way and up the staircase.

"Well Harry you can stay in Addeliya's old room and Fred you can stay in the guest room," Arianna said when they made it to the second floor.

The two boys nodded.

"Harry this is your room," she said motioning into the first door to the right of the stairs. "Fred you need to enlarge his suitcase," she said pulling Harry's trunk and Hedwig's cage out of her purse as she opened the door.

It was a fairly large room. It was painted in a bright yellow color with a large window near the bed. Ari sat Harry's trunk and Hedwig's cage on the ground while Fred made them back to there normal size.

There was a tapping on the window. Harry opened it to let her in. She had a field mouse in her mouth.

"Ahh, lovely," Harry said as Hedwig perched on his shoulder.

"No worries that's how she shows affection for you, bringing you dead field mice," Arianna said pulling some more blankets out of a trunk in the closet.

"Well I think that there are better forms of affection," Fred said kissing Arianna on the top of her forehead.

Ari smiled and continued her conversation with Harry. The bathroom's two doors to your left mine is the next one over. You should be okay for the rest of night, so sleep well," she said as her and Fred walked out the door.

Harry changed into his nightclothes quickly and crawled into bed. It was a very comfortable one. It was good to see Arianna again, although, she seemed kind of far out this evening, but they hadn't been around each other in a long time.

It didn't take long for Harry to fall asleep. He barely noticed Arianna sneak back into her room thirty minutes after her and Fred had left his.

Harry slept soundly for a few hours when he was awoken to the sound of a guitar being strummed in the room next to his. Arianna wasn't sleeping. He wondered why. It should be easy for her to be asleep in her own home for the first time in a year. Harry got up and crept slowly out his room into the hallway and knocked on Arianna's door.

He heard a rustling, and she appeared at the door way in a set of long blue pajamas, "What are you okay," she said looking around at him.

"Oh yeah, I'm fine, I just heard you play and I just," he began to stutter and Arianna let him come into her room just smiling and shaking her head.

Arianna's room was the exact opposite of the other rooms in the house. It wasn't clean and orderly like the others. It was painted a dark electric blue on the little wall that you could see. Everywhere else was covered in pictures and stickers and just little odds and ends. Many of them were of her riding her horse, or playing quidditch, or flying on a Hippogriff.

"Did I wake you up," Arianna said breaking Harry's fascination with the pictures.

"Yeah, but I wasn't sleeping that well anyway," Harry lied definetly.

"Why not?" Arianna said as she put her guitar up in a corner.

"Just thinking I guess. I don't know. It was weird," Harry trailed off.

"Oh," she said.

Harry looked at the clock that Arianna had on her bedside table it was 2:30 in the morning.

"Do you want to go for a walk?" Arianna asked as she stood up.

"Where?" Harry said. He was not in the least bit mood to go for a walk. He had every intention of crawling back in to the bed that was waiting for him next door and not waking up until tomorrow.

"I don't know out to the barn or something," She bustled around putting on a pair of shoes.

"Okay," Harry went to get his shoes. Wondering what the hell he was getting himself into.

They walked out to the barn. Buckbeak was sleeping almost snoring, an all white horse was snoozing as well. Only creature up in there besides Harry and Arianna, was Ari's Buckskin mare, who was absolutely jumping around to see her.

"Are you really okay," Harry asked her leaning against the stall that Ari stood next to petting her horse, Leora.

It took Ari a little while to respond. She seemed dead focused on making Leora's forlock smooth.

"I guess, well to a point. I mean we shouldn't be expected to be over it by now, it is way to soon, Well it is for me. I don't know. I mean when I was at headquarters everytime I was in a room I was expecting him to walk in or something, like he was still there . . ." she trailed off. Her eyes were starting to glisten over. Harry had never appreciated the color of grey her eyes were. It was like they were light but dark at the same time, like looking into an illusion.

Harry heard her sniffle slightly, but she looked at him with a smile on her face. "You know I was really worried about you. I mean you just were sent back to your Aunt and Uncle's with out really getting to talk to anyone. I wanted to help you, but I really wasn't in the state of mind to help out anyone at the time," she replied looking down at her feet. "You've realized by now that Sirius was my dad right?" She said looking back up at Harry. "He hadn't wanted a daughter though. Kreature reminds me constantly. I figured that it was well you are a boy and my dad and your dad were best friends so I figured like that he wanted their kinds to go off to Hogwarts and be them all over again you know," she continued.

Harry didn't know what to do. He had figured it out. It made complete sense. Sirius really couldn't deny that Ari was his though. Every bad habit that Sirius had had was brought out even more thorough Ari. She had his hair, and eyes, and barkish laugh. It made complete sense. She was right though. Sirius clung to Harry for some reason, almost shunning Arianna completely. She tried so hard to fix that though, it just didn't work in time for her.

By now silent tears were streaming down her face. Before Harry had realized it he was holding Arianna in a hug.

"We should get back up to the house," her told her softly. She just shook her head, and they headed back up to the house.

A/n sorry guys I am pooped for the night, please review. I really need the support. Tell me if you like where this story is going or if it is just stupid or whatever, please.

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