I won't bother with a disclaimer any more. The one I put up in front of the first chapter goes for the whole story... no matter how long it might go on.

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Blessing, Nala XXX


Chapter 12

Kelsey took a deep breath. At first he thought "Ok I'm unconscious" but then he realized that he was in a totally different room. He got off the floor once more and felt his way across the room to an empty chair next to a big fireplace.

"Who are you?"

Kelsey jumped up from the chair and stretched out his wand. He turned nervously from left to right trying to find the person who had spoken. His hands were sweaty and shaking.

"Who...who are...you" Kelsey yelled with a high-pitched voice.

"Don't worry my boy. There's nothing you need to be afraid of. I'm not going to hurt you so sit down and we can talk about who you are and how you got here."

Kelsey still couldn't figure out where exactly the voice came from, but it sounded friendly and so he relaxed slightly.

"So who are you young man?" somebody grabbed Kelsey's arm and pulled him over where he was sitting.

"I'm Kelsey" the boy replied. He found himself sitting next to a man in his 30ies. He was tall with black hair and friendly eyes.

"So welcome Kelsey" the dark-haired man said smiling at the confused teenager. "Can you please explain me how you got past Perseus? He's supposed to only let family member pass and Dumbledore. This secures that no stranger can get into our hideout. Perseus can sense the family connection in somebody. We don't have a lot of family left and as it is nobody would visit us right now anyway."

The wizard sighed and Kelsey could see a strong sorrow and disappointment in is eyes.

"I don't know how I got here. The last I can remember, I was looking at a portrait of a knight in black armour and then I crashed her on the floor in front of you"

Kelsey felt very uncomfortable and helpless. He could barely see where he was and had no idea how he would be able to get out of here. A very alarming thought entered his mind. What if this man was crazy, why should he be secluded from all the other patients when he wasn't dangerous? And why did he refer to himself as us? Kelsey felt his body tensing when he tried to scan the room for other persons. He was quite sure that he and the man were the only ones in here.

He must be crazy. There's no other way, Kelsey thought holding on tightly to his wand when his hands started to tremble with fear.

The man touched his hand softly causing Kelsey to flinch. "I told you there's nothing in here you need to be afraid of. I'm not going to hurt you" the man said smiling gently at the nervous boy. "I have never seen you before Kelsey, but when Perseus let you through, you have to be related to us. So tell me about your parents please." he continued.

"My parents are Nicole and Floyd Warren. I have a twin sister, her name is Kayla. We lived in Virginia, before we started to go to Hogwarts. Our parents live in London now. My father is a magical scientist and my mom's a diplomat." Kelsey answered looking at the wizard waiting for some sort of explanation.

The friendly eyes in the man' face grew bigger and bigger with every word he heard. All of a sudden he hugged Kelsey tightly causing the boy to start trembling again. "You're Nicole's boy? Then welcome. I wish your mothers' cousin could welcome you too, but my wife's state is not the best right now...." his voice trailed off.

"Wait. Are you telling me your wife is my moms' cousin? Then you must be...." Kelsey whispered.

"Right, I'm James Potter" "But you are dead!" Kelsey screamed.

Now he knew for sure that this man here was not right in his mind. He had to find a way out here. Fast!

"Calm down. I'm not dead and neither is Lilly. I assume you know what happened the night when Voldemort was visiting us. I was waiting for him at the front door. I wanted to fight him and protect my family" James explained

"But the only people who showed up were deatheaters. Voldemort came through the backdoor. As soon as I recognized it I started to run upstairs. I entered the nursery and found Voldemort in front of Harry's crib. I yelled at him and then a flash of light hit me and I went down. Luckily Dumbledore found us and woke me up. I still don't know how he did it. When I saw Dumbledore's face over me I asked about Lily. Dumbledore told me that the spell that knocked me out hadn't hit me with full force. But Voldemort used the same spell on Lilly and hit her right in the head. This sent her in some sort of coma. Dumbledore explained to me, that Voldemort tried to kill Harry, but for the protection that Lilly had put on him, Voldemort failed. The curse was reflected and that cost Voldemort his body. Dumbledore knew that Lily had done a lot of research after we found out that Voldemort was after us. She had found a way to end Voldemort's existence once and for all but unfortunately she didn't have the time to give us all the details. To protect everybody Dumbledore brought us here in this secret area of the hospital until we found a way to wake up Lilly. Dumbledore brought Harry to his aunt. He couldn't stay here with us because Voldemort knew he had survived his attack. So Dumbledore told everybody that Voldemort killed us to keep everybody save until it is time to strike back. The past 14 years have been so very hart. Seeing our son being treated like trash from his own family, his struggle against Voldemort, my wife staying unconscious and I can't help". James got up his hands clenched to fists.