The love of a child

Chapter twenty seven – On we go.

Harry had not had to wait long for Leontyne to come to Hogwarts; it was perhaps two possibly three hours after he himself had returned. Harry had settled the twins in front of the fire on Bonnie's old play mat and Harry's eldest was sitting on the sofa with Harry as he read a favourite book of his.

She arrived with a small back pack and her six year old daughter who looked slightly anxious about her new surroundings. At once Harry put his book down and moved Bonnie to the floor so that she could take a seat. She complained loudly however demanded to go up. Giving in Harry allowed her to sit on his lap.

"I'm glad you decided to come…why did you by the way?"

"I wasn't attacked if that is what you are implying, I have always known that my family weren't my real family and now they're all dead I guess I want to find my real father."

"Even if he is evil."

"If your parents were evil, you'd go and fid them wouldn't you."

"Yes, no question about it. But what I wouldn't do is become evil just to please them."

"I have no intention of doing so, my husband, God rest him, was as good a person you could ever hope to meet, I would never be evil…this is my daughter Molly by the way."

"Hello Molly, these are my daughters Bonnie my eldest and then there's Phoebe and Paige." Harry paused, it brought a painful lurch to his heart thinking of Severus and how he wasn't there with him.

"Are you ok?"

"Yes, I'm fine." Harry lied but he had always been good at it however there was something about Leontyne and she didn't buy it for a second.

"It's all right to feel pain you know, it means your human, means your anything other than dead." She said smiling. "I'm very sorry that your husband has been taken by these men, you're obviously very strong."

"Ever since I was eleven I had to be strong, I have always been able to fight him off, I have killed him at least four times and he just keeps coming back but taking Sev from me, let's just say there was a line and he just stepped over it."

"Understand that I am just here to help you, I refuse to be apart of a trade in getting your husband back, I have too much to live for to risk being killed."

"I understand, that was never my plan, but whatever we do, it stays between us, no one can find out."

"What are you proposing?"

"That you stay here and look after the children, I'm going to storm the castle."

"How do you know that they won't kill you?"

"I don't but that's where you come in, I need something of yours, something that he's recognize so I can convince him hat I know where you are."

"I actually think that I have something." She fiddled with a clasp behind her neck and her locket that she had been wearing slipped off into the palm off her hand. "I've had this ever since I could remember, my parents, God rest them, said that I was wearing it the day they took me in."

"Then that will be perfect." Harry said excepting the locket gratefully.

"When are you going to do it?"

"Well tonight is as good a time as any I suppose, the girls need their father and I need my husband besides I would like to have my life back soon so I can raise my girls in peace, this is the last thing I do as the boy-who-lived, if he comes back again it's not my problem."

"Between you an me Harry, in first and second year, I always admired what you did, I even had a bit of a crush on you. I thought you were great, I could never imagine the world without you and except for the crush of course I still feel the same."

"Thank you but it's not worth it any more, if I were to die I couldn't imagine what would happen to my girls, I've been their saviour for far too long, they need to deal with their own problems from here on out."

"Perhaps you're right, but promise me you'll be careful tonight and bare in mind that you-know-who might not care that I'm alive."

"I'll bare it in mind."

Sorry it took me a while to update but I've been realty busy lately, I should have a few more chapters up later though as my teachers are all on strike. GO TEACER STRIKES! Anything that gives me a day off is excellent in my view. Please review. xxx