Harry Potter Boy who Lives

H P Boy who Lives 7th year

Chapter two

Kings Cross

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Arrival at King Cross there are reunions and a spell is broken over someone…

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The train stopped at 10am at Kings Cross station and Hermione's family was sitting there waiting for them.

"Mum! Dad!!" Hermione was the first out of the royal car and rushed over to hug them. "I love you both so much!!"

"We love you too, baby." They hugged and kissed her. "We adore the painting."

"Trista does amazing work. She's doing a whole series on us for Grandfather Stephen. Oh and they all know that I'm seventeen. Harry's reading Hogwarts A History, because the cousins spilled the beans." Hermione chattered away.

"It was bound to happen princess, now you don't have to worry about it." Alex noticed that Harry was walking a pup, as was James, both had broken right arms. "So they got the pups for Harry."

"Harry got the girls kittens for their birthday and the pups took to Harry like glue when they saw them." Hermione nodded.

"Sweetheart, how long have James and Harry been broken?" Katherine frowned.

"They broke their arms yesterday. Harry because of a Weasley Wizard Wheezes experiment gone awry and James because of not paying attention while playing Quidditch." Lily walked over to them. "Good morning and how are all of you this fine brisk morning?" She was absolutely glowing with happiness.

"Can we go on the train?" The twins asked.

"We wanna get a good spot." Bree was excited.

"You have a choice where you wish to ride the family car or one of the student cars." Lily smiled down at them. "I'll leave the choice up to you."

"Let's go check out the family car. I bet its loads better than the others." Bastion and Bree zoomed over to the train.

"Porter? Will you please place these trunks in the royal car? They go in the compartment labeled Sebastian and Sabrina." Lily smiled serenely at the porter.

"At once your highness," The porter bowed to her and then motioned for his colleague to help him load the twin's trunks into the royal car.

"So how are you and the babies coming along?" Katherine hugged her best friend.

Lily patted her rounding middle and replied. "I'm in perfect health and these two are right on schedule."

"Thought of any names yet?" Alex hugged her.

"I was thinking that Michael and Isabella are good names, but that could change on a whim." Lily sighed.

"I think those are fine name choices and perfect for our twins." James walked over to join them. "Hello all, might I introduce Lady Watson one of the newest additions to the family. Harry is pacing with Lord Radcliffe."

"She's adorable James." Katherine knelt down to pet Lady.

"Why is Harry pacing?" Alex asked.

"He's wary of facing a tongue-lashing again for saving your lives." James was failing keeping a serious look on his face.

"Oh I see, well, we aren't as put out about it as we were on Monday evening. You two caused quite a stir in our world." Alex hugged Hermione closer to him.

"Yes, I know that Daddy, but I also see it as restoring the balance between the living and the dead." Hermione didn't feel the least bit guilty.

"I doubt that Wills feels the same, since he has to step into the spotlight that he loathes." Alex had to point that out.

"I wouldn't worry about Wills or Henry. My sisters won't let the press cause them too much stress. They'll go into protect mode major and subtly jinx or curse their sorry asses." Harry walked over with Rad.

"Elizabeth, was very impressed with all of you particularly Rory and Dromi. This brings up a touchy subject; the people want to see them with the boys. The press is chomping at the bit to find out any information about them." Alex gave James and Lily a look.

"My girls will attend the services with the boys. The press is going to find that their film is bad or will come down with a nasty rash if they push too hard." James noticed the students were arriving and turned to Harry. "Brace yourself son the spotlight is now about to shine on you and Hermione."

Hermione turned to look at the students, spotted Cho, Cedric, and what looked to be like a first year girl, and launched herself at Harry kissing him mindless.

"I wonder what brought that on, not that Harry seems to mind…" Lily glanced around finally spotting Cho, Cedric, and the girl. "James, please tell Angelina that Miss Chan is on the platform." She growled.

"I believe she already knows." James watched as Angelina appeared in front of Cho.

"That girl will stop at nothing for an excuse to cause trouble." Katherine growled.

"Angelina is her shadow while she's anywhere near Harry or Hermione. It looks to me like her younger sibling is starting at Hogwarts." James went down a list of names in his head. "That's Ami Chang and she doesn't look like she fancies her sister very much."

"I see that Katarina is here with her brother and sister." Alex pointed out Kate, with two eleven-year-olds.

"Moria and Alan Channing...It didn't dawn on me that they were related to Kate." James put faces to names.

"Look at Cedric, he's entranced with by our Kate, and Cho is absolutely livid about it." Lily smirked.

Seamus and his family arrived on the Platform. He had a younger brother with him. "See mum. I told ya his parents were really alive." He pointed at James and Lily.

"Don't look now, but it looks like the two of you just got the spotlight turned on you." Alex chuckled when all eyes turned towards them.

"I forgot that most people don't believe the papers anymore." James waved at several parents.

Ron and Luna emerged from the royal car.

"Looks like Seamus is here with his parents and little brother." He waved at Seamus.

"Cho Chang is here with...Is that her sister?" Luna bristled.

"Looks like, but she doesn't seem to like her sister." Ron noticed how Ami was staring longingly at the train.

"Let go of me Uncle Sirius! I'm staying in here!" Draco's snarl of protest from inside the car echoed out onto the platform.

"Buck up man, show some backbone!" Sirius growled back. "They didn't lynch ya at the Celebration. You're receiving the Order of Merlin first-class tonight, and you're James and Lily's newly adopted son! Now get out there!"

"Please Dragon, I wanna see everyone." Ginny pleaded with him.

"Ginny! Mum and Dad are here!" Ron called into the car.

"Yes, yes coming!" Ginny joined Ron and Luna on the platform. "Hi Mum, so how's the vacation going?" She hugged her mother. "Daddy, I've never seen you look so rested and relaxed." She then hugged her father.

"We didn't want to miss seeing you off to school, so we popped in for a bit." Molly smiled.

"Yes, we were in America. It's a fascinating country." Arthur looked around for Draco. "We're missing one, so where is Draco?"

"He's a bit nervous to step out onto the platform." Ginny ran her left hand through her fiery red hair, causing the sun to catch the gem on her ring.

"Ginny, that's a very beautiful ring." Molly could see that all of her ducks were all but grown.

"Draco and I both have one. He gave it to me yesterday." She showed off her ring. "I love it and him very much."

Draco came out of the car and went to stand behind Ginny. "Sorry about that just a small case of angry mob phobia. How's your trip coming along?"

"We're having a smashing time going from country to country. You have to realize that you are Draco Pendragon-Black, a prince of the realm, no one is going to lynch you." Arthur tried to reassure the young man.

"Arthur is right, so show some backbone. Look at your big brother over there snogging in public in front of everyone. Odd James seems rather calm about it too." Sirius came out with Jenna on his arm.

"Cho alert." Jenna pointed her out in the growing crowd.

"The lioness must have pounced on him, not that Harry is minding it any." Draco smirked.

"Cedric has eyes for our Kate Channing." Sirius could see who Cedric was eyeing and it wasn't Cho.

"I thought he was over the moon for Cho and always has been." Ron frowned.

"Not anymore, whatever hold Cho has on him is fading before her very eyes." Luna smiled.

"Oh Cho, is gonna really like that, and if you ask me she deserves to be alone in life." Ginny was pleased at what was happening on the platform.

Bastion and Bree ran passed them and over to their parents. "It's so wicked cool! We have bunks and everything!" They were beyond happy.

"Are they ever gonna break for air?" Seamus stared at Harry and Hermione.

"They're always being gross like that." Bree wrinkled her nose in distaste.

"Okay time-out," Sirius broke them apart by setting Rad between them. "You two are missing the show."

Harry blinked a few times after Rad barked at him. "Not that I'm complaining, but what was that all about?"

He glanced around saw Seamus, his brother Sean, Kate was there with what appeared to be her twin siblings, Cedric, Cho, and a very unhappy eleven-year-old girl. "Is it me or is Cedric staring at Kate like Wills did when he first saw Rory?"

Hermione zeroed in on who he was staring at. Cedric was indeed transfixed by Kate, who was talking with Jenna. "Well, that's going to put a chink in her plans. The love potion loses all efficiency if the consumer finds his truelove or hearts desire. Evidently that's our Kate."

"That's good, because I really didn't wish to vanquish Cedric." Harry turned to Seamus. "So this is Sean."

"Yeah, this is me little brother. Sean meet Harry and Hermione Pendragon, two of me closest friends." Seamus introduced his brother to them.

"I think that you're both wicked cool and can't believe that Seamus knows you!" Sean was excited about meeting them.

"I think your brother is wicked cool. He helped us fight the Deatheaters." Harry grinned.

"You were in that battle, big brother? Wow wicked cool!" Sean now idolized his brother.

"Meet Sabrina and Sebastian my brother and sister and first years like you." Hermione smiled at him.

"Hi. I'm Sean Finnigan." Sean smiled at the twins.

"Hi. I'm Sebastian, but you can call me Bastion."

"I'm Sabrina, but you can call me Bree."

Kate walked over with her brother and sister. "I think you two set a record for longest kiss on platform 9 ¾." She teased.

"I saw Cho and instinct kicked in." Hermione blushed.

"Is there a reason the guy with her keeps staring at me? He's a catch don't get me wrong, but he's with her." Kate turned to look at Cedric, he was ignoring Cho completely. "So something has to be off with him."

"Hi. I'm Moria Channing and this is my twin brother Alan. Kate is our sister." Moria introduced herself to the other first years.

Each of them took turns introducing themselves to one another and became fast friends.

Ami Chan rolled her trolley over towards the group of first years. She was tired of hanging around her wacko older sister, who was having trouble keeping her fiancé in line. "Um excuse me, but may I join you?" She asked shyly.

"Are you a first year too?" Bree smiled warmly at Ami.

"Yes, um, unfortunately my sister insisted on taking me to the train. She's kind of crackers these days, but I'm not. I'm Ami Chang." Ami smiled back at Bree.

"Well, one can't choose ones siblings now can they. I'm Bree Granger and this is my brother Sebastian." Bree liked this girl.

"I'm so sorry that my sister is being a pain to your family." Ami apologized for her sister's actions.

"Hermione and Harry can handle your sister. Hi. I'm Bastion." He winked at Ami.

The other three also introduced themselves to Ami.

"I have an idea, since all of you are hitting it off so well, why don't you ride together in the twin's compartment." Harry smiled down at them. "Oh sorry, I'm Harry Pendragon and welcome to the first step on your new journey to Hogwarts."

"I'm Hermione Pendragon. Harry and I are Head Boy and Head Girl this year, so feel free to come see us if you have any problems." Hermione was happy the twins would have good friends.

"Draco, could you get these guys settled in Bree and Bastion's compartment?" Harry called over to Draco, who was chatting with Dean.

"Not a problem big brother. Hey Seamus, Ron, Dean give me a hand with their stuff." The four led the first years into the family car.

"Cedric Diggory, I command you to get back here!" Cho shouted furiously at Cedric, but he ignored her. It's that girl; he has his eyes set on her! Well not for very much longer! She took out her wand.

"Not so fast Chang, that girl is a personal friend of the royal family, so put the wand away, or I will take great pleasure in sending you back to Azkaban." Angelina was in her face.

"Shove off Johnson this is no concern of yours!" Cho glared at Angelina.

"No, but it does concern me! Now shove off Cho! Your sister is settled on the train, so its time for you to leave!" Harry was in her face with his wand pointed directly at her chest.

"Not without Cedric, your highness!" Cho locked eyes with him, but her influence over the male species had no effect on him.

"You're out of luck, Chang. Cedric has seen his destiny and not even the strongest love potion can bring him back to you now." Hermione cuddled up to Harry, as she rubbed that fact into Cho.

"I found out Hermione is seventeen. It's made us inseparable." Harry narrowed his eyes at Cho. "Point set match, it looks as though I win yet again Morgana, too bad that your apprentice is such a failure. Leave this platform by order of the Crowned Prince or be hauled off to Azkaban. It's your choice." Harry was playing hardball.

"This isn't over, your highness! You will pay!" Cho disapparated from the platform.

"That felt good. Now let's go greet Neville, Lavender, and the others." Harry led them back to where everyone was chatting.

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Kate saw that her siblings were settled on the train and said her goodbyes to the others. Promising to visit and write Rory and Dromi, as soon as she got settled back at St. Andrews.

"Oh, excuse me I wasn't watching where I was going." She had bumped into a large someone on the platform. "Oh, it's you. Can I ask why you've been staring at me! It's really rude and unnerving!" She glared up at Cedric.

"Oh yeah, I meant to properly introduce the two of you to each other. Lady Katarina Channing this is Cedric Diggory. Cedric this is Kate. Well the trains leaving so gotta go." Harry hastily introduced the two of them before hopping back onto the train.

"Did Cho Chang have you under an enchantment? Are you all right? Should I take you to see a Healer?" She waved her hand in front of his face. "Well say something."

"You're beautiful." Cedric was slowly coming out of his daze.

Kate was taken aback by those words. "It comes with having a good bloodline or that's what my Gran's always said."

"You're beautiful and modest. Would you like to have coffee or tea with me?" Cedric wanted to get to know her, so he shot her his trademark, guaranteed to make any female swoon, grin.

"Coffee or tea? Well, I suppose I could have some with you. I'm in the middle of packing for the University, but I can spare some time for coffee or tea." She flashed him a wary smile.

Cedric took out his wand to Disapparate, but quickly noticed that Kate wasn't doing the same and that she seemed uneasy with him now. "Sorry about that we'll use the passage to enter the station. I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable." He put his wand away.

"I'm a squib." Kate waited for the usual let down. "I'll understand if you no longer wish to have that coffee or tea with me now."

Cedric offered her his hand, "Shall we go my lady?"

Kate rolled her eyes at him, but placed her hand in his, there was an instant zing of energy shooting up her arm. "It's, um, just Kate." She stared down at their clasped hands, then up at him, and almost got lost in his endless blue eyes.

Cedric had felt a similar reaction. "Oh, I doubt that, but we'll leave it Kate for now." He winked at her.

Kate's heart skipped a beat. This had never happened around Wills. Ten minutes around Cedric and she had butterflies in her stomach. "I've got my car. I hope you don't have problems with women driving."

"I'm at your mercy, besides you can pick where we have that coffee." Cedric maneuvered them through the crowded station with ease.

"I have to warn you that I was recently in a very public relationship with Prince William." Kate put on her hat and sunglasses with her free hand. "So the press might snap a photo or two."

"His loss is my gain." Cedric paused at the station doors to look down at her. "Did you love him?"

"He's my best friend and I thought that I loved him, but there was never any zing between us. Rory is a perfect match for him, besides she can more than handle his family, and the press. Did you love her?" She echoed his question back at him after answering it.

"It's been so strange since I returned. Everything is completely different, even Cho isn't even close to the girl I once knew. I've been in a fog until now, it's as if the chains have been broken, and I'm free again to be me. I was never free until now, all it took was seeing you standing on the platform, chatting, and smiling with your friends." Cedric took the hat and sunglasses off her. "Prince William's loss is my treasure. Shall we go get that coffee or tea now?" He was wearing a nice warm fisherman's sweater under his Wizarding cloak, so he took off his cloak, and after stowing away her hat and sunglasses in his pocket, slung it over her shoulders. "It's chilly this morning; use the hood if you feel the need to hide from the press."

"I left mine in the car. Moria spilled hot chocolate on it this morning." She felt safe and secure wearing his cloak that smelled woodsy with a hint of his aftershave.

"I can take care of that when we get to your car." Cedric opened the doors and a flashbulb went off in his face, followed by dozens more, and shouts from the press. Cedric muttered a few well-chosen jinxes under his breath.

"Lady Channing, how do you feel about Prince William's new flame?" A reporter from The Daily Mirror shouted.

"I adore her. She's a perfect match for Wills, as is her sister for Harry." Kate fielded the press like a seasoned pro.

"Who broke up with whom?" Someone from The Sun shouted.

"I broke up with him. It was love at first sight for Wills and Rory. Who am I to stand in the way of my best friend's happiness?" She put her hand to her mouth.Damn, I did not mean to say names! She silently berated herself.

"Rory?! Her name is Rory?! Is that short for Lorelei or Aurora?!" The Sun's reporter shouted.

"Shove off all of you and let us get to our car!" Cedric glared at him his temper was on the rise.

"Hey, now who are you? Are ya Lady Channing's new beau?" The reporter from The Tattler shouted.

"Look, that is all I'm going to say! Wills, Rory, Harry, and Dromi all deserve to be left alone! His father and Grandfather died the other day..." Damn I did it again, Wills is going to kill me! She thought, as a lone miserable tear slid down one of her cheeks.

"The name is Cedric Diggory and you gits just crossed the line!" He saw the tear and lost it.

Flashbulbs blew up on cameras and film cartridges became instantly blank.

"Get out of our way!" He plowed through the reporters, as he led Kate towards the parking area. "Hey, that's a terrible rash all of you are coming down with! I really would see a doctor if I were you!" He shouted at them from the lot.

Kate stopped them in front of her Landrover, with shaking fingers, she fished the keys from her pocket, barely managing to deactivate the alarm, unlock the car, and auto start the engine of the SUV. "The door isn't locked; please get in before the vipers return." She whimpered shakily.

Cedric might have been from the Wizarding World, but he did have a license to drive a Muggle car. He took the keys from her and pulled her into his arms. "They won't be back. I ruined their cameras and gave them as nasty rash. They'll be itching for at least a week."

"I hope it's for a month." She looked up at him with miserable blue eyes. "They get me all jittery and I let things slip out..." She sniffled miserably against his shoulder. "Wills is going to despise me now..."

"He'll let Princess Rory loose on the press, but he won't despise you, not if he's your true friend anyway." Cedric took out his wand and added the Confundus Charm and the Furnunculus jinx to the mix. "We can go get huge sundae's if you want instead of coffee." He liked holding her in his arms.

"With lots of whipped cream and fudge sauce, over three types of heavenly ice-cream?" She let him set her in the front passenger seat of the SUV.

"You forgot the butterscotch and strawberry toppings." Cedric got in the drivers seat and strapped himself in.

"Um, no offense, but do you have a driver's license?" Kate watched as he expertly pulled out of the train station and onto the road.

"Yes, I have a license." He grinned at her. "Leaky Caldron here we come. Then it's onto Diagon Alley and Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlor."

"You know I happen to love your character in the books, but I must say that your choice of girls is questionable." She grinned at him.

"Oh, yeah the books, well, you'll have to let me borrow them when I collect you for our date tonight. I'm curious to know exactly how Harry's mind actually works." Cedric winked at her.

"Our date tonight," Kate arched a brow at him. "Why Mr. Diggory, you sure are certain of yourself."

"Face it Katarina, you and I are destined for each other." Cedric chuckled when Kate simply chose to stare out the window and not at him. "It's just going to take time for you to get used to it."

"So let me see if I understand all this correctly. Are you telling me that she had something like Love-potion Number Nine over you and looking at me broke it?" She turned too stared at him in shock.

"Yeah, something like that," Cedric glanced over at her. "What's Love-potion Number Nine?"

"It's a really ancient powerful love-potion that influences any male to do the possessor of the potions bidding. Only when the man sees or kisses his truelove is it broken. In the movies the destined couple hears bells after they kiss and after that anytime he kisses another girl, besides his love, with passion the kiss will taste really horrid." Kate explained frowning when Cedric pulled into a petrol station and parked. "Um, we have a full tank of petrol."

"I know." Cedric had unbuckled his seat belt and was focusing on her. "So a kiss ends any part of the remaining spell?" He toyed with a strand of her hair.

"Um... That's what happened in the movie..." She found herself sharing the sweetest gentlest kiss with Cedric. Yes she even heard the bells in her head sighing dreamily when he broke off the kiss. "Wow."

"You said it, Katarina. Wow and we both heard bells..." He kissed her once more for good measure, before buckling his seat belt and heading back towards their destination. "So, I reckon that means our lives are destined for each other."

Kate dreamily laid her head against his shoulder. "I can live with that if you can." She smiled.

"Oh, I know that I can live with you in my life for eternity." He echoed.

"Good because I don't share." She growled.

"Neither do I Katarina, neither do I." He smiled.

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Chapter three

Journey to Hogwarts

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I do not claim any of JKR's characters only that I love being able to create my own kind of mischief with her beloved characters. I do not claim any other things that are owned by other companies that I may mention once and a while in the stories...Although the original characters and ideas are mine and I loved creating them. So please review if you wish but try not to flame me too badly.

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Cindra 2004-2008