Feeling For You

By: Js140deg (This Ch. and others by dogdemonemiko)

Chapter 8: The Chase and the Dream

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were sitting in the new headquarters to the Order of the Phoenix in Sheffield. Hermione was reading the daily prophet, and Harry was staring blankly into the fire. Ron had gone back to the Ministry to finish the paper work he was supposed to have in ages ago. The only thing that Harry could think of was his niece. How scared she looked...he didn't like it. And to make things worse, Voldemort made her scared. Harry was starting to think that this was his entire fault. If only he was strong enough years ago to defeat him at Hogwarts, Voldemort wouldn't be haunting his sister and niece. Harry snapped out of his daze when he nearly fell out of his chair when Ron's head popped into the fire screaming "Harry!". Hermione looked up from what she was doing to see Ron.

"What is it Ron?" Harry asked, rubbing his sore bottom.

"We need you here, quick!! No time to explain!" Ron's head disappeared into the fire. Harry grabbed to Flo Powder from the fire's mantle.

With Asia a little bit before

Asia had grabbed her coat, and put on Anastasia's also. They then disappeared to the Ministry of magic. Asia had always known the location for safety reasons. She walked in with Anastasia in tow, holding her hand. Asia tried to walk through the halls casually, but she felt rather uneasy, making her pull Anastasia to walk in front of her with one hand around the back of her neck, steering her, and letting her know that she was still there. (My mom used to do that to me!) Asia had stopped at a desk and asked her where she could find Dumbledore. The woman looked at the papers in front of her, before looking up at Asia.

"Dumbledore is with the Minister down the hall." the woman said. Asia didn't even stay to hear the woman offer he to wait there until they were done. Asia walked down the short hallway to meet Dumbledore with Fudge. She flattened her bangs to cover the mark on her forehead.

"Ah Asia, what brings you here?" Dumbledore asked. Asia almost went wide-eyed. Was Dumbledore trying to get her killed? He just said her name in front of the Minister!!

"I need to speak with you Dumbledore about some private matters-"

"Asia Potter?" Fudge said in disbelief.

"Yes?" She asked, trying to keep casual. Her eyes were turning an electric blue, and Fudge was backing away.

"Dumbledore, if I could please just talk to you for a moment" Asia said seriously, trying to keep her cool. Dumbledore nodded, sensing the urgency. They walked into a vacant conference room, and Asia turned to Dumbledore.

"First off, are you joking? Why on Earth would you say my name in front of Fudge?"

"Cornelius knows that you're still alive. I just wanted to confirm his fears."

"Whatever, that's not why I came here. Voldemort's found Anastasia, and her powers have been awakened. Her eyes are even changing color like mine, except they're changing into shades of blue. I need her to go somewhere safe. The Halliwell manor isn't anymore."

"And what do you intend to do?" Dumbledore asked seriously. "I won't allow you to go off and put yourself in danger."

"I have to get him before he gets her! He promised that he would kill her before her next birthday, which is in the spring. The spring's not to far away!" Asia panicked slightly as she covered Ana's ears. Asia suddenly stilled. She heard footsteps outside, many hurried ones. She could see the shadows of people running by the door, and one shadow stop in front of the door. A knock then came, along with a voice.

"Albus, I need to talk to you. Could you come out please?" came Fudge's voice. Asia looked at Dumbledore shaking her head frantically. But Dumbledore merely looked at her seriously and said, "Head down to the 3rd floor. Take the 2nd left and then the 1st right. Hide in Harry's cubical until I get down there." He whispered. Asia nodded, and picked up Ana. She told Ana to be quiet and hang on to her. Dumbledore opened the door and walked out, closing it behind him. But as soon as the door closed, it opened again to reveal about 10 Ministry sharp shooters storm in. Asia's eyes glowed electric blue, and with a wave of her hand, the men were on the ceiling. She picked up one of the dropped wands and said quickly "Silenco". She peaked through the crack of the open door to see fudge's back towards the hallway she needed to go down, but more sharp shooters standing around them. She put up her invisibility shields and snuck out of the room. By accident she had tripped over the rug slightly, not making any sound, but making a lump in it. She prayed that the shooters hadn't seen it, but they were ignored seeing as one of the shot a stunning spell at it, which barley missed Asia's foot, but bounced off her shield. 'Crap!' she swore mentally, and took off running with the shooter's hot on her tail. She shoots down the hallway, no longer able to keep up the invisibility shield since it drained her energy. The shooter's saw her and tried to hit her, but she reflected them back at them. She stopped where she needed to turn, and had to duck to miss a stunning charm. She put her hand up to her mouth and made a move as if blowing a kiss. Except, when she blew on her hand it wasn't a kiss at all, but a freezing cold wind of ice. Tiny icicles were mixed in with it, cutting a few members, but the most damage was done when ice started to build up on them, making them unable to move. The 2 shooters furthest in the back however, were smart on their part. Instead of being dazzled and standing there looked dazed, he put up a shield with his wand; making so he couldn't be frozen like the others. Asia took off again. She was on the stairs when she spotted a window. She smirked slightly. With one hand, she opened the window a blasted the chilly end-of-winter air through the window. One of the men lost their balance, and toppled to the foot of the winding staircase. Asia kept on running as they recovered. Wind was Asia's specialty, but only when there were large windows, or when she was outside.

Dashing down the 2nd left, she began to tire but pushed herself anyway. She was turning the first right, when Ana cried out in pain. Asia looked at the girl over her shoulder when she saw blood leaking down the girl's tiny arm. She had been hit with whatever spell they were shooting, and Asia lost it. She put Ana down into an empty cubical, and turned to the man. She saw the candle that was sitting on a desk nearby, and summoned it to her. She enclosed her hand around the tiny fire and surprisingly, was not burned. The fire sat obediently in her palm, and she threw it at the tall man. He barley dodged when his robes got singed. He held up his wand shout "Glacius!". What seemed like an artic wind blasted out of the end of his wand. Asia sent it off with a wave of her hand. She then had enough of this. She wanted him to scream for every drop of blood Ana spilled. Concentrating, Asia transformed into a large big cat, a black panther to be exact.

Ron dashed towards the sound of a crying child. He saw the scene of Asia transforming and Ana bleeding. He ran back into the fire and called Harry and Hermione.

The 3 ran towards Asia, who was circling around the shooter looking for an opening. Harry ran over to her while Ron ran to the shooter. Hermione went to go comfort Ana, who was still balling her eyes out. Hermione then ran off with Ana in her arms, going to the Ministry clinic. Asia saw this and pushed past Harry and ran after Hermione. Harry saw this too and ran off. On the way, Asia transformed back into herself. She sat by the side of her daughter while the nurse bandaged up the wound. Harry brought Asia and Ana back to the Headquarters in Sheffield where she put the sleeping Ana in an empty room upstairs. As Asia kissed her goodnight, she walked out and closed the door behind her. She leaned on the door heavily and sighed. She was about to black out and hit the floor when Harry caught her.

"Asia!" he said panicked. Asia's eyes fluttered for a second, leaving Harry satisfied. He picked her up bridal style and looked at her face. It was pained, and troubled. But yet, she was still young and beautiful. He wished he could remember her before she became this way. Harry could tell that she used to be young and full of life before all of this bad stuff happened to her...just like...Sirius. And he'll be damned if he let the same thing that happened to Sirius happened to her. He walked in the next room and set her down. He noticed that she was holding some kind of pendent on a black colored necklace. "Asia? You okay?" he asked her. She didn't answer, but through her closed eyes, tears began to fall. "Asia?" She opened her eyes, and Harry saw them a mix of neon green and a dark aquamarine, meaning she was scared and sad. She began to sob into her hands which still held the necklace's pendent. Harry embraced her, not knowing what else to do. They stayed that way for about 10 minuets before she had stopped.

"What am I going to do? I don't want my daughter growing up like this, crossed between my world, where I have the Ministry, who are supposed to be the good guys, trying to kill me, and her father's leader after her? And look at me, I'm sitting here crying over it when I should be doing something about it!"

"Asia, your not weak. You've got to be the strongest person I've met. But you can't be strong all the time; it'll drive you insane. You need some help with your problems, your not alone anymore, I want to help. Sometimes being strong will turn you cold, and you can hurt the people you love."

"I'm not cold Harry."

"Not now, but your letting the hate for Ana's father make you that way. You've got to just wait; you'll get what you want. I promise." he hugged her again and got up. "You used a lot of energy today. Why don't you rest and I'll come check on you later?" He said, hoping she would agree. When she nodded her head, he left, shutting the door behind him.

When he got downstairs, Dumbledore was they're talking to Ron and Hermione.

"Harry how is she?" Hermione asked.

"Fine, just a little tired. I can't believe she would snap like that." Harry said disbelieved.

"Her powers were entwined with her maternal instincts. I personally think that Kingsley was lucky to get away alive." Dumbledore said calmly.

"Who would've thought she is an Animagus? Because that whole black panther thing kind of freaked me out." Ron said a little shaken.

"Why was the Ministry after her again?" Harry asked.

"Well, I think they are still after her. The Minister never put a stop to finding her."

"But if she's lived all these years without trouble, then what's the point?" Hermione asked. "And she has a child, one that can't be just thrown into a foster home."

"I'm not sure what they'll do, but I'll try to put a stop to it. Your going to need Asia's helps Harry." Dumbledore said. Harry nodded in understanding.

A little while later, Harry went back up to Asia's room to find she wasn't there. He began to panic and ran to Ana's room to find Asia leaning against the headboard with Ana sleeping on her chest. 'I'll let them sleep.' he said to himself, before shutting the door.

Asia's dream

She was waiting in a train station. Her bangs were pushed behind her ears, exposing her mark proudly. Her hair was in a ponytail midway up her head, and was in a cascade of curls. Her eyes were full of life, and happiness, and she was wearing a pair of jeans with a spaghetti strap tang-top. She tapped her heels anxiously on the ground before someone came up behind her, and kissed her on the cheek. She smiled and put her hands on the arms that were around her.

The rain had pulled to a halt before Anastasia and a little boy stepped off. Ana had to be about 14 or 15, and had a pendent around her neck that was an Egyptian eye with a green gem in the middle. The little boy was about 11, and looked just like Harry. Ana was dragging her trunk behind her and holding a cage that held a large gray owl in its bars.

"Geez mum, you said you were showing, but I didn't think that much!" Ana laughed, looking at Asia's midriff. Asia looked down to see her stomach somehow got rather large. The little boy came up to Asia and hugged her. "Mum, there's a book about you and Harry in the library! About how you defeated you-know-who!"

"That was a long time ago." Asia said. When she realized what she was saying, she looked around. She jumped when Harry had come up behind Ana and scared her. She was now chasing him around the platform, until she had held up her hand, making him lift off the ground into the air.

"Hey, put me down!" Harry pouted. Ana put him down and then walked over to Asia, hugging her, then kissing her stomach, and then hugged the man behind her. "Hey dad." she said, causing Asia to whip her head around. Never in 1 million years would she get back with Ana's father. But before she could see his face, she woke up.

Sweat covered Asia's face as she looked down at her stomach, where it was still flat and 3-year-old Ana was still sleeping. She sighed, relived, before falling back asleep.