Chapter 17
That week Beth was off with Elle and Emily for going of with Fred and George but by Friday had come round. She was so moody and Elle didn't like her too much any way but oh well.
On Saturday it was cold horrible and wet but still Elle poured out of the castle for the Quidditch game to support her team. She wore her Gryffindor scarf and waved her flag with pride as the rain beat down on her.
Malfoy in his true jerk style had got Slytherin out of playing in these conditions. God, she hated him. Nothing was even wrong with his arm and every one knew it. Only soft people like his beloved pansy believed it was injured.
In truth no one enjoyed the match. No one could tell who was who.
Eventually Wood got sick of it and called a tine out. With Hermione, Elle rushed down to see Harry.
When they got there Hermione had a brilliant idea and put a water repelling spell on his glasses.
"There," she said giving them back to him with Wood beaming at her.
"Brilliant," he said. "Ok, team, let's go for it."
"You can do it, Harry," said Elle giving him a hug.
"Thanks babe," he said flying off.
Still when the girls got back to the stands finding Harry was a difficult job. Near impossible. As for Fred, Elle gave up. If she did see orange hair she couldn't tell if it was him or his brother any way.
But suddenly it became obvious where Harry was as he pelted after Diggory the Hufflepuff seeker.
The next thing an eerie silence was falling across the stadium. The wind, though as strong as ever, was forgetting to roar. It was as though someone had turned off the sound.
In the stands the pupils looked up and became alarmed as at least a hundred Dementors came in to view. One of them headed straight for the stands were Elle was. She fell to her knees. Everything was so cold.
"Not Harry, not Ellouise, she's two weeks old. Please not the kids." she heard a women scream.
"Stand aside you sill little girl……stand aside, now" a cold high pitched voice told the women.
"Not Harry or Elle, please no, take me, kill me instead" she heard the broken hearted mother plead.
Elle put her harms out. She needed to get the woman and her kids but she couldn't….she just couldn't.
"Not Harry! Please have mercy, have mercy."
A shrill voice was laughing, the women was screaming, Elle knew no more.
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The fact he had just lost the game didn't matter to Fred as he sat by Ellouise's side in the hospital wing. He could feels his twins hand on his shoulder trying to support him through till the time Elle woke up but it gave Fred no comfort. Lord he should of stopped this. As soon as he had seen what was going on he had gone to her side but it didn't change the fact she had been hurt. It was times like these he knew he loved her,
She was a deathly white colour as she lay on her bed. Her hands were so cold.
Over the other side of the wing he could here voices indicating Harry had woke up.
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Looking, scanning through the faces Harry couldn't see Elle any where. She was not in the crowd. Then he remembered the night on the train.
"Where is she?" he asked them all after discovering he had lost a game for the first time in his entire life. He heart raced. Then he saw Georges head.
He knew there lay his Elle.
He got out of bed ignoring Madame Poffreys advice to stay in it. He sat on the other side of the bed to where Fred sat and felt guilty. Maybe he shouldn't have bought her here after all. At least with Dudley and Vernon she was safe. He'd sworn to protect her but he still allowed this to happen to her.
"Harry," he heard his cousin say in little more than a whisper. "Did you hear her again?"
"Yes." He told her honestly.
"It was the same woman from the night on the train wasn't it?" she asked.
Harry nodded.
"She was trying to protect us."
"I know."
"Do you think it might have been your mother?"
"The thought has crossed my mind." He admitted.
"Why was I there? It makes no sense. Dad wouldn't leave me with any one when I was two weeks old unless it was mum. He wouldn't let lily and James have me. I was 2 weeks when they died. Unless..." she said re exploring the thought she might not biological be a Dursley.
"Unless what?"
"Don't play dumb Harry; I know the thought crossed your mind too."
"But it makes no sense. If you are my sister why have they told us were cousins all theses years?" He said racking his brain for an answer.
"I don't know. But we need to find out."
"Not today though. Go back to sleep Elle. You must be tired."
"Alright," she said snuggling back down and holding on to Fred's hand tightly. He put his other hand on her hair and soothed her by ran his fingers through her hair.
"It'll be okay Elle, I promise you." she nodded sleepily and fell back in to her dreams.
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It was the next night when Remus came to the hospital wing. He had just had full moon and was exhausted. But that exhaustion left him when he saw his god child.
"What happened to her!" he asked Poppy.
"Have you not heard, Remus? Dementors turned up the Quidditch game. They attacked her and Potter." She told him gravely and he saw Harry also lying on a hospital bed.
"Are they going to be okay?"
"Yes there be back to class tomorrow." She told him. "You must rest Remus; I know you love them but you know the rules. I'd let you sit with them if I could but I can't."
He nodded and lay in the bed straight across from Elle.
That full moon was troubling. He could have sworn Lily, Sirius and James were near by. He could smell them but then again maybe it was just Elle and Harry. No, it wasn't he told himself. He could smell them both by there own scent but he knew Black was near and may be ………..he was confused. And he didn't know what to think but he knew the next day he would go to Albus. He needed Elle and Harry too know the truth.
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"Albus, he's near by, they have to know, please" Remus begged, "just let me tell her. If he's back, she, they bothneed me."
"Remus, I promise you, before she leaves for the summer she will know about her true heritage but not yet. The girl is so young. It'll be a hard blow." Dumbledore stated.
"Sir, I know it will be a lot to take in for her. But I just don't know how much longer I can keep this up. I love her Albus. Do you know how hard it is not to hold her or kiss her? When all I want to do is all the thing normal god fathers do!"
"For her sake Remus you must. It won't be like this always. She will know soon."
"Can she still stay with me in the summer like we agreed?" Remus asked wearily.
"That will be her choice," Said Dumbledore. "But the blood protection most also be thought of so she will have to see her family for a while."
Remus sighed and began to doubt he'd ever be able to hold his baby again.
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In November the temperature once dropped but no one really minded as with it came the first snow fall. Elle never saw this much at home. In fact they were lucky if they got snow at all in surrey.
She was glad to leave the hospital wing and Elle and Harry decided that the best thing to do would be to wait till the summer to ask Vernon and Petunia about who Elle really was. Dudley wrote more and more while Elle began to write less and less. Sometimes they were beginning to think they were lucky to get one letter every two weeks.
Fred and her spent all there free night together cuddled up on the sofa with hot chocolate. It was simple but it was more than enough. Elle began to wonder when they would actual say those three little words to each other. She wanted him to say them first. It just seemed right him saying them first.
One night as she was enjoying his company with Hermione, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Emily, Katie, George and Angelina there head of house came in with the list of people who wanted to stay over the holidays. She knew Dudley was missing her and she knew she should go but everyone sighed up. The Weasley's, Harry, Emily. Just as McGonagall was about to leave Elle put her name down. She didn't want to see her family this Christmas. She wanted to be at Hogwarts. With her real brother.
"Looks like we're facing our first Christmas together." Fred whispered in her ear.
"Yeah it does" she smiled. "The first of many."
A/n: I used the POA book a lot to help me write this chapter and have used quotes from the book.
Dante Lewis: Yeah I thought the BFG worked and besides what other phrase sums up Hagrid that well? LOL. Remus is losing his restraint now he knows Sirius is near. He thinks he'll let lily and James down if he doesn't protect the kids and who can blame him? the other week I started writing the shrieking scene and it is a lot of fun to write. I hope it will turn out well. Beth is on to Elle but isn't bright enough to work it out I don't know where she'll go but Emily will be Elle's best mate for quite some time to come.
I can't believe you have to work, that's mean. I hope you get lots of chocolate eggs. I got 5! YAY!
I hope you had a great Easter apart from the working bit.