Chapter 28

"No, they wouldn't do that too me!" said Dudley, "especially not dad!"

"He already had Dud!" insisted Ellouise. "Do you want to sleep in the Gryffindor tower?"

"Yeah, please," he knew no matter how he dined it Elle wouldn't lie about this.

She held him tight and he cried. But Elle felt guilty. She hadn't told him the worst of it. She wasn't strong enough too. He still had no idea Vanessa was ever alive.

"Come on," she said leading him to her house tower.

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Lily put on formal suit and prepared her for the up coming reunion with her brother in law and sister. Lord she hated them with a passion. But at least she had something they didn't. Ellouise's trust!

"Are we ready my love?" asked James.

"No, I'll never be ready but lets do it any way!" she said trying her damn hardest to be strong. But how could Petunia do this! She was once her best friend and now this.

"I'll be with you all the way I swear Lils," he comforted her

"I know Jamie,"" he was best husband.

Last night had been just as stressful. But when she had seen her dad she had been pleased. But the news of her mum's death…it was awful. Her mum had been her best friend. Maybe her and Ellouise could get a strong healthy relationship between them. They had made a good team on the Quidditch pitch.

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"We can't give her up! Not after all we have been through!" Vernon pleaded.

"If I remember one thing about my sister is that she's stubborn and with dad here well she was always his little princess when we were young." Petunia said business like. "And honestly Vernon. Elle is her daughter; maybe it would be fairer and less painful just to give her back."

"How could you say that? We are not about to lose our child."

"No we're not, we did that one over twelve years ago, come on its time!" she said. Lily was going to be screwing. But really who could blame her. If it had been the other way round.

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Ellouise felt sick as she woke up the next day. Today would be one of the hardest days of her life.

She put on her uniform so she looked smart despite the fact she knew every one in the meeting room well. At least she thought she did at one part of her life. She would be glad to see Remus. He had become dear to her in a very small space of time, very dear indeed.

She walked up to the gargoyle were she knew Dumbledore's office was. After walking up the stairs she put her hand on the handle and opened up the door. She never felt so venerable except maybe the night she met Lily and James.

Every one was in there including Dudley as she sat down in the last remaining chair between Remus and her grandpa who looked pale. He took her handed in his and she leant against him. Lily and James and Harry were near by and offered her smiles while Sirius just looked worried and furious at the same time. Vernon and petunia sat on the other side of the office and he tried to touch her but she wouldn't let him.

"How do you feel?" asked her head master.

"Sir all due respect but please lets just get on with it and I will feel a whole lot better when the truth is out in the open," she said honestly avoiding eye contact with any one.

"Very well."

"Princess, don't do this," Vernon begged. "I'm your daddy you know I am!"

"Then you have nothing to be scared of do you?" she replied. She needed to know. Every one was worried about her. She wasn't the normal bubbly Elle they all knew and loved.

"What's first?" she asked. She could feel her entire body shaking. It was not a pleasant feeling.

"A DNA test child," said the head.

"Ok" she said. "Can we start it pleases."

"Yes all I need is a blood sample from you, Lily and Petunia."

"Yes sir," she said pricking her self with a needle starting the proceedings.

Once all three blood samples were in a cauldron with a potion professor Snape had made all any one could do was wait the five minutes.

It was the longest five minutes every ones life that was present in the room. Elle thought of all the other students in class. She longed to be like them. Talking excitedly of going home for the summer to see there mum and dad. They knew who there mum and dad were . Who there siblings were. Even if they didn't always get on they knew who they were and they had to call home. Things before this Ellouise had taken for grated.

But Remus thought how lucky he was. Before two nights ago he had been alone. Since then so much had changed. He would always cherish his family now.

"Its ready, Ellouise," he heard knocking him out of his thoughts. Elle looked nervous and who could blame her. Her future was about to be decided for her.

"How do I know who is my mum and dad, sir" she asked.

"There names will appear in the cauldron."

Elle felt sicker than ever. Sicker she had that morning. Sicker than when she had got the flu before she left the drive.

She stood over the cauldron. This was so hard. She shut her eyes and looked down in the cauldron.

Lily and James Potter were the names staring back at her.

"I knew it," she whispered shaking her head.

"See princess I was right I am your dad aren't I? Now why don't me, you, mummy and Dudley go home. You can change school next year, go with Lauren again." Vernon smiled sweetly. Lord he must be detrained thought Elle.

"No I cant!" she choked out. "Because just as I thought. I'm not your daughter. I'm James's and I will go back James and Lily. And I will return to Hogwarts for my second year."

She sat back down and let tears fall down her face, yet again. She was sick of crying but she couldn't help it. Everything was so confusing.

"You know what Petunia, you are a class act! I remember going to dad when we're young "daddy Petunia took my sweets" or "daddy Petunia stole my teddy bear!" what am I meant to say now "Daddy, Petunia stole my kid can you make her give her back!" lily began to cry. "How the hell could you do this to me?"

"I was upset I didn't know what I was doing!" she pleaded.

"Yeah right! I believe that one sis!" lily fumed.

"I and Vernon had just lost our own daughter. We were in grieving. Elle was the right age she was so prefect we couldn't break our sons heart!"

"So you just broke my son's heart instead!"

Lily gave way too sobbing out loud. James pulled too embrace as there nephew spoke for the first time.

"My sister died," it was no more than a whisper. A broken hearted whisper. "She died. But I don't understand why replace her."

"We wanted to protect you!"

"You did a good job at it as well! NOT!" he covered his face with his hands and commenced weeping. "What was her name?"

"Vanessa," Petunia told him. "Son, I am so sorry!"

"Yeah so am I! I didn't just lose one sister today I lost two!" he said.

"What now? Where do I go from here?" Ellouise asked.

"Back to the Den," said James. "Where you belong."

"How could you Petunia?" asked her father. "She would of survived if Lily's child hadn't of died as well. You're mother would of lived if she knew Lily's child was alive! The heart break killed her! YOU killed her."

"No Dad-"

"I'm not your dad any more, Petunia! You betrayed Lily! Your own sister! Right now I never want to see you again so go! Take your husband and go!"

"Right if that's the way it is! Vernon, Dudley lets go!" she was so hard faced thought Sirius. How could she just leave a kid she had raised since she was two weeks old.

"Dudley," said his grandpa. "You don't have too go back with them if that isn't what you want, you can stay with me."

"For how long," he asked. Going with his parents was not what he wanted.

"For as long as you like, years if that's what you want," said Marcus.

"That's ridicules, come on darling," said Petunia,. "We're leaving."

"Have fun because I am not coming with you!" said Dudley. "GO ON!" he couldn't stand being in the same room of them.

"Dud, pleased don't," begged his mother.

"GO!"

Vernon left as a mute. He'd lost her. Ellouise was his baby and she had been taken from him and yet she didn't even seem to mind. In fact when the truth had come out she had looked relived. She was gone and nothing on this earth would bring her back to him.

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"Are you going to be ok?" Remus asked Elle.

"Yeah I'm going to be fine but I really just need some air, can you give me five minutes out side?"

"Of course, you needn't come back if you don't want to I'll just meet you tonight some where and explain what's going to happen." said lily.

"Right," said Elle. "I'll see you all later then. Will you dinner at the Gryffindors table again?"

"Sure, see you there darling."

"Okay. Are you going to be ok Dudley?"

"Yeah some how," he shrugged through his tears. He had just lost everything and more.

Ellouise thanked Professor Dumbledore walked through the school. Where was Freddie she thought? Then she remembered him saying something about a free period today. Maybe she'd just check for him in the tower. What harm could it do?

She walked in to the common room and her heart stopped.

Fred was there and so was Angelina. They had there arms round each other and were kissing the way he should only kiss her. His girlfriend but clearly she wasn't enough for him any more.

"Right ok," she said and tried to turn back round but her eyes meet Fred's for a moment and he let go of Angel immediately. "Why?" she whispered broken heartedly. "Why today?"

"Elle please," he begged her but a tear slipped down her face and he read her expression.

He knew they were over.

A/N: yes, that was depressing. Angelina is horrid!

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