Chapter 30
Elle had just had the weirdest academic year of her life. Looking back, if she could do it all again, she decided she would not change a thing. Sure she felt a bit empty now but the rise had been well worth the fall.
Lily and James were going to meet her and Harry at the station along with Remus and Sirius. Remus, after the close shave with biting Elle and Harry, had resigned. That was in Ellouise's book a bummer. She liked having him near by, his presences in her life was comforting.
Just before they left Elle got her results back from her tests. She was again top of the class. Lily was proud of her girl and to Elle that meant the world.
Just as she got off the train to go and meet her parents, after saying good bye to the other two Hagrid's angels and every one else, she heard some one call her name.
"Elle! Wait up!"
"What's up Fred?" she said.
"I need you in my life," he begged.
"No, don't do this to me if you really love me you will let me go," she said.
"I can't, the times with you were the best of my life! I can't let that go!" he stated clearly.
"Ok, then lets talk when we get back to school but Fred I need to focus on my family. There the important ones this summer for me. "
"Ok, then I'll see you at the Quidditch world cup!" he shrugged upset.
"Sure, bye honey!" she said sadly and placed a light kiss on his cheek. She touched his cheek lightly and then turned to her family.
"Are you alright?" asked Lily.
"Fine," she said smiling shyly.
"Right then it is high time that this family went home," said James. "Let's go home kids."
"Sounds good dad!" said Harry cheerfully. Finally he had a family, a dad and a mum to take him home. This summer was going to be the best of his life!
They went through the barrier in to the muggle world and out in to the car park.
Harry was amazed. There was this car in the car park. It was a red sports car but instead of four seats in two rows, there were six in three rows.
"Do you like it Harry?" asked James.
"Yeah!" said Harry but that was clear by the ways his eyes were sparkling.
"Feel like riding shot gun?" replied James flashing the keys at him.
"You're joking!"
"Nope!" aid James opening the trunk and putting Harry and Ellouise's school things inside.
"Mum, can I sit with you if Harry's with dad?" Elle asked coyly.
"Oh baby of course!" said Lily.
"We're right in the back!" said Ellouise.
"That's leaves me with Remmy then!" Sirius realized.
"How many times Sirius! My name is Remus and if you can't say that at least Moony!" said Remus very annoyed while Harry and Ellouise sniggered.
"Everyone in!" shouted James knowing that the play fight would hold up there're happily ever after.
"How longs the journey dad?" said Harry, in the front seat belting himself up.
"A good few hours but a lot of it is in the country side. It's a pleasant journey!" he said starting up the engine.
"So," said Lily as they hit the motorway with the wind blowing through there hair. "What's your favorite class Ellouise?"
"I'm going to get a smack if I don't say defense, aren't I?" she said the man in front of her.
"Damn straight baby!" Remus laughed.
"Ok," laughed Lily. "Your second favorite class?"
"Potions is cool! I guess, I mean Snape is really horrid sometimes but he didn't pick on me like he did the others. It's interesting."
"Snape likes you!"
"No, he just ignores me," Elle shrugged.
"What about you Harry? What do you like doing?" said his mum.
"Quidditch!"
"That's my boy!" said James taking his eyes off the road for a bit to ruffle Harry's hair.
"Why are we driving dad?" asked Harry. There were faster methods of transport.
"I always loved driving! Since your mum taught me how, I've always just found it relaxing, don't really know why! Always loved it1!" said James.
The rest of the journey was just as peaceful as James said it would be. The fields and trees past and Ellouise felt better for it. She grew tired after a while and shuffled closer to Lily. She rested her head against her heart. Lily felt like a mum. A true mum. It was a shame Ellouise wasn't still that two week old she left. Lily longed to cradle her again but that just was not going to happen so she just sat with her arms round her beloved daughter and held on to her. No one was taking her away, not again.
After a few hours they drove through a small village. It as nice and everything was welcoming. It had a strange air of coming home to it.
Not ten minutes later, they saw a manor house. It was simple gorgeous Elle was amazed as she read the sign by the gates as they drove in. It read...
"The Marauders Den!" presented Sirius.
"WOW!" was all Ellouise could get out as they drove up the cobbled drive.
The house was white and it looked amazing. It had a thatched roof and was just a place from a fairy tale. Roses seemed to grow higher than usual. It was white marble.
When she looked back she saw a forest.
"That wasn't there a minute ago!"
"No it wasn't was it," said James. "Don't worry it's just a charm me and your uncles preformed for your safety, we're not moving out this time. As long as we don't want them to know, no one knows the Den is here."
"This time?"
"Last time when Voldemort was after us we ran away to a place called Godric's hollow so we wouldn't put Sirius and Remus in danger too. This time if he comes back, a very big if, we're going to stick together. Divided we're weak. When we're in the Pack we're strong Ellouise," he said with Pride. "Do you understand?"
"I think so." she shrugged.
"Well come on lets go in not just look at it," said Sirius gruffly.
The stair case meet them on there arrival. It went down and up one level each way.
CRACK!
"Mistress Lily! Masters Padfoot, Moony and Prongs!" said a house elf. "Ditty has missed you very much!"
"You saw us this morning!" said James but laughed.
"Is this Little Master and Mistress?"
"Yes but not so little now are they?"
"No master they is not so little as Ditty is remembering them!" said Ditty. "Is you wanting Ditty to show little Master and Mistress to there room."
"No, it's alright me and Lily can do that. Can we eat at six?"
"Of course master Prongs, I will be making dinner for six with the other house elves!"
CRACK! Ditty was gone.
"Right I'll take Harry you take Ellouise and we can have a three-a-side Quidditch game before dinner?"
"Sure, we'll see you later," said Sirius and James going off to there rooms.
"WE have a Quidditch pitch?" said Harry.
"Of course, we're Potters!" said James as thee foursome finished climbing the last step to the third level of the house. "We'll see you girls later ok, Elle your rooms left and Harry's is right, okay?"
"Alright dad, see you soon!" said Ellouise.
She walked down the rest of the corridor following Lily until she came to a pair of double doors. They were decorated grandly with fairy tale character's that looked like it could have been from a little girl's fantasy.
"Well, you were originally going to move in here when you when a little girl. Maybe when you were one," said lily pushing the double doors open.
"Oh my lord," gasped Ellouise.
On the walls was the most beautiful castle Ellouise has ever seen. It was painted in the most vibrate colour's. By the castle, pictures of rabbits that had been charmed to bounce around the grass and there was a unicorn was eating the grass while its baby's chased the butterflies by the river, which had been magically charmed to flow. In the silence you could hear the river flow. Butterflies flew round the tree by the castle, while the squirrels ran up and down the truck. Birds flew in the sky of the painting.
Across from it there was a comfortable looking sofa, so that you could admire it. Just a small coffee table sat between the painting and sofa.
Not far away stood a huge oak desk that she thought very useful for her home work later in the school. In the far corner there was a big wardrobe easily five times the bigger than her one at Privet drive. Across one whole wall there was a book case, filled with wonderful looking volumes of storys. As she ran her finger along the spine of one volumes she heard her mum say. "There's fiction and factual books. You may find some helpful for your studies. Some where my favorite stories from when I was young. I hoped you might enjoy them too."
In the middle of the room was the most beautiful bed Ellouise had ever seen. It could comfortably fit three people in. The quilt was plain white and there were lots of coloured silk pillows at the top.
"I know it's too young for you, we can change it if you'd like," said Lily shrugging.
"No, mum its perfect. I wouldn't change a thing, I don't want too," Ellouise said in wonder.
"Me and the guys wanted it to be a room fit for a princess, because you are our little princess!" said Lily." I knew as soon as I found out I was pregnant that you were a girl," mused lily sitting down on the long satin stool that was placed at the end of the bed. She motioned for Elle to sit by her which she did. "The first two things your dad said was "When is she due and what are we going to call her? He was so proud! He had his prince and now his princess. Through the pregnancy the five of us designed this room for you."
"It's absolutely perfect," Elle smiled at Lily and hugged her mum. "Thank you! But I probably don't deserve all this!"
"Rubbish!" said a shocked Lily. "After the year you just had you deserve this more than ever! Darling, we want you to have this!"
"Thank you mum!" Elle said flopping back on her bed.
After lily left Ellouise began un-packing but half way threw she took a time out and sat down on her sofa. She started looking through a photo album of her, Harry and Dudley growing up.
CRACK!
"Ditty is wondering if Mistress Ellouise is wanting a drink?"
"Um, yes, please can I have some tea please?"
"Of course Mistress,"
CRACK!
She went back to the photos until she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in!" she called and was pleased too see James's face pop round the door.
"Settling in alright, baby?"
"Yeah fine, dad," she said as he sat down next to her.
"What are these?" asked James as he looked down on Ellouise, Dudley and Harry had there arms round each other on a beach.
"On holiday in Hastings. We had a great time," she remembered. "You can look through them if you'd like too. There's a few of us growing up. Look there's me on my first bike," she smiled at James turning through the pages.
"I should have taught to ride it," said James regretfully.
"There are still loads of things you can help me too do!"
"Yeah, I know Princess" James sighed.
"It's like you said, everything's going to be ok!" she smiled.
"I know. That Quidditch games starting if you want to play," he said leaning back against a soft cushion.
"Come on then. What are we waiting for?" she said dashing out the room.
A/N: done! Yay! Hope every one liked it! I made it to 100 reviews!
DrunkenBuddie: I had to keep you guessing didn't I? I always planned for them to end before the end of the year! Its just the way things go sometimes, you win some, lose some. Elle lost this one but it's for the best!
IamSiriusgrl: totally agree! Angel's hallow has definitely fallen.
Dante Lewis: Shopping, lunch and no studying. Yep, that is a good birthday! 3am chatting with your bro, cool!
Agree with you on the karma thing. Maybe I'll use that! (Probably not but its still a wicked idea!)
I think she went to Hagrid because they are great friends and she needed to talk to someone outside the meeting, who was not there.
Tell me about it! Right now its revise or write……revision is important but I'm so near the end now! Gah! What do I do? LOL!
Sarahamanda, Taeniaea and ickle-princess: big thank you al always!
Anne Phoenix: yeah I know my grammar and spelling is bad and I put more effort to check them in this chapter, I hope it's better than before. I've put the rating up now.
Acharnae: thanks for the realty check! I think I probably really needed it! I feel really stupid andI've removed those parts from my bio now and I guess I'll just have to take the rough with the smooth better. I think you were right. Next story. I will be asking for a beta just as soon as sort my e-mail out. It's kind of screwed up right now. The embarrassing thing is I do run a spell check before I post every chapter. I'll try and write Hagrid's accent in better next story or when ever I need him to say something next. Is Snape really that bad, I mean, he doesn't pick on Lily's kid but he's still mean to everyone else, he just ignores her. We only ever heard the sorting hat sort Harry, right? So he didn't comment on Harry's looks. It might have for other children. Anything's possible! As for Fred and Elle, well since when did love ask why? Its total possible for a twelve year and a fifteen year old to be together, stranger things have happened. And be sides, their over now. Well, thanks for reviewing.
Lucy Muimkill: I didn't know what AU meant but now I do, I have put it in to the summary. And thanks for clearing up the mary sue thing for me. I'm grateful. I'll try and tone Ellouise down in the sequel so she's more believable. Angelina being so minor was what made me choose her, she was so easy to make evil. Thanks for reviewing.
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