Harry stayed in his room for most of the holiday after that. Sirius had come back from Rhia's room telling them that Rhia had broken her foot and didn't want anyone to heal it for her. Sirius had been giving Harry glares as well. He suspected he knew why. Ron and Hermione had been told by Bo, who had been told by Kara about why Rhia was in such a mood. It had been nearly three weeks since Jenny had disappeared for a while and not only was Rhia still in a bad mood but the Hogwarts letters still hadn't come. James was away even more then usual and April was rarely seen. Jenny kept coming in and out of the house and Bo was annoyed with his own mum for not even saying hello to him when she came. Emma was in a generally better mood then usual every time there was an order meeting.
"Harry, could you maybe ask your dad when the Hogwarts letters are coming?" Hermione asked Harry one evening as she sat on Harry's bed.
"Um, I could but he's not the headmaster." Harry said. Hermione was leaning against him as she read Hogwarts: A History. Ron was sitting on his own bed, trying not to look. Ron had been a little bitter when they'd told him that they were dating but he was beginning to get better. Harry knew that Ron was Jealous, but only because Ginny had told him.
"He's not around anyway." Ron muttered, he was highly engrossed in a quidditch magazine he was reading. Hermione nodded and put her head on Harry's shoulder. It was summer, and it was pouring with rain. Crookshanks jumped onto the bed and curled up in Hermione's lap. Hedwig and Pig were sleeping above the wardrobe and the house was quieter the usual. Well, other then the sounds of Emma trying to annoy Lily. Lily had stopped work and was determined to make up for James being away by always being around. Emma decided she'd have some fun with it and tried to see how long it was before Lily had a go at her.
"Do you think Sirius could get me some free tickets to the Cannons match in a few days time?" Ron asked. Harry shrugged and closed his eyes. He rested his head against the top of Hermione's head. Ron rolled his eyes and went back to his magazine.
"Why don't you ask him?" Hermione asked.
"He's gone to work." Ron muttered. "He took Rhia with him." Ron said looking at Harry. Harry didn't notice, his attention had been taken by an owl that had just gone splat into the window. He got up, to Hermione's annoyance and opened the window. The rain lashed at him, trying to get through the window as Harry pulled the drenched owl in. He closed the window promptly. The owl carried three envelopes. Harry took them off the owl.
"Oh, letters." Hermione said. "Just when we thought they were going to be late." Harry smiled at Hermione. He looked at them and threw the wet letters at their owners.
"I really hope I'm still prefect this year. My parents will be really disappointed if I'm not." Hermione said.
"Don't worry, you'll get to be Prefect, you'll be head girl, I reckon." Harry said.
"You think?" Hermione asked with a smile.
"Definitely." Harry said with a grin. Hermione smiled at him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Right, well I'm still prefect." Ron said tipping out a prefect badge from his wet letter. Hermione opened up her letter quickly and a prefect badge fell out. She gave a sigh of relief and turned to Harry, his face seemed impassive as he read his letter then his mouth dropped open in shock
"What is it?" Ron asked.
"I'm Quidditch captain. How did that happen?" Harry said. He looked at Hermione and Ron. Hermione hugged him with a slight squeal of happiness for her boyfriend.
"Wicked, does that mean you can play quidditch again." Ron asked. Hermione looked at him.
"Of course it does. What kind of captain would he be if he couldn't play the game?" Hermione asked. Ron was about to answer when they heard a squeal from Hermione's room.
"I'M PREFECT!" came Ginny's scream. Ginny came running into their room. "I'm prefect!" She said happily. She hugged her brother first then hugged Hermione then Harry.
"Congratulations! I knew you'd be made prefect." Hermione said hugging Ginny again.
"I can't believe it." Ginny said, looking slightly flustered. Ron was grinning widely, obviously proud of his younger sister. Harry was really pleased for Ginny but he just felt it a bit unfair at not being a prefect. He remembered why Dumbledore hadn't made him a prefect, but he still thought that he should be prefect, well more so then Ron. He knew it was wrong of him to feel like that but he couldn't help it.
"Well, we better get mum to take us to Diagon Alley." Ron said. "Come on." He said. Harry frowned.
"Isn't that my line?" He asked. Hermione laughed and they all went out of the room. Baloo, Emma's cat, jumped into Harry's arms. Baloo had fine soft black fur but had four white feet and the tip of his nose was white, with his pink button like nose. He was so much cuter then Crookshanks, though Hermione would always argue her case as to why Crookshanks was better then Baloo.
"Hello Baloo." Hermione said, scratching Baloo between the ears. The cat purred and settled in Harry's arms. Harry rolled his eyes and just held the cat.
"Do you think I'll be allowed out?" Harry asked.
"You should be." Ginny said, "We heard the adults talking-"
"We?" Hermione asked.
"Me and Orion, but they were talking about how there's been a sudden lull in Voldemort's activities." Ginny said.
"How do you find this out?" Harry asked.
"Secret." Ginny said with a grin. The three older teens rolled their eyes. Ginny shrugged and took Baloo from Harry. "Such a cute cat."
"He's old though, now." Harry said.
"About ten years old isn't he?" Hermione asked. Harry nodded. He went into the kitchen and sat down. Lily was reading the daily Prophet and sipping some coffee.
"Hi mum." Harry said.
"Hi Harry." Lily said. She looked up. "Did you get your Hogwarts letters?" She asked. Harry nodded and handed the letter to Lily.
"I made quidditch team captain." Harry said with a smile. Lily grinned.
"Well done Harry." She said, "Your dad-" Harry's smile faded. Lily sighed. "I talk to him when I next see him. I promise."
"He's never around." Harry said, "I probably won't see him until Christmas probably." Harry said, putting his chin in his hands. Lily sighed and put a hand on her son's face.
"Don't worry, I'll talk to him. He'll be really proud of you being the quidditch captain." Harry gave out a noise of disagreement. "Fine, if it'll make you any better, I can take you all to Diagon Alley just after lunch. But don't tell anyone from the order." Lily said with a mischievous smile. Harry grinned.
"Why after lunch?" Hermione asked.
"A member of the order is coming over to talk for a bit." Lily said, "Well, two members. A werewolf and a healer. They're having lunch then going off." Lily said.
"Ok, why are they coming?" Harry asked. Lily looked at Harry and put her magazine down.
"I'm not that stupid Harry." She said with a smile. Harry smiled at her.
"I know but you're my mum and love you." Harry said, sucking up.
"Whatever Harry." She said with a smile. "You haven't seen Bo have you?"
"Um, no. Why?" Harry asked.
"Isn't he in his room?" Hermione asked, she sat next to Harry and took his hand. Lily's gaze went to them quickly before she stood up with her coffee.
"Probably." Lily said. She poured the coffee down the sink. Ginny gave her a confused look. "It's cold." Lily said. Ginny nodded and continued to stroke Baloo. The doorbell seemed to go off and there was a rushing down the stairs.
"I've got it!" Emma called. The door opened and the voices of two men filled the house.
"Hi Emma." Came one voice. Harry didn't like the tone of his voice.
"Hi, mum's in the kitchen." Emma said. Emma came in with two men behind her. Harry had seen them a few times before.
"George, Jason." Lily said with a smile.
"Good morning Lily." Jason said. "So, what did you want to talk about?" He asked.
"Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Emma, could you please leave the room?" Lily asked.
"Do we have to?" Emma asked.
"Yes you do." Lily said sternly.
"But-" Emma started to protest when Jason gave Emma a smile.
"Just leave for a while, then we can catch up." He said with a grin. Emma smiled and nodded. She picked up Baloo, who mewed in protest at leaving Ginny's lap, and left the room. Harry watched carefully. He looked at this Jason carefully. Was he flirting with his sister? There was no one that Harry wanted to be with his sister because no one was good enough. Well, there were two people he didn't mind dating Emma but they weren't interested in her...he thought.
"Harry." Lily said sternly. Harry sighed.
"Alright, alright." Harry muttered. He got up and held Hermione's hand as they left the kitchen.
"I hate order business." Ginny said.
"I know, it's so annoying." Harry said, "It's all for my own protection but how is it supposed to protect me if I don't know what they're talking about?" Harry asked.
"Because Voldemort can get into your mind." Hermione said, she was absently playing with a strand of hair.
"Yeah, but I can fight him." Harry said, he sounded like hew as trying to convince himself.
"You know, I reckon you should start Occlumency again." Hermione said.
"I don't know." Harry said. "I suppose I should but if it's Snape that teaches me, I think I'll kill myself, forget about Voldemort." Ron laughed at this, causing Harry to smile in amusement.
"That's not funny." Hermione said with a scowl. Ginny burst into the room.
"Guess what?" She said.
"What?" Ron asked.
"Bo's Head boy!" Ginny said with a grin.
Rhia sat in the large hall in the Holyhead Harpies Stadium. This was a huge room where they usually hell parties either celebrating victories or various holidays like Christmas and Easter. There was a wall of huge sparkling glass windows that over looked the stadium. There were large comfy chairs around the edge of the room. There was a bar on one side of the room, to the right of the large wooden double doors that led into the room. On the other side of the room was a small raised platform, well more like a stage. There was a covered up Concert Grand piano that Rhia loved dearly. She would sometimes come just to play the piano. She currently sat in a large chair that looked over the stadium. She had one of her legs pulled up under her body while the other was resting on a small stool and a notebook on her lap. She watched as her dad pointed at the goals while talking silently to the Chaser of the Holyhead Harpies. Her foot absolutely killed but she didn't want anyone to heal it. She had a pair of Muggle crutches propped up against the side of the chair that Lily had given her. She'd rather feel her foot breaking then her heart.
Rhia sighed and put her pencil to the notebook. She wrote down a few more lyrics to the already well used book. The notebook had lots of songs that Rhia had written since she was twelve She looked at the lyrics and muttered them softly under her breath.
"You were everything, everything that I wanted. We were meant to be supposed to be but we lost it. All these memories so close to me just fade away-" Rhia stopped. She needed another line but she couldn't think of one. She looked at the Harpie's Chaser Charlotte Winters, throwing the quaffle up and doing a roll before catching it. Rhia sat back and sighed again. She loved watching the Harpies practicing. If she couldn't be a musician Rhia wanted to be a quidditch player but she hadn't had the chance to get on the school team yet. She knew she was good on a broom, she just hadn't had the opportunity to show off on one. Well, Charlotte Winters had been so nice to Rhia and sometimes let Rhia join in their practices, she'd offered today but Rhia's foot was, obviously, broken so she couldn't play. Charlotte Winters had to be the best and youngest captain that the Harpies had ever had. Rhia really admired the twenty four year old quidditch player.
Rhia got up and picked up her crutches and limped over to the grand piano. She tucked her notebook under her arm and pulled off the cover. She got it off with difficulty. She dropped her crutches and balancing carefully on her good foot she lifted the top of the piano and hopped to the piano stool. She lifted the top and put her hands on the keys. April had refused to buy Rhia a new pedal for her keyboard and asking for a new amplifier was like asking her parents to buy her a house! They cost so much and though they did have the money it took a while to change up the wizarding money to Muggle money. She let her fingers dance over the keys and played some of her favourite Disney songs. The muggle movies never ceased to make Rhia happy. They were fun, romantic, sweet, up beat. Rhia smiled slightly for the first time in a while as she began to sing softly.
"I can show you the world, shining shimmering splendid. Tell me princess now when did you last let your heart decide?" Rhia said. Her smiled growing into one of a childish joy. "I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder, over sideways and under on a-"
"Magic Carpet ride" Came a male voice. Rhia gasped and turned around. Rhia's heart was thumping. Behind her, in the doorway stood a man, about Bo's height. He had brown hair that was tied back in a very small pony tail. His eyes were a powder blue colour and he had a cheeky smile. He looked quite strong and Rhia recognised him but couldn't put a name to the face.
"Keep playing, you're really good." He said with a smile. Rhia looked at him slightly anxiously.
"Um, no it's fine." Rhia said. "Who are you?" She asked. Her heart was still pounding.
"Jordan." He said with a smile. He walked towards Rhia and held out his hand. Rhia inched away from him.
"Nice to meet you." Rhia said. Jordan looked at her curiously.
"It's only a hand, it's a gesture of welcome." He said.
"I know." Rhia said quickly. She picked up her crutches. "I just don't shake people's hands." She said.
"Why not?"
"Because I just don't." Rhia said.
"That's a bit rude you know." Jordan said.
"I know but that's life." Rhia said. She started to put the lid down when Jordan sat down at the piano.
"So you listen to Muggle songs?" He asked, "Well, the Muggle Disney songs?" He looked at Rhia curiously. Rhia didn't say anything. She didn't like being in a room with a stranger, it was why she was in the room on her own. It was her dad's orders. April and Sirius knew better then to leave Rhia with strangers. When Jordan didn't get an answer he shrugged and put his hands at the piano. Rhia started for the chair she'd been sitting in.
"You play the piano really well you know." Jordan said. He didn't seem to expect an answer because he continued to talk. "I wonder how well you know your Disney songs." He said. He put his hands on the keyboard of the piano and started playing. Rhia stopped and turned to look at him. This was her favourite song, she only listened to a few seconds of the introduction but she knew what song it was.
"Beauty and the beast." She said quietly. Jordan grinned and nodded.
"Tale as old as time, true as it can be. Barely even friends then somebody bends, unexpectedly." Jordan sang. He glanced at Rhia but Rhia was still looking at him suspiciously. Jordan stopped playing and turned to face Rhia. "Honestly, aren't you going to smile at all?"
"No." Rhia said.
"So what's your name? I heard you were Sirius Black's daughter and I was sent up here to keep you company." Jordan said.
"By who? Dad would let me stay up here on my own." Rhia said. "He would never send someone to look after me."
"My sister sent me up. She saw you from down there and said you looked upset. She was going to come up here herself but your dad wouldn't let her leave her training." Jordan said. Rhia looked at him suspiciously. "Charlotte is my sister." He said. Rhia still looked at him suspiciously.
"Sorry but I don't associate with strangers." Rhia said, she sat in the chair and opened up her notebook. She finished a song that she'd written the previous day. Jordan sighed and got up. His sister had sent him up to cheer up this rather depressed looking fourteen year old and he wasn't going to give up. He hated seeing people so depressed, especially when they were this age. He went to where Rhia was sitting and summoned a chair over. He sat down and looked out over the stadium. Rhia looked at him apprehensively. Jordan sensed her gaze and looked at her.
"What?" He asked.
"Why do you keep following me?" Rhia asked.
"Because my sister wants me to stay with you." Jordan said. "Is it a crime?"
"No, just wondering." Rhia said, she turned back to her notebook and read over the songs.
"Relax, I'm not going to hurt you." He said.
"Sorry, it's just habit." Rhia said without taking her eyes off the notebook.
"Not every stranger will try and kill you." Jordan said.
"Not in my experience." Rhia said. "Most strangers I meet want to kill me." Jordan looked at her curiously.
"Why's that?" He asked. Rhia looked at him suspiciously.
"That's none of your business. All you need to know is that I don't get along with people I've never met before and I don't trust you." Rhia said.
"Sorry." Jordan said holding his hands up. "Just trying to make conversation." He said. He looked out to the quidditch pitch and watched the seeker flying around the pitch. Rhia glanced at Jordan again. Jordan Winters, he was the seeker for the Tutshill Tornadoes. Why was he here? She turned back to her notebook. He was really handsome though. Why was he, of all people, trying to cheer up Rhia.
"All these memories so close to me just fade away-" Rhia whispered. Harry's face seemed to materialise in her mind and his face when he'd told her that he was going out with Hermione. Rhia felt angry tears coming to her eyes. "What happened to my happy ending." She wrote.
"What's that?" Jordan asked, turning to Rhia but not taking his eyes off the seeker.
"Nothing." Rhia said. She picked up her crutches and went to the piano again and started playing. She played around with chords to try and started making up a tune. She'd get Emma to play it on her guitar later. Jordan turned to look at Rhia. Rhia didn't feel his gaze. She was too engrossed in figuring out this song. She played the tune over the chords, soon she started singing. She felt happy with the song, even though she hadn't finished it, it was going really well. She'd got the first verse and the chorus. She stopped for a moment to change a word but Jordan clapped. Rhia turned to look at him.
"I've never heard that song before." He said.
"It's because I just wrote it." Rhia said.
"That's why. How old are you?" He asked.
"Nearly fifteen." She said. "In about a month." Jordan nodded, obviously impressed.
"I wasn't nearly that good at your age." He said.
"You make yourself sound old." Rhia said.
"Well, I'm five years older then you, that makes me old compared to you." He said almost patronisingly.
"Don't talk to me like I'm a child." Rhia said.
"Sorry, habit" Jordan said with a smile. "So can you play anything else?" Rhia nodded. "Can you play it for me?" Rhia shook her head. "You're stubborn you know that?"
"I'm pissed." She said. "I've been told I inherited my parent's anger and stubbornness." Jordan laughed.
"I've heard of your dad's temper." He said. "What's gotten you pissed off then?"
"None of your business." Rhia said. Jordan looked at her slightly annoyed.
"Look, I'm just trying to be friendly." Jordan said.
"You're wasting your time." Rhia said, "I don't want to speak to anyone and the only one I want to speak to doesn't want to have anything to do with me any more."
"Now I'm sure that's a lie. I'm sure you're a wonderful person inside." Jordan said sceptically. Rhia glared at him.
"You don't know him. If he says he doesn't want to talk to me he wont." Rhia said angrily.
"So, boyfriend troubles?" Jordan asked. Rhia closed her eyes and mentally kicked herself.
"No. No boyfriend." Rhia said, "I've never had one." She said.
"So what's happened?" Jordan asked.
"Nothing." Rhia said quickly. Jordan nodded slowly. He turned around and looked out over the pitch. Rhia let out a slightly annoyed breath and started playing the piano again. It annoyed her that she couldn't really use the pedal but she could cope. Jordan was so annoying!
Harry watched Emma and Jason suspiciously. He didn't really like how close this healer was to Emma. Sure he was a healer, and his mum seemed to approve. Of the friendship anyway. Jason and George took Emma, Kara, and Ginny to get their things. Bo, Ron, Hermione and Harry went with Lily while Orion, Jessie and Kaylee went with April, but April stayed with Lily to talk. April was complaining, again, about how Rhia preferred Sirius to herself. Lily was listening and nodded at the right times. Harry had the vague suspicion that Lily was rather bored and distracted. Harry himself felt rather uncomfortable. His scar was prickling again and he didn't like it. That could only mean one thing! Diagon Alley was too quiet, there were a few people in the alley, mostly students getting their school supplies. Hermione's hand found Harry's and he turned to smile at her.
"Are you ok?" Hermione asked.
"My scar is beginning to hurt again." Harry said uncomfortably. Hermione looked at him rather alarmed.
"Tell your mum." Hermione said.
"She has enough to worry about. It's nothing really." Harry asked, he rubbed his forehead. A movement that Lily saw.
"Is anything wrong Harry?" Lily asked.
"No nothing." Harry said, thrusting his hand into his jacket pocket. Lily and April looked at him suspiciously. Harry looked down and away from April's eyes so she couldn't read him.
"If it's your scar, we need to know." April said gently
"No it's-"
"His scar is hurting again." Hermione said, stopping Harry. Harry looked at Hermione rather annoyed.
"Harry, do you want to go back to the house. It's safe there." Lily said.
"I'm fine!" Harry said, his voice rising. "It happens all the time." Harry muttered.
"Ok, ok." Lily said with a frown. She was at a loss at what to do. Harry rarely told them what he was feeling, particularly when it was related to his scar or Voldemort. Other things he told Hermione and Ron, who would keep any secret for him and Bo and Rhia normally kept silent on things concerning Harry. Lily looked at April for help. April shrugged and pulled her two hyperactive daughters to get their new robes.
"I'll see you in a few minutes" April said. "I have to try and get these two to stay still for long enough to get some proper robes." April said with a sigh. Lily smiled, as did Hermione.
"Would you like me to come with you?" Hermione asked. "I have to get some new robes, mine need a bit of lengthening." April smiled.
"That would be brilliant." April said. Hermione grinned and kissed Harry's cheek.
"Don't do anything stupid." She muttered to Harry.
"Do I ever?" He asked with a smirk. Hermione hit him lightly before following April, Jessie and Kaylee. The twins were running into the Owl Emporium, with April chasing after them. Ron and Harry laughed.
"Oh dear god, I'm left with boys." Lily muttered.
"What's wrong with us?" Orion asked. He was trying to get a glimpse into the window of the quidditch shop. Lily took his arm and led them towards the bookshop.
"Come on." Lily said to Orion. Orion gave him a smile and followed her.
"Congratulations on getting Head boy, by the way." Harry said to Bo.
"Thanks." Bo said with a smile. "Dad would have liked it." Bo said with a sad smile.
"I'm sure your mum will be pleased." Ron said, "Mums are really into their children getting good positions on the school." Bo smiled slightly, while Harry glanced at Ron.
"Hermione's right, you have no tact." Harry said.
"Thanks...I think." Ron said. Bo laughed. "So what's going on between you and Kara?" Ron asked with a grin.
"Oh, her, um..." Bo scowled. "I don't really know."
"Why don't you know?" Harry asked.
"Because well, I want someone else," Bo said, rubbing the back of his neck. He muttered his reply.
"So why do you go out with Kara?" Harry asked.
"Because Emma isn't available." Bo said. His eyes widened after he'd said it. He glanced at Harry nervously. Knowing what he was like about Emma and her dating. Her last boyfriend he'd pretty much cursed to hell when Emma had gone to him crying that she'd found him cheating. Harry grinned and looked at Ron. Ron had a smiled as well.
"Better then that Jason bloke, I say." Ron said. "I don't understand him."
"It's because he's clever" Lily joked to Ron. "Come on boys, have you all got your booklists?" She asked. The boys all handed them over. Bo went slightly red as Lily gave him a smile and went into the shop with them to find the books.
A/N:-Due to popular demand, i have updated. For those of you waiting for something about Bo, the next chapter is called the BEauty of the Changs. Guess who that's about?! I think i actually managed to write an entire chapter on Bo and Jenny, I'm quite surprised, hehe. Anyway, Emma and Bo....well that's gonna be a LONG way off. As Kaylee knows (She knows everything about my stories) and Rhia and HArry i'm still debating about. I'm really not sure but i do have some ideas planned for them. I really dont sense this HErmione/Harry thing actually going anywhere. In reply to someone who asked why i wouldn't do a Ron/Hermione, it'd make my frend pleased and I'm doing all i can not to have her say..."I told you so". Look out for Jordan, i think he'll appear again around Christmas. I need to somehow get Rhia pissed off with Harry's frends and vice versa in order to have her write hte next bit of Happy ending....any ideas? As i told someone...Emma is a TOTAL player! Just to clear that up. So her intentions aren't always....'pure'. Think a female version of JAmes Potter. I think a few people enquired into that. HArry's growing boring but i haven't got any story line for him until he gets to hogwarts....oh and I've started chapter...10 i think with a LIly/James scene. Anything other then Rhia/Harry or Bo/Emma that you guys wanna see just tell me and I'll try and put it into the story.