Alateriel567: Thanks for your review! Ofcourse I will make sure the story makes continue's on things I said in the first chapter. As for Neville and Voldemort, you'll find out about Voldemort in this chapter, as for Neville, just wait and see!
The Jimmy Potter Stories
Jimmy Goes Hogwarts
Chapter Two
Jimmy and Nicolas avoided the kitchen. They didn't feel like bumping into their parents and let them have a go again about some stupid thing like setting of dungbombs the toilet. What made them think that were dungbombs anyway, it just as well could have been grandpa Arthur who just went to the toilet.
When they reached the garden, Jimmy took a second to look around. He loved the Burrow and its gardens. It made him feel completely relaxed and at home. Unfortunately, he and his parents lived in London. It was a big house, worthy of a famous Quidditch Seeker and his family, but Jimmy didn't really like it. He breathed in and out, feeling a little sad that he had to leave all this again. He did look forward to Hogwarts though, a little bit. But then again, he was Harry Potter's son. His father had his own statue within the Ministry for crying out loud. His mother told Jimmy about the things his dad had done. Apparently his father went through all seven years, ending up at the hospital wing at least once. His father was the great Gryffindor hero, probably the best Seeker Gryffindor ever had, and he defeated Lord Voldemort in his seventh year. That was quite some image to live up to!
Jimmy felt only happy that he wouldn't be going alone. Nicolas would come with him, and off course his nieces Lizzy and Jessie. The four of them would all start at Hogwarts. His other cousins already started at Hogwarts. Dylan, his oldest cousin, was in his seventh year, just like Richard, who was second oldest. Then came Evelyn, who would start her sixth year, followed by Jonah, in his fifth year. And Jeremy, Nicolas' brother, and a terrible know-it-all would start in his fourth year. Jimmy knew that it would be nice to have all his cousins around, although, as Nicolas said, Dylan was Head Boy and Evelyn and Jonah were Prefects. That was a pity, Jimmy was sure he and Nicolas couldn't pull off anything unnoticed anymore because their cousins would know immediately who did it. The only cool part was that Richard was there, Jimmy thought. He and Nicolas both agreed that, having Richard as an older nephew was something they had been blessed with. They were convinced that Richard was extremely cool. He looked nothing like the rest of his family, having dark brown hair and really blue eyes. He was very tall, which was strange because Charlie, his father, was rather short. Richard just looked more like his mother then like his father. And he was the kind of guy that always looked good. When dressed in muggle clothes, he made sure he looked perfect, and he never wore the school robes, oh no, in Richard's opinion the school robes were rubbish so he got some really nice dark blue robes instead.
Jimmy grinned, who would choose for dark blue robes instead of the school robes?
And then there was Richard's flying. He was an amazing flyer, could do anything he wanted with a broomstick, and since a year he had been the proud owner of a real Lightning, one of the best brooms at the moment. Jimmy didn't think his cousin could become any cooler, and luckily he and Nicolas had always been Richard's favourite cousin's as well.
As Jimmy walked behind Nicolas into the garden, he saw Dylan, Jonah, Evelyn, Lizzy and Jessie standing together. A little further was Richard, flying his broom, watched by his uncles Ron, Bill and Charlie.
Nicolas walked straight down this his father and Ron put his arm around his sons shoulder.
"Hey Nick, got your trunk ready to go?" Ron asked.
Nicolas nodded. "Yep, I'm ready to go!"
Jimmy felt a little sad when he looked at uncle Ron and Nicolas. His own father would never put his arm around Jimmy's shoulder, let alone give him a hug. He wasn't really into those kind of things, Jimmy thought. Sometimes he wished he would've been someone else's son.
"Oy Jimmy, what's up!" uncle Charlie said as Jimmy joined them.
Jimmy shrugged. "Not much."
"I heard your dad having a go at you. Did you pull something?" Charlie then asked.
"No, at least, not on him. Nicolas and I only exchanged Grandma Molly's wand for a Weasly Pop-Up wand, but that's it." Jimmy confessed.
Ron gave his own son an angry face. "Did you do that, Nicolas?"
Nicolas shrugged. "Yeah, but Grandma already got angry with us so there's no reason for you to do so!"
Ron sighed, a little relieved and his face relaxed again. "Oh, that's alright then."
Jimmy knew his uncle Ron didn't like to get angry with his children. He simply loved them to much. If Jeremy and Nicolas needed a sermon, or well, if Nicolas needed a sermon, uncle Ron would always have aunt Hermione do so.
"Jimmy, Nicky, get down here!"
Jimmy and Nicolas turned around and saw their nieces, Jessie and Lizzy, waving at them. They walked down to them.
"What?" Nicolas asked.
"How did it go with the wand?" Jessie asked, her eyes flickering.
Nicolas started to laugh. "That was really cool! I saw Grandma pick it up, to make breakfast. It scared the hell out of her when the wand turned into a mouse. I never saw Grandma that scared!"
"Of course, afterwards, we had run for our lives and end up hiding in our bedroom so she wouldn't find us!" Jimmy added.
"Pity she did." Nicolas said. "But her sermon was really nice. It contained a lot: worse then your uncles!"
"According to what my dad told me, uncle Fred and uncle George were real brats when they were younger!" Lizzy said. "They even left Hogwarts when they were in their seventh year. I wouldn't want to be like them!"
Nicolas rolled his eyes and looked at Jimmy and Jessie who started to laugh.
"Come off it Lizzy! You wouldn't even want to admit you're related to them when we were in Diagon Alley!" Jessie said.
"Yeah! Why was that?" Nicolas added indignantly. "They're your family!"
Lizzy nodded. "Exactly! Imagine the horror when people know that we're related to THE Fred and George Weasley. They would think we're exactly the same as them. It would ruin all my career chances!"
"Well, the only ones who can really pull that off are Richard and Jimmy!" Jessie said.
Jimmy looked surprised. "What do you mean?"
"Oh come on Jimmy!" Jessie said impatiently. "Richard doesn't even look like a Weasley and well, you don't carry the name! You're a Potter!"
Jimmy sighed. "If you want to switch, I'd be happy to do so! I'd give anything to have Weasley for a last name. I asked mum if I could change my last name into Weasley, but she didn't understand why I would want to do that!"
There was a silence between the four of them. Jessie and Lizzy were also aware of the fact that their uncle Harry was nothing of a father compared to their own fathers.
"Mum told me your dad went through a lot in his life." Nicolas carefully said.
Jimmy shrugged. "I know. That's what my mum told me. But sometimes I just wish I wasn't Harry Potter's son."
Little did he know, that his own father had been standing from a distance, listening to the conversation. Harry's mouth fell open when he heard his own son talking to his friends like that.
"Uhm, kids. We're about to leave for the train!" he said, when he was finally able to talk again.
Ron, Bill and Charlie walked inside, followed by Dylan, Jonah and Evelyn. Nicolas, Lizzy and Jessie went after them, but when Jimmy wanted to follow them, Harry held him back.
"Are you alright son?" Harry asked.
Jimmy nodded, wondering what his father wanted.
"Did you pack your trunk?"
Again, Jimmy nodded.
Harry sighed. There was a brief silence between them. Harry wanted to tell his son that he loved him, and that he should have a good time at Hogwarts, but before he finally found the courage to do so, Jimmy said:
"Dad, can I go inside?"
Harry sighed again, then nodded. Jimmy left, a little surprised.
"He's still pretty closed, isn't he?"
Harry turned and saw his nephew Richard standing behind him.
Of all his cousins, Harry liked Richard the most. Probably because Richard was the same as him. Richard wasn't really normal, nor was Harry. The mean thing with Richard was, that he always seemed to know exactly what was going on. Knowing that, Harry found no reason not to be honest with him.
"Yeah he is. Keep an eye on him, in school, alright!"
Richard nodded and patted his uncle on the shoulder. "No worries, uncle Harry. I'll keep two eyes on him, as many times as I can miss them!"
Harry smiled. "I think that shouldn't be to much of a problem. According to your aunt Ginny, our son seems to adore you a lot."
"Well, he's a good kid. He makes me laugh and I always hung around with him. He got to know me!" Richard admitted. "But in my eyes, it shouldn't be me who he adores. It should be his father!"
And with those words, Richard walked inside, leaving Harry alone to think about what he just said.
It was true. Richard had always been rather close with Jimmy. When Charlie married Rowan he left Romania and bought a house in London, nearby the Potter's house, so when Jimmy was a kid, Ginny and Harry would leave him at their place when they had some formality to attend, something that unfortunately happened a lot of times since Harry's was the national hero of the British wizarding world. And when Jimmy turned four, Harry signed a contract with the Chudley Canons that immediately turned the team into the most successful team England had ever known.
So Jimmy spent a lot of time over at Charlie and Rowan's, often being watched over by Richard.
Maybe I've been a lousy father, Harry thought. I never spent much time with my son. Maybe I've been a captive of my own history, and refusing to let it go. He sighed again, looked around the garden and then went back inside entering a total chaos.
"Nicolas, your school robes! Where are your school robes!" Hermione shouted at her youngest son who had apparently forgot to pack those robes. Her face was rather red as she summoned her son upstairs to go get them.
Next to her stood Fleur, Bill's wife. She was hugging Jessie, in tears. "Mon petit cherie, leaving for a whole year!"
She hugged Jessie so hard, Jessie was having a hard time breathing. Embarrassed she tried to get out of her mothers grip but that seemed to fail.
Next to his mother and sister stood Dylan, proudly polishing his Head Boy badge with an arrogant smirk on his face.
In the mean time, Bill and Charlie were heaving the trunks outside and in the cars that would take them to Kings Cross. Evelyn, Charlie's daughter, was lecturing her father about the fact that he put her trunk upside down in the car which, according to her, made all her precious folded robes turn into a mess.
Ginny was trying to comfort a crying Sarah, her youngest daughter. The girl couldn't take all the noise and Dylan's owl, Achilles, had scared her terribly by hooting dangerously at her in his cage.
Jonah, Bill's son, entered the hall and started shouting at Jessie.
"You took my badge! Where is my badge! You prat! Gimme back my badge!"
Still in a hug, Jessie started shouting back at Jonah, screaming that she didn't take the badge.
In a corner, Richard was teaching Lizzy a quick spell, which made butterflies fly all over the hall and at the same time, Bill dropped Nicolas' trunk, causing a package of Weasley's Amazing Fireworks to explode, causing a terrible noise.
Then Arthur Weasley got in the middle of the room.
"OY! OY! EVERY WEASLEY OR POTTER, SHUT UP RIGHT NOW!" he bellowed.
And it worked! Everyone fell completely silent as Fred contained the last piece of fireworks which had flown into the old clock. They all looked at Arthur Weasley, who sighed.
"Never a dull moment at the Weasley's, right!" he said with a smirk. "Well, I have something to say now!"
He took a moment to clear his throat and then started off.
"Last night I was talking to Molly, telling her how incredibly proud I am of our children. Look at this bunch of people. Everyone of you has grown up, and provided us with probably the best grandchildren a person could which for. And of what you all accomplished in your life." He sighed for a moment. "We've got one of the bigshots from Gringotts in our family." He nodded at Bill. "A very skilled dragon expert!" He winked at Charlie. "Two very clever clowns!" he added, patting George and Fred on the shoulder. "Two aurors you better keep on your side!" he winked at Ron and Hermione. "A very skilled Healer!" he added, kissing Ginny on the cheek. "And of course, the best Seeker England has ever known!" He finished, patting Harry on the shoulder.
"And I am proud of all of you! I do believe things are going to get silent here, for the next year. Today, Molly and I say goodbye to the quartet we all love so much. They'll be starting their first year at Hogwarts and I hope, they'll enjoy it as much as I did. As for their older cousins." Arthur continued more seriously. "I expect for you to keep an eye over your younger cousins! We are a family, all together, and no matter what pranks we pull on each other.." he winked at Jonah and Jessie. ".. we will always be a family. We're on the same side! And well, I love you all!" Arthur fell silent and looked at the whole bunch in front of him.
There was a brief silence. Everyone thought about the things their grandfather just said. Then Bill cleared his throat.
"Well, thanks dad! And I don't mean to interrupt this moment but we really need to hurry, otherwise the kids will miss the train."
And all of sudden everyone started moving again. Hermione put Nicolas robes in his trunk. Ginny handed Sarah over to Molly Weasley, at which Sarah stopped crying in an instant. Fleur finally let go of Jessie, who, red faced, gave Jonah his Prefect badge back.
Dylan hugged his mum and went outside, closely followed by Jonah.
They made the deal that Fred, George and Ron would take the children to Kings Cross, since they had to go down to London anyway and there were just too many Weasley's and Potter's to fit in the cars.
As Ron hugged Hermione and promised her return home not too late, Jimmy hugged his mother.
"Goobye mum."he said in a hoarse voice. He didn't want to leave his mother behind.
At the same time, Jessie got squeezed by her mother one last time, was Lizzy sobbing on Rowan's shoulder, took Jeremy and Nicolas their mother into a group hug and was Evelyn saying goodbye to her grandparents.
Then they all entered the cars, Dylan, Jonah and Evelyn got in the first with Fred, Jessie, Lizzy and Jeremy got in the second with George, and Nicolas and Richard got in the third, with Ron.
Jimmy was hesitating. He still didn't say goodbye to his dad, who was standing in the doorway to wave them out.
"Come one Jimmy! Get in the car!" Nicolas shouted.
Jimmy looked around at his dad, and sighed. Then he made a decision.
"Hang on one sec!" he shouted as he turned and ran toward his father.
He grabbed hold of Harry's waist and pushed himself against his father. Harry was surprised by this but put his arms slowly around his son.
"Goodbye dad!"Jimmy said in a muffled voice.
Harry smiled, and got down on one knee in front of his son.
"Knock em dead, Prongs!" he said smiling.
Jimmy smiled back. His father used to call him Prongs when he was younger. He gave his dad one last hug, before he ran back to the car. He got in and while blowing the horns, the three cars left for Kings Cross, leaving The Burrow behind them.
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