Disclaimer:Must I say I don't own any of this. The only characters in this story I own is Rose Raven, and a few back ground people. Sarah and Eve Winters belong to a dear friend of mine along with there pasts. Harry Potter and all related charaters belong to JKR. and Gandalf and Snik belong to JRR Tolikein, and I've got not idea who the X-men characters belong to but sure as hell not me.
And so it Begins
"Did
she say what happened to Rose?" Hermione asked. Harry shook his
head.
"No, and I'm not going to ask untill I know her better.
I don't want to push it." Harry said.
"I agree. With
everything else you know about her. Where her daughter is could be
quiet dreadful."Hermione said thoughtfully.
"I'm not
sure I'd trust any of them. They all smell fishy." Ron said
watching Kurt look for the baby in a obvious game of Hide and Go
Seek.
"Everyone smells fishy to you." Hermione dismissed
Ron's comment.
"Nuh uh. But have you seen how Sarah and her
sister make over Snape? That's just not right. Don't they know he's
got the dark mark?"
"I'm pretty sure everyone here knows
that, Ron."Hermione answered him. Harry had dropped off in deep
thought.
"Harry, did she ever show you the book she had?"
Ron asked
"Wha Who?"
"Sarah."
"Oh.
No, she said she wanted to read it over real quick first. I should
have it by the time we leave tommorrow." Harry paused."What
do you think it is? She said it should answer questions about my
parents and their friends. Even the traitor."
"Did she
say where she got it?" Hermione asked.
"Not really. She
said she found it in some old stuff at home that Phatom had jumbled
together over the years."
"Phatom? What's that?"
Hermione asked Harry shrugged.
"A couple of years ago there
was a big hub ub about home security systems. So some company made a
book and told you how to install a system that produced one or more
figures that would watch over your house when you couldn't. A few
people took the Phatom Cure to far and made them able to acutally
move things around. The phatoms sort of took on their own lives."
Ron answered causing both to look at him."Dad had problems with
them he made one that looked like Moody and it multiplied somehow and
there were ten Moody's wondering around the house." Ron said
with a small grin.
"HONEY I'M HOME!" rang through the
house. Harry sat up straight the voices that were calling were all to
familar but still it made him sit up straight.
"No need to
get tense Harry. The girls won't hurt you."
"I know
Mr.Wagner. " Kurt laughed.
"Come on they'll have gotten
pixie stix."
"What's a pixie stick?" Ron asked
confused.
"It is a paper tube full of flavored sugar. James,
Remus, and Sirius's favorite muggle candy." Kurt said plucking
up the toddler from behind the play pen and once again ushering the
children down stairs. Harry knew Ron was still confused but he had
bigger things on his mind.
When they made it to the bottom of
the steps Remus was just walking in. Everyone was there. Harry
decided there must have been a meeting tonight. When he relized that
Severus wasn't there and Eve was ready to climb the wall he started
wondering if the other side of the war was also having a meeting.
"Hi Harry. Ron. Hermione." Remus greeted them shaking
their hands. It was still werid calling him Remus instead of
Proffesor.
"Good evening pro...Remus." Hermione greeted
him.
There was a clatter in the kitchen and when Harry reached
the door he saw Sarah and Moody scrambling to gather up the contents
of a brown paper bag she had been carrying.
"Sorry
Alabastor."
"No, problem Ms. Black."
"Thanks."
"Don't
worry about it."
"You
two are hopless." Eve laughed as she handed Remus a small
plastic bag. He pecked her cheek in thanks.
"Oh Sarah. I
almost forgot. Gessus who I saw today."
"I don't know
Re. " she said climbing up from the ground and helping up
Moody.
"Oh you didn't even try."
"Fine. Ummmmm
Minister of Magic?"
"Nope close though. Think taller,
younger, and richer."
"Malfoy?"
"Yep. He
sends his best wishes."
"Yeah and I send him all the
fires of"
"Sarah! Not in front of the children."
Molly cut her off.
"Oh Molly dear. If they don't know Malfoy
is the scum of the earth by now they're dumber than I ever could have
imagined."
"I said not infront of the children. If you
want to talk so horribly about him wait untill they're gone or do it
in your own home." Molly drove her point home. Sarah coward tail
between her legs.
"Mum, please lay off." Charlie said
sticking out his bottom lip pouting. Sarah put an arm over his
shoulder and joined in pouting.
"Yeah Mum. I didn't mean it.
Honestly when I grow up I wanna marry Malfoy and we'll have half a
dozen children like you." she teased. Molly shot them both a
look that stated her oppion on the whole thing.
"Hey Sis."
a strange voice called from the front hall.
"Yo." Eve
and Sarah both called in unsion. Before looking at eachother
confused. At that moment a man about their age with light brown hair
came bounding in the room and scooped both girls up in a bear
hug.
"How's my favorite witches?" he asked releasing
them.
"Shocked." Sarah said looking the man over.
"Al
said you'd be busy 'till nearlly halloween."
"Albus is a
great man. He holds my up most respect. But he doesn't know Josh
Summers the way he thinks he does." the man stated proudly.
Scott must have known him too because he slugged the man.
"How's
the weather up there air head?" Scott asked with smirk.
"Can't
complain. Where's my girl?"
Harry and company stood to the
side watching the group. It was a lot like when someone came back to
school a day late after Christmas holiday. Everyone gathered around
the new guy, Josh, and questioned him. Remus finally came to his
rescue. He climbed up on the bench and clapped his hands.
"Okay
everyone. The student aged people in the room need to eat and get to
bed soon. We have to leave early. Molly, Jean, and Kurt have cooked
all day and their great meal is gettiing cold so...Sit down and
hold all questions untill the end of the meal." with that he
jumped down and joined Molly and Kurt in bringing in the food. Once
everyone was seated and well into their meals Josh looked over to
Harry.
"Your James boy. Right?" Harry nodded. "Jamie
and Lils would be very proud of you. Not just because of everything
with the Dark One. You've turned out all right kid." he said
before turning back to his meal.
"He's right Potter. But
don't let it go to your head. Your father's head was so big most the
time I don't know how his broom got him off the ground most the
time." Sarah said with a grin.
"Like you didn't help his
ego. Oh Jamie-boy that was a great play. Get a few more bludgers this
way babe. You had him wrapped so tight around your little finger the
boy couldn't move with out you ozzing over him." Josh
said.
"Summers, you know she only had him wrapped that tight
so Logan and Sirius would fit on the same little finger." Eve
teased. Logan winked at Eve.
"But, I'd rather be on her
finger than yours." he teased.
"Keep my fingers out of
this." Sarah protested. Though it was obvious she was enjoying
this.
"You were on the team with James?" Ron asked in
awe.
"Oh yeah. I was the beater. James was seeker. Eve was
Slytherins seeker." Sarah answered Ron over the teasing/arguing
at the other end of the table.
"Was he any good?"
"With
out a doubt. He was awesome. Wish you could remeber seeing him in the
air Harry."
"I've see my father play?" Sarah
montioned around the room.
"We have enough people here who
knew the game to pretty much make three teams. The Order used to play
all the time. We really never got alot of down time so we would
gather there once a month no matter what was going on and play."
she stated.
"The book you wanted Harry to read are you done
with it?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah." she looked toward
the others and montioned at her sister. Eve nodded."You four
want to come with me?" she asked.
"What for?" Ginny
asked while the other three nodded.
"I want to read a little
of it to you. Re and Eve will be up in a few minutes. Just go to the
room where the bogart is in the desk I'll go get the book." She
then stood up and left the room. No one noticed so the four teens
left one at a time. Every 5 minutes one would get up and leave.
Sarah had done what she was told
to and got the children away from the meeting that was about to take
place. No matter what happened she didn't want them down there.
Several other Order memebers would be coming anytime now and a few
were with in the circle that Voldomort had called. It made her
nervous knowing what was about to go down. If all went well this
summer holiday Harry would be able to stay in the wizarding world.
Even Figg was going to be there tonight. She sat down on one of the
couches in the library. She had always loved this room of the house
it had many rare books that you couldn't find anywhere else. She
flipped through the black leather bound book and read the last entry
while Eve, Remus, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny filed in.
"How
long did he keep that thing?" Eve asked sitting down next to
Remus who quickly wrapped his fingers up with Eve's.
"From
the day before he left for Hogwarts untill the day before James and
Lilly died."
"That's a long time. Is it very day?"
Remus requested.
"Pretty much. Where should I start
though?"
"The begining." Eve said matter-of-factly.
With a smile she started to read the first page as the four teens and
two lovers settled in for a long wait.
"I don't want to leave
Regulus here alone with Mum and Father. I don't have much of a
choice. I'm told that the Potters and Lupins will have sons there.
I've met them a few times. They're both really strange. Lupin's boy
is always sick and Potter's boy is full of himself. Reg is sleeping
next to me, because it's storming. I wonder whose bed he'll sleep in
while I'm at school. I have everything packed and ready to go. All I
have to do tommorow is make my bed and get dressed before I leave.
Father has packed my trunk in the car and Sasha, my owl, is in her
cage. Father mentioned two girls that he knows that should be going
to school this year. But I don't think he'd be to happy if I were to
speak much with them. He and Mum gave me a lot of names of people I'm
not to speak with. They want me to go for my house team and are very
sure I'll be in Slytherin. I should go to sleep now. It is dreadfully
late." Sarah looked up with a small grin.
"Looks like
Mrs. Black didn't like you before you started snogging on her son."
Remus said with a devilish smirk. Sarah laughed.
"This one he
wrote the day he met us. Well, I've disappointed my parents several
times today. The two girls Sarah and Eve that I was to have no
contact with. One is in my house and the other is in Slytherin I
spent the train ride here with them and the boat ride too. James
Potter and Remus Lupin are in my house too. The one person I was to
become best buddies with is in Slytherin, Severus Snape." Sarah
continued on reading untill Sirius came home for Christmas Holiday.
Every once in a while she'd stop to answer questions or make a
comment. But before long Charlie and Bill came up and said the
'children' should go to bed now.
The
next morning was hectic. Arthur loaded down one of the cars that had
been provided, while the teens ate breakfast. Sarah and Eve were
arguing with Kurt about why they had to go with children to King's
Cross. Josh was wondering around the house with Ally on his
shoulders. It might have been early but the toddler has decided to
get up. Her parents wanted some sleep. Or at least that is what was
being said. Molly had kept thoses she could from going upstairs. As
Harry made his way to the door with Ron and Hermione Kurt stopped
them.
"You might not trust me. I don't blame you if you
don't. But take care of eachother. Keep us in touch. No matter what
do not leave Hogwarts with out permision. What is about to happen
could possibly ruin the security the wizarding world has built up."
with thoses words he walked off.
Once in the car and well on
their way Sarah turned around to look at them. She smiled, which
quickly turned in to a laugh.
"What?" Ron asked
indignitly.
"You remind me of the time my mum drove Eve,
Sirius, Jamie, and I to King's. No matter what we did none of us were
able to say a single word and sat the way you are right now. It had
to of been our third year we were driving to. Because Eve was
nervous." Molly then gave her a stern look which made Sarah
stop.
"I don't think any of those children are going to marry
eachother and I definantly doubt either of those girls is going to
share their first kiss with the man they'll later refuse to marry."
Molly said darkly. Sarah started to say something in defense but
Arthur turned on the radio and they could no longer hear eachother.
After that the ride was quiet. Not a single word was said besides
Ginny who occasionally would start to sing along with the radio but
quickly stopped. When they got to the station Molly and Sarah
unloaded the trunks and put them on carts giving the carts to each of
the children. Then Arthur went to find a place to park. Sarah led
them to Platform 9 3/4. Once the entire group, Molly, Arthur, Sarah,
Eve, Josh, Remus, Moody, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were on the
platform and the trunks loaded Sarah took Harry off way from the
group.
"Harry James Potter." she said seemingly just to
hear the words."Your parents would be proud of you. Sirius was
proud of you. I'm proud of you. But things are about to happen that
could change our worlds forever. If your scar so much as itches I
want to know. If your dreams start up again I must know. If that does
accure you will be spending time with Sevvy again. I know this year
will be trying. But if all goes well you can be a normal 17 year old
boy next school year. If you like you can come to my home for
Christmas. Phatom shared that as his favorite holiday with Sirius, so
the whole place will be done up. If you want I can even meet you in
Hogsmead or at school and we can talk. Oh here." She said
digging in her jacket pocket. She handed him Sirius's diary. "I
promise Tom isn't in it. It has been fully checked and I think you
will enjoy it. Do not worry over..."
"Sis, the train is
gonna leave Potter needs to go.." Josh broke in. Sarah nodded
before pulling Harry into a hug. She kissed his forehead.
"Be
good Harry." she whispered in his ear as he boarded the train.
As Hermione and Ron searched for a empty compartment Ginny went to
find her friends and Harry trailed behind his best friends lost in
thought..
What is going to happen? Kurt and Sarah seem worried. What's going on?
"Harry. Come on in here."
Ron said from what was apperently their compartment.
"What
did Sarah want?" Hermione asked as Harry sat down.
"To
tell me to contact her if things go wrong. I can't help but wonder
what is going to happen. They seem so worried. Maybe something is
planned. Like last nights meeting. Sarah made sure to get us out of
the way. Why wasn't Snape there? Why was Eve so antsy? Was she a
death eater and her mark was calling her? How am I going to get this
all figured out? It's just not fair." Harry felt over whelmed.
He knew he had a lot of people backing him hundred percent. But now
he couldn't run to Sirius if things got to hard. He couldn't just
keep things between him, Ron and Hermione either. Ginny, Neville, and
Luna were part of this now too.
"Harry, you don't have to
figure anything out. That's why we're here. Besides that the Order
will have been working on this for a while now. You just need to
wait."Hermione said calmly. Though he knew she was right he
couldn't get it off his mind. It couldn't be that simple. Never had
been and as long as Voldomort had a hand in it, it never would be.
The train ride was spent in idle chit chat. Several other
students came and went from the compartment. Cho was among them but
she only stood in the door as if she wanted to say something but
didn't. It was her last year Harry reminded himself. Neville and Luna
came to see how Harry was holding up. As if he could really be
feeling great after everything. After a while the conversations were
hollow. Harry nodded perodicly and dropped into thought about
Sirius's diary. Sarah said it contained nearly everday of his life
from the day before he started Hogwarts untill the day Lilly and
James died. Soon the train pulled to a halt and everyone got off and
into carriages.
