Ok hey everybody! This is the last chapter! I know I said that I wouldn't post until I got seven reviews, but….i'm bored soooooo….. here it is! All of Alyssa's thoughts are in italics….. ok and these lyrics kinda apply but then again they don't…it's a good song either way…. I took some of the words out….
Suitcase packed with all his things
Car pulls up, the doorbell rings
He don't want to go
He thought he'd found his home
But with circumstances he can't change
Waves goodbye as they pull away
From the life he's known
For the last seven months or so
She said we found the man who looks like you
Who cried and said he never knew
About the boy in pictures that we showed him
A rambler in his younger days
He knew he made a few mistakes
But he swore he would have been there
Had he known it
Son we think we found your dad in Oklahoma
One last turn he held his breath
'Til they reached the fifth house on the left
And all at once the tears came rolling in
And as they pulled into the drive
A man was waiting there outside
Who wiped the worry from his eyes Smiled and took his hand
And he said I'm the man who looks like you
Who cried because I never knew
About that boy in pictures that they showed me
A rambler in my younger days I knew I made a few mistakes
But I swear I would have been there had I known it
Never again will you ever be alone
Son welcome to your home in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma by Billy Gilman (such a good artist….you should listen to his music….oh SO good….)
Alyssa woke up to a dark room with only the moonlight shining through the sheer curtains. She looked at her watch, then realizing it wouldn't have the right time, looked for one in the room. She found one on the nightstand between the two beds in the room. Two thirty. In the other bed she noticed a lot of blond hair flowing out from under the other bed's blankets.
"Kaida?" she whispered. She didn't move, so she sat there thinking for about ten minutes, until the door creaked open. Harry stood there looking in cautiously. 'It's now or never' Alyssa thought and got up cursing herself for getting the song stuck in her head.
It's now or never….be mine tonight….
She got out of the room and closed the door. Harry handed her a cloak and she looked at him questionably.
"Fall here is nothing like fall where you lived." He whispered.
'Lived…. Never such a harsh word before.'
"What's the date?" she whispered back as they walked down the stairs. Or do I even want to know?
"Friday, September 14th, 2007." Nope didn't want to know
"Oh joy, it's not only September, but also her birthday!"
Harry looked sadly over at her, then asked as they walked into the kitchen asked, "You want a cup of tea?"
"Sure," he made them a cup of tea each in complete silence.
"Do you want to go outside?" asked Harry
"That might be the best knowing our tempers." And now that I know who my real parents are it explains a lot.
They went outside into the garden and sat on what looked like a muggle park bench that had one shorter leg than the rest.
"So, want to tell my why I had to find out I wasn't an only child because some guy kissed me?" Alyssa said moving, so her back was against the metal arm rest, her feet on the bench, and her knees were pulled up almost to the level of her face. Harry just sat there staring at his knees.
My goodness, where is that Gryfindor courage? Come on tell me already, you've waited long enough!
"I don't know why I didn't tell you before." He said quietly still staring at his knees.
"That is why you came to see me though, right?"
"Yes." He mumbled
"Were you not allowed to tell me or something?" Surely he was allowed to tell me before…
"I wasn't until we went bowling," he said now staring into the depths of his tea cup.
That was what, the third day you were with me! GAH!
Alyssa took a deep breath then let it out, doing her best not to burst out yelling what she was thinking.
"You DO realize that you did to me what Dumbledore did to you….right?" Yay, I didn't blow my top, unlike what HE would have done.
"I'm sorry Alyssa, it's just that I didn't want to loose you, I – "
Awwww! How sweet!
"Harry do you really think you are going to loose me? Not everything that happens to you is bad, is it? Ohana means family, family means no one gets left behind or forgotten."
Oh wow, did I really just quote a Disney movie? My life is NOT a Disney movie…..At least I quoted a good Disney movie….
Alyssa finished off her tea, put the cup on the ground, and crossed her arms on top of her knees. He smiled at her.
"Oh my!" she said suddenly.
"What?" Harry asked alarmed.
"I'm the daughter of a Marauder…." She said dreamily looking up at the starry sky. He laughed.
"So tell me,….what else do I need to know?" she asked. He thought for awhile.
"You have TWO godfathers."
"Oh, PLEASE tell me they are Padfoot and Moony, NOT Wormtail."
"Yep, fortunately."
"Yes!"
What are you trying to do give me a heart attack? Tell me straight out next time!
"Um….you were born half way through our parents 7th year."
"Excuse me? So in other words I'm a mistake?"
Great…just what I needed, another surprise!
"You were one mistake they were not sorry about making," Alyssa and Harry turned to find Remus walking up to them form the direction of the house.
I really need to stop thinking/saying stuff about all the surprises because then another one happens!
"Hey Godfather! Wow that sounds funny. Godfather," Remus smiled at the two of them happy that they weren't fighting and glad she wasn't mad for him not telling her himself.
"Oh and also I thought you might want to know that all of your friends are safe, but," he said but faltered.
Mustn't think about surprises…Surprises, ah!
"They all think you are dead except for Alex." She looked down, then back up again sadly and anxiously.
"Where is she? How is she? Is she safe? Is – "
"I told her to sleep in your bed since I thought you two wouldn't be going back to bed anytime soon with all that catching up you have to do."
"Too true." Harry said. Remus conjured up a chair that faced the bench the two of them sat on and sat down in it.
Oh how gross!"Ewwww!"
"What? Did you realize something else?" Harry asked looking slightly amused.
"Ew! Yes, I'm related to the Dursleys!" she moaned while the other two laughed.
"I know something that will take your mind off of that." Remus said.
Yeah right!
"I don't think much could take my mind off of that." She said with a sour look on her face.
"Yeah, I've been trying to forget for years." Harry said with the same look on his face.
"What about being the only person ever born in Hogwarts?" her responded with a slight smile.
Harry and Alyssa just gapped at him.
"That. Is. So. AWESOME! So wait was I born during the Christmas break?"
"January 7, the only Gryfindors that stayed that Christmas break were me, your parents, and Sirius. Us, Dumbledore, and Madame Pomfrey were the only ones that knew about you for the first couple of weeks, but then your parents were forced to put you up for adoption, seeing as they still had about 6 months of Hogwarts left. You were sent to a muggle orphanage, your parents had intended to just pick you up right away after school ended, but the orphanages kept moving you around so much. They looked for you until they went into hiding with Harry because they figured that you would be safer where ever you were."
"Oh….." Alyssa and Harry just all sat there for awhile taking in all the information.
"So why did they name me what they did?
"Alyssa is a type of flower." Lily, Petunia, and Alyssa "and James sure that you would be in Gryfindor, Kelly because it means brave."
The three sat there until about four in the morning mostly just listening to Remus's stories about them when they were little, the Marauder's pranks, and their parents relationship until Remus looked at his watch and realized he had to do something for the Order at 5. He left quickly after that leaving Harry and Alyssa lost in their thoughts. Neither of them spoke for about 15 minutes.
"Nice punch." Alyssa said suddenly making Harry jump.
"What?" he said looking at her plainly confused.
"When you hit Ben! I knew he was an idiot, but not that much of one…who knew he would actually team up with September, and then she pretty much killed him…." She trailed off.
"Those were pretty good punches, weren't they?" Harry asked obviously trying not to let her think about Ben's death.
"How sad, my younger brother beat up my date to a dance."
How sweet of him actually….. but he doesn't need to know I think that…
"Hey! We're technically the same age now since you skipped two years of your life!"
Oh my, I'm almost twenty….
"So! I'm still older by about 6 months!"
More like five, but oh well!
"I'm more famous!"
Wow what a stupid excuse, but I like this sibling rivalry thing, he probably does too.
"I'm…erm….the only one ever born in Hogwarts!"
"You were obsessed with your brother!"
Ouch, that was cold, but too true to argue. Fight fire with fire!
"You went out with September!"
Heh heh"You were friends with her!"
"Just because you have 15 years of sibling rivalry to make up for doesn't mean you have to do it in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!"
Alyssa and Harry looked up to see Kaida and Alex hanging out of Fred and George's window. Kaida looking irritated and Alex smiling.
"He did it!" Alyssa saidand pointed to Harry.
"Hey!"
"Just STOP yelling!" Alex and Kaida closed the window.
"Told you we should've gone farther away from the house."
So maybe I didn't, oh well.
"You never said that!"
"Yes I did!"
"Nooo you didn't!"
"Yes I did! I did when you asked if we should go outside!"
"No you said we should because of our tempers!"
"You lie!" she pointed at him dramatically.
"No I didn't!"
"So what is your name now? The-boy-who-lied?"
"So what's your name? The-girl-who's-brother-lied?"
"So you admit it!"
"What? No!"
"Ha Ha! You admit it! You admit it!" Alyssa sang, and so on it went until Mrs. Weasley called them in for breakfast….
The End
Anywho, this is it! Thank you for the reviews…and wow….I can't believe this is the last chapter! I NEVER finish writing stories…I get writers block and stop about 2 pages in…..well…the sequal should be out soon…or at least the first chapter since it could be just a one shot (which it won't be forever…just tell I can get enough of the rest of it written) but if you have any ideas for the sequal just let me know. The sequal should be out later today or next week sometime. It will most likely be called The Family Portrait.
WolfbainKohaku - OH MY GOODNESS! You have a sonic! (whimpers) I LOOOOOVVVEEE sonic! My grandparents think I'm crazy when I visit cause that is all I want to eat (where I live…no one knows what sonic is….isn't that a crime? Sorry for the dramatics, but its my fav. Restraunt…if u consider it a restraunt…..) the grilled chicken wrap is the best! ….last time I visited my gparents I went about 10 times and I was only there for 5 days…. Thank you so much for your reviews, I really appreciate it!
TammyLynnSlark - Thank you! I actually based it off of another story I had started ( I actually got about 10 pages of that one written….lol) Thanks again and like I said to WolfbainKohaku, I really appreciate it!
SoundNinjaSithLord – how pathetic can I get? Forgetting to ask you for help, when hp quizfic is the ONLY reason we met? Anywho thanks for everything! Domnic the death eater lives! Lol (intake of breath) I should SO put him in the sequal…heh heh that would be great…
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And thank you too all the other reviewers! I really appreciate it! Also, don't forget to review this chapter! It would probably help get the sequal out quicker!