Chapter 6

Hey mum,

It is nearly Christmas and I can't believe I have been here for nearly four months. The great hall is decorated beautifully and everyone is in the Christmas mood.

Adele asked again about me going to her grandparents place for Chirstmas. Can I go mum please, they invited you to come to and I am sure you will love them. They really want me there. Please mum.

I better go, Athena is getting annoyed. Please write back soon.

Lots of Love

Christa

Cassie read the letter again. How was she going to reply to that. Sorry no you can't go Christa, I know you really want to but you can't as you will most likely find out that I have been lying to you. That would go down well, she thought. Cassie sighed, she didn't want to say no, she didn't want to deprive her daughter of what she had missed out on for the last 9 years but there was no way she could go. Her secret would be found out and after all these years she was too afraid, to afraid to face her fears, to afraid to admit she was wrong, but mostly too afraid of rejection.

Finally after sitting there for over an hour and many drafts Cassie had a letter she could send to her daughter.

Dear Christa,

If you want to, you can spend the Christmas holidays with Adele and her family. Unfortunately work has been very busy lately and I won't be able to come with you. I have sent along your Christmas present but you are not allowed to open it till Christmas Day. Have a great time! Love you lots, miss you more.

Mum

"This place is awesome" said Christa as she walked into the living room of The Burrow.

"I know I love it here, it is much better when it is not so crowded though."

"How does everyone fit in here?"

"Well my grandpa put some spells and enchantments to make the rooms bigger and they sometimes we put tents out the back and sleep down there, which is fun!"

"So where are we sleeping?"

"Oh, come on I will show you." Adele replied as she started running up the stairs, with Christa close behind.

"This used to be my Aunt Ginny's room, it still has some of her stuff in here, but the room is really cool."

They walked into the room to be greeted by the smiling faces of Roxy, Isabelle, Chantal and Renee, who Christa knew from Hogwarts.

"Hey" said Roxy, "I wondered when you guys would get here."

"Where is everyone else sleeping?" Asked Christa thinking about this.

"Well there are 6 other bedrooms that are free." answered Isabelle.

"Jessica, Amber and Sarah, you will meet them soon, share a room."

"Mark, Leo Tim and Elliot, also share a room. James, Ben, Xavier and Tommy share a room. Tristan and Theo, usually share a room with Uncle Harry. then usually whoever gets here first takes the other two rooms, and the rest either sleep in the living room, or in tents outside. "

"Wow, this place is crowded."

"Yep, there is 35 of us, including you."

"So where is everyone else?"

"They are all down playing Quidditch, young against old. We are going to go watch now. You wanna come?" asked Renee.

"Yeh sure." said Adele and they followed the girls down to the meadow, near the house.

When they arrived the "old" team was down 30 points. Christa loved watching Quiddtich and soon was into the game. In the end the young team won. Tristan had landed and noticed Christa admiring his broom.

"You wanna have a go?"

"Can I?"

"Sure," he passed her the broom, she had loved flying but the school brooms where pretty slow, and they weren't allowed to do much.

She kicked off from the ground. The was a rush of wind and she was flying, she was up there for a while, until she noticed Harry and Ron watching her. She landed and handed the broom back to Tristan, thanking him. By then it was time to head back to The Burrow for dinner.

They where seated around a five large tables, that had been joined together. Soon dinner was served and they was an outbreak of conversation and noise. Christa felt a pang of guilt; she wished her mother could be here, instead of home by herself. If only this was my family she thought to herself.

Christa sighed and decided to just enjoy herself.

Later that night everyone who was still attending Hogwarts, or was yet to attend, was sent to bed. Everyone else sat downstairs talking, mostly about the problem at hand, Christa and Ginny.

Ron, Harry and Hermione had filled the rest in with their theory and what they had found out about Christa and her mother.

Everyone agreed that Christa Porter, was really Christa Potter but before they could confirm that they needed to find Ginny.

"Where do you think Ginny is?" asked Charlie

"We are not sure, all we know about her for sure is that she is still living near London and she is under the name Cassiopeia Porter." Answered Ron

"We have looked in the Muggle phone books-"

"Phone books?" Asked Molly

"They have everyone, who wants to be listed, in a big book and it says their first initial and their last name, where the live and their telephone number." Explained Hermione. "Anyway we found 3 C Porters, but none of them where her, so she isn't listed."

"What about going through the Ministry?" suggested Bill.

"No, they are not being too helpful."

There was a long silence, finally Harry spoke, "We will find her."

"Of course we will dear, you will get your wife and you daughter back." Said Molly

"And you will get your daughter and granddaughter back. He turned to the rest of them, and you will get your sister or sister in law, as well as another niece. Look Ginny and Christa were all a part of our life somehow and I know you are doing this as much for you as for me, but thanks. I am going to bed." And with that Harry left the rest of the Weasleys not daring to hope he was going to get his family back.