Author's notes - The main character of Abby is my own, however, I have borrowed some great characters from the Harry Potter series written by JK Rowling. I am basing my story on her series background, however, please excuse any errors as I have taken liberties in order to make this story my own.

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"Abby, dear, I thought we could visit Diagon Alley today, " Mrs. Weasley stated, "It might help to keep our mind's off everything, with a little mindless shopping. Arthur assures me that we should be safe. He has asked Hagrid to meet us. That is, if you want to go?"

Abby glanced up at the worried woman, peering at her from across the table. "That would be fine, Mrs. Weasley. It would be nice to leave the house. I'll just go upstairs and change."

Mrs. Weasley got up from the table with Abby. "Oh, we will have so much fun. While your getting ready I'll just go freshen up, and get Jennifer ready as well. It sounds as though she is up from her nap."

Changing her clothes in the room upstairs, Abby listened as the baby girl babbled to her grandmother, who was changing her diaper. She thought about the way her life had changed within just handle of weeks.

As soon as Harry and Arthur learned that Severus Snape had been living nearby Abby, he had all of their belongings sent to the Burrow., the home of the Weasley clan. They then used the floo to send themselves over. The first evening there had passed in a blur for Abby. As soon as they arrived, Harry began sending owls in all directions, while members of the Weasley family and the Order of the Phoenix began popping out of the fireplace.

Abby had placed herself in a chair in the corner of the room, so that she could sit back and watch everything that was taking place. She watched as Harry would greet each member and then turn back to the fireplace to make sure no one else was coming. Within two hours the room was full.

Harry gathered everyone together in the living room area. One by one, he introduced the group to Abby. She recognized who were members of the Weasley family at once by their shocking red hair. She met Molly Weasley, the mother of the group, along with Fred, Fred's wife Tonks, Ron, Bill and his baby daughter Jennifer. She also met Hermoine. Harry had already informed her that Hermoine and Ron was his two child hood best friends, though the group rarely was together now, since Hermoine and Ron had ended their relationship the year before. Next she met Remus Lupin and his wife, Amelia, along with their twin toddlers Chris and Jessica. She met Harry's godfather Sirius Black, a very dashing man. Minerva McGonagall, the Head Mistress at Hogwarts, along with Hagrid, where the last to arrive.

Tonks took the children out of the room, telling Harry that she had one of Fred's extendable ears, and Harry began the meeting. He explained to the group how he located Abby at the home and then about showing her the pensieve meeting. He then informed them that Snape had been living all this time near Abby in Texas, posing as a chemistry teacher.

Abby watched as some gasped in disbelief at this information, other's exclaimed, a few of the men stomped their feet on the floor, yelling "traitor!". Only one person did not seem as furious as the others. She hung her curly head to the side, confusion etched across her face.

"Harry," Hermoine spoke, "Are you sure that Professor Snape really is this Mr. Olden? I don't understand why he would be living as a muggle all this time. I know that he did not join the other Death Eaters in the War. After Draco's body was discovered, and Bella admitted to his murder, I just assumed she had killed them both. She killed Draco for not being able to follow the order's of Voldermort, I assumed she killed Professor Snape for not allowing Draco to go through with them."

"When I first tried to find Snape," Harry informed her, "before I killed Voldermort, I learned that Bella and Snape had once been lovers. She is the reason he joined the Death Eaters, not Lucius as everyone originally thought. While she was heartless enough to murder her own nephew, I think she still, in her own twisted mind, cared for Snape. She never said anything about Snape during the trial. If she had killed him, she would have told us. Besides Abby had never seen Snape before, she identified him as her teacher. It's just too much of a coincidence."

"Harry is right, Hermoine," Remus broke in, "If Severus was the person who took Abbigail away from the cottage, then he may have had something to do with her being in Texas. It makes since that he would hide as a chemistry teacher, the muggle's equivalent to a potions instructor. It is too much of a coincidence. However, there is one way to determine. Sirius, you know what to do"

Sirius walked over to Abby. "Abby, I am going to look into your mind. It will not hurt, although it may feel uncomfortable. I want you to push all memories of Mr. Olden to the front of your mind. Try to concentrate on him only. Shut your eyes; it will only take a moment."

Abby shut her eyes, trusting the older man, who had a haunted look in his soft shadowed eyes. She could feel something entering her mind and she saw images of her past flashing behind her eyelids. She tried to concentrate on Mr. Olden and she soon could see images of him, standing in front of her classroom, with his long black hair framing his face. She hoped that Sirius could not tell that she had once had a crush on her teacher. He had helped develop her love of chemistry.

Sirius continued to search her mind and she continued to think of Mr. Olden. However, she was frightened thinking about what all Sirius had access to and without realizing it, the memory of her and Harry's afternoon inside the Manor's bathroom, under the waterfall came to her mind. Just as the image of her head lowering itself towards Harry's lap came into the front of her mind, she could feel the other presence rush from her mind.

"Ummm, well…. Umm." Sirius muttered, as Abby lowered her eyes and blushed, his own face turning a bright shade of red.

"Well, was it the bloody greasy git or not?" Fred impatiently asked.

Sirius continued to look back and forth from Harry to Abby for a few moments. It must have dawned on Harry what had happened, because he also lowered his eyes for a moment. Then he raised his head, a devilish grin on his face and mouthed at Sirius, "I love her'.

Sirius smiled back at the young man and placed his hand on Abby's shoulder, " Yes, Fred, it was him."

Soon after Sirius had announced that Mr. Olden was indeed Severus Snape, the members of the Order began to plan on a way of capturing the man. Harry, Ron, Bill and Hermoine took off for Texas in search of the teacher. Upon arriving they learned that he had left his position and was on the run again. The Order knew somehow he must have been tipped off, but by whom they had no idea. The Lupin family, Professor McGonagall and Hagrid returned to Hogwarts, to ready the school for another year. Fred and his family returned to London, where they lived. Tonks was a member of the Ministry of Magic, and Fred, who ran several magic shops, had his home office in Diagon Alley.

This left only Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, baby Jennifer and Abby alone at the Burrow. Mr. Weasley worked long hours at the Ministry of Magic, so Abby spent most of her days helping Mrs. Weasley around the house, and playing with Jennifer, who was getting the hang of walking and would often get into mischief. Mrs. Weasley had instantly begun to treat her as one of her own, and they had developed a very loving and trusting relationship.

Mrs. Weasley had been the one to tell Abby about the War. She had a book called, "The Boy Who Lived", by JK Rowling. This book was all about Harry's childhood and his fight with Voldermort. Abby had never seen a book like it before. When she had first opened it, the middle of the book seemed to draw her inside, like the pensieve had. She could watch the story of the book, much like a movie. At one point she had even laughingly thought that it would be nice to have some popcorn and a soda, when they suddenly appeared beside her. At another point in the story she had to visit the restroom, as soon as she thought this, she left the story to return to her own room. Once she returned from the restroom, she went back into the story to find that she was in the same place she had left. She often returned to the book, when she was missing Harry.

The book explained how Harry had come live with his Aunt and Uncle Dursley, and later when he learned he was a wizard. It showed his start at Hogwarts, his classes, the turmoil and danger he went through each year because of Lord Voldermort. It showed how he had learned of his godfather Sirius.

Abby laughed in some cases, such as when Dobby the house elf first made his appearance. She turned green with envy when Harry received his first kiss. She jumped the first time she saw Mr. Olden, err Professor Snape, in the Great Hall. She cheered when Harry caught a Golden Snitch in Quidditch.

Abby also came to see how special Harry's friendships where and how they played a role in his defeating Lord Voldermort. She saw what a special relationship Ron, Hermoine and Harry had. She laughed at some of the antics they had gotten into, along with the other Weasley children. She marveled at the strength of the DA group, and how they had followed Harry and believed in him. She cried when witnessing the despair Harry had went through, loosing his god father through the Veil of Souls, believing that he was dead, and then she rejoiced with Harry when they learned Sirius was not truly lost to them and was brought back. She also howled in outrage when Rufus Scrimgeour released Lucius Malfoy from Azkaban.

She wept as Harry's friends began to die around him. Cedric Diggory, Dennis and Colin Creevey, Ginny Weasley, her own father… each had died before the War had even officially began. Then during the last battle, when Voldermort was finally brought down, they lost Neville and Luna Longbottom, and Professors Flitwick and Sprout and Madame Pomphrey. The worst hit was the Weasley household. Over and again, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had to bury a child. First Ginny, then Percy, followed by Charlie. The worst came with the death of Fred's twin brother George and George's wife and children, along with the death of Bill's wife, Fleur.

Abby came downstairs as Mrs. Weasley was reading baby Jennifer's bag. Living with the woman, and learning about everything she had lost in the War, had softened a spot in her heart that the older woman would always occupy.

"Well, are we ready?" She asked as she walked into the room.

"I have everything in order here I thin; could you hold Jennifer back while I ready the Floo?" Abby took the little girl's chubby hand in her own and watched as Mrs. Weasley prepared their journey. She then handed the girl to her grandmother and watched as they climbed inside the green flames.

"Just follow right along my dear. I'll be waiting for you to arrive." Abby watched as the woman and child disappeared from sight. She then picked up the baby bag from the floor and stepped inside. Taking a handful of powder, she said the magic words.

Shutting her eyes against the flying suit she turned and swirled in the cool flames. She was worried that she would also wind up in Knockturn Alley like Harry's first journey when she felt a hard tug on her arm and was pulled from the fireplace.

Looking up from the massive hand circling her arm, she tilted her head back and met the smile of Rubeus Hagrid. As the large man released her, he announced, "Welcome to Diagon Ally!"

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