Somewhat Family Christmas

Yay…managed it again!

Leah and Hermione arrived at Headquarters as soon as term ended. They found out what happened to Ron's dad from Dumbledore but had to wait. It was strange enough (to Umbridge at least) that the whole Weasley family (that was still at school) and Harry had all disappeared right from under her nose. That was funny seeing Umbridge that pissed off.

When they got there, around six, Hermione rung the doorbell, causing grandma Black to start screaming yet again. Leah started screaming back at her.

"BLOOD TRAITER!" Grandma Black screamed

"OLD BAT!" Leah screamed.

"INGRAT!" Grandma Black screamed.

"INSINSITIVE BITCH!" Leah screamed back.

"Shouldn't we try to close the curtains?" Remus asked Sirius.

"In a minute…this is funny." Sirius said. Finally someone was able to put the old hag in her place. Hermione went up to see Harry and, after three minutes, Leah and Sirius closed the curtains over the portrait. "Are you going to go join your friends?"

"No." Leah said.

"Why not? Don't you want to know what happened?" Sirius asked.

"No." Leah said.

"Sirius don't push her." Sabrina said, coming out of the kitchen. "For all you know…if you keep asking the questions…she'll go hide up in her room again." Understanding dawned on Sirius' face and suddenly Leah felt guilty. "Although…if she does do that…then she won't be getting any presents."

"WHAT!" Leah shouted. Sabrina laughed. Leah relaxed and laughed too before giving her parents a big hug each. "Yeah ok…here's the deal…you guys have most of the time when I'm at school to be alone…so no alone-ness for the holidays…I want my dad's attention too ya know…mum."

"What?" Sabrina asked, too innocently.

"Where's grandpa?" Leah asked.

"Doing cover up for what happened last night." Sirius said. "Hey…come with me…gotta go feed Buckbeak."

"Ok." Leah said, brightening. Sirius grabbed the bag of dead rats and they went up the stairs. He started singing and Leah laughed. "God rest ye merry Hippogriffs? Very original dad." Sirius winked at her. Leah would have song along too but, by now, too many people were around that listened to her music and only Sirius, Sabrina, Grandpa, Fred and George knew about her being Sierra.

Sirius' mood obviously had brightened due to the fact that there were so many people in the house. Sabrina obviously didn't spend too much time there and, Leah found out that, quite a few times actually, Sabrina had been pulled into the ministry and was interrogated about where Sirius was hiding. That would explain why Leah felt like she was being watched like a hawk, in case she somehow got in contact with Sirius.

On Christmas, Leah woke up and, the first thing she saw was Kreature peeking around her room.

"GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ROOM YOU LITTLE MONSTER!" Leah screamed, grabbing Kreature. She threw him out of her room and over the railing so that he fell to the next storey. Leah smiled and closed her door before turning her attention to the gifts. There was one gift on the top that wasn't labeled. Leah knew exactly who it came from so she put that one away in her dresser.

She left her room and heard Molly crying. She figured it had something to do with Percy so, instead of going downstairs, she went to Buckbeak's room. Leah wasn't sure how long she was in there, all she knew was that after a while, the front door opened and closed and she got up and went downstairs.

"Where is everyone?" Leah asked Sirius when she entered the kitchen.

"They all went to see Arthur." Sirius said.

"And…they all is…who?" Leah asked, sitting next to Sirius.

"Molly, Sabrina, Mad-Eye, Remus, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Bill, Ginny, Fred and George." Sirius said.

"Oh…" Leah said.

"I'm surprised you did go with them." Sirius said.

"No body actually asked." Leah said. "They probably expected I was asleep."

"Probably." Sirius said. "What's the matter? You've been closing yourself off from everyone a lot lately."

"I don't know…something just…something's just different." Leah said. "It's like…ever since Voldemort came back…I don't know." They both sighed and Sirius dragged one hand through his hair while Leah dragged both hands through hers. "Hey…where's grandpa?"

"He'll be here soon. He just had to take care of something." Sirius said. As if on cue, the door opened and Leah's grandpa walked in.

"So she's awake now." He said.

"Been awake for a while…just been sitting with Buckbeak." Leah said, getting up and hugging grandpa.

"So you've gone back to avoiding everyone then?" Grandpa asked.

"Not for today…at least…I'm not trying to." Leah said.

"She didn't go with them to see Arthur." Grandpa said to Sirius.

"No one asked her according to her." Sirius said. Leah didn't mind that they were talking as if she wasn't there.

"That's a little weird." Grandpa said.

"No it's not…not really." Leah said. "I wouldn't have agreed to go anyways." She sighed again then looked around. "Hey…I'm gonna go see if I can find Kreature. I need something to kick around." Sirius smirked and nodded. Leah wandered through the house and found Kreature in the attic. "Hey…what are you doing?"

"Nothing." Kreature said quickly. Leah gave the house elf a look before grabbing him roughly by the ear and dragging him down the stairs. Kreature didn't struggle too much and that got Leah worried. She'd done this before and he struggled a lot.

"DAD!" Leah yelled. "I FOUND THE STUPID ELF!" Sirius came out of the kitchen and Leah let go of Kreature's ear. "He was in the attic and when I asked him what he was doing he said nothing….but he said it really quickly."

"He's just being an idiot like always." Sirius said. "Don't worry about it." Leah sighed but didn't argue because at that moment the front door opened and everyone who went to visit Arthur came into the house. The door slammed and, once again, Grandma Black took to screaming but Leah whistled loudly to get her attention and she stopped screaming.

When dinner time came, it took the combined forces of Harry, Ron, Hermione, George and Ginny to keep Leah from disappearing upstairs. True, George was still the only one that knew most of Leah's non-eating problem, but the others were catching on.

"Well…Happy Christmas everyone!" Molly said. Everyone said Happy Christmas and took to eating the food. Leah sat with a frown as Harry and Hermione, who were sitting on either side of her, kept adding things to her plate. Leah sighed and gave in…but only for today. She, slowly, ate most of the stuff on her plate.

It was a good dinner, everyone was laughing and having a good time. Sirius, though, wasn't as good a time as everyone else. Leah knew why.

As the holidays started ending, Sirius had taken to a state that Molly called 'fits of sullens'. He would be grumpy and wouldn't talk to any of them and would spend hours on end in Buckbeak's room.

On the last day of holidays, Leah joined Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny in the boys' bedroom where the boys were playing wizard chess and the girls, plus Crookshanks. were watching.

"Squash him – squash him, he's only a pawn you idiot. Sorry, Mrs. Weasley, what did you say?" Harry asked.

"Professor Snape, dear. In the kitchen. He'd like a word." Molly said. Everyone looked at each other with surprised expressions. Crookshanks leapt from Hermione's hold on to the board and set the pieces running for cover.

"Snape?" Harry asked.

"Professor Snape, dear." Molly corrected him. "Now come on, quickly, he says he can't stay long."

"What's he want with you?" Ron asked when his mother left the room. "You haven't done anything, have you?"

"No!" Harry said. Leah thought about what Snape could possibly want then realized what it was. Harry left the room.

"Well…now what?" Ron asked.

"I'm gonna go…feed Starr." Leah said, remembering her owl. The others nodded and Leah left the room and went to hers. There she did feed the owl and let her out of her cage so that she could fly around freely. Sadly, Leah started to pack her things into her trunk. She wanted to stay here but, no matter how much it would cheer it up, Sirius wouldn't let her…she already asked.

Leah opened a drawer and saw the gift that had been there since Christmas. She completely forgot about it. Curiosity got the better of her and Leah sat on her bed and unwrapped it. Inside was a box. Slowly, Leah took the lid off it and gasped and what was in it. A bracelet with silver and gold braided through with black. That was beautiful by itself, but there was also a silver plate that had letters of a different language printed on it.

"Damn…Malfoy's got good taste. Have to ask him what this means though." Leah muttered, putting the bracelet on. She heard the door open and close with a bang. When would these people learn how to close the door softly so that Grandma Black wouldn't throw a fit.

Leah went down the stairs as soon as the yelling started. She yanked a curtain shut before looking up to see who was around. All the Weasleys, including Arthur, were there and Hermione.

"Hi." Leah said, smiling. She hugged Arthur. "Sorry I didn't come on Christmas. Everyone thought I was asleep and didn't bother to think to wake me."

"That's ok Leah." Arthur said. "Next time."

"There won't be a next time." Molly said menacingly.

"Of course dear." Arthur said. Leah giggled. They went into the kitchen to see Snape and Sirius had their wands pointed at each other and Harry, between them, with a hand out to each to force them apart. Leah completely missed everything said. She was busy staring at her father. The look on his face gave the impression that he was ready to do something very horrible to Snape. Snape left and more talking happened that, again, Leah missed while watching her father. He forced a smile to his face and Leah's eyes drifted up to Sirius'.

"Hey Leah…where'd the bracelet come from?" Hermione asked.

"Oh umm…I've had it for a while…just haven't worn it." Leah said.

"Well…it's beautiful." Hermione said. Leah nodded in agreement. That didn't mean she was gonna be nice to Draco now…it just meant that she liked his idea of trying to get her on his good side. She wondered if he'd give her anything else.

The next day Leah, Harry, Ron and Hermione went down to the kitchen to see Tonks and Lupin there. Everyone, but Leah of course, ate breakfast before pulling on Jackets and scarves against the cold. Leah was oddly quiet and looked like she hadn't slept well, if she slept at all. She had a bad feeling.

"Hey…don't worry. Your dream couldn't have been true." Sirius said, hugging her. He had just had a whispered talk with Harry and had given something that Leah figured was probably the mirror that belonged to James.

"Dad…I've had dreams like this…and they always came true." Leah said, frowning. "You just haven't been around to know about them."

"Again…it's not my fault." Sirius said.

"Really? Because I remember…surprisingly…that mum told you not to go after Peter." Leah said in a husked but angry tone. "I remember her saying he wasn't worth it. She knew dad…but you went anyways. And thus making you're absence in our lives your fault." Sirius' face went dark but Leah didn't care. She just walked past him and out the door.

They were on the knight bus…Leah hated it. Her face turned to a look of small disgust when she saw the conductor. God how she hated that guy. Last time she was on the bus, he wouldn't leave her alone.

"Looks like we'll have to split up." Tonks said, looking around for empty seats. "Fred, George, Ginny and Leah, if you take those seats at the back…Remus can stay with you." Leah was actually glad that she didn't have to sit with or near Harry. She sat with George, Fred sat with Ginny, and Remus sat with an old, tired looking man. Leah sat back in her chair and closed her eyes.

"Hey Le…you ok?" George asked. "You don't look to good." Leah looked over at him. George put his hand to her forehead. "You don't feel too good either."

"What's wrong?" Remus asked, looking over at them.

"I think Leah's sick." George said.

"It's just the bus…I'm fine." Leah said quietly.

"No…you didn't look to good before we left either." Ginny said.

"It's nothing." Leah said.

"I don't think she had enough sleep." Fred said.

"I don't think she had any sleep." George said. "Le this isn't good for you." Leah sighed then leaned against George and closed her eyes. Things seemed to be spinning. "I'm gonna bring her to the hospital wing as soon as we get there."

"Good idea." Remus said.

The bus stopped outside the gates to Hogwarts. Tonks, Harry, Ron and Hermione had come down and they were all looking at Leah with worry as well. Ron helped George get Leah off the bus then George lifted Leah into his arms, which proved to be pretty easy because she was so small.

"You'll be safe once you're in the grounds." Tonks said, looking around the deserted road. "Have a good term, ok?"

"Look after yourselves…and her." Remus said.

"I'm fine." Leah muttered weakly.

"Yeah…sure you are." George said, bitterly. The others all gave him odd looks but he ignored them. "Fred…take my trunk will ya?"

"Sure thing." Fred said. "What about Leah's?"

"I got it." Hermione said. They walked to the school and entered it. The others all went in the direction to the Gryffindor common room while George went to the hospital wing.

"George I'm fine…put me down." Leah said. George stopped and put Leah down. "See all…" Leah almost fell over and George had to grab her around the waist quickly.

"Yeah…sure." George said. He kept his arm around her waist and walked a few steps but son found out that Leah just wasn't up to walking so he picked her up again. "Leah…you have got to be the unhealthiest person I know."

"What?" Leah asked.

"You don't eat…you barely sleep…and you do all this shit that wastes the energy that you don't have." George said. "Call me crazy…but I think that you should cut back on the extra stuff and try eating and sleeping more."

"What extra stuff?" Leah asked, knowing what George was going to say.

"Like…well…quidditch." George said.

"Just because you let your anger get the better of you, making it so you get kicked off the team…doesn't mean I should quit." Leah said.

"I never said you should." George said. "I'm just saying that maybe you shouldn't try to work yourself so much because you're gonna wind up falling off your broom a lot more." Leah groaned and let her head fall onto George's shoulder. "Boy…you really are sick."

"Shut up." Leah said. They got to the hospital wing and Leah opened the door.

"What happened to you now?" Madam Pomfrey asked.

"She's not feeling well." George said before Leah could answer. "She's got a really bad fever…can't walk…she didn't sleep much last night either."

"I can speak for myself." Leah muttered. She finally gave up and passed out.

"Ok…here she comes." Hermione said. Leah opened her eyes slowly and saw her, Harry and Ron standing over her. "Hey Leah…how are you?"

"I don't know." Leah said, sitting up.

"Well…you shouldn't be tired…you've been asleep for a whole day." Ron said. "We came and visited you yesterday but you were asleep and Madam Pomfrey told us to leave."

"OH god." Leah said, lying down again. "What I miss?"

"Harry asked Cho out on a date after she gave him the most obvious hint." Ron said. Leah laughed. "That was my reaction."

"Let me guess…Hogsmeade." Leah asked.

"Yeah…on valentine's day." Harry said.

"Oh…how sweet." Leah said. She grabbed Ron's hand. "Look Ron…our little boy's all grown up." Ron stared at her, Leah winked, then Ron laughed so much he fell over. Harry went red and Hermione tried not to laugh. "Sorry Harry…I just had to do it."

"I'm gonna get you." Harry said.

"I'm so scared." Leah said, sarcastically. She smiled. After a half hour examination, Madam Pomfrey said she could leave but to take things easy and not rush about. She also told Leah to eat something and get some sleep. For some reason, the first person Leah expected to run into was Draco. But it wasn't…the first person she ran into was Hagrid who looked more beat up then Leah had ever seen him.

Here's this chapter. What do you people think…she Leah go with Harry and Hermione when they lead Umbridge into the forest? And I wanna change the singer that I use for Leah so who should I use? Kelly Clarkson, Ashlee Simpson or someone else?