Malfoy's Attack – Harry's PoV
Mid-December 1997
I sat staring at McGonagall dumbfounded. How did she expect us to complete all this homework! I stared at the list of stuff we had to do, three essays, practicing full human transfigurations. We'd done some in class but I didn't think I could do it without some assistance. I looked at Ron and Hermione. Ron had paled considerably while Hermione was calmly packing her things away.
"We're never going to finish this on top of our charms homework!" Ron muttered as he dropped his things into his bag.
"Oh stop complaining, of course you will." Hermione said as she stood waiting for us to finish packing away. Ron looked at her sceptically.
"Maybe you can but I won't be able to!" Ron said. Hermione smiled, leant over and gave him a kiss.
"I think you can." She said. Ron smiled weakly. He turned to me as I made my way around the desk.
"What now?" I asked him.
"Well, we have a free and then we've got to take our trunks to the entrance hall." Hermione said.
"We do?" Ron asked.
"Of course, it's the holidays." Hermione said.
"Oh yeah, how could I forget?" Ron asked as we left the room. Hermione reached for Ron's hand as we walked down the corridor.
"Your mind is occupied with something else." I said. I didn't have to look to know that Ron and Hermione were gazing adoringly at each other. I rolled my eyes then watched a group of fifth years walking past in front of us. They were a few paces ahead of them.
"Did you hear about Emma?" Said a blonde haired Ravenclaw
"Emma Potter?" asked a brunette
"Yeah, she doesn't want anyone to know but I heard her and Rhia Black talking about Malfoy." I looked at Hermione and Ron but they weren't paying attention.
"What about Malfoy?"
"Well apparently he's been harassing her. Which makes sense because some Hufflepuff boy who's dating a sixth year Slytherin heard his girlfriend telling him that Malfoy had some obsession with some girl. It's confusing the Slytherins." The blond girl said. I walked a bit faster and tapped the girl on the shoulder. She turned and jumped when she saw who I was.
"Harry Potter!" She gasped.
"Where did you hear that from?" I asked her.
"I overheard them talking in herbology." She said. I nodded and stormed off towards the common room.
"Harry!" Ron said as he started after me. I went straight into the common room and found Rhia and Kara in fits of laughter on a sofa.
"Where's Emma?" I asked them as I approached. Rhia looked up, tears in her eyes.
"Hi to you too."
"Where's Emma?" I repeated.
"I don't know, still at lunch I think." Kara said claming down. I nodded and turned around and nearly walked straight into Ron.
"Harry, what's wrong?"
"Malfoy and Emma." I said.
"What?" Hermione asked. "But Emma's with Bo."
"Malfoy's harassing her. I'm going to talk to him." I said as I marched out of the common room. Rhia's eyes widened as she sobered up completely.
"Harry!" She said as she jumped over the sofa and followed Ron, Hermione and myself out of the common room. "What did you hear?" She asked. I stopped to look at her.
"What's been happening between Emma and Malfoy?" I demanded.
"As far as I know, nothing." Rhia told me. "Well, occasionally he tries to talk to her but that's all I know." I looked at her sceptically.
"Where is she?" I asked her.
"Great hall." She said "Harry, don't do anything stupid." Hermione took my arm.
"I agree, I think we should go back to the common room and talk to her about it later."
"I'm not going to do anything." I said, "I just want to talk to her."
"Oh, you know that if you see Malfoy you're going to curse his arse to kingdom come!" Ron said.
"That's exactly why se should go back." Hermione said. Ron looked at her with a thoughtful look.
"Actually, I'm with Harry. Curse Malfoy and he stops to be a problem." Ron said. I smirked at him.
"How many times has Harry cursed Malfoy and how much of a problem is he now?" Hermione said.
"Well this time is different." Ron said, "It involves Emma. So he'll be well and truly dead."
"We don't want Harry to be a killer Ron."
"Too late." I muttered. "I'm going to find Emma, you don't have to come if you don't want to." I walked off after that. Ron came with me while Hermione and Rhia hesitated. Hermione caught up with us after a few minutes.
"I'm coming but I don't agree with it." She grumbled. As we entered the great hall I tried my hardest not to look at the Slytherin table. I knew that if I saw Malfoy I would cause some kind of a scene. Ron and Hermione were right…dammit! I looked over at the Gryffindor table and there in the middle was Emma whispering rapidly to Ginny and, to my surprise, Luna. What was Luna doing there?
I walked over as casually as I could.
"Good morning girls." I said.
"It's not morning," Luna said.
"Ignore him." Emma said.
"Emma can I talk to you." I said rather then asked. I held her upper arm as she looked at me strangely.
"Um, ok." She said. Once she got up I led her out of the great hall and outside the castle. It was wet and damp and muddy. It hadn't been so cold that there was snow but instead there was sleet which made it really annoying if you wanted to leave the castle, I have to admit that I prefer the snow!
"What is it?" Emma asked as she jerked her arm away.
"What's going on with Malfoy?" I asked her. Emma grinned.
"Have you noticed that he's walking funny?" Emma asked me.
"What?" I asked her in surprise.
"I have noticed that actually." Hermione said, "I assumed he'd hurt his leg."
"No, if it was his leg he'd go and see Madam Pomfrey. Somewhere MUCH more painful then his leg." Emma said.
"Emma." I said sternly.
"Ok, ok. I'm only telling you cause you're my brother and I'm letting them listen cause…well, you're like family." Emma said looking at Ron and Hermione. "A few months ago Malfoy tried to force me to do some stuff that I didn't want to do so I just kicked him really hard where it hurts." I winced slightly. Even though it was Malfoy I could still felt a slight twinge of pity. I glanced at Ron to see him grimace. Hermione, on the other hand seemed to nod with approval.
"Really Emma, I know it's Malfoy but still-" Ron said
"I personally think Emma did the right thing, show Malfoy whose boss!" Hermione said. Emma seemed to perk up. I
"Emma, if he tries to get you to do anything, anything at all tell me." I said to her seriously. Emma smiled and hugged me.
"Ok big brother." She turned and skipped off up the stairs, she was obviously very proud of herself. I turned to look at Ron and Hermione, they looked a little confused.
"You'd think that if Malfoy was harassing her that she'd be a little more upset." Ron said.
"She got some revenge, she deserves to be happy." Hermione said.
I took a deep breath as I pulled away from the kiss I'd been sharing with Rhia. Hermione had allowed me use of the Head's compartments. She was particularly beautiful today even though she was only wearing the things she usually hung around her house in. She grinned at me as I pushed myself onto my elbows under her.
"Tired already?" She asked.
"No, just need to breath a bit." I said, "You're exited about something I can tell."
"I'm performing at the Holyhead ball again." Rhia said.
"But that's in two weeks." I said.
"But you're going to be there." Rhia said excitedly before giving me a kiss. I put my arms around her making me drop back down on the seat. Rhia laughed slightly as she stopped kissing me.
"What now?" I asked her.
"Nothing." Rhia said as she playfully bit the end of my nose. I scowled at her. She bit her lip and pushed my glasses back up my nose. "Seriously it's noth-" The door burst open interrupting Rhia's sentence. I looked up to see Emma running into the room. She closed the door shut and sank to the floor.
"Emma?" I asked. I sat up properly as Rhia sat up on my lap.
"Sh!" Emma hissed. She pressed her ear against the door. Rhia and I looked at each other a bit confused.
"What's happening?" Rhia whispered.
"Kaylee." Emma whispered. "Encounter with Malfoy. She's not very happy and he's the victim of her unhappiness."
"Why's Kaylee unhappy?" I asked.
"Because Jessie chose to stay at Hogwarts." Rhia explained. "Kaylee and Jessie have been having some really huge issues recently because Jessie got a boyfriend, who is really sweet by the way." She added. I grinned at her and pulled her closer. Rhia put her arms around my neck as a loud explosion came from outside followed by what sounded like a cry of pain, not from a boy but from a young girl. I pushed Rhia off my lap and bolted out of the door to see Kaylee on the floor and Malfoy standing up and straightening his robes.
"Stupid bitch." He muttered. "All Blacks are the same."
"Malfoy!" I snapped. He looked up coldly.
"Oh it's you. What do you want Potter?" He asked. Um…
"Come here now!" I demanded. I saw a smirk appearing on Malfoy's lips. He drew his wand and pointed it at me.
"What Potter? Going to kill me are you? Is she really so precious? She's a blood traitor and you know as well as I do what happens to Blood traitors." Malfoy hissed.
"No. Malfoy. Nothing happens to them but people like you." I hissed. "Get out of my sight before I do something I may end up regretting." I said through gritted teeth.
"Like what Potter?" He teased. I ignored him and went to Kaylee's side.
"Kaylee." I said quietly. I looked up to see Rhia and Emma appearing in the doorway. Rhia ran out to her younger sister's side.
"Kaylee!" She said in alarm.
"Oh please!" Malfoy muttered. I revived Kaylee and turned to look at Malfoy after Rhia had taken over looking after Kaylee.
"I said get out of my sight Malfoy!" I snapped.
"Or what?" He said. I put my hands in my pockets and fingered my wand fondly, oh how I longed to curse the hell out of Malfoy.
"Or he'll hurt you." Emma said from behind me. I turned in surprise.
"What?" I mouthed to her but Emma's eyes went wide. She got her wand out quicker then the eye could see and shouted "STUPEFY!" The spell just missed my head and hit Malfoy behind me. I turned to see Malfoy on the floor. His cronies were coming up the carriage behind him. Crabbe opened his mouth in shock.
"Get him out of here." I said to Crabbe and Goyle. The two idiots picked up Malfoy clumsily between them and dragged him down the carriage. I turned back to Kaylee and Rhia.
"Kaylee are you ok?" I asked her. She nodded. She didn't look too good. There was a cut down the side of her neck, I now noticed. It wasn't bleeding very badly but it looked painful. "Move out of the way." I said to Rhia. She stepped back as I picked up Kaylee in my arms. She was extremely light, lighter then Jessie, Rhia or even my sister! I carried her into the Head's compartment. Before I closed the door Emma shouted at the other students that there was nothing to see. I put Kaylee on the seat and looked at her neck.
"That looks painful." Emma said.
"It really hurts." Kaylee said with a wince. Rhia sat next to her and gave Kaylee a comforting hug. Kaylee kept her arms around her sister. Over the past few months I'd noticed that Jessie was really growing up but Kaylee hadn't changed at all. She was still a young child. Rhia put a hand on Kaylee's hair and looked at me.
"Ok, I'll try this." I said. I pulled up my sleeves and got out my wand. I gently tapped Kaylee's neck gently and watched Kaylee's neck. The cut seemed to heal a bit but not completely. It was still bleeding a little so Emma pulled her scarf off and wrapped it around Kaylee's neck.
"There you go." Emma said with a smile. Kaylee pressed herself closer to Rhia.
"Kaylee?" Rhia asked. I could she was confused.
"I want Jessie." Kaylee said.
"She's at School." I said.
"I know." Kaylee said, "Why can't I grow up quickly? How can I be like you?" She asked Rhia, Emma and myself. "Jessie is all grown up and it's annoying me. We're supposed to be children. I can't read her mind any more." Kaylee said. I could see tears in her eyes.
"What?" Rhia asked slightly alarmed. I had to admit that I was getting alarm bells as well. Kaylee not being able to read Jessie? Something serious must have happened for their connection to be broken.
"After our argument in September I could no longer read her mind. Jessie doesn't know cause she can read everyone's mind but I can't read hers! I'm not her twin anymore!" Kaylee said a little too dramatically. She had begun to cry. I felt slightly awkward and looked at Rhia for advice. She nodded to the door. She wanted me to leave. I got up and kissed Kaylee on the cheek.
"Don't worry ok." I said to her. She looked at me and nodded. I left the girls in the head's compartment as I made my way down the train. I glanced in each compartment looking for Hermione and Ron, where were they? I was near the end of the train when I found them. Such a picture perfect moment! Ron and Hermione seemed to fixed at the mouth. Looks like they were up to the same thing that me and Rhia had been up to. I opened the compartment door.
"Knock knock!" I said loudly. Hermione and Ron jumped away from each other. Both were turning a deep shade of red.
"Harry!" Hermione snapped.
"Sorry, the girls kicked me out of the head's compartment." I said sitting opposite them.
"What? Why?" Hermione asked.
"Malfoy attacked Kaylee but she'll be ok. Emma and Rhia are on the case." I told them.
"Malfoy attacked Kaylee?" Ron asked slightly alarmed. "Why?"
"Well, Kaylee was in a bad mood over something and Malfoy got in the way…" I stopped for a moment, "And Malfoy being a lot further ahead in his knowledge of spells and curses…well you get the idea. She's ok now though." I said.
"That's good" Ron said. "I think we should buy her something." Hermione and I turned to look at him. "Well, she seems really depressed recently."
"A twelve year old can't get depressed Ron, not in the way you're talking about." Hermione said.
"But Kaylee's been through a lot. I mean, I can't have been the only one who's noticed that she and Jessie don't get along any more." Ron said.
"We'll see." I said. Hermione shrugged in agreement before curling up against Ron.
"So when are we going to meet up?" She asked, referring to the Christmas Holidays.
I got off the Hogwarts Express feeling rather good with myself. Malfoy was still out cold somewhere in the train. I secretly felt proud of my sister's ability to stun. She'd always been good at stunning but no one had been out for so Long.
"Ok, so we'll definitely see you at the ball." Ron said to me as I gave him a brotherly hug.
"Yeah, I'll send you the tickets." I told him. Ron grinned and Hermione kissed my cheek.
"Don't do anything naughty." Hermione said cheekily. I looked at her vaguely confused as the two disappeared through the barrier with their sisters running after them. Helena, Hermione's little bossy sister, was a miniature Hermione only she was in Ravenclaw and I never really saw her or spoke to her. Ginny was running through with a group of giggling friends. I waited for Rhia, Emma, Orion and Jessie patiently. I didn't mind sitting on my trunk until they came along. A few people were staring at me, as usual but I'd long since grown used to it. I was starting to lose my concentration and begin to daydream when I felt a pair of arms around my neck and some lips touching my cheek.
"Ready to go?" Rhia asked from behind.
"Yeah." I said back with a smile. I got up and took both my trunk and hers. Damn her trunk was heavy! She gave me a smile and skipped off with Emma and Kara through the barrier leaving me cursing and swearing as I hit my leg on the corner of her trunk.
"Need help?" Orion asked as he turned up next to me with Mei walking beside him.
"No, I'm ok thanks." I muttered.
"Suit yourself." Orion said. I went through the barrier with Orion and Mei. Rhia and Emma had already met up with our parents, it turned out that Kara was getting a lift back with us so I stumbled over and dropped the trunks.
"That's the last time I do any of your lifting!" I said to Rhia. She looked at me feigning confusion and innocence.
"What are you talking about?" She asked. I narrowed my eyes at her as she hid behind my sister, who already had my other sister in her arms. Phoebe had really grown since I'd last seen her. Her hair was already growing and was a shade of a reddy brown that I thought looked quite good.
"Ok, everyone ready to go?" Dad asked.
"Yep." I said.
"Good, I want to get home." Dad said. I saw him glancing at mum in a way that made me want to throw up. Mum gave him a simple smile and discretely put a charm on all our trunks.
"Sirius, James." Mum said calmly.
"How's Andrea and Sam?" Rhia asked my mum quickly.
"They're ok. I think they're a bit bored though." Mum said.
"Ok, that's good." Rhia said happily. I gave Rhia a curious look as mum led us to the car.
"Oh we're not going by car are we!" Emma moaned.
"Well, the Black's aren't. They're going to Grimmauld place." Dad told us. Rhia and I looked at each other slightly shocked.
"Why? I want to be in Wales!" Rhia said.
"Only because you and Harry want to-" Rhia hit Orion to stop him from saying any more.
"That's precisely why Rhia is staying at Grimmauld place." Dad said. Sirius gave us all a smile.
"Come Children." He said. Orion and Kaylee were jeering at Rhia slightly as I gave her a kiss.
"I'll come and visit you, I promise." I told her.
"You better." Rhia muttered. I gave her another kiss before Orion quite literally dragged her off. I slumped in the car next to Emma. Emma sat in the middle next to the baby car seat. Mum and dad got into the front.
"Sorry Harry, it had to be done, none of us want you and Rhia to get too close." Lily said apologetically.
"Too late." Emma breathed so only I could only just hear though I don't think she intended me to hear it at all.
"It's ok." I muttered.
The journey home was pretty boring. Mum decided to stop by her sister's house just to annoy her (Mum had random urges like that sometime), and also to inform Aunt Petunia that she'd had another child. I loved Aunt Petunia's face when she found out at the doorway. I saw my cousin peeking his head through the doorway to try and get a look at us. I always found him amusing when he wasn't annoying. He was fun to play tricks on.
"Curse him." Emma hissed as she saw him too. She grinned and as I smiled as well Dudley disappeared. We both started laughing, which seemed to set Phoebe off gurgling. Dad just sat in the front the whole time looking through some papers of some kind. Every time Emma asked what they were she was told that it wasn't anything important, which it obviously was. By the time we got home it was dark though the lights in the house were on. I walked in first to see Sam sliding down the stairs on a mattress.
"What the-"
"SAM!" mum snapped. Sam bolted from the hallway and up the stairs before anyone could say anything else. Mum muttered to herself as she took Phoebe to their room to put her in the cot. I dragged my trunk up the stairs and pushed open my door. My mouth nearly fell open with shock. My room wasn't my room anymore. Well it was but there were girl's things in it! I dropped my trunk and walked in.
"What happened here?" I muttered. I looked at Andrea who was sitting on my bed looking through a photo album. "Andrea, what happened to my room?" I asked as I got out my wand ready to change everything back.
"Oh, grand…Lily said I could stay here while you were in school and this just sort of happened." She said guiltily as she sat up. I looked at her sceptically. "Sorry." She added. I ran my hands through my hair and shrugged.
"Never mind, I'm tired." I said.
"Ok. Um…could you conjure another bed or something for me please dad?" Andrea said. She didn't even seem to realise she called me dad.
"Um…sure." I waved my wand and a bed appeared in the corner of the room. "Um…Good night." I muttered. I went to the bed and just pushed all the things off. As I got in I just couldn't be bothered to change out of my jeans so I just got in fully changed. I felt a piece of paper under my body so I shifted slightly and took it out of the bed. I looked at it briefly before Andrea snatched it from my hands. It seemed to be a photo.
"What's that?" I asked.
"A photo." Andrea muttered.
"Of?"
"Nothing." Andrea muttered as she tucked it into one of her pockets. That girl was really strange. I could tell she was my daughter, she even had a scar, though not on her forehead. Where did she get that scar? I knew I shouldn't ask but I did anyway.
"Oh, um, it happened when Aunt Jess was attacked. They broke in through the window and I happened to be playing under it, a few piece of glass just cut my face, that's all." She said, "Nothing like your scar." She told me. Then I noticed her looking at me in the strangest way. I shrugged and went to bed. They future must be very different. I wanted to send Andrea and Sam back because the more they hung around the more tempted I was to ask them what happened but at the same time I wanted them to stay but the longer they stayed the more likely they were to change the future. Oh, this is just too complicated…sleep.
A/N:-This is more of a filler chapter really. Kinda preparataion for the next one. Has anyone heard about this thing about banning authors from replying to reviewers in their stories? cause i got an email from J.E.A.R.K. Potter about itand i'm confuzled. Anyway, i have just realised how many mistakes i'm making in this story. I'm soooo dumb, i'm gonna have to re-write some of it, not much but still, it's annoying. Anyway, Next chapter is one that i know you're all secretly waiting for, even if you don't know it yet. It's called Holyheads and Winter and the PoV is...a few more dots shood do the trick...FIND OUT IN A FEW DAYS TIME! hehe