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Disclaimer: I had a dream last night that Harry Potter and his friends belonged to me. Sadly I woke up this morning with nothing but a purple, pink and silver bedroom, a pink mobile phone, loads of clothes, all of the Friends episodes on VHS and the Harry Potter books and DVD's so I took that as a there is no way on this earth that I own them!
Summary: Harry has defeated Voldemort and he leaves the wizarding world after graduating because all is not well there. He returns after a year and discovers that his life has changed dramatically. Theres a new enemy but who is it? We follow Harry's life as he learns that One night REALLY can change everything in a persons life.
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Anyways now onto our feature presentation. Here's Chapter 47! Enjoy!
Chapter 47 - A Family Argument
But she wasn't showing any signs of going back to her normal self.
She had an argument with Ellie at Fletch's party that caused her to leave the Room of Requirement and she had also started to have arguments with her teachers.
Over the next few weeks Peyton withdrew into herself even more.
She would literally get up in the mornings, go to breakfast and morning lessons, at lunchtime she would disappear to the library then attend her afternoon lessons and dinner before going to the library again until she had to be back in the common room.
She wouldn't talk to anyone least of all Dan and Ellie.
She would only talk to her teachers when they spoke to her and this caused Ginny and Harry to start worrying about her.
"Harry, have you noticed that Peyton doesn't talk to any of her friends anymore? She doesn't even talk to her teachers unless they speak to her first."
Harry thought for a few minutes.
"Now you mention it Gin, she spends all her time in the library. Maybe she thinks it's her fault that she fell off the broom" Harry replied while marking a pile of essays that the second years had done.
Ginny looked at Harry in amazement.
"How do you know that? Have you been following our daughter around the school?"
"No, Dan and Ellie told me. They're worried about her too."
Ginny staggered back a bit and sat down as she felt a bit wobbly on her feet.
"Our daughter is turning into Hermione. No wonder her grades have gone up. Even if she's still having arguments with Snape."
"Who wouldn't?" Harry told Ginny.
Harry and Ginny went to see if McGonagall would let them take the twins back to Grimmauld Place at the end of April.
"How long for?" McGonagall asked them.
"Only for the weekend. So we can sit down with them and sort out their fued and Peyton's behaviour" Harry explained.
"I understand completely. I'm worrying about her too. You can do it."
Ginny smiled at Harry.
"Thank you Headmistress" Harry said.
Over the next few weeks Harry, Ginny, the twins and their friends went about their business as usual.
Ellie, Dan and Cady were now so worried about Peyton that they had "borrowed" meaning stolen Harry's invisibility cloak to use while following her around the school.
One afternoon they agreed to meet in the girl's bathroom that always seemed to be out of order and was notorius for a certain ghost who went by the name of Moaning Myrtle who lived there.
At the lunchtime of the said day Ellie tracked Dan and Cady down who were sat together like they had always done ever since Peyton had excluded herself from everyone.
"Hey guys. Don't forget to meet me in the end cubicle of Moaning Myrtle's bathroom straight after out last lesson" Ellie whispered to them.
Cady nodded and Dan spat out the mouthful of pumpkin juice that he was about to swallow.
"Moaning Myrtle's bathroom? I can't go in there!" Dan squeaked using a voice that sounded remarkably like a girl's voice.
Cady started to laugh and Ellie looked at him in amazement.
"Why ever not Dan?" Ellie asked.
"Because Myrtle's crazy! She see's a boy and starts to fancy them and it's a girl's bathroom and in case you haven't noticed I am a guy and I therefore have a different anatomy to you."
"How do you know that she does that?" Cady asked.
"Coz he's been in there before" Ellie replied for him.
At this point Dan got defensive and started to protest.
"No. No Fletch told me!"
"Too bad Dan. We're meeting there whether you like it or not. She spends most of her time in the U bend anyways" Ellie said to him before walking out of the Great Hall.
So after all of their classes had finished, Cady and Dan walked (Cady had to drag Dan who was still moaning about going into a girl's bathroom) to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
They walked through the door into a gloomy bathroom - it was one that made you feel very depressed just looking through the door.
It still had the large, cracked mirror though it had several more large cracks with the chipped, stone sinks stood under it.
The light was very dull as there was few candles in there and even the ones that were still alight had burnt so low down to their stubs that they threatened to go out at any minute.
More cubicle doors were hanging off their hinges - in fact there was only one that remained firmly attatched onto it's cubicle.
That was the cubicle at the very end of the bathroom.
A lot of the doors had carvings on them that had been carved by former students.
Dan shivered and looked at Cady apprehensively before setting off for the end cubicle watching all the time for Moaning Myrtle.
When they reached it, they knocked on the closed door and waited for Ellie to open it.
When she finally did Dan looked at her before entering the cubicle.
"What were you doing? Putting more lip gloss on?" he asked.
She shook her head and pointed to one of the only two pieces of writing on the door.
It read: Nick Thomas loves Ellie Weasley forever.
Cady looked at her and cuddled Ellie.
"Did you know that he carved that?" Dan asked.
Ellie shook her head to signal that she was saying no then wiped her eyes.
Cady noticed the other piece of writing.
"What does the other one say? Or haven't you read it?" Cady asked.
"I don't know. I didn't read it. I think that's written in magical marker pen coz that's why I read the carved one - it looked older."
They all crowded round the other piece of writing and read it.
It said:
Harry Potter loves G...
Hey Harry, I thought you loved Cho Chang?
Ron you twink! That was two years ago!
Oh? So who is it now?
Ron, just go back into your corner and have stupid weird fantasies about Mi. We both know you love her. Oh and the whole of Gryffindor Tower knows. Except of course Mi.
Shut up and just for that - Harry James Potter loves Moaning Myrtle!
Ron, piss off! This isn't your piece of writing. Go back to your own and wrote stupid lovey dovey things about Mi.
I don't love Hermione. And why do you call her that stupid nickname?
Coz. Anyways Harry James Potter loves Ginevra Weasley!
WHAT! MY SISTER! MY BABY SISTER! Forgive if you're reading this while I kill my best - No EX best friend.
Cady started to laugh and even Ellie cracked a smile.
Dan however was confused.
"So how did you come about then?"
"My Mum and Dad had a one night stand after the Final Battle. They were both upset over their non-existing relationships with Ron and Ginny at the time and found comfort in each other."
Dan nodded to show that he understood and looked at the writing again.
"Are we going to do this then?" Cady asked.
Ellie nodded and the three teenagers disappeared under Harry's invisibility cloak.
They crept out of the cubicle and back through the dingy bathroom.
They crept through the castle towards the library making sure that no one could hear them or see their robes.
Once they got to the library, Ellie lead the way towards the bookcase that was directly opposite the table that Peyton was sat at.
They whispered to each other as they sat behind the bookcase watching her work.
"What does she do?" Ellie asked.
"I don't know" Dan replied.
"You guys don't get that much homework do you? I don't and I'm sitting my NEWTs next year."
"No, we don't. I'd love to know what she does in here coz even when we don't get homework she comes here."
They watched as Peyton read a book for a few more minutes until she got up and walked towards the bookcases blissfully unaware that she was being watched.
Ellie threw the cloak off them and looked at Dan and Cady.
"Okay so are you worried about her?" she asked.
Dan and Cady nodded.
"We have got to do something. She's either reading or writing in her diary whenever I see her and when I try to talk to her she makes her excuses and walks away from me. Sometimes I don't even get an excuse" Cady said.
"So all we need to do is get the diary and read it. Then we know what's wrong with my girlfriend" Dan said.
"Or you lot can leave Peyton alone" a soft voice said.
Everyone turned around to find Peyton standing behind them.
"How did you find us?" Dan asked.
"Ellie's not the quietest person I know. She can be loud when she wants to be and considering she hardly sets foot in here she doesn't know how to be quiet in a library. I could hear you."
"But Peyt, we're worried about you. Tell us what's wrong?" Ellie asked.
"Why should I? You're not my keeper. I don't have to tell you everything."
Peyton glared at them and walked out of the library.
Ellie shrugged, got up and walked out too.
The other two picked up the cloak and followed her.
They caught up with Ellie at the entrance to Gryffindor Tower.
"Ellie!" Dan shouted.
Ellie took no notice of them and walked into the common room.
As she began to do some of her homework Cady and Dan sat down.
"Ellie Weasley, what's wrong with you?" Cady asked.
"She's my sister. If she wants us to leave her alone then we leave her alone. I'm not going to fall out with her over this. It's stupid."
Dan and Cady nodded then stood up and went their seperate ways leaving Ellie on her own to do her homework.
One Thursday afternoon towards the end of April, Harry told the twins that they were to pack enough things to see them through the weekend as they would be going to Grimmauld Place the next day.
After their classes the next day the twins walked to their father's office with their school bags full with all of the things that they would be needing.
They knocked on the door and entered the office.
"Daddy, why are we doing this?" Peyton asked.
"Because your mother and I want to spend some time with you before the baby comes and we want to sort this silly feud out between you two."
Peyton nodded but Maddy however protested.
"There is no silly feud. We're fine, nothing needs to be sorted between us."
Harry chuckled and shook his head.
"That may be Madison but we still want to spend some time with you before the new baby arrives."
"Okay. Let's just get this weekend over with so that I can get on with my life" Maddy replied.
They waited for a few minutes before Ginny arrived.
She hugged the girls with great difficulty considering her bump got in the way then walked over to the fireplace and retrieved the floo powder.
She held the pot out to Harry who took some of the powder and stepped into the fireplace.
He let go of the powder and said loudly "number twelve Grimmauld Place!"
She looked at the fireplace and when Ginny was satisfied that Harry had reached the other end, she held the pot out to the twins and they repeated what their father had just done.
Ginny waited for a few moments and then took some powder for herself and flooed to Grimmauld Place.
As she stepped out of the fireplace, the first things that Ginny saw was Peyton sat on the sofa writing in her diary, Maddy sat in a chair staring into space and Harry pacing the length of the cream coloured living room.
She looked at the scene before her and realised that something needed to be done about her family as they weren't even communicating with each other the slightest bit even an argument would have set her mind at ease at this particular time.
"Girls, why don't you take your bags up to your bedroom" Ginny said looking at the twins.
Maddy snapped out of her trance, Peyton stopped writing and looked up and Harry stopped pacing when they heard Ginny's voice.
"Do we have to share a bedroom?" Maddy whined.
"You have to remember that although there are a lot of bedrooms in this house, your Uncle needs a room for when he and your Aunt argue and she throws him out of their house, your sister needs a room as do your cousins when they stay -"
At this point Harry cut Ginny off.
"You've always shared a room and while you live under my roof you will share a room with Peyton. If you don't like it Madison then I suggest that you go and sleep in the garden" Harry told her.
Maddy looked at Harry panic striken.
"You wouldn't do that Harry."
"Oh wouldn't I Madison?"
Harry walked to the garden door and held it open.
"You want your own room. Well sleep out there then."
"That's bordering on child abuse!" Maddy said angrily.
"You know what Madison Lily? I'm getting sick and tired of your attitude. I think that you should go to your room and think long and hard of how to buck your ideas up young lady!" Harry snapped back.
Peyton by this time had retreated to the quietness of the bedroom that she shared with Maddy.
She could very clearly hear her sister and Harry aguing downstairs.
After about thirty minutes everything went quiet and all she could hear now was someone thumping up the stairs and across the landing.
Suddenly the door flew open and hit the wall with a loud bang that made several pictures fall off the walls.
Peyton rolled her eyes and carried on writing in her diary.
Maddy stomped into the red and gold bedroom that Harry had decorated the same way every year since the twins were born.
Maddy stared at Peyton for a few moments before speaking.
"Why do you keep writing in that thing anyway?" she huffed.
"Because I want to. I'm sorry I forgot that I had to run everything past you before I do things!" Peyton replied coolly.
When Peyton had said this it angered Maddy and she stomped to where Peyton was sat on her bed and hit the diary so hard that it flew out of Peyton's hands and onto the floor.
Peyton looked at Maddy and felt as though she didn't feel safe in the room anymore so she slowly walked out of the bedroom and back down the stairs.
As she walked back into the living room she saw Harry and Ginny cuddled up together on the sofa.
Ginny looked up and saw her.
"Oh hey Peyt sweetie. You've been very quiet today" she said to her.
"I was upstairs coz I didn't want to get involved in Dad's argument with Maddy."
Peyton sat down on the edge of the sofa and Harry pulled her closer to hug her.
"Sorry Princess. She's still going on about having her own room. But I promise that by the time you go back to school her attitude will have disappeared."
Peyton nodded then quickly started talking to change the subject.
She gave absolutely no thought to the fact that her diary was still laying on the floor where it had landed and neither did she think of Maddy who was sat on her bed looking at the spot where the diary was laying.
She got off the bed, picked the diary up and flicked through it.
She caught sight of her name and started to debate with herself over whether to read it or not.
I want to read it but it's wrong to read it. It's not my property to read. But it does have my name in it so does that mean that I have a right to read it? she thought to herself.
Maddy sat on her bed and opened the diary to a random entry and started to read it.
February fifteenth
Dear diary,
I think I could be pregnant. I was due for my period three weeks ago and I still haven't had it.
Merlin Mum and Dad will kill me if I am. Especially Mum being in the state that she is and her mood swings being all over the place. I swear you could probably count down the hours and minutes till the next one. I wonder if her mood swings were this bad when she was pregnant with me and Madison. Hmm must ask Dad about it. Anyways Dad will have my guts for garters then go after Dan and kill him for "impregnating his little Princess". Then Madison will call me stupid and relish in the fact that Mum and Dad like her better than me. Maybe Ellie will call me stupid as well for getting pregnant at fourteen years old. And Dan will dump me when he finds out coz he won't be ready to be a father at fifteen.
Anyway I have Potions in a minute so I had best go otherwise I'll get detention from Snape and what a lovely way to spend a Friday night that would be. Birthday is in three days!
See ya, Peyt.
Maddy had to re-read the entry to make sure that she had read it right.
When she had finished Maddy went forward a couple of pages and read another entry.
February seventeenth
Dear diary,
Yesterday after Mum's class I snuck into her living quarters and swiped one of her Muggle pregnancy test thingies. I then went back to my dorm and peed on the little white stick. After the three or so minutes that I had to wait it had a blue line across the little window which according to the intructions means that in approximately forty weeks I am going to become a mother. I also went to see Ellie and Aunt Hermione and everything kinda spilled out so now Ellie knows but I am NOT telling anybody else least of all my father. Merlin he would go off his nut if he found out and go on a killing spree. I mean nobody messes with the guy who killed Voldemort do they! Surprisingly Ellie took it rather well. Well if you can call being sarcastic taking the news well. Oh well it's gonna come out sooner or later isn't it and this is a brilliant way of spending my fifteenth birthday tomorrow!
See ya, Peyt.
Maddy looked up at her sister's bed and all she could think about was that her twin had gotten pregnant.
She decided to flick to an entry that was written about two weeks later.
March first
Dear diary,
Today I worked out the possible due dates. If the baby is Nick's then it would be due on September twenty eighth or if it is Dan's then it's due on October twentieth. Either way I'll be at school when it is born. Ellie is so lucky coz her baby isn't due until the middle of August and we're out of school then. Mum's even said that she, Nana and Aunt Hermione will look after it while she's at school. I bet they wouldn't do that for me. They'd probably disown me of they found out. I spoke to the baby today (apparantly it's good for the baby) before Cady walked in on me and I ran off. She caught up with me though and made me tell her everything. She's cool with it - I think. And morning sickness started today - WHAT FUN!
See ya, Peyt.
Maddy turned the page over to the next entry and saw that it was dated for two days later.
March third
Dear diary, I was thinking about names today. I thought of Millie and I really like it but I think Ellie likes it as well. I also like Aleshanee or Ariel for a little girl but my absolute favourite girl's name is Millie. For little boys I like Blake or Deacon. I suppose when the time comes to name the baby I'll look at it and decide on what name it looks more like. Dad wants me to go flying with him and Professor Wood next week but Ellie and Cady don't want me to. They think I'm selfish coz I could fall and hurt myself and the baby. I'll be fine, I've played Quidditch in this state and I was fine. Gotta go coz I'm in History of Magic and knowing me I'll get caught writing in this rather than taking notes. See ya, Peyt.
Just as Maddy finished reading she heard soft footsteps coming up the stairs. She quickly threw the diary back onto the floor and grabbed a book from her nightstand and pretended that she had been reading. Peyton walked into the room and looked at Maddy. "Mum says can you come down coz dinner's ready. She wants us to eat together." Maddy nodded and put the book that she was "reading" on her bed and walked out of the room. Peyton saw the diary, picked it up and put it under her pillow then walked out of the room as well.
When she returned downstairs Harry, Ginny and Maddy were sat round the table in silence.
Peyton joined them and waited patiently for her father to say that they could start eating.
Harry nodded and at once the family started to help themselves to the food that was set out on the table.
Nobody spoke much during dinner apart from the occasional "pass the potatoes please" or "this is really nice Mum."
After they had finished, Peyton returned to he bedroom and Maddy sat out in the garden.
However Harry and Ginny looked at each other and silently agreed that it was time to talk to their children.
Harry went to the garden door and asked Maddy to come in while Ginny stood at the bottom of the stairs and shouted up to Peyton.
Peyton came down the stairs and looked at Ginny.
"Yes Mum, what did you want?" she asked.
"Dad wants to talk to you and Maddy for a second" Ginny replied.
Peyton nodded and followed Ginny into the living room.
Harry and Maddy were already sat down when Ginny arrived with Peyton.
"Go and sit with Maddy Peyt."
Peyton sat down on one of the sofas and both girls looked at Harry.
Ginny looked at Harry and nodded to him to show that it was okay to start.
She then walked out of the room not knowing what he was going to do.
Harry looked at Peyton then began to speak.
"Why were your grades slipping at school Peyton?"
Peyton shrugged and looked down at her hands.
Harry looked at the twins and asked another question.
"Why are you two always at each other's throats? You fight as though you're enemies not sisters."
This time Maddy shrugged and Harry stared at her.
It was as though the two girls had made a pact to not say anything.
Harry continued to stare at Maddy and it looked as though he was trying to read her mind.
Maddy realised what he was doing and closed her mind so that Harry couldn't find out what things had been happening.
Harry realised what Maddy was doing so he looked at Peyton.
She had cottoned on to what Maddy was doing so she immediately started to close her mind as well.
When Harry noticed this he swore very loudly which made Ginny walk back into the room.
"What's wrong?" Ginny asked.
"Nothing. I've tried everything and I still have no answers."
"If you say that you've tried everything then you must have tried using Legili - no but you can't have. You wouldn't, would you?" Ginny fretted.
She then looked into his eyes and realised that he had indeed tried using it.
"But you have haven't you?"
Harry looked away from his wife.
"Harry! Answer me! You used Legilimency on my daughters! Our children Harry" she yelled at him.
"Gin. I didn't mean to. I just wanted to know what's wrong with them. They aren't what they used to be. They're so moody all the time."
"Why would you want to know what's going on in our lives for? You're always too busy with your own life! You pretend that you care for us but you don't really! Do you Harry?" Maddy interupted.
"I do care about you. I care about all of you. That's why I tried it!"
"Why would you use Legilimency on our daughters then? Would you use it on me?" Ginny asked.
"I would never use it on you Gin. I just wanted to know what's wrong with my daughters. Let's just face it - if I asked them they were never going to tell me were they?"
"If you had just asked then we might have told you" Peyton said.
"I would have told you everything" Maddy also said.
"Okay. Peyton, what made you grades suffer?" Harry asked.
Peyton shrugged her shoulders again but Maddy muttered something.
Harry and Ginny both turned to Maddy and looked at her.
"What was that Maddy?" Ginny asked.
"Nothing" Maddy replied.
Harry didn't believe her.
"Madison, do you know why you sister's grades were falling?" Harry asked.
Maddy nodded.
"Can you tell me please?"
Maddy nodded again.
"She's pregnant" she whispered.
Harry looked at Peyton with his mouth wide open.
"Is it true Peyton?" Ginny asked.
Peyton nodded but this alone wasn't enough for Ginny.
"I WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY IT!" she shouted angrily.
"I was. How did you find out Maddy?" Peyton replied quietly.
"WAS? WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BY WAS?" Ginny shouted again.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"OH YES YOU WILL YOUNG LADY! YOU'LL SIT DOWN ON THAT CHAIR AND TELL US WHAT YOU MEAN?"
Peyton stayed where she was and yelled back at her mother.
"OKAY I LOST IT WHEN I FELL OFF THE BROOM! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?"
Harry looked at his family that was slowly breaking down in front of his eyes and decided that enough was enough and he got up and headed for the front door.
"I can't handle this. I have to get out of here."
Ginny saw what he was doing and shouted after him.
"GO ON RUN COZ THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO ISN'T IT! THAT'S ALL YOU EVER DO. YOU RUN FROM YOUR PROBLEMS AND LEAVE EVERYONE ELSE TO SORT IT OUT! WELL YOU KNOW WHAT? DON'T BOTHER COMING BACK TONIGHT! AND THE TWINS AND I WILL BE GONE BY TOMORROW MORNING!"
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