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Chapter 15: Christmas
Harry left for the first time in a long time smiling from the headmaster's office. He couldn't wait to tell the guys everything. He couldn't believe that not only was he meeting his grandparents but that he was spending Christmas with them, his father and everyone that he cared about. The only problem was that his father currently hated him. But even that thought wasn't enough to lessen Harry's good mood. Nothing could ruin his mood now. Nothing but...
"Psst Jameson?" a voice said
"Huhh? Harry said looking frantically around
"I'm here," The voice hissed again coming from the corner
"Who is there?" Harry asked, "Is that you Ron?"
"No" The voice said again, stepping from where he was hiding.
"Snape?" Harry almost yelled in surprise
"Shssss. People cannot find out that I have been talking to you" Snape hissed looking around and dragging Harry to an empty classroom "Silencio" he hissed "Ok now we can talk" Snape finally said letting his guard down a bit
"Why can't anyone see us together? I mean everyone think that I am Voldemort's right hand man, and everyone thinks that you are a death eater"
"Exactly. I don't need the attention. And besides, most of the Slytherins would hex me into oblivion or you-know-who would demand some information from me if he thought that I knew who you are. He is very interested in you"
"Why should the Slytherins do that?"
"Have you no brain at all Jameson? You Gryffindors are all the same, but anyway it doesn't matter, we have more important things to discuss" Snape said as he pulled his hand through his hair distractedly
"What things Snape? I have nothing to say to you anymore. I may have helped you, but I wasn't doing it for you, I was doing it for Lily and all the other people you might have hurt"
"That is all well and good Jameson, but I don't bloody care if you are on speaking terms with me or not. What I do care about is what the headmaster had to say to you after I left?"
"I don't think that that is any of your business"
"It is if it concerned me. Now what did you tell him?"
"This may come as a shock to you, but the world does not revolve around you. You were not mentioned after you left the office, we talked about other stuff that doesn't concern you in any way"
"Oh, ok. Why did you cover for me anyway?" Snape asked a lot calmer than before
"I don't know what you are playing at Snape, but I figure that it's probably better than having you on the bad side. So your secret is safe with me for the time being. But if I as much suspect that you are using my trust I'll go straight to Dumbledore and I don't think that he will like what I have got to say" Harry said glaring at Snape
"Why would I go back to the bad side?"
"Why did you lie to the professor? To spy on the students? Really give me a break; your talent to brew a potion and your combined knowledge of the Dark Arts and DADA is unique. And besides, don't try to tell me that you don't get more important assignments than to spy in the school. I'm sure he could use someone less useful than you in that task and don't forget that I know what you have done so far. So why did you lie and say that to the headmaster?" Harry asked rather curious
"Because, even if I don't support the Dark Lord anymore it doesn't mean that I have to like Dumbledore anymore than I used to. I would rather be claimed as neutral, and I figure that I have paid my debt when I finish school" Snape hissed back
"Paid your debt by spying on students for a year? You have got to be kidding me right?"
"This is none of your business, I only wanted to ask you if the professor suspected anything, now I have so have a good day"
"Why didn't you just tell the headmaster the truth? It would have been way easer right?" Harry asked ignoring Snape's earlier comment
"You know what I have done Potter. I have just turned sixteen for the name of Merlin. What do you think that he had done, specially when he found out that no one actually made me do them but I did it because I wanted to and the only reason I stopped was because you know" Snape said turning red from anger and Harry thought that it would be best to not anger him more so he just said,
"Ok, I understand, he probably wouldn't have taken you so kindly, but anyway if there is nothing more that you want then I will be leaving now"
Snape just nodded curtly and just before Harry left he spoke up,
"And I trust that this will stay between the two of us?"
"So long as I see no reason not to Mr. Snape" Harry said before he disappeared.
Harry had finally arrived in the Gryffindor common room only to find it empty so he had gone to his rooms, hoping that he would find his friends there. And indeed he did. He found them all in the game room in the swimming pool having fun.
"Hey guys"
"Hey Harry, so wh-" Mione greeted but was gut short when Ron tried to drown her.
"Ron, that was not funny" Mione said
"Yes it was" Draco said
"So Harry what did Dumbledore want?" Mione asked when she had taken her revenge on the two clueless boys
"Well two things really. I have one fantastic piece of news and one news that I have no idea if it's good or bad" Harry said in thought
"How can you not know if they are good or bad?" Angel asked confused
"Well, you all remember when I told you about what happened with Snape?" Harry waited before his friends nodded before he could continue "Well, when I came to grandpa's office he was there. He had come to Dumbledore and asked to be a spy for him until he would leave school. Nothing big though, just spy on the students and other small things," Harry said
"What is so bad about that?"
"Well he, told Dumbledore that his father had forced him to take the mark and that he ha never really wanted it but was to afraid to stand up to his father, and that the only reason he did was because of me. And common, you all know that Snape does more that spy on students or just addend meetings for Voldy. He has been one of them for what? A little over year and he was still committed in the inner circle only two weeks ago! Which by the way grandpa does not know about"
"Hmm, but he still doesn't support the Dark Lord anymore does he?" Mione asked
"No, or so he claims anyway, and I actually believe him, but still, he is the youngest member in the inner circle and he agrees to spy for students for Dumbledore for two years, but we still know that he is still spying in the future and that then he is definitely on the light side, and we also know that Dumbledore does probably not know the truth"
"Why shouldn't he know the truth?" Draco asked
"You don't know how well Albus trusts him. He is in the inner circle of the Order and yet he is also a known death eater. Do you really think that Albus would trust him so well if he knew what he had done? And frankly, I think that Snape to much of a coward to tell the truth now"
The teens and Angel sat in few minuets silence thinking about Snape before Angel snapped out of it and asked,
"So what was the good news?"
Harry grinned like there was no tomorrow and said,
"Well after Snape left, grandpa asked us to visit him over the Christmas holidays, he also said that my grandparents and James in going to be there"
"Wow, that's great Harry, but you said no right? I mean we can't go" Ginny said sad
"Of course I said yes, why couldn't we go?" Harry asked confused
"Er, we were going to do the ceremony in the holidays" Mione said
"Ohh, crap I completely forgot" Harry said devastated
"It's ok, I'm sure that you can visit them in the Easter or something" Ginny said brightly
"But I can't say no" Harry said
"We know that this means a lot to you Harry, but you can't go, not until the ceremony is finished anyway" Mione said
"I understand that, but we can't stay here. The school is supposed to close down over the holidays. We have no choice in the matter. It is either that or sleep in a hotel"
"Close the school why?" Mione asked shocked
"Well, given recent events, less then usual amount of students will leave the school, but about half or so will still leave and that weakens the defences a lot apparently, and the ministry and Albus reckon that Voldemort is getting more and more out of hand and don't think it safe enough for the students to stay with defences so weak, so everyone must go." Harry said weakly
"So what do we do? I mean, if we can't stay here how are we supposed to do this. We can't do it at Dumbledore's house either since Angel wasn't exactly invited so what do we do?
"I don't know really. Can't we just portkey us here and do the ceremony and then portkey back when we are done?" Ron asked
"No that won't work. The ceremony needs to be properly prepared, and you can't always keep disappearing. It would be suspicious and even if we found a way, you can't portkey in Hogwarts without alerting the headmaster. I might be able to get by the wards, but there are so many other things that need to be done that I don't have the time for that. Let me think this through and I'll talk to you all again sometime before you leave"
"Are you sure that you don't mind spending Christmas here alone?"
"Harry you have to remember that you will be celebrating this Christmas again when you go back" Angel said and smiled
December was passing painfully slowly. Finally December 13 came and Angel had an idea. They had discussed things but had never found a conclusion. They had assumed that there would be a lot of wards on Dumbledore's place, so they had ruled out Angel coming to theirs. They had pondered on the thought for ages, Angel had even cancelled her meetings with Harry to try and figure this out. It was on the 13th when all the teens arrived and saw Angel smiling a victory smile,
"I think that I have found a solution. I just can't believe that I was so stupid before"
"So what is it?" Mione asked excited
"Well, we ruled out apparating, portkey and bunch of other things. But we never ruled out flying" Angel said cocky
"Er, Angel I don't think that that will work. You can't just go off on a broom and fly back and forwards through the wards and expect no one to see you" Ron said softly
"Not on a broom Ron. Have you forgotten that I am an Angel and that I have a set of wings and I can make my self invisible?"
Ron blushed "I-I hadn't thought of that" He admitted
"Ah, don't beat your self up about it, I kind of forgot to" Angel said sheepishly
"You forgot that you... Ohh never mind, I wont even risk on getting into that one" Harry said shaken is head "But I believe that you were telling us your brilliant plan milady?"
"That I was, that I was. Well you see, I researched a bit about Dumbledore's living arrangements and...
"How do you know what house we will be staying at? I mean he is a Potter and Dumbledore after all, so he must have bunch of houses" Mione interrupted
"But you forget Mione, that he is disowned so he has no right of any Potter estates. It goes straight to his son's when he is of age. And well technically he shouldn't get anything from his mother side either, or else her husband would most likely have divorced her. But anyway, his mother went behind her husbands back, she loved her son very much. At the time Albus was living in a wizarding orphanage that a distant cousin of his owned. His cousin was very poor, but Albus and he were very close and they stood by each other. Albus helped around a lot and he got to stay for free instead. His mother however knew that Albus couldn't stay there forever, so she had this house build for him. When Albus turned about twenty his uncle became ill. Soon after that Albus heard that his mother had built him a house and he wanted to move his cousin there, but he refused. He wanted to die in that orphanage with the children he loved. After about a month he died. He left Albus all he had, which wasn't much. Only the home, but Albus was also very poor and only twenty with no experience to take care of about fifty children. He didn't have the money to keep the little staff that used to work there, so he was forced to close the children's home down. He took it real bad I hear, he even still owns the place. But anyway, he moved into the house his mother had left him and expanded himself. Dedicated himself to help those who needed to be helped."
"Wow, how do you know so much about him?" Harry asked
"I am not an Angel for nothing Harry" Angel said mysteriously
"But Angel how can you be sure that he still lives at his mother house? I mean he is the richest man in Britain so couldn't he buy himself another house?" Mione asked
"No he is not quite that rich. There are few that are richer than him. The Potters, The Malfoys, The Changs and I believe that the Blacks and the Longbottoms are about the same as he is."
"Wow, I'm richer that the headmaster" Draco said in awe
"Yes, but I doubt that you will get much of it, unless your father dies before he gets the chance to disown you" Angel said
"Hmm, I'll have to think about that"
"Draco" Mione scolded
"But Angel" Harry said ignoring the other two "I've seen my vault and I know that there is a lot, but Dumbledore and the Malfoy's must be much richer than that"
"Harry the vault you've seen isn't the Potter fault. It is your personal vault, or you know it's for your school supplies, candy and other stuff children need. Your family vault is way bigger than that one. It even has three vaults built around the main one, I think that yours is the biggest one there"
Harry sat there shocked and then asked "Why so big?"
"Well, it is all of the Potter money, which I suppose includes Gryffindor moneys, and then of course Merlin's money to. There are of course, Merlin's, Gryffindor's and all the Potters family things to," Angel said
"What about Slytherin?" Harry asked
"I don't know really. That comes from your mother, and Dumbledore doesn't exactly know that so he doesn't handle that part. I do know though that when you turn sixteen, your guardian will get a report over all your things."
"So Vernon will know how much I own?"
"No, Dumbledore went and talked to the goblins, and he now handles the Potter fault. He can't touch it, or do anything with out your consent though. But he still manages how much money you spent and I think that you are not even allowed to use more than 1000 galleons at a time. So Dumbledore will get the report, and he is supposed to go over it with you but I doubt that he will though, him being him you know. But since Dumbledore doesn't know that your mother family also had an account you will get that report send to you I think or perhaps your uncle, I'm not sure"
"But how do the goblins know then?"
"They have their ways to know" Angel said smiling
"Hem, I know that you want to know this Harry, but you can talk to Dumbledore or Angel about it later. Right now I think that we should get back at the plan. And Angel you never answered me about the house" Mione interrupted
"Right anyway, well there is only a choice between those two. And before you say anything Mione I don't really know this. But Dumbledore settled down in his mothers house, and spent his money in other things. He did things to the house but I don't think that he bought another house. He could have gone a huge effort and made up a total new identity and bought a secret house that no one would know about for safety, but why would he take you there? Anyway, I checked the other house that is registered on his name and the old house is well not very stable and believe me when I say that you won't be staying there so there is only the other house left. Anyway, I know for a fact that there is supposed to be a small forest near the house. We can do it there. I think that the forest is still inside the wards, but I mean I don't think that they will get to suspicious about a bird"
"A bird?" Draco asked confused
"Yes, Now I will make myself invisible and just fly to the forest. Right before I enter I will conjure a bird and we will enter at the same time and no one will ever be wiser. This way I won't even enter the house itself. In a normal case, the wards should detect magic, but it is impossible with me"
"This is the craziest idea I have ever heard" Ron muttered
"Well you try and do any better then? Look I know it's farfetched but it is all that we have got" Angel said
"Ok" Ron said "But how are we supposed to help you prepare everything? I mean Dumbledore would notice if Harry will disappear so often"
"Well Harry doesn't have to. He can't actually help prepare it. I'll get all the things needed, but you need to help with it though. But Harry can't. Do you think that anyone will suspect something if you aren't with Harry?" Angel asked
"Yes" The four teens answered together
"Well that isn't good" Angel said to her self
"What if we pretend to have a huge fight? And then you disappear, that wouldn't be suspicions" Harry suggested
"Well, we could probably mange to do most the first time, but probably not all of it. I would have to see them about two or three times"
"Well, right after we have our fight they go away sulking or what ever and no one will know any better, and then when you get back you will do all you can to avoid me and I suppose that if you come with an excuse no one will be suspicious of your second disappearance, and well you will just be screwed if you have to go back. And when we all have to go and to the ceremony itself, we just say that we wanted to talk and solve things out and went to get some privacy and got lost?"
"I suppose that it could work" Angel said in another world
"Hand me the mints please" Harry asked Alice
They were in the Great Hall for dinner eating desert and chatting happily
"Sure Harry, but what is it with you and mints?"
"Yeah, I've been wondering that my self. It reminds me on the headmaster and his crazy obsession with Lemon drops"
"Hehe, I just like mints that's all" A blushing Harry said, scratching his head nervously but thankfully was saved from more questions when the headmaster stood to address the students. Everyone stopped talking right away and looked at the powerful wizard.
"I hope that you don't mind that I interrupted your desert a bit, but I've an announcement to make. It has been decided by the ministry and the school board that Hogwarts will be closed for Christmas-"Whispers and talking were heard and it didn't shut up until spoke up again, "Which means that every one of you have to go home for the holidays know that this will change plans with some of you since about the half of you were going to stay put, but we would not have done this if we had thought that it was not necessary. Now I suggest that you owl your parents or guardians about this arrangement and try making the stay as pleasant as possible, for maybe the chance to mend things won't be given later on. This is a war and you need to prepare your self for it. Now I think it is time for bed, pleasant dreams" Dumbledore said darkly
The students started to talk as soon as the headmaster had finished and made a huge uproar on the way to bed. Alice and Lily however stayed but and looked devastated.
"What is it girls?" Harry asked concerned
"It's just that we weren't going home for the holidays. There are some family problems going on right now and my parents asked me to stay here so they could try and sort everything out with out me getting in the way"
"And my parents have their 25 year old anniversary in the Christmas break and were going in a second honeymoon to celebrate and I was going to stay here so I wouldn't have to stay alone with my aunt Sara and my sister Petunia. My sister and I don't get along very well anymore"
"I'm sure that it will fine. Don't you have any friends that you can stay at?" Mione asked
"Well, we are each other best friends, and you guys are our closest friends after that and almost all our other friends stopped trusting us after we started to talk to you again" Lily said softly
"Ohh" Mione said not really knowing what else to say, "I'm sorry"
"It's ok. Not your fault, they should just grow up"
There was a few minuets silence before Alice yelled up all of the sudden
"Where are you guys going?"
"Huhh?" Harry asked
"Well, you said that you lived millions miles away and that you couldn't go back because of an attack and you said that you were staying here for Christmas, so now where are you going?"
"Err, actually, I talked to the headmaster few days ago and he asked me to stay with him over the holidays Harry said awkwardly
"Oh. Why?" Alice asked surprised
"Why what?"
"Why did he ask you and not the rest of us?"
"Well, since we were accepted into Hogwarts and we don't have another home, the headmaster has the responsibility to keep us safe when we can't stay at the school" Harry lied
"Ohh, that makes sense I suppose. But what do you guys think that we should do?"
"Why don't we go and talk to the headmaster?" Harry suggested
The others just shrugged so off they went to speak to the old man.
"Jelly Beans" Harry said and stepped to the round staircase
"Enter" Dumbledore's voice said
"Good evening sir" Harry said
"Good evening children. What can I do for you at this hour?" Dumbledore asked merrily
Mione looked at her watch "Guys maybe we should have come here later, it's after curfew"
"It doesn't matter now Miss Granger, you are already here," The headmaster said with his eyes twinkling like usual "So what can I do for you?"
"Well you see me and Alice have a problem. We were supposed to stay here over the Christmas holidays and now that we can't we don't know where to go" Lily explained
"I see, and why is it that you are unable to go home?"
"Well, my parents are celebrating their 25 year old anniversary by going to a second honeymoon this Christmas, and my sister went to live with my aunt over the holidays."
"Why can't you stay with your aunt?" Dumbledore questioned
Lily blushed but answered anyway "Well, my sister and I don't get along very well anymore"
"I'm sure that you could manage over such a short period of time and besides this would be the perfect opportunity to mend things with her before it might be to late" Dumbledore said gravely
Lily looked down on her shoes and took a deep breath before looking straight in Dumbeldore eyes and saying, "You don't understand. My sister and me may have been very close at one point in my life but it doesn't work like that anymore. My parents are the only ones that can managed to control us and that's for a week at the most, then my sister usually leaves to visit a friend and my aunt is an old lady and she can't handle us both"
"Explain yourself better. Why do you and your sister get along so badly? You are a not exactly the type to pick a fight at every chance"
"Well, my sister and I used to be best mates, until I got my Hogwarts letter. Then she got a little distant; I think she was just a little jealous because she didn't get any. But anyway, we were still closer than most sisters, but each year Patty got more distant, she always became more and more jealous but she also knew that it wasn't my fault so we still got along nicely. But then the about three years ago something bad happened. You see my sister goes to a nice muggle school right by our neighborhood, so she lives at home and that year this new kid came and he and Patty started dating. He was also somehow related to magical people, I don't know how though because he and his family are muggles but I somehow he knows that we exist. One day he tells my sister about the other world and when my sister finds out that he knows she tells him that I am one of them. But the thing is that he isn't jealous like Patty, he just hated us all together. Calls us freaks and everything, he even attacked me once just for being in the same room with him. Slowly he poisoned Patty's mind and I wasn't there to help her. And that night when he attacked me we got into a fight. A big fight. I told her that she should dump Vernon, that he wasn't good for her. He was nothing but trouble but she stood up to him, said all those horrible things to me a-and" Lily started to sob "And ever since then we can't stay in the same room, almost not even the same house" Tears were leaking down Lily's face but yet she still looked into the headmasters eyes, but of course she didn't know that he could read her mind or she probably would have looked away "I suppose that I could call me parents and they would definitely cancel their trip for me but, I wanted them to enjoy their trip, they deserve it"
After a while Dumbledore spoke up
"I understand dear, I will figure something out don't worry. But what about you Alice, why can't you go home?"
Alice blushed a little
"My parents just asked me to stay here so they could sort some stuff out"
"And you can't owl them and tell them that you can't? I'm sure that they wouldn't mind"
"No I really can't go. I would have asked if I could stay with Frank, but we are having some problems and I think that he needs a little time for himself"
"Alright, I can talk to your parents for you then"
"No, I just can't go home" Alice said
"And why is that?"
Alice looked down for a few minutes before saying, "My parents are getting divorced and they need to sell the house and buy new ones and settle everything down, and I would only get in the way."
"I'm sure your parents could figure something out," Dumbledore reasoned
Alice looked down again and then said, "My mom is in America because she got a promotion. I can't stay with her because she has to find a house, get settled in her job and everything. At first I was supposed to stay with my dad, but frankly I don't want to"
"I understand that you cannot stay with your mother, but you understand that this is serous and I can't find you any place unless you have a good enough reason. The reason for your mother is good enough but just the fact that you don't feel like spending time with your father is not. I don't know what happened to make you come to make that decision but you must understand that there are chances that you won't ever see him again"
"I know and I've thought about that but I'm not ready to forgive him or see him yet. I can't stay with him and if you can't help I understand, I'll just figure something else out" Alice said softly
Dumbledore looked the girl over and then asked
"Why can't you stay with your father?"
Alice took a deep breath before saying "My mom never was going to take that job because she new that dad and I would be more happy here, but then dad told her that he was leaving her for my mom's best friend, my godmother actually and that they had been having an affair for three years now and that she was pregnant and he was going to marry her as soon as possible. The baby is supposed to be born sometime in this month the healer said and the most chances are that it will happen at Christmas and I don't want to be there. They ruined my moms and my own life" Alice said
Dumbledore thought for a while before nodding and saying "Alright I'll see what I can do"
"Thank you sir" Alice said softly and then the five teens headed for bed
The next couple of days past by quickly. James still didn't know that he was spending Christmas with Harry and his mates and that worked just fine for Harry who was by the way panicking on what to by for Christmas gifts. Dumbledore was loaning them some money until they got back and could pay him back. About a week before the holidays, Harry and his friends went too Diagon Alley to shop, because Hogsmede was still closed since the attack.
It had taken Harry a while to get Dumbledore to agree too let them go too Diagon Alley so they could do all their shopping on a school day but finally they had gotten permission.
They decided too split up and then meet in the bookshop after about an hour. Harry and the rest of the time travellers went too a pet store because Draco and Ginny had already decided hat too give the girls since neither of them had a pet that was exactly what they were getting them. 15 minuets later they stepped out again with a tiny black kitten that could easily fit in Harry's hand. The cat was for Lily but for Alice they had gotten an owl because they knew how much she wanted one. It was a medium size owl and strangely it was blue with black wings. It was very beautiful in a strange kind of way. After that Hermione wanted too go too the bookshop where she bought Alice a book on how too prank your worst enemy. When they were about too leave she accidentally found the perfect gift for Lily. It was a magical diary. It wasn't like the one Tom Riddle had though, this one was forest green with a golden eye in front of it where it seemed that there was missing a piece where the key fit. The shop keeper said that the book was charmed so no one except she or a close blood relative could open it and that then he even had too have a key and the key would work unless the owner would want it too. The book it self contained many different spells, such as a spell where you could feel what the person who wrote in it was feeling when you read it. The book was very expensive so Ron paid the half. That meant that only Harry was left and Ron had yet too find something for Alice. In the end he just bought her a t-shirt that said Groove on.
Harry still had no idea what too get for the girls when he stepped inside a jewel store. After a while of looking he bought a golden bracelet with a hart for Alice and for Lily he bought a necklace. It was perfect for Lily really. It had a Lily on it, an emerald green Lily even. It was truly magnificent.
Meanwhile Lily and Alice were just as stumped as Harry. They had bought everyone some percents except Harry. For Hermione, Lily and Alice had gotten a book, for Ron they also gave a book, on his favourite sport. For Draco they had bought a game. It was really a lot like twister in the muggle world but slightly modified. For Ginny Alice had bought a ring, and Lily had bought her a skirt. That only left Harry. Finally though Alice decided just too give him a robe. It was a pitch-black robe, with a gold trimming around the sides. Lily however still had no idea what to get her son until she saw a amulet. It was golden and almost glowed from power. Around the sides a beautiful blue and green bird of some kind, a black stag, yellow lion and a soft brown giraffe with silver spots and across the middle the exact imaged of Harry's lightning scar was. The amulet itself was more expensive then all the other present together, but somehow Lily felt like she had to buy it. 10 minutes later all of the seven teens were sitting in side the Leaky Cauldron drinking a hot butterbear.
Unlike most times Harry was first to get out of bed they a week later.
"Well someone is exited" Draco mumbled as he dressed himself
"Yeah Harry shut up or you'll wake Mr. Moody over there" Ron snapped
"Mr. Moody?" Harry asked with an arched eyebrow
"James Potter, the guy that bullies us although mainly you, the spoiled brat in the bed opposite you, the infamous prankster that my brothers have idolized their whole lives...
"Ok I get your point, although I must say that I find it rather funny that the twins adore them so much" Harry said amused
"How so?"
"Well, it's not like they know who they are, they only know that there was a group that called themselves the marauders and that they were the best pranksters ever" Harry said and then added as an afterthought "Maybe we should tell them when we get back"
"I thought that you didn't like the attention P-Jameson?" Draco growled
"Someone woke up the wrong side of bed," Harry said ignoring the boy
"Urgh, let's go the girls are waiting for us, but you know Harry, I think that I like you better when you sleep" Ron said irradiated
"I resent that comment," Harry said in mock anger as he went down the stairs
"Hem, hem" An icy voice said
"Ohh not you to Mione. It's almost Christmas you should be happy not moping around like those two" Harry said pointing at the two sleepy boys
"Mione, please help us? He is driving us nuts I'm telling you"
"Ohh, shut it Ron, you're the one that is always complaining that he's never happy in the mornings" Mione scolded
"Hey guys" Alice and Lily greeted as they came down and joined the others
"Hey girls, so have you talked to the headmaster?" Harry asked
"Yep, he said that had it all covered but he still didn't want to tell us where we are going" Lily said rubbing her eyes
"You'll find out soon enough. But I'm hungry lets go and eat something" Harry said not even waiting for a reply before he dashed out of the common room
"Well, he's... chipper this morning" Lily said dryly
"No shit," Draco mumbled before following Harry's lead.
Soon almost the entire school was in the Great Hall eating
"Pass me t-
"he mints please" Draco finished before Harry
"My my, I must be getting predictable" Harry mused in amusement
"Yes, I totally agree, you are getting way too predictable my Lord. This has to stop" Mione mocked
"You know that I think that you may have a point milady," Harry said with an evil smile
"What are you thinking Harry?" Mione asked carefully not liking the look on Harry's face
"Nothing, It's just that I think that you are running out on mashed potatoes my dear" And before Mione had the chance to do anything Harry threw a handful right in Mione's face
"HARRY" She shrieked and the whole hall turned around to see what the problem was "You are so going to regret that" The girl said furious and grabbed some yoghurt and threw it right at Harry
"Oh no you didn't" Draco said
"Oh yes I did"
"FOODFIGHT" Ginny yelled all of the sudden and before you knew it food was all over the place. It took the professors good twenty minutes to calm the Hall down
"Now, go and change and then get to the garages. Mr. Jameson, Mr. White, Mr. Milroy, Miss, White, Miss Granger, Miss Evans and Miss Green will you please wait"
The five excited students walked slowly towards the head table when everyone excepts the marauders were gone.
"Now I do not want to see this kind of behaviour ever again. Do you understand me?" Professor McGonagall said in a dangerous voice
"Yes ma'am" The teens chorused
"Good, but I will still take 10 points from each of you"
"But professor, Lily and Alice had nothing to do with it. It is unfair that they should get punished for something they weren't involved in the first place" Harry protested
"Hem, hem I do believe that I was not either involved. If I remember correctly it was you and Mione that started and Ginny who yelled food fight," Ron said annoyed
"I don't care" Minerva snapped "Then you should just have stopped them or something"
"How were we supposed to do that when you couldn't even do it?" Draco protested
"I believe that that will be another 10 points Mr. Milroy"
"Ohh, come on Minerva, it was just a bit of harmless Christmas fun, don't be so harsh on them" Dumbledore interfered
"You think everything is harmless for crying out loud," The witch snapped
"I do not," Dumbledore said in mock shock
"Hem, hem. Professor?" James said startling the other five teens that hadn't noticed them before
"Ahh, James I didn't notice you there, but well I believe that it is time to go. Why don't you say good-bye to your friends? The carriages are leaving. Mr. Black I do believe that you will be joining us?"
"Yes sir" Sirius said shyly
"Good, good, now hurry you two" Dumbledore said to Peter and Moony
The four boys said quick good byes with promises to write and soon they were ready to go.
"Aren't you coming?" Moony asked the remaining five teens
"Er, no" Mione said awkwardly
"Don't worry about them Remus, they will be fine now hurry before you miss your ride"
Remus and Peter nodded and left the Hall
"Now Minerva do you have my trunk?"
"Yes, I placed it with the other trunks, the house elves will pick them up later" Minerva snapped
"Good, now...
"Er, sir?" Lily said carefully "What about Alice and me?"
"I didn't tell you? Silly me, it must have slipped my mind" Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling like no tomorrow
"And where are we going?" Alice asked
"Ahh, yes well I thought about putting you in a hotel but then I thought that it wouldn't be very nice over Christmas and remembered that you and Harry and his friends are quiet the pals, so I just decided that you will come with us"
"Where?"
"to my house of course" Dumbledore beamed
"That's fantastic" Harry beamed and hugged his two friends along with his friends, while James's reaction was not exactly the same.
"WHAT? Jameson is coming with us?"
"Yes Harry is coming with us," Dumbledore corrected
"B-but he's evil g- sir, why does he have to come with us? Couldn't someone else have taken him?" He whined like a baby
"I invited Harry and his friends to stay with me over the holidays in the beginning of this month because I wanted to, not because I felt that I had to. And you have no say in this James" Dumbledore said sternly
"But, it will ruin everything" James whined.
"If you really don't like Harry so much, then you can just stay away from him"
"But then I'll have to treat you differently" He said sad
"No you won't. Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Ron and Draco all know and I believe that Lily and Alice can be trusted just fine," Dumbledore said smiling
"They know? How?" James said in shock
"I told them. But I don't think that this is the right time to talk about this James. We can discuss this later, your parents are probably waiting for as at the house"
"Wait! I'm supposed to spend Christmas with Potter of all people," Lily said finally over coming her shock
"Lucky you" James said winking at her and the next thing she knew she was portkeyed away.
The eleven people landed harshly on the ground and no one managed to stand expect Dumbledore ,Minerva and Sirius, everyone else lay in a one big bundle on the ground.
"Wow" Ginny said softly when she finally managed to stand.
They were standing in front of Dumbledore's house. Or rather Palace. It was truly beautiful. There were fountains, statues and benches decorating the whole front yard. There were roses that would have made Harry's aunt cry from jealousy, the flowers were from all sizes and forms, from pink to black. There were little paths for walking and then there was a small pond near the front door, with a huge oak tree by the side with a swing attached to it.
There was a double huge heavy door at the main entrance and the beautiful windows were in all kind of shapes. There were plants growing up the side of the manor and there was a huge balcony on the second floor. It was spectacular. There were no words for the house. It reminded Harry of some of the old manors that he had seen in muggles movies from the Middle Ages, except this was just more beautiful.
"I'm glad you like it" Dumbledore chuckled. Everyone expect James, Minerva and Dumbledore were standing –in Harry's case sitting- with their mouths open in shock
"I-it's beautiful Professor" Harry said recovering first
"And you haven't even seen the back or inside. James will have to take you in tour around the house later, won't you James?" Dumbledore said with a pointed look
"Yes sir"
"Now stop with the sir thing already, we aren't in school anymore"
"Yes sir. I mean, ohh forget it lets just go" James snapped and started walking towards the front door. Before James managed to open it though the door opened by it's self, or so it seemed. When you looked down you could see a nicely dressed house elf standing proud"
"Welcome home Master Dumbledore, it is nice to see you again Master James" the house elf said bowing slightly
"Thank you Teddy" Dumbledore said nicely "This is Harry Jameson, Ronald White his sister Virgina White, Draco Milroy, Hermione Granger, Lily Evans, Alice Green and Sirius Black and you probably remember Professor Mcgonagall?"
"Ohh, yes, Miss Minerva, Teddy remember her"
"Good, now these people will be staying here over Christmas. Can you show them their rooms"
"Yes Master Dumbledore, I'll show the nice gests and the new Master their new rooms. Follow Teddy please"
"Oh, and Teddy, I need to see you when you are done ok?"
"Yes Master Dumbledore. Oh and Master Harold and Miss Mary are waiting for Master"
"Alright Teddy"
"Please follow Teddy, we can start by Master James room"
"No we don't need to go there, I know where my room is," James said harshly
"You should treat him better you know. He isn't some sort of slave," Mione snapped
"Later Mione" Harry said softly
"Ok"
"Hey Teddy right? You can start by showing us James room, I want to see it"
"Yes Mr. Sirius" Teddy said and led the teens up the beautiful stairs
"Wow this place his huge" Ginny said, "How many floors are there Teddy?"
"There are three floors Miss Ginny, the main floor, the second floor and the third floor"
"Oh ok" Ginny said as she walked in a Hallway which was brown with portraits all over the place. Finally after they had walked for ages Ginny spoke up again
"Is there much longer to go Teddy?"
"No, Master James sleeps in wing A along with Master Harold and Master Dumbledore, and you will be sleeping in Wing B Miss Ginny"
"Ok Teddy"
Five minuets later Teddy stopped in front of double doors and opened the door. The room was huge; it was all made of dark wood, with a cosy light in it though. There was a king size bed in the Gryffindor colours in the middle of the room, and then there was a huge fireplace in one of the corners. There was a dark red sofa in the other corner, and then there was a closet, a door that let towards the balcony and a door that most likely let to the bathroom. There was a cosy blanket also in the Gryffindor colours on the floor and a few portraits and pictures were around the room. In fact the whole room was made in Gryffindor style.
"One is loyal to his house" Lily muttered under her breath
"This is Master James room, Master Dumbledore's room is the one across this one, but you can not enter that one with out permission from the Master and Master Harold and Mary are in the room next to this one"
"Wow it's beautiful" Alice said "And you own it?" She asked James. James just smirked and nodded his head.
"Now, you must follow Teddy" The little house elf said and left the room.
They didn't walk as long this time; they stopped at the door next to Harold and Mary's.
"Teddy why are we using this room? This is the last Master room right?"
"Yes Master James, this is Master Harry's room" Teddy said as he opened the door. The room was very similar to James's room. This room was decorated in a lighter tone; the walls were creamy on the colour, with a tad of baby blue. There was also a king size room in the middle of this room, in the same colour as the walls, there was a baby blue sofa set in one of the corners and opposites it was a fireplace in a bit darker shade of blue. It was just as big as James's fireplace. Between the bed and the fireplace was a closet and a nightstand and a door.
"This is the door to the bathroom Master Harry" Teddy said pointing to the door, "And the other door is to the balcony" Harry turned around and there was another door behind the curtains that led to the balcony, but unlike James's balcony's this ones let to the back yard, not the front one.
"Teddy, why is Harry getting this room and why are you calling him Master? He isn't a Master like I am" James said annoyed
"Yes he is. Teddy is just doing what Master Dumbledore asked him to do. Teddy is sorry of this bothered Master James" Teddy said looking at the floor
Before James could yell at the poor house elf Mione spoke up "It's ok Teddy" She said kindly "But why is there an extra room?"
"This used to be Masters Dumbledore's mothers room before she past away. It hasn't been used since, but Teddy and the other house elf's are good elf's and clean it well"
"I'm sure you do, but why don't you show us our rooms now?" Mione said kindly
"Yes Miss Hermione" the elf said smiling
"Er, Teddy?" Ginny said as the left the room
"Yes Miss Ginny?"
"Is there a possibility that me and Mione can be together in a room?"
"Yes Miss Ginny, you can have this room. It is the one of the big rooms in the B wing," Teddy said opening another room
The room was soft yellow. There were two queen size beds in soft green one each side of the room. There was a nightstand by each bed and two closets by the walls nearest the beds. A small fireplace in soft green was in one of the corners and two armchairs in yellow and a small coffee table was in the other corner of the room. A small bookshelf full of muggle novels was also standing between the beds. And a door that led to the bathroom was beside the bookcase.
"Teddy is sorry, but there is no balcony in this room"
"That is fine Teddy, we don't need a balcony, this room is fantastic" Ginny said happy "Hey Mione, you get the bed nearest the main door" Ginny said
"You don't get to choose Gin, your stuff is already at the other bed anyway" Mione said pointing at Ginny's things
"Oh, but well it's the bed I wanted anyway so..."
"So the missies like the room"
"Yes teddy, we love it" Mione said smiling
"Hey Teddy, do you have something similar for us two?" Ron asked pointing at him and Draco"
"Yes Teddy does, come follow Teddy" The house elf said exited
The boy's room was almost exactly the same as the girls. Expect it was all in blue
"Hey Teddy, can Alice and me also get a room like that?" Lily asked
"Yes Misses Lily and Alice you can. There is just one more double room that the kind misses can have" The elf said literary bouncing up and down with excitement and then he led the other two girls to the room next to Mione and Ginny's. It to was the same as the other two expect it was pink and orange"
"There is a door behind those curtains that lead to misses Ginny and Hermions Room" Teddy said
"Fantastic Teddy" Lily exclaimed happily
"Ok, so now it's just me eh?" Sirius said, "Just do me a favour Teddy and don't led me have a pink room"
"Yes Mr. Sirius, I know just what room to give you Mr. Sirius" Teddy said and ran out of the room closely followed by the rest of the teens. Sirius room, was next to the other boy's room, and was very cosy to. It was grey and maroon. It was very similar to the other rooms expect it was a bit smaller since it was just a single room.
The nine teens headed happily downstairs to meet up with the headmaster and Mr. and Mrs. Potter and found them in the living room.
The living room had been decorated for Christmas was beautiful and there was a huge Christmas tree in the middle of the room. Almost as big as the ones that always were in the Great Hall on Christmas. The room it self was also very nice. There was a leather couch and bunch of armchairs that matched. And in the couch was sitting the headmaster talking to two people that were sitting in the armchairs.
"So how did you like your rooms?" Dumbledore asked nicely
"They were fantastic Professor Dumbledore. Thank you so much" Lily said happily
"I'm glad you like it. Now take a seat and I'll have the house elf's bring us cookies and milk"
"My Albus, this is quiet the crowd I see" a young looking woman said. She had Raven Black Hair that reached at her mid back, and she had soft blue eyes, she had a slender body and was very beautiful, the man next to her that had to be her husband, had autumn brown hair that was sticking everywhere, he had hazel brown eyes like James and was wearing classes. He was rather muscular and very handsome
"Well yes, but don't worry, they are very nice people. The top students actually, if Remus and Severus were here all of the best students of the school would be here" Dumbledore said happily
"That's fantastic, I'm Mary Kirsten, James mother by the way and this is Harold Harrison Potter my husband"
"It's nice to meet you Mrs. and Mr. Potter. I'm Hermione Granger but all my friends just call me Mione, and this is Ron and Ginny White, and that's Lily Evans and Alice Green and the boy in the wheelchair that looks exactly like James in Harry Jameson" Mione said
"Well it's nice to meet you all. So why are you all here?"
"I invited them all" Dumbledore said before everyone could say anything. There was something in his voice that told the Potters that he would explain later
"Hey gr- professor I mean, why-
"James how many times do I have to tell you that I am not professor or sir or headmaster when we are out of school?"
James blushed and said "But what about them?"
"I told you that most of them know already. In fact Lily and Alice are the only ones that don't know"
"Know what?" Alice couldn't help her self but ask
"That me and James here are related. You see Harold is my son, which makes James here my grandchild"
Lily and Alice gaped at the two of them.
"Yes well, but grandpa, why did Teddy give Jameson the other Master room and why did he always call him master Harry?"
Harry blushed but said nothing
"You are in my mothers old room?" Dumbledore asked curiously
"Er, yeah. But I can switch rooms if you want professor"
"No, no I suppose that I should have known I'm just a little surprised that's all. Just feel free and make yourself at home" Dumbledore said smiling "And it goes for you kids too. You can call me Albus when we are not at school"
"Hang on you are in grannies room?" Harold asked
Harry just nodded shyly
"But I thought that only family was allowed to stay there"
"It usually is Harold, Teddy just made a mistake. It can happen to everyone. But I think that you should show the children the back yard before dinner James" Dumbledore said
"Yes grandpa"
The teens stood up to leave but Dumbledore said
"Harry, could you wait a second, the rest of you can just go Harry will be there shortly"
"What is it si- I mean Albus?"
"Wait a second Harry. Teddy" Dumbledore yelled and with a pop the house elf was there
"Did Master Dumbledore call Teddy sir?"
"Yes I did Teddy. I need to discuss a few things with you Teddy. You see even if Harry is a Master you can't call him that. You have to call him Mr. Harry Ok?"
"But Master Harry is Master Harry" Teddy said confused "Was I a bad elf? Was Teddy bad?" The elf asked devastated
"No you were a good elf Teddy. It's just that James, Sirius and Lily and Alice can't know that Harry is Master Harry so you have to call him Mr. Harry. Ok?"
"Ok Master Dumbledore. Was there anything else?"
"Could you show Harry the back yard after in a minute?" The house elf just nodded so Dumbeldore continued "As you can see Harry, I have to explain a few things to Harold and Mary, how much can I tell them?"
"Do you have to tell them? I would rather not have them know?"
"This is absurd dad, you don't have to ask a permission from a boy, and my James says that he is criminal even"
"I am not. James is a liar," Harry said hurt
"Don't you go and call my son a liar foolish boy. You can not ge-
"Harold" Dumbledore said sternly "Leave Harry alone, he is not a criminal. But don't you see Harry that if I don't tell him anything they will still think that?" Dumbledore said softly to Harry
"I suppose, but don't tell them more than you have to"
"Now you listen boy, I will not tolerate you giving orders to my father like that. My dad is an important man and-
"Harold" Dumbledore said angry "Stop it"
"No I won't dad. He is a death eater, James told us about him. He told us that he was a parselmouth and everything. And frankly I don't understand why you are being so kind to him"
"Albus, maybe I should leave. I don't want to ruin everyone's Christmas" Harry said softly
"You are not going anywhere Harry and Harold Shut up, I'm trying to tell you the truth. Harry may be a parselmouth but he is in no way evil. In fact he and James used to be very close until he found out what Harry could do. The fact is that Harry is not really Harry Jameson, he is Harry Potter and he is James's son from the future"
There was dead silence and then Mary and Harold fainted
I'm sorry with the late update everybody but I´ve been super busy with all the school work the teatchers are giving us, in fact I most likely never would have been able too update this so soon if one of my teacters hadn´t been sick. I wrote most of this in school, so I hope it is not too badly written.
But anyway I know that nothing that much happens in this chapter, or that nothing much has happened in the last few chapters but I promise that in about a chapter or two things will really be cracking up.
Anyway I hoped you all liked the chapter and please R&R
baby harry: I'm sorry about the bad spelling and grammar, I'll try too be better in the future... I'm in tenth grade actually and next year I'll be start high school I think you call it. But I don't think you understand that because I don't think we have the same school system. You see the mane reason my spelling is so horrible is because I am Icelandic and most of the English I know I've learnt from TV.... But anyway I'm really flattered that you would do that just too read my story. I really hope you liked this chapter and thank you so much for your review...
coolwhip0306: Well like you read Sirius, Lily and Alice are all there and Remus will probably join them in the next chapter ï