Remus: Magdalena Marta Maria G…!
Sniffy: :appears out of nowhere and puts hand around Remus mouth: Hell Remus what made you scream my full name:removes her hand:
Remus: You know perfectly well Sniffy! How could you?
Sniffy: I like you and I think that you deserve a little happiness…
Remus: Happiness! Do you realized what you just make?
Sniffy: Yes I realize but think of it Remus I never meet that kind of plot, I mean I read fics where Sirius and Regulus were on receiving end…
Remus: I hate you Sniffy.
Sniffy: Yeah Remus I love you too. Anyway to the story. This chapter were betaed unlike like chapter 13 and as far as I know this is perhaps the longest chapter I ever wrote and to tell you this quite enlightening and surprising.
Mirzam: Sure like hell. You just love to bringing back our 'death relatives' don't you Sniffy? What you will do next, bring back James and Lily? :stares at Sniffy:
Sniffy: :smirks: I already have done it Mirzam.
Mirzam: :stares:
Sniffy: Yes. I believe that you have meet them, sort of….
Mirzam: We didn't I would know something about that wouldn't I?
Sniffy: Yes, you would after all it's your fault that they are alieve.
Mirzam: My!
Sniffy: Yes. You-Know-What used You-Know-Where short before You-Know-What happened.
Back to the story. READ AND REVIEW, PLEASE. I'm still sick. Bronchit is not something what can come down so easly and I have three test which are hovering over me next week and I need something what could make me feel better which is yours REVIEWS. No lead song today, I'm too lazy. :coughs: Stupid bronchit.
Chapter fourteen: Father, mother and Harry Potter.
Half hour later six teenagers dressed in their best robes appeared down in the kitchen where Mirzam and Cissy were ending cleaning the table. Sirius and Regulus were talking with Talitha, Sirius using possibility to sit as far away from her as he could without being rude.
"Just talk with Amy Bones. She liked you and she will agreed," said Talitha.
"I will try but first I must clean the backyard, it looks like a jungle" Sirius muttered.
"I don't know why you insist on wedding in the garden," said Regulus.
"Voldemort" said Sirius grimly.
"Oh come on Sirius its not that you have to ask him for the wedding, he is not a bloody relative to anyone of you two" said Regulus.
"He isn't" said Sirius slowly, not meeting their eyes.
"So what do you dread?" asked Talitha.
"The Headquarters are unprotected. If Fidelius charm was still in the place you would still standing on the doorstep" said Sirius.
"But You-Know-Who doesn't know where the headquarters are" said Talitha.
"You don't know it for sure. Mirzam and I are up almost whole bloody time since Dumbledore raised Fidelius charm" said Sirius grimly.
"But how the house is protected now?" asked Regulus.
"Mirzam keeps the house under special kind of Confundus Charm and Fidelius Charm, it denies the person outside entering the house if he or she wishes some kind of harm to the house occupants. It doesn't need a secret keeper but it is second best choice" Sirius explained.
"She was always powerful Sirius and as far as I love muggles, no muggleborns can be that powerful, half-bloods yes, purebloods yes, to be that powerful you had to have a wizard in the family" said Talitha.
"What about Hermione I mean Rowan, she is a muggleborn?" asked Regulus.
"She isn't. She is half-blood, at last half-blood. I wouldn't be surprised if she was a pureblood" said Sirius.
"What you mean Sirius?" asked Regulus.
"Mirzam hadn't talked to you, did she? You didn't knew that Rowan was under strong glamour, did you?" asked Sirius.
"What?" asked Regulus.
"Remember the visit of Amy Bones here? Mirzam cut Rowan's hair to change her appearance and she had to use Permamentum Charm but you know the rules of Permamentum Charm," said Sirius.
"It didn't works with transfiguration charms," said Talitha stealing the cigarette from Regulus.
"In the end Mirzam didn't used Permamentum Charm, she just lifted the glamour, it looked like she placed Permamentum but she didn't" Sirius ended.
"Mirzam! Come here" Regulus yelled from the table.
"Yes" said Mirzam when she arrived to the table.
"Is what Sirius said true?" asked Regulus.
"Yes, it is. I'm afraid" said Mirzam settling in Sirius lap.
"What about the glamour?" asked Regulus.
"I talked to Remus and he is not sure. I'm afraid that he would insist on using Familious potion, but he is too afraid, what would Andromeda and Ted said if what he dreads became true. He already talked with Dora and if it would happen she won't have a problem with it because she likes Rowan and they have a healthy relationship. Not mother and daughter but the closest to it" said Mirzam.
"Could you clear it?" asked Regulus.
"Remus knows Rowan's father?" asked Talitha.
"Or he is him" said Sirius silently.
"What!" Rowan asked.
"You heard us Rowan. You heard the whole talk and you are very bright witch and you understand everything," said Mirzam.
"Remus, is it true?" Rowan turned to Remus who ended cutting the carrot and went to the table.
"About glamour yes, about the rest, I'm not sure," said Remus calmly, too calmly like he not only wanted to calm down Rowan but also himself.
"I think that I should open the store with Familious potion. I suggest to check also Kyle, Draco and Neville if we had a chance so we wouldn't had to do it again when something happens" Regulus muttered.
"Are you okay with it Rowan?" asked Remus.
"Yes. I'm. I want to know the true," said Rowan weakly.
"Good. I prepared more Familious potion just in case" said Regulus and left the kitchen.
He came back after two minutes with four little vials and four pieces of the parchment and said to Raven: "Take the knives from the counter" and handed one vial to each kid.
The kitchen was silent for few minutes during which Regulus cut their hands and took blood on the parchments. He took the last one from Draco and leaned against the counter. Next minute was awfully awkward until Regulus handed Draco and Neville their parchments and took Kyle's and Rowan's into each hand and looked down at it.
He looked serious, too serious for Raven.
"Everything is fine with me" said Neville and handed Andromeda his parchment.
"Same here" said Draco handing Narcissa his parchment.
Rowan and Kyle stared at Regulus.
"Oh yeah. Sorry. I forgot" Regulus mumbled and handed Rowan and Kyle their parchments.
Rowan immediately looked at it and after few seconds she handed it to Remus before she ran away. Remus after checking what was on the parchment chased after her with "Rowan wait!".
Raven read upside down what was on the parchment and find two lines coming from Jane Nott and Remus Lupin one going down to Rowan Jane Lupin. Raven was about to chase after her but changed his mind when he heard a gasp from Kyle. Nymphadora was quicker and took the parchment from Kyle, glanced at it before hugging young lycanthrope.
"It's okay Kyle" said Dora before she sat down on the chair and gathered Kyle into her lap.
Mirzam took Kyle's parchment from the table and read it before she handed it to Sirius who handed it after reading to Ted and Andromeda.
"We don't have a problem with that," said Ted.
"Of course we don't have, more then merrier" said Andromeda and hugged Kyle.
"I think that someone should check on Rowan," said Raven.
"Give her time," said Mirzam putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Okay mum" said Raven.
Rowan and Remus came back to the kitchen after an hour. Rowan looked like she was crying but now her eyes were dry. Remus stared at Andromeda and Ted.
"We are fine with it as long as Dora is" said Andromeda.
"And I'm fine with it. I always wanted to have a big family and now I will have three kids," said Dora hugging Remus.
"Three?" shocked Remus asked.
"Three"
"You mean that it will be twins?" asked Remus.
"No, I mean Rowan, Kyle and that little one," answered Dora.
"Kyle?" Remus sat down on the chair before Dora handed him Kyle's parchment.
Remus took a look at it and glanced at Kyle and asked, "Are you okay with it Kyle?"
"Yes I'm, dad. Besides you always were like father to me and now I know that you are him so…" Kyle answered before he hugged Remus.
"How it is like, Remus? One moment you don't have a family and the other you are going to get married. You have a two wonderful kids and one on the way, how do you feel with it?" asked Sirius suddenly.
"Like ruler of the world and if someone would find a cure I would think that I died and went to heaven"
"No such luck, last time I checked they didn't found it and I checked two weeks ago, sorry Remus, but you have to stay on earth," said Regulus.
"It's okay I have all I ever wanted to have. I have wonderful family, the daughter, who every guy would envy, wonderful son, the most wonderful fiancée I would ever imagine, our child on the way, in-laws who accept me and my lycanthropy and of course the best friends on earth. Who would want to have more?" said Remus with happy smile.
"Speaking about daughter, you are aware that the magical contract with Jane oblige you also?" asked Sirius.
"What kind of contract?" asked Remus and stared at Sirius.
"You didn't told him?" Mirzam turned to Sirius.
"The one where Jane promised Rowan to our son as a wife" said Sirius.
"You actually did something so purebloodish?" asked Remus.
"Well yes. As for what happened later we didn't plan it but then we thought that if we would raise them together it wouldn't be a problem. Do you have problem with it?" asked Sirius.
"Well it is your son so I don't have one. I would have if it was Gregory Goyle but since its Raven you have my blessing," said Remus.
"Thank you Remus" Sirius smiled.
"What about this whole promise thing? I mean that Raven and I are promised to each other but how it works?" asked Rowan.
Raven smiled, this was Rowan he knew, the one who wanted to know everything.
"I think that my mom would answer your question better than I" said Sirius and turned to Talitha.
"It's old tradition between pureblood families. When in the family daughter was born, her parents searched the boy who was older than her around two years or more as a future husband. So your mother's and Raven's parents contract was very unusual because you are older than him and as far as I was told it came from…" Talitha started but was interrupted by Mirzam.
"From Jane. I knew Jane Nott, she was the nicest person from the whole Notts family and sadly for her the weakest one. She barely made Hogwarts and as I told before she left wizarding world after graduation, she hadn't had a chance here because she was almost a squib. For that kind of people, wizarding world have not many places, they usually sold the books or work on something, which don't need magic to work. And for a Nott wasn't such a place, Nott selling the books, imagine what kind of shame it was for the family…" said Mirzam.
"Old pureblood families don't like squibs or wizards who are considered as ones by them. It's a shame for the family so most of family squibs are well hidden by the others. In Blacks family as far as I knew was three squibs in last centaury" Talitha cut Mirzam only to be cut by Sirius.
"Who as far as I remembered suffered badly. One was 'accidentally' thrown into the lake and since he didn't swim he drown. One also 'accidentally' caught the fire from the fireplace and died from the scald. Another one ended under the muggle train as far as I remember. Blacks history is as black as our name," said Sirius before Regulus cut him.
"But not all Blacks are bad. Take us for the example"
"That's comforting" Rowan commented which caused all Blacks in the kitchen to laugh loudly.
"True. Blacks later gained the habit to send squibs into muggle world with amount of gold and forget about them after this, so you can't tell that Black family killed someone later" said Talitha smiling at Sirius.
"They did. What about great aunt Cassiopeia who killed her abusive husband…" Sirius started.
"Malfoy on the other hand" Narcissa interrupted him.
"And escaped with her muggle lover into Africa. She was banned from the family for this but Blacks tried to suppress it and in the end Malfoys believed that 'poor' – what was his name?" Sirius asked.
"Cobalt" Narcissa answered.
"Cobalt tripped on his foot and hit his head onto salamander. That generation of Malfoys was very…" Sirius continued but stopped searching right word.
"Dense" Narcissa ended for him.
"That's why Narcissa could marry Lucius later" Sirius added.
"You actually liked her. You always voiced your opinion during family dinners that she was the nicest person from your ancestors," said Regulus.
"He always had wicked sense of humour," said Talitha.
"I liked the part about escaping with muggle lover, not the part with killing husband. That's why I always ended on the bread and cold water after every family dinner" Sirius corrected.
"You know what? I'm not sure that I want to be related to you," said Raven.
"I didn't kill anyone," said Sirius.
"You did. Take my cat for the example," said Regulus.
"Accidentally. It wasn't my fault that it come under the bookshelf when I was searching "How I transfigured my enemy into umbrella" and I tripped on my foot, fall from the ladder catching the bookshelf during this and ending with the bookshelf and the ladder on me…" Sirius started.
"And with three broken ribs, broken right arm, twisted left leg and a mild brain concussion" Talitha added.
"And I apologized for the cat" Sirius huffed at the end.
"We are actually running away from the subject which was promising. As I told before, the whole thing comes from the parents of the girl, like Jane did. The boy family gives them promise rings and after kids end sixteen they are able to marry each other by our law" said Talitha.
"At the age of sixteen? How many marriages you know which married that way?" Rowan cut her.
"Personally two" Talitha motioned towards Narcissa and Andromeda and continued, "The point is that until one of the partners is under year of sixteen but he or she ended fifteen he or she can refuse the promise and the contract is broken"
"In your case you can broke the promise thing until 11:58 today, that's when Raven turns sixteen and since then you are bounded to each other" Sirius cut Talitha.
"So it leaves you fifteen hours and fifty-five minutes to decide if you want to be with each other" Mirzam motioned between Raven and Rowan.
"What if one of us wants to refuse? How to did it? I'm asking just in case if our child was promised to someone and changed his/hers mind about it later" said Rowan smiling at Raven and Raven felt a huge relieve at her last sentence.
"Sirius" Talitha said.
"You have to throw the promise ring into the fire and said 'I refuse' that's all," said Sirius.
"You actually refused someone?" asked Draco suddenly.
"Aurora Malfoy. She died in car accident. As far as I remembered she was Lucius cousin or something like that. She was like Berta Jorkins if Raven knows what I mean, very stupid, very ugly, tactless and scandalmonger. I could live without her," said Sirius.
"Especial if you were in love with Mirzam around that time, not that you aren't now because I know that you are" added Regulus.
"How did you know it?" asked Sirius.
"You were acting around her like someone stole your mind and you had to wander around without it. It was easy," answered Regulus smiling.
"The point is if you want to be promised to each other?" asked Sirius.
Raven and Rowan exchanged a glance and both nodded.
"So what's now?" asked Rowan.
"The wedding" answered Talitha.
"It's too early," said Sirius.
"What was your point when you decided to promise them to each other?" asked Talitha glaring at her older son.
"That they would decide if they want to be married after ending sixteen or later. I was married when I was twenty and what? Did something happened to me because of this?" asked Sirius.
"Stupid question" Regulus coughed.
"It's up to you if you decided to marry now or later" said Mirzam.
"But it would be nice if you decided to marry until 13th August this year" Talitha coughed.
"And what's at 13th August?" Raven asked.
"Your parents wedding" said Talitha.
"Or until 27th August that's Remus' and Dora's wedding" added Andromeda.
"Or until 20th August" suggested Draco.
"Why?" asked Raven.
"Because it is in the middle of this two dates," said Draco.
"Or you can pick completely different date which is up to you, like Christmas, Valentines, Halloween, Easter, St. Patrick's Day" said Remus.
Raven and Rowan exchanged glance again. What would hurt if…?
"August the 13th, this year" they said in unison.
"That's what I like, good and quick decisions. There is of course the wedding dress, I know that Mirzam has her old one she wants to be dressed in, but you need new one…" Talitha started.
"Mum" Sirius raised his voice.
"…and of course the cakes. The best cakes for wedding are coconut cakes. Two big would be enough…" Talitha continued.
"Mum" Sirius voice was even louder.
"…I saw wonderful wedding dress on my way from the airport, you will look good in it…" Talitha still rambled.
"Mum!" Sirius yelled.
"What?" she asked.
"It's okay, we have a two weeks to prepare everything," said Sirius calmly.
"Two weeks, only two weeks, did you know young man how much time takes preparing everything, of course you don't so leave it in the hands of and expert" said Talitha standing from the table.
"Something is telling me who is that expert" Regulus coughed.
"All adults upstairs we will discuss the wedding day. It's okay they can take care of each other for a hour or two" Talitha motioned towards kids.
"Guess who is an alpha in this family?" asked Rowan jokingly after adults left the kitchen.
"Women!" five boys answered in unison.
The whole kitchen erupted with laugh. Suddenly on the table appeared Fawkes feather along with short note from Dumbledore.
Two people will arrive to your house today and they will stay here until end of the holiday. Take care of them. Today meeting will take place after the dinner.
Albus Dumbledore"Who are those people?" asked Draco.
"Dunno. Maybe someone from the Order of the Phoenix" said Raven.
They left the kitchen to alert the adults but the knocking on the front door changed their plan.
Raven stared at the door before he said "Don't look at me, I opened the door today and you see how it ended"
"I will," said Thabit "Let them blame me if something happened" Thabit tapped the front door with his wand and the doors opened revealing young boy with four enormous valises.
"Hello" the boy said weakly.
Raven stared at him in shock. The boy looked like him before he found out about his true heritage, but it wasn't possible, it couldn't be him because he died.
"I'm Harry Potter. Professor Dumbledore told me that my godmother and I will stay here until the end of the holidays," said the boy drawing out his hand to shake with the others.
"You can't be him, because he died," said stunned Raven.
'Harry' stared at him and said, "I assure you that I'm alive"
"Familious potion will resolve your problems Raven" said Thabit and turned on his foot and went to potions room.
He came back after a while with the vial of Familious potion, a piece of the parchment and a little knife. Thabit handed shocked 'Harry' the vial and asked him to drink it and after five minutes cut his left hand and let the drop of it fall on the parchment then he stared at it.
"Harry James Potter son of Lily Rose Evans and James Harold Potter, sorry Raven" Thabit said.
"I have nothing against him but I was told that he died. Heck whole wizarding Great Britain thinks that he died" Raven retorted.
"Could you introduce yourselves because I like to know with who I'm talking?" asked Harry.
"Rowan Lupin and this is my younger brother Kyle" Rowan introduced herself and Kyle.
"Neville Longbottom" Neville said.
"Blacks. Draco" Raven pointed at Draco "Thabit" he pointed at Thabit "And Raven" he pointed at himself"
"Brothers?" asked Harry.
"Cousins. Their fathers are brothers and my mum is their fathers cousin" said Draco.
"Professor Dumbledore wrote to us and told us that two people will arrive today. Where is your godmother?" asked Rowan.
"She went to her old house to grab few things before she will come back here" answered Harry.
"What's her name?" asked Kyle.
"Belinda Jones" answered Harry.
"Belinda what?" asked Raven, Rowan and Thabit in unison.
"Jones. Born in August 1961. She went to Hogwarts and was in Gryffindor as far as I remember," said Harry.
"I went to Hogwarts with her. Same year as she was" said Regulus coming down the stairs.
"She is my godmother, sort of. I'm an orphan and she adopted me when I was two years old" said Harry.
"But she died in June 1979" said Regulus weakly.
"She didn't. She had to escape England because her family was murdered during Easter that year and she feared that Voldemort followers will be after her so she faked her own death and left to USA, she lived there for four years, she adopted me year before. Then she decided that it would be safer if we left USA and went to Canada. We lived in Ottawa until this month. I went to Redmond's Witchcraft Academy and I ended my fifth year there last year but Belinda decided that we should change the countries because weird things started to happening in Canada and England and Hogwarts seemed to be safer than Canada and Redmond. That's why we are here" Harry ended his history.
"Where she is now?" asked Regulus.
"In her old flat in Soho, why you are asking?" Harry answered.
Regulus left the house without a word and they only heard the slam from the door.
"Raven what had happened?" asked Mirzam from the stairs.
"Regulus went for a walk. Mum could you get down?" asked Raven.
"Sure. What had happened? Merlin beard!" Mirzam exclaimed when she saw Harry.
"Harry Potter. You are Mrs what?" asked Harry.
"Black or Verascez. It's Raven's mother," replied Draco.
"But how it is possible?" Mirzam asked.
Harry repeated what he told to the rest of kids and Regulus.
"Harry could I have a word with you alone?" Mirzam asked motioning towards the study.
"Of course" said Harry.
"We will bring your things upstairs," said Raven after his mother and cousin.
"He is who for you?" asked Draco when they entered the third floor.
"Cousin. Our mothers were twin sisters," said Raven.
"Twin sisters? But how it is possible when Mirzam has black hair and as far as I remember Lily Potter has red hair?" asked Neville.
"Dunno. But it is possible. Mum was the older twin" replied Raven settling down Harry's valises in one of the rooms on the third floor.
Lunchtime arrived and Regulus still didn't come back. Mirzam and quite shocked Harry appeared in the kitchen when Talitha served the lunch to the rest. Sirius when he saw Harry choked on his soup and after Remus hit his back Sirius stared at Mirzam and she nodded.
Mirzam sat down and told the rest what happened with Harry and Belinda during last sixteen years.
"Poor Regulus. Where he is now?" asked Talitha obviously concerned about her younger son.
"He left the house" Raven started but was cut by two voices in the main hall.
"I thought that you loved me and you left. For ridiculous reason!" female voice screamed.
"I told you why I left. You told me that it was hard for you but didn't you realised that it was even harder for me. You don't know how it is when you see the dead body of the person you loved the most in the world. If it wasn't for the fact that my brother and his wife were in danger I could commit suicide!" Regulus screamed back.
"I don't think that I will stay in this house any longer and especially with you!" the woman yelled at him.
"Fine. You can leave, the door is open!" Regulus growled.
"Harry. Where are you?" asked the woman.
"Check the kitchen" Regulus snarled and entered the kitchen and the woman followed him.
Raven saw a woman, quite tall, but smaller than Talitha and quite slim. Her hair was long, wavy, auburn and her dark blue eyes were flashing dangerously.
"Harry we are leaving. We will find a better place" she said to Harry.
Harry didn't move from his chair.
"Harry you heard me? We are leaving" the woman repeated.
"No" said Harry not moving from his chair.
The woman stared at him.
"You promised me that when I will find my blood relatives you would let me stay with them if I would want to and they would want me to stay" said Harry calmly.
"Yes I did. And what?" asked the woman.
"I found them. I found my aunt and she wants me to stay here and I want to stay here too" said Harry.
"Harry"
"Belinda"
"If you want to you can stay but I'm leaving" said Belinda.
"I'm afraid that you won't leave this house" said Mirzam at loud.
"Why?" Belinda asked.
"Because Harry needs you and he is staying" said Mirzam calmly.
"You can't make me stay!" Belinda growled.
"Oh. I can. Watch me. Petrificus totalus" said Mirzam pointing at Belinda with her wand.
"Upstairs. All of you" said Sirius pointing at teenagers.
"Uncle are you sure?" Thabit asked.
"Yes. I'm sure. Upstairs" Sirius repeated.
Seven teenagers left the kitchen and went to the study where Harry became a target of the questions from the rest. When the questions ended and Draco, Thabit, Kyle and Neville get interested in some books Rowan and Raven took Harry aside and asked him.
"How are you felling with it?" asked Raven.
"Quite good. I mean I know that he is evil but besides him, the rest is quite normal and your mother is very nice, cousin" replied Harry.
"I'm glad that you survived that talk" said Raven.
"I'm glad too. Do you know what they are doing in the kitchen?" asked Harry.
"Talking perhaps" said Thabit who appeared next to them "We can check. It's not that Sirius told us when we are supposed to get back"
Raven, Rowan, Harry and Thabit went to the kitchen leaving other three in the study.
They saw the most surprising view in the kitchen.
Belinda, who was angry beyond the words at Regulus before they left, was sobbing quietly on his chest. Regulus was hugging her tightly.
"I'm sorry I didn't knew" Belinda mumbled into Regulus chest.
"I'm sorry too Linda" said Regulus smoothing her hair with his hand.
"Everything okay here?" asked Thabit.
"Of course" said Mirzam smiling.
"Reg and Linda explained everything to each other and Linda will stay here" said Sirius.
"Thank Merlin" Harry muttered.
"It's not that I'm spoiled brat but did you remember what date today we have" Raven coughed.
"Sweet Merlin! The cake!" Mirzam screamed and left the kitchen.
"Meet us in the dinning room" said Sirius and everybody save Regulus, Raven, Thabit and Harry left the kitchen.
"What was that about?" asked Harry.
"When you have your birthday?" asked Raven.
"31st July. Why you are asking?"
"And what the date today we have?" asked Raven again.
"31st July?"
"Correct" said Thabit.
"Come on boys, join us in the dining room" Sirius yelled from the ground floor.
"Coming" Regulus yelled back and showed three teenagers before him.
"Wow!" was the only one reaction from four birthday boys when they opened the door.
"Happy Birthday!" the rest yelled when the four entered the dining room.
"Wow that is… I mean. It's bloody brilliant" Raven extracted from himself when he spotted his parents and went to thank them.
"You like it?" asked Sirius with butterbeer in his hand.
"Sure. It's the best birthday I ever had" Raven hugged him.
"Presents or the cake?" asked Talitha aloud.
"Presents" Regulus yelled from the corner.
"So move your lazy bum to the table" Sirius yelled towards his younger brother.
Mirzam lead them to the table full of packages which stood next to the table with the food. Raven's jaw dropped when he saw the pile of packages and even if whole pile has to be divided into four it still was impressive.
"Thabit you first since you are the youngest" said Talitha and handed him one of the packages.
Thabit carefully ripped the paper from the package and Raven thought that he saw something familiar. Yes it was invisibility cloak.
"Wow. It's wonderful but how it works?" asked Thabit.
"Give it to me for a moment" said Regulus and pulled the cloak around himself.
"Wow dad someone stolen your corpus" said Thabit.
"Nope. It's invisibility cloak. I believed your uncle that it will be a good present for you" said Regulus handing it back to Thabit and glaring sceptically at Sirius who grinned at him.
"Harry. Your turn" said Mirzam handing next package to her nephew.
"Raven" Rowan commented looking sceptically at the paper on the package.
"Why you think so?" asked Raven.
"You are the only one person here who can wrap the presents that way" said Rowan smiling.
"That bad?" asked Raven.
"No. So unusually" said Rowan.
"Thanks Raven! From where you have it?" asked Harry pulling from the package another invisibility cloak.
"It belonged to your father" said Raven. "And I thought that you would like to have something what belonged to him. I will show you something else but I'm afraid that we have to share it between ourselves because mine and Rowan's fathers were in it as well" said Raven.
"Thanks again Rave"
"Raven! Your turn" Draco throw the next package at him.
Raven carefully opened small, rectangular package and pulled out a small rectangular mirror with little dogs around the glass. Under the mirror he saw something which looked like a small journal. It had 'Mrs. Hooter to Mr. Padfoot, Mr. Padfoot to Mrs. Hooter' engraved on the front cover. Raven opened it and saw unfinished sketch of his parents, clearly it was his father who did it and under the two forms he saw two familiar handwritings the one belonged to Mirzam, other belonged to Sirius.
Mrs. Hooter is very pleased to greet younger version of Mr. Padfoot and she express her hope that you are not that bad as your father.
Mr. Padfoot asks Mrs. Hooter to shut up and asks Padfoot junior if his mother is right.
Mrs. Hooter says that she always is right.
Mr. Padfoot asks Mrs. Hooter if she will be kind enough to obey him.
Mrs. Hooter says that she will be not.
Mr. Padfoot says that he is going to hang himself on his tail.
Mrs. Hooter asks what kind of coffin Mr. Padfoot would like.
Mr. Padfoot asks Mrs. Hooter if Mrs. Hooter stopped loving him.
Mrs. Hooter says that she still loves Mr. Padfoot but it was Mr. Padfoot who started that discussion.
"Mrs. Hooter?" asked Raven.
"It's my nickname" said Mirzam smiling.
"You should tried to find a nickname for a Grim. I assure you it is very hard" said Sirius.
"That book is a kind of diary. Kind of. It's more a messenger that we used when we were at Hogwarts. It's full of our pranks, talks and stuff. You have to know password to read it" said Mirzam.
"What kind of password?" asked Raven.
Mirzam and Sirius glanced at each other and spoke in unison "I solemnly swear that I'm up to good"
"Oh. And if you use the same password on the map you will find something interesting there" added Sirius.
"Indeed. Very interesting" added Mirzam.
"Thanks mum, dad" said Raven.
"Reg. Your turn" said Sirius and threw him small rectangular package.
Regulus opened it and pulled out keys. Regulus eyes widened in shock and he glanced at his brother.
"It's in the backyard. It's time to give it back to you Reg" said Sirius smiling widely.
"Thanks Siri" Regulus mumbled.
"Dad what it is?" asked Thabit.
"Keys to my old motorbike. When I 'died' your uncle got it" said Regulus smiling.
"Black Lion?" asked Draco.
"Black Lion. If you ever paid attention in Astronomy class you would knew that Regulus as a star is a part of Leo constellation" said Regulus.
"The brightest star in Leo constellation" Mirzam corrected him.
"Besides as far as I know you always wanted to end in Gryffindor and the name of the bike express it very well. Draco from where you knew about it?" asked Sirius.
"I was chasing Crookshanks yesterday and he escaped into the garden. It was dark and I tripped into it. It's in very good state for something so old" said Draco.
"It's not that old. I found it when I was eighteen" said Regulus.
"And how old are you?" teased Sirius.
"Thirty-five. It has seventeen years, Rowan will be seventeen in September so stop teasing my bike, tease her" Regulus snorted.
Whole room erupted in laugh.
"Thabit your turn" said Belinda handing him small envelope.
Raven didn't know what was inside it but whatever it was it brought tears into Thabit's eyes.
"Really?" Thabit gapped at Belinda.
"Really. If you want it" she answered.
"Of course that I want it. I never have a mother. I mean real mother, the one who would come to me when I'm sick, hug me when I'm sad, be tolerant when I have done something wrong…" Thabit mumbled and run into Belinda's arms and started sobbing quietly.
"Regulus? About what Thabit is talking about?" Sirius voice was unsure.
Regulus sighed and sat down on the chair before he spoke "Thabit's mother was a monster, not a woman but a monster… If I would find about him sooner… I would rescue him from that hell he had in home. Mirzam you knew something about those cases, as far as I remember for short time you cooperated with Child Welfare Service"
Mirzam nodded.
"Thabit is eleven, he is tall but it is from genes, all Blacks are tall and slim, but Thabit was so thin because he was often denied food for three or more days and if you observed Thabit is always wearing stuff with long sleeves, no matter how hot is outside and inside because he still has bruises on his arms and forearms" Regulus voice was tired and angry.
"You knew" said Mirzam. It was a statement not a question.
"Yes, I knew. For heavens sake I was the one who took care of him when we brought him here and he is my son. Any decent parent has to know if his child has a problems and I assure you that if that monster wasn't dead I would kill her in an instant because of the way she treated my son" Regulus voice was angry.
Sirius and Mirzam exchanged glances. Raven knew that they were thinking about him and he knew that he will have a talk with them later that day.
"But one and the most important thing. Thabit needs a normal family, with normal parents. With mother who cares for him, with father who knows how to help him and I know how to help him, how to help myself. I love Thabit dearly but there are things which fathers don't know and will never understand. That's why Thabit needs a mother, a proper family…" Regulus continued.
"That's why we will have another wedding before holidays will end" said Mirzam.
"Exactly" Regulus nodded.
"Don't you think it's a bit too fast?" asked Talitha.
"No. We were going to marry after graduation. Besides, ask Remus, ask Sirius" said Regulus.
"I will correct you my dear brother, I'm married for seventeen years, but my marriage wasn't registered in Ministry's government" said Sirius.
"And Dora and I…" Remus started.
"Yeah you were destined for each other since you meet. Phi, I would feel a bit unsure if I would know that my husband were changing my diapers if I would be Dora" Regulus commented.
Dora blushed and mumbled something what sounded 'your fault'.
"My fault? I was only telling you a bedtime stories" said Regulus.
"Yeah? And you always were telling me bedtime stories about little Dora and big bad wolf called Remus who in the end wasn't that bad and was a prince changed into a wolf by big bad wizard. Not your fault uncle Reg?" asked Dora.
Regulus smiled "Suggestion is a power. And I'm powerful"
"Like hell" Sirius commented.
"Harry your turn"
By the end of the day all presents where handed. Raven got another invisible cloak from his mother, book about Animagi characters from Regulus, Monopoly set and muggle cards from Thabit and Kyle, set of defence books from Lupins, another broom service kit from Rowan, diary from Draco, a mountain of sweets from Andromeda, Ted, Narcissa, Talitha and Belinda, a book called 'The best Aurors of first war with You-Know-Who and their techniques' from Neville and 'Redmond: A History' from Harry who found out that Rowan and Raven are supposed to be transfer students from Redmond's Academy.
Harry besides sweets and invisibility cloak from Raven get Firebolt from Mirzam and Sirius who told him that as Harry Potter he was supposed to have Firebolt and they weren't sure if Raven will give him his own.
After they eat the cake the rest of the Order of the Phoenix arrived. Raven thought that he caught a glimpse of red hair.
"Who are they?" asked Harry quietly.
"The Weasleys" Raven explained.
"According to Sirius we will have a good fun" said Rowan appearing next to Raven.
"Why?" Raven and Harry asked.
"You will see" said Rowan mysteriously.
Sniffy: Next chapter: Mrs. Weasley learn a lesson about Blacks and it's not very pleasant lesson. PLEASE REVIEW. Come to think of it Reunion has far more reviews than Family Portrait when I updated chapter 14 of it. Hint, hint. Follow the button.