Story: You're Not My Father!

Author: J.E.A.R.K.Potter (Jackie)

Rating: T

Disclaimer: See earlier chapters.

A/N: I'm horrible. It's been over a year since I wrote to this story... Freshmen year was okay. Good things and bad things, but we made it out okay. Please don't hate me for not updating! For this chapter, we're skipping to Holli's first day at Hogwarts.

Chapter 6

Prologue Part VI: Holli's First Day

"Holli, honey, are you almost ready?" Hermione called from downstairs.

Holli Potter walked down the stairs, pulling her trunk behind her. Her long brown hair cascaded down her back. She wore blue jeans and a lose fitting purple shirt.

"Where's dad, mum?" she asked, setting down her trunk and going to eat breakfast.

"The office, Holli. He told me to tell you he's really sorry," Hermione said and handed her a letter Harry had wrote the night before.

Holli sighed. "Are we flooing to the station?" she asked.

Hermione nodded. "Are you excited?"

"Yeah. For everything except potions," Holli said, smiling at her mother.

"You'll do just fine. I'm going to go and finish up something quickly and then I'll be back down. Do you think you'll be finished by the time I'm done?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah," Holli said, taking a gulp of her orange juice.

Hermione walked up the stairs and into her and Harry's room. She bent down on her knees and pulled out a box.

"I hope they understand how much I love them," she whispered to herself and she took out a letter and laid it on Harry's pillow, then put the box by the bed stand.

"Are you coming mum?" Holli yelled up the stairs. She had finished before Hermione had and was ready to leave.

"Hold on," she said, wiping a tear from her eye. "It's the only way," she reminded her self as she picked herself up and walked downstairs to see Holli standing by the fireplace, her trunk behind her.

Hermione smiled. "Let me take a picture of this," she said. She grabbed the camera off the counter and snapped one of Holli getting ready to floo to the station.

A few minutes later, they were in the crowd of Hogwarts students and their parents. Holli immediately saw Reese and Luna.

"Come on, mum! I see Reese!" she said and dragged not only her trunk but her mother as well to where her best friend and her mother stood.

"Where's Ginny?" Hermione asked Luna.

Luna shrugged her shoulders. "She said last night if Damien didn't make the train he was going to wait another year to start school."

Holli laughed. "Mum, take a picture of Reese and me, please?"

Hermione nodded. "Pose yourselves," she said, getting the camera ready.

Holli and Reese wrapped arms around each other, they were getting ready to say cheese when Damien came and wrapped his arms around both of them and smiled. Hermione snapped the shot.

Holli smacked him lightly on the arm. "That would have been a great picture if you weren't in it," she said.

Damien rolled his eyes. "You know you guys love me."

"That's beside the point," Holli said, laughing.

"You kids better get on the train and find a place to sit," Ginny said, walking up behind her son.

They all nodded and hugged their parents.

"Love you, mum. I'll owl the house tonight and tell you about the feast and everything like that!" Holli said right before they ran off to get on the train.

Hermione looked about ready to cry while Luna and Ginny were grinning.

The women waved to their children as the train started to pull out of the station.

"Why don't we go and celebrated?" Ginny asked.

Hermione shook her head. "I got things to do at home," she said in a soft voice. "Bye." She apparated.

"What do you think is up with her?" Ginny asked.

Luna shrugged her shoulders. "I feel like a coffee," she said.

(On the train)

"I hope we all get in the same house," Reese said.

"Now that you said that, we're not going to. I'm going to end up in Slytherin because I'm a Malfoy, Reese in Gryffindor, and Holli being as smart as she is will be in Ravenclaw," Damien said.

"We'll just have to wait and see," Holli said. "As long as we got a few classes together, we should be okay. I don't know what I'd do without you guys."

"And now that she said that we're all going to get all different classes, different houses, and end up hating each other because we'll have different friends," Reese said.

"Let's promise that no matter what, even if it's not every day, we'll meet and just... Catch up. I don't want to lose you guys," Holli said.

"Someone's getting all sentimental," Damien said.

"I'm serious!"

"Alright. How about... If things go weird and all, which I doubt the will, we meet at the lake every Saturday," Damien said.

"Sounds good to me," Reese said.

"Same," Holli said.

"Good. Now let's get something to eat. I swear I hear the cart lady rolling by," Damien said.

(At the Potter's)

Hermione looked at the pictures that she had taken. She wiped away more tears as she put them into a bag. She took one last look around what was her and her husband's room an then apparated out.

(School)

The hat had sung its song. Holli, Reese, and Damien all sat by each other, waiting for their names to be called. Professor McGonagall let a parchment unfold and she started calling names.

"Adams, Lane."

A brown haired boy who looked kind of tough walked up to where McGonagall stood. He sat on the stand and the hat was placed on his head.

After a minute, the hat called, "RAVENCLAW!"

The three friends sat anxiously awaiting the first one of them to be called out, which happened to be--

"Malfoy, Damien."

Damien nodded to his friends and walked up to McGonagall, looking confident in himself.

Almost the second the hat was placed on his head, it yelled out "SLYTHERIN!"

Damien looked to his two friends and shrugged his shoulders as he walked over and sat by the other first year Slytherins, Samantha, Travis and Bradley.

Two people were between Damien and Holli, Thomas Nolin and Jacqueline Oswalt. McGonagall then called the next name,

"Potter, Hollian."

Holli gulped as she walked up the stairs to where the professor held the hat. McGonagall smiled as she placed the hat on her head.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Holli walked over to where Ethan, Jennifer, Thomas, and Jacqueline sat at the Gryffindor table after she looked at Reese and then at Damien.

Reese had to wait till her name was called, as she was the last on the list. Finally--

"Weasley, Reese."

What family Reese already had at Hogwarts yelled for her as she walked to the hat. She sat down with her eyes closed as McGonagall placed the hat on her head.

"RAVENCLAW!"

Reese opened her eyes. "I'm smart?" she asked.

Everyone started laughing as she walked to the Ravenclaw table where Lane, Sierra, Amelia, Erin, Henry, and Angel sat.

The three friends had been separated.

(At the Potter House)

Harry walked in, waiting to hear Hermione crying over old photos of their daughter. He searched around the house, but found no Hermione. He walked into their room and saw a box sitting by the bed stand and a letter on his pillow. Confused, he went and sat down to read.

Dear Harry,

I'm sorry. Things... Nothing is right. Nothing has been right since Holli was born. I love you both, but... I can't say, Harry. I didn't leave you guys. I couldn't, I love you all too much. I want to explain, and hopefully, someday, I can. I just need time to work

everything, work me mainly, out. The box by the bed stand... Please owl it to Holli. I need her to have it.

Harry, you are my best friend, my everything. I just wasn't what you thought. I was in a since, but I couldn't be.

I love you. Always remember that.

Love,

Hermione.

This is the end of the prologues, at least. I could have added more, but it makes sense to end it here, too. Next chapter will be when Holli is in her last year. Now please click that button and review:D

Jackie