Chapter 2
Ok…sorry about misspelling, no one's actually said that and I've been spelling it "Lilly" for all the stories. And she's not a Death Eater, she's just undercover, long story. It's mainly to make sure Draco stays safe. And they are Leah's age because if they looked any older then someone would get suspicious.
"No!" Leah said.
"Don't you want to get out of here?" Hermione asked.
"Not if it means going there." Leah said. Dumbledore had said that Leah could leave her house…but she had to go the Headquarters.
"Just for an hour Leah please." Hermione said, then pouted.
"Oh no!" Leah said covering her eyes. "You thief!"
"I'm not doing anything." Hermione said. Leah uncovered her eyes and groaned.
"Evil bitch." She muttered. "Fine…one hour. And I can leave whenever I want if things don't go well." Hermione nodded.
She fell out of the fireplace, soon followed by Leah. They stood up and looked around. The kitchen was empty.
"Ok do you wanna stay here?" Hermione asked. "Remus said that Harry and Ron have gone out."
"Oh….umm…" Leah said. She hadn't been here in the longest time. There were still some things in her room that she wanted. "I have to go to my room. I didn't pack everything last time." Hermione nodded and they left the kitchen. The door closed loudly behind them and Leah flinched. Nothing happened. "Uh…why didn't grandma's picture start screaming?"
"Well…Remus managed to get it down." Hermione said. "It's now in the attic, the size of a postage stamp."
"What was it replaced with?" Leah asked.
"Nothing." Hermione said. Leah looked at the wall and saw a huge empty spot.
"I thought I heard a familiar voice." Tonks said, coming down the stairs.
"Oh no." Leah said. "Did you guys get married?"
"Oh no…just umm…engaged." Tonks said, flashing the ring and going bright red.
"Oh good. I don't wanna miss that." Leah said. Tonks smiled.
"You're hair's normal." She said.
"Yeah…I magically changed it back to it's originally colour." Leah said. "The sun kinda bleached it a bit so it's lighter."
"It looks nice." Tonks said. No matter how calm Leah acted, Tonks could tell she wasn't happy being in the house. "Why'd you come?"
"I needed some stuff from my room." Leah said. Tonks nodded. "Where is everyone?"
"Upstairs." Tonks said. "Mad Eye's showing them something or other." Leah nodded and headed up to her room. She started putting some things into the bag she brought. There was a clunking and she turned around to see Moody standing in the doorway. They looked at each other for a while. He seemed to have gotten quite a few more cuts and his nose seemed worse. Leah hadn't seen him since the beginning of her lock down.
"Well, well, well. The prisoner is out huh?" Moody said. Leah smiled despite herself. "How you been kid?"
"Bored out of my mind." Leah said. "Tired…sore." Moody gave a questioning look. Leah didn't know who in the order knew about what she was, apart from the prophecy bit. She just shook her head. "I'm still trapped. Dumbledore just said I could come here today. I have no clue how the hell he can do it but he can."
"And it's driving you insane, is that it." Moody said. Leah slowly nodded. "He can't keep you locked up forever…Potter needs you to beat Voldemort."
"Yeah." Leah said.
"You hear about Lupin and Tonks?" Moody asked, smiling. Leah nodded. "That was a shocker."
"Well…she's young enough to still have kids." Leah said. "It would be good if another Marauder had their legacy carried on. Besides…"
"You and Potter aren't going to die." Moody said. Leah just shrugged. She headed back downstairs and went into the kitchen. There, all the Weasleys (except Ron and Percy) were sitting at the table with Remus, Tonks, and Kingsley. Moody followed Leah down and had sat next to Kingsley. Hermione was standing behind Fred and George and she seemed to have been talking with them.
"Leah!" George said. He jumped up and hugged her. Leah looked shocked and looked at Hermione for some answer. "How ya been?"
"Can't breath!" Leah said, pushing on George's chest. He backed away. "And going insane. Being locked in a house isn't really the best thing."
"Especially not for you." George said. "Can we talk?"
"Uh…sure." Leah said. She followed him back out of the kitchen and into a room where all the private conversations seemed to happen.
"Have you heard from him?" George said. Leah knew by the tone of voice who he was talking about. She shook her head. "I know what happened in May in your last year."
"So?" Leah asked.
"Why?" George asked.
"Because…" Leah said. She sighed. "Because apart from you, he was the only one that really even noticed anything. The reason he was such as asshole at your last quidditch match is because…when I had gone home for my grandma's funeral." She paused. "He came with me. And…we fought. He was still pretty sour about it."
"Still…how could you have fallen for the guy that tormented, not only you, but also your friends for so many years?" George asked, he sounded puzzled, not angry.
"Because he saw me." Leah said, shrugging. She knew George would understand what she meant. Harry and Ron barely paid attention to her after the Triwizard Tournament for some reason or another. They barely noticed anything different about her. Draco actually gave her the attention that she needed once Fred and George had split.
"You happy?" George asked, tilting his head slightly.
"When I was around him, yeah." Leah said.
"If he hurts you…can I hurt him?" George asked.
"If I ever see him again, and he does, then yeah." Leah said, smiling.
"Once you see him again, I'm gonna hurt him." George said. Leah rolled her eyes. They returned to the kitchen and Leah headed back home, Hermione would return later.
Draco walked into the kitchen, yawning. It was early morning, a little after six, but he couldn't sleep. He wasn't surprised to see Sabs up. She was up early a lot…always with a cup of cocoa. He actually really wanted to talk to her.
"Hey." Sabs said.
"Hi." Draco said. He sat down across the table from her.
"What's on your mind?" Sabs asked, putting her cup down.
"I wanna see Leah." Draco said. Sabs froze. "It's not just that I want to…I need to. I need to know she's ok."
"We've told you…" Sabs said.
"I want to see it for myself." Draco said. "It's not enough, just to hear it. You guys could be keeping things from me."
"Draco." Sabs said. "You can't see her. Not yet."
"Why?" Draco asked.
"It's not safe." Sabs said.
"It's never going to be safe!" Draco said. "Not until Voldemort is dead. You know that…I know that. We all know it so why can't I see her?" Sabs looked at him. He looked desperate. She sighed.
"I'll talk to the others." Sabs said. "I can't promise you anything. And I'm doing this because you remind me so much of me and Padfoot." She tucked her hair behind her ear. Draco blinked and Sabs flashed. She looked older…and familiar. "Go back to bed and get some sleep. You're going to need it. Lily will go with you every time to any meetings the Death Eaters have now. We're getting worried."
"Ok." Draco said. He stood up and went back upstairs.
Lily, Prongs and Padfoot came down the stairs a few minutes later.
"What's wrong?" Padfoot asked, sitting next to Sabs. She was biting her lip and tapping her nails on the cup in her hands.
"I think…" Sabs said. "I think we should bring them back together."
"Now? It's too early." Lily said.
"You guys didn't see him just now." Sabs said. She looked at Padfoot. "It reminded me so much of you. I couldn't do it anymore."
"Dumbledore doesn't even know about us being…like this." Padfoot said. "The only way to get those two together is to get Dumbledore to drop his protection on her."
"Then we have to make ourselves shown to him." Sabs said. "I can't stand it anymore. Every time we mention anything related to her, Draco looks so…broken hearted. We can't let this go on. One of them is going to get so hurt by this that they might do something drastic." Her eyes remained locked on Padfoot's. "You know how that feels."
"Yeah." Padfoot said, slowly. He remembered when he, Sabs and their friends were the same age as they appeared. The same thing happened to them, that was happening to Draco and Leah, except Sabs didn't have a barrier preventing her from leaving her house. And things weren't as serious then as they were now.
"Sabs is right." Prongs said.
"What?" Lily asked. "It's too early."
"There will never be a right time." Sabs said. "If you want to wait, then it'll be forever. They have to tell each other how they feel or else she won't be able to help Harry beat Voldemort." She was now staring at Lily, who sighed and closed her eyes to think about it.
"Fine." Lily said. "You guys go see Dumbledore while me and Draco are at the meeting."
"Deal." Sabs said. Two hours later, Draco and Lily were gone and Sabs, Padfoot and Prongs were sitting in a carriage riding up to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"I just thought of something." Prongs said. Sabs and Padfoot looked as him. "If Snape is dead….who's the potions teacher?"
"Only one way to find out." Sabs said. They got out of the carriage and walked into the school.
"It's so weird how empty it is." Padfoot said. "Never seen it this way." Sabs smiled as she led the two guys through the halls. A ghost drifted by. "Nick." It stopped and turned so suddenly that his head fell over.
"Who are you? And what are you doing here? School is over for the summer." Nearly Headless Nick said as he pushed his head back in place.
"We're here to see Dumbledore. And I know he's here so don't try to say he isn't." Sabs said. "And as for who we are…you don't need to know yet. But we are on this side…good side." She nodded. Nick looked confused. "Just…don't worry. Boys…come on." Sabs started walking again. Padfoot and Prongs quickly stayed behind her.
"What's the password?" Padfoot asked as they stopped in front of the Gargoyle.
"Open up you stupid stoned thing or I'll make you." Sabs said. The Gargoyle jumped aside. She smirked at the guys and stepped forward onto the staircase. They followed.
(((A/N: I know that probably wouldn't happen but I don't care!)))
Dumbledore looked up when he heard voices. They seemed familiar but he couldn't place exactly why.
"You have to tell him." A male voice said. "It was your idea."
"How do I explain it to him?" A female voice said. "I don't even understand it. Why we're back…why we're supposed to help those two confess…" The door flew open and a nineteen year old male walked in, followed by the arguing two. "What do I say, huh Prongs? Hey Dumbledore, we're back and we're nineteen and we're not sure why but we have to get my daughter and Draco to confess how they feel so that something can happen?"
"What?" Dumbledore asked. Sabs looked at him then around the office as if she suddenly realized where she was.
"Well there you go." Prongs said. "You just told him."
"My god!" Dumbledore said. "Sabrina?" Sabs nodded. "James?" Prongs nodded. "And Sirius?" Padfoot shook his head but Sabs elbowed him and he nodded. "How?"
"Like I said…not sure." Sabs said, shrugging. "We've…umm…well…"
"We've been back for a while." Padfoot said.
"Watching over Draco…keeping him safe and what not." Sabs said. "Lily's with him now."
"Why?" Dumbledore asked.
"She's been disguising herself as a Death Eater, without the mark, for a while so that we can keep a better track of Draco." Sabs said. "She's the only one that doesn't go by a nickname." As one, all three flashed and looked like their older selves before looking nineteen again. "We do that a lot too."
"Whenever I've seen Leah, I look like…well…like I did before I died." Padfoot said.
"Why are you here?" Dumbledore asked.
"Well…all together…we're back to help Leah and Draco." Sabs said.
"But we're here…seeing you…to ask you to drop the protection on her." Prongs said.
"What!" Dumbledore asked.
"There will never be a perfect time for Leah and Draco to see each other again." Sabs said. "But they have to…because they have to admit to each other how they feel. And Leah needs that so that she can help Harry beat Voldemort. With Draco's help, Leah and Harry can become friends again."
"Why does she need Draco's help?" Dumbledore asked.
"Because it was him that caused the break in the first place." Padfoot said. "Because of the fact that Leah had been with Draco after all he had done to them…that's why Leah and Harry had a fight and stopped being friends. He saw it as betraying him."
"Even though he helped save her from Voldemort…they haven't talked since." Prongs said.
"I thought I was explaining things." Sabs said.
"Yeah well he's my son." Prongs said. "If we get to stay once Voldemort is gone…"
"You'll spend more time with him." Sabs said. "Lily said the same thing." She looked at Dumbledore. "You have to put down the barrier."
"When?" Dumbledore asked.
"Tonight." Padfoot said. "There's going to be thunder storm. When the first lightning bolt strikes…that's when."
"Why then?" Dumbledore asked.
"Because…" Padfoot said.
"If Leah and Draco are anything like me and Padfoot…" Sabs said, slowly, remembering. "Then it'll be the best time for them. After all…the reason we're doing this is because they reminded me so much of us." She pointed from herself to Padfoot "Remember…we were separated for almost a year around this time."
"And you came back together on a stormy night." Prongs said. Sabs nodded as Padfoot slid his arm around her waist and held her close.
"Leah knows that." Sabs said.
"It will put her at a great risk." Dumbledore said.
"We'll keep her safe." Sabs said. "Along with my parents and even Snape. Oh…he wants to know why you replaced him with Slughorn."
"You knew who it was?" Prongs asked. "On the way here, you said you didn't know."
"Well I didn't want you guys to feel left out." Sabs said. "Snape found out first anyways."
"He was the only one available." Dumbledore said. "And the only one who would do it…with the right persuasion." Sabs giggled while Prongs and Padfoot looked oblivious.
Draco walked through the streets and into an open field before he even realized where he was going. It was raining but not overly so and it was a nice rain so it didn't bother him.
Leah stood on her back porch, staring up at the sky and let the rain fall down onto her. Ginny and Hermione were at Headquarters. She was alone…for now.
Sabs, Lily, Padfoot and Prongs sat in the living on the couch and stared out the window…waiting.
Lightning struck and thunder cracked. Dumbledore sighed, hoping that his former students knew what they were doing, then muttered the complex spell to drop the protection he had put on Leah.
Sabs smiled at the other three as they all felt what had happened. They all smiled as well.
Draco stood in the middle of the open field, the rain soaking his clothes. His hair clung to the sides of his head and his forehead. He felt something…something strong.
Leah flinched when the thunder crackled and instantly felt a pull. She wasn't sure what it was but she knew she couldn't ignore it. Without thinking, she apparated. This time, the first time in a year, she didn't wind up in another room in her house. She didn't wind up anywhere near her house.
I'm stopping it there to be evil and also because I don't want them to meet so fast.