Chapter 9
After Sabrina sent the acceptance letter off with the owl that brought her Hogwarts letter she decided to go to the park. Jennifer was cleaning the kitchen when a silver light entered her chest. She immediately fell unconscious. While unconscious she kept having flashes of memory.
Sitting in a room with other children while the teacher was saying "swish and flick"
Lay under a giant oak tree with four boys and another girl
Yelling at a teenager about being a bullyLooking into steel gray eyes.
Seeing a man with black hair and laughing steel gray eyes toss a toddler with emerald green eyes in the air and catching him.
Sirius and Raven. Those names kept repeating over and over in her mind.
She woke up a couple of hours later to find Sabrina wiping her face with a wet washcloth.
Sirius and Raven apparated to some woods near the park off Magnolia Street in Little Whinging. They walked from the park to #4 Privet Drive. As they were walking down the alley between Magnolia Crescent and Wisteria Walk they noticed the house across from the alley, #13 Wisteria Walk, was up for sale. Sirius remembered a conversation he had with Madam Bones while Raven was reading his mother's letter.
Flashback
"Sirius, you may have to either move in with the Dursleys or maybe you can move to a house within the wards that surround #4 Privet Drive and have your son spend part of each day with his Aunt. At least until you can find his mother."
"The house we are in now is unplottable as well as heavily warded. He would be safe there."
"Yes he would but when the wards at Privet Drive fail Dumbledore will know that Harry Potter is not there. Then what would he do? Your son will need to go back to school. Correct? The Headmaster would have access to him then. To keep your son safe at school, it would be best to let Dumbledore believe that everything is as it was. If he finds out that you have access to Harry what will happen? When we have Pettigrew in custody, I can have your name cleared. Then it won't matter if he finds out that you have custody of Harry. He wouldn't be able to do anything about it if you decide to withdraw your son from school."
End Flashback
"Hey Raven, let's stop for a minute. I want to get the number off this sign. We might have to move here to keep Dumbledore from finding out our plans." Sirius said.
"But…"
Sirius held up a hand to stop him and said, "when we get to Petunia's I'll explain to both of you why."
They arrived at #4 and proceeded up to the door and knocked.
Mr. Vernon Dursley answered the door, "Yes how may I help you?"
"I need to talk to you and your wife about her sister Jasmine." Sirius said.
"Very well, please come in." Vernon replied. Vernon showed Sirius and Raven to the living room and said "Please have a seat I'll go fetch Petunia."
Severus could not believe his eyes. Jasmine Evans was standing in front of him. He was shocked that she didn't seem to recognize him.
"Can I help you?" Asked Jennifer looking at Severus.
"Yes, I am here to speak to Sabrina Jefferson and her guardian." Replied Severus once he applied his occlumency. He decided he was not going to say anything unless she asked.
"Are you from Hogwarts?"
"Yes I am. I am here to explain about Hogwarts and to take you to Diagon Alley."
"Please come in. Let me go get Sabrina." Said Jennifer showing him into the living room.
While he was gone Sirius did a quick scan of the room and found a couple of spells on two vases. He decided to put a shield around the vases so that the person who put the spells on them would not know anything was wrong. He then dropped the Glamour charms on Raven and himself.
When Vernon and Petunia came into the living room they both stopped and shook their heads.
"Sirius? Why are you here? The news said you were an escaped mass murderer? What is going on?" Petunia asked.
"Hello Petunia. I was wondering if you would remember me. I have a few questions for you. Will you answer me truthfully?" asked Sirius.
"I'll answer as best I am able. Although you know I don't like magic or magical people." Petunia replied.
"Let's start with that. Why do you hate magic so much?"
"I guess it has to do with jealousy. I was jealous of Lily and Jasmine. Mum and Dad were so proud of them. That's all they could talk about. Lily would show off when she would come home for holidays. But Jasmine never did. Yes she would show me what she could do but that's only when I would ask her. Jasmine would take the time to talk to me and make me feel important. It didn't help that Lord Voldit's or what ever his name was killed our parents." Petunia said with tears in her eyes.
"I am sorry Petunia. I didn't know the whole story; I can understand why you don't like magic or magical people. But you have to understand none of this was Harry's fault. He was an innocent. As you now know he wasn't even James and Lily's biological son. He was never supposed to come here. He should have been with Jasmine and me. But Dumbledore decided to place him here. Do you mind if I scan you for any spells? I scanned the living room and found a spell on each of those two vases." Sirius said pointing out the vases.
"Yes I now know he is yours and Jasmine's. Is that why I don't feel disgusted right now? I don't feel any hatred towards you or Harry. I feel mild dislike at the fact that you are magical but not towards you personally. Yes you can scan us for spells, right Vernon?" Petunia asked.
"I suppose, as long as no one can see. I think all this is unnatural. I don't like it, I don't like you or him." Vernon said pointing at Sirius and Raven.
"Fair enough, I don't really like you either Vernon. But I will not take my dislike of you out on your son, like you did mine. His name is really Raven James Evans Potter Black. He is Jasmine and my son. James and Lils adopted him because Jasmine thought he would be safer with them than her. The spells could have been affecting your feelings. I am very upset at the way you both have treated Raven growing up. He never should have been treated like that. It is one thing to give him some chores but not to have to do them all while your son sits on his butt getting fatter. How would you have liked it if something happened to you and one of your sisters treated Dudley like that?" Sirius asked as he scanned Vernon and Petunia. "It looks like neither one of you have spells placed on you. I guess it's just the ones on the vases that are affecting you."
"Well, that's good. I am sorry for the way I treated Har…uh Raven. You are right neither one of my sisters would be so petty as that. Now what about the letter from Jasmine?" Petunia asked.
"Before we get to that there is something else I want to talk about. Until I can get cleared of all charges Raven needs to be close to you. Either living here or close by. He would need to spend some time with you to keep the wards charged. Will you allow that? It would be best if he could live in this house with you. Now if you would allow it I would move in here as well. I can remodel the attic and we can live up there. I will not do magic here unless it is an emergency. I will also give you 100 pounds a week for groceries. I will help pay other bills as well. Raven and I will also help with the chores as long as Dudley does some too. I will do dishes and clean the kitchen, although I cannot cook to save my life. So you will have to do that." He laughed. "Raven will do the yard work and only the yard work. Raven and I will stay out of your way as much as possible. You know I can turn into a dog right?" Sirius explained. "Whenever we go out I will go out in my dog form."
"Yes, I remember that. Will you allow Vernon and I to talk a bit?" Petunia asked.
"Sure. Raven and I will sit here." Sirius replied.
Petunia and Vernon went into the kitchen and came back out 10 minutes later. Vernon asked, "Why shouldn't I call the police right now?"
"Well Vernon if you do you will have to keep Raven for the next 5 years. You will have no extra money and Dumbledore will continue to make life miserable for everyone." Sirius replied. "The advantages of me being here with my son mean that you will have extra money, I will be here to protect you from any magical bad guys and as soon as we can get the guy who framed me Raven and I will be leaving. So do we have a deal?"
"Very well. How will you remodel the attic?" Vernon asked.
Raven grabbed the letter and gave it to Petunia. While Sirius said, "with magic if you have no objections. It will not be done in your presence nor will anyone else know about it, OK?
Vernon said, "I guess that's reasonable. We will be going out of town for a week. Will that be a problem?"
"It shouldn't be a problem with the wards. Vernon, we are not that different than anyone else. We all, meaning non-magical as well as magical, have special abilities. If we are to be family I would like to get to know you and for you to get to know me. Are you willing?" Sirius asked as he stood up and held his hand out to Vernon to shake.
Vernon took a good look at Raven, and then stared his father in the eyes for a few minutes before he stood up and accepted Sirius' hand.
"Ok. I just have one question. Why does he look different?" Asked Vernon.
Sirius laughed, "That's a long story, but this is how he should have looked all along."
While Severus was explaining everything Jennifer kept getting a feeling of déjà vu. She finally asked, "Do I know you?
"I think you may. You look like an old classmate of mine from school. She disappeared around 12 years ago. Why do you ask?"
"Because I have a feeling of déjà vu concerning you."
While Sirius explained to Vernon about the Fraternis adoptis potion, Petunia took Raven into the kitchen for a talk.
"Ha…Raven, I'm sorry. Can you forgive me?" Petunia asked.
Raven glared at her for a few seconds then sighed and said, "Yeah I can Aunt Petunia. I can understand about your dislike. But did you have to take it out on me? Couldn't you have treated me normally? I was just a baby when I was left here. Do you understand how you made me feel growing up? All's I ever wanted was to be loved. You could have explained about magic and that I was doing things accidentally. You could have helped me to control it. You could have shown me some kindness. I didn't expect to be pampered like Dudley. After all he is your son." Raven sighed again, "I'm sorry for ranting. I would like to start over. You are family. Speaking of family, Dad and I believe Mum is out there somewhere. We are going to look for her. Are you really ok with us being here?"
"Well it will keep both you and us safer right?" Petunia asked.
"Yeah from both Death Eaters and Dumbledore. We believe that he has made Mum lose her memory and then sent her off somewhere. We know she is not dead." Raven said.
"How do you know she is not dead?" Petunia asked.
"Because her will has not been activated. It can sense her magic." Raven explained.
"They can do that?" she asked with wonder in her voice.
"Yeah," Raven laughed, "I'm not exactly sure how but magic can do a lot of things. Did you know if we break a bone it can be healed in one day?"
"Really? I didn't know that." Petunia said. She was going to say something else when Sirius and Vernon walked into the kitchen.
"Raven we need to get back." Sirius said looking at Raven and then to Petunia and Vernon he said, "Petunia, Vernon, have a good time on your trip. Will you let us know when you get back? Here is the phone number of where we are staying. I am glad we could work things out between us."
As Raven was walking past Petunia, she reached out and pulled him into a hug and said, "I am really sorry. I hope you find your Mum soon. I would really like to see Jasmine again. I'll see you later."
Raven said, "Thanks Aunt Petunia. I'll see you later. Have a good trip." With that Sirius and Raven walked out of the house towards the park.
Thanks for reading. I'll update as soon as possible. Hopefully in two days.