Chapter Two: Meeting The Gang

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"Hey, Wild thing, wake up," I heard a deep, English voice chuckle, "Rise and shine!"

I opened my eyes slowly, a young man with sparkling gray eyes and dark, shaggy hair was standing over me with a lopsided grin on his handsome face, I realized he was the man who sent the red light at me. I sat up slowly, my head ached for some reason, I looked around. I was in a large room with books covering all four walls, a young man with sandy blonde hair dressed in a tattered robe was leaning against the door. A long scar traced his tired face down on his collarbone.

"Who are you? Where are my brothers?" I demanded, my head hurt soooo bad! I tried to stand but my legs felt wobbly so I fell back down.

"Its okay, just relax, your brothers are safe," shaggy hair said.

"In the nursery, I believe," the man in the corner informed.

"Who are you?" I narrowed my eyes.

"Well, I'm Sirius Black at your service!" the shaggy haired man stood up and bowed, he grabbed my hand and kissed it, I couldn't help but giggle.

"Remus Lupin." the scar faced man approached me and shook my hand, I smiled despite my confusion.

"Wh-wh-what happened?" I stumbled.

"Well, you and the body-" Remus started

"The body? Then he's...dead?" I whispered, horrified. Sirius and Remus mournfully nodded their heads.

"You and the body had appeared in the front yard, we came out to investigate," Remus continued.

"When we tired to figure out what was going on by looking what was in the bag, especially when it started to whine, you got defensive-"

Suddenly a wave of memory overcame me and I shouted, "I thought you were going to hurt my brothers!"

"Don't get over excited, Remmy will be even more upset than she is now," Sirius rolled his eyes. I didn't' really care who Remmy was at the moment, I just wanted answers.

"You attacked James, the man who owns this house, in defense. Sirius, here, stunned you and you hit your head on a rock." Remus said.

"You stunned me?" I raised an eyebrow. Sirius promptly pulled out his stick and waved it at the blanket that I had thrown off. The blanket raised in the air and started to fold itself, it then laid neatly on the back of the couch. I stared at Sirius in amazement. I must of looked very stupid with my mouth open and my eyes as wide as saucers.

"How the hell did you do that?" I finally found the ability to speak again.

Remus and Sirius started to laugh, "Magic. Actually, Remmy should be here in a while to test you and see if your a witch."

"Excuse me?" I said defensively.

"He means if your magical," Remus explained, "Here I have something for your headache." He handed me a steaming cup of some kind of drink, it smelt really good and I tasted a bit, it was like hot chocolate. By the time I had drunk it all, my headache was gone.

"The man I attacked, is he alright?" I asked. Remus took the cup from me and tapped it, it disappeared. I thought this all was just a dream and anytime I would wake up on the hard wooden floor in South Dakota, but I wanted this dream to go on forever.

"Yes, he's got a few scratches but he'll live." Sirius waved his hand in the air, "What about you? How did you come to be, you know what I mean." he added quickly. I hesitated a little and then started when I was nine, how my parents died, how my brothers survived. I had to stop and think about a few things, I didn't want to give my entire self away to some strangers.

When I was done, I lifted my shirt a little above my bellybutton. My skin is like a wild painting, tinted with blues and purples from my bruises that Jacob had beaten into me. Sirius looked in my eyes which were filling with salty tears, he pulled my shirt down and sighed. I was standing at that time, Remus had taken me in his arms and I didn't struggle to be let go. Never in the year that we had been tossed around foster homes or when my brothers and I have been on our own, I have never asked to be pitied, I've never complained, but I have never let anyone seen my tears when I cried. This time was different though, I barley knew these men but I knew with all my heart, we were saved. I hope to God this isn't a dream…

I had cried myself to sleep in Remus's arms and the next time I awoke somebody was yelling. My clothes were changed and I was clean. I was dressed in a blue shirt that came to my knees and flannel pajama pants so it was hard to walk to the door with out tripping. I hiked up the pants and stepped out into a hallway, I was on the second floor so I quietly walked over to the banister and looked down.

"SHE NEARLY SCRATCHED HIS EYES OUT!" a woman with long auburn hair and eyes that would be really pretty if they hadn't been on fire with rage.

"CALM DOWN, NOW!" I recognized Sirius voice.

"I COULD HAVE A DEATH EATER IN MY HOUSE AND I'M SUPPOSED TO BE CALM?" the red haired lady screeched.

"She is not a Death Eater, Lily," Remus's cool, calming voice floated up to me.

"HOW WOULD YOU KNOW, REMUS?" the woman named Lily turned her attention to Remus.

"Because she's only eleven, and I seriously doubt that any Death Eater would be American," I could hear the smile in his voice.

"IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE'S SHE'S FROM! WE DON'T KNOW HOW JOHN GOT THERE ANYWAY!" the ravenous Lily retorted.

"Lily, darling, please," A new voice pleaded. I recognized it from the other night, it was the man I had attacked, James.

"WHY IS EVERYONE AGAINST ME?" Lily asked. I wonder why...

"Maybe it's because you could possibly be wrong?" a new female voice said, she laughed.

"REMMY, SHUT UP!" Lily screamed, my head was starting to hurt again, "THAT GIRL NEEDS TO GO BACK TO WHERE EVER SHE CAME FROM."

"No, I will not allow that," I saw Sirius step in front of Lily and gave her a defiant look.

"Than an orphanage, she will not stay here," Lily said a little more calmly. I started to walk down the stairs, everyone's attention turned to me. I walked slowly but steadily towards Lily. Sirius opened his mouth to say something but backed out of the way. I looked at Lily in the eye and saw insecurity, she only wanted the ones she loved to be safe, and I knew the feeling. I stuck out my hand and said in a steady voice,

"Mrs. Lily, I am terribly sorry of what I did, but I had just been transported with a dead man to someplace I didn't know. I thought my family was in terrible danger and I did the only thing I could think of, protecting them any way possible. Please, please forgive me, I mean you know harm, but if you still want me to leave then I will take my brothers and do so now." In the corner of my eye I could see Remus and Sirius and the new woman I guessed was Remmy smiling broadly. Lily hesitated and didn't shake my hand, I saw the fire in her eyes diminish and she did the last thing I would've expected after her ranting; she embraced me.

"No, no," She murmured in my ear, I admit, I was surprised that she could be capable of talking below normal tone, "I thought wrong of you. I..its just...my anger gets away with me sometimes. You are welcome in my home any time." she finished.

"Well, now that its all out of the way!" Remmy said brightly, "I need to do something, dear Leigh."

Lily broke away and rolled her eyes at Remmy, she sat down on the couch next to James. Remmy was tall and very pretty, she had dirty-blonde hair that was pulled back into a ponytail. She had a pretty smile and beautiful brown eyes that sparkled happily. "Yes, anyway. Here, Leigh, take my wand."

I reached out and took the crooked stick that was called a wand. "Give it a wave, don't just stand there like a tree." Remmy laughed. I looked around, everyone's attention was on me and that was a little uncomfortable. Feeling stupid a waved the wand a little bit. The result was instantaneous, sparks flew out and a chair across from me flew into the wall. I dropped the wand and raised my hands to my face.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!"

Remmy, Sirius and Remus burst out laughing, I felt my face burn red. Lily just looked at her wall and back at me with the oversized shirt and pants with my hands covering my face. James was laid out on the couch, he was laughing hard and fell on the floor. I still couldn't get what was so funny.

"It's alright!" Remmy laid a calming hand on my shoulder. She raised her hand in the air and snapped, the couch zoomed back to its usual spot and the wall repaired itself. I gaped at the scene, everything was like it had been just a few minutes before, spotless.

"See, no harm done!" Sirius said.

"Aren't the boys supposed to be comin' over sometime later?" James said from the couch and Lily nodded, "Yeah, I think Bill's your age. You'll have a lot of kids to play with." He chuckled.

"Um, where can I find my brothers?" I said, with everything that had just happened I just needed to be with them.

"The bright yellow door at the end of the hallway, dear," Lily said pointing up to the second floor. I smiled and then tromped upstairs, I walked quietly down the hallway and stopped at the yellow door. I leaned my ear against the wood and heard shrieks of laughter. Wondering who else could be in there I opened the door slowly.

"LEEEIIIIIIGH!" Liam and Lane screamed as I stepped inside. I opened my arms wide as they ran into me. They were only wearing a white diaper.

"Leigh! Watch this, watch this! It flies and talks!" Lane grabbed my finger and pulled me towards another baby. He was a little younger than the twins. He had a mop of jet-black hair and brilliant almond shaped eyes, I assume that he was Lily and James's son. He stood unsteadily waving his chubby arms in circles. A little bit of his tummy peaked out from under his gray shirt. He was so cute! I wanted to just pinch his little cheeks!

"Leiwgh! Watch thwis!" Liam said. He plopped down on his diaper and picked up a what looked like a toy broomstick with a man in green robes low on the handle. He threw it up in the air and I was prepared to catch it, but it never got close to my hands. My jaw dropped as it started to fly around my head and talk to me.

"Hey lass! Be careful, you might catch flies if you keep your gob open like that." it chided.

"Hey! That's amazing!"

"Yeah! Thwis is Hawry!" Liam crawled into my lap while Lane and Harry chased the toy around the room.

"Did he tell you that?" I combed my fingers through his dark brown hair.

"No, he cawn't tawlk yet," Liam answered matter-of-factly. They had just started to learn to talk a month ago themselves.

Liam was so cute and looked the most like me, I could tell once that kid grew up every girl would be after him. He had big blue eyes that changed green in dark light, that was a trait that both twins shared, but their eyes were always different colors, so Lane's eyes changed blue in the dark light. He had a lightly freckled cheeks and a smile that could melt you into a little puddle. He had the most sweetest disposition and outgoing personality. There were several times when I had to pull him away from random people in the streets that he had started up a conversation with and he was so kind.

Lane was my little rebel, always making trouble. It was his so darling exterior that hid his mischievous side. He was, not cute, but handsome. I know he's just a baby, but his features are so sharp and you could absolutely drown in his big green eyes. He really got along well with everybody but if you pissed him off he would do everything his three foot three twenty-five pound body would do, scratching and biting whatever he could, I know from experience that it hurts a lot. He was the one I usually had to protect because of his hard headedness, and Liam was the one comforting the crying kids that Lane had upset. I smiled, he had he sweet moments too, when I would play catch with him I would receive a sloppy kiss on the cheek in thanks and how adorable he looked when he fell asleep in my arms.

"Leigh? How's everything going?" I turned my head and saw Sirius enter the nursery.

"Good," Sirius came and sat across from me.

"Siweus!" Harry squealed and fell into his lap. I laughed at his pronunciation of 'Sirius'. Lane gave a pout and started to play with a different toy. The Broomstick Man seemed to get upset and followed Lane everywhere, it was incredibly cute watching Lane try to wave him off. Sirius finally flicked his wand and the Broomstick Man fell to the floor, Lane turned his head and smiled brightly. Sirius chuckled and lifted Harry out of his lap, another knock came at the door.

"Can I come in?" James's head popped in from behind the door.

Sirius shrugged, "It's your house, mate."

"Oh, right. It is, isn't it?" James replied thoughtfully and sat down next to me.

"Um, Mr. Potter-" I started to say but James shushed me quickly.

"No! 'Mr. Potter', that makes me sound sooo old!"

I let out a little laugh and continued, " I want to say sorry for what I did."

James waved the apology off, "It's fine, Leigh, I understand completely."

"You know what, James?" Sirius broke out in a wide grin, watching Harry and Lane play with a ball.

"Eh?"

"I still can't understand how she beat you up like that," He grinned handsomely in my direction and I blushed a bright red.

"Well, Sirius," James opened his mouth to retort but was cut off by Harry's cry. It seemed that Lane had taken the ball away and started to play by himself. Liam crawled out of my lap and sat by Harry, trying to make him laugh by trying to stand on his head. I started to laugh so hard at his antics, Sirius and James joined in too. We stopped laughing and Sirius suddenly looked uncomfortable and averted his eyes from me.

"Um, Leigh," James started to look a little uncomfortable, too.

"Yes?" I said, Lane had now climbed into my arms and I was playing with his long, curly black hair.

"If you were looking for a home to stay in," Sirius started out uncertainly and my head snapped up, "you could come and stay with me."

I looked at Sirius closely, why would a man that just met me offer my family a home? His gray eyes caught my icy blue ones (my mother used to say that my eyes were so blue they were almost white and it was kinda cool) I saw that he really meant it. I glanced over at James, he was staring at my expression and gave the tiniest nod of the head.

"Why would you do that for us?" My voice echoed a little in the room. The three babies had sensed something was happening and followed the conversation with wide eyes.

"Well, I've grown rather fond of you," he admitted and avoided eye contact, "especially after your little declaration with Lily."

James let out a small chuckle and I smiled just a bit, "But, you barley know me and I barely know you, I mean I just found out forty-five minutes ago that I could do magic! I know nothing about my surroundings, really I don't even know what country I'm in."

"I know, I know, but I can't let you just wonder the streets of London," Sirius said.

"London?" I repeated, "So, I got transported with a dead man to London, found out that I'm a witch, and you are offering me a home?"

I was suddenly impacted with all this information, it wasn't a dream, telling myself about the situation I got my family into finally knocked some sense into me. I was magic! Ever since my parents died I was forced to keep my head out of the clouds and my feet on the ground, and now I'm in London with a houseful of witches and wizards? I looked at my brothers as these thought swirled through my head; we were being offered food and a roof over our heads by a man I met just a couple of hours ago. Lane tugged at a string of my hair and I looked down into his wide pools of green.

"Leigh? You still with us?" James voice cut in. I looked up, tears were welling in my eyes.

"Sirius, all I ever wanted is a good home for my brothers to grow up in, to be loved not only by me but by parents they never got to know. Can you give that to them? Can you give that to me?" Tears were threatening to fall but I refused to let them. Sirius's eyes finally met mine, and I could tell that he could give my brothers the love and nurturing they needed; to give us the love and attention we need.

Sirius stood and offered his hand to pull me up, I set Lane on the ground and took his hand, "Leigh, I can never ever replace what love your parents left behind, I can never erase the horrible memories or abuse you went through, but I will try."

I nodded once and hugged him tightly, and he returned the embrace.

"Hey! I want some love!" James complained and embraced me also, my sweet Liam even started to hug my leg, which made Lane and Harry also come over. I know it sounds cheesy, but I had never felt so loved.

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