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"Okay, now your going to be surprised so hold on to Lane tightly," Remmy instructed, I had Lane snuggled up against my chest in one arm and the mysterious powder in another, "Now, you need to throw down the powder and yell out 'The Den'. Mmk?"
I stared at Remmy strangely but agreed reluctantly. "Okay, keep your elbows in and shut your eyes its gonna get dizzy. Ready? One, two, three!"
I threw down the sand and cried out "The Den!", and suddenly I was swirling in the fire place. I could hear Lane screaming in thrill. I cracked my eyes open and saw that we were engulfed in green flames and were spinning past other fire places and I would occasionally see people and little bit of houses. But as soon as the swirling started it ended and we were thrown out of the fire place onto a big woven run.
"Again, again, aga---" Lane puked on me.
"Laaanne!", I whined.
"Sorry, Leigh," Lane swooned. There was a flash of green light and Remmy with Liam and Harry stepped out of the fireplace calmly.
"Got sick?" she asked with a smile and set down Liam and Harry.
"No, Lane did," I replied sickly.
"Ah, well, Floo Powder does that," Remmy snapped her fingers and the gunk was gone.
"I can't wait to learn magic," I stared at the spot where Lane got sick. Remmy laughed and snapped her fingers again, the lights turned on.
The Den was very vast and I could count five rooms just down the hallway on the first floor. The living space had a long sectional couch around the fire place and the big rug was in the middle. I could see out of the archway into the living space a very spacious kitchen.
"It was my parents, they liked to splurge their money on unnecessary things. Like this house." Remmy said a little sadly, "You want to go see your rooms? Theirs more than I know what to do with."
Remmy led us up a spiraling staircase to a kind of loft, "Pick any room you want."
Lane immediately ran down the hallway. "Liiieeegh! I want this one!"
Remmy laughed and opened the door. There were two double beds at the far end of the room, a huge window light up the large room with faint moonlight. "This used to be my room, so there might be a few toys and such in the toy chest." The three boys crawled on the dark green carpet and pulled out several toys to play with.
"I think that will keep them occupied for a long time, " I commented. Remmy laughed and we continued to the next room.
"This one's my favorite," Remmy pushed open the door, and I could tell why it was her favorite.
A large circular bed with a canopy was centered in the middle of the room, the furniture was a dark wood and the floor was bare. I could see a two doors on the other side of the bed.
"Is that a balcony?" I asked and Remmy nodded. I then walked over to the two French doors and opened them slowly. The cool evening air meeted me once I stepped out on the large overhang. I could hear the boys laughing in the next room which made me even more happier that I would be close to my brothers.
"If this is one of your favorites, then why don't you sleep in it?" I asked.
"Because," she pointed up to floor. A porch like landing stuck out from the wall, "my favorite's bigger."
I laughed at her remark, "So, what exactly happened?"
"I know as much as you do, dear Leigh," Remmy shrugged and we stepped back into the room, "You know what, you three don't have any clothes, do you?"
I blushed, I was so concerned with just getting the suitcase comfortable that I didn't think to get anything else to wear, but Remmy looked positively gleeful.
"That's wonderful! We're going to Diagon Alley tomorrow and get you some clothes," Remmy smiled.
"Diagon Alley?" I asked.
"It's a place for wizards to buy their needs," Remmy explained, "I love you being here, you know absolutely nothing!"
I gave her a half smile she read my face and quickly said, "I was just kidding!"
"I know, I like being here too. It feels like…like," I couldn't find the word.
"Like home? I know how you feel, trust me," Remmy said, "Let's put the boys to bed."
I nodded and we walked down to the boys' room. We stepped inside and saw that they were all fast asleep on carpet, each holding a certain toy. Remmy commented on how cute they were and snapped her fingers. Liam started to float and glided over to one of the beds.
"They don't have to have a crib do they?" she whispered.
"No, please don't drop them!" I whispered back pleadingly. Remmy gave me a little smile and did the same to Lane. She then snapped her fingers a third time and a crib appeared and Harry floated into it. We walked out of the room and the lights dimmed behind us.
"Let's go downstairs and I'll answer all your questions the best I can," Remmy suggested. I nodded, I certainly need my question's answered. We walked down the stairs and into the living room. Remmy pulled out her wand and a fire started.
"Why do you use your wand if you can just snap your fingers?" I asked and sat on the couch cross-legged.
Remmy shrugged, "I don't know actually, I learned how to do magic with out my wand because if you loose the wand your helpless. So, I guess I'm always prepared."
"Oh, so can the others do that?"
"No, I don't think so," Remmy sprawled out on the couch.
"So what are Lily and them like?" I asked, I wanted to get Remmy's opinion because she knew them a lot better.
"Um, well, Lily…Lily is actually very nice," Remmy started out, "I'm sorry you had to meet her the way you did, but she loses her temper very easily. So, yeah, don't get on the bad side of her."
I laughed. "She's like a sister to me, really. I've known her ever since I was eleven."
"What about Sirius?"
"I've know all the guys for a long time. Sirius is, well, he and James are alike. Trouble makers, arrogant, but all around they're good guys. They would walk to the end of the earth and back for the people the care about."
"He seems to like you," I said carefully.
"Who? Sirius? Yeah, well, he has for a long time, but now he just plays around," Remmy replied, "I bet you want to know about ol' Remus? You remind me of him a lot, actually."
"How so?" I asked.
"Well, you both have your troubles but you don't complain, you refuse to show your fears and you take very good care of the ones you love." Remmy glanced over at me.
"How'd he get that scar?" I said.
"Um, don't freak out or anything and don't tell him I told you," Remmy said slowly, "when he was about six he was attacked by a, uh, werewolf."
"What! Those are real?" I said incredulously, "And Remus is one?"
"Yeah, don't tell him I told you," Remmy repeated.
"You seem so calm about it," I commented.
"Well, you get used to it, and he won't hurt you. Just don't be around his house on a full moon or anything," Remmy warned seriously. A sharp knock came from the door. "Ah, that must be the big man." Remmy jumped up and answered the door. The old Dumbledore walked in solemnly and sat down slowly on the couch.
"Good evening, Miss Stevenson. Miss Matthews." he said slowly.
"What happened to Alice and Frank?" I asked slowly.
"They were tortured to complete insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange," Dumbledore said somberly. Remmy said nothing but her eyes got really wide and her mouth parted just a bit.
"Tortured to insanity?" I repeated breathlessly. Dumbledore nodded slowly.
"What will happen to Neville?" Remmy finally said.
"He will stay with his grandmother," Dumbledore answered, "please, can we continue this conversation later? There are other things we need to discuss."
Remmy and I nodded and he continued on," Miss Stevenson--"
"Just call me Leigh," I interrupted.
"Leigh, do you remember you parents? Their ancestors or other family?"
I thought back, I never noticed but I have never seen younger pictures of my parents. "I have grandparents. Charlotte and Hugh Stevenson, my mother's parents were dead when I was born."
"Your grandmother, on your mother's side was murdered," Dumbledore said quietly.
"Excuse me?" I couldn't believe what he just said.
"By Tom Riddle," he nodded. I heard Remmy gasp beside me, she had scooted in closer to me.
"Who's that?" I whispered.
"The very man we are fighting. We are at war, Miss Stevenson. Miss Matthews, I, and a host of other people are part of a group called The Order of the Phoenix." he said gravely, "We help the helpless by fighting the most powerful wizard on the dark side."
"Dark side? Like in Star Wars?" I asked. They both just raised an eyebrow at me and I realized that they wouldn't know anything about movies so I mumbled an apology, "So this Tom Riddle, he's the most powerful wizard on the dark side?"
"Yes, but he goes by a different name, a name many people are feared to say, Voldemort," he said.
"How does he tie in with my family?" I could tell this conversation was going to do something with my life, and I'm not sure if I'm going to like it.
"Forty years ago, Tom Riddle was graduated from Hogwarts and had caught up with an old friend. Your grandmother, Sara Black--"
Remmy had clutched my arm and gasped when he said this. "Black? As in Sirius Black?"
"Yes, we will get to that. Your grandmother, Sara Black, fell in love although Riddle felt no emotion for her. They conceived a baby girl, and Sara ran away in fear of Riddle killing the baby. She had the baby on a stormy night in April and christened her Laurie Black."
"My mother…" I muttered.
"Sara Black then immediately put Laurie in a foster home for she knew that Tom Riddle would be after her and the baby. She was murdered two weeks later, and Tom Riddle, now Voldemort, has been on the look out for Laurie ever since. But now, Laurie is dead, and he will want to kill the last of his blood line."
"Lane and Liam," My head looked up stairs where they were sleeping peacefully, oblivious that they were being searched for so they could be killed.
"You are perfectly safe where you are, Miss Stevenson," Dumbledore said calmly. I jumped up.
"Safe? Safe? How do you know! This Voldemort could be standing right outside and we'd never know it! I WILL NOT LET MY BROTHERS DIE!" I yelled, my voice was becoming steadily louder.
"Leigh, please let him finish," Remmy pulled me back down on the couch gently. I was going numb, my head was about to explode! First I arrive in London with a bunch of wizards, I then traveled through a fireplace by some Floo Powder, and now my grandfather is a murderous wack job looking to kill the only family I have left!
"Sara Black is the same Black as Sirius, he is you uncle."
"How?" Remmy said," Sirius's brother died when he was fifteen! Are you trying to say he had a kid too?"
"Yes, precisely," Dumbledore assured her.
"How did that man get to America?" I said bleakly, none of this was making sense to me, "John or whoever he was."
"Jonathan Smith was going to get you from your home, we had received word that Voldemort and his followers had found out where you were." Dumbledore said slowly.
"Then won't he know I'm here? If this Jonathan Smith was from The Order of the Phoenix, he would know that Remmy was part of it and come find her," I argued.
"I understand you worry," Dumbledore smiled kindly, "but I still assure you that you and your brothers are safe from harm."
I still eyed him funny, how could I trust him? "Leigh," Remmy said softly, ''everything's going to be fine."
Dumbledore left and Remmy and I just sat in silence, staring blankly in the fire. "Remmy," I whispered.
"Yes, dear Leigh?" she whispered back.
"Is everything going to be okay?" I looked up. Remmy met my gazed and pulled me into an embrace.
"I can't promise you anything, dear Leigh, and I know that's not what you want to hear right now, but things happen," Remmy said into my ear. I refused to cry, but I nodded against her chest.
"I know, I know," I said
"How about we go to bed? We have things to do tomorrow," Remmy suggested. I nodded and we climbed up the stairs. Remmy bid me goodnight and she kept climbing the staircase. I stopped and checked on my brothers, I went in and sat between the beds. I don't want this to happen! I want my mom! A single tear ran down my cheek. Daddy! Please help me! My brothers still slept happily and I decided that they would never know until they could understand, never know about the family we never knew we had.
That was a long chapter, I'm sorry if reading it might have been a little boring...but thank you for staying with me! Please R&R! Lov' Ya!