Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, those rights belong to J.K. Rowling, scholastic, Warner Brothers. I only came up with some story line and a few characters that will be introduced in the story.
So here is chapter 3, sorry it took so long to get out but school has been keeping me busy. Hopefully I will be able to get out a few more chapters before the end of the week. Read and enjoy!
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Jemma Blackwell: glad you are enjoying the story so far, here's the next chapter.
What Else Can Happen
Chapter 3: Survival, Secrets, and Friends
"Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace."
--- Amelia Earhart
Arabella Figg was in the kitchen when she was surprised to hear a knock on the front door. She was even more surprised by the even more surprised by the person that she saw standing on her front steps, so surprised that she fainted. Raven had expected a reaction like this but was still a little annoyed because she really needed to talk and get information. She revived Arabella, who immediately yelled "YOU'RE ALIVE!" "Yes, thanks for stating the obvious" Raven retorted. "Raven Nightshade Felinus, were have you been all these years?" "I will explain if you will allow me and Nightfall to come in and sit down, Bella" Raven responded.
Raven followed Arabella into the living room and they sat down on the couch, Nightfall perched on the arm near Raven. At first Raven had been surprised by Arabella's appearance, but was relived when Arabella told her about using polyjuice potion so that no one would find her and so that she could watch over Harry. Currently Arabella was telling her about Harry, some of the stuff she already knew but she didn't interrupt just yet. When Arabella finished she said "OK Ven, it's your turn." "Fine Bella, I will tell you some of what happened, but you have to promise to tell no one about me until I decide that I it is time to return more openly." Arabella shook her head yes. Raven then explained what had happened nearly 14 years ago "Lily wanted me to stay with them, for a while anyway and she was especially happy that I had agreed when they decided to switch from Sirius to Peter as secret-keeper." Seeing that Arabella was going to ask a question she answered before she could be interrupted "Yes, I know that Sirius was and is innocent, please don't interrupt. Anyway, when Voldemort came that night I fought beside James in my animagus form. I ended up getting hit with a curse that threw me into a wall and ended up knock out for a few minutes. By the time a came to, it was to late – James was already dead. I rushed to Lily and Harry knowing that's were he'd head next. I managed to knock Voldie down and let me tell you, he was not happy about that at all. Now I was with Lily, but I was still a bit out of it from my earlier fight and injuries and Voldemort managed to catch me off guard and hit me with a curse that opened a gash on my side and flung me into the rocking chair and window, which shattered. I was disoriented and winded; by the time I had got my bearings again Voldemort had killed Lily too. I felt grief and a sense that I had failed them, but I knew that I couldn't let it consume me – I still needed to protect Harry. Voldemort was getting ready to perform the killing curse when I attacked, he managed to shake me off and hit me with another strange curse – this one sent me through the closest wall and left me down for the count. By the time I was up and moving again I heard the end of the curse and saw as it rebounded from Harry and hit Voldemort instead. Incidentally that's also what destroyed the house. I managed to make it over to where Harry was and used my body and a spell to protect him. I had decided to go after Peter for his betrayal, but I couldn't leave just yet. I wanted to stay close by in case anything else tried to hurt Harry before some help could arrive. By now I had transformed back and was close by lying in some bushes keeping watch, and that's when Sirius showed up. I watched him walk through what was left of the house and saw his grief when he found James and Lily and the relief when he saw that Harry was alive. I would have left then to hunt Peter down but I realized just how bad the shape I was in and knew that I couldn't track as I was. Shortly after Sirius had showed up Hagrid arrived. Sirius and Hagrid talked, but I only managed to catch some of what was said. When Hagrid left with Harry on Sirius's flying motorcycle Sirius transformed and found me nearly unconscious from my injuries. He took me back over by the ruined house and I managed to tell him to go after Peter before I lost consciousness, that's what he wanted to do anyway. After that the next thing I remember was waking in the hospital, it was two weeks later and Sirius was in Azkaban. I snuck away because I wanted to set things straight, however I was still in really bad shape and had to find a place that I could heal. When no one could find me I'm guessing that the assumed I had gone somewhere to die, especially since my injuries were quite extensive and I should not have been awake yet. I hunted down where Harry was and found a hidden place close by to lay low. I have been watching over him as best as I could since then and waiting to awaken and return." When Raven had finished, having left out a few details, Arabella was amazed she finally said "why don't you get some rest, no one should be coming over today." Raven agreed to this and stretched out on the couch, with Nightfall now perched on the back of it already asleep. Arabella went back to what she had been doing in the kitchen.
This chapter was mainly an explanation as to how Raven fit into the story – there will be more explanations later also.
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