A/N I do realise it has been over a year but to be fair I did give up this story so you should be lucky to get anything: p. thank you to all my reviewers I honestly don't deserve you! I'm going to move on with this story now so without further ado here is chapter eleven.

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What does a one handed clap sound like?

A child claps in a pattern and I slowly awake and gather myself. I'm lying on the floor with a tiny girl on my legs looking happy as Buddha. My head really hurts. Is it a hangover? No… I haven't had a drink; I must have just banged my head when I fell onto the floor in my sleep. Gently, Amber tickles my stomach then lies next to me cuddling me close. 'Just the two of us, just the two of us, just you and I'

Soon she is asleep and I get up and carry her to my armchair. The time is 16.45 so I enter the kitchen to make dinner. Admittedly I am not the best cook but I do know how to make good cheese pasta. I set to work and within an hour amber and I are eating our first home cooked meal in our new life. Maybe things will workout.

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Chapter eleven: Home again

Bella lay awake in the blue room in Tunbridge Wells. 'I miss him so much,' she thought while staring at the ceiling. It was enchanted to appear as the sky outside and it showed her the loveliest sunrise she had seen for a long time. This only made her want to cry though as it reminded her of when she was going out with Tom in school and they snuck up to the Astronomy Tower to see the sunrise. It had been six years since she had stupidly decided to play spin the bottle. It had been six years since she kissed Rodulphus as a joke and the love of her life walked in. It had been six years since she was alive.

The death eaters searched everywhere for their master but they could not find him. Bella had long given up hope of ever seeing him and her beautiful niece again and it pained her to think of them. Amber would be in double figures now; a beautiful ten year old. Bella closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

I awoke breathing heavily. I had almost forgotten about my old life sometimes. That image of Bella I had just before I woke up was new. That had never happened I was sure. I had not realised how much I missed her, how much I loved her. I turned to my window and saw with surprise a tall girl with straight black hair that fell to her bottom, sitting on a chair there. She was asleep but why Amber was in my room, I did not know. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

A girl jumped on my chest causing my eyes to suddenly open. 'Good morning Dad,' she sang out sweetly.

'Good?' I inquired. 'The day you do not wake me up will be a good morning.' I smiled showing that I didn't hate her even though she did something like that every morning.

'Dad, I need to talk to you'

Had I done something wrong? My daughter looked serious and I could tell what she had to see must be important. 'Go ahead darling,'

'Although I love our life here in Russia so much I just feel that this isn't where I belong. I know of the stories when we lived here as a family but when I was younger it was ok. I need a real home where I can bring friends and stuff. Russia isn't a country I can imagine living in for the rest of my days and I know that you feel the same. I've been thinking about it for a while and, well, how would you feel about moving back to England?' Amber hurriedly stated this looking apprehensive yet I could tell her mind was made up.

'If it means that much to you, I still own that house in Southend and we could live there. You will be starting secondary school soon and there are few decent ones nearby. Perhaps moving away from here will do both of us some good,' Amber smiled at me and started planning our moving out. 'If you want we can move today,' she seemed to like that idea and we spent most of the day packing up things we would be sure to need.

In the late evening every possession worth taking was packed and the two Riddles looked around their home for the last time. I put many spells and charms on the house as I had done eight years ago in case I ever decided to return. I levitated the luggage and took my daughters hand. We walked into the forest that surrounded our home. It seemed like only yesterday when I had thought that I had gotten us lost in there. Six wonderful years had past and I was closer to my daughter than I had ever been with anybody. I didn't really want to go so close to our old home – I liked being independent and having my daughter to myself. Of course she was growing up now and needed to be in her birth country with people of her own language. If a tree falls and there's nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound? Of course it does. There is nobody to hear it and that makes it even more special. There was nobody to intrude on my life with Amber and it was even more special. It would not last obviously but those six years were some of the best of my life.

In the middle of the forest I stopped walking and apparated to Thorpe Bay. Home sweet home, who knew what adventures, would be had here. I let Amber go to her room and I collapsed onto an armchair. Lazily I moved things to good places in the house with short flicks of my wand. Staring at a picture of Amber, I saw how much the little four year old, who fell down stairs crying, had changed. She was now a young woman and she needed a mother to talk to about things with and to trust. I could not provide her with a mother and I wasn't very good at being a female. I needed Bella back.

A/N I know this chapter is embarrassingly short but I just wanted to get it up tonight to show people that I am still alive and will be updating again soon. It is nothing special, but I did only do it in an hour so bare with me. I'll have the next chapter up hopefully by next week. Also if any reviewers could give me tips on what to put in the plot, that would be great. Thank you.