"All we've got to worry about now are airplanes!" said a tall, gangly boy with freckles and red hair, the exact same color as Raine's own.
A shorter boy with black hair and bright green eyes looked at the red head and started to laugh. The boys laughed together with out stopping for a while, while Raine took in her surroundings.
'This is a flying car!' Raine thought to herself excitedly. 'I always wanted one of those but dad wouldn't allow it.'
Raine looked back at the boys that were sitting in front of her. "DAD?" Raine screamed as loud as she could, realizing that the young boy with black hair was her own father.
The boy didn't do anything however, he appeared not to hear her, and just continued laughing with the red haired boy, and munching on a toffee.
Raine sighed happily as she watched her father. This was like a fabulous dream in her mind, seeing her father again made Raine feel as though she were on cloud nine.
The car dipped down below the clouds, obviously to find out where they were. They soared back into the clouds, only to start dropping below the clouds once again.
"Come on," said the redhead, twiddling the steering wheel, "Come on now!" he cried, as the engine backfired.
He twiddled the steering wheel some more. "Uh oh," he said as the engine died completely.
The car did a nose dive and fell to the ground below. It hit a tree with a sickening crunch.
"My wand," said the redhead, "Harry look at my wand!"
Raine's father looked sadly at the redhead's now broken wand. Suddenly, there was a loud, THUMP!"
The tree had hit the boys back! The tree knocked around the car, breaking the windshield and a couple other parts.
Raine followed as her father and his friend ran out of the car, grabbed their trunks and Harry's owl and made a mad dash for the Hogwarts castle.
The boys had a brief exchange with a professor, exchanging words that Raine couldn't make out.
"Now Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley," said the professor.
The images stopped, and Raine was pulled back into reality.
"Was-was- that my Dad?" she asked Percy, who was now standing behind her.
"It sure was."
"Was that a memory?"
"Yes, it was your father's memory."
"How'd you get my dad's memory?" Raine asked.
"That thing," he said, pointing to the stone basin, is called a pensieve. You can put memories in there."
"Oh, who was the red head boy?"
"Your Uncle Ron."
"I see," Raine said thoughtfully. "Was that my dad's pencil?"
"Pencil?" asked Percy with a laugh. "I think you mean pensieve."
"Yeah."
"Yes, that was your father's pensieve. He left it in Ron's possession; Ron let me keep it in my office, seeing as he had no space for it in his office."
Raine nodded, as though she understood, and Percy let the subject drop.
"We'll be holding Ginny's funeral next Wednesday," he told Raine.
"Okay," Raine nodded her head, tears streaming down her face once again. "I don't want to see my Momma buried!" she wailed.
"Well it has t happen," Percy said, choking a bit on his words. He wiped his hands on his brown robes. "Is it alright if you spend the night at Fred and Angelina's?" he asked.
"Yeah."
Percy smiled, his mouth quivered though, he obviously wasn't in the mood for smiling.
"Let's go then," he said as he sighed. "Here's a port key," he held up an old, folded piece of paper. "One, two, three, go!" he cried as Raine placed her hands atop the piece of paper.
A/N
As you can see, it still hasn't really hit Raine that her mother has… well… died.
Also, I understand that not everyone likes the story. So, if you hate it, and have nothing nice to say about it… please don't leave a review. Keep that to your self, even though I respect your opinion.
Roxy Black: Thanks for being my first reviewer! By the way, I love your story, Hear My Voice: Ginny Weasley's Journal.
JeanMarie: Thanks for the criticism… most of the things you've mentioned are addressed later on in the story… I have about 20 more chapters written.
Hermione2be: Yes… I do need a bit of work with the visual description. Keep in mind, I wrote this story last summer…the later chapters are newer. Hopefully I've improved.
Thanks to Maraudersprincess, Mila The Queen, Moony391, Twilight-princess-05, Rumplemina, Lady Gallatea Ravenclaw, Nikki Evans, HPfan55, and Samantha Brookes. Love you all!
