Harry Potter and his seventh year

Chapter Two: Mandy and Mione

IN THIS CHAPTER WE MEET AMANDA LOUISA FIGG, ALSO KNOWN AS MANDY, DUDLEY'S GIRLFRIEND. YES SHE IS A RELATIVE OF MRS. FIGG, HARRY'S BELOVED SQUIB NEIGHBOR WHO LOVES CATS. SHE IS HER NIECE AND ALSO A SQUIB.

Harry woke up a couple of hours later, just before 10 pm, and was a bit hungry. He got up and went down to the kitchen to get himself something to eat. He walked into the kitchen, where his Aunt and Uncle were sitting there talking over tea. "Oh I'm sorry Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, am I disturbing something?" He turned to leave the room, when he was stopped by his Uncle.

"No Harry, come on in, we were talking about you anyway. Did you sleep well?" Uncle Vernon was wondering and worried about his Nephew. He was still in his Elven form right now, and Harry also noticed that Aunt Marge, wait his mother and father were down there also. He ran into his mom's arms hugging her and crying for he hadn't seen them in so long.

He understood why he couldn't be with them over the years, but he still didn't have to like it. "I have missed you two so much, I love you both. Yes I did have a good nap, but I am hungry now. Is there anything left from dinner?" He looked at his Aunt with a question in his eyes. He was holding onto his mum and dad like he was going to lose them again. He didn't want to do that, and he was to worried to think that they were there for good now.

His Aunt Petunia got him a plate of the leftovers and a glass of milk. "Here you go Harry, go ahead and eat up in here while we talk with you. We have a few things that we want to talk to you about anyway. You see, we have a few things for you for your birthday, and we wanted to give them to you tonight, because you were leaving in the morning." She got a box out of the corner of the kitchen that they had hiding there for him. "This is from all of us, and hope that you like it." She was also worrying her lower lip while Harry ate his dinner, and opened the package.

Harry's mouth fell open when he finally got the package open and saw what was in it. "Wow, thank you Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, mum and dad, I don't know what else to say. Thank you, it's great." He started pulling out a few things from the box, everything from a key chain, to a picture of a house on what looked like a big field. There was also a deed to the said house saying that it sat on 400 acres in the English countryside, and the registration to a new car.

"Happy birthday Harry, that house is yours for your 17th birthday, along with the car and a couple of others in the garage. It is on the border of our house in Godric Hollow, and it's just a few of the acres that we own. We had it built for you over the last year while you were at school. I think you will like it, you can take and decorate it as you want, it's undecorated at this time. We figure that you and Hermione might want to do something about it. Yes we know your feelings for her, and we also have a feeling that she has the same feelings for you, so you better tell her about it tomorrow." Lilly hugged her son as she told him about it all, and hoped that he was going to be happy and tell Hermione about his feelings.

Harry hugged them all again, and let out a big yawn. "Are you two going to be here in the morning when I wake up, or are you going home?" He asked his parents who were sipping tea as they talked with his Aunt and Uncle.

"We will be here in the morning, we want to meet Hermione." Lilly told him with a smile, and another hug. "Now off to bed young man, you have a long day ahead of you tomorrow." She patted him on the back, and hugged him before sending him off to bed. James hugged him also, and smiled at him. He also whispered into his ear something that he was glad to hear. 'Sirius is still alive, and will be around in the morning to see you off." He smiled and chuckled at the look on Harry's face. "Everything will be explained over the next couple of days, don't worry."

Harry was flabbergasted to say the least, but nodded. "Good night Mum, Dad, Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon." He smiled to himself and walked up to his room, thinking that his life has just gotten better, and he was going to be happy. He also knew that he was going to have to talk to Mione about his feelings, and the feelings that she probably had for him. When he got to his room, he looked over at Hedwig and smiled. "Looks like we won't be going to headquarters girl, I have my own place now in Godrics Hollow, next to my parents place. Yep they are alive and well, and so is Sirius. Can you believe it girl, their alive, and sitting down in the kitchen right now. My life is so weird right now, but I'm happy. I'm going to see Mione tomorrow, and tell her how I feel. Yes I know, finally, your thinking. Well I had something more important to think of over the last few years rather than love." He petted her on her feathery head and then got ready for bed.

Harry slept the best that he had ever had in quite a few years that night. He had great dreams about love and his future with Hermione. He saw them with 3 children, 2 girls and a older boy. He also saw Ron and Luna together, and the weirdest one that he saw was Ginny with Draco Malfoy. He wasn't sure whether or not that they were going to be an item, but he had begun to trust Draco during the last year, when he turned his back on his father, and came over to the light side and helped them fight Voldemort and his minions. He was going to be happy for Ginny, no matter what was going to happen. He just hoped that he didn't hurt her, and if he did, he was going to pay for it, not only from Harry, but also from her 6 older brothers.

He woke up around 6 am that morning, and went to take a shower. He smiled as he felt the hot water splashing down on his skin, and got himself all clean. He went back to his room to make sure that all his stuff was packed up, and get dressed. He dressed in a pair of jeans, and a polo shirt, along with a pair of running shoes. He had gotten a new wardrobe at the beginning of the summer and was happy with it. He went about the rest of his morning after getting himself packed, going down for a birthday breakfast, and to see his parents and Sirius along with his Aunt, Uncle and Cousin down there waiting for him. "Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a good nights sleep. I sure did, and had some interesting dreams." He sat down, and served himself up from the dishes of food that were set out for the morning. Ever since he didn't have to cook anymore, his Aunt was taking to it again like a fish to water.

"Good morning Harry, good to see that your up early today. Happy Birthday by the way. So you excited about today?" Sirius said with a smile. He hadn't seen his godson since the end of his fifth year, and he was glad to see him good and well. He was also happy to see James and Lily still alive and well. He was a little peeved that he had to spend almost 11 years in Azkaban for their supposed deaths, but it wasn't with them that he was mad, it was with Fudge and the others that put him there without proof.

"Sirius, it is true then that your alive again." Harry was happy to have him back, and in his life. He hugged him hard around the middle, not wanting to let him go again. "I'm so sorry that I got you killed the first time, it was all my fault." He was babbling now, even tho he knew that it wasn't his fault, and had gotten over that half way through his sixth year. Seeing him back, brought back those hard times. He wasn't going to cry in front of everyone, so he held back the tears of joy til later.

Sirius was about to say something when the reunion was interrupted by the doorbell. Harry got up to answer the door. "That must be Mione, do you all care if I invite her in for breakfast?" He looked at his family with wonder and question.

"Go ahead Harry, she should know about who's back now also." His Uncle Vernon was smiles at this, and changed back into his human form for until they could tell her about it.

Harry excused himself and smiled as he opened up the door and hugged his best female friend in the world. "Good to see you Mione, I'm glad that you could come pick me up. We're going to have someone with us today, actually two people. Dudley asked if he could go with us to Diagon Alley for my birthday, and I said it shouldn't be a problem. Mandy is going to join us also, and don't worry, she knows all about the wizadring world, for she is Mrs. Figgs niece and also a Squib. Come on in and join us for breakfast, we were just sitting down to it when you got here." He smiled at her as he hugged her. He loved the way she felt, and saw the car that she was driving, and smiled. "Is that what we're going to be going in? Good thing that we can do magic outside of school now that we're 17. We can make the trunk bigger for my trunk. Looks like we won't have to worry about the backseat being big enough, Dudlay has lost a lot of weight, and Mandy isn't that big. You got to come in, I got three big surprises for my birthday, along with a couple of cool gifts that will make it so that I won't be going to #12 to live the rest of the summer, I got my own house at Godric Hollow." He led her into the house, nervous about what she might think about the three people that were in the dining room with his Aunt, Uncle and Cousin.

Hermione was reeling at everything that Harry was telling her, and just nodded as he led her into the house. She was floored to see who was sitting in the dining room to say the least. "Aren't those your parents Harry, and SIRIUS." She ran up and hugged the man that was thought long dead.

"Yes those are my parents Mione. Mum, Dad, I want you to meet one of my best friends in the whole wide world, Hermione Jane Granger. Mione, this is my mum and dad, Lily and James Potter." He made the introductions and pulled her chair out for her so that she wouldn't fall down. He then handed her a glass of Orange Juice to drink, and also a cup of tea.

Lily looked at her with a warm smile. "It's so nice to meet you Hermione. You must mean a lot to our son for him to be so protective of you like this. You can call me Lily, and this rogue is my husband James.

James smiled and kissed the back of Hermione's hand. "It is a pleasure to meet you Hermione, and please call me James." He chuckled at her blush and let go of her hand.

Hermione blushed crimson, and then looked at them wondering where they had been, if they had been alive all this time. "So I understand that you three are alive and all, but how? I mean you two, Lily and James were killed, or at least thought to have been killed by the killing curse by Voldemort a little under 16 years ago. And you Sirius, you fell through the Veil at the Department of Mysteries a bit over a year ago. How is it that you three are alive?" She was wondering, and wanted some answers.

"Well for one thing Hermione, James and I never really died on that Holloween night, we were just knocked unconcious. Then a spell was cast on us by Lucius Malfoy that made us forget our past life and to be Vernon's sister, and one of her dogs as a Ani-Magi. You see, Marge Dursley was killed that same day, and we were sent to replace her. The same spell was cast on Vernon and Petunia Dursley to hate Harry. For they had a good idea that he was to be raised by them. As for Sirius, that's his tale to tell." They smiled as they looked at her with wide grins. "The spell was broken when Lucius Malfoy was killed three days ago, and we wanted to tell Harry the truth on his birthday."

Hermione was happy for Harry, and hoped that things would go good for them today. She was happy and was going to tell him her feelings for him sometime today. She had figured that she was in love with him, and was going to finally tell him, now that Voldemort was gone. They were going to do some shopping today, and also have some fun. "So Harry, I got the Head Girl badge before I came over today, how about you, did you get anything special in your school letter today?" She was wondering if he had gotten Head Boy for the year. He would deserve it, even if he hadn't been prefect, he still has done so much for the school over the last 6 years.

"Yes Mione, I actually did get the Head Boys spot, congratulations on getting Head Girl, but then did you expect anything less." He grinned at her as he hugged her close. As they were talking, the phone rang, and Dudley went out to get it. When he came back, he was all smiles, and told them that Mandy was going to meet them at her Aunts house, and that she would come over here instead, but she was going to talk to her aunt for a while and no need to hurry.

Harry nodded and went about his breakfast talking to Mione about their upcoming school year, and what they were going to be doing with their Head duties. Lilly had a few suggestions, as did James. They were both the same position when they were at Hogwart's in their seventh year. Harry looked over at his Uncle and had to laugh and gasp a bit. "Uncle Vernon, your ears are showing." He chuckled at the thought and the look on Mione's face. "Oh I'm so sorry Hermione, I forgot to tell you,. My Uncle is a Prince in the Elven Realms, and has been living here with his wife, who is Human, for the last 20+ years. I just found out last night when he sprang it on me, so please forgive me for not remembering to tell you."

Hermione took this in stride and surprised everyone completely when she looked at Uncle Vernon and bowed a bit. She then greeted him in perfect Elven. "Good morning Prince Vernon, greetings from the Granger family of your home realm." She smiled at him and giggled at the look that they were giving her (Don't shoot me, everyone makes Harry an elf, so I thought that I would change it up some, and make Hermione the elf this time.)

Vernon looked at her and nodded. He spoke to her in Elven again and smiled. "Good morning young Lady Granger. You and your family are always welcome in my home. That includes Harry when you two get together. Yes I can tell how you feel about my nephew, and don't worry about how he will react, he feels the same way about you. He was going to tell you today, so please act like it was a surprise." He hugged her, and smiled at his wife and son. He then went back to English for those who didn't understand Elvish. "This is a great day, I have been reunited with the daughter of one of my oldest friends in the Elven Realm. I didn't know that that was who they were when we met earlier this summer, but now that I do, they are always welcome in our home." He made this clear to everyone.

Harry, Dudley, Petunia and Hermione nodded their agreement, and smiled at Vernon. "So how long do you kids have before you have to meet Mandy?" Vernon asked them, with a smile on his face.

"We''re to meet her in an hour dad. Why do you ask?" Dudley was a bit curious about what he might have up his sleeve for them at this time.

Vernon's eyes twinkled, and smiled at them. "Ah a perfect amount of time for me to show you the pride of this house that I haven't shown anyone yet. Remember the one place in this house that I have always forbidden even you and Petunia to go Dudley?"

"Yah that was the basement. Was there something that you are hiding from us down there dad?"

"Why yes, it has my most prized possessions down there, that I couldn't show any of you until you were of the age of 17. So now I can show you all. Yes you can come along Hermione, you are going to be part of the family eventually, if I know my nephews intentions right." He smiled and winked at the two teenagers who blushed brightly.

Vernon got up and looked at Harry and Hermione with a raised eyebrow. "I know that you both are old enough to use magic out of school now, would one of you please take care of the breakfast dishes the easy way for us, so that we don't have to waste our precious time to do that when we could be exploring something new. You might like this very much Hermione, there is a few things that I am pretty sure that you will love." He smirked at that and saw the brightness of her eyes, knowing fully well that she would love his extensive library downstairs, especially if she was anything like her parents.

Harry waved his wand and the dishes disappeared, only to reappear clean and put away in the right spots in the kitchen. "All set Uncle Vernon. Shall we go see what your surprise then?" He looked at him with a smile, and wondered what else was going to happen that day to him, a day full of surprises and fun so far.

They all made their way to the one place in the house that they had always been told to leave be, and not to go exploring. Whenever they thought that they would try anyway, they always had found themselves needing to do something else at the time right before they could go down the stairs or even open the door. Harry knew what that was now, but never really put two and two together to understand what had to happen. "I thought that you weren't a magic user Uncle, who did your spell work on the door to the basement?" He looked at him wondering what else that his Uncle was hiding from them.

Uncle Vernon looked at his sheepishly and grinned. "I actually never said that I couldn't do magic Harry, all elves can. I did the work myself, and actually invited to join Hogwart's when I was 11." He kept his mouth shut after that, for if he told them that he actually attended, they would actually know how old he was. He was young for an elf, but old for a human. He went to school with the headmaster himself, but the old man probably wouldn't remember him because of the spells that Voldemort had used. Actually he probably did remember him now, so he might have to look up his old friend once more. "Just do me a favor, and tell Albus I said hi." He grinned at the look that Harry and Hermione along with his family was giving him. "What, you don't think that I'm as old as you think do you. I'm actually quite old by human standards, I may look in my 40's, but I'm actually over 150 years old in Elven terms." He smiled at them and chuckled at that. "I went to school at Hogwart's with Albus Dumbledore."

"Yes he did, good to see you again old friend. I'm glad that things have worked out to allow you to let your nephew know the truth. I'm sorry I haven't come sooner, but with things going the way they have, I had to do some clean up at the ministry. Don't worry Harry, Fudge is no longer the Minister of Magic, and his Crone Delores Umbridge is no longer there either. Percy has gone and made up with his family, just to let you know, he was a secret spy for the Department of Mysteries, and couldn't tell anyone until they were done with their investigations." Albus Dumbledore had just arrived at the Dursley's with a blinding light, and handed Harry a box with his Birthday Present in it. "Happy Birthday Harry. Go ahead and open it, I think that you might find it interesting." He smiled twinkling eyed at him in anticipation at the thought of his reaction to the present. "I know it's not really as much as you have already gotten, including your parents and Sirius back, but it will be nice."

Harry was curious now, and opened the box with enthusiasm. Inside he found a egg. He looked up at the headmaster with questioning looks. "Is this what I think it is? Is it a Phoenix egg?" He hoped that it was, and that he wasn't just dreaming about it. He had always wanted a phoenix of his own, ever since he had met Fawkes. He felt the egg, and found that it was warm, and shaking a bit. "I think that it wants to join us Professor, like it wants to hatch."

Dumbledore looked at the egg and placed a hand on it. "It sure does Harry, so why don't we take and place it on the table, so that we can watch it hatch. Dudley, why don't you call Ms. Figg and invite her over here to meet you guys here, instead of over at her aunts house. She might want to see this, and if you don't you might miss your time of meeting her in an hour." He smiled at Dudley, who went to the phone and called her up immediately.

"Ok, she says that she will be here in a few minutes. This is great Harry, looks like you will be able to have your own phoenix. Now if both my parents are either a wizard or a squib, why ain't I a wizard?" Dudley was wondering this, and was wanting to be one himself now.

Everyone looked at Professor Dumbledore wondering the same thing now. I mean Petunia Dursley was from a very magical family, in which she was the only squib in a long time, and Vernon was an elf. It didn't make much sense for Dudley to be a Squib.

Albus was in thought right then wondering the same thing actually. "May I do a spell on you Dudley? Of course it would have to be with your parents permission, it will be just to see if there was a spell cast on you to block your magical ability. He then pulled his wand out when they all nodded, and cast a complicated spell on Dudley and shook his head. "I'm sorry Dudley, you were supposed to get a letter to go to Hogwart's at the same time as Harry did, but you and if I don't miss my guess, your mother had a spell cast on you when you were both babies, by the same person by the way, that blocked your magic." He cast the same spell on Petunia also and got the same results. "I can pull the stopper on the spell on both of you if you would like, and Dudley can go to Hogwart's as a Seventh year this year, that is if Harry can get him caught up enough to be able to be a Seventh year, if not he would have to be a fourth year, and try to catch up to them, so that he can take and take his OWLS next year. Do you want to do that Dudley? Do you and Miss Granger think you can teach him Harry?"

Dudley and Petunia nodded enthusiasticly wanting to have the spell cast on him. Harry and Hermione nodded that they could teach him in time for the new year. "It will be difficult, but if he's willing to spend five to six hours a day in studying and learning, we should be able to do it this summer. I would ask that he comes with me when I move out tho, so that we can have a hands on approach to it. What do you think Dudley?" Harry and Hermione were thinking about this hard, and hoping that his parents and Sirius would help them also.

James Lily and Sirius nodded that they would help out in the teaching and training also. "We would love to, your family as it is, so you don't need to ask Dudley, it's a given." Lily smiled at her Nephew and played with his hair some.

James thought a second and got a grin. "Yah, you can be part of the Marauders tradition also while your learning. I wanted to teach Harry and Hermione to become Ani-Magi, so you can join in in that also."

Sirius clapped James on the back and nodded. "Most definitely, we will have to have a big party with Ani-Magi and all." Sirius grinned widened when he whispered something into James ear and they both grinned wide at that. Most definitely something to do this summer."

OK, I KNOW I SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE MANDY IN THIS CHAPTER, BUT IT WAS GETTING TO LONG. WE WILL HAVE MANDY AND THE BASEMENT IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.