A/N: Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.
A/N: To Kenka, To give you a little space to recover, there will be no cliff-hanger this time. I hope you will like me again. And to also make it up to you this chapter will be extra long. Please forgive me sniff, sniff.
(BSC 2 C7) C37, A world without love.
From the moment David pushed everybody outside. And Harry was left alone in the care of Minerva and Isabella.
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David had removed everybody from the chamber and had closed the door behind him as he left.
Minerva was standing behind Isabella and didn't know what to do. Slowly she let herself sink down to the floor and sat behind Harry with one of her legs on each side.
Harry was still sitting with his trembling hands in the hands of Isabella. His eyes were dull and were looking at nothing at all. That was the sign that Harry had pulled himself back into his own little world.
They had to find a way to get Harry back to the living. But that was something that was easier said than done.
Lily sat in the corner of their painting and was crouched down to be at eye level with Harry. Lily did not know what she could do to help her son. She had just been reunited with her son, and was about to lose all over again. All thanks to Albus bloody Dumbledore. Because no matter how they twist, turn or bend the story. Albus had started the thinks that had caused all off this misery.
Isabella tried to ask Harry everything about everything she could think of, she hoped that it would work on getting him out of his own world, unfortunately there was no response at all, not even a twist of his eye.
It was thirty minutes later when Lily took her turn and gave Isabella some rest.
As long as she felt him, and she felt that he was frightened then it was a good sign. It was also how Isabella knew that he heard everything that was said to him. Now it was the intention that you told the right thing. And just that one thing would make Harry look up or focus his eyes for just a second.
But in the half an hour that Lily was talking to him there had been no such thing.
Now it was the turn of James to try and get through the outer shell of Harry. He told Harry everything he could remember, about his time at school and about Sirius. About the jokes they'd played on the students and professors. And the times they had escaped from the professors.
But James did not get a response either.
Harry just pulled himself farther away in his own world.
Now it was Minerva's turn to get Harry out of it. She talked about how happy she was when she learned that she was his grandmother and how much she loved him. She told him how she always came to Lily when he was a baby, and how Lily made her sit down with him on her lap. Now she also understood why Lily wanted her to be with Harry.
The time went on but none of them managed to get a response out of Harry.
From out of nowhere "We're losing him Minerva. I will lose my grip if he continues to go further back then he is now" yelled Isabella.
They were trying to get through to Harry but after two hours they were no closer than when they started.
Harry pulled himself further back in his own world. He did not want to come out he was save there and he knew it. Gilderoy Lockhart had really ruined it for him.
Isabella looked up at Lily who sat with tears in her eyes. "Lily please tell me, when was Harry the happiest, what would make him smile or giggle" Isabella asked.
Lily got up and began pacing throughout her painting. She had to know what it was, but she could not think of it, when had Harry been the happiest. He was just over one year old. Lily came back to sit at the in the corner of her painting. "I do not know Isabella he was so small. I only know that he always smiles when Onecol came by."
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* In the room next to the one that Harry was in, sat all his friends and extended family.
Astoria and Daphne were sitting with their father and Neville was sitting with his grandmother.
Susan was sitting next to Bella who was sitting on the lap of Arabella.
"Bella dear" Arabella asked.
Bella nodded.
"What was it that you and Harry were asking that little Weasley girl".
Bella looked at her mother and had to think hard. "Well do you remember when Ginny came to Hogwarts last year" Bella asked.
Arabella looked at her and nodded, she had heard the story from Minerva and had also seen the memory, it was also at that time that Harry had admitted that he had been abused. It had taken her the rest of that evening to comfort a distraught Minerva.
'Well Harry and I figured that she was abused and manipulated by her mother in some way. And today Harry and I just went over to her to say hi. And she immediately became quiet en was making glances at her mother. I don't know how but it's just like Harry and me can feel when someone is abused as a child, we also think that Professor Snape was abused, and if he was not than he is the biggest bully in school" Bella said.
It was at this time that Amelia came in to the room.
Susan was the first to see her aunt and ran towards her en hugged her as if her life depended on it.
Amelia sat down and was looking at the others. "Is everything ok here and how is Harry" she asks no one in particular.
"Everything is still the same. Minerva and Isabella are doing everything that they can. It's just like seeing a beaten puppy that is afraid of his own shadow.
Amelia didn't say anything and was just looking at the door that Augusta was also looking at.
"Amelia what happened whit Lockhart" Augusta ask pointedly at her.
Amelia sighed. "There were a lot of hysterical witches who were blaming that boy for attacking Lockhart. I think nobody saw that, that boy was none other than Harry, so we put a stop at the book signing and took Lockhart to the ministry, there we question him and he told us that he just wanted a picture with Harry Potter. He had no idea what he had done. I then warn him that he could not do such a thing and that he ever does something like that again that I will lock him up for child abuse. After that I had to let him go".
It was then that the children wanted to protest but Amelia held up her hand. "If I had arrested him I would have had to tell everything about Harry. That was something I could not do.
Lockhart doesn't know what Harry's life before Hogwarts was like, therefore I cannot arrest him. I would have loved to do it but there was no reason for" Amelia told everyone with a sad voice.
Bella looked at her friends and they all went over to Amelia and hugged her. "I'm sorry Amelia you did okay, I just wish there was more that you could have done".
"Me to Bella me to" Amelia whispered back.
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Lily got up and began pacing throughout her painting. She had to know what it was, but she could not think of it, when had Harry been the happiest. He was just over one year old. Lily came back to sit at the in the corner of her painting. "I do not know Isabella he was so small. I only know that he always smiles when Onecol came by".
Harry turned his head towards the painting when he heard his mother say something familiar.
"Yes that is it, I feel him" Isabella almost screamed.
Harry turned his head back and retreated back into himself.
"What you just said Lily, that was it" Isabella told lily with hope in her eyes.
"All I said was Onecol" Lily said with some hesitation.
And again Harry turned his head to the painting when he heard that word.
Lily looked at Harry and then at Minerva. "Mom you were Onecol, do you remember that. He was just starting to talk and he always tried to say you name but it always came out as Onecol. You sat hours and hours just singing that song to him and he would smile every time".
Minerva was looking at the ceiling and then she remembered. Immediately she made herself comfortable and took Harry into a small and soft hug.
Isabella grabbed his hands a little tighter and she felt him pulling back.
Slowly Minerva began to sing an old Irish song in her own Scottish way. The song was O Danny boy.
*#*
David just came from behind the door to look around the corner when he heard the song Minerva was singing.
Isabella looked around and smiled at him. "Tell Arabella that she needs to make the potions Poppy always wants her to make. And you can go to Hogwarts and bring Poppy here as fast as you can. I don't know if we will need her but better safe than sorry."
David looked at his wife and asked. "What can I tell the others?"
"Tell them that there is hope, but more than that I cannot say. Harry must first talk more than the two words he had said so far, if he does, then we'll have him back in no time at all."
David nodded and walked back to the others.
Isabella closed her eyes to feel Harry better. Slowly, a smile appeared on her face.
Minerva had her eyes closed, and slowly she could feel Harry more and more. She continued to sing the song and repeated it each time over and over again. She was rocking her grandson of twelve back and forth on her lap. "He's stuck, he cannot come back. I feel that he has lost his way" Minerva suddenly said out loud.
Isabella looked up at her and said that she was right. Harry had lost his way and had found a safe place, at least a safe place that was safe for him. "Why is it that you can feel him now and not an hour ago" was the question of Isabella?
Minerva looked at Isabella but did not know why that was.
"It's the mercy spell. Now it's in full operation and you will never lose him Mom." Lily explained to Isabella and Minerva. Then she went on and explained what she had done for Harry and her mother. And that they would feel each other in a matter of time. She would also feel his pain in a little while and maybe more. And as long as Minerva continues to search for Harry than Harry will never be far away. Not even in his own mind.
The question was just where he was at this point. James went on to explain that they needed a Legilimens, someone who could get into the mind of Harry and can go search for him and get him out of there.
Harry was slowly being rocked back and forth and from out of nowhere he began babbling. Onecol, Onecol. It was not much but it gave hope, he was just saying that word but it sounded like he was telling them a lot.
They had already spent over three hours and it was just now that they had a good feeling that it would be okay.
Harry was only babbling that one word and that was Onecol. They knew he was looking for Minerva. Onecol meant he was calling to her. So the only thing Minerva had to do was keep singing and hope that he could find his way out.
After another hour Isabella came out of the room. There she explained that they had Harry so far that he was responding. But he could not get out of his world. They must have a Legilimens specialist, someone who could get him out of his mind. The only drawback was that the only two who could do it were Dumbledore and Severus. They were the only two she knew who could do Legilimens. But she could not bear the thought that Harry would see one of them for the first time when he came back.
Andromeda heard it and immediately yelled. "Bella you can do it. You have had that gift all your life. I can still remember when you took me into your mind when you were just four years old. It's second nature to you."
When Andromeda told her story it was at that point that the knut had fall with everyone. That was exactly what Bella had done with Harry and Neville in the infirmary at Hogwarts.
Bella stood up and grabbed the hand of Daphne. "You're going to help us. Harry loves us both and we must do it" she said while she dragged Daphne towards the other room.
Isabella came back inside with Bella and Daphne at her side.
Lily looked up with a smile. James, however, was skeptical and was looking at Bella with disgust written all over his face.
Lily, however, already knew. "You are one of nature's Legilimens Bella is it not? That's what I see in all of your memories."
Bella smiled shyly and nodded. "I just don´t know how to do it."
Lily looked at her and laughed a little. "Bella you can do it. I know you can do it, all you have to do is to want it. Think of the love you have for Harry and the good memories you share."
Bella nodded again and sat down on the ground. Harry was put between Bella and Daphne on the ground. Minerva sat behind him and kept singing. Daphne sat across of Bella and grabbed a hand of Harry just like Bella did. With her other hand she grabbed the hand of Bella and waited.
Isabella had also taken the hands of Harry and the ladies in hers and waited op what would happen.
Bella looked straight into the eyes of Harry and asked if she could come inside. She was still speaking when she noticed that she was already inside.
Somehow Harry had recognized her voice and had pulled her inside.
With dull eyes Bella turned her head to Daphne. "Harry I still have someone else sitting here who also wants to speak to you, can she come along".
It took a while but Bella heard his voice above her.
"I don't know where I'm Bella. It's so dark here. And I cannot find the exit. I know that my grandmother is calling me, I can hear her song. But I cannot find her." It was a kind of plea when Harry told it to Bella.
Bella asked again if the other person could get inside.
"If she can help me, it's okay. But do I trust her." It was the fear in his voice that was now predominate.
"Harry you love her just as much as you love me" when Bella had told him that it was good.
*#*
Daphne did not know what had happened but she suddenly stood in the middle of a residential area. Had she just been looking with a little fear into the dull eyes of Bella? Now she stood in the middle of a street looking at the brown eyes of Bella "Where are we Bella" she asked.
Bella looked around and said, "We are at the place where Harry grew up. And he has hidden himself somewhere around here. Now it's up to us to find him. He himself knows that it is dark, but he does not know where he is".
Daphne looked around and saw all the same houses. Everywhere there hung a sign with No. 4 between a door and a window. The street where she walked into was dark and cold. Daphne was a little anxiously and turned to Bella.
Bella, however, was Bella no more.
Daphne got to see the adult Bellatrix walking beside her.
Bellatrix did not realize that Daphne was staring with an amazed expression at her and just gave an answer. "This is the mind palace or the mind chamber of Harry. This is also the whole street for most of his life. If you take a good look around you can see the real street. This is the street as it has always looked through the eyes of Harry. When Lockhart put his hand up in the air, Harry thought that he would be beaten by it. So he went to the only place where he thought he would be safe. And that place was this, it's the world in his mind".
Daphne took a good look around. Everything was gray the grass in front of the houses was a dark green. It seemed to be more dead than alive. The sky was dark and gray like a thunderstorm that would never end. Trees looked like they were dead or dying. Now Daphne looked at the adult Bellatrix. "Who are you if I me ask."
Bellatrix smiled at her question and looked at Daphne. "I am the adult Bellatrix Black. I do not know why, but in the world of the mind I am always the adult version of me. You know me as Bella. When we find Harry I will turn back into the little Bella you know. But until then you will have to do with my adult version".
Daphne looked questionable at Bellatrix. It has been a while now that Daphne asked herself how Bella would be like as an adult. And now she had seen it too. She was very nice and she seemed to really care for Harry. And she could also see that she was really beautiful. It gave her the same feeling in her belly like Harry did.
"We need to look at all the houses. They are the places where Harry will be keeping his memories and in one of those memories he's found his hiding place. It will be one of the few memories that is a really happy one. But we have to find it first" Bellatrix explained to Daphne. "The darker the house the worse the memory, so we need to find a house that is lighter or has more color than the ones we are seeing here".
In the distance they saw a house that was completely in the shadow of one of the darkest cloud they could see. Through the window they saw Harry's uncle. He stood in the middle of the room screaming and waving his belt over his head.
Both of them immediately thought the same thing. In the hallway they saw a whole row of stairs and cupboards. That was a place he would not be. This memory was everything but safe was not one of them.
Daphne nodded determinedly and walked off to the next house. With a sigh, she took her time and looked through the door she had just opened.
Bellatrix stood behind her and watched over her shoulder. "Daphne that used to be our playground, from when we were in preschool and that little girl that's me" Bellatrix pointed to a little girl who was playing happily with Harry.
"This is quite a nice memory when I view it as such" Daphne said.
The face of Bellatrix turned into a scowl and then into hatred. "I'm sorry Daphne but this is not a fun memory. His cousin Dudley had to stay inside for his detention. We thought he would stay inside for the entire break. So Harry and I played together for the first time that year. And for the first time in his life he was able to play tag. Unfortunately, we were wrong and half way through the break Dudley was allowed to go outside. Look at the memory and you will see what happened "Bellatrix said with disgust in her voice.
Little Harry was playing happily with Bella. They ran laughing after each other. There were some children who played along with them and others who just watched.
Daphne could clearly see that Harry was happy. He was scrawny and in very large hand me downs, just like his first day at Hogwarts. But he was happy and care free. This could never be a terrible memory Daphne said to herself.
A door in front of the school opened and a troll of a boy came out of that door.
"That's his cousin Dudley" Bella said while Daphne was watching the memory.
Daphne looked at the boy searchingly. He was the same build as Crabbe or Goyle, one of those friends who always hung around Draco. It was more muscles than brains.
Dudley walked over to a three and saw a branch from about 30 inches lying beneath it. Dudley picked it up and walked over to Harry.
Harry who had too much fun had not seen Dudley walking towards him. Just when Harry saw the look of Horror on the face of Bella he felt the excruciating pain of something hitting his back.
Dudley had already lashed out at him. The branch ended up in the middle of his back.
Harry screamed in pain and looked up at his cousin.
Dudley looked around and screamed at everybody. "I told every one of you that no one was allowed to play with him or to even talk to him." Dudley lifted the branch up in the air again. His face contracted into one of pure hatred and with a hard blow he landed the branch on the back of Harry for a second time. He looked around for one more time and started hitting Harry over and over again.
Everyone was standing around them in a circle and were watching in horror at what Dudley was doing. By doing this they were also blocking the view of the teachers.
Bella was the only one who was screaming and struggling to get to Harry. But she was held back by Dudley's gang.
Bellatrix closed the door of the house. She had seen enough.
Daphne stood transfixed on the ground just watching the door. "Why does Harry have all these memories? Has there never been a day that he was happy" was the whispered question of Daphne.
Bellatrix looked at her with weeping eyes. "I honestly do not know" Bellatrix said with a shiver in her voice.
Daphne watched how Bellatrix dropped down on her knees, her shoulders shaking and tears running down her cheeks. It was then that Bellatrix broke down completely.
Bellatrix sobbed uncontrollably ". I... I can, I can't remember if Harry ever had a good memory. Even when he was with us, he was constantly afraid. Not of us but what would happen to him when he went back to those muggles. Sometimes he told them something what he had done and what he liked, and every time that happened he would get punished for it. It would make any good memory he had into a bad one. At one point we just stopped doing anything with him so that he would have nothing good to tell. And when he had nothing good to tell, there was no reason for him to get punished for anything. Not that it stopped those muggles".
Daphne looked at Bellatrix with horror written all over her face. They did nothing fun so that Harry would not get punished she thought. All Daphne could do was sit next to Bellatrix and comfort her and help her with her grief. After ten minutes, she roughly pulled Bellatrix up and said they had to go on.
They walked further down the street and looked through the window of every house. With each memory Bellatrix told what it meant. If she has not witnessed them herself, she had read about them it in the little red book from Arabella.
At one window they saw something very different compared to the other windows. There was a memory with color. The colors were dull and that meant that the memory was fading away into nothingness.
Together they stood in front of the door and watched the memory. It was a memory that even Bellatrix knew nothing about.
On the threshold of the front door of number 4 privet drive there stood a small basket. In that basket lay a little baby boy.
Bellatrix and Daphne sucked in a breath when they saw the beautiful emerald eyes. Even in his memory those eyes gave them a wonderful feeling. On his forehead was the famous lightning bald scar. It was the scar which would make him the famous wizard they knew today.
From out of nowhere a cat appeared and turned into Minerva. She sat down next to Harry and began to sing the song O Danny Boy. Gently she rocked the basket and baby Harry smiled. "Oh Harry, I wish you were part of my family, than it was me that could take you home. Your mother was like a daughter to me. And your father, well he was different but very special to me." Minerva said with a chuckle. "According to Albus you're safe here and we should trust him. I hope to see you again in ten years. Onecol will wait for you. Be safe Harry and come back to us in one piece" Minerva told baby Harry with a tear running down her cheek.
Now it was Daphne who pulled the door shut. "So Minerva really didn't know, she never really knew that she was his grandmother."
Both ladies had tears flowing freely. "This is the best memory he has, and probably the last for a long time. Too bad that it's fading away into nothingness" Bellatrix said to Daphne. "I remember that he was really happy when he saw Minerva walking into the door when he was with us".
Daphne looked at her puzzled.
Bellatrix smiled and sat down on the curb. With a flick of her hand she indicated that Daphne had to sit next to her. Bellatrix looked up and asked. "Harry, I know you can hear us. We are looking for you, but we want your help. Can you show us something".
Daphne didn't understand Bellatrix, but suddenly she heard Harry's voice from everywhere at ones.
"What is it you want to know Bella, I can see if I can remember it".
Bellatrix sighed and asked. "Show us the memory of Minerva after you had met her at Arabella"?
Harry stood in the corridor and introduced himself. "Hallo miss" Harry said sweetly.
"Hello there, I'm Minerva McGonagall."
"Hi, I'm Harry, Harry Potter."
"You're Harry Potter" Bella Called while she turned deathly pale.
Harry nodded.
"You go upstairs and play" Arabella told them.
The memory turned into Bella's room.
"Bella I know that woman from somewhere. I do not know where but I remember the name Onecol. And when I think of that name I see her, and I always hear her singing this song for me about a boy named Danny. That's the only memory that helps me when I'm locked in the cupboard. I hear her sing and I somehow feel safer.
"That memory was off the first time I had played with Harry and talk to him. I knew Harry for almost one year and this was the first time he came to us," Bellatrix said with fondness in her eyes.
It was the first time that Daphne saw a Bellatrix who was stirred watching a memory. Daphne did not want to disturb her, because she could clearly see that it meant a lot to her.
"Bella it's really dark in here and I can see a small light in the distance behind something made of metal. I think I'm in a closet or something." Came the voice of Harry from a far.
Daphne looked at Bellatrix and Bellatrix looked at Daphne. "Harry is in the house that is standing in the shadow. That house with the hall and all the cupboards under the stairs" was their simultaneous response.
They immediately ran to the house that stood in the shadows and threw open the door. They had seen this house before. There was a long corridor with lots of stairs. Under each stair was a cupboard. Daphne pulled the door from the first cupboard open and saw a pillow and a mattress. There was a thin blanket on the mattress and there were three little green plastic army figures on a shelf.
"Those are the only toys he had. He had taken it because Dudley had left them behind in the garden" Bellatrix told Daphne when she saw the look on her face.
The thought alone turned Daphne to hatred at the muggles. Every memory of Harry which was fun ended badly. There had been nothing cheerful in his life. What she could not understand was that he had fled to this memory and not the one with Minerva. This was the spot he felt safe and there was nothing safe in the memory at all.
*#*
(Many stairway, cupboards and irritations later).
Bellatrix pulled open a cupboard and the first thing she saw were bars. Slowly from out the darkness the face of Harry appeared. There was a grin on his face that immediately melts the hearts of the ladies.
With an Alohomora spell Bellatrix opened the door of the what looks looked a prison. And Harry came running out. Along with Bellatrix and Daphne he ran from the house.
He looked around and then to Daphne. He threw his arms around her neck and kissed her full on the lips.
Daphne went limp in the knees and could hardly stand. She had a dazed look when Harry let her go and seemed to be on cloud nine.
Harry grinned even wider. He turned and looked at the adult Bellatrix. He took her into a hug, and was about to give her a kiss.
However, Bellatrix closed her hand over his mouth and softly pushed him backwards.
Harry looked at her questioningly.
"Harry, I do not know how I got here. Or why I'm always an adult in the world of thoughts and memories. I cannot remember much of myself but It's as if I've already lived my life once before. And it is as if this is a second chance for me.
I know that there are very few good memories that you have for yourself, but there are so many memories that are important to me. The good ones I have are all of you and Arabella. Last year you gave a lot of good memories to Daphne here just like you did for Neville, Susan and Hermione.
My first memory of you is the kiss you gave me in Azkaban. That kiss has changed everything for me. I love you Harry. That kiss has changed my life, and I made me seek out the real you. And when I found you, it gave me a taste of real love. Harry you're very important to us so never forget or doubt that.
Grandma Mini has been singing O Danny Boy for you, for over three hours now. She's doing it to get you back, but most of all because she loves you. Just Like Isabella is been holding your hand for over three hours, while she is sharing your feelings of fear. Your whole family is sitting outside and they are waiting for you. And I think you will be surprised when you see who they all are". It was a whole story that Bellatrix had told to Harry.
Harry looked into her eyes and nodded slightly. "It's hard Bellatrix. I do not know what love is. I want to give love but I do not know how. I want to love but I do not know how."
SWAP! The left hand of Bellatrix landed on the cheek of Harry.
With big eyes, he looked at her and was shocked at the fire he saw in her eyes.
"Harry James Potter. You're the Boy Who Lived. You're the boy that has saved the philosopher stone. You are the boy that took Minerva, Andromeda and tops and made them part of your family just because you could. You let me and Arabella live with you in your castle without ever asking anything for something in return. You're the boy that saved Daphne the heiress of house Greengrass from the house of Slytherin. You did the same with Neville, Hermione and Susan. You show more love than anyone else. And that's why we love you. "Bellatrix almost screamed at him. She did it to get through to him.
She looked him straight in the eyes and grabbed his cheeks with both of her hands. She knew she was going to change into the small Bella but she had to do it. With all the love she had for Harry she kissed him full on the lips.
Harry closed his eyes and let love flow into his own feelings. Its hart felt all the love Bella had for him. He was warm inside and understood it all. He opened his eyes and looked at Bella, his twelve year old Bella.
Harry now understood love in its basic form. Not love from a man to a woman that was something that would come with time. But the love you feel in hugs and kisses or a heartfelt thank you, an a lot more.
Before Minerva knew what had happened, Harry had turned around and kissed her on her cheek. To immediately take her in one of the sweetest hugs he could. "I love you grandma Onecol". He said while he was crying harder than he had ever cried before. His body shook with the hiccups and small breaths that he took between his sobs. It took some time before he had himself back under control.
Now he turned back to Bella and Daphne and took them both into a hug. He quickly kissed them on the lips and told them how much he loved them. Now he looked at Isabella and flew her around the neck.
She cried tears of happiness. She felt only love and happiness flowing from Harry, and it was almost too much for her.
"Thank you for everything" he whispered in her ear, and kissed her affectionately on the cheek.
Through all the turmoil they were making in the room. It made the rest of his extended family to wander what was happening and to come into the room.
Everyone saw Harry who was standing in the middle of the room.
Hermione was the first one to fly around Harry's neck. Susan and Neville followed just after less than a second.
Harry told everyone that he loved them. The adult Bellatrix had shown him the love that he gave to all. And now he knew it too.
David gestured Harry that he should come to him for a moment.
In the living room next to the parlour there was still a little girl that was crying.
Astoria was still sitting there. She was the only one who did not go inside to see Harry.
Harry stood with Bella and Daphne behind him in the middle of the doorway. "Day Astoria I'm back" Harry said softly.
Astoria got up and ran to Harry. With both hands and arms swinging she hit them over and over on the chest of Harry. Sobbing and crying, she shouted at Harry. "You jerk, how could you, never do that again do you hear me? Do you know how worried we were" The tears stream fast and furious over her little cheeks.
Slowly her movements became less and less.
Harry put his arms around her and pulled her into a hug.
"Please never do that again, Harry. We were so worried about you. And I want to tease my sister a lot longer with you. I love you, just so you know I really love you" Astoria whispered softly but loud enough so that only Harry, Daphne and Bella could hear her.
"And I love you too Astoria. And I will try to be as crazy as you."
This resulted in three blows on his back. Namely from the three ladies that were now standing behind him "YOU JERK" they all shouted together.
Although Harry did not tell it, the words from Astoria had been the most important words he had heard that day.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter and see you in two weeks, greetings Winmau.