For Nat the following week at the Weasley's was great. She had a lot of fun playing Quidditch , pranking , games, Jokes , eating , and so much more. She was sad that the week had gone by so fast. But she couldn't wait to see Remus again.
On the last day of her stay Molly had made her favourite breakfast blueberry waffles and chocolate avocado shake. Typical Molly style.
After having breakfast she walked over to wash the dishes when she heard a tapping on their window . It was the owl post , but instead of Errol the family Weasley owl it was a small barn owl carrying the letters. Fred and George rushed to the bird eager to check them and took the letter from its leg. Apparently the bird was sent to deliver not just one but three letters. Curious, she walked over to them and saw that had huge grins plastered on their face. Before she could even ask they thrust a letter into her hands.
Looking at the letter in her hands she saw it was addressed to her.
Miss Natalie Lily Potter
First floor landing
The burrow.
Her heart was pounding with excitement as she read the address.
The envelope was thick and heavy, made of yellowish parchment, and the address was written in emerald-green ink. There was no stamp. Turning the envelope over, her hand trembling, Nat saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake surrounding a large letter H. "
She knew what it was and she's been dying to receive this and now that she held the letter in her hands, her mind was fuzzy with excitement . She looked at the twins with a very huge smile on her face and twinkling eyes and she squealed in happiness and turning around with her arms in in the air screaming "I GOT IT!".
She got her Hogwarts Letter!
She was over the moon as she ran forward to hug the twins tight. They was absolutely delighted and together they starting jumping as they yelled "WE ARE GOING TO HOGWARTS!".
Nat couldn't be more than excited as she was now. Seeing that letter in her hands made her giddy as she dreamt of the splendid castle she was going to live in for the next seven years of her life.
They looked at the rest of the Weasley's for their reactions , Molly gave a squeal of delight .
"My children are going to Hogwarts!" she said as she ran to hug the three of them.
Nat felt her heart warm up on that comment . Hearing Molly address as her as her own child always makes her flutter .
"Go on! Open them!" Percy told them grinning .
She pulled out her letter and read
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster : Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin , First Class, Grand sorc., Chef Warlock , Supreme Mugwump International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Miss Natalie Lily Potter,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipments.
Term starts on September 1st. We await your owl no later than July 31st.
Yours sincerely
Minevra McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress.
The three of them let out another squeal of happiness and soon they were pulled into a series of hugs from the rest of their family members.
She couldn't believe it she was going to Hogwarts soon! She couldn't wait to share it with Remus!
Soon she had packed everything up , carefully placing her Hogwarts letter in her bag and got ready to leave. She had a glow to her face as she couldn't stop smiling but her smile dropped as soon as she saw Ginny sitting in the bed, she had become so quiet and solemn. "What's the matter Gin?" she asked her gently.
"You're leaving." she replied as if it answered everything.
"I know. But i'll be back soon"
"No. After that. You , Fred and George will be at Hogwarts. I wont see you until Christmas. And I'm stuck with Ron" She finished looking very dull.
Ginny was always lively and active. Seeing her like this made Nat feel stupid for not remembering that she won't be seeing Ginny and Ron very frequently.
Nat took a deep breath and sat beside Ginny and took her hand and held it. "Gin. I will write obviously. It's not like vanishing into thin air. And like you said we'll see each other again at Christmas and Easter. So its not a big deal. Ok?." Was she reassuring Ginny or Herself?
" Just because I'm going to Hogwarts doesn't mean I'll forget about you Silly." She told the eight year old redhead. Ginny didn't look very convinced but she didn't know what else to tell her.
Only then did she feel her gut wrenching as she will miss being around her sister once she's off to Hogwarts. It won't be for another three years until Ginny joins her at Hogwarts. Truth be told - she's going to miss them.
But she couldn't be completely down either considering the fact she was still going to Hogwarts to learn magic! She was excited and sad at the same time if that makes sense.
So shaking away her feelings she grabbed her bag and went down to give everyone a goodbye and head home.
Grabbing a hand full of Floo Powder, she stepped into the fireplace and yelled "DREWMOORE COTTAGE" and in a blink of an eye she landed at her place.
She didn't expect two things.
One, Remus was still home. He is usually job hunting or working most of the time. So seeing him in the living room was odd.
Second, She did not expect guests.
Like that was totally out of the blue. Not once in eight years has Remus brought anyone in except for Grandpa Lyall and sometimes Arthur.
She's never met any of his collegues nor his friends (which Nat suspects he doesn't have), but here they were - a family of four. A couple who was in their late 30's and two girls, one was about Bill's or Charlie's age and the other was her's.
"Nat! Just in time. I want you to meet the Tonk's" Remus told her gesturing her to come forward.
"Ted. This is my god-daughter Natalie" He introduced her to the man who was sitting in the living room with them. She looked at each of them.
"Nice to meet you all" she told them politely.
The man whom Remus addressed as Ted looked at her in shock and exclaimed "Merlin's beard! She looks like the ghost of Lily Potter herself!"
She just stood there awkwardly with a sheepish smile before fumbling " I am Lily Potter's daughter ... actually." wondering if they heard what she said.
Apparently they hadn't
"I'm sorry what was that dear?" the man's wife asked her softly. She was in her mid 30's as well with dark luscious locks and kind grey eyes which for some weird reason looked very familiar.
Clearing her throat she clearly told them " I am Lily Potter's daughter Mrs. Tonks."
And their reactions were as expected. The truth be told, the wizarding world didn't actually know that she'd survived the explosion. For some reason Dumbledore thought it would be best if everyone got to know once she's at Hogwarts, which makes no sense but nonetheless.
"Merlin's Beard!" the man exclaimed looking at her and then exchanging looks with his wife. Smiling shyly at their reactions she looked at Remus for his reaction.
"Ted" Remus addressed the man
"I know this is a lot to take in. You see , James's and Lily's daughter had survived that explosion. Dumbledore thought it would be better if the world didn't know until she turns 11." He explained.
Andromeda then proceeded looked at her youngest daughter and looked back at Natalie. She then exchanged glances with her husband. Again.
'What is going on?' Nat thought.
But completely oblivious to the exchange of looks between the adults were the two girls as one of them walked upto her with a sweet smile and held her hand
"Hi I'm Catherine Tonks" she introduced herself.
Catherine was a thin and beautiful girl with a bit tan skin , purple wavy hair and beautiful blue eyes.
Her smile was so warm and for some reason very familiar. And purple hair? Must be metamorphmagus. But nonetheless Natalie gave her big smile and held hand forward to shake and introduced her self.
"Hi Catherine. Like papa... er ...I mean Remus said , my name is Natalie Potter."
As soon as their hands touched, a weird sensation came over Nat. It wasn't the usual prickle on her neck or severe headache. It felt more like a spark was sent through her body. As if someone just switched on a switch in her head. She felt warm sparks that sent shivers through her body and soon the view of her cottage disappeared and she was seeing flashes of images in front of her.
Two toddler girls hugging each other - A mother and daughter with flower crowns - a father and daughter sleeping followed by two ladies in their early 20's with two girls in their arms laughing and so on.
It ended with a voices in their heads "Both of you promise me you'll watch out for each other and protect Harry.
She froze.
That voice.
She knew that voice, she knew it all too well. It sent a chill in her spine everytime she heard the same voice scream in her dreams.
She knew who's voice it was.
It was her mother's.
Her mind was blank as she stood there motionless for a few seconds.
Closing her eyes she took a deep breath and opened them again to look at Catherine staright in the eyes
"Did you see that?" Nat asked Catherine in a soft whisper.
"I did. Did you see those ... pictures?" Catherine asked her thinking of the right word.
Nat gave a small nod.
"What was mom's voice in their heads?" she though to herself.
Suddenly she a voice yell inside her head 'WHAT THE! WHO WAS THAT!'
Startled by the volume, she gave a sudden jerk and a hiss.
"Alright Nat?" asked Remus.
"Yeah.. just.." Nat begin to explain, but words failed her as she looked at Catherine with a shocked expression only to see that Catherine was looking at her back with the same expression. She then looked at Remus and simply said " Nothing. I'm good".
Keeping aside what just happened Nat turned towards the older girl and introduced herself , the girl introduced herself as Nymphadora Tonks.
Looking at the sisters Nat knew they were metamorphmagus because its not possible them to have natural Bubblegum pink and purple hair. "Cool hair!" she told them with a huge grin. "Oh! My natural hair is actually black" Catherine told her.
What she did not expect was for Catherine to actually show her. As soon as she changed back to original her appearance she heard a sharp intake of breath.
"Sophia!" she heard Remus whisper softly.
"What?"
"Nothing" Remus replied looking at her in a 'I don't want to talk about it look'.
Why is everyone acting so weird. All she wanted was to celebrate her acceptance to hogwarts. Seems like Merlin had other plans for the day.
Nat faced Catherine again and opened her mouth to speak when she felt a prickle in her neck and a tingling sensation in her head.
'Oh no! Not now. Why?' she thought to herself and the suddenly the surroundings began to dissolve.
Nat sat frozen as her eyes turned misty.
She was having a vision.
"Puppy" she heard a soft voice and she saw a really pretty woman with pale skin and black hair and warm brown orbs chasing a small girl about two to three year old around a field unknown. The girls laughter was filling the air. The little girl was suddenly lifted into the air by a very handsome man in his early 20's . He had jet black hair like the beautiful woman and sparkling grey eyes like Andromeda's.
'That weird' Nat thought to herself.
The girl's laughter made Nat turn her attention to the toddler. She seemed about two years old her black locks brushed into two pony's and sparkling grey eyes full of energy. From the looks of it the girl loved her father doing that. The pair was soon joined by the woman. The man bent a bit and gave her a small peck. The small family was so happy.
Nat couldn't help but smile at the sight. The moment was perfect and soon she felt her eyes tear up. She was so happy for them
"Okay you naughty girl. Don't you want some of Auntie Lily's cupcakes?" the woman asked her daughter knowing that little girl loved Lily's cupcakes. Everyone loved them.
"CUPCAKES!" The small girl screamed into the air. The couple laughed at their daughter's bubbliness, something she shared with her mother. With that family of three left back to the house that Natalie had not noticed. Inside the house the woman put the girls shoes and together they dissaperrated.
The scene dissolved and in front of her was a another scene. She saw the woman hugging a red haired woman and a man with jet black hair and glasses.
'Wait a minute. Those figures looked like ... it couldn't be...' She was seeing her parents in front of her looking exactly like she'd remembered.
'How's this possible?" she asked herself.
She never knew this memory even existed. She never saw HER memories only OTHERS. At least that's what she thought.
Her thoughts were broken when she heard the giggles of two girls. One was the same girl whom she had seen previously and the other was the miniature version of her mother. A small ginger girl with a big smile. NO WAY! THAT WAS NOT HAPPENING! she thought.
She couldn't believe her eyes. She was her younger self hugging that toddler .
The scene began dissolving again and the view of her home was becoming clear. She knew she'd been standing still for a few seconds staring into nothing because that's what usually happens when she gets this 'Visions'. Its been happening for quite sometime now and couldn't explain why she got these jitters and visions.
"Nat? What did you see?" Remus asked her warily, but Nat couldn't think straight. She did not have any explanation to what she just saw, But she swore those people looked familiar.
"I ... I ... I saw ... " she stammered trying to make words form in her mouth but nothing came out.
Clearly she was still in shock
"Nat." she heard Remus's soft voice as she met his warm brown eyes.
"I ... sorry... I saw my memory. A memory I didn't even know existed." she answered him clearly this time.
"Your memory?" Remus asked to which Nat nodded.
That's right. She could see other people's memories. That's what happened a few seconds ago. For some unknown reason she see's stuffs that she's sure isn't't her's. But like she'd just said, she see's other people's memories. Never has she seen her memory while she was awake, which is why she is so confused.
The people in the living room looked at her like she popped two heads, the only one who looked okay was Remus which should be natural.
"Can some explain what is happening? What do you mean by seeing memories Natalie?" Nymphadora asked her.
A series of thoughts were running through her head like ' Why was she seeing her own memories? And why can she hear voices inside her head?'
Remus , Ted and Andromeda were just sitting there contemplating their thought, trying to sum up the situation.
" Can someone please explain why this is happening" Catherine and Natalie said together which was ... * cough cough *... weird because it was a complete sentence. Now they just giving each other 'Are you serious.' looks.
"Nat can you please explain what you saw?" Remus asked her.
Unsure of the looks she was getting she narrated what she saw after a few minutes of hesitation. Remus was just getting more and more nervous as the story continued "And then it ended" Nat finished her story. "So you saw yourself hugging a girl and just.. dissolved?" Remus asked her again. Nat gave a small nod in return wondering why he's freaking out.
Suddenly she heard a voice inside her head . Again.- "Why does it sound familiar?"
What's even more creepy was that the voice sounded exactly like Catherine's. Surprised, Nat turned towards the girl with her eyes wide and asked "What did you just say?"
"I didn't say anything" Catherine replied, looking at her like she's crazy.
But she's not. She swore she heard the girls voice inside her head. 'What is happening to me' she freaked. Was she hallucinating? Was she concussed? But she didn't hit her head anywhere?
"No you did. I heard your voi.." Her voice trailed at the end of that sentence and just looked at Catherine and thought 'Can you hear my thoughts?'
'HOLY MERLIN!' a voice screamed into her head as a reply. Nat gave out a small hiss again and told Catherine normally "You didn't have to shout. I'll probably die of headache if it happens".
Catherine just gave her small shrug and a mischievous grin.
'Oho! Your on girl! CAN YOU HEAR ME CAT!' Nat gave Catherine the message with a playful smirk. This time it was Catherine's turn to hiss as she said" Yes I heard that loud and clear Thank you very much. But yeah I get what you meant! Merlin that hurt!"
Listening to the conversation between the girls the adults gave them a questing glance.
The only one who didn't understand literally ANY of this was Nymphadora who felt she was obviously missing something. "What in the world are you even talking about Cat?" Dora asked her sister.
'Should we tell them?' Nat heard Cat say to hear to which she replied 'They are bound to find out anyways.'.
Nodding at each other Cat bluntly told them "Okay we can sort of hear each other's thoughts".
Their reaction was hilarious had it not been so weird because they all were like gaping fishes as if they had seen Nat and Cat sprouted horns.
"You can do what now?" Nymph... Dora asked her sister.
"Hear Natalie's voice.. " she told her sister grinning mischievously "Inside my head" .
"What in the world sis? What's next, you can heal people?" Dora asked her sister jokingly. Chuckling at her comment, Nat thought to herself 'I wish I had answers to what's happening.'
"So what else can you do Cat? Can I call you Cat? It's easier" Nat asked, jumping out of her train of thoughts.
"Well sure. Everyone calls me that. And to answer your first question I can change my appearance at will and I think I can control the elements. I mean that's just when I'm really angry my hair turns Red and someone gets drenched on water or something catches fire." Cat replied. Nat was shocked when she heard that because she never met someone who can control the elements. She thought that was a cool power to have. "Woah! Remind me to never piss you off" she told the girl who just laughed in response.
"Okay. Let me get this straight. You both can 'hear' each other's thoughts and Natalie can see people's memories and you Cat can control the elements?" Ted Tonks asked them.
"Yeah" they answered together.
Andromeda knew what her husband was thinking, she knew that the signs were clear but she was too scared to admit it to herself. She didn't want to believe it just yet so she told her husband "But Ted that's impossible!"
"I don't know Andromeda. But it all matches. Obviously they haven't found the rest of their powers. But there is still time" Remus told her. He knew what Andromeda felt, he felt it too but the signs were too obvious, and he knew he had to face it because it was the truth.
"The rest of our powers? How many more are there?" Nat asked them looking bewildered.
Nat wasn't sure she wanted more powers because using them consumes a lot of energy, All she wanted was a normal life but who was she kidding, she was Natalie Potter - life was never normal.
"Natalie's right? What powers? What are you guys even talking about?" Cat asked her parents and Remus.
"Nothing Catherine. Natalie why don't you take Nymphadora and Catherine upstairs." Remus told her. She understood what that meant. 'Adults wanted to talk'.
"Sure Papa. Come on guys". With that the three girls went upstairs.
What were the adults upto?
