Hey everyone,
So, as I'm sure some if not all of you've noticed already, I changed the title and summary of this story. I did love the original title, but it just didn't feel right anymore and I felt that the bonds that were before the MMB was cast, how the MMB affected the bonds and the bonds that get created after the MMB got cast.
At first I did want to call it the Magical Mind Block, but while the MMB definitely has a role to play in this whole story, is it NOT the core of this story and I wanted to keep the Words & Word thing that made this story's title stand out from all my other work and I personally think that Family and Friends rolls of the tongue nicely.
Hope you agree,

Venquine1990


Chapter 27
The Gang – Part 02

3rd of November 1993
Gryffindor Common Room
John Lupin's POV

"I am so glad that little bastard didn't separate you when he kidnapped you boys." Mum tells me as she rejoins us after her visit to the Hospital Wing and Edward says: "Tell me about it." Smiling at me before dad whispers: "I'm sorry." And we all look at him as he says: "It's – it's because of what I am that – that you got –."
But then I say: "That we got the two Elemental Powers that can help us keep an eye on the rest of the Gang." And dad looks shocked as I say: "Nothing escapes the sight of the sun's bright light." And Edward goes on: "And no dream goes unseen by the dazzling shine of moonlight." And we chorus: "We are the Guards of the Gang."
The man looks shocked and asks: "You – you were never envious of the others? Surely they can make much better use of their Elemental powers." Yet at this I roll my eyes and say: "Sure, my powers dampen slightly when the sun sets." And Edward goes on: "And my powers work best when the others are asleep and all."
Yet then we chorus: "So what?" And Edward says: "My powers are crazy strong during winter." And I smirk and say: "And you really don't want to know how strong I get over summer." And the man looks at us shocked before mum says: "I always told you that you underestimate yourself when it comes to your gifts."

At which the man sighs and says: "I can't help it. Especially now that I don't even feel confident about my past; what with the whole MMB and all. And if, by some dumb bad luck, most of my memories aren't as changed as I hope they are, then that doesn't make it possible for my past to give me anymore self-confidence either."
At which mum bumps his side and asks: "Then doesn't that make it a good thing that our boys inherited my more confident nature?" And the man smirks at her before he asks: "How did we end up together? As far – as far as I know – you're Harry's mother, yet being here with you and the boys; it just feels so natural, so right."
Which makes Edward and me share a huge grin before mum shocks us into dropping our jaws as she asks: "Would you believe it's thanks to Petunia?" And instantly all three of us shout: "SAY WHAT?" And the woman giggles and says: "Not directly, not directly. It was a letter she wrote me, back in the end of our sixth year."

Now we all look at her in shocked intrigue and the woman giggles before she says: "It was around the 3rd of May in 1977 and I had just received a letter from Petunia that had really upset me, because she had just met Vernon and he had actually given her that final push that turned her unacceptance into true hatred, which her letter proved.
I had been so distraught over the fact that she didn't even want to defend me to her own – at the time – boyfriend and that she had revealed my secret, which she knew was against the law in our world and I was so sure I was going to get in trouble over it, that I just couldn't stay in the common room, so I left to explore the grounds.
I was dazed and lost in my own thoughts, trying to regain my confidence and find something positive to think about, trying to replace my pain over Petunia's actions with things that had been going well back then – and I had completely forgotten to keep an eye out for what moon hang in the sky. Three times a guess."

Here dad turns white beyond measure and instantly he moves over to her and starts patting his hands over her body, yet she lies her hands on his own and says: "You didn't hurt me, let me explain. Yes, you, Prongs, Padfoot and the others were out and the minute I was nearing Hagrid's Hut, you smelled me but nothing happened.
You broke free of the others, I got scared, yet you only pounced me and while I was sure that meant my end, did you then start to nuzzle me. First my head, then my neck and you went all the way down. Needless to say, I felt horrified when you – you know – yet I won't deny that my body didn't respond to it exactly the right way.
You then used your muzzle to push me on my front and before I could well enough realize what happened, had you moved yourself under me, lifted me on your back and did you dash back to the Shack, your howl actually freezing it in its tracks and we spent the rest of that night, cuddled up together on the bed."

Dad looks shocked at what he hears and then he whispers: "Mate." And to my own shock does he actually seem to release the beast within him as he dashes for mum, who happily reaches out for him and shouts at us: "Don't cause too much trouble!" Before dad scoops her up and dashes through the portrait, mum laughing all the way.
Edward and I share a shocked look and we chorus: "What just happened?" Yet we shrug at each other and I think: "And what did mum mean her body responded the right way?" Yet for some reason do I feel that I really don't want to know the answer to that question and instead do we shrug and just go back to relaxing together.

The Hogwarts Grounds
Irina Lovegood's POV

"You are so lucky to have inherited grandma's gift." Luna had told me as we are just crossing the Hogwarts grounds, not really walking anywhere, but just enjoying the greenery and the fact that we still have a few hours before we will be back in the Great Hall for several hours if not days at a time and I shrug and say:
"Not really, I never got the chance to See things that could help my friends stay away from Bullies, that got us or Harry out of those abusive homes or who we actually belonged with. Though I am glad I never got the chance to abuse my gift the way your teacher is doing. You're not going to take Divinations next year, are you?"
"I was going to, but now I think there are just too many Nargles there. They will make that class incredibly difficult and too hard to work on." Yet thanks to years of living with a man that just dumped me wherever he could and told me to just survive, regardless of how much others would hurt me, make me hear her unspoken words.

"Luna, you're being stolen from and you believe that no one will believe you when you report it, won't you?" Yet the girl looks at me strangely and I say: "I was told hundreds of times by the rest of the Gang that I have the worst of us all; my adoptive father just dumped me wherever he could and then told me to survive.
Later, I found out that he had bullied and terrorized the parents of other kids as well as the other adults in charge to just either bully me or ignore that I was being bullied and so, I know how it feels to believe that you won't be believed no matter what you say. But giving into their beliefs won't make you any happier, trust me."

And while the girl had kept looking at me strangely have we now reached the Black Lake and I told her: "You see how calm the surface is? We both know that the current under that surface isn't as calm, is it?" And while she obviously tries to keep up her façade, does she still shake her head and I hug her close as I say:
"That current hurts the lake, Luna, and that hurts those who inhabit it, because they can't feel calm unless the current is calm. Do you get what I'm saying?" And tears start to leak down her eyes as she whispers: "We have no one. Mummy is dead and daddy; he works too hard, because he doesn't want to grieve, he doesn't want to heal."

Yet this is something I had already expected as Luna is too adept at her persona and keeping up the mask that she has obviously forced onto herself and then I get evidence as to why Luna thinks that the mask needs to be up all the time as I hear a high female snide voice sneer: "Aaaaw, is Loony unable to find her precious little beasts?"
Yet without turning my attention away from my twin-sister, do I swish my left arm up high and cause for a tidal wave to splash up from the water and the female voice shrieks as I snarl: "I will drop this only when you leave my sister alone. She is no longer defenseless and I will not allow you to think so. Now leave!"
I thunder at the end, using the full force of my Elemental Ability and sounding like a tsunami about to hit Miami Beach or something similar and the girl shrieks: "FILTHY FREAK!" As she runs off, yet I lower my arm and then snap: "Get her." And a huge tentacle snaps out of the surface and reaches for the shrieking girl, catching her.
It withdraws and stays sticking just above the surface, making it so that the girl is now floating two inches above the water and while the girl keeps shrieking, do I then say: "I am no freak, merely a protective sister and you are getting off easy." The girl looks shocked and I say: "You're grounded until you learn compassion."

And with that do I turn around, all the while still keeping my arm around my sister and when I see that I have drawn a bit of a crowd, do I say: "I am a Gryffindor-Hufflepuff at heart, meaning I will fight to protect those I care for. And Luna – is – my – sister." And with that do I walk away from the crowd, Luna still in my embrace.
"That was amazing." Luna whispers a few minutes later and I snort as I say: "That, my dear little twin, is tame compared to what the others would have done if their siblings had been insulted like that. Especially Isaac, he scares even Edena when he gets angry." And while the girl giggles, do I happily continue our walk.

Stone courtyard
Molly's POV

"Ron always knew, you know. That you had been taken from him. Oh, that first year after you got taken, he – he was so depressed. He may have been only one, but he gave me the belief he had given up on life without you there to share it with. It was heart-breaking; it's the whole reason I became as protective as I am."
I tell my daughter, the girl tilting her head as she listens to me, yet this only slightly inconveniences me as I am happily braiding her gorgeous hair and this makes me almost lose my grip on a bit of her hair as she says: "I always felt the same. Even with how close I got to the Gang, it just felt as if something was – missing."
And this makes me smile widely before she asks: "What are my siblings like? I mean, I met them and heard of them from Harry, but – what do you think of them?" And I decide to go a little further into this traditional mother-daughter thing as I ask: "You promise this stays between us; just mother and daughter and no other?"

And the girl nods before I start gushing: "I am so proud of them all. Bill, he's your eldest, he is the most ambitious little thing I have ever met – and he towers over me a lot. He works for Gringotts and in the first week, he had to go through an endurance test where he couldn't sleep for a week and he nailed it without even a sweat.
And Charlie – oh Charlie – he and I share this secret little joke between us where I always complain about his job, the dangers of it all, that he just won't settle down, you know, the things regular mothers worry about when it comes to their kids. Yet he secretly visits me and then shows me all these pictures that prove he's got his life straight.
Percy is actually in the belief that he is the apple of my eye, but I actually worry for him the most. He seems to be in the belief he can only listen to his heart when it comes to his siblings, but not his dreams and I know if he does learn that, he will be the Minister this world has been waiting for since who knows how long.
And the twins – oh, if only they would focus a bit more on business and less on production. They're brilliant and I can barely believe that I birthed two inventors as that talent is crazy rare in this world, but they seem just too focused on their talent and not enough on all the aspects that they are going to need taking care of in their store."

By now I have finished braiding my girl's hair and the girl is looking at me shocked and then I sigh and say: "And then there is, of course, your precious twin-brother. Oh Iris, he was so amazing growing up. After losing you, he took to Ginny like she was his lifeline; as if raising and protecting her could make up for losing you.
He did everything for her and – and I know he took what happened last year crazily hard. Ugh, I know your brother's going to hate me for this, but – the whole reason we went to Egypt was because Ron begged me to be away from England, away from the Burrow even. He was that traumatized by almost losing another sister."

By now my precious little girl has tears shining in her eyes and I lie a hand on her cheek as I use my thumb to clear one of her eyes of the tears and I say: "My vision allowed me to see how horribly you had to grow up and I am so proud that you inherited my stubbornness and temper as well as how you've been using that.
You, your brothers and your precious little sister – you are your father and – don't ever tell your father this, but if I ever have to pick between you all and him, we will have to fill a single grave in our backyard." This seems to shock Iris greatly and I pull the girl into a tight warm hug as I whisper: "All I want – is you kids happy."

And the girl hugs me tightly as she says: "Harry has a lot of enemies." At which I nod as the fact that my daughter's kidnapper was living in my own home still infuriates me and then she says: "And both the Gang and the Squad have tons of demons within them." At which I nod again, still keeping quiet when she finishes:
"Even all of the prisoners are going to need a mum, whether they are adult or not." And while I know that includes the man I have believed to be a murderer for the last several months, do I remember the mistake I made last night and I whisper: "I am a mother to all kids that need me." Making Iris smile into my shirt and apron.

Back of Hagrid's Hut
Jeffrey's POV

"Wow, you were right. No one sees us here." I whisper and Harry snickers as he says: "Now let's see dad try and find us." Only for a male voice to ask: "Forgot my form, did you?" And we both scream, Harry actually falling on top of me as I fall onto an old and gooey pumpkin lying here and dad laughs as we scream:
"NO FAIR!" Making him laugh even harder and say: "Then don't entice a Marauder to something as simple as Hide and Seek." Yet at this Harry rolls his eyes and says: "Yeah well, we meant the Muggle version. If we knew you were going to use Snuffles, we would have used the Cloak." Yet at this dad shakes his head and says:
"That wouldn't have worked either, pup. It would have smelled like James and I would have found you nonetheless." Yet for some reason do I sincerely doubt this as I say: "Okay, then try and catch us here." And before he can do anything, do I grab Harry's hand and push my other hand against the ground, activating my power.

A strong swirling current of wind blows us both up, yet Harry proves that he hasn't stopped enjoying this since we last did this three years ago and I happily throw him up before he falls down on my back, the wind now blowing from below me and catching most of Harry's weight for me before he laughs and gets comfortable.
"JEFFREY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Dad shouts and I shout back at him: "A game Harry and I played when we found a spot none of the Muggles ever looked. See you later, dad!" And with Harry's left arm over my left shoulder and his right arm around my side, do I use a corkscrew to gather momentum and fly off.

And while I can see dad looking flabbergasted from the ground below does Harry then start to laugh even harder as I fly straight for the towers and using the strong currents blowing between them to keep aloft and fly on, going down some currents and up a few others and flying several circles around the Gryffindor tower.
I then feel the winds blowing around us losing their strength and feel my own control slipping and so I quickly dive into a new current and use it to softly land in a square shaped courtyard that has grass all over the field and an Armillary Sphere in the center and with a bit of a head roll, do I make sure to descend down feet first.

"I forgot how great that felt – though sorry, but flying my Nimbus is just better. Probably because I can be in control myself." Harry then tells me and I laugh as I say: "I always told you that you would be saying that once you got your first flying lesson." At which my brother rolls his eyes good-naturedly and says:
"Yeah, yeah, you were right. Though I doubt even you expected me to have become Seeker right after my first class." At which I laugh as I remember Harry's letter to us and the Gang when that had happened and I say: "I did indeed not expect that, though I do think you have our flying time to thank for that. So you're welcome."
Yet at this Harry actually jumps me and pushes me so that my head is stuck under his arm and to my shock does he say: "I'll show you gratitude for that, you little twerp." And to my shocked amusement, does he actually rub his knuckles through my hair as he chants: "Nudgy, nudgy, nudgy, nudgy." And I squeal at the sensation.

"Alright, alright, alright, already. Forget I said anything. Now let me go already." I laugh at him and Harry laughs himself as he does as asked, at which I gently make sure my hair lies straight again and Harry says: "I am so jealous of you." And I tilt my head at him as he says: "You got to have dad's hair – instead of mum's birds nest."
At which I laugh hard and then the voice of our grandfather rings through the courtyard as well as the rest of the school as he says: "All students, teachers and guests, return to the Great Hall. All students, teachers and guests, return to the Great Hall. We are going to finish our latest read and will continue with the sequel."
At this Harry and I both stop laughing, both of us having kind of forgotten that, in the book, things are not half as great as they are here and I mutter: "I guess we're going back to getting reality checks." And Harry nods before he says: "Yes, though the books do serve several good purposes as well." At which I tilt my head again.
"They brought peace to your older selves, they saved mum and his friends, they liberated all of us from those blasted Muggles and the books will continue with one noble goal; they will help us break the MMB and – maybe even – help us find out what Pettigrew could be up to." At this I nod with a smile and we start walking.

At the entrance to the Great Hall, we see dad rushing for us worriedly and he asks: "Are you two okay? I saw you head straight for the Ravenclaw Tower. What were you even thinking? I thought for sure you were going to crash. Never do that again if you don't have one of us on broom flying alongside you, understand?"
And while Harry and I had been enjoying ourselves senseless, do I now feel a hurricane of guilt overwhelm me and we mutter: "We're sorry, dad." But the man sighs and says: "Just – try and do things a little more safely. I know you're not used to people worrying over you – but we do, okay?" And we both nod, feeling horrid.
He then moves closer and wraps us both in a warm hug, one that conveys both his concern for us as well as how much he cares for us and how much he loves us both and we both hug him back before he turns around and wraps warm arms around both of us, one arm around each of us and he walks us into the Great Hall, ready to start reading.


Hey everyone,
So I'm sure you also already noticed the image change as I have been changing a few more cover images to better convey what each story is about and other than a few of the HP-KH crossovers, do I feel very happy with the images I was able to find. Also, the DS and FF images are just examples of Ariador and the Dimension.
Also, there is a chance that the locations that these guys aren't in the same spots as where Jack first thought them to have been, but I already checked the second Squad chapter and adapted it to fit this and last chapter better. Now, next chapter will end Prisoner and after that it's straight into the one book – I never cared for, GoF.
I swear, other than the Graveyard, there was just NOTHING that ever made Goblet interesting for me and I always believed that JK could just as well just make Order start with the Graveyard or have Prisoner end with it and then nothing would be lost. Same with Halfblood, only then with Dumbledore dying being vital.
And I loved that,

Venquine1990