Hey everyone,
I don't know why, but I seem to constantly want to make a few changes here and there at the start of the chapters and then leave the rest for what it is. There are definitely chapters where I also make changes to the conversations and reactions to certain parts of the books, but there are also chapters where only the start was changed, yet to be really honest …
I don't care,
Venquine1990
Chapter 23
Lea's New Job – The Start
28th of January 1996
During the reading
Twilight Town
Lea's POV
Ever since I came back to Twilight Town from the hour I was blessed to have with my mate and his family have I tried my hardest to just keep busy, heading up to the clocktower at the station and informing my group of friends there what had happened to me the few times I had suddenly disappeared.
I had also explained to them where Sora and Riku are currently at and asked them to spread the word further. "Why won't you do it yourself?" Isa had asked and I had shrugged, taken a bite from my ice cream bar and said: "Two reasons, really. One, I need to spend as much time as possible being a good mate and preparing myself for my boyfriend becoming my girlfriend – magic, don't ask. Two, who knows when Lady Destiny summons me away again?"
The man had sighed at this, but the smile on his face proved he wasn't really annoyed or frustrated with me and our group had had some fun talks before they had left me to myself at which I had just shrugged and started up on things I believed I could do to make my mate happy, yet only a few hours after I had left, had I suddenly felt her powers call me yet again and this time I had actually arrived in the reading room instead of the Special Room.
And in there I had gotten my new job; to deliver messages from the father of my beloved mate to the mother and just the first alone had made me feel proud of the trust Sirius has in me to let me deliver this message. Yet arriving at the world and home he had stayed at through the power of Lady Destiny had not gone without a hitch.
The fact that there had been a light, but that it hadn't surrounded anyone had made those in the room think that either Harry or Sirius would be brought back and because only James knew who I was, had I actually instantly been under the threat of several wands, a loud red-haired woman snapping: "Who are you? How did you get here?"
And I had given her a deadpan stare before James had asked: "Lea? Is something wrong with Harry or Sirius?" But I had shaken my head and told him: "Nope, I just got hand-picked for a new task by Lady Destiny herself. Got it memorized?" I had ended, putting emphasis on the word hand-picked as I had looked back at the woman.
She had glared at me and then James says: "Molly, it's okay. This is Lea, Harry's mate by Kitsune nature." And while the woman had been shocked by this, had it taken me only a second to see that she already didn't think I was worthy of my mate, making me think: "And what exactly made it up to you to decide that?"
Yet I hadn't voiced this as instead a lovelier red-haired woman had asked me: "What task did you get?" And I had answered: "Delivery boy." Not at all caring for the derisive snort the tubby-looking woman had tried to hide as I say: "And I have a first message already, coming from Sirius and directed at his mate, James."
The man had smiled and asks: "Something from the books, I gather?" I nod and say: "Son got chosen special position for some sport, got a broom for it, yet the broom was bought by his own money without his permission." And this shocks the three in front of me before a brown haired man says: "Merlin's beard, that's right."
And while I wonder what Merlin could have to do with any of this, does the man say: "Minerva told me when I taught at Hogwarts that Harry had actually made the team as Seeker in his first year. She said he had out flown a falling glass ball on a fall of 50 feet or something like that – on a school broom." Thus shocking the others.
"My son did that – on a school broom – at age eleven?" James had asked and Remus had nodded, but then James had looked contemplative and says: "We're missing the point here." The others had been shocked by this and he had asked me: "Please, repeat the message. I feel Sirius wants us to know this for a different reason."
At this I had shrugged, not really getting the problem as I had expected him to be more proud instead and say: "Son got chosen special position for some sport, got a broom for it, yet the broom was bought by his own money without his permission." And instantly upon repeating the sentence, had I seen for myself what was wrong with it.
This had angered me and I say: "They stole his money." And this had actually set off the chubbier red-head as she screamed: "HOW DARE YOU!" Before she starts ranting: "You dare insult the teachers of Hogwarts? You dare call them thieves? You have no idea who you're even talking about. Apologize! You apologize this instant, Mister!"
Yet I had just stared at her without interest and when I noticed that she was rearing up for more shouts, I had carelessly asked: "You done yet?" The woman had gasped and stopped her rant as I say: "In case you didn't get it memorized, this information comes straight from books that were made by Lady Destiny herself.
Also, it was Harry who told Sirius this who then got me assigned by Lady Destiny to deliver this message. And finally, this message wasn't even meant for you, it was meant for James. Got it memorized?" I had asked honingly at the end and she had asked: "And you think you can just talk down to me like that?"
"Well, you're nothing but a complete stranger to me, so yeah. I do think that. I'm here to deliver a message to James, so he can take action and makes things better for when Harry and Sirius return here and that's what I did. Oh, and there he calls me again. See ya'll." And with that had I phased out of the room, to the shock of the chubby woman.
Arriving back in the Reading room, I happily tell them: "Heh, I had already let James know about the whole thing with the broom and the money, you know. So, new message?" And Sirius had proven me he takes the role given to me by Lady Destiny as serious as I do the need to deliver it off to the right person as he says:
"Yeah, on Halloween in their first year, Ron challenged Hermione, she proved her skill, he got annoyed and then insulted her to the point of tears. And when he realized it, he went one step further and threw out another insult without even feeling guilty." This instantly angers me and then Sirius goes on as he says:
"And Molly may not think high of me, but even I had my morals when I was his age. Let her and James know that, will you?" And while I think: "Why are those two even living in the same house if she thinks so low of him as she apparently already does me?" Do I nod before getting a sweet reward for my dedication.
My beloved mate hugs me tightly and practically begs Lady Destiny to reward me for my work and the reward Her Grace decides on makes me smile widely before I had shown him how much it hurts not to be in the same room as him before moving back through my previous portal, apparently shocking my targets.
"Another message?" James asks and I nod and say: "Yep, and this is a shared message. It's for both you and a woman named Molly." And to my utter shock do both James and the woman he is apparently close with turn to the chubby woman with the crazy lungs and crazy strong opinion, who had asked:
"Sirius has a message for me?" And you'd have to be deaf not to hear the cynicism the woman feels about this and about the man himself and then I get new respect for the other ginger as she says: "Hold your tongue, Molly. You've been proven wrong before, so tone down that pride and just hear what Lea has to say already."
And while the woman seems shocked to be reprimanded, do I say: "Here's the message: on Halloween in their 1st year, Ron challenged Hermione, she proved her skill, he got annoyed and then insulted her to the point of tears. And when he realized it, he went one step further and threw out another insult without even feeling guilty."
Yet here I get interrupted as the woman shouts: "Ron would never do such a thing!" But I roll my eyes and say: "Books from Lady Destiny, remember. Also, there is more to this message, so listen up. Molly may not think high of me, but even I had my morals when I was his age. Let her and James know that, will you?
And now I have." I shrug at the end and then the blonde haired man sighs and says: "This does indeed sound like something Sirius would take seriously as those words are indeed true. As playful as he was when dating, he always had great respect when he broke up with them and he always made sure to do it with great tact and care."
And while I try to ignore the derisive snort coming from the Molly woman, do I say: "Well, I came, I went, I delivered. I might come back later, but for now – I'll just enjoy the ten minutes I get to have with my – oh, Sirius will have messages for me later too. Okay, I'll wait till after that then. See you when I see you."
And with that had I just phased back to Radiant Garden, ignoring how angry the woman looked as I left her and the others so loftily, yet I instantly get called back to the room and the look on Sirius' face instantly worries me for whatever could have happened during the reading, yet I decide not to show it and say:
"Wow, you look as angry as that redhead did just now, you know?" Yet the man only says: "In Harry's first, Ron insulted Hermione, a Troll entered the castle, Harry got Ron to go look for Hermione to warn her, but instead he and Ron had to protect her against it and when the teachers discovered this, Minerva only took House points – and I want to know why."
And instantly I feel like I got my chance to do what I can to find out more information in regard to my last message, but I also feel furious and very protective of my mate and the idea he had to – at age eleven – fight something as horrid as a Troll and while being guided by the powers of Lady Destiny, do I phase out of the room again.
And when I leave my phasing form, do I enter something quite intriguing as I am standing in the middle of a classroom, a whole bunch of kids that look to be my mate's age and all of them wide eyed as I say: "Hey there. The name's Lea. Traveler of Worlds, Keyblade Wielder, defender of Light and Messenger boy for Harry Potter. Got it memorized."
"You know where Harry is?" A Bushy haired girl asks imploringly and I then see a redhead that looks to be related to the chubby woman I saw earlier. Making the connection instantly, I ask: "Ron and Hermione, I assume?" The two look shocked and nod and I smile as I say: "Pleasure to meet you. I'll keep your faces memorized."
Before my need to see my mate defended and his rights of protection settled make me turn to the front of class where a stern looking woman looks slightly startled and I say: "Now for my message. It concerns an event that happened in – apparently – 1991 and that certain guardians feel was handled wrong when it was concluded.
Professor McGonagall, in Harry's first, Ron insulted Hermione, a Troll entered the castle, Harry got Ron to go look for Hermione to warn her, but instead he and Ron had to protect her against it and when the teachers discovered this, you only took House points – and the guardian of Harry Potter wants to know why – and so do I."
This tale seems to shock the whole class, yet while I had repeated the message, had my anger made me grab the woman's arm, yet before she can object, do I feel Lady Destiny activate my phasing power and we return to the Reading room, where Sirius actually looks even more furious than he did when he last called on me.
I look between him and the woman and ask: "You know, I was just laying into her myself. Did it get worse?" And just by the look he sends me, one that makes me glad Fire is my strongest element, do I say: "Yep, it got worse." Making me release my hold on the woman and think: "Boy, am I glad I'm not her right now."
Then the man starts to growl and say: "Five points. You – awarded – five points? You only awarded points?" This confuses me and makes me know there is still much I have to learn about this world as Harry says: "Halloween, first year." Which seems to instantly explain everything to the woman who then regains her stern demeanor.
Yet Sirius snarls: "Don't even try. I won't say that either Harry or Ron was in the wrong as Harry was too focused on making sure Ron would make up for his mistakes and Ron had no proper reason not to trust those older than him, but you, Minerva, you were beyond in the wrong for only appointing points for them endangering themselves."
And instantly I know that this is of the same matter as the whole Ron insulted Hermione and then insulted her some more after he brought her to tears and I think: "This might be my chance to get some extra work done and bring further information to James." And with that do I focus back to Sirius as he snarls:
"They were eleven, they were – sorry – immature and Harry had lived his entire life never believing he meant anything thanks to those monsters known as the Dursleys. Therefore, it was up to you to make sure they knew they had to develop their sense of self-worth and not appointing them anything other than points doesn't do that."
This both makes me think: "So the monsters that made my beloved look so scarily thin and frail are named Dursley. Got it memorized." And while I worry over the fact that Sirius says that Harry was raised to think he meant nothing, does it also anger me even more than when I heard my last message and then Sirius says:
"And next to that, how did none of you notice that Hermione hadn't been seen since the Charms class that day and – more importantly – why in the name of all that is sacred to that blasted school did you believe that Hermione Jeanne Granger would break school rules just because she believed her book knowledge could protect her?"
And just by thinking back on the girl I met do I know that the man has a point as she doesn't look like your regular teen that takes excitement and fun out of getting in trouble and the idea that someone like her would willingly search for a Troll is something that makes me think: "Even I don't believe that and I only just met her."
Then Sirius proves that he really can be the parent Molly doesn't think he is as he says: "You were responsible for protecting them and teaching them to protect themselves and to, as teenagers love to do, not dash into a dangerous event or anything that could hurt or kill them – and you failed, Minerva, worse than I ever thought you could.
I just hope that staying in these rooms can help me catch up where you should have left off, but instead it feels like I am doing your job. I can only hope that the Grangers and the Weasleys can actually count on you from now on. Can they?" And to my relief does the woman look self-conscious as she nods in determination.
The powers of Lady Destiny then takes her back and as it does, do I think: "Wait, I just took her from the middle of a class; one that is already worried about one of their class mates." Yet instead of voicing this, do I hear Sirius scream the name of the other kid I just met and I wonder why, but don't question it as I ask:
"Want me to pick him up?" But Sirius shakes his head and says: "Just give this bit to Molly and let her and Minerva take care of him." And to my utter joy does he give me exactly the pages I need to get the whole story to the woman that apparently is blind to his brilliant parenting skills and I nod, smile at my mate and then vanish.
Hey everyone,
So because this chapter concerned a lot of stuff that happened in an earlier chapter, did I not really feel like making a whole lot of changes. There might be more changes made to the upcoming chapters, but I am not really sure. I definitely want to add to how Lea moves and interacts with others and maybe a little to his thought pattern, but not much more.
Let's do this,
Venquine1990
