Chapter 02:

"You should tell Professor Dumbledore about this." Alice said, concerned for Nikki.

"Yeah, I just thought I'd get away first... calm down, then find Mister Dumbledore..." Nikki said, her eyes processing her surroundings still as she looked around. "What I don't understand is how they new I was apart of it all...I just joined officially today, and I already have people coming after me... is that normal?!" She asked them as they started to walk down the street.

"Not common..." Frank told her and she nodded. "Try to get your mind off it for now, and when you speak to Professor Dumbledore, you can tell him then."

"Right..." She said letting out a tight breath.

"We don't really know eachother that well... I'm Alice Longbottom." Alice said putting out her hand.

"Nikki Lyn Smith." She said returning the gesture.

"Frank Longbottom." Frank said shaking her hand as well.

"How old are you, Nikki?" Alice asked her.

"Seventeen." She said, "I'll be eighteen this December."

"You're really young." Alice and Frank agreed.

"I studied for ten years over in New Zealand. The school there starts when your ten, but there is a pre-program for those that love to go above and beyond. Normally it is only for kids that are only a year away from entering, but I was able to enter at seven." Nikki explained.

"So does that make you some prodigy?" Frank asked her.

"I don't believe so, but it is possible to toss me in that catagory..." She said thinking.

"What was your school like in New Zealand?"

"It wasn't big really, it was a small populated school with four houses as well. There's Redwing, Greenhorn, Bluetail, and Goldheart." Nikki explained, "it's really similar to Hogwarts houses, in Goldheart, which was my house, was those who were to believed would suceed in either helping, or distroying the world, those in Bluetail were those that were believed to advance the world's knowledge. Those in Greenhorn were those who would continue in arts and sports. Those in Redwing was were the rest were placed."

"Wow..." Alice said as they entered the bookstore. "That's really cool."

"I know. I was, as they have at Hogwarts, the head girl my last year."

"How did you meet Professor Dumbledore then, if you have been in New Zealand?" Frank asked her.

"Ooh, well, I returned back to England and when I came home, I discovered my parents killed and the dark mark above my house. So, I began my search for the one that have killed my parents, I had came accross Mister Dumbledore while at a pub, asking around." She told them, "It was quite interesting... I was asking someone if they knew what the dark mark was, before I knew what it was, when he had walked over and looked over my shoulder. He asked me to step outside with him, and he told me what it was, and everything that I was wanting to know. I told him I owed him a lot and then he told me about the order... So that's how I got into the order and met Mister Dumbledore."

"You're not disturbed that your parents have been killed?" Alice asked her a bit shocked.

"Well, yeah, I was. But then I slowly got over it. Why do you need to dwell on the past when what you need is in the future?" Nikki asked them rhetorically. "It's like staring at the mirrors that others place infront of you that are filled with the lies that they tell you, and only when they all crash down at once to you realize the truth, and it hurts even more than it would have if you weren't blocked from it in the first place..."

"You're a deep thinker aren't you?" The three looked up to see a pair of orange haired twins.

"I'm Fabian Prewitt." The one of the left spoke first.

"And I'm Gideon Prewitt." The other one spoke.

"You just joined the order today if I remember correctly." Fabian said as they guided the three to the back.

"We've been wanting to talk to you for quite a while, but haven't gotten the chance." Gideon said as they sat down at a table.

"Molly's meeting us here at ten." Fabian reminded Gideon. "And Arther is taking care of the kids so we can see our beloved sister." He said to Alice, Frank and Nikki.

"Oh, she has kids? I bet they're lovely." Nikki said smiling a bit.

"Well, one is only about four right now and is all ready speaking of wanting to work with dragons..." Gideon said.

"That's Charlie... And I bet he'll go through with it too." Fabian said.

"And Bill's bloody brillant as well." Gideon said. "And he's only six."

"Genius boys she has." Frank told Nikki. "She just had twins back in April."

"Oh wow..." Nikki said, "I can't even imagine myself having one... and she has four?!"

They continued to discuss when it rang ten o'clock at night, it hadn't been much longer after they had began to talk Nikki stood up. "I really must get going." She said starting to walk out of the back of the bookstore. "I will see you next meeting."

"Why don't one of us take you home?" Fabian asked her standing up.

"Fabian!" Molly commented to her brother.

Nikki let out a small laugh as she walked backwards facing the group at the table when she felt a pair of hands on her shoulders. "I thought I would find the lot of you here." She stopped and looked over her shoulder to see who it was. "The owner says you have until a half after before he'll kick you all out."

"Remus, you should really be at home as well." Alice told him, "You look like you need it."

"I just came to pick up a book, and then I would be heading back to the Potter's for the night." He told them. "Oh and did you hear? There was an attack in the muggle world today..."

"Yeah, that was Nikki." Fabian said, "She was attacked by two death eaters."

"What?! Are you okay?" Remus asked her, his hands still on her shoulders. She turned more towards him, taking in more of his appearance.

"Y-yeah..." She said, "It was real simple... It was only two and one seemed pretty knew to it... And he looked like he was only my age..."

"Have you talked to Professor Dumbledore about it?" He asked her, sounding concerned.

"No, I was just going to go right now and contact him..." Nikki said looking over to the group at the table.

"He's over at James' right now. I can take you there right now if you want." He suggested.

"Yeah! That'd be great, Nikki! Then you don't have to waste time looking for him." Gideon said cheerfully.

"Yeah..." Nikki said with a small laugh. She knew that Remus, James, Peter and Sirius were all best mates, and Sirius was one person she wasn't looking forward to being around. "I guess we'll get going then." because that's the faster I can leave!

They walked to the front of the bookstore and Remus paid for the book before he told her to take his hand and he aparated to The Potters' House.


Barely of Age
A Harry Potter Story
MWPP Era
August 1978
Chapter Two
Completed

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And yes, this might turn into a particial RemusOC story...
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It will forever be Sirius Black...
Or maybe Regulus...
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And yes, I realize I made them speak of the order outside in public.
But they were in whispers and in private too...

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They were born on April 1, 1978...
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