Prequel by Syriana

Chapter 6: Meeting the Evans' and Christmas at the Potters

The mages exited the train and hugged each other good-bye before setting off to find their respective parents. James and Ahlia found their father, the Minister of Magic, Harold Potter, and their mother Adrianna Potter, waiting for them off to one side, smiling.

"So?" their father asked, looking James in the eyes, "How was your first term at Hogwarts?" he was answered with a chorus of "Yeah, it was great," from both of the twins at the same time. Adrianna chuckled.

"Did you two make friends?" Ahlia smiled.

"We found destiny," she said, and that told Adrianna that they would discuss the topic of friends in the car.

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Terra and Lily found the Evans family off of the platform between platforms 9 and 10 looking very confused. Lily ran up to the red headed man and tapped him on the shoulder. Andrew Evans turned around to see his daughter. He happily hugged her.

"Lily! How was school? Are you enjoying it?" he asked, and Lily just smiled.

"I think that school is one of the best times I have had in my whole life. I have a lot of new friends," she said. "Mommy! I missed you soo much! You too, Petunia, she said, hugging her sister as well. "Mom, dad, Petunia, I'd like you to meet one of my friends. I wrote and told you she would be coming," as if on cue, Terra walked up to stand behind Lily. She smiled and said.

"Hello, Mr. And Mrs. Evans, and Petunia. My name is Terra," Rose Evans smiled at Terra and answered,

"Hello, Terra, I heard from Lily that you would be staying with us for a while. Please, call me Rose and my husband Andrew," she said as she led the girls to the car. Lily and Terra climbed into the deathseat (A/N: the ones in the trunk of a car, facing backwards) and Andrew drove out of the parking lot of the station.

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Rachel walked home, setting back up the mental barriers she had torn down weeks ago. Occulmency is a powerful weapon against those who she did not trust to know what went on in her mind. She knew it was in her mind, she should know it and only her unless she entrusted someone else with her thoughts, and now Legemency would invade that privacy.

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Remus found his parents smiling at him. He came up to them and they quickly bombarded him with questions.

"Are you doing well?"

"How was your term?"

"Did you make friends?"

"How many classes are you taking?"

"What house are you in?"

Remus laughed and answered,

"Yes, I'm doing fine, my term was great, I made the 7 best friends I ever will in my life, basic 1st year classes, you know we don't have a choice, mum, Gryffindor," his parents smiled. They went out to their car, Remus telling them about his Christmas to the day after plans.

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Sirius caught up to James and Ahlia as they were leaving and asked,

"Hey James! Ahlia! Do you think I could use the floo at your house? My parents aren't here," He asked, knowing that coming out of the fire at Grimmuald place would be a surprise for his parents, to say the least. James smiled and said,

"Sure, if my parents say it is ok," James went to ask his parents who came over to meet his friend. They all greeted each other and Adrianna said,

"Sirius, you are welcome to use the fire. Just as long as you don't mind going to our house in the muggle way," she said, and Sirius smiled.

"Thank you Mrs. Potter. My parents must have just err…forgot that I was coming home this holiday," they all smiled and journeyed into the car, where Adrianna instantly started asking about friends again.

"So you found Destiny. All 6 of them. I am impressed, most 11 year old mages don't find Destiny so quickly," Sirius was confused, but guessed that James' mother was talking about the rest of the mages. James answered her,

"I know that it is unusual for us to find them so quickly. They became easily our best friends. In fact, Sirius is one of the Destiny," Adrianna looked surprised and turned around in her seat.

"Really? What element are you, Sirius?" Sirius looked at her and stated,

"Fire," and Adrianna turned around quickly. She started whispering to Harold, and the three mages caught bits of the conversation.

"Did the earth tell that?"

"Their eleven,"

"Soul mate-"

"Don't know-"

The conversation ended as quickly as it had begun. James raised his eyebrows and asked,

"What was that all about?" Harold smiled and answered,

"That is for the wind mages to tell you, not your mother or myself," the conversation was dropped, and the rest of the car ride was full of talk about school and friends. When they arrived at Godric's Hollow, Sirius truly dreaded going home.

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A/N: I'm Skipping straight to Christmas Eve without Peter's going home. Why? Because it is too much filler, got to get straight to what we need to know. Basically Peter finds parents, Peter goes home with parents, Peter helps decorate for Christmas, and Peter sleeps. End of discussion.

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Christmas Eve at the Evan's house was truly a big event. At noon the whole family, including Terra piled into the dining room for their Italian feast that was cooked by Lily, Petunia, and even Terra all day. Lily had explained that her mother was Italian and they followed the Italian tradition of a Christmas feast on Christmas Eve, instead of Christmas day. Terra smiled and helped cook all of the food the muggle way, even though she never had done anything the muggle way until she had come to stay at the Evans', where she had learned so many new things that her head could have exploded. But she just smiled and took in the information, and helped all of the plants around the house grow the fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs that Lily and Petunia needed to cook up the feast that they were eating as they spoke. Whenever Lily's mother asked why the fruit or vegetable tasted so fresh, or when she said that she had never tasted a better seasoning, Terra and Lily just smiled at each other and chorused, "You'll find out when the meal is over!" The meal did not end until 2:00 in the afternoon when Adrianna, finally full of the hearty Italian food, asked one finally asked,

"Now are you going to tell me how everything is so fresh?" She said eyeing them.

"Mum, I think Terra will show you, instead of telling you," Lily answered, as Terra brought the Evans' miniature apple tree into the dining room, and put it on the smooth surface of the table. She waved her hand over the tree, and on one of the small branches, a full sized apple, not the size of the lady apples that grew naturally on the tree, but a full sized Macintosh apple grew on one of the branches. Terra picked it off and placed it in front of the tree on the table.

"Both Lily and I are what are called in the magical world 'mages'. We can each control an element. There are 2 teams, light and dark, with a boy and a girl for each element on each team. The 2 teams are destined to meet in battle when we have mastered our elements, and the outcome of the battle can decide the fate of the world. My element is earth, and Lily's is water," She finished, and everyone in the room except for Lily and Terra were contemplating what she said. Finally, Rose spoke up.

"So you are telling me that the fate of the world rests on the shoulders of 8 eleven-year-olds?" she asked, and Terra answered,

"Yes and no. Right now we are eleven, but it will most likely be years before we master our powers. By the time we reach that level, we will most likely be married and possibly have kids," Terra smirked. "This is just the beginning of a long journey,"

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The next day, each mage who was leaving for the Potter household packed a bag of clothes to stay overnight and the presents already wrapped they had bought for each other. Everyone took floo powder and arrived at the Potter mansion between 5:00 and 5:30 am. They came out of the fire and met Ahlia and James around the Christmas tree. When they had all arrived, they greeted each other with hugs and joyful exclamations of "Happy Christmas!" before they began a gift exchange.

James received a small glass globe filled with dark blue liquid charmed to move around inside from Lily, a small crystal version of the Celtic symbol of virtue that he had on his arm from Ahlia, a broom care kit from Sirius, a small wooden statue of a stag from Remus, a miniature model of the new Nimbus 1000 from Terra, a teal colored picture album with the first few pages filled in and generous space to fill in with pictures from the next few years at Hogwarts from Rachel, and small silver angel holding a scroll that read "People cannot be powerful without friends behind them," from Peter.

Lily received a silver charm bracelet with all of the Celtic symbols in their own colors on it from James, the same small crystal symbol of virtue from Ahlia, a stuffed stag from Sirius, a small wooden statue of a doe from Remus, a small telescope that when Lily looked in, she saw and heard the ocean from Terra, a picture album identical to James' but with different pictures, and a small silver angel holding a scroll that read, "Beware anger, it solves nothing," from Peter.

Ahlia got a small glass globe filled with red liquid that was charmed to move around inside from Lily, a silver charm bracelet with all the Celtic symbols on it in their colors from James, a stuffed dog from Sirius, a small wooden statue of a cat from Remus, a small telescope through which you saw the setting sun and heard the crackling of a fire from Terra, a red picture album from Rachel, and a small silver angel that read, "A flame keeps burning until a wave puts it out," from Peter.

Sirius got a small glass globe filled with orange liquid that was charmed to move around inside from Lily, a paperweight filled with fire from James, a small crystal symbol of spiritual strength from Ahlia, a small wooden statue of a dog from Remus, a miniature model of the Nimbus 1000 from Terra, a red picture album from Rachel, and a small silver angel that read "No element is strong without the others," from Peter.

Remus was given a small glass globe filled with gold liquid that was charmed to move around inside from Lily, a paperweight that had a small plant inside from James, a small crystal symbol of Earth Harmony from Ahlia, a broom care kit from Sirius, a miniature model of the Nimbus 1000 from Terra, a green picture album from Rachel, and a small silver angel that read "A tree holds firm, no matter the trials faced," from Peter.

Terra was given a small glass globe filled with green liquid that was charmed to move around inside from Lily, a charm bracelet with all of the Celtic symbols in their own colors from James, a small crystal symbol of Earth Harmony from Ahlia, a stuffed wolf from Sirius, a small wooden statue of a tiger from Remus, a green picture album from Rachel, and a small silver angel from Peter which read, "As a plant grows taller, it's roots grow weaker," from Peter.

Rachel received a small glass globe filled with light blue liquid charmed to move around inside from Lily, a charm bracelet with all the Celtic symbols in their own colors from James, a small crystal symbol of completion from Ahlia, a stuffed mouse from Sirius, a small telescope that she saw clouds floating lazily by and the sound of whistling wind when she looked through from Terra, a small wooden statue of a dove from Remus, and a small silver angel that read, "You must trust others to reach your goal," from Peter.

Peter got a small glass globe filled with milky white liquid that was charmed to move around inside from Lily, a paperweight that had small light blue wisps of air floating lazily around inside from James, a small crystal symbol of completion from Ahlia, a broom care kit from Sirius, a small wooden statue of a mouse from Remus, a miniature model of a Nimbus 1000 from Terra, and a white picture album from Rachel.

They all thanked their friends for the gifts and Ahlia asked Terra,

"In the car home from Kings Cross, we gave Sirius a ride to let him use the floo, our parents had a little conversation that we all caught a bit of. They said something about soul mates. What did they mean?" Terra visibly paled and looked at Remus for support. Remus walked up to her and said,

"That is some information the earth mages divulge when we find the time to be right. It seems that fate has intervened in your favor, because Terra and I had agreed that we were not going to tell you all until 5th year. But you already heard about it, so we might as well tell you now," Remus stepped aside for Terra to complete the story. She took a deep breath and said,

"The mages are closer than you think. Each element on both sides has a boy and a girl for a reason. On both sides, the elemental pair is supposed to be soul mates, or destined to fall in love," she finished, and James asked,

"So I am destined to fall in love with Lily?" Terra nodded. "And my parents were surprised because they knew that they were sitting in the car with their daughter's soul mate?" Terra nodded again, and looked at each of her friends faces. This was going to be a long night.