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Chapter Seven

"Where do you want me to start from because this is a very long story,"

"I don't want the details of your classes I can get that bit later I guess...what…what,"

"What were they like?" She finished for him. Harry nodded.

"Mischievous, kind, caring...fabulous, everything you thought they would be Harry and more," Harry smiled at this.

Sam had lost her parents too but she got to know them a bit better because they had left her a tape; she had had a fairly rough upbringing like Harry had. But she had been in Australia with her Dad's odd family.

"Well let me see...," continued Sam.

"I was searching through some stuff that Sirius had sent me and I touched something and I was brought back through time...I guess it was a portkey. And well...they accepted me into the group once I explained who I was...they were all shocked let me tell you. Sirius I remember was the first to say anything when I told them he said "Wow cool you must know all about what we look like and stuff so tell me am I still as handsome as I am now?" Harry and Sam both laughed.

"I see that he still had a big ego back then,"

"Oh yeah…James was shocked and so was Lily. They wanted to know all about you..."

"Did you tell them?" Sam saw Harry's eyes filled with tears.

"No I couldn't bring myself to tell them that they died," Harry nodded he understood.

"So um who did you become closest with?"

"Oooh that's a hard one...well James and Lily ended up being like big siblings to me. Peter didn't really talk much to me ...Remus, Sirius and I were pretty tight though," Sam blushed deeply.

"Oh okay then," said Harry not noticing how embarrassed Sam had become when she was speaking about Remus and Sirius.

"Go on. What kind of things did you guys get up to?"

"Well pranks like the twins pull only much bigger...we hung out like we all do now...we studied; or at least attempted to," they both laughed. Harry nodded for her to continue

"Quidditch...um...some people dated...," she hurried on hoping that Harry wouldn't notice what she had just said

"...And well then I got invited to spend half the summer with Remus and half with Sirius...which I did...and um yeah that's it all summed up," Harry shook his head trying to comprehend what she had said...

"So you spent some time with Sirius as well? We were wondering why you weren't around for the Summer...I thought it was odd that Lupin and Sirius hadn't said anything about how odd it was that you weren't around but now I get it...although why didn't they say anything to us before? Or did they never tell you that you were going to go back?" Sam was glad he hadn't caught on yet

"I think that was why Sirius sent me the box of stuff...so that I would get sent back," she blushed again she had really liked that time with Remus and Sirius...she didn't think that she could face them now...it was such a difficult situation...they had both liked her...and she them but she couldn't choose, they had tried before to make her the boys had had a huge fight over it...she couldn't tell Harry it was just too complicated because now they were both old enough to be her dad...she shivered at the thought. Harry noticed her shiver.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah just a bit cold" she lied. Harry got her another blanket.

"Thanks for finally telling me. What will happen if Dumbledore finds out?"

"I don't know..." her voice trailed off. Would he be mad? She didn't know. She looked over at the clock it was nearly eight pm.

"You better be getting down to dinner,"

"Yeah, will you be okay?"

"Yep I think I just need some sleep. Go. I'll see you in the morning," Harry turned to leave then remembered something.

"Hey Sam tonight I was thinking of sneaking into your dorm and getting that note do you think it's a good idea?"

"Yeah it might tell us what is up with Maz,"

"Okay then...See you tomorrow,"

"Goodnight," Harry raced down to dinner...

Harry arrived at dinner and scanned the table for Ron and Maz... finally he spotted Ron's orange hair and ran towards him... he sat down across from Ron and grinned at him...

"Decreamed I see..." he said with a big grin, Ron scowled at him... Harry laughed and then stopped...something really wasn't right... where was Maz?

He scanned the table for a sign of her purple hair, or even her natural brown but she couldn't see her anywhere... come to think of it he hadn't seen her all afternoon... he questioned Ron about it, but he just shrugged, obviously still annoyed about the cream joke...

Harry sighed and tucked into his dinner, she was probably visiting Sam or finishing homework or something... yeah that's it, he thought... I'm sure she'll be down for dinner any minute...

But she never came... dinner came and went with not a single sign of Maz... Harry was getting worried... part way through dessert he got up and left the hall, he headed back to the hospital wing... she'd probably just gone to visit Sam he thought, but when he entered the hospital wing Sam was fast asleep...

Madam Pomfrey said no one had come in since he'd left, Harry was now in a panic, what was going on? Where was she?

He began to run up to the common room, stopping only once to avoid colliding with George... he reached the common room entrance and froze...

George, he'd seen George but Fred wasn't with him! Harry panicked, just then Ron rounded the corner...

"Hey Harry what happened why'd you just leave dinner like..." he was cut of as Harry grabbed him...

"Ron what did Maz's note say? Did u read it?" Ron looked shocked he shook his head...

"Not all of it" he replied,

"Well what was it about what did it say?" Harry yelled at him...

"Um well I don't really..." Ron began; Harry gave up this was hopeless.

He screamed the password to the fat lady and ran up to his dorm, he quickly went through the mirror and into the girls' room and looked under Maz's mattress for the note...ha! He found it! He pulled it out and began to read...

Down in the common room Ron was standing shaking his head...why was everyone acting so weird? ...George came in and tapped him on the shoulder giving him a big fright.

"Holy...oh its just you..." George was in hysterics...sometimes it was just too easy to scare him...

"What's up with you lil bro?" "Harry is acting like a head case,"

"Isn't everyone? I think it must be the food or something...even you have been a bit odder than usual," he laughed.

"Hey George where are Maz and Fred?" uh oh thought Fred this is the question he had been dreading.

"Maz went to clear her head and Fred has managed to land himself another detention,"

"What without you?"

"Yeah he never ceases to amaze me," George congratulated himself on a good cover up. He wondered how things with Fred and Maz were going…

Maz laughed. "Where are you taking me Fred?" Fred laughed as well.

"You'll see," his smile got wider, if that was even possible. They finally arrived at a dead end.

"What is going on Fred?" he just laughed and pressed a sequence of bricks.

"Wow," said Maz in awe as the wall in front of them disappeared. Fred put her hand in his and led her into the dark passageway.