Okay everyone! Here's the next part of The Violet Rose.
I wanna clarify one thing the Department ofMysteries thing did happen but Sirius was a good little boy and didn't go. In respose to one readers question he not matchmaker Sirius but more really expensive gift giving Sirius with a bit of matchmaking in this chapter.
I don't own anyone or anything just the plot and a few characters .
Chapter 1: The Beginning
Dear Hermione, June 30
I'm writing just like I promised! Ha! Can't say I didn't write at least once! I WIN! Life with Sirius is great! No chores except to clean my room. He keeps reminding me the the Department of Mysteries debacle wasn't my fault. It's still hard to believe him when so many people could've died. When you get here I have something to tell you and Ron.
How's America? Hope you bring me a really good birthday gift. Tonks took me shopping for new clothes yesterday. She is strong. In one of the stores she was telling me that we'll meet her new partner when we go to get our books in August. He went to Hogwarts but moved to America and became an Auror.
Anyways I should stop writing but here's Sirius' address : Number 12 Grimmauld Place, London. Be there on July 29th. See you then.
With Love,
Harry
P.S. Sirius says that your parents are welcome to come. No doubt they'll love spending time with an ex-con!
Harry laid down his quill and ran a hand through his already messy hair. He'd been having very . . . strange thoghtsabout Hermione lately and didn't quite know what to make of them. Just then his snowy owl, Hedwig, flew in through the window.
"Hey girl, " he said," I've got a letter for you to give to Hermione. You can leave tomorrow as she's in New York."
JULY 29 . . . . . . . . . . . .
To passerby the black haired boy looked like he was just waiting for someone to come. Which was exactly what he was doing. He was just standing to go inside and get a drink when a red car pulled up. A girl climbed out and dragged a trunk out of the trunk (A/N: Do cars in England have trunks?). She said goodbye to the other occupants of the car and they drove off.
"Harry!" she exclaimed
"Hey Hermione!You look great!" he said leading her up the steps.
"Thanks! Is everyone waiting on me?" she asked as he took her trunk and opened the door.
"Yes they are. Your parents didn't want to come?"
"They couldn't spend aymore time away from the practice."
She followed as Harry lead her down into the basement kitchen. Down there were Sirius Black, Molly Weasley, and two of her children Ron and Ginny. Ginny was the first one spot them coming down.
"Hermione! You're here!" she exclaimed giving the older girl a hug
"Hi Gin. Hi Ron." she said
"Hey Herms."
"Do not call me Herms! Where's Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley?"
"He couldn't get time off work. Where are your parents?"
"Neither could they we just spent a month in America."
" Ginny," said Sirius, "Go and get your brothers."
"Sure thing Sirius!" she said before bounding up the stairs. She returned a few moments later with 4 red-heads.
"Now that everyone is here, we can go." said Sirius
Everyone's head turned towards Sirius.
" Go?" they asked in unison, "Go where?"
"You'll see. Everyone touch the table."
All 10 of them crowded around the table. The they all felt a familiar pull behind the navel. When they landed they all found them selves in another house.
"Welcome," said Sirius," To the Black family house in Barbados! This is the paid house-elf Binks. Binks please show Fred, Greoge, Bill, Charlie and Mrs. Weasley to their rooms."
The elf levitated the five trunks and lead them up a staircase and to the right. Sirius grabbed the trio's trunks and lead them up the same staircase only going to the left. At the end of the hallway he stopped.
"Hermione yours is the first room, Harry your is in the middle, which leaves you, Ron on the end. You all ahve separate baths which are on the other side of the hall. Hermione ,Ron your rooms connect to Harry's by doors.Harry I need the Marauder's Map."
Harry dug up the map and handed it to Sirius.
"Thanks. All of you meet me in the downstairs study at eleven fifteen tonight. Wear the robes that are in your closets."
They eah took their trunks into their rooms and checked out the robes. They were black silk with a stag, dog, wolf, and rat on the back. (A/N: They're the style of the school robes in the movies). With Hermione's was a black V-necked three-quarter sleeved shirt and black flare jeans. With Harry's was a black V-necked sweater with a white tee-shirt and baggy black jeans. With Ron's was a black crew neck tee and baggy black jeans.
When he was done with his unpacking Harry poked his head through the door that connected his room with Hermione's.
"Wanna come exploring with me? Guess what? Ron's already checking out the bed."
"It's two in the afternoon! He's such a slug! But I would love to go exploing with you."
They headed back downstairs to the front hall. There were three rooms: a study (Presumably the one for tonight.), an extremely formal dining room (with seating for 150 people), and a music room. From there they went back up the first flight of stairs to another hallway where they found a ballroom, another study, the family dining room (which sat 30 people), and (to Hermione's pleasure) a library.
"Ron should be up by now. Why don't we head back?" asked Harry
"Yes we should."
"What did you ever say to your parents about Sirius?"
"I just explained hat he was falsely accused and was really innocent."
"Their faces were really funny! Even you can't deny that!'
"That they were."
"Here you two are!" called Fred or George,"Ron woke up and neither of you were in your rooms.
"We went exploring. We found a library!" said Hermione
"Hey Fred", called another very familiar voice, "You find 'em?"
"Yeah. Hermione found a library." said Fred teasing Hermione
"Whatever. Hey Gred grab Forge and Ginny get dressed for dinner which is in the family dining room, wherever that is. Then we can find a place to play exploding snap."
"The family dining rooms on this floor so why don't we use that study that Hermione and I found. Meet back here in fifteen?" said Harry
"Okay."
When they met back up at the landing Fred began to laugh.
"What did you three coordinate your outfits?" asked George
"You could say that" said Harry.
After dinner everyone went their separate ways. Just before 11:15 Harry, Hermione, and Ron stole down to the study. Harry knocked on the closed door.
"Enter!" said Sirius.
Harry opened the door and allowed Hermione to enter before him. Once the threewere inside Sirius shut the door.
"First. I, Sirius Orion Black also known as Padfoot, move that any mention of Peter William Pettigrew, also known as Wormtail, be stricken from all Marauder records."
What gives you reason to ask this Padfoot, old friend?
wrote Prongs
"He has been found guilty of treachery the group and has caused the death of one of its members."
Alright. He shall be stricken from the Marauder's lists.
wrote Mooney
"Thank you. I have 3 children in need of names. They will drink anipoition and then repeat their name and form."
He handed Hermione the first vial. She drank it down and a lion flashed.
"Hermione Jane Granger! Lioness!"
As you are a lioness you shall be given the name D'or which is French for gold.
Wrote Mooney
Ron went next. He was a dog.
"Ronald Bilius Weasley! Golden Retreiver!"
You shall be given the name Kibble because dogs like kibble.
wrote Prongs
Ingenious, Prongs
Wrote Mooney
Harry went. His form was also a lion.
"Harry James Potter! Lion!"
Are we related?
wrote Prongs
You shall be known as Roar because Lions roar
wrote Mooney
"Thank you. Mischeif Managed!" said Sirius "Okay you three to bed"
The trio went to theirrooms but didn't go srtaight to bed. Instead they gathered in Harry's room.
"I want to tell you both. I have to kill Voldemort or be killed." said Harry ignoring Rons flinch.
"Why?"
"It was in the prophecy."
"That sucks mate. But no matter what I'll be there."
"Me too Harry"
They all spent the next day on the beach. They did the same thing on Harry's birthday. He got a lot of nice presents. From Sirius was The Big Book Of Pranks. From Remus was How to become an illegal animagus. Both were by the Marauder's. From the Weasley family was a jumper, some new WWW products, and a book on the Chudley cannons. From Hermione was a book on the Dark Arts called Dark Curses: How to protect yourself.
The next day the recieved O.W.L scores. Hermione got 10, Harry 9 and Ron had 6.
INTERLUDE . . . . . . .
Professor Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Wicthcraft and Wizardry was at a loss. He could not find a suitable Defense professor. He was just about to contemplate giving the job to Severus Snape when a knock came at his office door.
"Enter" he said thinking it was his Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall.
Boy was he wrong. A young woman strode into hs office and right up to his desk. He stared at her for a moment.
"Alyssa Martini? What are you doing here?" he asked
"I wish to teach Defense here ,sir. I've been teaching at Beauxbatons for 4 years and I'm also a French Auror."
"I will need more proof as to your qualifications."
"I thought so." she said prodicing a small vial with a slivery-white liquid in it. "A memory fom a year ago."
She placed it into his pensieve. it floted to the top. It was all dark at first but then Dumbledore could see that Voldemrt was there.
"I'm not telling you who they are TOM! I won't let you kill them!" shouted Alyssa
"Yes you will Alyssa. Or I'll kill you."
"You know you can't kill me! Ben protects me! Your spells can't touch me!"
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
A ghostly figure appeared and absorbed the spell.
"Lapista! " shouted Alyssa
Voldemort momentarily froze and the memory ended.
"Alyssa was that-"
"Not you concern Dumbledore. Do I have the job or not?"
"Yes. Alyssa the momentary stone spell-"
"Is known to no one other than the family that holds the roses. Yes Headmaster I am a Webster. Here are the books each year will need."
It was raining in Barbados so everyone was hanging out inside. Harry, Ron and Hermione were all thinking about different things when Ginny's voice cut through their thoughts.
"RON! HARRY! HERMIONE! Our Hogwarts letters are here!" she yelled
The trio met up in the hall. They ripped open their letters and loooked at the supply list.
"We need THREE books for defense?" asked Harry.
"Listen to these titles Ginny! Specters and Shadows , Your protective ghost, and All the Defense spells you'll eer need to know Volume 3." said Ron snickering.
"You four! We'll be going to Diagon Alley tomorrow"
THE NEXT MORNING . . . . .
Harry, Hermione, Ron, Sirius and Mrs.Weasley left for The Leaky Cauldron. Tonls and Her new partner Ben Standish were waiting there.
She gave Harry his money and then aftre realizing that Hermione had none Harry said he would pay for her books.
The group's first stop was Flourish and Blotts. Harry spent 200 Galleons in books including a present for Hermione. Also he had an interesting conversation with Standish.
He had seen Harry pick up 2 copies of All the Defense spells you'll ever need by Ayssa Martini.
"Thats a good book. You'd of liked Lyss."
"You know her?"
"Knew her. She died seven years ago along with my brother Alex."
After Flourish and Blotts it was off to Hammurabi's for quill's ink and parchment then Madam Malkins. Then the apothecary and owl empoium. On their way out Harry saw a booth and boughta ring with waves in to for Hermione. He had Sirius engrave "To 'Mione my best friend. Always together Harry" . Instead of putting 'Mione he put 'Mine on purpose (not that Harry knew that).
That the end of this chapter, Long and probably boring I know but soon there'll be lotsof excitement! If any one can tell me why I chose to call the quill shop Hammurabi's the next chappie is dedicated to them. Archerelf your not allowed to partcipate b/c I know you should know! BYE PLZ REVIEW!