Author's note: Harry Potter belongs to Rowling. Thank you to everyone who commented, favorited and subscribed after the last chapter!

Monster King: Thank you so much! I'm glad to see you comment. I hope you enjoy this chapter!

setokayba2n: Thank you, it was a typo, I went back to fix it! I hope you enjoy this chapter.

jiromanawari: I think its because I'm comparing it to the price of land over here in the States and how much a Manor sized house would cost in the 1990's for a muggle home. As well as the goblins trying to rip them off because its muggle made so the labor cost more to make it. This manor is bigger than the Malfoy manor as they are using all of the money from Bellatrix's vault. But you're right, I might have overpriced it because I wanted to show how much wealth Olde families like the Black's have.

Chapter 44

Harri woke up the next day and was feeling rather melancholic about the day she lost her parents. Halloween always made her feel off and reminiscent about her life. Halloween day was also the day that something bad always happened and she wasn't looking forward to seeing if the tradition held up. It seemed to have stopped after she had killed Voldemort, but she still sometimes had bad Halloweens just to throw her off and as a reminder that she shouldn't let her guard down. Afterall, Harri and Theo had found out about his engagement on a Halloween night. Harri wearily got up and started her morning routine.

In her first timeline, after the battle of Hogwarts, she would always go and visit her parents' graves on Halloween. She didn't like using the resurrection stone because after a couple of minutes it started to hurt her parents and Sirius. It wasn't until she heard that the Mexican wizards had a special day where the line to both worlds became thin and that the dead could cross over to the living world and visit relatives, family, and friends, instead of unnaturally summoning them from the beyond. That the ritual summoned the dead without hurting them, got her thinking of possibilities. Harri had talked it over with Theo and he also seemed eager to do the ritual with her and summon his mother as well. But before they had gone to Mexico together, the news that Theo had to wed Greengrass had devastated them and had put a stop to their plans. Afterwards, Harri hadn't gone to Mexico and hadn't searched for the spell that activated the ritual. But this time around, Harri promised herself that she would go to Mexico and get the spell and instructions so that she could speak to her parents in a way that didn't hurt them. Harri had tried to go the archive of spells in the ministry, but all of the spells on contacting the dead, necromancy, rituals, and anything the Ministry considered Dark were destroyed after she had killed Voldemort.

Harri stared into her mirror and ignored Tom's call. Today of all days is the day that she least wanted to speak to Tom Riddle.

She wanted to do something special and commemorate her parents. Harri took her wand and changed her robing to Gryffindor colors. She changed her trims and her crest to that of the Gryffindor's. Harri spelled her bangs longer and parted them out of her face and combed her hair all to one side just like the way her mother use to wear her hair. Afterwards, Harri concealed her scar with a notice-me-not and a Disillusionment charm. She made a note to herself to buy foundation and concealer the next time she got the chance.

Harri practiced her facial expressions so that she looked as close to her mother as she could. It was currently a Friday, and she had no class that day. That day, they only had a mandatory Halloween feast to attend to during supper, but besides that, she had the rest of the day to speak to her professors about her parents and try to collect unknown memories about them. Harri put more Potter jewelry on, but willed them to conceal themselves as she didn't want to mess with her impression of her dear and beautiful mother. But she also wanted to keep a part of her father with her so she only had them become invisible. Harri couldn't make her brooch go invisible, so she took off her Potter brooch and carefully put it away in her jewelry box so that she could wear the next day. She summoned her Patronus, as her Patronus was the representation of her father that she wanted to have with her all day. Her Patronus seemed to realize what she was going for and it nuzzled her cheek and stayed by her side. Harri smiled humbly and patted Prongs on his head.

Harri continued to perfect her facial expressions and once she didn't recognize herself, she decided that she was ready to start her day.

She climbed out of her trunk with Prongs and Milli was waiting for her on her unclaimed bed.

Milli stared shocked at Harri, she looked like herself but a bit more simple and with Gryffindor robes on.

"You look…" Milli decided on what word to use and then said, "…innocent" she finally said. Harri laughed and nodded.

"I'm trying to look like my mother, she had the innocent look to her." Milli nodded at Harri like if that was something that she suspected Harri would do.

"Why?" Harri stared sadly at Milli, and she was reminded that not everyone mourned on Halloween like she did.

"it's the day my parents died and I'm trying to commemorate their deaths" Harri said as she pointed to Prongs and said "My father was a Deer Animagus."

Milli eyes widened, and she nodded her head and was unsure of what to say to Harri. As they started to walk out of their room door, Milli stopped walking and whispered,

"I'm sorry for your loss, everyone seems to forget that we are in times of peace because a girl lost her parents" Harri stopped and stared at Milli. Harri never realized that Milli could be so insightful. She didn't know her at all in her first timeline and only knew her as the girl that put Hermione in a headlock in their second year. Nobody had ever said that to her, not even Hermione who was the closest friend, besides Ron, that she had. Harri hugged her tightly and whispered, "thanks Mille." Milli nodded and hugged her back and patted her on her back. Milli was happy that she got to have a friendship that didn't involve anything political like so many friendships in Slytherin did. Sure, it was there if they needed it, but that wasn't the base of their friendship. They had become friends because they were both lonely girls in Slytherin and had stuck together.

Harri let her go and they both exited their dorm room. Everyone watched as Harri's Patronus snooped around the Slytherin common room to really consider what Harry was wearing. Prongs snooped his nose in between the couches and strutted along the common room like it owned the place. Harri smiled at her Prongs and they both exited the common room to go to breakfast.

As Harri passed Professor Flitwick, he did a double take when he saw Harri with her hair down and swept to the side and in her Gryffindor uniform. Harri looked like a carbon copy of Lily Evans. Harri smiled at him and waved at him.

"Professor Flitwick! Good morning, sir" Harri called out happily and passed by him.

"I look forward to your next lesson sir!" Harri called out once again before she continued walking with Milli. Flitwick smiled at Harri as he realized that she was trying to imitate her mother.

"Why yes Miss Evans, make sure you remember to keep up the good work young lady." Harri gave him a bright smiled and giggled.

"Yes sir." Harri nodded and adjusted her Gryffindor scarf. Flitwick eyes wrinkled in humor as he got a bit misty eyed.

"A point to Gryffindor for being respectful and paying your respects to your elders this early in the morning." Flitwick eyes sparkled happily.

Harri laughed in appreciation, "why, thank you very much sir!"

"Off you go Miss Evans." Harri nodded and laughed. Prongs trotted back to Harri as he was busy inspecting Flitwick's hair and finding nothing out of the ordinary continued on towards the Great Hall and would look back to see if Harri was following, and when she wasn't, he would go back and wait for Harri.

"Yes sir!" Harri gave him a sincere smile and went on her way with Milli.

Milli stared confusedly at Harri and asked, "did he just give Gryffindor a point because of you?" Harri laughed and nodded.

"that's why it was only a single point." Harri nodded, and Milli nodded still a bit confused as to why Flitwick had called her Evans and given her a point to begin with. People stared at Prongs and at Harri who was in her Gryffindor robes. Many thought that it was a prank from the twins, but those that knew the twins knew it wouldn't be just one student involved in the prank unless the student had done something to insult them, and even then it would involve something more humiliating then a change of House colors if they had insulted them.

"I'm sitting with the Gryffindor's today Milli." Harri said as she passed by more students that stared at Prongs more then at Harri. Milli nodded understandingly. Milli knew that Harri would want to sit with the Gryffindors because both of her parents were from that House. Harri and Milli entered the Great Hall and Harri stopped before she headed to the Gryffindor table.

"See you afterwards?" Milli asked a bit unsure.

"Of course!" Harri nodded and smiled at her reassuringly. Milli nodded and they both parted ways as Harri walked to the Gryffindor table.

Harri sought out the twins and once she saw them, she went and sat in between them as she forcibly made some space for herself.

"Gentleman" Harri smiled at them and served herself a great helping of pancakes and drowned them in syrups and marmalades. Prongs strutted along and sniffed all of the food on the table before coming to rest behind Harri's seat.

George looked at the young first year Gryffindor and noticed that it was Harri, and he laughed as Fred also stared at Harri with food in his mouth and laughed at the same time.

"We swear this wasn't us!" Fred continued laughing. Harri smiled and bobbed her head as she took her first bite of her food.

"I know, I did this to myself." Harri continued to eat and smiled at them.

"But why?" George asked.

"A bit of an ingenious idea of mine, really, I look like my mum, and seeing as today is the day that I lost my parents I wanted to commemorate them in some way." Harri summarized. Both boys sobered up and George looked guilty for asking her.

"It's okay! Really!" Harri reassured him.

George still looked a bit unsure and Harri smiled and added,

"The professors who knew my parents are sure to get nostalgic when they see me." Harri added with a smile as she was trying to avoid smirking so that she could look as much as her mum as she could.

George nodded at that and that was when they heard a great booming cry coming from the High Table. Harri noticed that Hagrid was crying into his handkerchief and was wallowing about Lily Potter when he saw Harri.

Harri gave him a small wave and an innocent smile that she had been practicing that morning. Hagrid blew his nose into a napkin and Harri put her hair behind her ear and smiled at him.

Dumbledore looked out to the sea of children to see young Harriet pretending to be his mother and he was beyond pleased to see that the girl held her parents in high regard. A few good, placed stories of self-sacrifice about her parents are sure to make the girl open up to him and get her to listen to him. That she was close to the Weasley was another good sign that she wasn't turning dark and leaving her Gryffindor heritage behind.

McGonagall looked at Harri with a frown on her face as well as a nostalgic expression. Flitwick walked up to McGonagall and noticed that his coworker was also as affected as he was when he saw the young girl.

"Just like her mother, eh?" Flitwick chuckled as they both watched Harri smile at the twins and roll her eyes at their antics.

"She takes more after her father…" McGonagall stated as Harri, just for that day, behaved herself the way her mother always did.

"That she does, it makes you appreciate her carefree and cheerful manner even more when she does behave" Flitwick chuckled sadly. McGonagall nodded at that and continued to watch Harri.

"Miss Evans is such a delight, isn't she?" Flitwick asked her, as he continued the game he started with Harri. McGonagall started shocked at Flitwick and he only gave her a small smile.

"I saw her before coming into the Great Hall, she was pleased when I referred to her as Miss Evans." Flitwick gave as an explanation.

"I shall also talk to Miss Evans then…" McGonagall added with a small sad smile on her face.

McGonagall strolled over to the Gryffindor table where the twins hid Harri by squishing her in between them.

"POTTER! BLACK! YOU, MISERABLE DIRTY TOE RAGS!" Harri spat at the twins as they intentionally squished her and her cheeks with their shoulders.

McGonagall suddenly felt twenty years younger as she heard Harri curse at the twins the way her mother used to curse her father and godfather.

"Miss…Evans, what seems to be the problem?" McGonagall gave her a very thin smile that Harri knew how to identify.

"Professor McGonagall!" Harri exclaimed and suppressed her smile.

"Potter and Black are up to their antics again!" Harri shot both twins a glare. McGonagall looked unamused at the Twins, and Fred and George were more then confused as they didn't understand that Harri was pretending to be her mum.

"Is that so?" McGonagall pursed her lips and nodded at Harri. McGonagall felt a warmth in her heart as she was reminded of Harri's parents' schooling days. She couldn't deny Harri of her antics on the day that she lost both of her parents so she continued with Harri's charades.

"Ten points to Gryffindor for informing a teacher of a conflict and not getting involved in a fight" McGonagall added the last part to remind her that she had to get a teacher immediately and not engage in a fight like she did last time. Harri smiled brightly at McGonagall.

"Thank you, Professor McGonagall!" The closest Gryffindors at the table looked even more confused that McGonagall had awarded Harri points for Gryffindor.

McGonagall nodded approvingly at Harri and added, "be sure to inform me of future conflicts Miss Evans." Harri nodded eagerly and smiled brightly at being praised by McGonagall.

"Another fifteen points for an extraordinary Patronus" this time the points were added to Slytherin as McGonagall hadn't specified which House the points went to.

Harri beamed at her and got up from her seat and walked up to McGonagall and gave her a hug around her waist. McGonagall gave her a rare smile and hugged Harri back as she felt that the girl needed all of the hugs, she could get on the day that she had lost her family. Harri let her go and sat back between the twins and got back to making conversation with them.

The twins followed Harri throughout the day as they figured that Harri was feeling melancholic for her parents. They weren't aware that she had lost her parents on Halloween, but they did understand that Harri was reminiscing about them, and she need someone to talk to and have a good laugh with on that day. The twins teased Harri, and she bickered with them both and referred to them as Potter and Black the entire time. The twins soon understood that Harri was referring to them as her mother referred to her dad and her godfather. Fred and George thought that it was a brilliant prank on the teachers and a good way to make Harri feel better, so they tried their best to keep up the charade. As Fred was pretending to be James Potter for Harri's sake, he knew that it was a good opportunity to get one over her and tease her a bit, as he had never gotten one over Harri as of yet.

"Evans!" Fred called out as they walked through the corridors of Hogwarts.

"Potter." Harri spat at him and gave him a glare.

"Come on Evans, give me a smile…" Fred smiled at Harri and the professors that knew of the story that was James Potter and Lily Evans watched with amusement at their antics. Unfortunately, Snape came in at that exact moment and he hadn't seen Harri dressed up as her mother.

"Shove off Potter, I would rather date the giant squid then gave you a smile." Snape stopped dead in his tracks as he saw an exact replica of Lily Evans being followed by the Weasley Twins. Snape's logical side quickly realized that it was only Harri wearing Gryffindor robes and pretending to be her mother, and not the real Lily Evans. But he still felt enraged as he saw the twins pretending to be his childhood tormentors.

"That's tough mate" George laughed at Fred as they continued to follow Harri throughout the castle to Harri's delight.

"Come on Evans! I promise to stop experimenting on the first years if you agree to go to Hogsmeade with me!" Fred waggled his eyebrows at Harri. Harri rolled her eyes at them and almost lost her cool and almost started laughing, but she quickly got back into it with him.

"YOU CONCEITED, ARROGANT, INSUFFURABLE TOERAG!" Harri got the screech at the exact same pitch as he mother.

"I WOULD RATHER KISS THE GIANT SQUID!" Harri huffed as her face went red. But before Fred could respond, Snape seemed to appear out of nowhere and he looked murderous. Fred took a step back when he saw the look on his face, but Harri stood her ground and gave him a small genuine smile that way that her mother used to give him.

"Sir?" Harri asked softly.

"What is this?" Snape asked in a deadly and silent voice. Harri was about to respond in her own fashion and break her character but before she could, Fred spoke up to her surprise,

"I am getting Evans to agree to go to Hogsmeade with me professor." Harri's eyes widened, and her mouth made a small "o" as she and George stared in shock at Fred's response. George was usually well aware of what went on in his twin's head but he was taken unaware as his other half and brother in crime sounded too honest with that last part.

Snape's eyes were already pitch black as they darkened even more at that confession and Snape had to remind himself that Fred was not James Potter and that he couldn't hex a student.

"20 points from Gryffindor for foolish behavior" Snape sneered and then turned to glare at Harri. But the moment that he saw Harri her couldn't muster the effort to glare at her when she intentionally went out of her way to look like her mother.

"Get out of my sight Potter." Snape snarled without looking at her. Harri didn't need to be told twice before Harri took the twins hands and quickly pulled them away from the scene.

Hermione had thought that she had gotten over the loss of Harri's friendship, but it was still hard to see her so vibrant and always laughing at everything that amused her without caring what anyone thought about her. Harri would be looking into thin air and start laughing at particularly nothing and then smile at anyone who stared at her in shock and surprise and shrug at them and give them that grin of hers.

Then she had watched Harri walk to the Gryffindor table during breakfast and she felt happy when Harri started to walk towards her until she sat in between the twins and started her antics with them. She didn't think that she could feel any worse than she already did, and seeing Harri in Gryffindor red didn't help in the least.

The worst part is that Harri still liked the Gryffindor's enough to wear their House colors without having any shame and tease the twins but was indifferent to her entirely. It would have been easier if Harri stopped associating with all of the Gryffindor's and then she could blame it on House prejudice that Harri had suddenly developed, but it appeared that the only Gryffindor she had stopped associating with was her so that wasn't the case.

She couldn't understand why Harri was so upset with her, she had only told a professor that Harri might be in trouble of being physically abused by another professor!

This was how Hermione found herself crying in a bathroom stall during the Halloween feast.