"Haley," James started, "I think it's time to have a long overdue discussion."

"About what?" Haley asked slowly. She told them everything they needed to know about Ron. What else was there that they needed to talk about?

"About your childhood."

Oh.

"There's not much to say," Haley said ducking her head down.

"Please Haley. We all really need to know," Lily quietly begged.

"But it doesn't matter anymore, Lily," Haley said. She had been avoiding this question for years.

"It does to me; to all of us. We know you have been hurt in the past. All we want to do is help you," Lily tried to pry.

"It will only upset you," Haley said.

"It'll be worth it," James said sounding firm.

"Fine. After Peter left me at the foster family I stayed there waiting for you to change your minds. I did however decide early on that if you weren't back by the time I was a certain age I would leave. I needed to be out of there before I turned nine," Haley explained.

"Why nine?" Sirius asked.

"Padfoot, don't interrupt. I was getting to that!" Haley snapped and Remus and James chuckled.

Haley took a deep breath and said, "At the age of nine the foster father believes you are old enough for intercourse."

Silence.

"He didn't, did he?" Lily breathed.

"Not exactly. He molests all the girls including me. I planned to leave two weeks before my ninth birthday. I wouldn't let him do that. His wife however was jealous. Basically every time he forced one of us to do something she would beat us afterword; like we had asked him to do it. She almost killed Sarah after she walked in on them. Sarah ran off a week later."

"Who are they?" James growled.

"It doesn't matter, James," Haley tried to say.

"DOESN'T MATTER?! How can you say that? They need to pay for what they did to you; to all of those girls!" James yelled.

"And they are paying for it! Just let me explain. It was four weeks before my ninth birthday. I had been stealing small things for months now. Mostly pocket change or dry foods. Things I could use to live on the streets with. I actually had about a hundred dollars. Anyways I kept waiting for the moment I had been planning for but then the police came. Apparently Sarah had been caught be the police and told them everything. After doing a medical exam on her they found out that every word Sarah said was true and that there were still children in the house. They got us out and wanted to send us to other families. I knew some kids from other families and I knew that not all of them are better than mine. Some were worse. I couldn't stay in the system anymore so I ran," Haley explained.

"What happened to them?" Remus asked.

"Life in prison with no chance of parole. I heard it on the muggle news."

"What did you do after that?" James asked.

"I found the Leaky Cauldron. I used floo and traveled around a lot. I found my talent for singing and I got a guitar and I travelled around singing. Eventually I travelled to Canada and I really liked it so I stayed."

"Where did you sleep?" Remus asked.

"On nice nights I camped in the park. When it got colder I would try and save my money for motel rooms. I did a good job. The odd night I slept in a bus stop but I managed."

'That's horrible," Lily said.

"You get used to it. You get a lot of strange looks if you're nine and alone asking for a hotel room so I would call the motels and try to speak like an adult and I told them that I was going to drop my daughter off and my sister was going to pick her up. That meant that I could only stay there once. Once I got to Canada I found a hotel that was very discreet. The owner was in the foster system to and understood. He gave me free meals and if I couldn't pay full room price he would let me stay there for what I could spend."

Just then a phoenix appeared in the middle of the room. It handed Lily a letter.

"Dumbledore wants to see us all," she said as she read it, "We are supposed to go with Faux so Haley doesn't walk."

They all grabbed hold of Faux and burst into flames. Haley fell as they landed. James and Sirius helped her up as she exclaimed, "Bitchin'! I want one!"

James, Sirius, and Remus chuckled while Lily said, "Haley! Language!"

Haley gave her a sideways look in confusion and said, "English." The guys burst into laughter and Lily couldn't help but giggle. They didn't stop until they heard a small girly cough from behind them. They turned to see Dumbledore standing beside three people. Haley recognized one of them as the Cornelius Fudge the Minister of Magic. The others were new to her. One was a good looking black man and another was a toad like woman in pink. Haley didn't like her already. They had landed in Dumbledore's office. The sorting hat was sitting on the shelf and when it saw Haley it burst into song.

"I don't really know who I am. It's time for me to make a stand. I need a change and I need it fast. I know that any day could be the last!"

Haley laughed at the toad's face she looked horrified. The minister just looked confused. Everyone else in the room found it hilarious. Even the black man was laughing. Then Haley joined the hat and everyone laughed more.

"All I want is a little of the good life. All I needs to have a good time. Ohhh, the good life! All I want is a little of the good life. All I needs to have a good time. Ohhh, the good life!"

After they were done Haley turned to Dumbledore and said, "I really screwed with your hat didn't I."

He smiled at her and said, "Yes, actually. He thinks that from now on we should sort everyone by music preference. Gryffindor would be rock and metal. Slytherin – rap. Ravencraw – pop. Hufflepuff – Broadway and classical."

"Cool."

The toad lady coughed again. "I guess I should introduce you," Dumbledore said, "This is Cornelius Fudge the Minister of Magic, Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt, and that's Deloris Umbridge."

"Sup," Haley said nodding.

James, Sirius, and Remus loved this. They never had the guts to act so strangely in front of the Minister before and Haley seemed to be enjoying herself.

"They got confused when a dead person claimed to have been attacked. They decided they needed to see you for themselves," Dumbledore explained.

"Yeah, I guess I can understand that," Haley said.

"Those look painful," Kingsley said pointing to the bruises.

Haley shrugged, "I'm used to pain. Besides Madam Pomfrey did a good job."

Kingsley said, "Well I'm working with Auror Tonks. I believe that Weasley will be in Azkaban for a long time."

"Thank you."

"The court date has been moved up so it can happen before the press gets a hold of all of this," Fudge said.

"Well when is it?" James asked.

"Tomorrow at fifteen hundred. Haley will need to speak if somebody calls her to the stand. That is not a sure thing though," Fudge said. "Well we best be off; lots to do before the trial tomorrow." Then they each went through the floo.

"Tomorrow?" Haley whispered.