My Mother, My Aunt Keeperoliver Chapter 11
A/N 1. First, this chapter belongs to fred aholic, and we would appreciate any of you viewers to contact her to let her know how she did. She is a fantastic writer, and I lucked out to get her to co-author this story with me. This story has been a bigger success than i expected, and Tes has been a big part of it.
2. I would like to thank on of our reviewers for coming up with the Portrait idea for James. Please forgive me as I have forgotten your name, but she is in the reviews, and she is probably devising ways to kill me right now. If I didn't get old, I wouldn't have this problem. Unfortunately, I did, and I do. My MS doesn't help matters either. That is why I am thinking of the story, as I write it. Oh yeah, Loretta. sorry bout that.
3. I would also like to thank Buckwheat Zydeco. I am glad you stayed with us.
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Hermione and Ginny walked down the stairs, talking about what other Horcruxes there were when they saw Harry in the family room. They smiled as they watched him through the partly open door, he was talking to his dad, he did that a lot since the portrait was put on the wall. They thought it was great, Harry had always wondered about his dad and now he could ask him questions and talk to him. They quietly walked passed the room, they didn't want to disturb him, he deserved as much time as he could with his dad and they weren't going to get in the way of that. They walked into the kitchen where Lily, Sirius and Alicia were sitting and talking.
"Me and Harry are going to try and find the locket today, Dumbledore thinks that it might be in a cave" they heard Lily say.
"I have an idea, I can go to Grimauld place and have a look around, one of the children could come with me, there is bound to be something there that can help with the protective charms around the Horcruxes, knowing my dark, pure blood crazy relatives" Sirius said, refusing to call the Blacks his family.
"I can go with you" Ginny said, the adults looked up and just realized that they were there. Sirius grinned when he saw her "Excellent, we can leave when everything is ready." he said.
"Leave for where?" Harry asked as he walked into the kitchen, still smiling from when he was talking to his dad.
"Just to Grimauld place to see if there is anything to help us" Sirius said, he didn't know exactly what there was in his old home but there might be something helpful.
"We will check out that cave Albus told us about today Harry" Lily said when she saw her son.
"Ok, hopefully the locket is in there" Harry said, he wondered if the locket was a Horcrux, it would be surprising if it wasn't, it belonged to Salazar which would make Voldemort want it all the more.
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After they were ready, Sirius and Ginny apparated outside of Grimauld place., they walked up the steps and opened the door when a horrible wail was heard.
"Blood traitors, scum, mudbloods they need to be killed, destroyed!" a woman shouted, Ginny looked around her, wondering where the voice was coming from while Sirius ran to the stairs and pulled a curtain across a portrait, effectively silencing it.
"What was that?" Ginny asked bewildered, she didn't know a portrait could be that vile and loud, she didn't even know a person could be unless they magnified their voice.
"That, that was dear old mummy, she has been hanging there since she died and I got this house, should have known the old wench would use a permanent sticking charm so I couldn't take her down, just ignore what she says, she never was a nice woman" he explained bitterly. They walked around the house, Ginny shivered as she felt all of the dark objects, it was unnatural for so many to be in one place. Her eyes widened when she saw a collection of shriveled heads mantled along the wall above the stairs.
"House elves, when they are too old to work, their heads are chopped off and placed on here" Sirius said when he realized what she was looking at. She couldn't look away from the heads, how could anyone do something so sickly, so horrible, surely they couldn't do this, there must have been some law against it.
"We need to carry on" Sirius said, leading her away from the horrific sight, they continued up the stairs, there was nothing so far that could help them. She stopped when she heard something, she looked to her left and quickly backed away when one of the heads moved, she looked closer and realized that it was alive and it's body was still attached.
"A blood traitor, Mr Black has brought a blood traitor into the noble house of black, what would my poor mistress think" the house elf said sadly as he glared at her.
"Enough Kreature, go back to your work!" Sirius growled, he hated that house elf, why couldn't it just go away.
"Yes sir, I live to serve the Blacks" the house elf said in a mock kind voice before it walked down the stairs. Sirius seemed to brighten up when he looked into a room, he grabbed a box and filled it with different items, items that he was sure would help them.
Ginny watched him for a moment until she felt something leave her and a sudden rush of darkness spread over her, she turned around, it seemed to be coming from the stairs but it wasn't there before. She walked down the stairs as the darkness grew, it wasn't like the other darkness that was in the house, it seemed stronger, nearly unthinkable. She followed it until she was back downstairs and walking through a hallway, everything around her was lost, all she could focus on was the feeling, the soft hypnotizing buzzing in her ear as she got closer to a rusty looking door. She reached her hand out for the handle, the feeling becoming unbearable, she jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up and saw Sirius behind her looking concerned.
"What is it?" he asked, she seemed to be in some type of trance when she was walking down the stairs, ignoring him when he tried calling her name.
"I am not sure, there is something in there, something dark and powerful, a lot more than anything else in this house, what's behind this door?" she asked.
Sirius thought for a moment "it is only a small part of the basement, it is only used for Kreature's room" he said, there couldn't have been anything dark there. Ginny turned back to the door and opened it, it was very dark but brightened when she lit her wand. She slowly walked into the room, it didn't look very special, normally, no one would think anything would even be in here. There was a small door in the corner where it was coming from, she opened it and looked inside, there was only a blanket and a few disregarded items, among the heap was a small silver locket. Strange, she thought that Harry and Lily were going to look for the locket in the cave.
"The power seems to be coming from this, there is no way it can be this dark without someone having to die to make it" she said showing it to Sirius.
"This looks like just a locket but if your sure, we will take it back" he said, he put it in the box and continued to look around the house.
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"I don't feel anything mum" Harry said as they entered the cave, he could feel wards but there was nothing behind them.
"Maybe the wards are stopping you Harry, after all, that might be what they are there for" Lily said, she looked around the cave, there was something strange about it. She watched as Harry walked up to the wall and put his hand on it, the wards seemed to be against it but there was nothing telling him how to break them. He walked along the side of the wall, feeling for any cracks or signs of what to do. He stopped when his forehead suddenly burned, that had never happened before, he winced as it increased, getting harder to ignore. He saw a flash in his mind, an image, it seemed to be a snake, a very large snake slithering around a dark room. A blinding pain shot through him as he concentrated on the snake, he didn't know what it was but knew it was important.
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Hermione grinned as she walked away from Ron and Daniel, those two were too good at planning pranks, she almost felt bad for Remus and Sirius who had to try and keep up with them. She walked into one of the rooms and sat down with a book, she was going to use this free time to read up on dark objects. She looked up and smiled when she saw Remus walk in with a book, also hoping to have a few hours of quiet time. He chuckled when he noticed she was reading too but left her to her peace while he sat on the other side of the room. She looked back down at the pages of the book and tried to read, she blinked when an image of a snake suddenly filled her mind. She shook her head, she was probably just tired, she thought as she looked back down at the pages. She gasped when she felt something wash over until her mind clouded over, hissing growing louder. The words of the pages became fussy before she fell to her knees and all she could see was a snake.
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"This will come in handy" Sirius said as he looked at something that Ginny had never seen before throwing it in box. She looked at all the objects in the box, they all felt horrible but nothing was worse than the power that seemed to ooze out of the small locket. She never knew how anyone could create such a thing, it was obvious how it split the soul, it was so dark, so cruel. Her eyes went wide when she thought she saw a snake move in the corner of the room. She looked around but saw no signs of the snake, she shook her head, the locket must have just freaked her out more than she thought. Her head snapped up when she heard a hiss. The room was silent except for Sirius, maybe she had imagined it. She looked back down at the box but stopped when she say a flash of black and green, she felt something rise before everything turned dark.
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"Hello, is anyone there?" Harry asked, he tried to move around but he couldn't see anything, it was all dark.
"Harry, is that you?" Hermione asked, she thought she was alone but that was definitely Harry's voice.
"Hermione, where are you, actually, where are we?" Harry asked, he couldn't see anything, he thought he was at the cave.
"I don't know, I was reading and then for some reason, I am here" Hermione said confused, if only she could see.
"Hello?" asked a new voice, Harry and Hermione tried to focus more, they knew Ginny's voice anywhere.
"Ginny, are you ok?" Hermione asked, Ginny must have just arrived, where ever this place was.
"Yes but where are we?" she asked, Harry sighed, if they only knew.
"Try changing into your form Ginny, it might give us light" Hermione said, surely, the flames of the horse could show them where they were. Ginny changed into her horse form and the room suddenly lit up in the dull flame. They were in a black room, Harry looked over to the corner of the room and was shocked to see the snake, the one that he saw when he was in the cave.
"That snake, I saw it in Grimauld place with Sirius" Ginny suddenly said when she saw the snake, Hermione looked at it and gasped.
"I saw that snake when I was reading" Hermione said, Harry was confused, how could they have all seen the same snake in different places yet it was here. They watched the snake silently as it slithered towards a door, it didn't seem to notice them which they thought was a good thing, a snake that size would easily kill or even eat them. They panicked when the door opened and a man walked in, they were relieved when the man didn't seem to notice them either. He walked into the room and over to the snake, he had something in his hands, something that smelled awful.
"Here you go Nagini, just what Voldemort use to give you, fresh meat from the mudbloods" the man said. Harry, Hermione and Ginny felt sick as the man through the piece of meat, they didn't understand where they were but knew that it was important when the man mentioned Voldemort without fear.
"I don't know why he stated that he wanted you to be taken care of if he died, he wouldn't usually care about something like that" the man said. He watched the snake eat the meat before he left the room.
"You don't think...?" Hermione trailed off as she looked at the snake that seemed very happy now.
"It must be a Horcrux, why else would Voldemort want it taken care of" Harry said, they all looked up when they heard new voices.
"Are you ok?" they heard Remus, Lily and Sirius say together before the room shook and they were plunged into darkness again.
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Harry, Hermione and Ginny opened their eyes and looked around their surrounding, each were exactly where they were before they went to the snake. Remus was kneeling next to Hermione, Lily was kneeling over Harry and Sirius over Ginny. "We found the snake" they said, Sirius apparated Ginny back to Potter manor, Lily apparated Harry. At the manor, Harry and Ginny ran to the room with Hermione in it, Lily and Sirius behind them.
"Harry, Ginny, where was that snake?" Hermione asked, Remus, Sirius and Lily watched them confused.
"It was somewhere in Europe, an old manor, in ruins, I still have it in my mind" Harry said, Hermione quickly stood up and stepped closer to them.
"What is going on, we need to get Albus" Remus said worriedly but Harry shook his head.
"He wont be able to help, we found a snake Horcrux and if we hurry, we will be able to keep the co-ordinates" Harry explained. Before any of the adults could say anything, they apparated to the manor. They looked around the corridor and silently walked to the room at the end.
"Remember what Albus taught us" Harry whispered as they reached the door, they changed into their forms before they opened it. They saw the snake slithering across the floor, it looked up when it heard the door open and hissed threateningly at them.
"Ginny, the fiend fire" Harry said quickly, Ginny nodded before she sent the fire towards the snake. It hissed dangerously and tried to snap at the flames that surrounded it but it had no choice but to recoil as the fire came closer. The circle of fire grew smaller and smaller until the snake had no room to move. With one last hiss, the fire clasped together, sending unnatural, black smoke out of the room.
"Come on, we need to make this look like it was not intentional" Harry said as he climbed onto Ginny who rushed out of the manor with Ginny. Hermione and Ginny changed back but was confused when Harry stared up at the sky.
"Harry?" Hermione tried but stopped when they realized that he was concentrating, they looked up and saw the clouds above them darken. Thunder rumbled in the clouds before lightning flashed through the sky, another flash and the manor was struck.
"Harry, what did you do?" Ginny asked, the flames engulfed the manor, they heard creaking, half of it collapsed.
"I made it look unintentional, no one will think that we are destroying the Horcrux if it was lightning, look" he said quietly.
"The manor, Voldemort's snake was in there!" a cloaked man said, he panicked as he watched the thunder, the flames died away as rain began to pour but it was too late for the men to do anything.
"We better get out of here before they see us" Harry whispered, silently, the three of them disappeared, leaving the men searching the rubble.
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"Calm down Lily" Remus said soothingly as Lily cried, worrying for her son and his friends.
"I cant calm down Remus, they could be hurt, we have no idea where they went" Lily said shakily, what if they were more than hurt.
"I am sure that they will be fine Lily, they have proved themselves during their training" Albus reasoned.
"He's right mum, you have to have more faith in us than that" Harry said as he, Hermione and Ginny walked into the room.
"Harry, Hermione, Ginny, I cant believe you three were so recluse" Lily said as she hugged the three of them in crushing hug.
"We are fine mum, we destroyed the snake Horcrux, it looks like it was killed by accident so no one will be suspicious" Harry said. Albus nodded as he watched the children, they needed to destroy the locket and that would have been four Horcruxes.
"Ginny, if you would, there is the locket to destroy" Albus said, Ginny nodded before she followed him out of the room.
"You have the locket, I thought it was in the cave" Harry said as he sat next to Hermione who was shuddering about the memory of the snake.
"Ginny found it in Grimauld place" Sirius said, shrugging as he looked through the box he took from his old house, there was useful things in it, hopefully they will find use of some of them.
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Hermione decided to spend some time with her Mom and Dad, and Ginny and Ron felt it was best that they did the same. So Harry felt himself alone in this large house, with no one his age to talk to.
Lily saw this, and remembered what Harry told her what James said, about Neville. She knew Augusta Longbottom, Mother of her friend Frank, and his wife Alice. She felt sorry for Neville, growing up without a Mother or Father. Maybe Augusta would let Neville stay with Harry for a while.
She floo called her and arranged for Neville to stay two weeks, to get to know Harry, before school started. Her and Harry were to pick him up in the morning. She told Harry this, and he was thrilled to be meeting a new friend.
The next morning saw Lily and Harry Apparating to Longbottom Manor. They walked up to the door, and Lily knocked. Afew minutes later, a older woman with a stern face answered the door, but broke into a smile when she saw Lily. "Lily potter, I could not believe it when I heard you were alive. But now that I see you. Oh, please excuse my manners, come in, won't you. And this must be young Harry. Looks just like his Father, but with your eyes and chin." she turned around and called loudly for Neville.
Soon, a slightly pudgy, and somewhat clumsy boy appeared.
"Neville, I want you to meet Lily Potter, and Her son, Harry. Lily, Harry, this is my Grandson Neville."
Neville's eyes got big around, and said nervously, "Pleased to meet you Mrs. Potter, and Harry. Is it true about your s scar, Harry?"
Harry smiled and pulled back his hair to show off his scar. Neville just looked on in amazement. It was the Harry Potter from the stories. THE Boy Who Lived.
Augusta hit in the back of his head and told him to mind his manners. She didn't hit him hard, just enough to get his attention.
Augusta led them into the sitting room, where she offered them tea, and biscuits. They sat and talked about an hour, and soon, they had to leave. They all bid Augusta a good-bye, and walked out to the Apparating point, and left.
They arrived outside of Potter Manor, and walked in. Harry took Neville upstairs, helping him with his luggage, and showed him to his room.
Lily walked into the family room, and saw Sirius and Alicia getting frisky with each other. More than frisky, and Lily had to remind them that Dudley, Harry, and Now Neville, were running around. This stopped the more than frisky business, but not the snogging. Lily smiled and shook her head. "I am glad you two are Married. Two years, and you still act like newly weds."
Alicia looked over to Lily, "Little sister, I never knew what this was like with Vernon. Always so proper. A place for everything, and everything in it's place. That's what he always said to me. OOOHH, how I could kill Albus Dumbledore right now. He kept me from going to Hogwarts, where you went. I could be so much happier, if I didn't keep having the dream where Vernon will find me, and make me come home. Didn't you ever do this with James? Ahhh, I'm sorry Lily, I didn't mean that the way it came out."
Lily smiled, "It's alright Alicia, and yes, James and I did that, where do you think Harry was conceived?"
Sirius and Alicia jumped up, "Ughhh, that's not what we needed to hear. Now I'm going to have nightmares of James and you doing the Wango Tango on the couch. Maybe we can try after the kids got to bed tonight Ali my love."
"Sounds like a fun event. Maybe we should." Alicia was raising her eyebrows.
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The boys had gone to bed, and Remus and Lily went to talk to James prior to going to bed, leaving the two lovebirds on the couch in the family room. James excused himself for a minute, and came back laughing his butt off. "You should see them, Sirius has his pants around his ankles, jumping around trying to get them off. He still has his boots on, and his pants are too tight to fit over them. Alicia is sitting there in her panties, no bra, and laughing at Sirius as he dances around. Lily and Remus joined him in his laughter, then talked for about 30 minutes, and went to bed.
Lily dressed for bed,and Remus slept in his boxers. When lily crawled into bed, Remus pulled her to him, and started to kiss her neck, sending shivers up and down her spine. She turned over to face him, and was soon kissing him, as he explored her body. "Lily, I don't know why you decided to marry me, but I have to tell you, you made me the happiest man alive. If I died tonight making love to, I would be going with a smile on my face."
"So, Moony, does that mean we are making love tonight?"
"Only if you want to.?"
"Get over here Wolf boy, and make me howl."