webweaver: I've been meaning to ask you...Are you a mind reader? I did have the idea for Hedwig to have chicks and give them to Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara (although I didn't actually think of Hinata), and then you review suggesting the same thing (but with Hinata too), so seriously...are you a mind reader?

To all reviewers who "died laughing" after reading the last chapter: I have hired a necromancer to resurrect you all so that you may read this chapter as I'm not exactly possitive if the afterlife has an internet connection or not. The necromancer has decided to be paid with pretty rocks...thankfully, I had my markers and a whole bunch of rocks, so he is very happy, and you all have been brought back from the dead. Be happy.

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Chapter 22

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Rhonda Yates smiled as she read the latest letter from her son. Will had managed to make friends in all the houses in his first year. Horace Huffs from Hufflepuff, Nicholas Farbor and Rachael Ravyn from Ravenclaw, Jeremy Malfoy, Russell Weasley, and Gregory Gryfyn from Gryffindor, and Caitlyn Delani and Serena Slyn from Slytherin. In his second year he befriended first years Jason Davis and Jemma Kirke, from Hufflepuff and Gryffindor respectively.

Near the end of the summer before Will's third year, Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom returned to society. During the war, Voldemort was looking for a seer to force things out off…Luna's father asked that she go live with relatives in America. She met a handsome man there and a few years later twin girls were born…then Voldemort caught up. The father, an American muggleborn, was killed before Harry Potter managed to find them. After driving Voldemort off, he sent Luna to a safe house, along with the secret keeper Neville Longbottom. The two girls had been raised by the two of them, though Neville was strictly seen as an Uncle. Luna didn't have any feelings for him and well…Neville was gay.

In Will's third year first years Erica Peakes and the twins Artemis and Diana Lovegood from Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin respectively, joined the group. Third year was also the year that they all found out Gregory, Serena, Rachael, and Horace were the true descendents of Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff. After finding that out, the whole group had been jokingly renamed the New Founders.

This year, Will's fourth year, only one first year, Megan Rivers of Slytherin, joined the group. They were the tightest group of friends Hogwarts had ever seen, even with so many of them. The defense teacher, Ginny Malfoy, still taking care of her and Draco's son, Harold Draconis (Named after both Harry and Draco), who had turned one at the beginning of the year, had come across some elemental stones. Elemental stones were similar to focus stones, except they told you if you were an Elemental (usually of either Wind, Water, Earth, or Fire) instead of you power level, and they were much, much harder to find.

According to Will's letter, Ginny had allowed all students who wanted to see if they had an element try them. All of the New Founders tried it out. Caitlyn, Serena, Gregory, Jeremy, Nicolas, Rachael, Horace, and Erica didn't turn out to be elementals. However, Diana, Megan, Russell, Jemma, Artemis, Jason and Will did. Diana and Artemis were both Wind Elementals; Russell and Meagan were both Fire Elementals, Jason was an Earth Elemental, and Will was a Water Elemental.

When Jemma had tried it, the stone said she was an Elemental, but didn't specify which element. They soon found out, that Jemma was the odd one out, being able to control Lightning, instead of Wind, Water, Fire, or Earth. (They apparently found out when she accidentally sent a bolt of lightning into Will's but) She was the first Elemental without one of the basic elements in four centuries. None of the New Founders were bothered by this, except Will, but that was only because she kept using his butt as target practice, claiming it an excellent way of getting his attention.

Rhonda smiled again, then got a spare piece of parchment, a quill, and some ink to pen out a reply. As she sent it off with the school owl that had brought Will's letter, she frowned. Something big was going to happen…she didn't know when…and she didn't know if she would survive…but she did know that it had to do with Hermione Granger-Weasley. The girl was a genius…it was only a matter of time before she saw the pattern Rhonda was using to hide Harry and Gaara, and knew that Rhonda was lying, and if Rhonda changed the pattern now, Hermione could see through it quicker. She only hoped Harry would take good care of Will if she couldn't.

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Sirius Black lay in bed staring at the ceiling. He knew Hermione was getting Legimency lessons, he just didn't know from who. He also knew why she was doing it…to find Lily's real family. Sirius knew them and where they were (or rather where they should be). While he had been James' best friend, he had been Lily's confidant; he knew things she never even told to James.

Something was wrong with the way Hermione was acting…it wasn't Azkaban's effects either…he knew first hand about that. He also knew first hand about what was effecting Hermione…the aftereffects of using the Dark Arts. He had been subjected to them as a kid, and forced to use them by his parents, but stopped when he went to Hogwarts.

Hermione truly had cast the Cruciatus on Gaara…and she wasn't sorry about it. That was wrong in so many ways. And Remus believed the lies she was telling, because his wolf didn't like Harry's dragon. No matter what Sirius said to Remus, he wouldn't budge, steadfastly believing that Hermione was the good one, while it was Harry who had gone bad.

Sirius damned himself for not reading up on the mating processes of werewolves…that was what got him in this mess in the first place. Remus had marked him, and he hadn't (known to) fought for dominance during the marking process, so Remus had come out on top, and now Sirius couldn't actively go against Remus in anything, not without feeling a pain that amounted to worse than that of the Cruciatus. He absolutely hated that, but there was nothing he could do about it now. And even if there was, there was nothing and no one to go back to…his godson hated him…as did most if not all of the Wizarding world…the only thing he had left was Remus, and even then…it was Remus who had him, not the other way around.

The least he could do was make the way harder for Hermione…he sealed up the memories of everything Lily had ever told him about her true family…even with Legimency, Hermione would never be able to get anything out of him. And he would do everything in his power to prevent Hermione from finding out where Harry was. He had already seen the pattern Rhonda was using…if he could keep Hermione from seeing it, he could keep her away from Harry and Gaara for a while longer.

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Hermione was currently skimming through the Prophet for any sightings of Harry or herself. Harry had been moving around constantly for the past year…something about the way he was moving was bugging her, but she just couldn't figure out what it was. Every time she got close to figuring it out, she thought of something else. And it was driving her nuts…well, more nuts than she already was.

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Back in his bedroom, Sirius smiled slightly. His plan had worked again. He had gone into Hermione's head and left a "trigger" of sorts. Every time she would come close to figuring out the pattern, the trigger would activate and she would think of something totally unrelated to the pattern. And it was beginning to piss her off. Sirius' smile grew wider. Pissing off Hermione was fun.

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OMG, there wasn't any dialog in this chapter. But that's what's been happening in the mother dimension…I'm thinking that after the mini-vacation, I'm going to do a timeskip to when the genin get their jounin instructor. I need an excuse for Sakura not to graduate in the same class as Sasuke, Naruto, and Gaara…anyone got an idea? If I get some, I'll compare it to what I have, and pick the better one…I will of course give credit to the one who gives me the idea. Read and Review, please. Smiles!

Rune