Chapter 1: Nine Years Later
Nine Years Later….
It's been nine years since that night where Noah had become the Boy-Who-Lived, as the wizarding world now called him.
The day after that life changing Halloween night, The Potter Family and Sirius Black went to Gringotts and after some thinking, decided to live in Potter Manor.
But, that same day, while Lily had taken Noah on a stroll through Diagon Alley to meet his many adoring fans, James and Sirius had set up a plan, starting with making an emergency trust fund for Genesis and had made many plans regarding her and Noah's guardianship, just encase anything would happen to either of them in the future.
Sirius had told James about Dumbledore and his attitude towards the kids, Genesis especially, while James told Sirius about how Lily was acting weird, during their conversation.
They would've set something up like a trust for Noah, but they had a strong feeling that he would only not need it, with the way Lily was acting, he'd only know how to spend money.
James also put a restriction on how much money Lily was able to use or take from the vault per year without his or the goblin's consent, which had to be written with a blood quill.
The two pranksters knew that something was up and they were going to get to the bottom of it. Once, they finished their business, they put their plan that they made up with the goblin's into action.
They'd pretend to hate Genesis in the open but when they were alone, they'd be the best they could be towards her and any friends she made. They knew it would be rough on her because she would most likely get hurt either mentally, emotionally, or physically at some point, but, they knew they'd have to be able to put all their sly, cunning, and smarts into this if they wanted their plan to work to fool Lily and Dumbledore.
After that, its all been coming together, Lily and Dumbledore believed that they hated Genesis and Noah, slowly grew into an arrogant little boy. But even though they had planned for it, it still hurt James and Sirius that everybody had slowly forgotten Genesis, even Remus, their bestest friend ever, especially since Peter had betrayed them.
But, despite that they were happy for Genesis, or 'Gen', as she goes by, because she had 3 amazing best friends that both of them approved of. They knew that the 3 would stick by Gen through thick and thin and be there for her when they couldn't be.
Her three best friends were Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, and Neville Longbottom. They were all the same age, except for Luna, who was a year younger than them.
Neville Longbottom, he was a very sweet boy, just a little bit too shy and nervous around others. He was raised by his grandmother, Augusta Longbottom. When he was a baby, actually, on the same night that The Potters had been attacked, his family was as well. His parents, Frank and Alice Longbottom nee' Hathaway, had been tortured to insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange nee' Black, Sirius's cousin. While, Augusta was a very nice woman, she was very strict and more than anything wanted Neville to be just like his father.
Neville, to name his only hobby, was an expert Herbalist, despite being only 10 years old. He had a serious green thumb and he could get plants, no matter how dangerous to tame themselves for him and his friends. Sadly, because of his grandmother, he had very low self-esteem and refused to see how amazing his ability was. Along with low self-esteem, he was also very forgetful, but that was more from his mother, but he was getting better with it.
Gen was able to be best friends with him because he was her godbrother, since Lily and Alice had been best friends at Hogwarts and promised to name each other their children's godmothers.
Draco Malfoy, her other best friend, who was actually more like a brother than Neville, who just so happened to be her crush.
Draco Malfoy, his parents were Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy nee' Black, Sirius's other cousin and Bellatrix's sister. His father was sent to Azkaban for being one of Voldemort's trusted death eaters and his mother was so devastated, she just wasn't in any condition to raise Draco. So, with that in thought, she asked Sirius to raise him, since he was the closest of kin, capable of raising him. Sirius, knowing how Dumbledore, Lily, and Remus would react, incorporated Draco into the plan. So, basically he just pretended to hate him and made others think that the house elves raised him, when in reality, they didn't.
Draco, he was also a sweet boy, just a little bit arrogant, but what else can you get being raised by Sirius Black? His hobbies included Acting and Pranks, which is also expected after being raised by Sirius Black, an affinity for pranks. He often pranked Lily and Noah and their stuck up friends, who only cared about their money.
Finally, Luna Lovegood, she was like Gen's sister, even though she was a little weird at first. Her parents were Xenophilius and Selene Lovegood nee' Ravenwood. Her mother was a spell creator and was always making experiments all over the place to improve the Wizarding World. One day, while Luna had been helping her mother with one of her projects, when it went wrong and exploded. That happened when she was six, she hasn't been the same ever since, but from what Gen and the other knew, her father went off the deep end. He also blamed Luna for Selene's death, believing she could've done something to protect her and to their knowledge, he didn't hurt her physically. He just abused emotionally and mentally, neglecting all her needs such as food, clothing, and her health.
Gen knew Luna because she was neighbors with The Weasleys, who just so happened to be frequent visitors to the house. Luna was acquaintances with their youngest daughter, Ginevra, who was the same age as her. But, 'Ginny', as the girl went by was so starstruck whenever she came over with her brothers that she completely ignored Luna, causing her to find a couple friends in Draco, Neville, and Gen.
Other than the three, Gen was a very isolated child. The best thing though was that James was able to convince Lily that she she always let Gen get new clothes, because if she didn't people would get suspicious and it would raise attention to Gen if she always wore rags. Lily had been reluctant, but she decided that James was right and that wearing ras would give the little brat more attention than she deserved.
The 4 kids were often bullied by Noah and Ron Weasley, so they almost always hung out in Gen's room or the Library, slowly getting to know as much as they could about each other and James and Sirius could see that Gen and Luna, while as close as sisters, they both stuck more towards the boys. Neville with Gen and Luna with Draco, they knew that the kids weren't old enough to feel anything more than crushes with each other, so they didn't discuss anything with them as they slowly began to like each other, though they didn't know it.
When the kids were around 8, James and Sirius decided to let them start training early. They taught them a lot of things, mostly magical theory, as they figured out a way to get them to channel their magic without a wand.
When neither James nor Sirius had time to teach them, they had the house elves take over. Between James, Sirius, and the House Elves, they were able to teach the kids so many things like Transfiguration, Potions, Charms, Herbology, and Defense Against The Dark Arts.
When they weren't being taught those subjects, the House Elves taught them how to sing, dance, and swim.
Sure, it was long and tough but they all made it through the training, some being better than others.
Neville was better at Charms and obviously, Herbology. Draco was amazing at Transfiguration and Dancing. Luna was spectacular in Potions and Swimming. And Gen, she was spectacular in Defense Against The Dark Arts and Singing.
Gen literally had an amazing voice, she could do many pitches in notes and could sing many types of genres with just the right voice. Luna and the others were good singers and dancers as well, but Gen and Draco had them beat at those subjects.
Gen was always so eager about singing, she tried to sing as much as she could around the house, despite Lily and Noah telling her she sounded like a banshee, she didn't care what they had to say, she only cared about her families opinions, which Lily and Noah obviously weren't.
They were all so happy and believed nothing could change how they all felt about each other and that they were all they needed to be happy, one day that thought was strengthened, for all of them.