Chapter Six
WARNING: HP ISN'T MINE:( THE STORY AND NEW CHARACTERS ARE MINE:)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I DECIDED TO POST ANOTHER CHAPTER:) I FEEL BAD THAT I TOOK A LONG TIME POSTING SO I'M POSTING ANOTHER ONE:) PLUS I'M SICK AND BORED:) THERE MAYBE A TIME SKIP OR TWO IN THIS ONE. OTHER THAN THAT SEE AUTHOR'S NOTE CHAPTER FOR THE REST.
Chapter Six
Damion's POV:
"Uh, Dame... Did you know it would be this big?" Eric asked me in a nervous voice. I looked at him and smiled at him, "Yes I knew it would be this big. Though it's still scary to me. I'd rather be going in my first time with the others than these boats, but at least we have each other." I told him. He looked at me and smiled and helped me get out of the boat when we made it to dry land.
We walked up some stairs and were told to wait until someone came and got us. A few minutes later Grandma Minerva came through some doors and started to explain the houses, rules, and how to earn and lose points. When she was done she lead us through the doors and into the Great Hall. I looked at all the tables and locked eyes with Uncle Ron and the others. They smiled at us encouragingly and I smiled back while Eric waved a little to them.
We turned back to Grandma when she placed a hat on a stool and it began to sing. Once it's weird song was over, Grandma unrolled some parchment and began to call off names. It went on for a while before she got to Eric's name. "Eric Winters!" she called smiling at him when he came up to her and sat on the stool. She placed the hat on his head and they sat there for a moment before the hat yelled out his house, "GRYFFINDOR!" it yelled and the entire table burst into cheers. Eric ran to the table and sat between Aunt Hermione and Ginny who both kissed him on his cheeks making him go red in the face.
Grandma called a few more names before she got to mine. "Damion P-Potter-Greyback!" she called stuttering on mom's name. I walked up and smiled at her before I sat down and she placed the hat on my head. "Ah, Potter's child. I wondered when I would get to meet you young one." it said in my head. "How do you know me?" I asked it and it laughed, "I know you because it's my job to know all the young witches and wizards that come through here." it said, "Now, let's see which house you're going to be in. Ah, looks like another Potter will be in Gryffindor" it said in my head before yelling it out loud. "GRYFFINDOR!" it said and the table yelled a little louder than any other time.
I smiled and ran to my family and launched into Uncle Ron's arms. He laughed and sat me between him and Uncle Neville and we watched as the others got sorted. Once the first years got sorted, Grandpa Albus stood up and explained the rules once again to everyone. When he was done the food magically appeared and we dug in.
"Hi there little one. You haven't got to meet us yet but we're your Uncle Dean and Uncle Seamus." came the voice of a very tall, dark skinned boy. He smiled at me and I smiled back, "Hi, I'm Damion and that's Eric your other nephew, why haven't we met you before now?" I asked and he looked a little sad, "I am sorry you couldn't meet us until now, but me and Seamus travel together during summer and we got to the train late this morning and had to rush onto the train. We just grabbed the nearest compartment and completely forgot to look for everyone." he explained and I nodded in understanding.
Dinner was a fun time. I got to meet to new Uncles and get to know them a little better. When it was over me and Eric followed the others to the common room. "Wow this place is awesome!" Eric said running around to look at everything while the others laughed. "Whoa Dame come up here and see the rooms! They're so cool!" he yelled and I ran up the stairs to see what he was talking about. I had to agree with him when I saw them. The room was huge! With six beds in a circle and a connected bathroom. I heard a bark from one of the beds and Midnight came running to me and tackled me to the ground and licked my face.
"Oh, Yuck! Midnight, get off you dumb dog!" I yelled between laughs. He licked my face one more time and ran to the bed he just came from and laid down. "I guess he's chosen your guys bed for you Dame." Eric said chuckling. I laughed to and walked over to the bed. It was the bed by the window so that even when I'm laying down I can kinda see through it. "Well, he did pick a good bed. Good boy Midnight." I told him scratching his head. He wagged his tail and put his head in my lap.
Just then the door opened and Uncle Ron and Neville came in and sat on my bed and Eric came over. "So, did you guys have a great first night here?" Ron asked and we nodded. He smiled and kissed both our foreheads and Neville did the same. "It's time for you both to go to sleep. You have classes tomorrow and if you have potions in the morning you don't want to be late or else Snape will give you two weeks detention, possibly three just for annoying him." Neville said and shivered a little to be dramatic. Eric, Uncle Ron and I laughed at him while Eric went to his bed beside me and Neville tucked him in while Ron tucked me in and they both headed for the door.
"If you need us were on the seventh floor dorms. don't hesitate to come in. Only our family is in that room so no one will get on you." Ron said and we both nodded. "Night Uncle Ron, Uncle Neville, we love you." we said together. They both smiled at us, "Night you two, we love you too." they said together and left as the other dorm mates came in.
I laid down and Midnight laid beside me and cuddled up to me. I sighed and drifted off to sleep thinking of what tomorrow will bring.
ONE MONTH LATER
Damion's POV:
The first month of school has been great! I've met a lot of people, though not made new friends mainly because mom and dad's warnings that run through my head, and the classes are great! The one downer is Malfoy. He likes to pick on me a lot though I have no idea why. He likes to bring my mom up a lot so I'm guessing it has something to do with him.
Anyways, today is the first Quidditch game of the year! It's Gryffindor vs Slytherin and from what I've been told they're always good games because of the house rivalry. Dad and Uncle Alex are going to come and watch with me and Eric along with a handful of the pack. 'I wonder where dad is. He was supposed to meet me at the entrance and walk down with me.' I thought to myself as Malfoy and his puppets came up. 'Great, just what I need right now.' I thought sarcastically.
"Lookie here boys. It's Potter and that flea bag's spawn. Where's daddy Dame?" Malfoy sneered at me. "My dad's on his way now. We're going to the game together." I sneered back at him. He glared at me then smirked, "isn't that sweet. He's going to the game with his daddy! Going to watch your mother? Oh yeah, that's right, he's dead!" Malfoy laughed. I glared at him but before I could say anything Malfoy was on the ground with dad pinning him and growling in his face.
"If I EVER hear you say that to anyone, especially Damion, I won't hesitate to kill you and your idiots over there! Do I make myself clear?" he asked in a growl and Malfoy nodded his head quickly. "Good, now go get ready for the game and if I ever see you or hear that you have been near Damion again I will kill you as well." he said and Damion nodded and ran away.
Dad turned and took me into his arms and held me tightly. I hugged him back just as tightly and we staid like that for a moment before he pulled back and looked at me. "Are you alright Dame? What he said was way out of line, I'm sorry he said them, especially to you." he said gently, I just nodded and smiled at him and hugged him again. "I'm OK dad, let's not let him ruin today though. It's my first game and I want to enjoy it with you." I told him. He smiled and kissed my forehead, "You're right son, let's go." he said and stood up, took my hand, and started towards the Quidditch field.
The game was awesome! The players move with such grace that it almost looks fake. Gryffindor won, of course, but only barely. Aunt Ginny almost lost the Snitch when Malfoy bumped her over a little, but she recovered and caught the Snitch just seconds before Malfoy would've.
The party in the common room was fun. Me and Eric couldn't stay long though, mainly because they started to get out alcohol and we're not of age yet. So Aunt Crystal took us upstairs to lay down and sleep. I left Midnight down with the others because he wasn't ready for bed and the others didn't want him to leave yet.
"Mom, why are they getting drunk when we still have classes tomorrow?" Eric asked and she laughed a little and smiled, "That is a great question honey, and one that I don't have an answer to. Look at it this way though, you can now make fun of all of them tomorrow during classes." she said with a wink and a smile causing all of us to laugh. She kissed by on the forehead and left the room to go make sure no one did anything to stupid that night.
THE DAY STUDENTS LEAVE FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK
Damion's POV:
I was sitting on the window seal looking at the night sky in thought. This morning the students that were going home for break left and only our family was staying here for break with the others arriving sometime tomorrow to celebrate my birthday. Tomorrow I turned twelve and stop aging until another 10 years.
I sighed and looked to the forest and wondered what the pack was doing right now. Looking back at the sky my thoughts drifted to depressing thoughts.
'If you were here mom, would you be proud of me? I stop aging tomorrow, and Christmas is coming up and I wish you were here to celebrate them with me. I want to make you proud mom, only I have no idea how.' I thought to myself. I was so caught up in my thought I didn't hear Ron coming in and lean against the wall and cross his arms.
"You know, you look just like your mother when you sit there. He used to sit at the window whenever he had things on his mind, exact spot too." he said with a smile. I smiled at him and moved over so he could sit beside me. "So, want to tell me what's on your mind, or do I have to guess?" he said and I laughed and looked at him and sighed.
"It's just that, tomorrow's my birthday and even though I'm excited that I get to spend it with my pack, and yes dad and I count you guys as part of the pack now, I just feel sad that mom won't be here for a big birthday. The one where I stop aging. Eric got to spend it with both his parents and the pack. I'm not complaining, I know you guys have planned something big for me, and that's not all that's on my mind." I told him truthfully. He looked at me with sad eyes, "And what else is on your mind?" he asked and I sighed and looked back out the window, "I just wish I knew how to make mom proud of me, or if he is proud of me. I don't know if I'm being the son he always wanted, one that if he were alive be bragging about to anyone who would listen. I don't even know if dad's proud of me! I'm just so confused that thoughts are coming in and out of my head and I don't even know if I'm thinking straight!" I yelled softly.
I turned to look at him only to see he had tears in his eyes. He pulled me to him and hugged me tightly and petted my hair. "I can tell you right now Dame that your mother would be so proud of the man your turning into. And I know your dad is proud to call you his son just like I know your mom would be proud too. I know that Harry loved and still does. He's watching over you, over all of us, right now and I know he's proud. Your dad talks about you like none of us no you nor see you everyday. You're he's only reason to keep going, he's loves you more than anyone here and would kill for you." he whispered in my ear. I blinked to keep the tears back as he continued.
"As for the big thing we're doing for you, that's actually why I came up here. We have an early birthday present for you that we want you to go ahead and open because no one can wait to see your reaction to it. We all pitched in to get it." he said smiling brightly at me. I blushed and looked at my lap. "You guys didn't have to do that for me. A party with just the family would've been nice." I said and he just smiled and laughed, "Of course we didn't have to we WANTED to. We love you and we wanted to show it. Now, let's go before they send a search party." he said and I laughed and got up. But before I could take a step, Uncle Ron had picked me up and was covering my eyes. "It's a surprise remember." was all he said as he left the common room and headed to the surprise.
When he finally put me down he told me to keep my eyes closed until told otherwise. He left me and I just stood there for a few minutes until I heard the door open.
"Alright Damion, I want you to turn around but keep your eyes closed, OK." dad said. I nodded and turned around. "OK Damion open your eyes." dad said and I opened my eyes.
Out of everything I was thinking I would see when I opened my eyes, what was in front of me was not one of them.
There, standing beside dad looking just as he did two years ago was my mom.
I just stared in shock then looked at the others to see if this was some kind of sick joke. But all of them were smiling at me with tears in their eyes. I looked back at dad to see that he was smiling a real smile. I've never seen dad that happy before. I looked back at mom and just stared at him trying to find my voice.
"M-mom?!" I finally got out. He smiled at me with the most beautiful smile I'd ever seen, "Yes baby boy, it's me, it's mom." he said and that's all it took. I ran as fast as I could and launch myself at mom and wrapped my arms around his neck while his arms wrapped around my waist. 'So, this is what it's like to be held by your mom.' I thought to myself and held on tighter. I hadn't noticed were a knelt to the ground until my feet touched the floor.
I pulled back a little and looked at mom. He smiled at me and whipped the tears from my face and I instinctively leaned into the touch. I kept staring at mom to make sure he wasn't going to disappear. I couldn't handle it anymore and threw myself into mom's arms and he pulled me into his lap. I sighed contently and snuggled closer to him. He laughed when he felt me snuggle closer and I closed my eyes at the sound of his laugh.
I breathed in deeply to smell mom's scent, 'He really does smell like the perfect mixture of chocolate and peppermint, like dad said.' I thought and relaxed into his scent. I felt stronger arms around us both and looked up to see dad holding onto both of us. I placed a hand on his arm to be in contact with him too.
"Happy birthday, my Damion." mom said and I cried harder at that. I never thought I'd hear mom say that. I pulled back and looked at him.
"How are you hear, alive?" I asked and he smiled at me.
"Well honey, that is a very long story.
OK BE HONEST, HOW MANY OF YOU SAW THAT COMING? HARRY'S ALIVE! YAY!:) SORRY IF THIS CHAPTER WAS LONGER THAN THE OTHERS, I HONESTLY CAN'T TELL IF IT IS OR NOT. I'M ALSO SORRY IF IT WASN'T GOOD OR SLOW AT POINTS. FOR THOSE WHO WILL ASK YES I WILL BE POSTING A CHAPTER ABOUT HARRY AND FENRIR'S REUNION SINCE IT OBVIOUSLY HAPPENED BEFORE DAMION AND HARRY'S REUNION. HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT SO FAR!:)