Chapter Eleven

WARNING: HP ISN'T MINE:( THE STORY AND NEW CHARACTERS ARE MINE:)

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Nothing new really, just that there aren't that many chapters left before the ending of this story. For the rest see author's note chapter.

Chapter Eleven

DINNER TIME

Damion's POV:

Shortly after mom and dad came to save me from Dawn, the rest of the students had arrived and the pack went back to where they needed to be. Me, mom and dad were in Grandpa's office while the students went and unpacked their things and catch up with friends until dinner in a few hours.

"Dame honey, you'll have to join Uncle Ron and the others for dinner. I'm sure your dad will sit with you and I'll have to go back being Midnight again." mom said kneeling down to face me. I looked at him sadly.

"Why not just let the others know about you? You've already gotten caught up in your studies and are able to join classes now. I don't want you to go back being Midnight if it means I can't talk to you, and through the link doesn't count!" I answered before he had a chance to mention the link. The adults in the room laughed a little and mom smiled at me.

"Sweetie you know I can't do that no matter how much I'd love to go to classes with you. Remember in my letter I told you about Voldemort having spies here?" he asked and I nodded, "Well it's because of them that I can't. Voldemort cannot know I'm alive right now. We know he'll figure it out eventually but we'd like to keep it quiet for as long as possible." mom said and I just looked at him and nodded sadly.

"That might be coming pretty soon Love. Remember Dawn said that the link will be awakened again, and I'm willing to be it'll be within the next two days that it happens." dad said walking up to mom. Mom got up and buried his face in dad's chest who instantly wrapped protective arms around him and held him tightly. Mom sighed sadly before answering.

"I know that Love, and when it is opened again that's the day I'll go back to classes. I just hate that we have no control over this anymore." mom said and dad seemed to pull mom closer.

"Love, why not just go back today like Dame said? That way you can get it over with and when the link is opened again we'll deal with it then." dad said and mom sighed and looked at Grandpa.

"What do you think Albus?" mom asked and Grandpa's eyes twinkled brightly.

"I think I'd love to see the Golden Trio causing mischief in the halls once again." Grandpa said and mom chuckled and shook his head. Mom then looked at me and walked out of dad's embrace and back over to my, kneeling in front of me again.

"Do you think it would be a good idea little one?" mom asked smiling and I smiled back and nodded my head quickly.

"Yes I think it'd be a great idea! I'd love to have classes with my mom! And dad too, but he's mean and won't go back to school." I said and pouted playfully causing them to laugh and dad playfully glared at me.

"I'm to old to be in school." he said and mom smirked at him.

"Correction Love, you might be to old age wise, but mental wise I'd say you're young enough." mom said and laughed when dad turned to him and started to chase him around the office. Grandpa and I laughed as we watched as dad finally got a grip around mom's waist and pinned him to the ground.

"OK, OK, I give!" mom said between laughs and dad smirked and leaned down and kissed him quickly before helping mom up. Mom came back to me and smiled at me then looked at Albus.

"So where do I get my schedule?" he asked. I smiled brightly and launched myself at mom and hugged him tightly as he laughed and held me just as tightly. Mom put me back on the ground and looked at Albus again. "So what are we going to do about my schedule? I'll need one but I don't know what classes to pick." he said and Grandpa smiled at him.

"My dear boy I'll place you in the same classes as Ron, Hermione, and Damion." he said and mom smiled. I smiled too and grabbed mom's hand and held it in mine. Mom looked at me and squeezed my hand lightly and looked back at Grandpa.

"That sounds good Al- AH!" mom suddenly yelped and gripped my hand tighter and placed his other hand on his forehead. Mom's grip was getting tighter and tighter and it was starting to hurt, but mom looked like he was hurting too so I let him grip my hand to try to give him some comfort.

"Mom... You OK?" I asked looking at him. He slowly looked at me and smiled.

"I'm fine baby nothing to wor- AHH!" mom yelled and fell to his knees, his grip getting unbearably tight but I barely noticed it now.

"MOM! What's wrong?!" I screamed and looked at dad, "Why's Mom in pain Dad?" I asked my voice cracking on some of the words. Dad either chose to ignore me or didn't hear me as ran ran to mom's side and Grandpa not to far behind him. Dad knelt beside mom and mom instantly fell into his chest breathing hard and gripping both my hand and his forehead tightly.

"Love what is it? What's wrong? Is it the link?" he asked but mom seemed to not be able to hear him. I looked at dad and Grandpa with scared eyes from where I knelt by mom.

"Why's mom like this?" I asked and dad finally looked at me and pulled mom closer to him when he suddenly screamed in pain. I flinched at the noise and felts tears running down my face. This went on for a few minutes, with me flinching at every scream, before mom suddenly went still and quiet in dad's arms.

"Mom?" I asked getting worried. My worry melted some when I saw that he was breathing, pain-filled breaths, but breathing just the same, and his eyes fluttered open slowly. He looked around and locked eyes with dad.

"The links opened again." he said in a hoarse voice that made us all flinch and dad pulled mom closer.

"It'll be OK Love, I promise." he whispered in mom's hair and mom nodded a little. I squeezed his hand gently and he looked at me. I knew I was crying and that I looked terrified but I didn't care right now, mom was hurt and I didn't even know why.

'What's this link they keep talking about? Is it the reason mom was suddenly in pain?' I thought to myself as mom moved slowly in dad's arms and held his arms open as best as he could.

"Come here sweetheart, it's OK." he said and I slowly crawled into his arms and held him as tightly as I dared, not wanting hurt him anymore than he was. Mom hugged me tighter than I thought he would be able to, making me hug him just as tightly. I pulled back and stared at him and he wiped my tears away and I leaned into his touch.

"What was that mom? Why'd you suddenly start acting like you were in so much pain? And what's this link you guys keep talking about?" I asked all at once out of fear. Mom shushed me and placed a hand on my cheek.

"What you just saw, and I'm so sorry you had to see that, was the link opening back up. That's why I was in pain." he said but I was still confused.

"But what IS the link?" I asked and mom looked at dad who nodded and mom sighed and looked at me.

"The link connects me to Voldemort." he said and my eyes widened.

"H-how does it connect you?" I asked in fear and mom just kept staring at me and lifted his bangs up to show the scar.

"Through my scar. You remember the story I told you about? The one about how I got it?" he asked and I nodded, "Well by giving me this scar he connected us. Meaning he can get into my mind and see my thoughts, control me, it starts to hurt whenever he's coming and hurts like crazy when he's very close to me, torture me, and pretty much anything else he wants to. I can too but I don't know how it works. Anyways, he likes to send me visions of what he's doing through it and likes to make me relive my worst memories. Sometimes, when he's really angry, I get dragged into his mind without him knowing it and I see what he's planning or when he tortures his followers." mom said and I looked at him in both fear and sadness.

"What did you just see?" I asked in a whisper and mom looked down.

"Dawn had just told him about our meeting and he went into his mind to see if he was lying or not. When he found out what he was saying was true, Voldemort was pissed and started to Crucio the death eaters there out of anger. He then noticed that I was watching and he..." mom trailed off and dad looked at him in concern.

"What did he do Love?" he asked and mom looked at him.

"He told me that he was coming. That he wasn't just coming for me," mom said and looked at me, "That he was also coming for Damion and that this time neither of us were going to live. He said that Damion would end up like Cedric." mom whispered and actually started to cry. I had never seen mom cry, not once since he came back. Whatever it meant by me ending up like this Cedric guy obviously hurt mom a lot, and not just cause I'm his child. I was scared myself.

'Why does this guy want me and mom dead so bad? We never did anything to him.' I thought and crawled once again into mom's lap. Both giving and seeking comfort. Mom's arms wrapped tightly around me and he buried his face in my hair and dad petted my hair. "I looked at mom and asked a question I knew I was about to regret. "Mom, who's Cedric? And why did Voldemort use him as an example?" I asked and mom instantly stiffened. He looked at dad and begged dad with his eyes to do something. Dad sighed and nodded and mom looked relieved and closed his eyes and went limp.

"Mom? Mom!" I yelled and shook him but stopped when I felt dad's hand on my shoulder.

"Relax son, he's just extremely tired is all. The visions do this to him." dad said and I sighed in relief and looked back at mom.

"So, do you know who this Cedric guy is?" I asked him and he nodded sadly and sighed and looked at mom and started to run his hands through his hair.

"During your mom's fourth year a tournament was held here called the Triwizard Tournament. It's a tournament that brings three schools together and compete against each other to win the Triwizard Cup. That year the rules were that you had to be seventeen or older in order to compete. Someone had put your moms name in the cup and after the three champions were chosen your mom's name came out of the cup, giving Hogwarts two champions instead of one. Cedric Diggory was the other champion. They had to fight dragons in the first challenge to get a gold egg, save the person they held dear from mermaids in the Black Lake, and lastly had to find the Cup in a huge maze that had all kinds of traps and challenges to cross. Harry and Cedric had become close friends during the tournament and had actually help each other make it to the last task. They had both made it to the Cup at the same time and Harry and told him that they'd take it together. Only when they both touched it, it took them to a graveyard. Harry had actually been seeing the graveyard in dreams and tried to get Cedric to take the Cup and get out of there. But one of Voldemort's servants had come out and killed him in front of Harry with Voldemort's wand. He then trapped Harry on one of the tombstones and did a ritual to bring Voldemort back. He needed a bone from the father, flesh of a servant... And blood of the enemy unwillingly given." he said and my eyes widened and I looked at mom.

"So, mom was part of the ritual that brought Voldemort back?" I asked and dad nodded and continued the story.

"Yes, and after Voldemort came back and tortured Harry and forced him to duel him. During the duel though, their wands did something weird and Harry saw a few of the people that Voldemort had killed, his parents and Cedric among them. It had only lasted a few moments, which is why he only saw a few of the dead, but it was long enough for his parents to tell him they'd distract Voldemort just long enough for him to get back to the cup. Cedric had asked Harry to bring his body back to his parents and when the dead distracted Voldemort and his followers Harry ran to Cedric's body and the Cup and made it back here to Hogwarts. He wouldn't let go of Cedric's body and when Albus finally got him off and comforted him as best as he could he turned and comforted Cedric's parents. While everyone was distracted, Mad-eye took Harry back to his office where he tried to kill him and was revealed to be Barty Crouch Jr. in Polyjuice Potion. Crouch Jr. was a death eater and a loyal one at that. Anyways, after Harry left the hospital a few days later and attended the funeral, he had gone into the second floor girls bathroom- a place that's haunted by Moaning Myrtle, ask your mother to explain that story later- and cut himself for the first time out of guilt." dad finished and I looked at mom sad.

"So mom cut himself the first time because of guilt. He blamed himself for Cedric's death." I said and my eyes widened and I looked at dad, "Is that what Voldemort meant? That he would kill me in front of mom?" I asked and dad nodded slowly and looked at mom.

"Voldemort knows that you mean everything to him. Harry literally wouldn't be able to survive without you and would die, whether by his own hand or from a broken heart, he would die. Which would make me die because my two things that center my universe would be gone." dad said and I crawled into his lap and hugged him tightly and felt him hug me just as tightly. We sat there like that for a few minutes when mom groaned and woke up and looked at us.

"What's wrong?" he asked and we smiled at him.

"Nothing mom, we were just talking." I said and mom looked at dad.

"You told him." it wasn't a question. Dad nodded and mom sighed and took me into his arms. "I can't lose you, or your father, but I seriously cannot lose you, my child. You are my life and I wouldn't be able to live without you. I promise that nothing will happen to you, no matter what I'll protect you." he whispered in my ear and I snuggled into his embrace.

He pulled back and smiled at me and kissed my forehead making me smile at him. "I'm hungry! Love, let's go get some food, dinner's started and it's time to make your grand entrance." dad said and smirked when mom groaned.

"Albus do I really need to make a big entrance?" he asked only to be answered with silence. We looked around and saw that Grandpa had slipped away at some point and we never noticed. "He's probably waiting at he Great Hall doors." mom sighed and helped me up and kissed dad on the lips and led the way to the Great Hall.

When we got there Albus was smiling at us and turned to mom. "Now, we'll let Dame and Fenrir get settled and eating before we bring you in. The kids just walked in there so I'll be doing announcements in a few minutes. I'll explain about Hogsmeade and the plan and then I'll mention you and you'll be able to join then. OK?" Albus asked and mom sighed but nodded and the three of us went into the Great Hall while mom waited outside.

Five minutes later, after I had told everyone in the pack in a quiet voice so no one else heard that mom was coming back and they all got excited, Grandpa stood up and tapped his cup gaining everyone's attention. "I'm very pleased to see all my students safely returned to Hogwarts after a relaxing break. I do hope all of you had one you'll never forget." he said looking our way and we all smirked at each other and looked back at Grandpa, "Before you go back to your meals I have a couple of announcements for everyone. The first is that, due to some circumstances, we are moving Hogsmeade weekend from next weekend to this weekend." he stopped to let the students cheer in joy. After a few minutes he quieted them down and continued. "The last announcement is one that I can truly say I'm thrilled is able to be an announcement. We have a new student joining us. Well, not really new, more like coming back home after being gone for awhile. Please help me welcome back Mr. Harry Potter, or should I say Potter-Greyback." Grandpa said and mom came into the doors and stood there for a second as everyone who didn't know he was back took him in. I smiled and ran up to mom and hugged him tightly and he laughed and hugged me back.

"You know I was only gone for like, ten minutes right?" he asked and I smiled at him.

"I know, I just like being held by you." I said not feeling embarrassed at all to say it, plus it made mom smile and that's always worth it. He joined us at the table and Uncle Ron patted him on the back and dad came over and sat beside me and we all looked up at Grandpa.

"He was able to get caught up with his studies over break and will be joining classes tomorrow. That is all I have to say, you may go back to eating." he said sitting back down. However, everyone was staring at mom. It bothered me a lot but looking at mom and the others they went about talking as if everyone else was ignoring them

'Dad wasn't kidding about mom being able to ignore the stares.' I thought and joined the conversation.

After dinner we all went upstairs and got ready for bed. I laid down and mom and dad came over and kissed me on the forehead and laid down their bed and we all fell asleep, not really looking forward to classes tomorrow.

SORRY IF THIS ONE WASN'T GOOD:( I FEEL LIKE IT WASN'T AT ALL. BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS STILL LIKE THE STORY AND I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND THE LENGTH OF THIS CHAPTER. I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW I'D BE MAKING IT THIS LONG MYSELF. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK!:) AGAIN SORRY IF IT WASN'T GOOD:/