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Most of the week leading up to the auditions passed very easily for Harry and Kelsi. While they had to work hard to get the songs to a state of being mostly completed so that Mrs. Darbus could give the green light on them, they enjoyed themselves. Harry spent every evening after school over at Kelsi's house, working with her on the songs and enjoying dinner with her family, giving him the chance to get to know her parents very well and having the opportunity to play with Kevin and Macy, both of whom he was beginning to see as younger siblings. It was a Saturday morning that caused a minor hiccup in the smooth sailings the pair had been enjoying, though the event was by no means unwanted, only unexpected.
It had been one of the exceedingly rare times Albuquerque got to see snow during the year and the two youngest Nielsen children begged Kelsi and Harry to take them out and play in the snow with them. It had started snowing early that morning so the snow was already sticking to the ground and beginning to pile up. Harry had gotten over to the house early so that he and Kelsi could work the better part of the morning and into the early afternoon before taking some time off to play with Kevin and Macy but decided to flip their schedule in case the snow didn't stick around very long.
The four had been outside for a couple hours when it happened, Kevin had just packed together a small snowball like Harry had shown him and threw it at Harry. Since he was a four year old, the throw was a little wild and went to the far left of Harry. Harry was about to lob one over at Kelsi when a snowball struck him in the back of the head. He whirled around, but there was no one behind him or on either side that would have been able to hit the back of his head. Harry looked around for a moment in confusion before he caught the surprised look on Kelsi's face as she looked over at Kevin. Macy was off in her own little world as she piled snow up in a small tower, but Kevin was looking at the ground sheepishly, Harry moved over a little closer and knelt down in front of Kevin, "Hey buddy. Did you do that?" He asked easily, trying to keep his tone from anything that could be interpreted as anger or him being upset so that he would get an answer. His mind was whirling a hundred miles an hour as he tried to understand what just happened.
Kevin looked up at Harry and found the young man smiling at him. He nodded cautiously with a shrug before looking back at the ground. Harry's smile grew a little more, "That's is great! Good job by the way, have you done things like that before?" Harry asked the small boy and received a shrug in return. He was about to ask another question when a pair of pops sounded behind him. Harry stood and spun around quickly, leveling his wand at the recent arrivals. The man further forward raised his hands, as did his female partner, with their wands in clear view. Both were dressed in similar robes that looked a little like Auror robes. Harry was taking no chances despite their appearance and motioned with his head for Kelsi to rush the two children inside.
"Not to be rude, but why are you here?" Harry stated calmly, if these were American Aurors, he didn't want to attack them and get in trouble, but he wanted to be sure that they really were what they were dressed as. Harry knew there were too many Death Eaters hiding away in the British Ministry's ranks to not be cautious. Keeping their hands raised the man began to speak, "My name is Charles Phillips, my partner is Suzie Caine and we are part of the first response team when there is an episode of accidental magic. We were not aware there were any magicals living in this area." The man named Charles said easily, "Would you mind telling us who you…are… Dear Merlin Suz. It's Harry Potter." Charles said as he picked up on the lightning bolt scar on Harry's forehead, an awestruck look on his face. Suzie's eyes latched onto his forehead as well and he watched her eyes widen to match her partner's.
Harry sighed and lowered his wand slightly, "Great. Glad to know you all can spot me on sight over here as well." Harry said sarcastically and then shook his head and lowered his wand completely though he stayed alert for any movement. "I haven't been in this area long and haven't used much magic so I'm not surprised you all missed me being here." Kelsi stepped back out the front door and Harry waved her over, "This is my girlfriend Kelsi, she already knows about magic. Kelsi, these are two of the American Aurors. Kevin's burst of accidental magic registered on their monitoring devices for this area and they came out, probably to talk with your family about what it meant?" Harry said with a questioning tone as he turned to face the two Aurors standing before him and raised an eyebrow in question.
Charles nodded, "That is correct. Our magical schooling is set to begin at the age of eight, unlike Britain where you start at eleven. Our set up is different in another manner also though as it is mostly only for half a semester the first year, half a year the second year and a year and a half the third year before starting schooling full time when they are eleven." Seeing Harry's surprised and slightly confused look he explained, "It helps them adjust to the new side of the world as well as giving them a chance to learn about the different culture and traditions." Harry nodded in understanding, it did make sense and he hoped that it would make adjusting to a completely different and new way of life a little bit easier to first generation witches and wizards.
Charles continued, "It also helps the parents adjust to their children being part of a completely different world than the one they have known all their life." Harry's eyes widened at this as he realized that so often people, including himself, forgot about the parents and how they might be reacting to their children becoming part of a completely different world. He knew Hermione would often censure what she told her parents about what had happened at school, such as the troll and Chamber incidents.
"That certainly makes sense, I wonder why our Magical Ministry doesn't do it that way also." Harry pondered aloud and heard scoffing laughs from Charles and Suzie though they quickly fought to bring their composure back to normal. Harry smirked and nodded, "Yeah, that question could be asked about many things…" he admitted with a pained but humored tone to his voice. Britain's magical community was very…interesting. Harry remembered his government classes from primary school before Hogwarts and knew the muggle side of things worked well enough.
Harry sighed and then brought his attention back to the two magicals standing before him. He looked over at Kelsi after a moment, "Well, no time like the present. Think your parents are up for a visit that will blow their minds away?" Harry said with more than a touch of humor to his voice. He had always wanted to see people's faces when they were told about the magical world.
The four of them make their way to the front door and Kelsi shows them in. Kelsi call her parents to the dinning room and ask them to bring Kevin and Macy as there are a couple people that they need to meet. The oldest and youngest Nielsen family members enter the dinning room and are shocked to see a pair of people they don't know dressed in strange robes. Harry smirked inwardly as he thought about what the Nielsen parents must be thinking right now. He decided to speak his thoughts about what he found funny, "You know, Charles, Suzie, these first time meetings may go a little smoother if you were dressed like normal people." Harry said chuckling.
Chalres and Suzie looked at their robes with a confused look on their face before looking around the room. Kelsi was smirking at them while the two other adults in the room that did not know about magic were agreeing with his statement and held confused and inquisitive looks on their faces. The two American Aurors shrugged in reply, "This is our uniform, though maybe I should bring this up to my superiors since it would probably help at least a little."
Terrence spoke up, "It seems that you know Harry at least a little, but would you mind telling me who you are and why you are in my house." He asked heatedly before calming some as his wife placed her hand on his arm. He glanced over at Harry and eased a little more as he saw the calm smile on the young man's face, "I wouldn't mind knowing what is with the stylish bathrobes however."
Harry gave a laugh as Charles and Suzie blushed at his comment on their wardrobe choice, "Seems like we still have a ways to go on getting things running smoothly, Suz." Charles stated easily before waving his wand over the two of them and let their clothes be changed to 'normal' clothes for the muggles in the room. Four gasps of shock followed the transfiguration show and Terrence grabs ahold of Kathy and eases her into an open chair at the table as her legs give out. Kevin and Macy have awestruck looks on their faces as the watch the two aurors from their place in the doorway.
"As you can see, Suzie and I are a little different than you and your wife, sir. We are what you would call magicians, though we don't have to rely on parlor trick or sleight of hand to accomplish our 'tricks'. We actually use magic and prefer witch or wizard as reference terms. Your son just gave off a bout of accidental magic a few minutes ago that our sensors registered and we are part of a team that is sent to explain what is happening and what your options are for the future.
"One option is to ignore this, let your son go through school like a normal child and hope his magic doesn't act up any more as he gets older. This isn't recommended since as long as he goes without a decent level of training, any kind of high-level emotions will cause accidental magic to occur. The minimum amount of time we recommend is five years, which would put him at thirteen years old. That allows him about two years to get used to the idea of being a wizard and having these powers and two and a half years to actually learn about magic and how to control it so it doesn't get away from him.
"Your second option is to hire a private tutor who will teach your son what he needs to know and, if desired, can help him prepare to take the tests that every student who attends our schools takes at the end of their learning period. Your third option is for him to attend one of our magical schools here in the states, or abroad if you so chose. If he attended here in the states, he would be at this school every school year until he turned 17 with his summers here if he so chooses and would have the option to continue his normal schooling on the side if he wishes to."
Charles shot a look over at Harry, "I'm not sure what you could expect at the British school, called Hogwarts. Harry here would be able to give you a better idea." The American Auror said easily and watched as the young man's eyebrows shot up. He chuckled nervously as the young man's glare was leveled at him. Suzie elbowed him in the gut as she caught Harry's intense gaze the Charles was on the receiving end of.
Harry calmed himself and tried to explain, "Yes, Terrence, Kathy, I am also a wizard. I have attended Hogwarts for the past five years and I am still taking classes with the school right now, though it is more of an online class set up rather than going to a classroom. It is in Scotland after all; commuting over there everyday for classes would be a right pain in the butt." Harry took in a deep breath and spoke his honest feelings over the matter that had brought out his secret to the rest of the family, "Hogwarts is my home. More than anywhere else, it is my home. However, I know that Hogwarts doesn't offer half of what I have heard about being offered in the schools here in the States.
"Europe is also in a…difficult place right now. There is a war that is beginning to simmer just below the surface and it won't be much longer before it erupts in a drastic way. If I were in your shoes, I would honestly choose to be here in the States, or at least nowhere near Europe for the time being. Most of the magical community over there is strongly biased against muggles, muggle-borns, and half-breeds. It is despicable the traditions and practices they hold to. Think the Jim Crow Laws here in America's history and multiply that by ten." Harry said with some heat to his voice as he thought of all the people who were being treated like they were worthless.
Harry looked around the dinning room area and decided that it was time for him to go, this was a family matter and he needed to go cool down from getting worked up. Remus had jumped to the front of his mind as he began talking about the bigotry of the large majority of purebloods in England. He shook his head and stood from the table, "I'm sorry to leave so abruptly, but I feel you all need time to talk over all of this new information and decide what you are going to do next." He turned to look at Terrence and Kathy, "Forgive me for not telling you all about this, but as these two fine people will tell you, we have a Statute of Secrecy that we have to uphold. Kelsi found out because she had a house elf appear almost right on top of her. Charles, Suzie, if you need anything from me, I am sure an owl will be able to find me. I am staying with the Evans family that lives in this area. That should give your owl enough information to get any correspondence you have to me."
Harry forced a kind smile at the people in the room before he moved over and gave Kelsi a light peck on the cheek before exiting the house swiftly. He looked around him as he moved off to a secluded area near the Nielsen home and apparated away when he saw no one would see him.
He arrived on the far side of the Evans property where no one ever went except Harry or the mowing crew. He sat on one of the rocks that was nearby and began thinking over everything that had been going on around him the past few years. His years with the Dursley's were bad, but there were no real outside forces that caused them reacting to him in the way they did, they just didn't like him. But the first war with Voldemort was caused by the bigotry that was showcased internationally by Britain. Voldemort came in and played the bigots like a fiddle even though he would have been one they would have discriminated against.
First year, it wasn't really showcased too much, aside from Malfoy's snide remarks. Second year the bigotry reared its ugly head as the students were warned for "enemies of the heir beware" and automatically, people are assuming it is talking about half-bloods and muggle-borns. There was distrust and fear being spread throughout the school when that simple message could have meant a number of things in all honesty, but they automatically assumed and began scaring those who fit the bill of people "the heir" might be an enemy of. Slytherin had been a leader in the school before the alleged parting of ways, though that could be more fictional than the stories about "The-Boy-Who-Lived" as he grew up slaying dragons and werewolves that Florish and Blotts sold.
Third year there was the blind acceptance of whatever the Ministry and Daily Prophet (and by extension their leaders) were saying, just because it was being said to most of the public. It had almost cost an innocent man his life and had already cost said innocent man a decade of life in one of the worst places on earth known to man, be it muggle or wizard.
Harry's mind ran through Fourth and Fifth year that he experienced at Hogwarts and ultimately during Fifth year, the ministry. From what Harry had heard, America was addressing many of the weak points Britain had left as an open wound for all to see the past few decades. Harry's thoughts stopped racing as his mind was brought back to the Ministry fiasco.
He brought his knees up to his chest and began rocking back and forth as despair washed over him, his mind returning to those few seconds that seemed to last for days, watching Sirius' eyes widen in shock as he fell backwards into the veil, never to return from it agai… Harry let out a wail and his rocking increased. Unbeknownst to him, his magic flared out from him, chilling the air around him and darkening the late afternoon sky to where it looked as though it was midnight around him if you were within 15 feet of him.
Harry's eyes quickly began filling with tears as the carefully constructed emotional walls began crumbling. He took shuddering breaths as he tried to regain the control and lock-down he had held on his emotions and thoughts for so long, but he had already gone past the point of being able to retain the outpouring of emotions and hurt. Clenching his arms tighter around his knees, he jammed his face into his leg to muffle the sobs that were getting away from him. The grief continued to overwhelm him to the point that he no longer cared if someone heard him. His mind began replaying Sirius falling through the veil, time and time again, sometimes with accusation in his eyes as he looked at Harry, other times with love and worry for him in them.
After a short time, that memory replay changed to add in the sounds of his mother's last moments alive, though it was now accompanied by the picture of what happened in the room. Riddle was dressed as a normal wizard, though in all black, and shockingly he looked like a normal person aside from the glowing red part of his eyes that slowly grew as he moved towards Lily.
"Stand aside you foolish girl," Riddle hissed as he held his wand aloft in front of him, pointed at Lily as she stood spread eagle in front of his crib.
Harry watched as the rest of the scene played out and just as the spell reached his forehead, he felt a cold finger touch where his scar was on his head. His eyes flew open and he glanced up. There above him stood a dark cloaked figure that could barely be distinguished from the dark mist that was surrounding him. The being was standing before him, a pale, thin, bony hand extended with a finger connecting to his scar. He flinched backwards but felt something spread over his body as he watched the cloaked figure move backwards slowly, the being's cloak in tatters and rags, swaying lightly in the soft breeze. Acceptance and a sense of buried knowledge entered his mind, but the buried knowledge didn't become apparent to him, it felt like it had been placed in a door that he needed to open.
His eyes refocused on the cloaked figure and watched as the being swayed for a moment before he heard a whisper, "Chosen One." The voice rasped in an emotionless way, a deep, rough breath was drawn before the voice spoke again, "Unite the Keys." And with no warning, the figure dissolved into the surrounding black mist as it too began dissipating.
Two dim glows took shape to one side of the mass of black mist and slowly grew brighter and larger, giving the look of the two forms of light moving closer to him. The forms took a rough shape and Harry had to force himself to stay where he was sitting. More of the black mist dissolved into nothingness and the figures became clearer to the point there was no doubt in his mind. There was a soft pop off the the far side of him, but he paid no mind.
The figure on the left shifted nervously while the one on the right stood in a relaxed manner, much like he had during the time Harry had known him to stand while he was alive. "Mum? Sirius? Is it–" Harry's voice caught in his throat as his emotions threatened to overwhelm him again.
The figure on the left nodded and shifted nervously again, "Yes Harry. My dear boy, we don't have long, not nearly as long as I would like right now and certainly not long enough to explain everything, but–" the figure of Lily started before Sirius cut her off.
"Lily, you know better. We can't interfere. Harry, as your mom works out what she wants to say I wanted to tell you that we don't blame you for our deaths, and that includes Cedric, we had the chance to talk with him and he asked us to tell you that. Son, you… You can't continue on like this. It was our time to go. We found out after I got settled in that my extended time in Azkaban did have a larger effect on me than we thought, I only had a few more months to live before I passed on in my sleep. It was just my time to go. Your parents accomplished their greatest goal in life, they made sure you had a future, even though their victory was tainted with some choices following their death, they decided it was the best solution in the long run for you."
"Sirius, if you are going to interrupt me off like that, the least you can do is not take what I would like to and can say to my son." Lily cut in and Sirius gave her an abashed smile. "Dear, Your father and I love you and we would choose to give our lives for you a thousand times over if we had to, just so that you could live your life. Son…things have been set into motion from that night we were killed and it has been spurred on further by the actions of the past few years." She glanced at Sirius and put up a hand to stall his interruption, "As you can tell, there are things I can't mention to you, but you have a destiny that you have been hand picked for, and it is larger than any prophecy a mortal seer could give."
Lily took a deep breath, "I can't say anything past that but I know you are bright enough to figure things out from there, if you get stuck, talk to Hermione, as she might be able to help you along. She is a bright one to be sure. But enough about that; son we love you. More than you can understand right now, we love you, it isn't something of the past, even to this day, this very minute and second, your father and I and your grandparents and Sirius are proud of you and we love you. Stay strong. I don't want to put more pressure on you, but people are relying on you, and they can because you are able to handle it. We have no doubt in our minds that you can handle anything that ends up being thrown at you."
Sirius nodded in agreement before looking off to the side. He smiled, "James said you could play a few more pranks if you wanted. He said he wouldn't have any hard feelings about you getting a detention or two for causing some playful fun." Harry gave a small smile in return and gave a half nod in response, "I'll see what I can do for him."
A pained look of lost came over Lily before her eyes were filled with love and pride as she looked him over. "Baby, our time is up. Mourn our passing, since it is healthy to do so, but don't let it consume you. We are all here cheering you on and we love you. Keep on living as you have been, be a good friend and a strong leader and follow your instincts and morals. You do that and we will never be ashamed of you." She raised a hand to Harry's face and he felt the presence of her ethereal fingers caress his cheek softly as she and Sirius began to dim once more before they completely faded from view.
Harry heard a sniffle to one side and was talked by a small form as small but strong arms wrapped around him. The person landed on top of him as the pair tumbled to the ground and had his arms pinned to his sides with their hug. Harry struggled for a half second before the smell of the person hugging him registered and he began to return the hug as well as he could, tears filling in his eyes once more though they were no longer ones of despair.
"Harry, I'm so sorry. Was that...was that your mom?" Kelsi whispered between her tears, her face pressed into his shoulder as she continued her strong grip around his person.
"Yes," Harry said back softly, "That was my mum..." The pair sat in silence for a few moments as Harry let it all sink in. He spoke softly after a couple minutes though, "It was the second time I have seen her aside from pictures, though I got to talk to her longer this time than last. The other person was my Godfather; Sirius. He died at the end of the school year last year during a fight with some of the Death Eaters I had told you about." Harry explained softly, trying to keep his voice under control. His parents and grandparents were proud of him and loved him. He missed them and wished he had been able to meet them, but that helped him some.
Seeing Sirius was hard. Seeing Sirius smiling, however, did help to ease some of the pain he was expecting when he saw the face of his Godfather. He knew at the most basic level that it wasn't his fault Sirius was gone, but his actions did help expedite his exit from the living realm. Harry hugged Kelsi to him tighter, trying to draw comfort from her being there.
"How much did you hear? And how did you get here?" Harry asked after a few moments of silence, "Not that I mind you being here in the slightest by the way." He finished hastily.
"Dobby popped in at the house a little while after you left, looked around at my family, my mom and dad freaked out by the way, before rushing over to me and saying, 'Master Harry needs you,' before latching onto my arm and popping away with me. I arrived here as the two light things took shape. I couldn't see at first because of the weird mist that was around here, but I was able to see after a little while." Kelsi replied with confusion coloring her voice.
"Well congratulations, you have seen what few others have before. I haven't even heard of anything like this happening before. In the magical world, we are used to ghosts, but they are usually here and stuck in this realm of existence, I haven't heard of visitations like that and it be a real occurrence. The only other time I saw my parents was during a similarly unheard of occurrence while I was fighting their killer two years ago."
A soft gasp cut him off of the mindless ramblings he had fallen into as he had thought over what had just happened, "Yeah, so I haven't told you everything going on over there in Europe right now. But it is part of the reason I suggested your parents to stay here in the US since there is a war going on over in my home country. I have been on the frontlines more or less whether my guardians wanted or and accepted that fact or not. My parent's killer is the one spearheading the terror attacks and the opposing side of the war.
"There was a prophecy made about me shortly before I was born. I won't go into deep detail, but the gist of it is I can't really live my life until I kill him and I am the only one who can kill him because I have a 'power the Dark Lord knows not' according to the prophecy. Before you came…well, lets just say I think I have a direction to start looking in for aforementioned "power" now." Harry stated softly, once more letting himself get lost in his thoughts.
"Harry," Kelsi said softly bring his thoughts back around to the young woman still laying on top of him, "My parents want to talk to you again. Oh crap, my parents. I need to get back to them. Dobby took me away before I could say anything." Kelsi said with a hint of worry and concern to her voice.
Harry nodded and called for Dobby. "You is calling for Dobby, Master Harry?" the small elf squeaked.
"Yes my friend, and none of this 'Master' business, thank you for bringing Kelsi here on such short notice, but I need you to take the two of us back to her house. Her parents are probably worried." Harry said to the small elf.
Dobby nodded and popped the pair back over to the Nielsen home. The two found Terrence, Kathy, the two kids and pair of Aurors still sitting at the table talking lightly. The two Aurors went for their wands as soon as the soft pop from Dobby was heard but relaxed as they saw the two teenagers in their midst once again. Harry gave them a respectful smile, "More and more I am seeing what I wished I saw from the Aurors in Britain. You guys have much better reflexes than a lot of the new recruits I have seen aside from those trained under Shaklebolt and Moody."
The two Aurors shivered and Charles put the reason for their reaction to words when the Nielsen's gave them a confused look, "Mad-Eye Moody." Charles chuckled at Harry look of surprise, "Yeah, we know about him all the way over here in the States. He was brought in a couple decades ago to show our Department's head how to train Aurors, back when your British Aurors were considered the cream of the crop internationally. I was a brand new recruit and even though he didn't have the eye or peg leg replacement at that time, he was still considered mad. The man is by far the best at what he does though. Undoubtedly." Charles spoke reverently. Harry smirked and shook his head, there would be no disagreement coming from him on that.
Harry turned to the Nielsen parents, "Sorry about leaving so abruptly. There are…my life hasn't been the easiest place to live. Being reminded of the prejudice held in Britain brought up a large amount of painful memories." Glancing over at Charles, Harry asked, "Do the people here follow and believe whatever the newspaper prints in the magical community?"
Charles looked at him strangely and chuckled for a moment before breaking into a full out laugh. Harry gave a pained smile as he watched the Auror react as if he had told a joke. Suzie placed a hand on her partner's arm, "You're being serious with that question, Mr. Potter?" Charles quickly calmed down and had a confused look on his face. Harry nodded in response and Charles scrunched his eyebrows together, "Most certainly not, well, not everyone at least. Some people do, but most of the people, at least in this area take what is typed in the newspaper with a pound of salt."
Harry nodded in response and turned back to the Nielsen parents, "That settles it, without a doubt, do not leave to go to the British magical community. If I were to read the newspaper like most of the witches and wizards over there, I would have a major case of schizophrenia or some other multiple personality disorder. For at least a few months every year I am a villain before becoming a savior or hero over there and the sheep in the magical community more often than not follow wherever the Prophet leads. The simple fact that it is not the same over here is a good enough reason for me to tell you to not leave here unless it is a dire situation."
The rest of the day passed easily enough, the Aurors heading back to their headquarters to speak with their superiors about changing into muggle clothes for first contact meetings to introduce the magical world. Harry's presence in the States was sworn to secrecy with a magical oath from the two Aurors and then Harry sat down with the Nielsen's to talk over a little more of Harry's true past since entering the magical community in Britain.
It was during dinnertime that conversation shifted away from the surprising topic of the magical world and moved back to a more normal topic. "So are you two ready for the auditions coming up on Monday?" Kathy asked. Kelsi's face lit up at the mention of music and nodded enthusiastically. They were able to stay on in that vein through the rest of dinnertime and to the point in time that Harry decided to head home for the night.
Terrence pulled him over to the side before Harry made his way outside and offered his hand, "Son, I just wanted to thank you for being here and helping Kevin calm down after his bout of the 'unexpected magic' or whatever you guys call it. Having you here and seeing you after all this time interacting with us and acting like a normal person really helped Kathy and I to believe what was going on and accept it. We will be considering what you told us about the situation over there in Britain and we will probably take your advice on staying here. Would you mind too much…would you be available to answer any other questions my wife and I may have later? If not, that is fine and we perfectly understand but–"
Harry held up his hand to cut the father off, "Terrence, don't worry about it at all sir, I would be more than happy to answer most questions you might have about this world that you have been thrust into. Also, if anything ends up getting broken, I can cast some repair charms for you. My friend Hermione told me that the trace on our wands doesn't register with the magical government over here and the ministry back home can't pick it up because I'm so far away. This means I can do magic without getting in trouble, as long as no one else but your family sees anyways."
Terrence smiled and thanked the young man once again before letting Kelsi drag the boy out of the house to say goodbye. Terrence watched them move out the front door before turning to go sit down by his wife in the living room and wait for the children to run out of energy.
Harry and Kelsi stood in the front yard for a few moments looking up at the stars shining through the clear night sky, holding hands. Harry looked over and to the side to watch as Kelsi took in a deep breath of the cool Arizona night air and held her eyes closed. He smiled lightly at the essence of peace the beautiful girl next to him captured and decided that aside from the craziness and unexpected emotions that overwhelmed him; it was a good day. He had gotten to see his mother and Godfather, granted as ghosts, but that was good enough for now. Also, a family that he had slowly begun seeing as his own had just taken a major step farther into his life and he didn't have to break any law or statutes to do it. Seeing the wonder in Kevin and Macy's eyes at the sight and idea of magic never got old and Harry couldn't wait to see where the young Nielsen boy went later in life, hopefully Macy would get to join him. Yes, all in all, it was a very good day.
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A/N: I almost feel like I could leave the story right here as far as the HSM part goes and be happy with it since there are a few things to wrap up with the HP verse. I probably won't change the rest of HSM all that much. Auditions will be the same and I don't feel like posting a chapter of lyrics and such. I probably won't even mention the Decathlon or Basketball Finals since neither of the main two chars are part of either team or have any positive or adverse affect on either of them. The most I will likely do is a little more about Riddle and MoD before a little bit of follow up for after. If I cut out most of the details for HSM we are probably looking at two more chapters. The most I will do is one more chapter to close out most of the happenings between Auditions and call-backs and then the two chapters to close after that. Please let me know your thoughts and desires on this or I will skip what I'm considering filler with HSM. Please and thank you! :)