The following day Harry was anxious to find out if Remus had informed Sirius about Violet and Sirius's reaction. He couldn't concentrate on his classes.

Harry couldn't even focus in Defense Against the Dark Arts class. He just wanted the class to be over to he could speak with Remus. The class seemed to go on and on. Harry perked up some as Remus addressed the class.

"That's all for today. Keep working on the assignment for homework. If you haven't finished by the next lesson we will continue with where each of you are. Class dismissed. Potter please stay after class, I would like a word with you."

"Yes Professor."

"We'll wait for you in the hall." Hermione whispered as she and Ron passed Harry.

Once the classroom was empty, Harry walked up to Remus's desk.

"Professor, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Violet. I just wanted to be sure that I understood you yesterday before I said anything to Sirius. Violet is indeed Sirius's daughter?"

"Yes. Violet came up to Ginny and me wanting a word with me."

"As much as I am relieved, I am shocked at how simple it was to find her."

"It's great!"

"That it is. Would you and Ginny like to be present when I tell Sirius?"

"Yeah, of course. But how will you be able to pull off that one?"

"I'll get permission for Sirius to come here if I can't get authorization for you and Ginny to go with me to tell him."

"Let me know either way."

"I will. And if you hurry you might be able to grab a little something for lunch."

"I just might manage that. I'll be waiting to hear from you."

Remus nodded at Harry with a smile.

Harry quickly left the room and headed to the dining hall with Ron and Hermione. On the way Harry told Ron and Hermione about the conversation he had with Remus.

"Finally you three show up. We were beginning to worry." Said the twins.

"Violet and I saved you all some lunch."

"Thanks Ginny. We are late because Moony wanted to talk to me. He wanted to be sure that he understood me correctly last night before telling Sirius that we found his daughter."

"So when do you think this 'Moony' will tell my dad about me?"

"With classes all week, probably not until this weekend. Don't worry about it, okay. He's going to be shocked and relieved. And I am sure that nervous and excited will follow."

"This is going to drive me crazy. The waiting. You'd think that after all the years of waiting to find out anything about my dad and to finally meet him that another week wouldn't matter."

"Well, it's different now. You know more about your father. You have a name, some basic information about him and also a face. Before all you had was a relative knowledge that you have a father out there somewhere."

"Wow! Ron that was…intuitive and deep. Mum and dad would be so pleased. Especially if you applied the same energy on your school work." Said Ginny.

Harry sighed before saying, "Can't we have a discussion without anyone verbally attacking another?"

"Thank you Harry." Ron said happily.

Harry smiled and nodded.

"Well we better get going or we'll all be late to classes." Hermione stated.

As everyone headed out of the dining hall, Ginny held Harry back.

"What?"

"What was that all about?"

"You mean what is aid about having a discussion without anyone verbally attacking another?"

"Yes. Ron's been a…"

"I know what he's been. And I do understand your point of view. Really I do. It would just be nice to have a peaceful conversation once in a while."

"I see what you are saying and I agree. Do you really understand?"

"Yes I do. And your parents would be pleased if Ron put as much effort into his school work as he does with everything else."

Ginny smiled and walked with Harry as far as they could together before going in different directions to the class they had next.

The first week back went by quickly as Friday had arrived. Harry was anxiously waiting to hear from Remus. During lunch an owl delivered a letter to Harry.

"What does it say? Who is it from?" Asked Ron.

"It's from Moony." Harry replied.

"Go on read it out loud." Hermione encouraged.

'Dear Harry,

Unfortunately I won't be able to bring Sirius to the castle or take you and Ginny to Grimmuald Place. Something about the Minister of Magic being at Hogwarts this weekend.

I'll be telling Sirius tomorrow about his daughter and where she is. I know he'll be thrilled to no end. Please let Violet know that I know, without Sirius saying so that not one day has gone by without him thinking of Ruby, what they shared and what they could have shared. And of course the daughter they share. Once Sirius and his daughter meet and get to know one another they can begin building a parent/child relationship and both will always have a part of Ruby with them through each other. Just like you and your Aunt in regard to your mother.

I am really sorry that you and Ginny can't be there when I tell Sirius. And I promise to let you know what Sirius's reaction is.

Love,

Moony.'

"Why would the Ministry of Magic be here?" The twins wondered allowed.

"Who knows." Replied Ron.

"Well, I wouldn't be surprised if the Ministry knows that Harry has knowledge of the Potter Manor and the rest of the inheritance and are inquiring about weather or not Harry intends to claim the inheritance and or declare himself the Head of the House of Potter." Said Hermione.

"And what or why would the Ministry of Magic be interested in what Harry intends to do with his inheritance?" Asked Ron.

"It depends on how everything was set up. For instance, the inheritance that your father finally received, the Ministry couldn't do a damn thing about it because of all the precautions and stipulations that Walburga had in place. In Harry's case the Minister could very well have a personal interest in the matter, yes including financial gain."

"How so?" Asked Harry.

"Some inheritances don't have safeguards or precautions like what Walburga did. It could be possible that there is a time limit. Say you don't claim the inheritance by a certain date, well, the ministry can legally seize it and do whatever they want with it. Harry if I were you I'd have Sirius look into it to see if there is a time limit on claiming your inheritance. You can claim it, declare yourself as the Head of the House of Potter and appoint someone to make decisions and handle all affairs etcetera…you can set it up that until you are ready to take the reins so to speak. First ask Sirius if he knows of any time limit and if not if he could find out for you as soon as possible."

"Granger makes a good point. And she's right Harry. A number of witches and wizards lost inheritances by not claiming them in time. And yes the ministry took the unclaimed items." Said George.

"Harry if you hurry you might be able to send a message with Moony. Well, at least catch him before he leaves. He can't go until classes are out for the day." Said Ron.

"Actually he could have another teacher fill in for the rest of the day so that he can leave now." Said Ginny.

Harry quickly looked around at the staff table. When he didn't see Remus he got up and ran out of the dining hall in hopes of catching Remus before he left.

Harry reached the Defense classroom to find it empty. He depressed at possibly missing Remus that he did not notice any one standing in the doorway and walked right into him or her.

"Potter you're a bit early for class. Is there something you need?" Asked Professor Snape.

"I was hoping to catch Professor Lupin before he left. You wouldn't happen to know if he has left yet or not? Would you? Professor."

"He has already left the school. Could I possibly help you with anything?"

"Actually, yes Professor. I wanted to ask Professor Lupin if he could pass a message onto Sirius. I was just wondering if there was a time limit on being able to claim my inheritance. I wanted to know if Sirius might know of a time limit and if not if he could find out and let me know. Could you pass my message on to Sirius, sir? Please. I know I could send a letter to him, but I really want to know as soon as possible."

"Well, there is still some time before class begins…I appreciate your…politeness, so I will pass on the message."

"Thank you Professor. I appreciate you helping me out with this."

The rest of the day went by quickly. At dinner a tawny owl landed in front of Harry with it's leg out stretched.

Harry shakily, but quickly took the letter and read,

'Harry,

I hear that you are wondering about a time limit on being able to claim your inheritance. I do not know of any time limit. But I can easily find out. Once I do I promise to send word as soon as possible.

Sorry to make this so short, but Moony has just arrived. I am not sure why and I am sure that he should still have a class or two to teach today.

Love,

Padfoot'

"He left early, why?" Asked Ron.

"He probably couldn't wait any longer to tell Sirius about Violet." Replied Ginny.

"Um…Harry." Said Hermione while pointing at in Violet's direction.

"Violet relax. This is going to sound stupid but don't think about it…I mean try not to think about it."

"Easier said then done."

"I know it is. And I know Sirius, he'll want to make the best impression and will want to be pulled together."

"I'm trusting you Harry. I'll try not to think about it but I am not sure it would be possible for me not to think about it. All of you will help me, right?"

"Yes we will help."

Violet smiled and mostly played with her food.

"Hold on a second. Through all of this, has anyone checked on…you know? How is the burn healing? We're supposed to be helping him, right?"

Fred, George, Ron, Harry, Ginny and Hermione stared at Ron with their mouths gaping open.

"Ron…what a complete…change. Your attitude…I mean not that long ago you didn't give a…rats ass…but now…" Ginny managed to say through her shock.

"Well, I thought a lot about what Violet said. I realized that other than us the only person he talks to is…Big D."

"So you're saying that you're going to give him a chance?" Asked Hermione.

"Yes. I can't promise that I won't fall into my old habit, but I'll do my best."

"I knew you just need some time and the right words." Said Harry.

"And a third party perspective. Hey, is anyone going to answer my questions?"

"I've been checking on him all week. It's a bad burn and will take a while to heal. I've tried magically healing the burn, but no luck. As for the other injury, I'll give it another week. By then I believe it will be all healed and leave no trace behind that it ever existed. And yes Ron, I went alone."

"You're sure that your Muggle remedies will be able to heal the burn?"

"In time, but yes. With any luck it will be completely healed by the end the school year."

"Oh no. Here comes Percy." Ron softly groaned.

Percy stopped walking when he reached the group of Gryffindor's. When he spotted Violet he cleared his throat.

"You're Violet, right?"

"Yes." Violet replied as she turned around so she could see Percy's face.

"I'm Percy. Percy Weasley and I'm sure that you know I am in Gryffindor. I'm Head Boy. If you need anything or need to talk to someone you can go to the Prefects or me. You can also go to Professor McGonagall, she is the Head of Gryffindor. Oh, and you might want to be careful hanging out with this lot."

"Why should I be careful hanging out with this lot?"

"Just don't let Potter trick you. He's not quite as…respectable as he would make you believe."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"I am sure that you have seen the inappropriate behavior Harry has around my sister, Ginny. Not to mention the poor excuse of a roll-model his Godfather is."

"There's nothing wrong with how Harry is with Ginny."

"Are you kidding me? My sister is only twelve!"

"Harry is only thirteen! And what's wrong about Harry's Godfather?" Violet said as she got up and stood in front of Percy.

"So they haven't told you. You should know that his Godfather got some poor girl by the name of Ruby pregnant and he basically ditched her. He doesn't seem to have cared about Ruby or care that he has a child out there. He ha…"

"He did not ditch her. And as far the child goes, well he never about the baby girl until recently!"

"I see. They told you that story. You believe it? It's pure rubbish just so you know. I know the truth."

"The hell you do, you disgrace to the world!"

"Oh come on now! Sirius Black doesn't care about the child…"

Before Percy could finish, Violet slapped him hard across the face. So hard that he fell over onto the floor.

"YOU SHUT UP ABOUT RUBY AND SIRIUS! THEY NEVER TOLD ME ANYTHING! I KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT RUBY AND SIRIUS. I KNOW NEW ABOUT THE BABY GIRL I HAVE KNOWN THIS FOR YEARS! FYI, SHORTLY AFTER I WAS BORN RUBY DIED! RUBY LEFT ME LETTER EXPLAINING EVERYTHING! DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT MY PARENTS LIKE THAT AGAIN! IF YOU EVER INSINUATE THAT MY FATHER RAN OUT ON MY MOTHER AND ME AGAIN, IT WILL TAKE THE POWER OF MERLIN AND MORGAN LE FAY TO KEEP ME FROM MAKING YOU PAY!" Violet screamed out.

Harry quickly jumped up and gently placed a hand on Violet's shoulder.

"Violet, it's going to be okay. Please calm down. Come on, the rest of us are leaving. Let's all walk around a bit before we all turn in for the night."

Violet nodded and allowed Harry to guide her out of the dining hall. Ginny, Hermione, Ron, Fred and George followed Harry and Violet out of the dining hall.

The whole dining hall gasped at the revelation about Violet.

Madam Pomfrey made way over to Percy and examined his face.

"It will be painful for a while. The welts will subside by tomorrow, but the swelling will remain for several days. Oh, and you will have a nasty bruise. I suggest that you go to your room and try to sleep. I also suggest that you don't sleep on your left side."

"What? That's all you're going to do? It really hurts. Don't I get anything for the pain?"

"I don't have anything with me right now Mr. Weasley. Your…injury doesn't require you to visit the hospital wing. I will send something up to you to help you sleep. You will have to endure the pain I'm afraid. What I do have for pain is really strong and well…I wouldn't want a student such as yourself to become hooked on it. If I had something not as strong on the premises, I would send it up to you as well. You will have a sleeping tonic sent up to you every night after dinner. That is all I can do."

Percy turned and stopped out of the dining hall and all the way to his room.

All seven were sitting on chairs or the lone couch in the room of requirement. Harry had an arm around Violet trying to calm her down and comfort her. Ginny was on the other side of Violet on the couch doing her best to help Harry.

No one said anything as the minutes passed. They weren't quite sure what to say but insisted on being there.

The only sounds were the breathing of six and the crying of Violet.

"W-what's his p-problem? W-what does h-he have a-against my f-father?"

"He wont listen to anyone. No matter what we say. We figured that Ruby must have died. Percy won't listen to any of it. He made up his mind based on what he heard out of the explanation. Crap, I don't think that I am explaining this right or making much sense."

"In other words, Harry is saying that Percy is being a dumb ass." Said Ron.

"S-so my f-father didn't d-do anything t-to him?"

"No. Sirius has been nothing but kind and polite. Well, until Percy basically, verbally, attacked Sirius."

"So m-my dad o-only defended h-himself? He d-didn't use v-violence?"

"He defended himself without violence."

"P-Percy shouldn't be H-Head Boy. He w-was cruel."

"Yes he was cruel and shouldn't be Head Boy. But hey, you got Percy good. And it was in front of the whole school." Ron said with laughter in his voice at the end.

Violet gave a weak smile.

"Um…Violet, I have a few things that will help. I have eye drops for the redness of your eyes and I brewed this to help with the swelling of your eyes. That is if you want these."

"Th-thank you Hermione. I gladly accept. It would be nice to see properly and not have the burning sting."

Hermione walked over around to the back of the couch, instructed Violet to lean back. Once Violet leaned back, Hermione squeezed a small bottle until two drops came out and repeated this with Violet's other eye. Hermione set aside the small bottle and picked up a small dish and slathered a thick, clear substance around Violet's eyes on the eyelids.

"It will take a few minutes before it starts to work but you will feel the effects."

"Thank you again Hermione."

"You're welcome. You don't have to thank me all the time. The difficult part is going to be when we go to our common room. With there being so many of us, we're sure to get caught even if we go in groups. Not that it really matters, I just thought that everyone should be aware of what could very well be in store for us."

Suddenly the door to the room of requirement opened. In the split second between the door opening and before they realized who it was, they all thought that they were in serious trouble.

"Draco. Are you okay?" Asked Ginny.

"Not really. Crabbe found the vial of pain relieving potion, showed it to Goyle who proceeded to smash the vial. I'll be surprised if they don't tell my father about it. My father already suspects that I have been talking to someone about all of this. If they do tell my father, he'll know for sure that I am."

"I'm sure that Professor Snape will say that he's the one that gave you the potion. Professor Snape just has to know what happened over the holiday and what Goyle did. And of course he'll have to be asked."

"I thought about that Harry. The only thing is that I don't dare be seen talking to Professor Snape."

"I'll find a way to talk to him and explain the situation and see if he'll say he gave you the potion. He is your Head of House, it shouldn't matter if you talk to him or not. I was going to suggest that you stay back after Defense or Potions and say that you wanted to talk to him about an assignment but that wouldn't really work. You don't exactly study, or at least not many see you studying. Unless you are willing to put in the extra effort to make it look as thought you really did have a question or something and then your marks get better. Who would really know what was going on? I mean outside of those that do know."

"Thanks Harry. I really do owe all of you for helping me. I hope to one day to be able to repay all of you in some way."

"For now, let me take a look at the burn and you drink this down."

Draco accepted the potion and drank it down as quickly as he could. After setting the vial down he removed his shirt so that Hermione could take a look at the burn.

"It looks better than the last time I looked. It's just healing really slowly."

"I just hope it completely heals before school lets out for the summer. I am not sure how well I could handle another round with my father if it's not healed by then."

Harry stood up and walked over to take a better look at the burn on Draco's chest. Harry was careful not to touch Draco, he didn't want cause Draco any more pain than he was already in.

"I wish there was a way to get it to heal quicker, so that you can…"

"Um…Harry, what are you doing?" Draco asked nervously.

"What do y…" Harry trailed off as he noticed that the hand in front of Draco's chest had a soft, pale blue glow to it. In the following second there was a bright flash of light that temporarily blinded all of them and then disappeared.

"That was weird. Did any of you feel the cool blast?" Asked Draco cautiously.

"What are you talking about? There wasn't a…bloody hell! The burn…it's not…it's gone. But where…where did it go?" Ron stuttered.

"That was wicked. Harry, what did you do? And can you teach us how to do it?" Asked the twins.

"I don't…I don't know what I just did. I just really wanted the burn to heal quickly so that Draco could build up his strength before he went home for the summer holiday. It was similar to when I some how banished Percy to his room. Just I was really angry that time."

"Harry, when exactly did these strange things start happening? What happened prior to it happening?"

"I had been to my Grandfather's house that he left to me and looked through some boxes of stuff that my parents wanted me to have."

"Hmmm."

"What?"

"This summer you should really go to the house and go through the boxes your parents left for you. With banishing Percy to his room and healing Draco's burn like that, if I were you I'd want to know as much as I can about my family history." Said Hermione

"I bet you find out that you're from a really powerful family. I'm not taking about wealth like gold, I mean pure, genuine power." Ron said excitedly.

"Well, we're really pushing it. It's past three in the morning. And we all really can't leave together. Draco do you want to leave first or leave after we do?"

"All of you should go first. You all have been gone longer."

"Well that's settled, lets get going?" Said Hermione as she headed for the door with the twins, Ron, Ginny, Harry and Violet following behind her.

"What the bloody hell? Why can't we leave? Will we ever be able to leave?" Asked Ron slightly hysterical.

"Ron calm down…" Ginny said.

"This has never happened before. We have always been able to come and go as we please." Said Ron.

"Just calm down all right. It just means that someone is out there. The precautions we put in place are working so it's good that we can't leave." Said Harry.

"The question is, who is out there? We don't want to be caught helping Draco, it would only make things worse for him."

"Stating the obvious again, Hermione." Ron said with fear in his voice.

"Everyone please relax and clam down…"

"How are we going to find out who is out there and be able to leave without being seen up here?"

"As I was about to say, Ron, I know how we can find out."

"How?" Ron asked with the same fear in his voice and his eyes open as wide as he could open them.

"Dobby!"

-crack-

"Harry Potter sir, you call Dobby. What can Dobby do for you?"

"Can you find out who is in the corridor outside of this room and let us know?"

"Yes sir. Dobby can do that."

-crack-

A few minutes passed when crack.

"That was fast." Said Ron with shock mixed in his voice.

"There is two of them. Them boys from Slytherin, Crabbe and Goyle." Dobby informed them with a shiver.

"Dobby could you try and get rid of them and let us know if it's safe to leave?"

"Yes Harry Potter sir."

-crack-

"How in the name of Merlin is a house elf going to get rid of Crabbe and Goyle and let us know if it is safe to leave or not?"

"I don't know how he will get rid of Crabbe and Goyle, as far as letting us know if it is safe or not he can just pop back in here and let us know. Dobby hasn't failed us so far, he has helped us out a lot. If he can't get rid of Crabbe and Goyle then it will be a bit of a process, Dobby will have to take us in groups but it can still done. At least I think it can. We will have to ask really nicely though."

"Or just get Fred and I out and we'll take care of the rest." George said with a wicked grin on his face.

-crack-

"Sorry Harry Potter, but Dobby can't get them to leave. The only way Dobby can think of to get rid of them boys is to get a teacher."

"Dobby would you be able to take us out of this room?"

"Yes, Harry Potter, Dobby can."

"I ask that you take the Weasley twins to an area near here but so they're not seen by Crabbe and Goyle."

Dobby nodded as he grabbed hold of Fred and George and disappeared.

"Now we wait." Said Harry.

Fred and George appeared in a corridor with Dobby without being seen. As Fred and George looked around they could see that they were behind a tall, wide statue that provided a good cover and casted a decent, dark shadow. The twins were about to set out from behind the shadow when they heard footsteps approaching and fast. They, along with Dobby hid further behind the statue.

"Crabbe. Goyle. What are you doing up here? Get back to your rooms and quickly. Now! Neither of you have any business being up here, especially after hours."

"We followed Draco, Professor Snape." Said Goyle.

"We suspect he's hanging out with Potter and his friends." Said Crabbe.

"Nonsense! Now get going."

"But sir…" Said Goyle.

"Fifty points from Slytherin…each, and a week's detention with Filtch. Now move it!"

"We're supposed to keep an eye on Draco." Said Crabbe.

"I don't care! I am your Head of House and you will do as I say. Another fifty points will be taken from Slytherin each and another week's detention with Filtch. Both of you are out of bed, out of hours and wondering about the castle. I will be writing to your parents about this. I am sure that your parents have no clue that both of are tailing Draco instead of focusing on your schoolwork. I believe that they won't be too happy when they hear how dangerously low your marks are in your classes and are seriously about to fail out of Hogwarts. Now go or do you each want another fifty points taken away from Slytherin and another week's detention?"

Crabbe and Goyle paled, looked at each other and ran off towards the dungeons.

Several minutes passed before Severus spoke again.

"Mr.'s Weasley, you both can come out now. Let Potter and the rest know that they can safely leave now. I also suggest that all of you get to your rooms quickly and without being seen. Good night." Severus said just before turning and walking off.

Dobby grabbed hold of the twins and popped back inside the room of requirement.

"So, we can leave now?" Ron asked hopeful

"Yeah. We didn't get to do anything though." George said sadly.

"Why not?" Asked Ron.

"Before we could do anything Snape showed up." Explained Fred.

"What happened?" Harry asked curiously.

"Snape docked them a hundred points each." George said brightly.

"And they have two week's of detentions with Filtch." Fred said happily.

"We really should get a move on it. With any luck we just might not get caught." Said Hermione.

"Wait…so Snape didn't…" trailed off Ron.

"Nope. And we should get going like Granger said." Said Fred.

"I don't think that Snape will give us another pass." Added George.

All eight scrambled out of the room of requirement. They were all concerned for Draco as he had the furthest way to go and hoped that he wouldn't get caught though he seemed to be the one most likely to get caught.

The four Weasley's, Harry, Hermione and Violet came a round a corner and at seeing the portrait of the fat lady they felt that they were in the free and clear and proceeded without any caution.

"Oh, there you all are. I was beginning to worry about all of you." Said a very concerned Dumbledore.

A/N: I am currently working on the next chapter. I will have it up as soon as I can. I hope you all are enjoying the story so far. I would like to hear what you think. Reviews…please!