Chapter fifteen

'Even though it's only a month before school starts, why don't you put your stuff away?'

'Don't go Harry.'

'I won't, it's fine,' Harry watched his sister wipe her eyes again before she started to put her clothes away using her hands, 'You could do that with magic you know. Remember, we are inside Hogwarts, you can use your wand even though you're underage?'

'I've never learned that spell, mum always did it.'

'I'll show you,' Harry stood beside his sister, took his wand and pointed it at some of his sisters clothes, 'See, it's not hard.'

'Looks easy enough,' it took Jamie three times before she finally got the hang of the spell, laughing as all her clothes put themselves away. 'I'm sorry Harry.'

'What for?'

'You being stuck with me.'

'I'm not stuck with you, if I didn't want to look after you I wouldn't, Aunt Mini would have. But you are my sister and as I said, none of this is your fault. I know we need to get to know each other, we will. Just know though, Aunt Mini is great to talk to and since you're a girl, I know you might need a woman around to help with stuff. But I'll get you to meet my friends properly, Hermione's great, she'll help with anything you might need help with, she's bloody smart. But now let's get out of the rooms and head outside for a while.'

'Okay, thanks Harry.'

Harry hugged his sister, took her hand and they walked down the stairs, talking as they walked until they came to the main doors of the castle.

'Harry, Molly sent old Errol, she wants to know if you'll join the family for dinner. She said the family were told to be together that Bill has something to tell everyone. They forgot to mention it when they were here,' Minerva said.

'Oh, okay, must be big if he wants all of us there. Would you like to come with me Jamie? The Weasley family are wonderful people.'

'Would they mind?'

'No, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley will love you.'

'Introduce her to your friends Harry, I'll see you either tonight or tomorrow.'

'You will Aunt Mini,' Harry kissed her cheek then saw Severus, 'Give me a minute,' Harry let his sister go and headed down the corridor.

'Minerva explained about your sister.'

'I knew when I studied them, they only care about each other, not me, not Jamie, bastards.'

'Yes, which surprised me, Lily was never like that when she was young, she cared about everyone, never herself, a lot like you actually Harry.'

'Yeah, it seems she changed. But the Weasley's asked me to join them, something Bill wants to tell everyone, so I might be back late.'

'I'll be awake if you wish to come say goodnight.'

Harry slipped his arms around Severus, 'So much has happened in such a short space of time, but I'm happy about us Sev.'

Severus wrapped his arms around Harry, 'So am I. But you know I'll help with your sister.'

'I know Sev, you're great with everything. I know I should go, but I love holding you.'

'You can hold me later, go see the Weasley's, I have to get back to work.'

Harry looked up, 'Thanks Sev,' Harry kissed him sweetly.

'Anything for you Harry, now go, have fun.'

Harry kissed Severus again before walking back to his sister, he took her hand and they walked outside where Harry took his sister by side along apparition to the Burrow.

'Oh, it's so big and strange.'

'It is but a wonderful place, I practically grew up here. We play quidditch down in the apple orchard down there, and there's also a small pond we swim in during the warm weather. But come on, let's get inside,' Harry could tell Jamie was nervous, so he kept hold of her hand and went inside, 'Hey.'

Everyone said hello, 'Have you changed your mind Harry?' Charlie smirked.

'No, I'm staying with Sev. Hermione, could you take Jamie and show her around, she'll need to find her way,' Harry gave her a look.

'Of course I can, come on Jamie.'

Harry waited until Hermione and Jamie headed upstairs, 'They left, they abandoned Jamie as well, signed guardianship over to me. They didn't even tell her, the cowards.'

'Oh that poor girl. You didn't know them Harry, but she did so this must be hard on her.' Molly said.

'I don't want to know them, not after what they did. I hope you don't mind me bringing her Mrs. Weasley.'

'No, of course not, we'll make her feel welcome.'

'I know you will, thanks,' Harry sighed but sat next to Ron.

'So they just left?'

'Yeah, Aunt Mini found four bags in her room filled with all Jamie's stuff along with a letter saying they knew I wouldn't accept them and Jamie would be better off with me, they didn't even leave her any money. I knew it though, I could see how they were, it seems James and Lily are only interested in each other, not their children. But your mum was right, I don't know them, I don't want to know them but Jamie, it's different for her, she can't really understand why they left her. But she's staying in my room at the moment, Aunt Mini divided my room into two smaller rooms for us until she moves into Gryffindor tower. I just hope she'll be okay up there with no friends.'

'I'll keep an eye on her Harry, I'll be in Gryffindor tower.'

Harry turned to stare at Ginny, 'Thanks Ginny, but I'm surprised you offered, you weren't happy with me.'

'No, but when we found out about you being gay, well, it actually made sense, a lot of things made sense. So it's all good, don't worry about it.'

'Thanks Ginny, if I worked it out sooner,' Harry shrugged.

'I know, I had a good talk with Charlie.'

Harry smiled then saw Hermione and Jamie walk down the stairs, 'Great isn't it Jamie.'

'It's wonderful and goes in all directions. You have a nice home Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.'

'Thank you dear, now why don't you sit, we'll be having dinner very soon.'

Jamie sat beside Harry, he put her arm around his sister's shoulder, 'You basically know everyone, but I'll introduce you anyway. So Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, then Bill and his wife Fleur, Charlie, Percy, Fred and George, Ron, Ginny and Hermione. Hermione is Ron's girlfriend and they are both my best friends.'

'It's nice to meet all of you,' Jamie said shyly, but she received smiles and hellos from everyone, who made her feel welcome into their family and their home.

'I got to see how good you fly, are you interested in playing quidditch?' Ginny asked as she sat beside Jamie.

'I would like to, I had a lot of fun this morning.'

'You were a good a chaser, so if you want to try out, you should.'

Jamie looked at Harry, 'It's your decision Jamie, but you are a good player and Ginny will be a great captain if you make the team.'

'Okay, I'd like to try.'

'So you got sorted into Gryffindor or did Snape just put you in there?' Ron asked.

'No the sorting hat said Gryffindor, it was strange listening to a hat talk. So is that how all you were sorted?'

Everyone nodded, 'All of us were in Gryffindor apart from Fleur,' Ron said.

'Oh, were you in another house?'

'No, I was schooled in France, at Beauxbatons academy.'

'Fleur was one of the champions for the triwizard tournament, that's how she met Bill,' Harry explained.

'You won that, I read about it.'

'Yeah, well, I tied with Cedric Diggory, but I only won because a death eater who was pretending to be a teacher helped me win.'

'You beat the dragon yourself Harry,' Charlie said.

'And rescued Ron yourself, not to mention Gabrielle,' Hermione said.

'And got through the maze with everything in there,' Bill said.

'All he did was give you hints, enough to give you some ideas without it being obvious,' Arthur said.

'I suppose.'

'Harry gave us his winnings, that's how we were able to start the shop,' Fred said.

'Shop, what shop?'

'Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, it's a joke shop,' George said.

'It's a great place, Fred and George have made some fantastic stuff, some dangerous as well,' Harry smirked at the twins.

'It's not dangerous, it's all good fun,' George said.

'Oh, what about the love potion, Ron could have jumped off the astronomy tower if I told him that Romilda wanted him too. It took all I could to get him to Sluggy, then he ends up poisoned.'

'The poisoning wasn't our doing, and that was blasted Malfoy's fault. You saved little Ronnikins with the bezoar and the love potion was supposed to be for you,' Fred said.

'I know, I'm glad I didn't eat those chocolates.'

'I'm not,' Ron pouted.

'So will Snape ban our stuff or not?' Fred asked.

'No, I explained more about how they helped. Filch will confiscated any if he finds them, but you should see the looks he's giving me.'

'Has he seen you with Snape?' Ron asked.

'Yep, I think that's why he's not saying anything to me. I've got a feeling Sev's said something to him, not just about me, but about us.'

'So because all of you that are returning and helped fight he's told Filch to ease off a bit?' Bill asked.

'That's what I think. I have to admit though, Filch stayed even though he's a squib. He could have taken off when he got the younger students through the tunnel, but he came back and helped, so he's lucky to be alive.'

'It's true, he could not fight without magic, but he did stay,' Hermione said.

'Who's Filch?'

'The grumpy old caretaker, if you put a dirty foot on his floor or if you're a minute past curfew he'll have you in his office ready for one of his detentions. He has a cat, Mrs. Norris, she keeps an eye out for rule breakers then runs to find her owner,' Harry explained.

'Why does he work there if he's a squib?'

'None of us know, Albus Dumbledore gave him the job, but Filch never answered when asked and all Albus said was Filch needed a job,' Arthur said.

'I heard that the game's keeper was kept on even though he was expelled as a student, is that true?'

'Hagrid shouldn't have been expelled, he was set up by Voldemort,' Harry said.

'Harry, Hermione and I cleared his name in our second year, but Dumbledore knew he was always innocent so gave him the game's keepers job, now he's the care of magical creatures teacher. He loves Harry, will do anything for him, so will Grawp.'

'So you're close to all the teachers?' Jamie looked at her brother.

'No, Hagrid was the first magical person I met, he took me to get all my Hogwarts stuff on my eleventh birthday, we've been friends ever since. But I get on well with all the teachers, the only one I didn't was Severus, but that was all part of his act as a death eater.'

'But dad said he was a death eater, that's why I don't understand how he's headmaster.' Jamie said.

'He was a death eater, but when Voldemort tried to kill Harry as a baby, he changed sides, became a spy for Albus and a member of the order of the phoenix. He risk his life many times over the years to keep Albus informed but also to make it look like you didn't know which side he followed,' Arthur explained.

'He also saved my life many times, without me knowing it was him. He was sort of like my guardian angel, an invisible protector. None of us found this out until the fighting, he gave me some memories which basically let me kill Voldemort, then I let everyone know that Sev was really one of the good boys, not a bad boy after all,' Harry smiled.