A/N: So Betrayal at Twilight is finished and done so I'm focusing my attention on this and The definition of insanity. Anyways here goes nothing.
Chapter 4 - Charming the neighbors.
Albus was contently sat in his office sucking a lemon drop when his fireplace erupted in green flames. "Albus!" Two familiar voices rang out.
"James..Lilly whatever is the matter" He asked.
"She's gone! Scarlett left home...Come on we need to find her...We need to say how sorry we are" James said as Lilly nodded.
"What about Daniel" Albus asked.
"He's fine he's with the Weasley's but we need to find Scarlett" Lilly replied. Albus stroked his beard and thought. With the little brat gone he would have no distractions from his plan for the Potters. She was too smart for her own good. "Now Lilly James this is for the best" He said beofre waving his wand over the two of them.
They stared at him glassy eyed and unfocused. His compulsion charm working effectively. "Now...You two will go back to Potter Manor and spend the holidays planning lessons and working on your ministry reports. You will not look for Scarlett. You will continue life as per your other instructions.
They nodded and went back to the floo. Vanishing into green flames they swirled back to Potter Manor were they spent the rest of the day working on their work until Arthur extended an invitation to the burrow.
Piper scooped the last batch of homemade cookies into a basket. "Hey mom what are you doing?" Chris asked as he walked into the kitchen.
"Making cookies for the new neighbors" She replied turning her back to him. A cookie within the basket vanished in a column of blue and white lights.
"Put it back" She said turning back around.
"Put what back" He said innocently. She raised an eyebrow and he sighed before the cookie reappeared back inside the basket.
"Aww come one you make your famous chocolate chip cookies and you wave them around in front of me and then scold me when I take one! You madame are cruel woman"
"The harshest now come on you're greeting them too" She said to a groaning Chris.
They walked across the street to Black Manor which now looked inviting compared to over grown and mysterious. Piper rung the door bell and a loud "COMING!" Sounded from the other side of the door.
The door swung open to reveal man with longish black hair and bright blue eyes that seemed to exude mischief. "Hello" He said revealing a British accent.
"Hi I'm Piper Halliwell form across the street I thought I might introduce myself and welcome you to the neighborhood" She said.
"Oh great I'm Sirius Black...Do wanna a cup of Coffee or..."
"That would be great. Oh this is my son Chris"
"Hello Chris. Scar should be upstairs she should be down in a minute" he said as he stood to the side inviting both Chris and Piper in. As she passed Piper handed him the basket and missed his eyes light up in childish glee.
The first thing Piper noticed was a hallway full of pictures. In the beginning their was a few of a group of people in front of what looked like a castle but as it moved further on it grew into a collection of pictures of a girl who aged in each one and sometimes a shot of both of them together. Piper turned to ask Sirius but found he was gone and by the sound of it was making coffee.
"Hey Siri! Did you wash my blue jeans" A voice called form the stairs. Piper looked and saw a teen about Chris's age walk onto the landing wearing just her underwear.
"OH CRAP!" She squealed and ducked behind the banister on the landing. "Umm...Hi I'm Scarlett er I'll be right back...With clothes on" She said. Chris remained rooted to the spot. He had just seen her underwear...In her house.
"Chris" His mother called smirking at him. He coughed and blushed a little.
"Hey did Scar just say something" Sirius asked as he carried a tray of drinks and a plate of Pipers cookies.
"Okay..Sorry about that I wasn't expecting anyone to be there" A voice behind them said "Sirius seems to forget to tell me these things"
"Sorry pup" Sirius said smirking slightly.
"You do know what this means right Siri? Revenge" She said sitting down and smiling at Piper "Anyway now that I'm not half naked I'm Scarlett"
"Hi Scarlett I'm piper form across the street and this is my son Chris" She said motioning to her son.
Soon the conversation turned to idle small talk. "Hey Siri do you mind if Chris shows me the Library"
"Sure but this time scar at least leave some books for the librarian" Scarlett blushed.
"I was eight and I'd never seen a library outside of the family one" She stood up and hugged her father and followed Chris out of the door.
They walked down the street in companionable silence. "So what is there to do in San Fransisco during the summer"
"Lots of stuff. I mean I usually wait tables at my moms restaurant sometimes but there's the park and since the city's so big there's nearly always something to do"
"That's a difference from England. I mean were I came from the town is so small you blink and miss everything" She said.
"Hey Scarlett now that we've traded meaningless small talk in the hopes of becoming friends can you tell me something"
"Yeah sure"
"How did you get your hair like that when yesterday it was pink and blue"
"That's easy...Magic" She said simply. She looked serious beofre bursting out in laughter. "Your face..no I was friends with an aspiring hairdresser so she taught me how to do highlights properly" It wasn't a total lie. Michelle Higgins in their dorm was obsessed with dying her hair the muggle way.
Chris smiled a little tighter than usual the magic comment made his heart leap before he shrugged it off and held the door open for her. Together they walked into the library talking about their favorite authors and films as the afternoon slipped by.