Author Notes:
Well then Here's the Next chapter! Hope you like it!
And special thanks to my Beta reader, and friend winrykatbell who helped me with this chapter!
-KamaUzu, the Scythe of Whirlwinds
Disclamer: I don't own Harry potter
Which house should I put Willow? The results so far are:
Slytherin: 1
Gryiffindor:3
Hufflepuff:3
Ravenclaw:1
Chapter 5: Diagon Alley
Harry's P.O.V:
"No..."
"Will..."
"NO..."
"Willow!"
"NO!"
"Come on Willow! It's not that bad!" Remus protested as he tried to coax my half-agitated twin from behind the trash bin.
"Yes it is!"
"Willow..." I sighed as I shook my head.
Things were... Well, WAS going smoothly as we were flying to London, but right after we landed in this secluded alleyway in London, Willow literally jumped off the motorcycle and hid behind the trash bin. Refusing to come out even an inch. The reason? Her face and hair.
"They are not creepy Willow!" Remus called again. "Even your mother had mismatched eyes! And she was pretty with them to the point many people tried to court her! Including a certain person we... er... I mean I know!"
"That's with my mother!" she protested back. "Look at me, I have this burn that covers my face, and my hair is white of all colors! As much as I wish to keep it white, who in the world was born with mismatched eyes!? Definitely not much to none at all! Plus, wearing the hood is both attention attracting and will blow off in the wind for certain! While...while...they... Lied that's true, but they weren't lying when they said I'll attract attention with...This...look."
This earned a sigh from Remus before he looked thoughtful for a moment before he bended down to Willow's eye level, and asked "If I temporarily change your looks a bit, will you come out?"
"Is that even possible?"
"Yes it is, but only temporarily." Remus answered. "It'll wear off around midnight, or a few hours earlier, but should be enough to get your supplies."
"... I...I ...*Sigh*... Fine." Willow finally agreed as she slowly, but surely stepped out before Remus waved his wand and suddenly, Willow's hair turned raven-black, before her burn faded away and then both her eyes changed into emerald-green, just like mine. She brushed her hand through her hair with shock.
"Wow..." she breathed out with pure shock. "How...?"
"A simple spell." Remus answered as he motioned for us to get on the motorcycle. " And speaking of spells, I forgot to mention that witches or wizards under the age of 17 can't use magic outside school or they could be charged..."
"But Harry and I did magic before!" Willow yelled in panic.
"Calm down, and let me finish okay?" Remus smoothed as he pointed to his 'stick'. "While it is true that you'll only get charged if you do it in front of Muggles, it only applies to you when you get a wand. Besides, all of those were accidental, accidental magic is forgiveable, no wizard nor witch could control themselves if they are too emotional at times."
"Does that mean...?" I asked hopefully.
"Yep, it's all not guilty, and I can teach some spells to you at the place we're going to stay. " Remus answered as if reading my mind before we took off out of the Ally way and into London.
Few minutes Later...
"Here we are!" Sirius said as we stopped in front of a small pub called The Leaky Cauldron. "This is the Leaky Cauldron, it's a famous place."
Willow and I gave him an incredulous look, THIS is where we'll be getting our supplies? Looks more like getting something to drink or eat in my option.
When Remus saw our looks, he shook it off with a laugh. " 'For a famous place it looks quiet shabby.' Right? I know. I thought it at first when I first came too."
"Are you sure there isn't a mistake?" I asked. "Not to rude, but it looks like it sells beer and wine to me."
"Like I said, I know it may not look like it." Remus laughed before he parked his motorcycle somewhere. "But you'll be surprised when I show you the entrance to it... Oh! And try not to get anyone's attention, if they recognize any one of you, they will recognize the other, and there will be problems. "
Once again Will and I looked at each other, before Willow ran her hand through her now-black hair before the group entered the pub. Inside the pub were a fair amount of people, all wearing the strangest clothing.
As we passed the pub, we were almost at the back of the pub when suddenly someone yelled "Look out!" Before a pot filled with scalding water was sent flying towards our direction. Before suddenly, a gust of wind blew them towards a nearby table, and the water that was out of the pot was then lifted back into the pot without spilling one drop.
However, what really shocked me was that Willow's hair, eyes, and face turned back to normal just as the pot was on the table. And before I knew it, everybody was staring at us.
Willow's P.O.V:
What in the world just happened? One minute I saw the pot flying towards us, and the next? They were on the table as if it was there before!
However, before I could get the heads or tails on what was going on, I noticed that everyone was staring at me. I turned to Harry who pointed at my hair and eyes before I noticed that my hair had turned back to its normal color, and possibly my eyes and scars as well.
"Well, bless my soul, You two must be a Willow Nova and Harry Potter!" An old man stated at me before looking at Harry. "It's an honor to meet the two of you."
Harry and I looked at each other and back to the man who had his hand out to shake ours. We both took turns shaking his hand before everyone came a crowd of people's hands, all of which I did not know. Remus meant what he said when he said that if we were recognized there will be problems, but how did they know who we are? Was it because of what I did...?... No, they recognized us when my hair and eyes was let out... Oh boy... If that's the case I'll really have to ask Remus to teach me that spell so I can cover myself wherever I go...
"H-Harry P-Potter and W-W-W-Willow N-Nova, it's a p-pleasure to meet you b-both," a strange-looking man with a purple turban on his head stammered to us. However, when I looked at him, I could have sworn I felt something wrong about his aura.
"Hello Professor Quirrell," Remus greeted. "Harry,Willow meet Professor Quirrell, he'll be teacher ya Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts."
"Oh, hello Professor Quirrell," I managed to said after a split-minutes hesitation and held out my hand. Proffessor Quirrell didn't shake it though, he just stared at it with widened eyes and backed away, and looked...scared?
"I l-look forward to s-seeing you two at H-Hogwarts…" he mumbled walking away.
"Sorry about that, Professor Quirrell scares easily, but don't let it bother you," Remus said as we finally walked out of the inn's back door, and into another room where we saw a large brick wall with some trash laying out.
"That's not why I'm a bit... unnerved..." I said before I blurred into a series of questions. "Why did my hair and eyes turn back when you said it'll wear off when it was 9:00? How did they know us? How did they recognize me and Harry just because they saw me? Why are we so well-known to them when we hardly even know who we are?! Plus... About that professor his aura... Ah... Sorry. "
"No need to be sorry." Remus reasured as he walked towards the brick wall. "For the most of them: I'm not sure I'm exactly the right person to tell you all that. And for the first...? Well let's just say I think you have more than just your mothers sensing abilities. And it's that itself that overpowered my spell when you used it."
"Abilities? It isn't magic?" Harry asked before looking at me.
"I suggest you talk with the Headmaster if you wish to know. I'm not exactly the best choice for that kind of questions. But putting that aside, we first need to go somewhere to get your things... Oh and Willow. I'll redo the spell again, but try not to break it again." Remus said before casting the spell, and my hair, scars, and eyes changed once again before he touched several different bricks on the wall with his wand, and then stepped away from the wall. Not a moment later, the bricks slowly moved around to form a small doorway that looked as though it led into another street.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley," Remus welcomed us as we entered into the busy street.
"Is... Is this the place you said that was disguised?" I whispered with wonder as I entered into the hidden world. Diagon Ally was Amazing in my option. Cheerful auras radiated the entire street, as children ran around with others, salesmen trying to sell the strangest of things, magical objects moving about, and people rushing into the various shops.
We walked around for a few minutes, looking at all the different shops and items for sale when I realized something... How are we going to pay for our things?
"Er... Remus? Where are we going? And how are we going to buy any of these things? We don't have any money…" I mentioned, before Harry also realized it.
"Willow's right, how are we going to pay for all of this?"
"Do you really believe your parents would leave you with nothing?" Remus asked before he pointed to a building right in front of us. " See that building? That's Gringotts, and that's where we're going to go first to get some money."
"Is it like a bank?" Harry asked as we both gazed at a large white building with columns running down the front of it. Above the door was a sign that said Gringotts.
"Yes, it's the wizard's bank," Remus answered before opening the door. "It's run by goblins. As intelligent as they may be, they aren't very pleasant. However, they are the best safe keepers in the world. Like Hogwarts, trying to break through it is impossible. So I'd suggest you give them your respect."
When we went into the bank, Harry and I caught our first glimpse of what a goblin was. Unlike in the books I've read, the goblins here take more of a human form, only they had a ugliness to them with their short, squashed looking face with large ears and noses.
"Hello!" Remus said to the goblin who was in the front desk writing something with... A feather?
"How can I help you?" the goblin asked without raising his head.
"Mr. Harry Potter, and Ms. Willow Nova wishes to make a withdraw from the trust vaults of their parent's will." Remus stated before he placed two keys on the desk. The keys looked identical, but one was gold, while the other was silver.
"Very well then, I shall have someone take you all to the vaults..." the goblin said before standing up, but Remus stopped him for a minute.
"Wait a minute please!" he stated before he took a letter out of his coat and handed it to the goblin. "I'm also have a note from Headmaster Dumbledore about you-know what, in vault you-know-which."
I looked at Remus in confusion and wondered why Remus wasn't telling us what was going on, but didn't ask as the goblin read the letter and then summoned another goblin called Griphook to take us down to the vault. Deciding not to argue much, we all followed the Goblin into the vaults.
Harry's P.O.V:
Riding the car towards the vault certainly wasn't a pleasant experience, the moment we got off, was the moment I felt sick to the stomach. We first stopped at my vault 678, where my trust vault was located, and boy was I shocked by the contents. Enormous piles of gold Galleons, silver Sickles and bronze Knuts filled the entire vault. My jaws dropped, my parents had left all this to me? I expected the trust vaults to be only a moderate amount of cash, but this much?!
I stared at the vault shocked for 5 whole minutes before Willow finally shook me out of my shock. Snapping out of it, I quickly scooped up some money, and then we were off to Willow`s Vault which was right next door to mine.
Willow had the same reaction when she saw what was in her vault, she had about the same amount of Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts as I did, but unlike mine in the middle of her vault was a table, and on the table was a notebook with a letter on top of it.
Remus slowly pushed Willow inside an told her to go see what it was. She picked up the note before silently reading it. After a few minutes, I saw Willow quickly rub her eyes before she folded the letter, and placed it inside the notebook.
After she also grabbed some money, and grabbed the notebook that stood nearby and hurried out of the vault and into the cart. Still rubbing away some tears that leaked out. I wonder what she read, why is she crying?
After we got on the cart once more, the goblin led us sown to Vault 713. Remus still wouldn't tell us what was inside because it was Hogwarts business, very secret. At first I didn't know what to expect, but much to my disappointment it held nothing except a small thing wrapped in brown paper, I didn't see why it needed a vault in the first place. Remus just entered the vault and took the thing out and placed it in his pocket, before leading us back to Diagon Alley to buy our supplies.
No Ones P.O.V:
The first thing that the twins did after they left the bank was wonder how are they going to use the money for, besides supplies and stuff. Remus suggested clothes, and the twins were more than happy to agree. They went to Madam Malkin and they separated Willow and Harry into two different stalls to be fitted.
While fitting on new clothes, Willow noticed how Remus was picking some clothes out for Harry and her. And wondered if he was either Harry's or her Godfather. She heard of them before, but had no knowledge if the either of them had one. When they were both fitted into a twin-combo of the same jeans, shirts, and cloak, they both hopped down and they paid for everything.
"Remus? Are you by chance our Godfather?" Willow asked hesitantly as Remus looked up from our shopping list before he shook his head.
"No, I'm not, Luna and Lily both named someone else as your Godfather." Remus spat out the 'else' before he whispered something that Williow barely managed to catch. "... I wish I took the offer though, but..."
"Where is he?" Harry asked after the twins got over they're slight confusion. "And do we have any Godmother's?"
"He's away, and yes you did once have one." Remus smiled sadly. "Your Godmothers just happened to be each other's mother. Lily was Willow's, while Luna was Harry's..."
Willow's P.O.V:
After we left the shop in our new clothes, and with our new uniforms, Remus took us to the Apothecary, which was interesting enough to make up for its bad smell (in my opinion anyway's). While Remus was talking with the owner for some basic potions supplies, I climbed up a ladder to get a better look at a boiling cauldron, while Harry checked the place over. As I saw the boiling cauldron, my eyes flashed with awe and amazement. I don't really know why, but I was fascinated by the contents, and I couldn't wait to start using what supplies I will get.
However, my little stunt caused Remus to scold me later for my recklessness, and Harry for not keeping an eye on me. To tell the truth, for once I wasn't really bothered by it. In my option, it was quite worth it if it was to see it, and after the scolding and me promising I'll watch it next time, the shopkeeper came out with our supplies. To tell the truth, I wanted the silver cauldron, instead of the Pewter one, but it states perfectly on the shopping list that must be pewter. I made a silent vow that after I master the 'art of potions' (or so I think that's what it's called) I'll get one.
After a few more shops (along with me getting lost a few times and bumping into random people), we bought a trunk so we could put our things in, and then took off into the book store... Well, I did anyway's, Harry was a bit more interested in the broom shop that was next door.
After we finished buying our textbooks, I went surfing through the shelves once more and got 3 other books. One was how to play the guitar. Second was on violins, and the last one was one that I found by accident when I came across it. The book's name is "All you need for basic healing", and it's authors were one Luna. , and one Lily Potter, my mother, and my aunt. It was because of this discovery, that caused me run around looking to see if I could find any more works from them when I accidentally bumped into someone.
"Oof!" the boy said as the books in his hands dropped onto the floor.
"I'm sorry!" I said as I helped him pick up his books. "I didn't see you there!
"No, it's my fault. I should have been more careful," said a boy about 13 with dark brown hair and green eyes. "Oh! And where are my manners? My name is Cedric Diggory. It's nice to meet you Ms...?"
"...Ah?... Oh! I... Er...uh... I..." I sputtered before I got my name out. "Willow! My name is Willow, but you can call me Will, it's nice to meet you too Mr. Diggory. "
"You can just call me Cedric. Mr Diggory sounds too formal." He said before he picked up the last book that lay on the ground. "Are you a student at Hogwarts? That's the school I'm in."
"Yes, I'm starting my first year." I answered. "How about you? And what's it like at Hogwarts?"
"I'm in the third year, and I'm a Hufflepuff." Cedric answered. "And for Hogwarts? I won't give it away, but you'll love it."
"Hufflepuff?" I asked.
"It's one of the 4 houses in Hogwarts," Cedric answered. "Every year, the first years are to be sorted into one of the houses: Ravenclaw, Gryfindor, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff. It will act like another family during your stay, and you work as a group with them."
"How are we sorted then?"
"That is a secret." Cedric laughed before he checked his watch "Oh dear... Sorry Will, but I have to go now before my father gets worried. It was nice knowing you, and I'll see you again at the Hogwarts train okay?"
"Ah... Sure! It was also nice meeting you Cedric!" I called to him before he left the shop. I stood there for a moment before my face flushed so hard I was sure if my hair was in its original state, it would be bright pink... Strange through... Why...?
"Made a new friend?" Remus's voice echoed behind me that made me squeak and turn around to see him grinning at me. "And I see you found your mother's and aunt's work. They were really accomplished healers."
"Er... Yes, for both, and his name is Cedric" I managed to get out. "I accidentally bumped into him and we talked a bit."
"What's the matter?" Harry asked as he walked towards us with a few more books in hand. "What happened to your face Willow? You look as if you have a fever... And whatever you're doing calm down! Your hair is flickering from black to white! "
"Speaking of which..." Remus said before he handed us two more books. "Here are some books you may want.".
Thanking Remus, we took the books that were in his hands. The top one was called How to Brew Potions Without Problems, the second one was called Transfiguration, a Fools Guide. Taking a closer look at the authors, Harry and I realized that the books were written by my father and Harry's father.
"There's a picture of them in their respective books," Remus said before Harry and I flipped the books open to try and find their pictures. "They were great Wizards and Witches, and accomplished much in their life."
"Did any of them teach at Hogwarts?" Harry asked.
"Excluding Luna who taught D.A.D.A, the others didn't. Which was quite a shame in my opinion." Remus answered. "Your mothers were accomplished Healers, while your fathers worked for the Ministry of Magic."
"The what?" Harry said, confused.
"The Ministry of Magic," Sirius said. "That's our government. They make sure that muggles don't find out about us."
"Why...?"
"Witch burnings right?" I interrupted before Harry gave me a shocked look before I quickly apologized. "Sorry Harry, anyway's I read it in a novel, but in the middle ages. People killed, burned, and tortured people who they call 'Witches...' Are you saying it's actually true?!"
"Bingo, right on the spot" Remus said as the both of us turned pale. "Anyway's, James worked as an Auror, or a dark witch catcher. Severus worked in the Potions and Experimental Science Department."
"Was it dangerous working there?" I asked.
"When it comes catching Dark Wizards/Witches, and exploding Cauldrons, yes. But that's where your mothers come in." Remus answered. "Anyways, Luna and Severus liked to travel, and usually tagged James and Lily along. I've still got photo's of them in their travels that I think you'll like. They would have wanted for you to have it."
"That would be great," Harry and I said at the same time.
Time-skip: 6:00 pm
Harry's P.O.V:
"Alright now... We still need... our wands," I said looking down at the list after we had finished buying all supplies, and books.
"Okay, how about you two go and get your wands at Ollivander's, while I stop by somewhere really quick." Remus said as he pointed at the store before he quickly checked the time, and from his clock, I saw that it was nearly six o' clock at night.
As we entered into the wand shop, Willow and I saw a room full of boxes, all of which held a unique kind of wand. When the bell on the door signalled our arrival, an old man appeared from an aisle behind the desk. He looked at the two of us for a moment before he smiled.
"Well, hello Mr. Potter, Ms. Nova" the man said as he climbed down and started looking through the shelves. "It seems that just yesterday that your parents came to buy they're first wand themselves... Ah I remember all 4 of them, all were fine wands in their hands, ah yes they were..."
He then pulled out two of the boxes out of the shelf before he walked out of the shelf, and handed the wands to the both of us. "Now give it a wave…"
We did what we were told, and the glass besides me shattered, before a large cherry pie came out of no where and landed on Ollivander.
"S-S-S-S-Sorry?" Willow whispered.
"No-No problem!" Ollivander said before he cleaned the pie away, and snatched the wands out of our hands before he went to get another pair. "But these wands are not right at all…"
After several tries which involved a lot of broken furniture, 3 more pies appearing out of nowhere, mountains of fruit filling the store, a flood of water, and a lot of other disasters. Ollivander finally came back with a curious look in his eye.
"Let's try these…" he murmured before handing the wands to us. "Holly, 11 inches, and Rowan, 11 and 1/4 inches"
We looked at each other for a second before we took it and gave the wands a wave, my wand had sparks flying out of it, while Willow's wand made calm winds blow past us from inside the shop and out the door.
"Curious…very curious indeed…" Ollivander said almost to himself.
"What's curious?" I asked.
Ollivander hesitated for a moment before saying, " I remember every single wand I've ever sold all these years. It just so happens, that the phoenix, whose tail-feather that's in your wands gave 3 feathers away. Two of which are in your wands. It is curious that the two of you were destined for this wand, when their brother, gave the two of you that scar."
"So... Who owned that wand?" Willow asked hesitantly.
"We do not speak his name," Ollivander answered. "The wand chooses the Wizard Ms. Nova. No one really knows why. However, what can be certain is that we could expect great things from you two. After all, he who must not be named did great things... Terrible!...Yes, but great things."
"Harry! Willow!" Remus's voice sounded as we all turned around to see him staring through the window carrying two owls: one was pure white, the other was brown with white spots sprinkled throughout it.
"Happy birthday!" he called through the window.
Willow's P.O.V:
I was deathly quite later on that night, brushing my hand past my now white hair while I thought about what happened in the last twenty-four hours: That letter, The information on my parent's, my school years at Hogwarts with Harry, what Olivander had said, and Ced... Wait. Why in the world am I thinking about him?! I just met him once! It's not like I'd talk him again... Right?
"Are the two of you aright?" asked Remus. "You hadn't eaten much of your food at dinner, and you both seemed disturbed."
I hesitated, but then before I could ask, Harry piped up first. "He killed our parents, didn't he? The one who gave us this scar?"
Remus sighed before placing his book down, and leaned into the coach. "First, understand this; because it's very important. Not all wizards are good. Some of them go bad, and a few years ago, there was one who went as bad as you can. And his name was V-…his name was V…."
"Maybe if you wrote it down?" Harry suggested.
"No, it... ! Never-mind. Alright, Voldemort," he whispered.
"Voldemort?" Harry and I repeated.
"Shh!" he said. "Back in the past, he was the darkest wizard the world has ever seen. During my years at Hogwarts, he was gathering followers, most were in Severus's house: The Slytherins..."
"My father... Was this V... You know Who's follower?!" I gasped.
"NONONONO!" Remus quickly protested. "That's not what I meant! He was a great person that helped me out when I really needed it! And while it was true that he was interested in the Dark art's. He stopped after a Slytherin he called friend did to your mother, who was also in Slytherin."
"What did they do to my mother?" I asked.
"I don't really know what happened, all I know is that after that happened, he never talked with his old friends again!"
"He loved her didn't she?" Harry asked.
"Before Lily, she was the first to show him kindness, when others didn't really accept him." Remus said as he smiled sadly. "To tell the truth, at first James and my other friends didn't really like Severus."
"Why not?" Harry asked. "Why didn't my father like Willow's father?"
"For Severus, it was for his strange looks, and book smarts. He had long black hair that was greasy until Luna started to fuss over him when he didn't take care of himself." Remus chuckled as the both of us giggled. " However, it was probably because that he was a Slytherin."
"Why? Wasn't my mother also a Slytherin?"
"Well... Luna was a slight exception for 2 reasons: One, she was Lily's sister and second, she's a bit... er, I mean she stood against her own house many times when they bully/harm others , due to that many of us actually wondered why she wasn't sorted in Gryffindor in the first place." Remus quoted as he leaned back. "Before I even met them. Lily, Luna, and Severus were friends long before they came to Hogwarts, while Severus first told Luna that she was a witch. Who told Lily after she got home. Anyways like I mentioned before, he got interested in the Dark arts and fell into the wrong crowd, and we all thought that he would join You-Know-Who."
"However he didn't right?" I asked hopefully.
"Correct. After the incident I mentioned earlier, Severus's eyes opened to the truth and how Luna's warnings were correct. So he started to turn his back on the people that he had been friends with, and started trying to hang out with us. It took Luna's threat to turn our voices into a squeak for a month, and Lily's look that told us that 'we're going to be dead, if you don't agree.' Before we James finally agreed."
I laughed as I imagined what it would have been like to be in Remus's position, before he continued. "Anyways, long story short. We all became good friends as Severus stopped diving deeper into the Dark Arts and joined a little band of followers that were loyal to Dumbledore, the headmaster of the school."
"Do you work at Hogwart's?" Harry asked.
"No I'm not sadly." Remus answered. "Where was I now... Oh yeah! It took a while, but when your parents finally married and got pregnant with you two, they were overjoyed. Especially your parents Willow, right after... Never mind. Anyways, when both of your mothers got pregnant, they decided to retire from the stress of Healers at the Hospital and move into something more easy-going. Lily started working at a small clinic while Luna worked as a DADA professor. She at first planned to be a professor there for 2 years, but after some unknown incident both your parents had to go into hiding. However somehow You-Know-Who found out where your parents were hiding and on Halloween he came to Godric's Hollow and killed your parents. He then turned his wand onto the both of you and tried to kill you as well."
"Us?" Harry repeated as I went ghastly pale. "Voldemort tried to kill us?"
"That isn't a ordinary cut on your forehead. A mark like that only comes from being touched by a curse and an evil one at that."
"Then where did my burn come from then?" I blurted out before I could stop myself. "Did it also come from that curse you were talking about?"
"No, I'm not sure of the details, but that burn of yours" Remus said before he placed his hand on my left eye. "Was caused by a simple fire charm from one of You-Know-Who's followers when he disappeared. Some say he died, but I think he's still out there, too tired to carry on. But one thing's absolutely certain, somehow you two stopped him that night. That's why you're both famous, that's why everyone knows your names. You're the Children Who Lived."