Chapter Six

Harry and Ginny arrived back at Grimmauld Place after their visit to Hogwarts. Everything they had been told was running through Harry's head like crazy. It was hard enough finding out he had a sister, but finding that his sister was now a hostage and a victim at the mercy of the Malfoy family was enough to make anyone's head explode.

Ginny made a pot of tea while Harry sat down at the long kitchen table with his head in his hands. Sitting down at the table she took hold of Harry's hands in her own. 'Harry' she spoke gently. 'We will find her, I can't say how or even when but I know in my heart we will find her.'

'Gin, we need to get everyone on this. Whats left of the Order, the DA, everyone from our school years if we need to. Tomorrow first thing I will start getting messages to everyone, but right now I want to write a few letters, you go to bed, its been a long day.' He kissed her forehead gently. 'I'll be up soon. We should go away after all this God knows we'll need it, its been a long time since we had a holiday.' Harry said lovingly.

'Of course Harry it would be nice to have a little break, and not only that but you can use some time to get to know Novella, having your sister in our lives will take a lot of getting used to for all of us.'

She kissed him with revered passion and left the room carrying her mug with her. As Ginny settled herself in bed with a book, Harry made himself comfortable in in his office, he looked at the Black family tree on the walls of the room, it had been expertly restored to its former glory over the years. Sirius' face smiled down at him and he wondered what life would have been like if the evil Bellatrix Lestrange had not killed his beloved godfather.

Taking a sip of his tea he thought to himself about what he wanted to write, and picking up his quill he started.

My Dearest Novella,

I don't know why I wrote that because I have only just found that you exist. You see our parents died twenty-five years ago, so I never knew about you. Today has been a roller coaster of emotions, just know that when I find you I will make them pay for what you have gone through these last twenty-five years. You were kidnapped the night our parents where murdered. Voldemort tried to kill me as well, but I survived and fought my way through. Lots of people were lost along the way, but we survived.

Please if you are reading this I hope my owl has found you, know that you are loved. I don't know you but I love you. I will find you, I have people helping me, I will find you just survive a little bit longer.

Your loving brother,

Harry.

He read what he had written then magically sealed the envelope with a spell that could only be undone by someone with Potter blood. On the envelope he wrote the words 'I open at your touch' then spelled the words to appear when Novella was alone.

Putting it to one side he opened his desk draw and took out another piece of parchment. Taking into account that Kingsley Shacklebolt was Minister and also a member of The Order of the Phoenix this letter would be the most difficult to write. For a few minutes Harry sat thinking, he took a sip of the now cold tea and stood up still thinking.

Deep in thought he walked back towards the kitchen to get a fresh cup of tea, and sat at the kitchen table drinking slowly he thought about how he could word the letter, and say what he needed to say.

Going back to his office with yet another fresh cup of tea he looked once again at Sirius who was smiling down at him. He sat down and took a sip from his cup. Picking up his quill he started to write.

Dear Kingsley

This to me is by far, the hardest letter that I have had to write. It has been brought to my attention.

That was right, Harry scribbled what he had written and screwed up the paper, and threw it in the bin next to his desk he got another piece ready.

Dear Kingsley

This is by far one of the hardest letters I have had to write. Yesterday I received an owl from an unknown source telling me to go to Godrics Hollow. At Godrics Hollow I found a spelled diary that belonged to my parents, this diary gave me a huge insight into my parents lives before I was born. After reading it I am shocked that I didn't know what I should have known all along. When my parents married they found out they were having a child. This child is my sister Novella.. The night our parents died at the hands of Voldemort Novella was kidnapped by Lucius Malfoy. The whole thing is a bit of a mess Kingsley I will admit that to you.

I will start as far back as I can. Novella was born nine months almost to the day that my parents were married. She was classed by Albus as a special child. Novella is a very powerful woman she is a seer greater than the Trelawny Line of seers, and because of this she was taken. The last known whereabouts of her was Severus Snape, he spoke to her in the Dungeons of Malfoy Manor. He knows nothing else for obvious reasons. A few weeks after he last saw her he died. Severus has filled me in on what he does know.

For now, we do not want the Auror office to be involved but rather the family we have grown to love and trust with the Order, Dumbledores Army and friends from school. The reason for not involving the Aurors is because Novellas birth was never registered at the ministry, her birth was at Hogwarts and the people involved took the unbreakable vow to keep her quiet until the time was right to speak of her. The time has now come and we need to act quickly and discreetly.

We need your help Kingsley, you are still part of the Order so you need to be involved in this. We believe that after the battle of Hogwarts the Malfoy family moved Novella to a different location, and as you are Minister you have the means to find out where the Malfoys have other homes.

If you can give us any information Kingsley we would be eternally grateful to you, and please keep aware while doing anything we don't want you to come into any danger.

Thank you Kingsley for your help.

Yours,

Harry.

He read over the letter and was happy with what he wrote it was straight to the point. After sealing the envelope he walked with both letters to the kitchen where the family owl sat on her perch. After the death of Hedwig Hagrid had very found out where Hedwig had come from and he bought harry one of his siblings. The owl who Ginny had named Ophelia, looked exactly the same as Hedwig. She hooted as Harry walked over to her, and gently she lifted her leg aloft for the letters that she knew she had to take.

'Hello girl', Harry said. He tied a letter onto each gently. 'These are for Kingsley and my sister Novella. If you can't find Novella just bring the letter home.' He said. 'But I know you girl, you are so much like Hedwig, you'll find her. I just wish I could see into your mind to find out where she is.'

It was times like this when Harry wished he had learnt legilimency. He carried Ophelia on his arm to the small courtyard at the back of the house and she flew off into the dark night sky.

After watching her fly off Harry went back inside and cleared the tea things away. In the early hours as the birds sung their chorus and the sky started to lighten on the horizon Harry fell into bed and slept fitfully.

As Harry fell into his fitful sleep Kingsley Shacklebolt was awoken from his peaceful sleep by a tapping sound on his bedroom window. His wife slept soundly in the bed next to him. Getting up out of the bed he recognized Ophelia at the window and picked up a few owl treats, he opened the window and the snowy owl hopped into the room. Kingsley stroked the owl gently along her back before taking the letter off her leg.

Seeing that the letter had been delivered to its recipient Ophelia hopped back onto the sill and once again gracefully took flight into the early morning dawn sky.

Leaving the room quietly Kingsley went down the stairs and into the kitchen. Making himself a mug of coffee to wake himself up, he unsealed the envelope.

He sat at the table with a bang, shocked at what he was reading. 'How is this even possible?' He thought to himself. 'How can this happen with nobody knowing about it?'

Quickly he penned a note to his wife, saying he had been urgently called to the ministry saying he will contact her when he knew more. He couldn't say any more to her than that. This was a very delicate matter.

He dressed quickly and left the house with a loud POP. Appearing outside his office at the ministry he unlocked the wards and entered the room. The first thing he wanted to do was get in touch with Minerva, he needed all the information he could gather, but realizing the time it was far to early to get in touch with her. So with the Aurors not to be involved he needed to feed information to them about stray convicts that had evaded the ministry for far too long. They needed to be kept off the scent of anything that would go down.

Seeing the time he realized it was still too early to visit Minerva, so he paid a visit to the records office. Thoughts running through his head, 'Why did they shield their daughter because she is a seer?' The whole thing just made no sense at all, he understood the threat to their lives from Voldemort. And he understood the prophecy from Sybil Trelawny, but that prophecy was related to Harry it didn't relate to Harry's older sister, so why did she get kidnapped. These thoughts drove Kingsley crazy as he went through the quiet corridors towards the records office.

As Kingsley sieved through hundreds of records relating to Potter history and the properties of the Malfoy family, Minerva sat in the wing backed chair talking to the two portraits behind her desk.

'Albus, we need to talk about this. It has been put off for far too long. Harry needs to know just how powerful his sister is. She isn't just a powerful seer Albus, she has the power to do so much more. You know what she can do Albus, you heard it yourself when Lily spoke in the hospital wing, you heard what came out of her mouth.' Minerva said calmly, but inside she was so angry.

'We will tell him Minerva' Severus said. 'But like Albus said only when the time is right. When they get closer to finding her we will tell him.'

Minerva sighed deeply, then drank from her tea cup. 'If Harry doesn't get told soon, then all hell will break loose. Now I am going to bed gentlemen, we will carry on talking about this tomorrow. Or later on today that may be as it seems we have talked all night.'

'Goodnight Minerva' Albus and Severus said to her.

Minerva extinguished the sconces in the room and closed the door. As she walked to her quarters Albus and Severus spoke to each other.

'Albus, it is difficult trying to keep the things I saw in Novella's head to myself. I know when the time comes to tell Harry of the prophecy that was spoken on the day of Novellas birth I will have to tell Harry of these things, until then I will keep my mouth shut on the matter, but It is proving difficult.'

Meanwhile in Grimmauld Place Harry after his fitful sleep was sleepily pottering around in the kitchen making a try of breakfast things. Ginny sitting wrapped in a dressing gown at the vanity table in their bedroom absent mindlessly brushing her auburn hair, her mind a complete jumble with Harry not sleeping well she was awake most of the night. She hated that Harry was going through this but as his wife she had to support him in every way she could.

After eating breakfast both Harry and Ginny ready. A meeting had been called for both members of the Order and members of the DA, all members were due to arrive at Grimmauld at noon to discuss everything. It was going to be another very long day.