Chapter 1

I walk around in the Ravenclaw common room wearing my dark blue dress robes. It is only 6:30 I realise. I am supposed to meet Oliver at 7:00. I pace the floor for a few minutes. Then Cho Chang walks in with a huge smile on her face. "Hey Cho what's going on?" I ask. Cho replies, "Harry Potter just asked me to go out with him." "No way you mean the Harry Potter?" "Yeah who else!" "Well congrats Cho." "Thanks," Cho looks around, then looks at me quizzically, "why are you here by yourself and dressed in one of your best robes?" I smile and blush shyly. Cho says "come on even I didn? look that shy when I was talking to the famous Harry Potter. What's going on here that I should know about?" "Well you are my best friend so I guess there's no harm in telling you. I'm meeting Oliver up at the top of the east tower at 7:00." Cho laughs, "well you have five minutes so you better get going. By the way I wont tell Fred." I look at Cho in disbelieve, "you know nothing is going on between me and Oliver and even if there was something going on there is nothing going on between me and Fred." "Well that isn? what Fred is saying. He's telling everybody you two are a steady thing." "Well I wish that was true but he has not told me anything about this." Cho looks at me seriously, "you had better not let him catch you with Oliver alone even if you two are just friends. Fred has got it bad for you." "Well I don't want to stand Oliver up since we are friends so I'll go just this once." I walk out the door and see Fred at the end of the hall I turn around and walk quickly the other way. As I turn a corner I run straight into George. "AHHHH!!!" we both scream. "George Weasley you almost gave me a heart attack." "Trying to avoid my brother eh?" "What on earth do you mean?" "Oh nothing. But Oliver's waiting on you in you in the east towers." "How'd you know about that?" "I'm not a Weasley twin for nothing. Naw I'm just one of Olivers mates that's all." "Does Fred know?" "No and if I were you I'd keep it that way." "Are you going to tell him?" "Me? Oh how dare you insult me like that," George smiles jokingly, "No I'm not gonna tell him." I kiss George on the cheek before I realise what I'm doing, "thanks." George blushes deep crimson then walks away.

I arrive in the east tower and spot Oliver setting at the top of the steps. "Hey there," he hollers. "Hi." "How you doing today?" "Not too good." Oliver stand up, "what's wrong?" "It's just Fred." "Just Fred eh? That's one thing you never want to say is just Fred. When something's botherin ya and it concerns Fred it can't be good." "Well Fred is saying we are a steady couple." "Oh and that's a bad thing?" I sit down on the steps and Oliver sits down beside me. "I don't guess it's too bad but he could have talked to me about it first." Fred runs into the east tower and suddenly appears in front of Oliver and me. Fred has his wand in one hand and the Marauders map in the other. "What are you doing with Mandy up here alone Oliver!" Oliver stands up slowly, "you know me and Mandy are just good mates." Fred readies his want for an attack, "what are you doing alone with her?" I stand up just as I see McGonagall enter the tower. I grab the wand out of Fred? hand ant put it in my pocket. Then Professor McGonagall spots the three of us she says, "what may I ask are the three of you doing up here? Astronomy doesn? start for another two hours. Mrs. Dansby would you care to explain?" "Mrs., I mean Professor, I mean head mistress...." "Well child what do you mean?" Fred steps up to McGonagall, "what she's trying to say is we all decided to do our homework together." "Well then may I see your homework?" Fred stalls and I realise he doesn? know what to say so I step forward. "If you look up then you can see our homework. We are supposed to tell which planets are visible tonight." "Mrs. Dansby always the smart one. Take after the whole Dansby family. I'll leave you to your work then." She turns and leaves. "That was a close call." Fred turns around and looks at me then walks quickly back down the steps and away from the east tower.

"Go after him and if he reaches our common room I'm not supposed to do this but the password is wolfs tongue. Try not to have to go into the common room." "I wont go into the common room." I run off after Fred. As I leave the tower I run right into Percy Weasley. "No running in the halls. Which house do you belong to I will have to report this." "Oh come on Percy you know me. This is my first offense. Do you really have to report it?" "yes I do it's my duty." "I'm in Ravenclaw. My name's Mandy Dansby." I start walking quickly down the hall not having a clue as to which way Fred had gone. With the Marauders map and the size of this school he could avoid me for years. I quicken my pace. There standing by a drinking fountain is Harry, Ron, and Hermione. I walk over toward the three of them. "Hey Ron I need your help," I say. "What's up? What do ya need?" "I can't keep up with your brother and need help finding him." "OK, which brother?" "Fred." "Alright, we'll help," Ron turns ! to Harry and Hermione, "Harry go t the common room and see if he's in there anywhere. Hermione go to the dungeons that's his fave place to hang out." Harry looks at me, "don't worry about him it's a huge school but he'll show up somewhere." Harry and Hermione walk off. Ron turns back around and looks at me "Okay we will start in the owlery and work our way over to the Astronomy classes." "Thanks for helping me." "No problem but we'd better get going." Ron and I walk quickly to the owlery. I find Natalie perched along side several other owls getting food. I notice a note in Natalie? claws. I grab the note and start to read....

"A patronus will not save you from me,
Do not fear no one will scream
This will all seam like a dream,
By the way your red head is here with me
So do what I say if you ever again want to see Fred Weasley
Meet me in the dungeons,
At 12 that is where I will be."

I fold the not in half, hand it to Ron and run all the way up to my dorm room fighting back tears. Ron starts back to his common room after reading the note. As soon as he arrives at the entrance he sports Hermione running up to him. "I didn? find him in the dungeon but I did sport someone else lurking around down there although I'm not sure who it was." "Here read this," Ron replies handing Hermione the note. After Hermione finishes reading she looks up at Ron, "is You~know~who after Mandy now?" "I don't know. It seems like it but I don't see what she has done. And I really don't see what Fred has done." Ron turns to the picture of the fat lady and says the Gryffindor password. Ron and Hermione walk into the common room. Harry is standing by the fire. The flames of the fire cast eerie shadows on Harry? face. "Harry," Ron says, "You~know~who is back with us." "You mean Voldemort," Harry says. Ron flinches, "I never can get used to that. Yes I mean....err...what you said." Harry looks over at Ron and Hermione, I figured he was near my scar has been burning once again." Hermione walks over to Harry, "he is after Mandy and he has Fred." "Why would he be after Mandy?" Harry directs the question at Ron. "That's what me and Hermione can't figure out. Mandy was here two years before us, she is a parseltongue, she is able to turn into a jet black raven when ever she wants, she has a power over all magical creatures....That's about everything I! know of her." When Ron finishes Harry and Hermione are standing with their jaws dropped in surprise. What is it?" "How do you know that much about her?" "She has been friends with Fred and George since I was born. My mom found out she was adopted into the Dansby family and she started babysitting her. She is an orphan." "Oh, does anyone know who her parents were?" Hermione asked Ron. "Not that I know of. By the way it's 11:30 we need to get down to the dungeons." Ron and Hermione begin to walk out of the common room. Harry follows."Why are we going to the dungeons at 11:30?" Ron turns to Hermione, "give him the note he can read it while we're walking." Hermione gives the note to Harry and Harry reads while he is walking. They reach the dungeons and hear screaming mixed with birds whistling and wolves howling. With a look of confusion on their faces they enter.

Chapter 2

I see Harry, Ron, and Hermione enter as I hide up on the rafters in a corner. "Harry!" Voldemort growls. Voldemort now has the ability to become a giant dragon. "Voldemort." Harry says as he begins to construct a plan to get rid of Voldemort once and for all. "So now he has turned into a giant dragon? I don't even know what type that is, I've never seen anything like it." Ron whispers to Hermione. I fly down towards Voldemort. "harry it's me Mandy go away now before you get hurt." "How on earth did you become a raven?" "Now's not the time for questions," I say as I use all the strength and power inside of me to fight. I start to get weak and I see an owl flying toward Voldemort with hatred in her eyes. "Angel!" "Mandy I came to help." "I could use a little bit." "The others should be here soon," she says as she claws at Voldemorts eyes. I begin tearing at Voldermort? wings with my talons and beak. In comes a bobcat, a koala, a unicorn and wolf. The bob cat begins ripping at the neck, the koala climbs up to the head and starts to pound on it as the unicorn begins head butting Voldemorts stomach. The wolf sits back and watches for a while. "Marthur get over here and help us," I scream at the wolf. Voldemort swings his claws trying to hit something, anything. He hits me. I land clear across the room against a wall. Fred appearates in front of me. "Are you okay?" "Caw!" I cry out. Fred turns around facing Voldemort, bows his head, closes his eyes and turns into a giant polar bear. "Voldemort!" Fred screams as he runs over to Voldemort flailing his giant claws and bearing his fangs. Fred strikes one good blow to Voldemorts head an knocks him out cold. Fred doesn? stop there however, he continues to claw at the chest and face of Voldemort. Then when he realizes Voldemort is actually gone once and for all he quits fighting, turns back into himself, and walks over to me.

The bob cat turns back into Selphie, the koala turns into Amanda, the owl turns into angel, the unicorn turns into Menime and the wolf turns into Marthur. They all come over to me as I turn back into myself. My face is bruised badly and I am unconscious. Fred grabs my hand, closes his eyes, and calls, telepathically, to me. I gain consciousness but am still not doing good. Fred picks me up and carries me toward the hospital wing. Knowing we will all get in trouble Fred tells everyone to go back to their dorms. Everybody leaves except Ron. "I didn? know you could do that." Ron says to Fred. "There are allot of things you don't know about me little brother. Now get up to your dorm before you get caught." Ron leaves. Fred continues toward the hospital wing with me in his arms as I slip in and out of consciousness.

Chapter 3

We arrive at the hospital wing. It is dark and cold in the room. The nurse walks into the room, "can I help you young man?" Fred lays me on a bed, "she was down in the dungeons knocked out cold." Madam Pomfrey walks over to the bed and feels my forehead checking for fever. Then she notices the scratches that are all over my body. She bends down and surveys the scratches. "Boy where has she been what happened to her?" "I told you already." "I need the whole story," Madam Pomfrey insists as she goes over to the medicine cabinet, unlocks it, and grabs a large vile full of white fizzy potion. "I found her down in the dungeons. She was fighting the dark lord he-" Fred tries to go on but Madam Pomfrey holds up a hand to silence him. "Go fetch Professor Dumbledore and tell him to come down here straight way." "But," Fred says. "But nothing go tell him. Go now." Fred runs out the door. "Oh lord child what have you gone and gotten yourself into." Madam Pomfrey whispers as she begins ! pouring the potion into my mouth.

I wake up suddenly. Sitting up and clutching my throat gagging. My mouth feeling like someone had poured gasoline down my throat and thrown a lit match in after it. Pomfrey stood at my side looking down at me with a look of concern and dread on her face. "Wh-what's happened?" I asked looking up at Madam Pomfrey. "Do you not remember?" "No I-I," I started to say but then vivid memories of Voldemort in the form of a dragon, me fighting him, getting thrown against a wall, and Fred appearing in front of me asking if I was alright, then turning into a giant polar bear and killing Voldemort flashed through my mind. "Yes," I said, "yes I do remember." At that moment Dumbldedore burst through the door with Fred following right behind him. "Poppie what's wrong? Mr. Weasley ran into my office insisting you needed me down here right away." Madam Pomfrey moved toward Dumbledore. "Yes professor I did need you down here." "Well what for, what is the trouble?" Then Dumbleoder noticed me l! ying a few feet away. As Dumbledor walked toward me Madam Pomfrey and Fred began filling him in on what had happened.

Dumbledore was standing beside my bed now listening intently to Fred and Pomfrey. As the story ended Fred walked around the bed sit down behind me and put his arm around me. As I leaned back letting him support me. "Well we will sort all of this out in the morning as for right now Mrs. Dansby and Mr. Weasley need to get some sleep. So Mr. Weasley I will walk you up to your common room." "Please professor can't I stay here? I would like to just sleep here so I can be with Mandy." At this Dumbledore looked at me. "If it is alright with Mrs. Dansby and Madam Pomfrey then I will allow you to stay. Is it alright with you ladies?" Dumbledore asked. I nodded my head and Madam Pomfrey said, "yes he does need to stay here so I can keep an eye on him and make sure he is alright." "Well then I am off. You two get some sleep." Dumbledore nodded to us and walked out of the room.

"Well I will be right back with some potion for the two of you." Madam Pomfrey said as she walked into her office. When she was out of sight I looked up into Fred? eyes, which were more tired and more strained than I had ever seen them. Fred smiled down at me and stroked my hair as Madam Pomfrey walked back into the room with two bottles in her hands. She handed a bottle to each of us. "Now you are to drink all of that and I will see you in the morning," she said as she walked back into her office and closed the door.

Fred and I drank every bit of our potions. Then Fred put two fingers under my chin and guided it up so I was looking into his eyes again. "I love you, you know," he said as he leaned down and kissed me lightly on the lips. He pulled slowly away and laid down stretching out his legs. I lay back down next to him with my head on his chest. "I love you too," I said and I fell off into a deep dreamless sleep.

Chapter 4

The next morning I woke up still feeling exhausted and noticed Fred had already gotten up and was now sitting in a chair beside the bed. The curtains were pulled and I could hear Madam Pomfrey talking excitedly, telling whoever was with her exactly what had happened the previous night. Still lying down I turned my head and looked over at Fred. He smiled and grabbed my hand. Whispering, ?ood you?e up How do you feel,?then, ?adam Pomfrey she is awake!?Pomfrey pulled the curtains back then walked over to my bed, Dumbledore and McGonagall following her. Madam Pomfrey stuck a thermometer looking object in my mouth. Thinking only muggles used thermometers I looked, cross eyed down at it then looked up at Madam Pomfrey quizzically. ?t? a dragon scratch determiner. I already know those scratches you?e got came from You~know~who who conveniently had turned himself into a dragon in order to get into the school. What I don? know is the potion that will cure any illness that ma! y come from the poison that the scratches have left in your system. That is what the Dragon Scratch Determiner, or DSD, will tell me.?She said as she pulled the Dragon Scratch Determiner out of my mouth. ?h? Menimorse potion I believe I have that stored away somewhere. I never though I? actually have to use it again. I will just be a second.?Pomfrey said as she walked off around the curtains. Dumbledore came forward and looked at me with concern on his face. ? will need a private word with Mrs. Dansby if you two will excuse us.?Dumbledore said to Fred and Professor McGonagall. McGonagall lead Fred out of the room. Dumbledore sit in the chair beside the bed. ? have been needing to talk to you for a very long time Mrs. Dansby,?he said. ? believe you are old enough to handle this news now. Can you give me your word you will listen with out interrupting me??Dumbledore asked as he pulled the chair closer to my bed. ?es I believe I can.?I replied. ?kay I will begin a! t the beginning then. You already know that you?e parents are, well you?e parents are dead. However you do not know that it is not both parents. You know Mrs. Weasley. Well she knows everything that I am about to tell you. But I made her promise me when she began to watch you every day that she would not inform you of this. That she would let me tell you when I believed you were old enough to handle the truth. So do not be angry with her for not telling you. Since you are old enough now I will tell you everything that I know. You were brought into the Dansby family when you were very young. You were only 3 months old. The reason for this is that your father did not and still probably does not, know that you are his or maybe even that you exist. Your mother and father fell in love when they were in their early twenties. Your mother had you when she was only 24. Her name was Rebecca Monel. She was a very beautiful woman with long jet-black hair that was naturally curly. She ! had the deepest blue eyes you have ever seen and she was a rather tall woman at 5?? I believe you have already seen a photo of your father. He was Sirius Black, the man who was imprisoned in Azkaban for telling Voldemort where Lily and James Potter were hiding. However, he was wrongly convicted. The story, the true story, is that at the last minute another man took his place and was the one who withheld the whereabouts of the Potters. This man gave Voldemort this information, he is the one who helped in the murder of the Potters. Of course you already know the rest of Harry? story as all wizards and witches do. I know where your father is right now and I would love to make arrangements for you to meet as soon as possible. That is if you would want me too. Anyway about your mother she is the one who has passed on. Voldemort killed her when you were only 2 months old. I believe the reason Voldemort did this was because he wanted to kidnap you he wanted to make you his fol! lowed, to make you as strong as he was in order for you to make him even stronger. I do not know how you got out of his clutches but one day you turned up with a muggle at an adoption agency. This woman who you now know as your mother Tina Singleton said she had found you crying in the woods with no one around. She said she heard you talking baby rubbish saying something like Wingardium Leviosa over and over. She didn? know however that this was a spell. It is quite funny now to think of it that your first words turned out to be a levitating spell.?At this Dumbledore stopped talking. ?hy though,?I said, ?why did I get away from Voldermort, Or rather how did I get away from Voldemort?? ?s I just told you I am not quite certain of this. However I do have a potion in my office that will make you be able to go aback in time in your though and relive it but I believe that would be too scary even now.? ?f I consent to it can I take the potion??Dumbledore looked at me, ?o! dear child I do not think that would be a wise move. Maybe when you are older maybe then you can take the potion. But now I think you should meet your father and talk to him about all of this.?Dumbledore stood up and pushed back his chair. ?hen can I meet him???ell I don? see why you couldn? meet him today if he is available. Would you like me to contact him and ask him if he could come up here???es please.? I said as I began to stand up. ?h no child you have to stay here. Now sit back down.? Madam Pomfrey was saying as she walked back into view. Taking out the cap on the potion she has just gotten Madam Pomfrey began to pour half of it into a glass and the other half into a bowl. She handed me the potion and I began to drink it. Then she took the bowl dabbed a cloth into it and began spreading it on my scratches. After she finished she took the potion bottle she had made Fred and I drink the night before and the bottles she had just brought in this morning back in! to her office. Professor McGonagall walked in. She walked over to my bed and sit down in the chair. "Professor Dumbledore has just told you about your family I presume." She said looking rather sad. I nodded my head and said, ?es he just left.??as Madam Pomfrey finished with you then??Madam Pomfrey walked back out of her office, ?es I have finished wit her.??ell then Mrs. Dansby if you will come with me you will be going back to your common room and you will await word from Dumbledore there.? I stood up and Professor McGonagall lead me out of the room.