Aunt Mini

‘I knew you wouldn’t mind Harry, but just for now I made your bedroom into two smaller bedrooms, I thought Jamie might feel better if she was close to us until she moves into her house rooms.’

‘She became a Gryffindor, but yeah, she can stay with me, if you want to that is Jamie?’

‘Yes, I’ve never been alone before.’

‘Then let’s get you settled,’ Minerva sighed, then levitated the four large bags through a door and into Harry’s room, ‘That’s the room you will use for now Jamie, why don’t you put your stuff away.’

‘What about my school stuff, how am I supposed to buy that? Did they leave me any money?’

Minerva sighed, ‘No, they didn’t.’

‘I’ll pay for it, then set you up a vault you can use. I really am pissed off right now, not at you Jamie, this is not your fault, I’m pissed at them. Fine, they didn’t want me, but they had you for sixteen years then they left.’

‘But how can you afford to get me my stuff?’

‘I have money, it’s fine. Aunt Mini, can you explain to Sev. I’ll get back to my potions tomorrow, I’ll stay with Jamie today.’

‘I will, remember Jamie, I am your aunt and I will not abandon you. You just have to remember when school starts you will need to call me professor McGonagall.’

‘So does that mean I can call you Aunt Mini, like Harry does?’

‘Yes dear,’ Minerva hugged the girl, ‘Harry will look after you, but if you ever want to talk, you can come to me. I better get back to work.’

‘We’ll be fine Aunt Mini,’ Harry waited until she left then levitated his sisters bags into her room, ‘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 mentioned 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, 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.’

‘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 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 hello’s from everyone who made her feel welcome into their family and their home.