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I Used To Think My Life Was Normal... by khermione85626
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I Used To Think My Life Was Normal...

khermione85626

I Thought My Life Was Normal…

Haley Prickford was at home with her parents on the day that changed her life forever. She was 10 years old. Unlike her either parents she had busy black hair and brown eyes. Her mother had brown eyes and blonde straight hair. Her father had messy reddish hair and green eyes. They lived on the outskirts of London. Her grandparents, Uncle Ricky, Aunt Lara, Aunt Grace and Uncle Devon were coming today for her father's birthday (29). She always looked forward to it. It was a day that even though it was her father's birthday, she got presents from everyone. Actually when she thought about it everyone got presents. It might have just been her but it seemed that almost everyone was happy today, people she met on the street, and people she knew. But this one birthday was different then any of his other birthdays, but no one was expecting it to be.

At precisely 10:00 in the morning every one began to arrive. On and off people they knew dropped by. Fred and George would show up and make everyone laugh. Mr. Moody would come with his bowler's hat covering his one eye as always and he would make all the adults jump. She thought his name was just the nickname people gave him for being really moody- which was at times. Ms. T would come with her clumsiness and everyone knew when she got there because the coat hanger would make a loud crash. She wasn't sure what the "T" stood for. Uncle Ricky once told her that it stood for "Trouble". Most of them stopped by a lot of other days too. They came through with smiling faces all happy to be there. It was always a joyous time. The first thing that Uncle Ricky said as he got in the door was "Where's the food? Helena! Where are you with the food??? Or is it HAVEN that has the food?? If you don't hurry up I'm going to have to eat this munchkin by the door!!!" he said as he gestured toward Haley as she ran laughing and giggling away and he tried to catch up to her in at a slower pace. Haven was her father's name and Helena was her mother's name.

"Hey!!! How are you guys doing?" Haley's father said as he came down the steps quickly followed by her mother.

"Fine!! As I'm sure you heard their off!!" Aunt Lara said giving Helena and Haven a quick hug. "Where should I put this?"

"Oh, we told you, you didn't need to bring anything, but since you did you can just put it in the fridge!" said Helena. "Is mom coming with Charlie??" She asked referring to Haley's cousin who was the same age as she was.

"Yea, they'll be here in a couple minutes. They are bringing his luggage and theirs." It was a tradition that everyone slept over at the Prickford's house that night. "Ours is in the room already as usual." Just then Haley and Uncle Ricky came back into the room, Haley ran to her mom and called base. Moments after, the air was filled with a short ding dong Grace and Devon. It was their doorbell but it called the people's names and rhymed them with a ring or ding or some ring.

"Merlin, I hate that thing!! You never can surprise anybody in this bloody house!" Uncle Devon's cold voice called out before a ice cold hello.

"And how exactly were you going to surprise us?? You do know who you're talking to???" Her father said half laughing but with a smirk. Supposedly, it was an inside joke that she didn't get. There always was this sarcasm between her father and Uncle Ricky, and Uncle Devon.

"Hey, everybody!!! Sorry were late. We got…side tracked!" called Aunt Grace from the foyer into the living room where they all were currently everyone in the room besides Haley who ran towards her aunt and uncle, rolled their eyes. "Where is mom and dad and Helena's parents?" asked Grace looking around.

"Oh, they said they were going to be late." Helena replied as the door bell rang again, ding dong G-----. But then the adults started speaking loudly over the door bell. That meant one thing. It meant that her grandparents had arrived.

"Hello darling, How are you? How was summer so far? Do you want some candy? Here take this don't tell your mom-mom or mom, ok?" Were all the questions she asked and things she was told. But after a while all the grown ups began to catch up with each other, and play chess. So she went over and sat on her fathers match, and cheered him on in chess as he versed Uncle Ricky. "Well she is definitely Helena's and your child!!" He would say after she started to fight with him with her vocabulary. Which, was quite advanced for a 10 year old. But then Aunt Grace closed her eyes and 'looked like a zombie' as Haley put it. Everyone became quiet.

"He will rise out of the shadows like a bird into the air. His symbol shall show. He cannot hide any more. It is time to return!!

It is time save again, time to be in public eye. They will be back and even as powerful as before. His son shall wreck the veil of peace currently resting over us.

He might be more or he might be less. Prepare! The third shall begin soon!

They must fight again if there is a chance of succeeding.

Yet there is another that shall rise to help. She will be of great importance for the next generation.

She will have to choose sides and that will decide all. She might just fall for wrong. Youth is just a number, don't judge by that!

Important, powerful and dangerous she lies in the dark about all… He will rise… out of the shadows…"

She 'awoke' with that only to fall back into Uncle Devon's arms, exhausted. Everyone stared in wonder and confusion. Until a small voice asked the question that she was left of the answer. "What just happened?? What did she do?"

"Now it doesn't have to mean what you think it means, honey…It could be anyone…" said her father unsurely trying to comfort Helena, who looked like she was on the brink of tears.

"Daddy, why is mummy crying?"

"Grown up stuff honey."

"Oh…"

"Was it real?" was the question that the adults were all asking through their eyes to one another. Some of the faces in the room showed sorrow others pure raw pain, over come with memories. Some of them were wonder and others were in combination with all three. "Who?" was the low murmured that escaped barely audible from uncle Devon. "Who's son? Who is she?"

"You forgot one-who will rise and cannot hide anymore?" murmured Uncle Ricky, though by the tone of his voice, he already knew but didn't want to admit it.

"Well, Prickford, you're up!!" Uncle Devon said emphasizing the word Prickford for an unknown reason to Haley. She wasn't sure what anything meant but she knew it was dead serious and so she kept her unanswered questions to herself.

"Well, I'll go put on a pot of tea!" said Haley's grandmother, just trying to escape the room with out a tear falling from her face.

"Let me help!" cried Helena and Grace. They were shortly followed by a nod from Lara and her other grandmother, as all the women escaped the eerie silence of the room.

Many hours had past since then and it was nightfall Charlie and Haley were playing a game, Lara, Grace, and Helena were talking in the corner, and the grandmothers in another and the men were in a huddle in the opposite of the girls. Then Haley's father cleared his throat, "Umm… We're going out to play football. Don't worry, will be careful." He said as they ran out the door. The girls rolled their eyes.

"They will always be the same won't they? It is kind if of sad, but that is one reason we love them, isn't it?" Lara said as the rest of them nodded their heads.

"Charlie do want to with me?" and them Haley whisper the last part. "I'm going watch dads play football!! It is always so like, secret!! It's not like we haven't seen a person play football, right?"

"Err…"

"Or no maybe we shouldn't. They get to play together for only a couple times a year…"

"Err…"

"No, we should it would be fun and then we can do something other than play cards…"

"Err…"

"No, its "interudding their time" mommy says it…what do you think?"

"I think you need to make up your mind!! You're going to drive me nutters!!!"

"Ok, ok!! Come on!! We're going to watch!!! Or no-" she said stopping right in front of the door but she was quickly cut off by her cousin.

"Let's JUST GO!!!" said Charlie rolling his eyes and pushing her out the door.

"I don't see them, do you??"

"No, I see them you just weren't looking high enough!"

"Now what on earth does that mean? I looked everywhere!! It's not like they are flying-" Haley said as her cousin turned her head upward to see the sky. "OH!!! Oo-kkk? Well… I guess they can…" Her eyes were wide with amazement. When Haley looked up she saw something that she only imagined was possible. Her family members were flying!! "Well, I think we now know why football is sooooo special!!" Dazzled the children sat sown on the grass at their feet to watch what would happen. They watch for what felt like hours. But neither one was complaining! It was the most interesting thing they had seen. Suddenly, Haven clutched his head began to fall. But as he fell he…changed. It started at the top of his head and worked its way down. His reddish hair turned ashen black and his eyes became even more brilliant green and a lightening bolt scare drew itself onto his forehead. By the time he landed even some his facial features had changed. The children failed to realize that at that same time. Her uncles Devon and Ricky changed as well but theirs weren't so drastic and they didn't fall to the ground. Her Uncle Ricky's hair became even more straw red then he normally and he grew centimeters taller. Her Uncle Devon lost his silk black hair to a similar silky white blonde and his chocolate eyes changed to icy silver. Moments later all of those left in the house came out. Or at least the children thought it was them. Helena's skin had tanned and her short straight blonde hair grew to bushy golden brown hair. Her eyes stayed their milky brown. Lara's hair became dirty blonde waist long hair opposed to her old white blonde shoulder length hair. Grace's hair became a wine red and her eyes became chocolate brown. Also every one who changed except for Haven had a lightening bolt scar on their hands.

"Harry!!!" Helena called out into the night, and went rushing over to Haven with a stick clutched in her hand. When Haley looked around everyone had one except for her mother's parents. But her father's parents did. The next thing they heard was an "Oh. MY. GOSH!!!" from one of the girls. The kids rushed over not able to control it themselves.

"Is daddy ok? Why did he fall? Why is everyone so different?" Haley asked nervously in one breath.

"Ron- go alert the You-Know-What, Ginny- you must have been right!!! Come on we have to go the Hospital I can heal him quite a bit but I'm not sure what else we have to deal with and we haven't been there since well… Haley!!"

"Mommy, who is Ron, Harry, and Ginny? What is going on?" she said as she followed her mother and her aunts, carrying who was her father into the house. But once they got in they started to carry him towards the fireplace. "Mommy what are you doing?? I'm only 10 but I know not to play with fire and to throw someone into it is worse!!"

"Honey, grab the flower pot and give it to me! I'll explain later!!"

"Ok, but you promise right?"

"Yes, Pinky Promise, just give me the flower pot!!"

"Ok well you have a lot of explaining to do and I have no idea what a flower pot has to do with anything or throwing daddy into the fire while you're carrying him." With that her mother took a handful from the flower pot. And walked over into the fire and yelled St. Mungo's and stepped in to the green flame. Haley yelled she thought her mother had just killed herself along with her father.

"It's ok Honey!! Come with me and we'll be with her soon and then everything will be explained!" Devon and Grace took her hand and lead into the fire as well. After a rush of colors and flashes they came to a stop and stepped out of another fireplace. Terrified, Haley looked around cautiously wondering what else in her supposedly 'normal' life was going to happen next. People were rushing around in a hurried fashion and although her current state no one else seemed fazed by the fact that she had just come through a fireplace. "Ok we'll find where the put your dad and then we'll start explaining!!" Grace went over and asked the desk clerk. The only surprising that happened was when Grace asked for the information the clerk gasped at first and then said that she could not relay information to anyone. Then, Grace showed her the scar on her hand and the clerk looked shocked and then began to blurt out everything she knew about where he was.

A little while little while later Haley was sitting next to Charlie and they were both totally shocked and had yet to have anything explained to them. "Well, I used to think my life was simple! Look at me now! I came through a fireplace, my parents and relatives have changed appearances, I've seen people flying on brooms, and I had no idea my life could be so confusing!" said Haley turning to her cousin who was still in shock, not that she wasn't, but he had yet to say anything besides "Err…"since it had happened. "Well? Say something!!"

"Err…"

"Well???"

"Well, at least they're not Martians?? Right??" Charlie said turning towards her. She rolled her eyes and flipped her head back against the chair shaking it back and forth.

"Martians? Charlie, really, THEY FLY ON BROOMS, AND TRAVEL THROUGH FIREPLACES!!!" Haley practically screamed closing her eyes.

"Ok, I know you have questions we'll answer them I did promise ok?" said Haley's mother as the adults came over and sat down.

"But first we have to tell you who you and we are…" Haley's dad said but was interrupted by Haley.

"'Who we and you are' What does that mean?"

"Well that's what I was saying. I'm not Haven Prickford, you are not Haley Prickford, she's not Helena Prickford, they are not my biological parents, He is not Rick Prickford, and I think you are getting the point."

"So who are we?"

"Well, This is your mother as you thought but she is Hermione Potter, This is Ronald Weasley, Molly Weasley, Ginny Malfoy, Arthur Weasley, Luna Weasley, and Draco Malfoy. I'm Harry Potter, and you are Charlie Weasley and you are Haley Potter." Her father said in breath explaining everyone. But before anything else happened or any more explaining, in front of their eyes the youngest Potter-Granger fainted.

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