Harry's Inheritance

Chapter 8

*Harry's POV*

By the end of the month, we had the book finished, found a publishing company for it, visited Bella and Selena a few more times in between, got the shifters and Cullens working together to protect my sisters, and stayed with her for our last weekend before we had to go back to Hogwarts. We even had enough free time that we now knew Las Angeles like the back of our hands, too.

Our book had only been out for a week and we've already sold 200,000 books all over the world. We put the money we've gotten paid in a compartment of my trunk and lock the whole trunk up with a password in Parseltongue. We sent father, Bella, and Selena a signed copy of our book.

We love living in Las Angeles and in Forks, but it's time for us to get back to England, so I can start my 6th year and he can be the potions teacher/master at Hogwarts. I sent our motorcycles to Forks, Washington, knowing that they will be safe while we're at Hogwarts. Severus and I are no longer suicidal now that we have each other. We gather up all of our stuff in our room and get ready to leave the hotel. When we had this done, we headed for the lobby and checked out. We left the hotel, walked for a while, and walked off into an alley. I gently grabbed Sev quickly and shimmered us onto Platform 9 3/4.

We quickly spot the Weasley family. We stayed in the shadows until we were right behind them. We emerge from the shadows slowly for a dramatic entrance. I put my hand on Ron's shoulder causing him jump. Severus and I laugh. There's a bunch of 'Harry!'s as I'm engulfed in a bear hug. I know Severus is still insecure that I'm going to leave him, but I won't be leaving him. I love him too much to let him go now. I know he's getting jealous, too. I hug everyone quickly and step back beside Sev. Everyone notices he's here now.

"What's Snape doing over here?" Ron says.

"I'm just keeping an eye on Mr. Potter as I promised," he says.

"Well, you don't have to anymore," he says. I continue to say 'Ron' trying to get him to shut up. "You have never helped us. You've always picked on us. Never have you protected us-"

"Ronald!" I yell, gaining the attention of everyone on the platform. "How dare you?! How dare you say that Professor Snape has never protected us! How can you just forget about when we were out by the Whomping Willow in our 3rd year with Remus? Remus turned into a werewolf and tried to attack us, but Professor Snape came in time and stepped between us and the werewolf. He didn't have to do that for us, Ronald! And if you can't show a bit of respect to teachers, then stay away from me." I go to leave, but someone grabs ahold of my arm. I look to see who it is and see it to be Ginny. I pull her in another hug.

"Help me," she whispered. "Get me away from my mother. Please." I hug her tighter to me.

"Meet me in the 7th corridor tonight," I say. "I'll show you a place you can get away and never be found. Just don't tell anyone." She subtly nods her head. "But for now, you'll have to deal with them." She sighs. "See ya soon, princess." I leave the Weasleys and board the train with Sev following behind me. He takes the lead. He leads us into the teacher's section. As we pass the compartments, I see Professor McGonagall sitting alone in a compartment, crying. I stop and watch her. Sev doesn't notice until he gets to another compartment that I'm going to guess is his. He looks around and spots me. He comes back towards me, confused. I watch him as he comes back to me.

"What's the matter, Harry?" he asks.

"I feel a familial bond to her, but I don't think she's truly related to me," I say. "Come on. Let's see why she's crying." He nods. We walk into the compartment, scaring McGonagall a little bit. She smiles at us and dabs at her eyes. I sit down beside her and Sev sits across from us. "What's the matter, Professor McGonagall? And don't say nothing because it's obvious that there's something wrong." She chuckles at me, making me smile at her.