Harry and Eloise Potter

Chapter Three

   Three days later, and the whole time it was absolutely brutal. I was worried the whole time. I couldn't stop. I didn't want to leave the house, I wanted to sit in the living room and watch the floo for as many hours as I could, but Uncle Siri and Uncle Remmy made sure to keep me away from the living room. I got an owl this morning from Daddy though, they're going to be home at seven tonight and that's in thirty minutes.
   But as time went by and 7:05 passed, and then 7:10, and then 7:20, and then 7:30 and I was worried out of my mind. I was pacing the living room.
   "Sweetie, I'm sure they just got a bit held up, I'm sure they're fine." Uncle Remmy tried to make me calm down. I kept pacing though. Harry was upstairs doing whatever Harry does and these two were down here with me.
   "They said seven, it's seven thirty, what if something bad happened to them??"
   "I'm sure nothing bad happened, just sit down, I'm sure they'll be here in a few moments." I sat down but another ten minutes went by and I couldn't sit anymore. I stood back up and kept pacing. The front door slammed open and Daddy and Mummy rushed in. They never come through the door. I took Sirius' wand.
   "What are your names?" I asked them seriously. "You're full names." I demanded. "Answer me." I said after a few seconds of silence.
   "James Fleamont Potter." Daddy said slowly.
   "Lilly Rosalie Evans-Potter."
   "Who am I?"
   "You're our daughter, Eloise Lillian Euphemia Potter."
   "Who's missing from the room?"
   "Harry James Potter, our son."
   "What happened Sunday afternoon?"
   "You tried out Harry's toy broomstick and it kept floating. You got scared and took a nap after Sirius got you down. You slept until about 7:30 that next morning."
   "Who got Harry that broomstick?"
   "Remus did, last year for you guys' birthday."
   "When is my birthday?"
   "July 31st, same as Harry's."
   "Who's in the room with me right now? Who's behind me?"
   "Sirius Orion Black. As well as Remus John Lupin. You can Sirius Uncle Siri and Remus uncle Remmy." I relaxed a bit and lowered my wand.
   "What in the world was that about?" Sirius asked me.
   "They never use the door. They always use the floo, excuse me for taking precautions." I told him as I gave him back his wand with a small eye roll.
   "Kid's got a point." Remus chuckled.
   "Did we pass?" Mummy asked me.
   "For now." I told them before running to them and hugging them tightly.
   "You would make an excellent Auror one day." Daddy stated proudly.
   "I did what you guys do when someone's late. I followed your example. You're not mad I pointed Uncle Siri's wand at you, are you?"
   "Of course not." Mummy reassured me. "You were being cautious. My question is, is what spell you think you would've used if we weren't us."
   "First I was going to accio your wands, use patrificus totalus, and then summon Mad-Eye to use the truth serum."
   "Are you that far in my old books already????" Mom asked me in shock.
   "Mhm, I enjoy reading them a lot so I do it and take notes on anything I can whenever I can."
    "Hogwarts better watch out, Eloise is coming and she'll blow you all away." Daddy chuckled before hugging me again.
"She never wanted to leave the living room. I've caught her trying to sneak down here to watch the floo every night." Remus told them. "She was really worried, especially when you guys were late."
"Aww, I'm sorry sweetie." Daddy cooed to me softly.
"Where's Harry?" Mummy asked.
"Upstairs in his room right now. He wanted to play while Eloise wanted to watch the floo like a bat."
"You mean Hawk." Mummy said.
"Huh???" Uncle Siri tilted his head to the side in confusion.
"Watch it like a hawk. That's the saying. Not like a bat. Hawk's have much better vision than bats do." I told him.
"Sweetie, would you mind going and getting your brother for dinner please?" Mummy asked me.
"But you just got home." I whined.
"Now please." She got a bit firmer.
"Fine." I groaned as Daddy set me in my feet. I headed upstairs and to Harry's room. He was doing something with his back turned toward me. I snuck up behind him slowly. "BOO!!!!" I yelled. He let out a yell in shock and jerked back, his head smacking right into my nose. I landed on my butt, blood gushing from my nose.
"Crap. Elle I'm so sorry." Harry panicked. I held my nose in pain. "SIRIUS!!!! REMUS!!!!" Harry yelled into the hall in a rush before coming back over to me. "Elle, I am so sorry." Mum, Dad, Uncle Siri, and Uncle Remus rushed in quickly.
"What happened??" Mummy rushed forward.
"She was trying to be funny and scared me. I jerked back and slammed my head into her nose." Harry said guiltily.
"Harry it isn't your fault. Come here love, let's go and clean your up and get the blood to stop." Daddy told me before picking me up. He carried me to the hall bathroom and helped me clean up and stop the bleeding before washing my hands himself. "You okay now?"
"I'm sorry I tried to scare him Daddy, it was just supposed to be a harmless prank. You and Uncle Siri do them all the time to each other... I thought I could try on Harry." I looked down at my dangling feet.
"It isn't your fault. And you're right, Sirius and I do them to each other a lot. But next time, don't get so close, yeah?" I nodded, a frown still on my face. "Come on sweetie, smile. And you need to change too." I hopped off the counter and headed to my room. I changed quickly as Mummy called me down.

I headed downstairs and to the dining room.
"So tomorrow, I was thinking about letting you two go over to the Weasley's. Spend some time with Ron and Ginny, and the twins. What do you guys think?" Mummy asked us. They just got home and they don't wanna spend the day with us tomorrow??
"But you guys just got home..." I told them.
"We know, but we also know you haven't been over to the Weasley's in a while. Don't you want to see the twins?"
"Usually after your missions, the next day we spend together as a family." I reminded them. "And what happened to the movies?? Mummy, you said that we were going to go the theatre when you got back."
"I didn't say when honey. We'll go soon, but not tomorrow. Dad and I are busy tomorrow." Mum said to fine.
"Fine. Whatever." I stared at my plate and played with my food for the rest of dinner, disappointed and sad that they didn't want to spend time with us.
"Harry, what did you say about spending tomorrow afternoon at the toy store?" Dad asked my older brother. I slipped off my chair and headed upstairs without anyone noticing. So they want to spend time with Harry and not me?? Is that it then?? Fine. They can do whatever they want. Tears pricked at my eyes as I locked and blocked my door. I took a short shower before changing into pajamas and climbing into bed. I laid there, my mind swimming with hurtful thoughts. Did I do something to upset them? Why don't they want to spend time with me?? By the time I did fall asleep, my mind was cloudy.
The same nightmare from the night before flooded my vision.

I snapped up in my bed as I panted, hearing someone at my bedroom door trying to force it open.
"Eloise, sweetie, open the door!!!" Dad exclaimed. Finally, they got it open as I curled in a ball with my hands over my ears, my whole body shaking, my anxiety sky rocketing. "Elle... honey?" Dad touched my shoulder softly making me flinch away from him. "Sweetie, it's okay, it was just a dream."
"Don't touch me!" I exclaimed as he tried to touch me again. "No!!! Stop!!"
"Elle, look at me..." Uncle Siri's voice intervened softly. "Look at me baby, I'm right here. Come on sweetie, look at me." I kept shaking my head, wanting to visions to go away.
"Don't hurt her... stop... don't hurt her, don't hurt her..." I whispered quietly as the green flash happened again.
"Elle, everything is okay. You are fine. You're safe." Uncle Remmy said softly before gently pulling me onto his lap and rocking me back and forth until the images faded. "There you go honey, see, you're okay. Everything is fine." He whispered to me as I slowly came to my senses. My body stopped moving and I sat there for a few moments before realizing where I was. My bedroom. The light was still off, everything dark except for the flood of light from a small lamp.
"What're you all doing in here?" I asked, my voice raspy.
"You don't remember?" Daddy asked me.
"No..." I shook my head, rubbing my eyes tiredly as I yawned.
   "Why don't you stay with Mummy and I tonight sweetie?" Daddy asked me.
   "Why?" I questioned quietly.
   "What, you don't wanna stay with us?" Daddy asked, sounding falsely offended.
   "Well you don't wanna stay with me tomorrow afternoon." I muttered as I became more and more tired.
   "What do you mean baby girl?" Uncle Siri asked me quietly.
   "He and Mum want to take Harry to the toy store tomorrow afternoon. Not me. Leaving me at the Weasley's..." I fell asleep against Uncle Remmy's chest, hardly hearing the last bit of the conversation between them.
   "That's what she thought?? Harry wanted to make up the broom incident and wanted to get her a present. I wasn't gonna leave her there. I can't believe she thought that...."
   "Talk to her in the morning Prongs. Let's just get her to bed for now."
   "I'm still gonna take her to Lily and I's room." I was lifted into daddy's arms and carried somewhere before I was out like a light.