Dark Children

Chapter 2

Harry told her about his friends, Quidditch, and Hogwarts. Des, in return, told him about Alaska, where they had been in hiding.

The limo stopped and Jay opened the door. The duo stepped out and Harry followed Des up the front stairs to the huge Victorian house. Harry was in awe. He hadn't expected this. He had a lot of money in his Gringott's bank. Did he really expect the rest of his wizardry family not to have something? But this? Des stopped when she noticed Harry wasn't following her any longer. p>

"That's exactly what I did," she said smiling back at him. "I didn't think we had that much in Gringott's. But I never have actually been to Diagon Alley, so I wouldn't know." Harry looked up at her astonished.

"Well," Harry said jumping three stairs at a time to catch up to her. "I'll just have to take you." She smiled up at him

"Come on," Des said grabbing his hand and pulling him inside. "We have dinner with the new neighbors and you have to meet Damian. Lucifera isn't here. She is starting at the ministry. She already finished school."

"Damien? Lucifera?" Harry asked.

"Yes," Desdemona sighed. "My parents thought it was extremely funny to name us after things that concerned the devil. My name means of the devil in Greek, Damien was a famous muggle movie about the offspring of the devil, and Lucifera is just a spin-off of Lucifer so."

"My devilish little cousins," he said laughing and patted his cousin's head.

"Hey," she said slapping his hands. "I'm not little." Harry raised his eyebrows at her grinning. "Okay, so I'm smaller than you, but you're like Gigantor, Harry." Harry laughed again.

"Oh, but you don't deny the devilish part?" Harry replied, smiling over at her.

"Nope!" Des said grinning evilly. Harry laughed again. He didn't think he had laughed this hard since George and Fred Weasley had turned all Snape's robes pink and he was forced to wear them all that week. He didn't look so menacing in hot pink robes.

"Hey!" Des yelled as se opened the great oak front doors. Jay came in behind him and put his things by the front doors. Harry bent to pick them up, but a loud shout from across the room made him stop.

"Desdemona!" Harry turned to see a boy a little younger then them rushing down the stairs and tackling Desdemona to the ground. He had his hair gelled up and the tips were red.

"Damien," Des said from the ground.

"Gerroff!" Harry laughed as his two cousins wrestled on the ground giggling.

"He's laughing at us," Des said to Damien who grinned. The both lunged at Harry and dragged him to the ground and tickled him mercilessly. He was already fitting in with his two cousins.

"Guys!" All three heads shot up to see an older man leaning on the open door frame. He was tall and built. He had shaggy black hair with one red streak in it. He had to be about 25.

"Hey Hades," Dess said from lying on top of Harry. Harry looked up at his older cousin.

"You mst be Harry," Hades said walking over and helping Harry up.

"Yeah," Harry said smiling as Dess grabbed his pant leg and helped herself up. She then turned and helped Damien up.

"Where's mom?" Dess asked looking around. Hades walked all the way into the house.

"She's seeing a Designer about the house," he said walking into what would be the kitchen. "They should be back any minute and we can get Designing. Then all the rooms will be done before we have the neighbors over tomorrow."

"Oh peachy," Damien said but Dess was a little more excited. She jumped on her older brother.

"Aren't you going to tell me what job Dumbledore gave you," she said wrapping her arms around his neck so that she literally hung from him.

"No," he said grinning slightly and grabbing the Daily Profit off the table. Harry smiled and followed them back into the entrance hall.

"But you promised," Dess whined and held on tight. Hades sat on the only piece of furniture that was in the house, a green couch. "Please," she said batting her eyelashes and putting on a puppy dog face. Hades sighed.

"I'm warning you Harry right now," Hades said looking up at Harry who was grinning. "No one, I mean no one, can ever escape the puppy dog face. Fine, I'll tell you," Hades said sighing. Dess squealed excitedly and jumped off her older brother onto the floor in front of him. Harry sat next to her and looked up at his older cousin. "I'm the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor for next year." Dess looked over at Harry and he looked over at her.

"You do know," Harry started. "That a DADA professor hasn't lasted more then one year since I started there, don't you?" Hades grinned down at him.

"Yes and I intend to break that," Hades told Harry. There was a loud pop and everyone jumped.

"Hello!" A loud feminine voice yelled through the house.