The Women Loved by Two Men: The Covered Past

Disclaimer: All characters, but Lizzie and a few other minor characters are owned by J.K. Rowling. We are of course not receiving any profit of this work of fiction.

AN: Hello again. Welcome to the newly remodeled, edited and re posted story. This particular story will be featuring our heroine Lizzie with her family and friends with their adventures through Hogwarts, the first war and somewhat beyond. When first writing "The Women Loved by Two Men" we really had two stories, a MWPP and POA time line. While it was interesting seeing how much Lizzie had changed between the two, keeping up with it all and making sure everything panned out and one side didn't reveal something too soon, was certainly becoming quite difficult. We were also thinking that our readers were also finding hard to keep up with it as well. So the story got deleted.

However, the story has not been abandoned! We have come up with another plan. As the original title, "The Women Loved by Two Men" fit the entire sage so perfectly between Lizzie and Jamie and Sirius and Remus, we didn't want to throw it away. So that same title is now the overall name of the series of stories with each story having its own name. So, for now the plan is that this story will go somewhere beyond the first war. The second story (which was the "present" of the previous story) will cover POA and GOF. The third story will have OOTP, HBP and DH and maybe a little beyond. (Sorry but first and second year still won't be written.) And if this doesn't make sense to anyone but us, please feel free to drop us a line!!! We love to hear from you!!

So we will let you get to your reading now!! Enjoy!

Chapter One: "The First Day"

Lizzie finished preparing the tea and biscuits, setting them on the tray, hearing the male laughter floating through part of her house. Smiling to herself that times had become happy again, she carried the tray back into the living area.

"It's about time. I'm famished." Sirius Black was stretched out onto the floor, flipping through some old photos.

Remus Lupin, on the other hand, just rolled his eyes, accepted the tea cup Lizzie handed to him. "Thank you."

"At least one of you has manners." Lizzie remarked as she sat down into a big arm chair, curling her legs beneath her.

Sirius pretended to fake innocence as he munched on a biscuit, quickly changing the subject. "I still can't believe we used to be that young."

Remus laughed sipping his tea as Lizzie looked down at the pictures as Sirius flipped through the old book.

"That was so long ago." Lizzie mused, bitting into a biscuit herself. "Did it even happen?"

They all shared a laugh, remembering the early carefree days of Hogwarts.

"Of course that was when we all met." Sirius was saying. "And I saved a damsel in distress."

Remus laughed and rolled his eyes. Some things just never grew old.

"I." Lizzie huffed, clearly 'offended.' "Was never a damsel in distress and never will be."

The two men looked at each other before they burst out laughing. Lizzie sat there for long moments with her arms folded across her chest, but a smile slowly started to spread across her lips as they recounted that wonderful day...................................................


"Now, dear, have a good time at Hogwarts." Lizzie's mother, Jacquelyn Wellington, told her at King's Cross. "Don't get into too much trouble and do all of your homework."

Lizzie tried not to roll her eyes as she hugged her mother goodbye for she was more than ready to start Hogwarts. After all she'd grown up in a wizarding family and her older brother Matthew was a fifth year. "It's going be fine Mum."

Teary eyed, Jacquelyn let go of her only daughter. "Guess you two better be on your way. The train will be leaving soon."

"Bye honey. Have fun." She hugged her Father goodbye then followed her brother through the wall and onto the 9 3/4 platform, their parents following them through.

Lizzie's eyes grew wide at all the kids and parents milling around a long train.

"Come on, let's get you settled." Matthew said pulling his sister away from their teary eyed parents. "I've got some friends to meet."

"Oh, I just feel so special." Lizzie drawled out, her words dripping in sarcasm, but gave one last smile and wave to her parents as the two kept going toward the train.

Matthew just glared at her. "Embarrass me in front of my friends and I'll hex you."

Lizzie grinned evilly. "Now why would I do that?"

Her brother just rolled his eyes and helped her drag her trunk on board the train and into an empty space. Then he put his next to hers. "Go on and find a compartment. I'll see you around."

Lizzie watched her brother saunter off, soon joining a group of kids and heading down the train corridor. Not wanting to follow him, she headed in the other direction, trying to find a compartment to sit in.

However, before she could find one, someone knocked her down to the ground.

"Out of my way you muggle loving pure blood traitor." Lizzie pushed her hair out of her face to see Lucius Malfoy staring down at her with a snarl on his lips. Though she was just starting Hogwarts, she was familiar with most wizarding families and knew their families never got along.

She started to stand up, trying to come up with a strong retort when a cold voice spoke from behind her. "Didn't think you'd stoop low enough to knock down a girl Malfoy."

"What's it to you Black?"

Lizzie watched as the two glared at each other before Malfoy stalked off.

"You okay?" The dark haired boy asked her, concern showing in his grey eyes.

She stared at him for a moment and wondered why a Black was defending her. "I can take care of myself thank you very much."

The boy's mouth nearly dropped open in shock as Lizzie pushed him out of her way and continued to walk down the corridor.

She stopped only when she found someone she actually knew, James Potter. Now, they weren't always the best of friends especially since she seemed to be the test subject of his pranks, but since their parents were Aurors they'd known each other for most of their lives. He could be a prat, but she remembered more than one time when they kept each other company when their parents were called out in the middle of the night on duty.

"Hey James. Can I come in?" She eyed the room to find Potter with another girl who looked to be a first year as well.

"Sure Lizzie." James smiled at her. He seemed to be in a good mood today. "I've actually been wondering where you've been."

Lizzie rolled her eyes and sat down, not wanting to go into the Malfoy event. "My brother was just being a prat again."

James laughed as the two girls introduced each other.

"I'm Lizzie Wellington."

"Amy Hilling." The other girl smiled. "How do you two know each other?"

"Our parents work together." James answered as he watched several girls walk by their compartment.

"So we see each other quite frequently." Lizzie was about to continue when the door slid open.

"Well, well, well, my damsel in distress." The compartment door had slid open again, revealing Sirius Black as he stood there casually, a smile on his lips.

"A damsel? I don't see a damsel." Lizzie, more than annoyed at seeing him again, turned to Amy. "Do you see a damsel in distress?"

Before a quite confused Amy could formulate an answer, James spoke up. "Lizzie what is he talking about?"

"Malfoy knocked her down." Sirius said, sitting down. "And I being a gentleman, went to her rescue."

Lizzie glared at him. "I could have taken care of it myself mister."

Sirius just looked at her. "Like you could have decked Malfoy."

James burst out laughing. "Actually, I wouldn't put it past her. She can take care of her herself quite nicely."

Sirius raised his eyebrows. "And you've actually punched someone before?"

Lizzie smiled. "Directly in the face, no. But I do have an older brother that has taught me a few things. Would you like me to demonstrate them to you?"

"Ah, no thanks." Sirius immediately changed the subject. "So, who's up for a game of Exploding Snap?"

The girls giggled and Lizzie felt like she won a victory.

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The rest of the train ride sped by and before they knew it, they'd changed into their robes and were ready to disembark.

"First years." A large man was calling toward the front of the train, holding a large lantern in his hands. "First years this way."

The four of them threaded their way through the students and somehow managed to follow the giant, who later introduced himself as Hagrid, to the pier where boats awaited them.

"After you, ladies." Sirius bowed gallantly as he and James helped both Lizzie and Amy into their boat.

"Wow." Amy looked across the lake, the huge castle lighting up the night sky. "Have you ever seen anything like it?"

The three others followed her gaze, shaking their heads, in awe of what awaited them there.

Once they arrived, all in one piece and just a bit wet, Hagrid led them through the castle and stopped them as a stern looking witch greeted them. The professor went on to explain about the houses, points and the sorting. Then she turned and led them all inside of the room she called the Great Hall. Lizzie and Amy walked side by side, in awe of the open ceiling, lite with floating candles. It certainly was more exquisite than she heard.

Lizzie and Amy watched as the students started to get called up to be sorted. Sirius Black being among one of the first, was sorted into Gryffindor, much to everyone's surprise.

Lizzie sighed and waited, well knowing she would be last and after everyone else had been sorted she heard her name being called. "Elizabeth Wellington."

Straightening her shoulders, she marched up to the chair and sat down, feeling every eye on her as the hat was placed upon her head.

Then she heard a voice speaking. "Ah, Miss Wellington, strong and brave you are, much like your older brother. But you're also kind, compassionate and very loyal to all of those around you. A mind ripe for learning, but you can still get into much trouble. Not any easy decision of where to place you. You would do well in either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, but I believe Gryffindor would be the best place to put you."

Once the hat yelled Gryffindor, she hopped off the chair and ran to the empty spot next to Amy, glad that she knew one of the girls in her year. Then they all listened to the announcements about the new year and places the students should not be getting into. She had a funny feeling that Potter and Black just might do some of those things, getting all of them into loads of trouble.

"Now, tuck in." Professor Dumbledore said and piles of food appeared on the table.

"Finally." Amy said, reaching for a piece of chicken. "I'm starved."

"You're telling me." Lizzie said, filling her own plate as well. "That sorting took forever. I hate going last."

Amy nodded, her mouth full of food.

Lizzie giggled and looked down the table to see her older brother chatting with some of his friends. They smiled at each other and then Lizzie turned back to her food.

"First years, all follow me." A young boy and girl called out after they finished eating. "We're going to show you to the Gryffindor tower."

Lizzie hopped up, soon followed by Amy. The prefects as they called themselves, pointed out basic castle directions as they made their way through it.

"Just watch out for the stairs since they like to move."

"Goodness gracious." Amy breathed besides her as they looked up.

"Don't dawdle. Follow me." One of the prefects said, catching the girls' attention as they came to the Gryffindor painting. "The password is chocolate frogs."

As on command the painting swung open and the prefects led them into a large room full of chairs, couches and tables. Several fireplaces, brightly glowing with red flames, dotted across the room.

"The girls dorms are on the left and boys is on the right. Your belongings are already in your rooms. Please make sure you are on time for breakfast. You will be given your timetables then. Have a good night."

Lizzie, Amy and two other girls started up the left stair case and soon entered a room with four poster beds.

"Home sweet home." Lizzie choose a bed and drug her trunk over to it.

"I guess we'd better introduce ourselves." A red head said as she opened her own trunk. "I'm Lily Evans."

Lizzie and Amy introduced themselves, and soon meet their other dorm mate, Alice Crantiz.

The girls talked about what their first day at Hogwarts would be like before finally falling asleep.

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Lizzie groaned as she heard Alice's alarm going off. She buried her head beneath her pillow, not wanting to get out of bed.

"Is it morning already?" She heard Lily murmur from her own bed. "Five more minutes."

The other girls giggled and they all eventually got out of their warms beds and dressed for the day. Once they were all presentable, the four girls left the room, heading for the Great Hall.

They were about done eating when Professor McGonagall started handing out their time tables. Lizzie was pleased to see that she shared most of her classes with her new friends. And they were about halfway to their first class when she heard a voice calling her name. "Lizzie, wait up."

She turned and frowned as Sirius Black ran towards her. "What do you want Black?"

"I want to say that I'm sorry about what happened on the train yesterday. I stepped in, not cause you can't defend yourself, but I have an idea of what Malfoy could have done to you. He's a big git."

Lizzie was impressed. Not by the words, but the guts that it took him to admit it to her and in a hallway full of people that were trying not to listen to their conversation. "That's alright. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions."

"Shall we declare a truce then?" Sirius suggested, smiling.

"Of course, just as long as you let me defend myself." Lizzie stuck out a hand. "Until I call for help."

"As you wish my lady." Sirius took her hand into his own before kissing the top of it. "I'll always be at your lady's beck and call."

Lizzie pulled her hand away from his, trying not to laugh. "Throw out that oozing charm and I think you and I can be friends."

Sirius grinned again. "Charm? So I'm charming?"

"Shut it Black and go to class." Lizzie said as she started to walk down the hallway again, trying to find Lily, Amy or Alice.

"Actually we're going to same class." Sirius fell into step besides her. "I'll just go with you."

Lizzie tried not to roll her eyes as they followed the others into their first History of Magic class.

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"We got out of bed for that?" Amy asked Lizzie, Lily and Alice as they headed toward their first Potion class. "That nearly put me back to sleep."

Lizzie laughed as Lily asked. "What were you and that boy talking about before class?"

Lizzie shrugged, still not quite sure what to think about Sirius Black. "Nothing much. Another student, a Slytherin, knocked me down in the hallway on the train ride. I was about to handle it when Sirius did it for me. I wasn't too happy about it either."

"Being knocked down or being rescued?"

"Both I guess, but it wasn't a big deal and I didn't get as much as a bruise." Lizzie said as they headed down several flights of stairs. "I almost forgot about it before Sirius apologized for it."

The other girls let the subject drop as they arrived in the dungeons and entered the Potions classroom. The four girls filed into a row with Lizzie sitting in the middle. So, she turned to boy sitting next to her, who looked quite shy, his face nearly buried in a book. "Hi, I'm Lizzie Wellington."

The boy smiled slightly, lowering his book a little. "Remus Lupin."

"I will have absolute quiet when I'm teaching." A somewhat short, but pudgy wizard came to stand at the front of the classroom, interrupting their introductions, introducing himself as Professor Slughorn. "Now, for the first few lessons, we'll be going over the basics of brewing potions. And then maybe by the end of the week, I'll allow you to actually brew one."

Lizzie sighed. This class was going to be worse than the last one! And she had somewhat of an interest in the subject. Hopefully this teacher wouldn't ruin it for her. Besides her she heard Remus mutter underneath his breath. "Allow us to?"

She tried not to giggle too loudly as she drew out her parchment and quill, ready to take notes.

The rest of the day flew by pretty fast and they soon started their second day of classes, which included their first flying lesson. The one thing Lizzie dreaded more than ever.

"Are you alright?" She heard Lily ask her as they made their way outside and onto the Quidditch pitch. "You're looking a little green."

Lizzie took in a deep breath, hoping the fresh air would help her churning stomach. "Not really. I hate flying."

"You've flown before?" Lily asked in amazement. Being muggle born such things were new to her.

Lizzie managed a nod. "A bit. My older brother took me up on his broom a few years ago. It wasn't bad at first, but then he started to dive, and doing all sorts of twists and turns. It was making me sick and I yelled at him to stop, but he didn't. Though when I nearly fell off, he landed that stupid broom. Mum and Dad grounded him for nearly a month."

"How awful." Lily rubbed her back comfortingly.

Lizzie sighed. "I've never been on one since."

"You're going to have to get on one today though. I don't think you're going to get out of it."

Lizzie straightened her shoulders, trying to give herself some confidence. "I know."

Lily smiled at her friend as they came up to the others, gathered around the teacher, all anxious to start.

The class soon started and things were going okay and Lizzie had even managed to call her broom to her. Though when the teacher told them to mount their brooms, she felt her stomach start to churn again.

"It's alright Lizzie, I'll stay by you." Lily smiled at her as some of the boys were already lifting off the ground.

"T...h...an....k..... yo....u." Lizzie tried to speak but she wasn't quite sure if Lily understood what she was saying.

Lizzie managed to hover a few feet above the ground before the teacher told them to come down. And she was more than relieved when the bell rang.

"That wasn't so bad was it?" Lily asked in a motherly tone as the two girls slowly left, soon joined by Alice and Amy.

"I'm still alive." Lizzie said as she could hear the boys whining that they didn't get to fly any higher.

"Don't feel bad." Alice said. "I don't like it much either."

Lizzie felt better as they started for their next class, though she knew her stomach might not be wanting to have much lunch in another hour or so. "At least I'm not the only one."

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"So, sis, how's your first week going?" Matthew asked her as they met up in the hallway after classes on Friday.

Lizzie's mouth drew into a smile. Even though the thought of flying still made her nauseous, she wasn't going to miss the chance to tease her brother. "Fine, except I hate flying. And I wonder why."

Matthew grimaced. He still felt bad about that. He never thought one time would give her a deep fear of flying. "I'm sorry Lizzie. I never meant for that to happen. I was a kid who didn't know much better."

"And I'm still paying for it."

"I've apologized nearly every week since then. What can I do to get you to shut it about it?" He loved his sister and regretted that action, but it was years ago.

"Get me out of flying lessons and bring me chocolate frogs from your Hogsmeade trips and I won't mention it again."

"That's blackmail Lizzie."

Lizzie grinned. "Not quite, you still owe me."

"I can get the frogs, but I'm not sure what I can do about the flying lessons, but I'll try."

"That'll do for now." Lizzie's grinned turned evil.

"I will get you for this." Matthew's was equally evil.

Lizzie saw her friends heading toward the Great Hall for dinner. "We'll see." She turned to leave, but Matthew grabbed her arm.

"I heard what happened on the train." Concern was showing in his eyes. "Be careful Lizzie, Malfoy isn't one to mess with. Same goes with Black."

"Sirius is in our house. He won't hurt me. And I can take care of myself anyway."

Matthew studied her for a moment before speaking. "I know you can. I've had the bruises to prove it too, but be careful. I don't want to see you get hurt."

Lizzie smiled. "I'll be careful, I promise."

He squeezed her arm. "Good and if anything else does happen, tell me and I'll take care of Malfoy."

Lizzie was about to say that she could take care of it, but the look in his eyes told her any argument would be pointless. "Don't worry, I'll tell you."

He let go of her arm. "You'd better go eat. I've got to go study."

"Have fun." Lizzie said before he walked down the hallway towards the library. Then she headed into the Great Hall and joined her friends for dinner.

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During the next few weeks, Lizzie very much enjoyed her classes and got to know some more of the kids, including Remus and another boy named Peter Pettigrew. And true to his word, Matthew somehow got her out of flying lessons and then later brought her lots of chocolate frogs and other candies on the first Hogsmeade trip. And true to her word, she didn't mention the flying incident again. It was a bit disappointing that she couldn't lord it over him anymore, but getting out of flying lessons very much proved to be worth it.

"Hey Lizzie, you coming?" Amy's voices called out to her as she and the others were leaving the room. "Dinner's starting in just a few minutes."

"I'm coming." Lizzie set down the book she was reading and followed her friends from the room, suddenly extremely happy to be at Hogwarts.