The smell of breakfast cooking had woken the small child. Her long red hair come down to the center of her back and her bright green pajama's matched her still half sleeping eyes. She made her way down to the kitchen slowly and when she entered she was greeted with a kiss on the head. "Well good morning there my little sleeping Princess. How was your sleep?" Her Uncle smiled as he set the table for the two of them.
Minnie smiled at him and took a seat. "It was great like always. I had that dream again. The one where there is a man, a woman and two babies it is just so strange that it is the same dream over and over again, don't you think?" She pulled her hair back out of her face as she looked up at the tall man.
He shrugged and went to the stove. "I am not sure what to tell you there Minerva, I mean you could be having that dream over and over again because you want to see it. Remember when you told me you liked watching them as a family. I think that is because you want a family like that." He sighed as he looked back at Minnie nodding slowly.
She looked at him. "Well it would be nice wouldn't it? I mean I love you Uncle Remus but to have my real mother, father and brother would be ever better." She started to serve food onto her plate.
He sat down across from her. "My dear child, I know that it hurts you not to have your family around you but when things happen we have to deal with them. When your family was taken away from us when you were smaller I was the lucky one to get you." The tears filled his eyes as he thought back to that night seven years ago. "Now Minerva finish you breakfast and go get ready, you are going away for a few days because there is a full moon tonight." He forced a smile and ate his food.
Remus had finished cleaning up after breakfast and he went into the dining room that was covered in pictures of Minnie throughout the years. He sighed as he dug into a drawer and pulled out a picture of Lily, James, Harry, and Minnie. He shook his head at all the events that unfolded that Halloween night seven years ago. He got deep into thought then he heard a cracking noise, he jumped a bit and turned around quickly to his fireplace. An older man stood there with his bright blue eyes shining over his half-moon spectacles. The man smiled at Remus. "Good day Albus, what brings you here today?"
The man smiled and sat down on the sofa. "It is about Minerva and Harry. I have made their schooling arrangements so it is all taking care of." He looked around to make sure Minnie was not around. "Harry will be coming to Hogwarts when he turns the right age, I need to keep a close eye on him he is in a lot of danger being who he is. Then that leaves Minerva to go to Beauxbaton because we know that she has to be kept a secret from the rest of the wizarding world."
Remus nodded in agreement. "Yes I understand that but what about her last name. She is a Potter after all and if she attends school with that name questions will be asked."
Albus smiled and nodded. "I did think about that as I was enrolling her in Beauxbaton. So I came up with a plan, she is going to go to school as Minerva Lupin. She is being known as your daughter, so I think you should talk to her when you get a chance about telling people she is your daughter. " The man smiled and looked at the clock on the wall. "Well I should be leaving because you have somewhere you need to take Minerva." The man smile and he walked towards the fireplace. "Good day Remus." With a crack he was gone.
Remus sighed he had no idea how he was going to talk to Minnie about all these things when he could not tell her the details. He put the picture away and he walked up to her room, she was sitting in the window talking to her doll. "It would be nice to have a mommy like you have me. I know I have Remus and Severus to look after me but it is not the same. Lucy do you think that they will ever tell me the truth about my family?" She sighed and combed her dolls hair.
His eyes filled up with tears as he heard her words. He walked in and he grabbed her brush and sat down on the bed. "Minerva let me do you hair so we can go. I do not want to run late because the full moon is this evening."
Minnie rolled her eyes and walked over to her Uncle. "Why do I always have to go on the full moon? Can't he come here and look after me and you leave."
Remus smiled as he braided her long hair. "No Minerva I cannot allow that, I have to stay in the cellar for a few days when there are full moons and that means that you have to leave the house all together. Anyway I thought you liked it with Severus?"
She nodded. "Oh I do I do but his home is not our home. He has everything so dark and creepy, I kept telling him that but he said that is the way he liked it." She mocked Severus as if he were saying it.
Remus laughed and he finished braiding her hair. "Well that is old Severus for you. So are you all ready to go? All your stuff is packed for four days?"
She nodded and picked up her backpack. "I have everything and yes before you ask I have my underwear as well." She rolled her eyes and walked out.
He smiled and followed behind her. They both walked to the fireplace and stood there holding each other's hands. "Do you want to do it this time?" He looked down and asked Minnie.
A big smiled formed on her face and she nodded. "Yes, of course I do." She reached into the pot and grabbed a handful of floo powder. "Diagon Ally!" She yelled and threw the powder on the ground, and in a moment they were gone.
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