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Chapter 2
Leonardo, Raphael, Donnatello, Michelangelo and Casey all watched in amusement as April rushed around the apartment, trying to make sure everything was ready.
"So, April, who are these relatives that you have visiting?" Leo asked.
"Well, it was my cousin's friend, Remus, who wrote, but, I'm guessing my cousin Lily, her husband James, their daughter Aislin and Remus at the least. Sirius will probably be coming too along with Peter. I haven't heard from any of them in years. They had to go into hiding."
"Hiding?" Mikey asked.
"Yeah, they had a psycho of some sort after them. It's probably all clear now though, if they're coming to visit."
"When are they coming?" Don asked.
"Tonight or tomorrow. They have their own way of getting here so I don't have to- Oh!" Her eyes focused on a glowing blue light in the middle of the room. Suddenly, a group of people tumbled into the room, from the light. There were five of them. One of them, a man, grabbed one of the youngest girls, and held a stick to her neck.
"No body move or Potter dies." The man said. "Drop your wands!" The other four all dropped the sticks that were in their hands.
Aislin felt a surge of strength run through her and drove her elbow into the Death Eater's stomach, causing his grip on her to loosen. She reached behind her, and threw him over her shoulder, before her strength ran out, and her legs gave out. A smash drew her attention, and she saw the Death Eater slumped on the floor, unconscious, in amongst shards of china. Above him was a woman and Aislin felt her breath hitch. She bore a striking resemblance to her and her mother. Aislin gasped as the pain in her stomach increased and she grabbed it.
Remus crouched beside her, and wrapped his arm around her. "Hermione, start working on that cure. The poison's spreading. Aislin used a lot of her remaining energy to get free and throw that Death Eater."
"Right Remus." Hermione said, and she pulled her shrunken trunk out of her cloak's pocket and enlarged it, earning several gasps. She pulled out her cauldron, and various potions ingredients before charming the floor, and lighting a fire beneath the cauldron and beginning the potion to cure her friend.
"Remus, what is going on?" What's wrong with Aislin? Where are Lily, James, Sirius and Peter?"
""Dead, apart from Peter- the traitorous little rat." Aislin broke out into a violent coughing fit.
"Easy." Remus said. "Getting angry right now won't help your recovery."
"Lily's dead? Why wasn't I told?" April asked.
Casey wrapped his arms round her, pulling her into a hug, as tear sprung to her eyes.
"Dumbledore said… you know what, never mind. I should never have trusted that old coot. It's a long story. Perhaps introductions are in order first?"
April nodded. "Everyone, sit down." She said.
Tonks conjured several new comfortable chairs, so there was enough for everyone, and she changed her hair back to bubblegum pink. Remus pulled Aislin up gently, and led her to a seat, and sat her down. Tonks batted him away, and sat beside Aislin, wrapping her in a hug, and stroking her hair soothingly.
When everyone had a seat, bar Hermione who was working on the cure, the introductions began, with Remus introducing his group.
"I'm Remus Lupin, Hermione Granger is the young witch brewing that potion, Aislin Potter is April's second cousin and finally, there's Nymphadora Tonks."
"Just Tonks, or I will hex you into next week." Tonks said, through gritted teeth.
"Nice to meet you." April said. "I'm April, this is Casey Jones, and then there's Leonardo, Raphael, Donnatello and Michelangelo Homato."
"She's mum's cousin?" Aislin asked weakly. "How come I had to go to the Dursleys?"
"I believe that was all Dumbledore's fault." Remus said. "Your friends looked confused, April. Perhaps I should start by explaining that magic exists?"
"Could have guessed that." The red masked turtle, Raphael, snorted.
"Yes, well, we are a part of a magical society, hidden from muggles, non magic folk, if you will. April only knows because of how close she and Lily were, growing up as children."
"Lily told me as soon as she got her letter to go to a magic school. God, we ran up quite a phone bill that day." April said, smiling fondly at the memory.
"Anyway, for quite some time, our world has been in the middle of a war, at least, the British wizarding community has." Remus continued. "A dark wizard, known as Lord Voldemort, seeks to take over, and rule. He believes those who aren't 'pure' wizards, those who have muggle heritage, or are muggles, are lesser than the so called 'pure' wizards, those with no non magic blood. He and his followers, Death Eaters, began trying to gain control, and obviously, we fought back. In the first war, Lily and James (Aislin's parents) our friend Sirius, myself, and someone else who we thought was our friend, Peter Pettigrew, joined a group that was dedicated to the fight against Voldemort, the Order of the Phoenix. But then, Lily became pregnant, and had Aislin. But there was a prophecy, that detailed the one with the power to be able to destroy Voldemort."
"That was why they went into hiding, wasn't it?" April asked. "The prophecy referred to Aislin."
"Yes." Remus nodded. He sent a stunner at the Death Eater, making sure he stayed out for the next part. "The prophecy said that the one with the power to defeat the Dark Lord would be born as the seventh month died, born to those who thrice defied him, and the child would have a power the Dark Lord knew not. So, Lily and James went into hiding, but Voldemort heard part of the prophecy. I thought that they had used Sirius as their Secret Keeper- the only one who could tell anyone else where they were due to a charm, but I was wrong. They had used Peter. There had been talk of a traitor among the Order, but none of us thought that it was Peter. He was a Death Eater."
"Where is he? I'll kill him myself." April all but growled.
"We don't know." Remus said. "But, on the Halloween after Aislin's first birthday, Voldemort went to the house in Godrics Hollow, killed James and Lily, and then attempted to kill Aislin."
"But, why? She was just a baby!" Leo said.
"He doesn't care. All that matters to him is power. He'll kill anyone who stands in his way." Hermione said from beside the cauldron, where she was chopping ingredients.
"The killing curse rebounded, hitting Voldemort and temporarily banishing him, and giving Aislin the title of the Girl-Who-Lived. Not that Aislin knew that until she was eleven. Albus Dumbledore, the supposed greatest light wizard gave her to Lily's magic hating sister and brother in law to raise. She was never meant to go to the Dursleys." Remus said. "But anyway, let's skip ahead. To the end of Aislin's and Hermione's fourth year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Someone had entered Aislin into a tournament, and she'd started to date her fellow champion Cedric Diggory. Both of them disappeared in the third and final task, and it was about an hour until they returned."
"It was a shocking sight." Hermione said. "I'll never forget it. They appeared in front of the judges, Aislin clutching to Cedric's dead body, repeating the words 'he's back' over and over as she sobbed."
"Later on, we found out that Peter had killed Cedric, and brought back Voldemort. Aislin had fought him, and gotten out alive, bringing Cedric's body back with her."
"How could anyone leave her go through that?" April asked. "Remus, where were you and Sirius?"
"Everyone believed that Sirius was a mass murdering Death Eater, and well, with my furry little problem, my hands were tied. Dumbledore's a master manipulator for a reason."
"What's wrong with Aislin now?" Donnatello asked.
"Just before the end of term, Aislin had reason to believe that Sirius had been captured by Death Eaters. She, Hermione and several others flew to the Ministry to rescue him. It was a trap though, to get the prophecy. Sirius, Tonks and I went with other Order members to help the group of teens out. Sirius was killed by Bellatrix LeStrange, his cousin." Remus said, before Hermione took over.
"Aislin started to get ill just before the end of term, but I thought that it was just her way of dealing with grief. Last year, she'd lost Cedric, and this year, Sirius. All to the man who killed her parents. I didn't even think that she could have been poisoned. But anyway, we went home for the summer, and then a day ago, I got a call from a strange man who I'd never met. He told me his name was Master Akihiro. He taught Ninjitsu. He told me that since two years before we started Hogwarts, he'd been teaching Aislin as much as he could with as little time as he had, and without hurting her already fragile state, thanks to her time with the Dursleys. But, she'd been training with him, when she'd collapsed. He'd found my number in her jacket pocket, and called me to inform me. I contacted Remus, and he and Tonks came to pick me up. I packed, and we left to get Aislin. That was when I knew that her illness couldn't have been grief. Remus did a few diagnostic spells, and discovered that she had been poisoned."
"It had been Dumbledore, the 'leader of the light' and the Headmaster of Hogwarts. He uses everyone as pawns to further his own gains." Remus said. "I can't believe I ever trusted him. Before he died, Sirius confided in me that it was Dumbledore's idea to use Peter as Secret Keeper."
"He knew." Leo said.
"It wouldn't surprise me." Remus said. "All to control the chess board, shall we say? And to control his key piece; Aislin."
"So, you're here to hide from those two wizards?" Mikey asked.
"And the Ministry of Magic." Tonks said.
"Aren't they the government?" April asked.
"Yes. But the Minister, well, he's declared Aislin as a Dark Witch. A warrant has been issued for her arrest. I overheard someone saying he plans to hand her over to Voldemort, to try and get him to back off." Tonks said.
There was silence for several minutes, and April was trying to hold back her tears. She stood, and walked over to Tonks. Tonks stood, and April took her place, hugging Aislin close as a few stray tears escaped her.
"You are all more than welcome to stay here." She said.
"Thank you." Remus said.
"Dude, that's a lot of trouble for one girl to get into." Mikey said. Both Raph and Don hit him. "OW!"
"That's not all of it. We left out first, second, third and most of fourth and fifth year!" Hermione said. "Not to mention the other betrayals!"
"Other betrayals?" April asked.
Hermione sighed as she stirred the brewing potion. "We made friends with a boy named Ron Weasley. He's the same age as us. Turns out, he and most of his family were in Dumbledore's back pocket. They were using Aislin for her fame and money."
"My hit list is getting bigger." April said.
Casey and the four turtles looked at each other. They all knew that they would be helping out too.
A/N: A rocky chapter, I know, but please review! I promise the next one will be better!