The whole room sat in silence for a while as Lupin tried to digest the story that he had just been told. It did not seem possible that these girls could be the spawn of one so evil. He didn't snap out of his trance until Selena got up and placed her hand on his forehead to see if he was all right. Startled he quickly moved back falling out of his seat in the process. Both girls chuckled lightly at him as he lay stunned for a few seconds then a hand appeared by his face. "Are you ok?" ask Selena. "The floor is not the softest thing to land on I do it enough." This made Sbylle chuckle harder and nodded her head.
"Yes you do my sissie yes you do." After helping Lupin up Selena looked over at her sister who raised and eyebrow.
"I know what you are thinking sissie and the answer is no so stop giving me that look." Sbylle just shook her head and got up from her seat.
"So Lupin why are you looking for the village anyway? Its not like it's a good place to live or anything not that you would survive there anyway." Asked Sbylle with her arms crossed and a questioning look on her face.
"Actually I'm here for help." Replied Lupin "and you can call me Remus you don't have to call me Lupin."
"I prefer Lupin and what kind of help are you look for because you won't find much here."
Lupin sat back down in his seat before starting to explain, a weary look on his face. "I'm sure you have both heard of He Who Must Not Be Named and how he was defeated by Harry Potter." Both girls nodded so he continued. "Well it seems he has returned and is slowing rising back to power." The girls stared at him then looked at each other with a shocked look on their faces.
"Well that's not good Lord Moldybutt is back and probably as mad as a PMSing woman with out chocolate." Exclaimed Selena while her sister burst out laugh.
"Lord Moldybutt? Goddess I love you sissie!" Syblle chuckled hugging Selena.
"Love you too sissie" Selena replied hugging her back. Both girls laughed as they broke apart and looked over at Lupin.
"What does him being back have anything to do with the wolves of the village?" ask Sbylle as she took her seat back on the arm of the chair.
"He wants to get the wolves here on his side and use them in the war."
"The wolves here will never work for him they hate wizards. They would sooner kill him then work with him. I'm afraid they wont work with you either they want no part of anyone with magic." This statement both made Lupin happy and worried. They would not get the support from the wolves but then neither would He Who Must Not Be Named. There was no point in him continuing any farther to the village, but maybe they would allow him to rest a few days before he had to head back he thought.
While he was thinking he did not notice the girls plotting and planning behind him. They were whispering to each other when he turned around to face them. When they noticed that he was looking at them they quickly broke apart and Selena smiled at him. "what are you going to do now that you know that they wont help you?" she asked smile still on her face.
"I suppose ill have to return home." Both girls nodded to them selves before Sbylle spoke up.
"Stay here for a few days before you go back so that you can have a good nights sleep."
"As long as I'm not imposing then I would greatly appreciate it." Lupin replied.
"Ill go get dinner started then sissie entertain our guest alright?" Sbylle said her voice holding a sneaky inner meaning to it. Selena just rolled her eyes as her sister walked in to the kitchen. Grabbing a book off one of the many bookcases she flopped down on the couch and started to read. Lupin stood awkwardly in the center of the room for a while before she looked up.
"You are welcome to sit down you know the chair wont bite…. Hard that is hehehe oh and if you like to read as you can see we have tons you are more than welcome to but if you damage it sissie would probably kill you." Lupin was startled by the way that she could rant and still be reading at the same time. He quietly walked over to the bookshelf and took up a book on vampires.
"Foods done!" called Sbylle as she walked out of the kitchen about a half an hour later. What she saw made her stop half step and chuckle. Her sister was asleep on the floor next to the couch that Lupin was laying on. They had both been reading and at some point when Lupin fell asleep the book must have fallen out of his hand and was now laying half open on Selena's head. It didn't seem to bother her though because she just slept on. Sbylle crept over to where her sister lay sleeping a took the book off of her head. "Good taste in books" she muttered to her self because the book Lupin had been reading was her favorite book in the world, The Vampire Lestat. She carefully placed her beloved book back on the shelf before going over to poke her sister awake.
"Sissie, sissie ,Sissie, SISSIE!" yelled Sbylle trying to get her sister to wake up. Hearing her name being screamed she bolted up hitting her head off her sister's.
"Owwwww sis you have a hard head you know." Selena whined as she rubbed her head.
"I have a hard head? You nearly knocked me out with that thing!" This sent both girls in to a fit of laughter what woke Lupin.
"Whats going on?" He grumbled looking around with sleep-covered eyes trying to find where the noise was coming from. It took him a minute to look down and see that both girls were sitting on the floor next to the couch laughing. He just shook his head not really wanting to know what was going on.
"Oh good your both awake now we can eat." Exclaimed Sbylle as she pulled Selena to her feet and Lupin followed them to the kitchen. Sbylle was an amazing cook so their meal was delicious. After everyone ate their fill they went back to the living room to relax.
"You're the babies from the story aren't you?" Lupin asked after a long silence.
"Duh, why else would we have told you the story if we weren't?" replied Sbylle from behind her book.
"Who was the man, Tom right?" When he asked that both of the girls stiffen in an oh crap kind of way.
"Well most people know him by a different name but to us he is just daddy dearest." Explained Sbylle.
"Not!" yelled Selena in response to her sister. "Old Lord Moldybutt just used our mother as a F*** buddy so that he would have heirs. Well in this case his plan backfired because instead of having someone to rule after he is gone all he got is two more people who want him dead."
Lupin just sat there in shock at the fact that He Who Must Not Be Named was their father. They neither looked nothing like him nor acted like him. There was a kindness in these girls that there was not in him. He Who Must Not Be Named would have killed him on the spot if he had found him where as they had brought him in to their house and fed him. The night passed quietly with out much trouble. Lupin slept on the couch that night while the girls were in their beds up stairs. He was so tired from his trip that even the sound of the wind howling or animals scampering did not wake him.