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Lacy here kiddos with the next Lyra Christmas chapter. Okay, so this chapter won't start off in the happiest of ways, sorry about that, but it will end happily. Promise. Okay, um I can't really say much without giving the chapter away so...eh, have fun.
Disclaimer: I own Lyra, Amy, Hannah and Jordan.
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Lyra kept switching her eyes from her Potions book to her cauldron as her potion brewed to make sure it was brewing correctly. She barely looked up as a seventh year Ravenclaw walked in and handed a note to Harry. Harry nodded and took the note, reading it as the student left his class.
A sharp gasp from their teacher caused all the students to look up from their potions. Harry was leaning heavily against his desk with the note clenched in his hand as he stared at Lyra.
"Professor?" Hannah asked softly.
Harry cleared his throat. "Lyra, the Headmistress wants to see you. Take your things, you won't be coming back."
Lyra frowned. "My potion?"
Harry shook his head. "I'll take care of it. Go."
Lyra nodded slowly before collecting her things and, after exchanging a look with Amy and Hannah, left.
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Lyra walked into McGonagall's office and was even more confused to find Luna and Andromeda waiting with the Headmistress and Remus.
"What's going on?" Lyra asked, looking for her father for answers.
Remus watched his daughter's hair fade to mousy brown. "There was an accident while your mother was working today, Lyra. She's at St. Mungo's."
Lyra paled and her hair faded white, as it did when she was scared. "Is she okay?"
"Right now we don't know." Andromeda said. "But Minerva gave you and Remus permission to leave for your Christmas holiday a few days early so you could be with her until we know for sure."
Lyra found herself nodding, though she had no memory of telling her head to do so. "I'll just go pack my things."
Luna stepped forward. "I'll help. Make things go faster." she wrapped an arm around Lyra. "Come on cub."
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Lyra quickly packed her things and left a note for Amy, who would hopefully share it with Hannah and rejoined her father and grandmother in the Headmistress's office. Before she knew it, she and Remus were making their way through St. Mungo's to the room they'd been told was Tonks's.
Reaching the door, Lyra hesitated to go inside.
"What's wrong, Lyra?" Remus asked his oldest child.
Lyra felt her hair fading to white again. "I'm scared, Dad. What if Mum's not going to be okay?"
Remus knelt down in front of his daughter. "You listen to me, Lyra Lupin. Your mother has been through so many things in her life, things a lot more dangerous then what she does now and she has always been okay. So I have no doubt that, even if it doesn't seem it right now, your mum will be just fine."
Lyra bit her lip in an effort not to cry. "Promise?"
Remus nodded. "Promise."
Lyra took a steady breath and nodded. Remus stood up, took Lyra's hand and opened the door. Tonks was inside, laying on the only bed in the room. Her hair was mousy brown, her face pale but she was awake.
"Hey you two," she said softly. "you just missed Charlie and Teddy."
Remus smiled as he gave Tonks a soft kiss. "We passed them on the way out. I didn't think Teddy was going to let go of Lyra."
Tonks looked at her daughter, who was biting her lip by the foot of the bed. "Hey cub,"
Lyra gave Tonks the best smile she could. "Hi Mum, how are you feeling?"
Tonks shrugged and Remus and Lyra winced with her. "I've been better but I'm alright."
"Will you be home for Christmas?" Lyra asked.
Tonks smiled. "You know, your brother asked the same thing. As long as healers say it's okay, I will be home in just a few days."
Lyra smiled a bit brighter and her hair shifted to a light purple. "Kay, good." she frowned a bit. "What happened?"
Tonks sighed. "Well that's a bit of a story. I was helping train some of the junior Aurors and a few spells went where they weren't supposed to."
"At you," Remus finished.
Tonks nodded. "Basically. Next thing I know, Sirius is shouting and everything kinda went black."
Remus sighed with a small smile. "Oh Dora,"
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Thankfully, to the Lupins relief, Tonks was home by Christmas and was strong enough to celebrate with her family, though she did have to deal with a lot of hovering by Teddy and Remus.
"I swear, if you two don't back off," Tonks glared at her son and husband.
"We're just trying to help, Mum!" Teddy insisted.
Lyra snorted from in front of the fire place where she was reading one of her new books. "Ted, I know Mum got hurt but she can lift her tea cup on her own. She doesn't need you to do it for her. And Dad," Remus looked at his daughter. "if you fluff her pillow one more time, she may use it to smother you when you go to bed tonight."
Tonks looked gratefully at her daughter. "Thank you, Lyra." she looked back at the boys. "Listen to her."
Remus held up his hands and nodded to Teddy. The two moved over to the chess set not far from Lyra and left Tonks alone. Lyra, seeing her mom finally relax, moved to her side.
"Hey," Lyra said. "wanna read with me?"
Tonks smiled and scooted over in her chair. "Come on, sit down."
Lyra smiled, her hair bright, and sat beside Tonks. She handed Tonks her book and sighed happily as she rested her head on Tonks's shoulder.
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Okay so I was gonna do a final scene at school with Amy and Hannah but I decided to leave it here. The mother/daughter moment seemed the perfect way to end this chapter. Sorry it wasn't as long as the others, I tried. So, let me know what you think, flame policy stands and thanks for reading.
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