Nevael: Thanks for your comments and your information. I'm sorry, I mixed up beaming and orbing but
I will give my best that it won't happen again.
Crlncyln: No, Andy is not the same character as the Andy from the Charmed series. They never
mentioned or implied that he had become a whitelighter so this is just a coincidence because I
like the name.
LizziePixie-Aiko: I'm not quite sure when I will actually reveal how he survived so I guess you will
have to wait for a while but I assure you I have an explanation for it at hand.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Charmed.
When they finally picked Remus up - they had quite a bit of explaining to do - they made their way to Hogwarts. They landed in Minerva's study, where a nervous transfiguration professor seemed to be waiting for their arrival because she wasn't at all surprised as five people and one baby stood in her room out of nowhere. "So you really told me the truth" Minerva stated with one look at Brana. "Of course I have" she said unpatient. "Would you please round up every teacher within this castle you find extremely trustworthy and make sure to bring Severus Snape along? I guess I have a lot of explaining to do and I don't want to tell all of it over and over again. I think we should meet at the room of requirements then. Thank you, Minerva."
With a huffing sound Minerva McGonnagall left the room and sure enough the rest of the Marauders started on Brana "Why should HE come? You are not saying he TEACHES here, right? Didn't you say TRUSTWORTHY people?" - " I know that you don't - let's say come along very well, but I assure you I have my reasons for that and I will explain it to you later when everybody is there but for now it must be enough for you that Harry will name one of his children after him. So if you don't trust in him or me maybe you trust in your son, godson and the son of your best friend." - "He did not, did he? I mean why would he do that?" - "He had his reasons for that and I will explain it. Now would you like to show me the quickest way up to the room please? I know where it is but I have never been here before and I know for sure that you would know every secret passage within and out of the castle" she said with a twinkle in her eyes.
They guided her through many secret passages behind portraits, solid looking walls and other things until they finally arrived at the room of requirements. Being the first ones to arrive there, Brana crossed the wall three times. "I need a save and comfortable place to talk to everybody we can trust." she kept on thinking in her mind. Sure enough after she passed the wall for the third time, a door appeared on the blank wall. " Go on inside, I will wait for the staff to arrive." They entered the room of requirements and mere seconds later Brana could hear Lily through the open door "Ooooh, it's beautiful in here, I wonder what she thought of." The room was dimly lit with candles and soft indirect lights that seemed to be created by magic. A thick, soft woolen carpet covered the floor and there were many comfortable sofas, armchairs and even a few rocking chairs. The walls were covered with banners of all four houses and a very big Hogwarts banner hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the room. It was easy to notice that the Gryffindor banner was the biggest one whereas the Slytherin one was the smallest of them all. They assumed that they would represent the amount of persons that would be there at the meeting. One a table next to a very comfortable looking black leather armchair lay a few books. One of them seemed to be very ancient. Lily looked at the imprint on the front. "The Book of Shadows" she read aloud in a astonished voice. Even though she loved to read and knew many muggle books as well, she had never heard of a title like this. Furthermore the book held no author on the outside, it was really a strange book she thought. "Oh, that book is in our family for centuries now. It gets bigger and bigger with any new generation passing their knowledge of demons, witches and our powers on with it. Our powers are connected with this book, but I think it is only a replica of the real one. Obviously the room thought I would need it here. You may all go and have a look at it. I assume you will have no trouble to touch it. You see it can detect evil and will not be touched by anyone that is evil or tries to harm us." she heard Brana calling from outside. Lily carefully picked up the heavy book and along with her husband and their two best friends she started reading, slowly flicking through the pages. They gazed at all the demons, read the remarks some of the Warrens must have added and were totally amazed by that completely different world of magic that they lost track of time. They didn't notice that the room was filling up and it felt like only one minute to them as Brana stepped into the room announcing that everyone was there and that they could now discuss everything and she was ready to answer all their questions. She carefully closed the door and settled in the black armchair waiting for the storm of questions to come.
