Remy and Siri,

I know you aren't going to believe this.

But, I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.

Marauders honor and all that you know.

It really is me.

Swear.

I guess the only way to prove it to you is to meet you.

You know the drill, I am sure you remember.

I do and I was four!

Give me a chance.

My brother and his siter have.

2 pm please!

Love always,

Hannah Lillian Potter

Lady of the Ancient and Most Nobel House of Malloy

Lady of the Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter

Sirius stared down at the letter in his hand. He tilted his face up to stare at his best friend. Then back down at the letter. And up. And down. Over and over this cycle repeated before finally Remus Lupin snatched the offending parchment out of his gob smacked friends hands. He scanned over it before shaking his head.

"No Pads. You know this is a trick. Hannah DIED years ago! I would have known if my mate was alive. And Harry can't be missing, the wards would have fallen. We would have known!" Remus shook his head, bile rising. This was a cruel joke by somebody meaning to do them all harm. Both he and Sirius had read the letter several times, insistent that it was in fact a joke. Well, Remus was insisting. Sirius seemed to be going along with it all. Surely Sirius wouldn't… but of course he wouldn't. Even after having been cleared of all charges and thus making up for the missing years of pranks, Remus knew Sirius still wouldn't do this. Sirius had been hurt by Hannah's death as well, and he knew that it was something Remus would never recover from. But then who would do something like this?

"Not if he was removed by a blood relative." Sirius defended.

"Don't be ridiculous Siri. You KNOW Hannah died, just like I know!" Remus's voice cracked on the last word as he thought of that young girl, so full of life, gone. That little girl who had the whole world at her feet, and everyone in her world wrapped around her little finger.

"No Remus, I don't know!" Sirius's temper was rising. "I know that after Hannah 'died' you INSISTED that she wasn't gone. You promised that you would know if she was gone. It was only when Lil identified the body that you –"

"Sirius stop! I was grief stricken, I was in denial. I had no clue how my life was supposed to go on. My mate was gone Sirius. My mate is gone. Of course I denied it! You don't have that problem! Your soul mate is still around, even if they haven't reached their majority yet!" Remus snapped.

"Remus, Lily identified the body. None of the rest of us saw it. And this letter can't be lying. It's Sealed." Sirius thrust the letter back under the others nose.

"It could have been fake-"

'NO it couldn't have! You know it! There is no magic on earth that can replicate a Seal. And a Seal won't let you put false information on a Sealed parchment. USE YOUR BRAIN! This is Hannah! And if we go by what it says, she has been with Kim all this time! Lily was an extremely powerful witch, they said that her bearing a Potter would make that little girl even more powerful! Add that to the fact that she has been adopted by the Malloy's to such an extreme as to become the head of house and you KNOW she is probably the power the prophesy talks about. Dumbledore sure thought so. Wouldn't it make sense that Lily would send her away?" Sirius all but screamed.

"That is not true! Dumbledore didn't think Hannah was the power. He thought that Hannah's presence in Harry's life and her protection that would be the power. But now he thinks it was Lily's sacrifice!"

"HE ONLY THINKS THAT BECAUSE EVERYONE THINKS HANNAH IS GONE!" Sirius roared. Remus hung his head.

"I don't want to get my hopes up." He muttered as his eyes clouded over. "Sirius, do you know what the likelihood of this really being our Hannah is? The probability of her having survived? I don't want my heart to get broken again. I don't know that I can take it. Merlin Sirius, if it isn't her…"

"Then don't get your hopes up. Just go with me tomorrow assuming it is some imposter whose arse you are going to kick! Meet them! If it's an imposter, fine. You will know and we can leave. But I already went over to check, Harry is gone. As is all of his stuff. So if nothing else, we have to get Harry back."

"I don't know Sirius…" Remus trailed off deep in thought. "I guess it's worth a shoot. And I would love to get my hands on the bastard who thought this is funny." Sirius did a mental victory dance while keeping his calm on the outside. Without a word, he turned and let the room, preparing himself for what was sure to be a whirlwind adventure.

"Do you see them?" Harry demanded as he stretched up on tiptoes to unsuccessfully peer over the crowd. Hannah let out a giggle while Hermione rolled her eyes and elbowed her best friend in the side.

"Honestly Harry!" Hermione cried as Harry jumped up on a nearby picnic bench. "It's bad enough that we are in a kiddie park without you acting like one!" Hannah smiled at the bickering pair; she would have to work on loosening Hermione up.

"Explain to me again why we are here." Harry begged. Hannah was thrilled. Although Hermione thought Harry needed to grow up, Hannah was glad to see a side of her brother she had missed… or would have missed, had he been granted a childhood.

"When I was little, this is where we used to meet my Remy and Uncle Siri. It's exactly half way between their old flat and Potter Manor. My Remy used to push me much higher in the swings than momma liked, and Uncle Siri used to come as a dog and roll around on the grass with me." Hermione thought the possessive use of "my Remy" odd but chose not to comment on it. Harry however, did not hide his disappointment well.

"Siri and Lupin are together?" He seemed to deflate. Hannah shook with laughter and the other two looked at her oddly.

"Where ever did you get that idea?" she choked out.

"Well you said the park is halfway between Potter Manor and their old flat, so I assumed…" Harry trailed off as Hannah began laughing harder.

"As if! Although Uncle Siri and my Remy lived together, they weren't together. You know how hard it is for a werewolf to find a job. Uncle Siri let my Remy live there as long as my Remy cooked. Besides, even though Uncle Sirius is about as straight as a circle, my Remy doesn't quiet swing that way." Harry seemed to light up at his sisters words.

"You mean that Siri and Lupin-"

"It's Remus Harry. From what I have heard, he is no longer you professor although he rightly should be." Hannah scolded.

"Aren't together?" Harry continued as if he hadn't been interrupted. Hannah shook her head.

"As if ole' Moony could ever keep up with this!' Sirius exclaimed as they approached the trio. Harry let out an extremely unmanly squeal before launching himself at his godfather. Hermione, noticing the animungus's face turning purple, stepped in to prevent suffocation. This, unfortunately, left Hannah in a very awkward situation.

"Hi Remy." Hannah whispered as she peaked shyly from under her bangs. The man glared back at her.

"Who are you?" He demanded, crossing his arms to keep a barrier between himself and the supposed imposter. Hannah's eyes widened in shock.

"HANNAH!" Sirius cried as if suddenly realizing she was there. Before she could continue her conversation with her Remus, she was swept into a bear hug.

"Uncle Siri!" Hannah cried in delight as she was swung around like a child.

"Where have you been?" Sirius demanded as he set the young woman down. People had started to stare.

"America." Hannah smirked at the gob smacked look on Sirius's face. Remus continued to look furious.

"AMERICA!" Sirius cried as Hannah began herding them down the street.

"Chicago to be more precise. And don't even think you can go looking for my family. The only reason I am at liberty to tell you that is because they have already moved." Hannah warned. Sirius let out a laugh that sounded almost like a bark causing Hannah to smile ruefully. She had missed he Uncle.

"This is ridiculous! Why are we listening to this imposter? We have Harry and Hermione now let's split." Remus had promised himself he wouldn't do this. He had promised himself he wouldn't break down. And yet here he was looking at a girl who very easily could have been Hannah Potter. She was the perfect combination of what Lil and James child would have looked like had she been allowed to reach this age. Remus was dying inside.

"Imposter?" Hannah gasped "Remy, no!"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Remus roared. Although he had nothing but platonic feelings for the child, he had known that Hannah was his mate. Although the physical feelings had not developed, the others had. The world revolved around her, he breathed because she willed it so. She was the only one allowed to call him Remy.

"I'm not an impostor! It's really me!" Hannah insisted, tears welling up.

"Remus! Stop this!" Sirius demanded. Remus shook his head.

"Professor Lupin, she really is my sister. She let us into Potter Manor. And she showed me the family tapestry. Professor, there was no death date. Everything she told me made sense!" Harry inserted as he and Hermione moved to stand behind Harry's older sister.

"Harry, I am sure that this woman was very convincing, but- "Remus was cut off by an irate Hannah.

"Remus John Lupin! How dare you! If you would just calm yourself you would be able to tell better than the rest that I am who I say I am!" Hannah screamed as she placed her hands on either side of her mates face. He struggled to slip from her grasp but she held firm until he looked her in the eyes. The others watched on in anticipation before Remus let out a pained gasp, pulling the shorter woman to him, holding her close. He was shaking.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. ." Remus continued his mantra as he sobbed into Hannah's hair.

"I'm home." She whispered as she clung for dear life to her world. "I'm home."

A/N: Sorry I have been gone for so long! No excuses, I was just... gone. . ;) As a consolation prize I might be convinced to post again in the next 24 hours... okay so I AM going to post again in the next 24 hours... but if you review I will post before midnight central time. Constructive criticism and flames are different. No flames please.