A/N: Okay, so here's another chapter…*sigh* Well, here we go. I'm sorry, on top of the fact that I can only get on the internet about once a week, but I have summer work, and I have to see a counselor…*sigh* Blah, here we go.

I skipped down the stairs of the dorm building with Sirius, and right outside were Sarah, James, Lily, Andromeda, Ted and Dora. I squealed. "Prongs! Lily!" I threw myself at James, nearly knocking him off of his feet as he caught me. I heard Clara snort as the Twins came out. I spun around, catching Derrick coming over as I faced the three on the steps. "Clara, Sheryl, Elise, Derrick, these are my friends Lily, James and Sirius, my stepmother Sarah, Sirius' cousin Andromeda and her husband Ted, her daughter Dora." They all muttered hellos and shook hands, except Clara. She was glaring at everyone, looking very cranky.

"What's wrong with her?" I would have continued to ignore Clara's mood if Lily hadn't pointed it out.

I shrugged. "Dunno. Clara, is something wrong?" I tried to meet her eyes, but she turned to the main building.

"No. Listen, I have something to do, right after breakfast, so I'll meet you lot back here." She turned for the main school building until Derrick called for her.

"Breakfast is in the dorms, Clara!" She held up and apple she was eating as she walked. "Oh, I wonder what she's up to."

I grinned. "What do the Marauders and Co. think of playing Secret Agent?"

Sirius started jumping up and down, James and Lily were grinning, along with Ted and Dora, while Andromeda, Sarah, Dragon and Simone looked disapproving. "You guys don't have to come. You can stay here and Simone can explain the finer points of the school to Sarah. Let's go guys." Sheryl, Elise, Derrick, Sirius, Lily and James started following me. I saw Clara looking around furtively as she neared the main building, then, upon seeing that no one was there, changed direction and walked to the Professors' building.

Sirius stopped. "Guys, this doesn't seem right. I think we should head back."

While the others all gave him weird looks, I gave a nod. "He's right. I can feel it, if we go in there after her, something bad's bound to happen. Let's just go back to the dorm and get some breakfast, okay. Watch some TV," I added, smirking just the tiniest bit when James and Sirius looked confused.

As we walked back to the dorm, we heard a scream. Abandoning all pretense, we all ran toward the dorm as quickly as possible, and skidded to a halt right outside the building. The scream came again, this time from and inside, and now we could hear the panicky words. "No! No, that's not true! No! I refuse to believe it!"

Panicking now, we raced up the stairs and into the room and into the Commons. Sarah was on the floor, sobbing, and Remus was there, looking grave. Sirius walked up to him. "Moony, mate, what's up?"

He sighed. "Dad wanted me to drag Annie bodily from here, so she could come back and we'd be a normal family. We weren't normal to begin with though, and I told him that. Then he said we would become normal, even if I had to vanish. I disarmed him, and that's when the Death Eater's came in. I disapparated when dad told me to. He said that I was, under no circumstances, to stay in contact with my sister, and to get Sarah from here. I got outside the wards just as they killed him. I won't make her leave, but I think I should take Sarah home, so that she can make the arrangements for the services. Kindly tell Annie that they will be at noon, at the latest, so she probably shouldn't come." He turned toward the sobbing Sarah and knelt as he picked her up off of the ground.

At that, I snapped. "Why don't you just tell me yourself, I'm right here?!"

He looked over at me coldly, and it took all of my self control not to wince at the hateful look in his brown eyes. "Fine. Don't bother showing up at my dad's funeral, because you might wither and burn in the sunlight. Unless, of course, because you somehow have this amazing potion making and spell casting talent, you manage to find something that protects you from becoming a piece of charcoal."

I gasped and blinked back my tears. Now was not the time to fall apart. "So this is it, then. Just because dad's dead, and before he died he told you to act like I'm not your sister, just some freak? Well, then, Remus, I want you to know that you'll always be my brother, and that if you ever need anything, I'll always be here. And I still want to know when you pull that stick out of your arse and get laid, alright?" He rolled his eyes.

"Well, keep that sentiment all you want, but as I believe you to no longer be my sister, I highly doubt that I'll come to you with anything. Sarah, let's go so we can get everything settled."

She walked over to me and pulled me into a hug. "Don't worry, I'll come back and visit. Ted, Dora and Andromeda had to go to some thing at Ted's work, but they send their love."

She left with Remus, both of them disapparating with a small pop! As soon as they were gone, I felt the finality of my relationship with my twin brother ending. I blinked as I felt the giant waves of pain break over me, and I was quickly losing the ability to fight the sobs. I sank to the ground, my body shaking. "I-I r-real-really thought t-that h-he w-w-would b-b-b-be n-nice and un-under-understanding. Wh-why doe-doesn't he w-wan-want to b-be my br-bro-brother any-anymore? I-I d-did-didn't do anything to h-hi-him." My speech had become garbled by the tears that I could no longer hide, and Sirius picked me up and carried me upstairs, holding me until I cried myself to sleep.

I woke up, blinking, my eyes burning and probably red from my bout of hysterical crying last night. I looked at my alarm clock. Five thirty in the evening. I sighed as I looked around. There was a note on my bedside table. I picked it up, smiling at Sirius's familiar handwriting.

Anastasia,

I'm going to call you Annie, anyhow, it fits. Well, your High Priestess lady made us leave after you fell asleep, saying that we could come bakc next month and visit on the alloted day. I expect that she'll want to talk to you about Remus and what happened. But don't worry, I'm sure that she'll understand, she seems nice enough. Anyways, Annie, my tigercat, stay strong and give me a Patronus shout when you need anything-help with homework, guys, fashion, although I'm sure you'll manage all three perfectly well on your own. Don't let Remmy get you down, he'll coem around eventually, adn when he does, I'll hold him down for you! I'm goign to miss hanging around you when we're shopping and the like, but we'll get together sometime!

Love,

Sirius.

PS-Moony still hasn't figured out that you're an animaus as well, and that you're the tiger we've been running around with.

I smiled as I finished the letter. Trust Sirius to remind me that I had outsmarted one of the smartest people we had had in our year at Hogwarts. My smile slipped as I thought of the war going on in the wizarding world, and I realized with a pain that I wouldn't be able to help out. I and to stay her or die and after that, I would have to begin my life as a Vampyre. I sighed, if the war reached the House of Night, I would fight, and I would specifically target Fenrir Greyback, because I knew that Remus wouldn't act like this if he hadn't been bitten. Oh well, I thought, it's Sunday, might as well sleep some more. Then I realized that I still didn't know what Clara was up to. I shrugged and rolled over, slipping back into a peaceful sleep.